Does cannabis trigger psychosis? - Trigger Warning

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Or cause it?

Thc is a dopamine agonist so like cocaine and meth I would imagine anyone could get drug induced psychosis.

I stopped meds two weeks ago. I was tempted to smoke weed but I’m not stupid.

I think when I’m out of this ■■■■ hole hospital I’m gonna live life solo. Not gonna speak to any of my family and especially not the nhs. Everyone can go to hell.

I wish I could smoke weed to get high and escape reality.

But likely I’ll start running and resume weight training for a natural high.

I don’t think I have defective d2 receptors or messed up neurochemistry.

My episodes are caused by insomnia.

I’ve been detained since Christmas. ■■■■■■■ absurd. I’m in remission.

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It can.

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I wonder what the correlation to high potentcy thc strains and psychosis looks like.

50 years ago there was less thc.

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In some people, but I don’t think it’s very common.

1% of people are schizophrenic, but I’d bet at least 33% smoke marijuana. By comparison, there are lots of FDA approved medications with extremely-small-number-of-patients side effects that can cause death.

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Some people say the fda takes bribes.

I was watching a ted talk where they spoke about publication biases.

Scientists tend to publish papers on studies when they have a correlation in the data.

Any negative results and they don’t publish the studies.

So then biased results get published and peer reviewed.

Then the Doctors like sheep regurgitate the results and prescribe meds for big bucks.

I know so many people on SSRIs which is ridiculous.

Surely a hollistic approach should be taken for anxiety or depression.

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It can but most ppl I’d say it won’t. Maybe if you got the genes it could be a trigger. But most people get relaxed from it. I see at the dispensary all those people who benefit from it prescribed. There’s a lot of them.

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I wish it was legal in the UK so I could try medical marijuana. Medical grade has more cbd less thc.

Still exercise seems like a better option.

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The year and a half I was on probation couldn’t smoke weed at all I worked out. I was also off meds. Meds took away my motivation to work out. That was a good year when I worked out and didn’t smoke :dash: weed either. I was sharp

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Weed worsens my sz symptoms but I don’t think it caused my sz. I read online the its only people with some genes that weed worsens their sz. I guess I have these genes :frowning:

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I tried weed for the first time in late 2016. Made me paranoid and hallucinate but I was already paranoid so it seems like the cannabis brought out underlying mental health issues in me.

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There is one user here who smokes and takes meds.

Idk how they do it.

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I think @Charles_Foster use weed and it doesn’t affect her symptoms. But I think she’s off meds too.
I tried weed several times after I got sz eventhough it worsens my sz, its because weed is legal here and I had friends who incited me to smoke with them.

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I’m off APs,

And I do use cannabis.

It works for me.

Can’t recommend it to anyone else.

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Guys, this isn’t a thread on who does use, but if Marijuana can cause or trigger psychosis. Let’s stay on topic.

And research does point to it being a trigger.

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Stay away from it if it does that.

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i like mushrooms better but not the psylocibin ones, marawana stinks imo

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This is where I’m at right now just an escape for even a moment, I really won’t but wish I could.

As far as pot goes the couple of times I smoked I got so paranoid it was scary.

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Yes very much so

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Back then I had crippling body dysmorphia. I was isolated and depressed at Uni.

Now I am in remission again, no bd, no anxiety, depression. No positives or negatives. I feel like I could enjoy cannabis and use it therapeutically.

Still I’m too scared to risk it. I was thinking 0.1 gram a day…

I only get psychoses from insomnia. That’s how it’s been since 2017.

I feel like a pos even suggesting that I’d take it when I have no positives or negatives. I’m lucky.

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I wouldn’t touch if I were you. If it made you psychotic before it will likely do the same again. Thats my experience with it eventhough I was on meds. Its like if it broke through the meds and caused psychosis.