Poll: self medicating

Medications
21

I self medicate with cigarettes, nicotine gumm and coffee.

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22

I use weedā€¦only gummies, in little doses. hardly ever have it though.

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23

I self medicate with nicotine

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24

Vape and Xanax is my self med.

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25

Im vaping at the moment until i go back to nic gum or spray. I also go through phases of dealing with stuff with alcohol. But im not that bad with it. I used to take a fair amount of drugs to try to enjoy being out with people. I hate being out at pubs or clubs if i am not on something. But i dont use stuff like that anymore. Maybe once every 6 months or a year max.
Does all that count as self medicating? (I havent voted).

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26

I dont self medicate as far as alcohol or street drugs, but Iā€™ve messed with my prescriptions a lot to see what works. A lot of meds donā€™t agree with me. Right now Iā€™m only on one and am doing better than Iā€™ve ever done. Recently quit taking an antidepressant cause how uncomfortable Iā€™d get on it. My doctors havenā€™t minded. They couldnā€™t convince me to stay on something that doesnā€™t agree with me if Iā€™ve given it a fair shot.

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27

I donā€™t drink lots but it used to be regular. Do a six pack a day and can keep that up but these days Iā€™m learning you donā€™t need to do that and things like exercise are much better tools.

Yes. Self medication is so easy. It really is. I truly wish that weed would give me the peace from depression that effexor does now but it doesnā€™t and makes my positives worse so gotta nix that. I did that 20 years ago so never looked back although those cigs lasted much longerā€¦Nicotine is a cruel game so good to be beyond that and weed was good to let go of too.

Itā€™s really hard. I still have a drink with friends but Iā€™ve worked hard not to drink everyday and itā€™s always a work in progress. Youā€™ve just got to work on things that get you out of that mindset and I appreciate its hard work but itā€™s so much better getting to where you donā€™t need too.

Iā€™m almost thereā€¦

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28

Ive been smoking weed for a few weeks. Trying to stop, but really boring days are hard to deal with.

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29

Ahhhh weed I believe was the culprit to my psychotic episode
That is what my pdoc and I have come to think

Stay away from that stuff. I just wish I had never started
Couple weeks after I stopped smoking , my voices pretty much subsided

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30

Do your positive symptoms get worse after smoking?

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31

Sativa doesnt at small quantities but indica does

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32

Ya i know but super bored

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33

Ahhh yeah but I definitely stopped when the damn voices in my head didnā€™t stop

And I been good since. I am on an AP though still

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34

Im on ap, but i dont hear voices

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35

I dont consider it medicating because i do it out of boredom not to affect symptoms

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36

So itā€™s just recreational for you

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37

I need to do some actual stuff not just smoke weed

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38

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