the most likely to try pot and keep using it
are with a precondition to sz, they donāt have the illness yet,
but after of use, they will get it full blown.
This is not a new study.
Iāve been talking about this for years.
The words ālikelyā and ānot a causeā seem contradictory to me. I couldnāt read the whole article. I donāt think we know yet. We donāt have a crystal ball. Thereās incentives on both sides to prove it does and to prove it doesnāt cause schizophrenia. I tend to believe the 23andme studyās conclusion that it does or it can trigger and worsen schizophrenia. I feel bad for those where itās legalized. It may take decades for us to find out it causes schizophrenia, kind of like what happened to cigarettes being dangerous and causing cancer. There was a lot of misinformation on both sides.
I remember when I was a normie smoking pot I used to hang out with a SZ who smoked up as well. Told me it helped him keep his voices under control.
It affects everyone differently but for me personally it triggered my SZA.
I still believe marijuana shouldnāt be consumed by individuals who suffer from MI
Iāve read some of the research and it is pretty interesting, but I think it is hard to weed out (no pun intended) those who self medicate because they may be on the verge of a break. In that instance, did it ācauseā it, or maybe just help it along?
I think cannabis is not good for mentally ill peopleā¦!!! @anon57786250 put it rightā¦!!! Plz dont put this in controversy ā¦ weed no goodā¦!!
Soda is bad and junk food. Imagine what weed could doā¦it is putting fuel on the fire.
These are group studies, so you wouldnāt need to weed them out. If cannabis causes schizophrenia, even if itās only for a small minority, itās enough that some of those are in the study. As the evidence stands now, itās unlikely that cannabis causes schizophrenia at all.
personally, from experience, as a szāic, and even on meds,
I know itās not something I can do.
Unless I want to hear voices again.
And thatās why people with a disposition towards negative or positive symptoms still shouldnāt smoke weed. It tends to make the symptoms worse. And especially with negative symptoms, itās easy to convince yourself that you handle cannabis fine when you donāt. Speaking from experience.
well, also, terrible āParanoia faith destroyerā
I canāt wait for weed to become legal in my state. Iām going to try again for the first time since my sz diagnosis.
Will I join with all of the weed haters on the site? Or will I join with weed supporters on the site?
We shall seeā¦
Idk it might have triggered something for me that could have been there already. I think my anixety mix with weed is what probably did it though. Cause i would smoke and feel no anxiety or at least stop me from sweating in uncomfortable situations. I stop smoking and the voices got louder over time though. Its hard to pin point. Ima bit all over the place cause i wanna say weed triggered it but it didnt do it by itself. I had alot going on when i started hearing voices. I think for some people genetics or not it just can while for most like all my buddies and family its probably not going to happen. I have a friend whose been smoking since 12 years old and i mean blunts and joints to the face and heās just fine. Works at fed ex and makes like over 25 dollars an hour and still smokes to this day. Sz is not going to happen to everybody who does drugs but some will experince some sort of psychotic symptom like paranoia. But voices and delusions? I dont think thats going to happen to every person who smokes weed in the future and definately not the present
So is it a case of schizophrenia being present already pre cannabis use but it has just not yet been picked up on and diagnosed? There are plenty of people who who use cannabis who develop schizophrenia but are not seen as having schizophrenia till several years after starting to use cannabis. Or is it a case of cannabis use being present pre illness but the amount and frequency increases with the development of the illness ?
I used to be a happy normal social person before abusing marajuana
Never did cannabis, and I have schizophrenia.
I canāt blame mine on marijuana because I also used an unknown substance. I think it was a combination of shaman plants back in 2011. I ruined my life. I used a lot. I totally lost touch of reality. Iām still suffering. Itās been 7 years. Still think Iām in a computer sometimes. Like reality is a hallucination or in my mind. Iām 98% over it though.
Iām hoping to bring awareness. I still donāt know what I bought. I know it was legal. I guess it would be on par with lsd and dmt. Someday I hope to find out.
This sounds like trouble in paradise.
I dunno man if I smoke two hits of reefer the tvs start talking to me.