stimulant psychosis

Because of this, the term 'stimulant psychosis' is sometimes preferred.

Stimulant psychosis is a psychotic disorder that occurs in some people who use stimulant drugs.

Despite some superficial similarities in presentation, excited delirium is a distinct (and more serious) condition from simple stimulant psychosis.

See also stimulant psychosis.

At very high doses and/or with chronic administration characterized by overdose, stimulant psychosis may develop, the symptoms of which can include the following:

Abuse of amphetamines can result in a stimulant psychosis that can present as a number of psychotic disorders (e.g. paranoia, hallucinations, delusions).

Upon overdose, the potentially serious serotonin syndrome, stimulant psychosis, and/or hypertensive crisis, among other dangerous adverse reactions, may come to prominence, the symptoms of which can include:

In addition, amphetamines are known to cause a stimulant psychosis in otherwise healthy individuals that superficially resembles schizophrenia, and may be misdiagnosed as such by some healthcare professionals.

Physical symptoms of prolonged stimulant abuse or acute overdose tend to accompany these psychotic symptoms in cases of stimulant psychosis (but not organic psychosis).

Most commonly, stimulant psychosis occurs in drug abusers who take very large doses but, in rare cases, it can also occur in patients taking therapeutic doses under medical supervision.

Methamphetamine has a high potential for abuse and addiction, activating the psychological reward system by triggering a cascading release of dopamine in the brain characterized as Amphetamine/Stimulant psychosis.

The film begins with a miner named Tarlow suffering an attack of stimulant psychosis: he sees spiders and rips open his spacesuit, resulting in his death by explosive decompression.

The symptoms of stimulant psychosis vary slightly between different stimulant drugs, but are shared largely with the symptoms of organic psychosis, including hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, and, in extreme cases, catatonia.

Though less common than stimulant psychosis, stimulants such as cocaine and amphetamines as well as the dissociative drug phencyclidine (PCP, angel dust) can also cause a severe and life-threatening condition known as excited delirium.