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blindvertigo11
blindvertigo11
What has been your guys experiences with smoking weed and having a mood disorder? Because I am (hopefully) at the end of very very serious episode that began when I smoked with some friends last Thursday night. It's 5 days later and I'm still recovering from it. I'd smoked a bit in the past and a couple times got paranoid, once kind of physically sick along with the paranoia and was actually up until 5 nights ago taking a break from it. But I'm just curious.. Have you guys ever smoked it?? If you have have you reacted in some way?? Was it "bad"? Did it mess with your mood and if so for how long a period??... And for anyone with bipolar who hasn't ever tried it, If you want my opinion I definitely don't recommend experimenting. I just came out of three days in a psych ward all because of literally 3-4 hits. But I'm curious how unique my experience was.. what have you guys found?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Iv'e done weed many times but only small amounts,hardly have any now due to having two very horrific experincess of hallucinations,memory loss,paranoia,basicly body stoned and no balance when trying to walk...so now I only take a tiny bit,that keeps me happy :)
deleted_user
deleted_user
i can count on one hand the amount of times miss jane turned on me. one instance i have never recovered from and now (seems) permanently overanalyze and empathize with everything. despite having really bad "trips" i still love my weed. i cut back alot and rarely ever do it. i've done it a few times this past month and it was enjoyable...makes me miss it. my friend who is a beeper as well had to stop smoking as well because of bad experiences. no matter what you have, I think you can handle it or you can't. some ppl figure out early on that they can't. i guess you're one of them and there's nothing wrong with that.
roseypeach
roseypeach
its been my experience it mellows me out but if I habitually smoke it for a period of months, my memory goes to shit and I can't function well. I hit a blunt the other night with friends and two days later I had a full fledged panic attack. I think I'm gonna just leave it alone from now on because I can't tell you if the pot did it or not and I prefer not to have panic attacks at all. Plus it made my hallucinations worse too.
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah...too much like russian roulette for me now to mess with it.
i eat an eighth or so before 14 hour flights, and will continue to do so, but that's my own little mental `thing'.

but hits from a bong. nope.
.ayahuasca though..................hmmmmmmm.
tats69
tats69
I know it makes alot of people feel relaxed, but for me it does just the opposite. I'll get real paranoid and it really tears into my ocd. Causes mood shifts as well, and not the good ones!
heretic
heretic
I used to smoke weed daily, it definitely helped me deal with both the mania and the depression. Then I got on meds and now weed has a totally different effect on me - very similar to what you described. I get paranoid, physically ill, can't sleep and it messes with my head for days - all this on literally 1-2 hits. Takes me 4-5 days to get past it and feel better again, tried it on a couple different occasions with the same result so I stay clear of it now. But for me - I think it's the interaction with my meds that cause this new bad reaction, it's not because I'm bipolar. Weed helped me through a lot of hard times before I got on meds and I wish it still had the same beneficial effect. Too bad.
mermaid123
mermaid123
Medical marijuana is one of my best friends, it calms me down and tones down my stress level. Never have had a bad experience in all the years I have smoked and will smoke til I can't anymore.

It does a lot job then my Lorazapem does that's for sure.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i smoke it daily and find now if i dont smoke it i get very anxious and can't really function but i picked it up when i stopped taking my meds
deleted_user
deleted_user
I used mj almost daily for about 15 years. Then I was dx bp and started the med train.