When my late mother in law had lung cancer she became psychotic and ended up in hospital for that. Her usual calm manner changed so much that she hit a policeman who my fil called because her unpredictability frightened him. She was a 79 year old church goer who never did a bad thing in her life. Her GP prescribed anti psychotics and it was like a switch was flicked. Back to normal after months of change. It was amazing to witness. We were told that some cancers produce an enzyme that affects the brain causing psychosis although the hospital didn’t seem to know this. My husband has aggressive prostate cancer, gleeson 9, which has been treated with 20 radiotherapy sessions and he has hormone injections 3 monthly. Lately, he seems to have irrational outbursts which are similar to how his mother started. It is not the stress of it all as he has coped well and has a positive outlook. Can you throw any light on this. Have you any experience of coming across it with other cancer patients. I’ve googled it and there’s not a lot on but mil’s GP knew of it. Thank you.
