Cannabis played a massive role in my illness. I haven’t touched it since before my first episode, but still unfortunately had a second episode without consumption of alcohol or any drugs. The second time stress was enough of a trigger!
I don’t think it caused my SZ but when ever I have had weed, I would have psychosis. I think its just bad for SZ. There would be way more SZ population if weed induces SZ. So many like a billion people smoke weed.
Yeah I believe it was a large factor but in combination with many other things but mainly stress.
Weed wasn’t good for me. I quit smoking it in 2014 when I was homeless in downtown Los Angeles.
As bipolar…
Marihuana is greate antidepresant, causes hipomania, marks depression. But dosage should be 0.2g per day.
Marihuana is not activator od maniacal psychosis, dont causes them prolonged or lifetime. If bipolar have maniacal psychosis after marihuana so after amitryptyline will have it too.
Clomipramine activates and causes prolonged, lifetime maniacal psychosis. Clomipramine causes strongest maniacal psychosis. After clomipramine take, i get maniacal psychosis every week and marihuana started causes single extra maniacal psychosis. If bipolar have maniacal psychosis after marihuana its just information he is ill and must take neuroleptics. 2 years on risperidone, 2 months on haloperidol and olanzapine, effect is maniacal psychosis are switched off. No more conntact with Jesus, i dont changes to antichrist, propeth, 3rd world war etc every week. Bad thing is hallucinations, psychotic mania after clomipramine are permanent, 20 everyday.
It’s legal here in Canada for medicinal and recreational purposes. Lots of pot shops and online stores to get if from. I don’t touch it but this is a warning label found on the packaging.
We have this warning label here too in Quebec. Its the SQDC that sells cannabis here.
My father was a police officer and he had a conservative outlook. None of my siblings or myself have ever used any drugs other than nicotine and alcohol. I think people who use illegal drugs are wimps who can’t cope with reality, but that’s probably just my privileged and affluent background talking.
I started smoking weed at 12 years old.
The first time I got high, I felt amazing.
The second time I got high I smoked as much as I could thinking that amazing feeling would just be stronger.
I was wrong.
I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
It was an absolute nightmare.
I freaked out so bad, it freaked everyone else out.
We were a bunch of tweens totally wigging out, thinking the weed was laced and that we were dying.
It was seriously one of the worst experiences of my life and I’ve had some real bad ones.
I see why there needs to be a warning and why people with mental illness should be super cautious, or not use at all.
What I don’t understand is the million articles about it.
The need for constant demonization of cannabis is unnecessary.
I think most people here have strong feelings that are pretty black and white.
Is the phrase “beating a dead horse” a thing?
I think it is.
All the articles say the same thing.
There are risks.
There are also risks with the APs we take.
(That’s me being sick of seeing these articles)
That wasn’t directed at @Headspark.
Sorry the reply went to you.
lol, no problem. Who was it directed too?
When I started smoking pot (around 16) I would laugh my ass off and feel great, but over the years it went from euphoria to anxiety so I quit it. I haven’t smoked in years.
I had years where I smoked a lot of weed and was symptom free, then there were also times when I smoked and one hit would make me super introverted where the guy I smoked with would not be able to talk to me. I dont think it ever caused psychosis in me directly. One time I smoked weed with a friend and his friend who I didnt know and that guy started talking about 300 agents of some global conspiracy or something. We were trying to talk him out of it and he got angry and left. I never saw that guy again.
I was just contributing to the thread,
Not directed at anyone in particular.
I do wish there were more balanced articles and like, scientific studies into safe vs unsafe doses and interactions and such. I feel like everything is either “Pot is amazing and cured my cancer and brought my dog back to life and paid off my student loans” or “Pot killed my son and slept with my wife and shot me in the foot”
I had a friend who was prescribed medical marijuana, but took way more than he was prescribed and had a psychotic break. I had to drag his ass to the hospital and pin his arms down cuz he was trying to claw open his stomach. That was scary. But after it left his system he went back to his prescribed dose and had no further incidents.
I remember one time I did weed. But it was the “upper” not the downer I was used to. I was trying to pluck every strand of carpet from the floor I just couldn’t keep still. Terrible.
Yeah, I think most people who have smoked have had an experience like that.
It’s just miserable.
I’m not a sativa person either.
Indicas are more mellow, but there are risks associated with both.
I missed this because I was too busy with my rant.
First of all, cannabis is legal in a lot of states now,
Especially medical.
And my dad is military and super conservative, but I’m not a judgmental jerk.
AND most everyone here is on APs because they “can’t cope with reality”.
Nothing wrong with it when your reality sucks.
Watch what you say, man.
I couldn’t cope with reality, I took cannabis, and it made me psychotic.
But it took a few years of frequent use to develop fully.
Not recommended.