I still have very little left and do not think of smoking it right now because of current symptoms. It doesn’t cause me problems when I smoke indica. The sativa sometimes messes with me. Anyway today that is not my problem.
My dad has a similar problem. He was an alcoholic and suffers from depression and possibly bipolar disorder. He takes meds for it. His brother has schizophrenia and so do some of the sons. I happened to get schizophrenia like his brother. Over the years I’ve improved from when I was diagnosed, I’ve just never been the same. It is hereditary but I think isolation and pot can can cause symptoms to return for some.
In my case, it happens when I’m very tired and appears to have been hereditary because I didn’t smoke much pot before I was diagnosed.
Yeah… My sister thinks also, that my dad was bipolar. But I have it so hard, that I think he could have been a sz too… Maybe there are schizophrenics who manage to live. But they remain unhappy… My dad didn’t abuse alcohol till his late years. He was beating my mom without being drunk… He just got very depressed in his fifties and he started to drink just then…
My mom believes very in the genetics and in the mental health of her family. I am from a mixed family in fact. My mom is Russian and she says, that they don’t have a case of mental problems in her family. But whatever.
Me too when I am tired, I cant even move from the bed. I also have my bad physical sensations then, which are a pain in general… I guess I am also paranoid then, with a strong inner monologue, abnormal emotions etc etc. Why we worsen when tired ilovethaifood?
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And my isolation probably really killed me, isn’t it? I isolate myself since 15 years… Its sad . I hope it didn’t mark me too much so I could recover faster… I have no time left in fact, I am almost 37 old…
I think this is conjecture that isn’t supported by known facts about the diathesis-stress relationship. Simple genetic predisposition isn’t enough to cause schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders alone as demonstrated by well-known identical twin studies. The problem is that the stressor (or most certainly stressors) that activate the illness aren’t well described at all. So to suggest that people with an underlying predisposition would develop the phenotype even without exposure to psychotomimetics strikes me as misleadingly bold.
All intoxicants and narcotics will lead to some form of psychiatric disturbance if used in sufficient quantities over a prolonged period. If an individual spends much of their time in an artificially induced state of consciousness it will not be long before that becomes ‘normality.’ This applies to alcohol as well as illicit narcotics and abused prescription medications.
That said, I don’t have a strong political stance on the use of cannabis. I do lean on the side of decriminalization and personal choice with risk reduction strategies and high penalties for violation (e.g., smoking and driving).
Now I just think that I caused too much pain to my family and friends… How can I continue living in this case?.. It’s been too long that I was ill. My mom didn’t have a life because of this… And all this for a man who used me like this… I fight but I wish I was more recovered already in order to bring joy to the others too… How to continue living after 15 years of illness, terrible mood and stuff?
For the weed, I should have thought more back then instead of procrastinating with it, but I wasn’t rational in the past so it’s not my fault yeap. But it gave me smth also I guess.
Stop advertising me meds to me. I have stuff from the isolation and there’s no med for it. I tried meds for 9 years, I’ve been there. The docs say to keep the current trt and fight. I am in the right to say that no med can fix my situation, cause I tried meds for 9 years, don’t you understand? The docs look helpless at me. They say to pay efforts… But I have those urges, yes, cause I am ugly, fat, ill and in deep ■■■■ situation… I just wanted to know if this guilt can pass too…
No… Pdocs said it won’t help me much. I was also in a daily center but am tired to see only ill people… I need to fight for a life now… My ex is now just with a girl who looks stunning and dumped me probably cause I was ugly from the meds and passive… He couldn’t understand me… He was always talking against my meds.
It’s based on a recent article I saw. I didn’t find it, but I found this less recent meta-analysis that points out that the evidence for adulthood stressful events as a factor in the development of schizophrenia is scarce and methodologically flawed.
“There was some evidence that reported exposure to adult life events was associated with increased risk of psychotic disorder and subclinical psychotic experiences. However, the methodological quality of the majority of studies was low, which urges caution in interpreting the results and points toward a need for more methodologically robust studies.”
“Within this context, it is important to revisit the question of whether exposure to proximal stressors (ie, life events) increases risk of psychosis. The literature is suggestive but too weak to permit firm conclusions.”
Keep in mind that I’m not questioning the diathesis-stress model. It seems like you think I mean genetic factors are all that matters. I don’t. I’m just saying the effect of adulthood stressors is probably exaggerated, and that the evidence for many of these factors is not very convincing. It is entirely possible that genetic factors and early experiences are sufficient to explain almost all cases of schizophrenia. The evidence for cannabis and drug use in adulthood is especially weak.
. I hope it didn’t mark me too much so I could recover faster… I have no time left in fact, I am almost 37 old…