Thanks for your input.
For me alcohol doesnāt make me psychotic but weed/hasj is a different kind of beast. When I am on
it I get so self conscious.
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We called that a āpower hitā in high school.
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Yep! me and all mate. Used to have a couple then be āstrandedā indoors without milk - cos i was too damn paranoid just to goto the corner shop. Glad i quit it. Cost me a fortune - and with my addictive personality was unhealthy.
Back when I smoked, I was addicted to it too.
Even though it made me feel like $hit, I had to have it.
Yeah i was addicted purely for the short-term release from my anxiety. But then the paranoia used to set in. Didnt help that i could just send a text on impulse, and have it delivered within 20 minutes. It was too easy. Used to really hurt my bank balance.
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I know what you mean.
I got calls all the time for the seller to come over.
Glad I quit.
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Yeah my weed dealer even had a swipe gadget plugged into his mobile - so you could even pay by card. Glad i quit too - i lost days off my face on that stuff.
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Actually. i had psychosis after taking ex and weed. I was psychotic for 3 months until i said i need help. Then I went a month in the hospital and was eating some drugs they gave me. Half way in there i was cured and I didnt have any paranoias any halucinations any voices at all. I was taking some medication for a year even though i thought i didnt need it. Then i said i wanna try not taking anything. The doctor agreed. Never had a psychotic episode or anything. I donāt smoke weed anymore. So i guess shizofrenia is curable with some drugs and your own will, i litterally said to me you have to get out of this, you are a normal person. I still get those thoughts sometimes like āwhat if i get it again, what if i hear voices again?ā. Like some flashback of that time, just because im scared of being scared again. Then i brush it off as, thats not real, keep calm, itās over now. Thats the only schizo aspect i still have, being scared of being schizo again. Itās been 4 years since then. Nothing. Wiish you all the luck. Just stay strong, and maybe, maybee youāll get better like me forever.
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All the timeā¦
I never liked the high of weed. Alcohol was my drug of choice, even if it probably is more dangerous than weed.
See ive replied before to this old topic. But never would i risk it again. I made excuses that i needed it for anxiety - but in reality i just wanted to get high.
Life is so much better without it - my cognitive abilitys have improved immensly, nevermind the association with low-lifes i had to endure and the prohobitive cost.
Short answer - Dont do weed if you got schizophrenia. You just kidding yourself its helping. It Fcks with your head, you might as well not take Aps if your smoking it - cos your just cancelling them out.
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Never tried it though Iāve come close to doing so, knowing full well it could exacerbate my psychosis. Luckily a chance never materialized.
never never never again
one jointā¦ 3 months of new obsession and trauma kicked off =
well into recovery i was at the time
took me to hell. ended a relationship
moved back with mum afterwards
please dont
I haveā¦its not worth itā¦I even had bad experiences with CBD
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In the past, I have risked my sanity to smoke some weed. Now after more than a few hospital stays because of it and the damage my episodes cause, I stay away from pot entirely now. If ever I were to smoke again, it would really be a once in a blue moon type thing.
Fortunately for me, Alcohol does not seem to affect my mental state like weed does, so I can still drink at parties. Obviously I do not make a habit of drinking and I would advise against doing so. Point being that alcohol is safer in my case than weed.
Weed seems to be the drug tied closest to psychosis, but that could also be because it is also the most widely used drug out there, and so more people smoke it compared to say, crack cocaine which will also bring about an episode in our case. Psychedellics are also something to watch out for. What sent me off the last time was experimenting with Mushrooms and LSD, with of course weed involved.
Nowadays I just stick to alcohol when I want to party.
I wouldnāt risk it. Iām prone to paranoia, so I wouldnāt do it. Health is my priority.
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Zombie thread.
No. I got on pills and mary jane was the least of my problems. Never smoked weed again so that was 20 years agoā¦Not even a drama. Never felt a need to go backā¦but those cigsā¦that was another problem!
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This was probably drug induced psychosis, not schizophrenia. Still congrats on your recovery.
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