I was smoking weed on a daily basis for over 5 years, from the time I was 15 till I turned 20 and got ill. I suspect that it may be the cause of my SZ. My mother is SZ too, and we had a lot of trouble at home, because she didn’t want to take her meds when my siblings and I were kids. That’s one of the reasons why I started smoking quite early, because of the stress at home. However, since i quit (I had SZ already) I am feeling a lot better, while if I have a smoke of weed (very very seldom, let’s say once in a year statistically) I feel anxious and hear some quiet voices, like they were from a longer distance, but still. Never had it when I took some other dugs, like amphetamine or ecstasy (also very rarely). That’s why I think the main cause of my illness is mj. Does any of you have similar experience?
I always thought in your twenties when the illness rears it’s head is when you can’t do drugs.
I did not smoke weed when young, but studies show that people who do at a young age while their brain is still developing it can have serious effects, but not so much in older adults.
I did pot age 18 at 25 totally different story
that’s what I know now, I regret that I was so stupid. I have a friend, not much older than me, we used to smoke together for some time when we were youngsters. I think SZ got him too, but he doesn’t think about any kind of therapy. Recently, he started talking about some people sending messages to his brain by some sort of radiowaves. So here’s another proof.
The people who are likely to use already have the propensity for mental illness. That’s one reason why you use.
well, I don’t think that’s some pattern, because most of the people I know who smoked weed lead a normal (hate this word) life today (thus, I wouldn’t call it “taking” ;)) I think that usually there must be a number of factors. The kids from happy and “normal” families are healthy today, while the ones who were living under stress are ill… At least that’s what I think. I know more people that didn’t do any drugs but had a tough childhood and are ill today, than the ones who smoked in their teen years but haven’t been through much stress in their environment. Actually, all of them are “mentally healthy” today.
Marijuana (THC) smoked before the age of 26 (when the average person’s brain becomes fully developed) is a risk factor of schizophrenia. Thus smoking marijuana, per se, has not been proven to cause schizophrenia.
I believe it was the drugs !!!
Smoking pot may have ascerbated or sped up the point at which you got sz, but it did not cause it…I asked my pdoc and he said I could have tripped on LSD a thousand times but it wouldn’t “give me sz”. don’t feel like you caused it, it was going to happen sooner or later.
My roommate has done LSD many times, had multiple bad trips, smoked pot a thousand times, done other drugs and he’s a normie. In fact I know like 100 people like this. We got the short end of the stick.
if it had sped the things up then it’s maybe better. It would’ve been worse if it happened at some further point of my life. The worst thing I can imagine is to lose everything. Back in the days when I got this disorder I didn’t have much to lose though.
The first time I ate Marijuana in edible form was when I was 14 or so. I went into full blown Psychosis.
I thought I died in my room and saw myself laying there on the bed.
Another time a “friend” gave me a Marijuana edible at age 17 and I went into a full blown Psychosis again. This time I went to a Psych Ward and injected with Haldol and Ativan forcefully. I was insane in there the whole time.
I haven’t used/smoked Marijuana for the longest time. Years.
I began mental health issues when a teen after smoking weed a few times. weed actually made me hallucinate and I had flashbacks from weed for 6 months, not normal. pot head friends said no more for you!
I think Acid and Mushrooms contributed to me developing a psychotic disorder.
I have had a few bad trips and what my head feels like nowadays is very similar to how I felt in the throes of a bad drug experience. I took LSD once and had such a horrible time that I know it had something to do with the way I am today.
My sz is kind of a chicken or egg question.
Did I get sz because I smoked pot?
Or did I smoke pot because I was trying to cope with sz?
I think, for me, it’s the latter, I smoked because my brain was doing crazy things.