So I see a great many people on here saying that weed makes their symptoms worse and that they’ll never smoke it because of what it does to them, but for me it’s been quite the opposite. I have paranoid schizophrenia and I also have Tourette’s syndrome which causes me to have severe tension migraines because one of my twitches is jerking my head. When I smoke, my sz is unaffected for the most part but the disorganized symptoms I have tend to go away. My thoughts slow down and it’s a lot calmer in my head. The big reason I take it is that it instantly gives me relief from my Tourette’s and headaches. But I never have any bad side effects from it unless I smoke a copious amount of it. One time I smoked four blunts and got really bad paranoia and had a panic attack but now I know better than to do something like that. So basically I wanna know why it harms so many other people, and my questions are 1. What’s your diagnosis? 2. Do you take pharms? 3. How severely mentally ill are you? 4. Do you have any other mental conditions besides your main diagnosis? 5. Does weed help you or hurt you?
i have sza. smoking weed helped a lot with my depression and anxiety. i would smoke everyday. if i was suicidal those feelings would go away. i think the sza part was unaffected for a while but id have the break through paranoid thought. im very scared of cops so its usually cop related and i have to check all the windows. but usually m fine and it helps me for the most part. but it could lead to psychosis so its a hit or miss thing…
Statistically, weed negatively affects 25% of us. But that’s a high enough number that most of us choose not to mess with it. The more we do it, the more likely we are to end up in the 25% eventually. Im glad it works for you, but be careful. It could start causing problems at some point.
I tried weed a few times, and I typically ended up hiding from monsters behind the couch. Not ideal. That was before I took any medication. I do take meds now, though. My diagnosis is undifferentiated schizophrenia, and my doctor considers me low risk.
Edit: I misread earlier. It apparently negatively affects up to 80% of us. So, either way, be careful.
Here is some information on it
Weed is the least bad real drug for me
Less harmful then shrooms less harmful than acid less harmful than ecstasy and definitely less harmful than alcohol!
That said since I’m an addict I can’t smoke weed
And I’m better off without it
I’m a neurotypical with issues on meds. Without meds I’m batshit crazy. I don’t know the real relevance of weed in my life, since I haven’t smoked since I’m on meds. But one puff and I would get paranoia, I became really good at dealing with it and developed great coping skills for paranoia.
Right before being hospitalized I smoked up to ten joints a day or more. No exaggeration here. And honestly I was so high from psychosis already I didn’t feel high. But two years before that I smoked one joint and had a panic attack. I just kept smoking and the panic attacks were only at night and by then I was already floridly psychotic.
I’m considered high functioning by my doctors, therapist and nurses.
I don’t intend on smoking weed again. Maybe when I’m an old lady 
That’s how I felt when I got arrested for psychosis
I was smoking weed but the psychosis was the real high
Maybe tomorrow you will! But not today. Use this philosophy for the rest of your life and you will never smoke weed 
Just a silly thing us aa people say.
When you go long periods without weed it’s never the same. You get real paranoid the first few times until you get in the habit again, then it’s still not the same. I learned the first time back I only require one puff of piff…but I’m not doing that again!
Yeah it was a joke, like I’m still torn between being a sweet grandma or a crazy cat lady. 
I smoke it helps mood and upset guts…I’m just realizing how manic I’ve been without meds…but I couldn’t have stayed on this med without smoking I’d puke every time I took it…I got sz and d.I.d. the weed also helps me from blacking out…I’m gonna go smoke a lil now…good luck
This has all been really interesting feedback. It seems like it’s simply the old “it affects everyone differently” thing. Some of you guys seem to get a lot of help from it and others have to stay far away. It’d be interesting if they did studies into why it helps some people and hurts others even though they have the same kind of issues. It just goes to show how intricate the brain is and how even people who have the same disorder experience it in vastly different ways. Our bodies and minds are so fascinating!
Is sz classified under spectrum disorder?
Yeah, in the new DSM it’s part of “psychotic spectrum disorders”
Yeah it’s one of the disorders listed on the psychotic disorder spectrum. and there are different types of sz like paranoid, disorganized, catatonic, etc.
i think everyone is different to extents… but ive heard many sz have a hard time with pot… including me.
So far I find 2 things that seem to divide us…weed and understanding things like people in glass houses shouldn’t throw rocks…
I never have because of my own paranoia. But one day when old or really when I am with someone I completely trust I would like to try just once to say I did. As I don’t trust anyone, I don’t see that happening.
And moses, don’t forget moses.
Lol shh they get mad all hail the potato…but yes I agree
I also notice the topics that talk about weed as meds doesn’t get deleted but if we had a pro get get get high rob zombie…it would get deleted or locked…I like how pixel is picky sometimes not complaining just noticed it…