64yoda
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I suffer from all of the above. I stopped using mj when I was 18, at 19 had to be put on meds for the above three things, but that was a long time ago. I didn't start smoking again until October of last year. As soon as my tolerance got a tad higher, I found I was skipping morning and night med regimens.
Sometimes I wonder if I could really "cure" myself with mmj or just mj. It wasn't until 15 years after I got put on meds, which was the same time I started smoking again, that I started realizing that maybe a lot of what I "suffer" from is just in my head. I've always been told by different doctors, "IF you were bipolar, you'd by Type II, but we want you to take said-medications anyway because it will help balance you out." Regarding the paranoia, I don't know, but I just recently found out a couple months ago that it is often a symptom of depression, meaning that deep clinical depression causes it. Take care of the depression, then you take care of the delusional thinking and social anxiety. Regarding anxiety, well 'nuff said on the last sentence.
I've been prescribed Depakote ER, Stelazine, and Klonopin, nightly for about a year or two so far. And I take Inderal (for tremors from the Stelazine) and Adderall (for depression, not ADHD) in the mornings. None of these meds do I purchase illegally. Anyway, ever since about 1 month after I started smoking again last year, my doc started slowly weaning me off the Klonopin (benzodiazepines are horrible for people) because of the major withdrawal associated even with slight variations in coming off it. However, I am self-medicating on the Adderall. When I'm smoking, which hasn't happened for almost 3 weeks because I can't get it anymore and only know one person that sold it, I found that I needed not only less Adderall and less Klonopin, but also less of everything.
My doc knows I'm smoking or at least was and he's okay with it. He thinks MMJ should be legal, but he wouldn't prescribe it in my state where medical is now legal. And he knows that I sometimes cut back on the amount of Adderall per day. There's nothing bad that can do. If I feel that I'm not as depressed as I once was, by all means, decreasing a scheduled medication like Adderall is certainly not going to hurt.
Anyway, I was just wondering if there was anyone else here that suffered or suffers from anything mental or emotional that mj helps with. It would also be cool to see some stories from people that were able to get off medications completely after discovering the healing properties of mj.
Thanks.:48:
Sometimes I wonder if I could really "cure" myself with mmj or just mj. It wasn't until 15 years after I got put on meds, which was the same time I started smoking again, that I started realizing that maybe a lot of what I "suffer" from is just in my head. I've always been told by different doctors, "IF you were bipolar, you'd by Type II, but we want you to take said-medications anyway because it will help balance you out." Regarding the paranoia, I don't know, but I just recently found out a couple months ago that it is often a symptom of depression, meaning that deep clinical depression causes it. Take care of the depression, then you take care of the delusional thinking and social anxiety. Regarding anxiety, well 'nuff said on the last sentence.
I've been prescribed Depakote ER, Stelazine, and Klonopin, nightly for about a year or two so far. And I take Inderal (for tremors from the Stelazine) and Adderall (for depression, not ADHD) in the mornings. None of these meds do I purchase illegally. Anyway, ever since about 1 month after I started smoking again last year, my doc started slowly weaning me off the Klonopin (benzodiazepines are horrible for people) because of the major withdrawal associated even with slight variations in coming off it. However, I am self-medicating on the Adderall. When I'm smoking, which hasn't happened for almost 3 weeks because I can't get it anymore and only know one person that sold it, I found that I needed not only less Adderall and less Klonopin, but also less of everything.
My doc knows I'm smoking or at least was and he's okay with it. He thinks MMJ should be legal, but he wouldn't prescribe it in my state where medical is now legal. And he knows that I sometimes cut back on the amount of Adderall per day. There's nothing bad that can do. If I feel that I'm not as depressed as I once was, by all means, decreasing a scheduled medication like Adderall is certainly not going to hurt.
Anyway, I was just wondering if there was anyone else here that suffered or suffers from anything mental or emotional that mj helps with. It would also be cool to see some stories from people that were able to get off medications completely after discovering the healing properties of mj.
Thanks.:48: