“psychosis and nitrous oxide”

You should see a psychiatrist, a doctor with an MD after their name, to find out how to proceed. Do you live at home? Ask your family doctor for a recommendation or go to the emergency room of your local hospital. You should get help.

Individuals respond differently to the use of these substances. A frightening experience can predispose us to anticipate or expect a negative outcome, i.e., self-fulfilling. It would be helpful to speak with a therapist to see what other factors are contributing to this outcome.

Hi,

I recommend that you ask a psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist, or nurse practitioner, i.e., people who dispense medications and are more aware of adverse reactions.

However, I will offer some general input. First, the main and long-prevailing view of psychosis -- and manifestation of psychotic symptoms in particular, is the stress-vulnerability model. That you had a break at age 13-14 suggests you have an underlying probably genetic vulnerability to experience psychotic symptoms. The idea is that you may be doing relatively well, but if your nervous system is "stressed" which a substance such as nitrous oxide that alters one's mental state and perception of reality (i.e., such that pain is not experienced as pain), you are at higher risk for an adverse reaction in the form of psychotic symptoms.

I would be less concerned with the dental work (since nitrous oxide has a very short half-life, i.e., it only lasts a short time, than with your overall mental status and assessment of need for medication. You say you have not been able to get to a psychologist. Given your report of a break at age 13-14, all the data on early onset psychosis show that the prognosis is much, much better if you begin taking regular antipsychotic medication as soon as the symptoms manifest. So, I would very strongly encourage you to seek medication treatment as well as individual or group psychotherapy.

You didn't say what the hallucination was. I think it is related to an unprocessed memory. Can you find truth in the nightmarish hallucination? What have you refused to remember, face, reveal? Buried trauma is relentless, when given the opportunity to express itself. Once we process it (allow memory and feelings), we are relieved.

No, it is not common, but some people are very sensitive to various things such as drugs. You just might be a very sensitive person and that can be turned towards greater things such as intuition and spiritual awakening.

See link on side effects:

https://www.side-effects-site.com/nitrous-oxide-side-effects.html

Also, talk to an experienced dentist about what he/she has observed. Data indicates hallucinations can happen.