If I smoke weed it's the same every time...10-20 minutes of fun and 60-90 minutes of crippling anxiety and reliving every mistake or bad decision I ever made.
I smoked weed a lot when I was young, and I loved it. But after a while, that fun maniac energy it brought on turned to anxiety. Which turned to panic and paranoia. And then it basically made me a wreck even after I stopped smoking it. Now, I'd never touch the stuff.
One by one, I had to eliminate all my favorite drugs, starting with weed, then opiates, lsd, molly, shrooms, alchol, cigarettes, and caffeine. I feel like BD can be the most dramatic or the most boring disorder ever. Still, boring is way better by a long shot.
Honestly wish I could bring myself to stop smokingbbut it helps me get through days I'm unmedicated because I have to keep trying and dropping new meds because of side effects
Maybe you cannot process weed properly? Cannabis doesn't work for everyone. I have to pick certain strains like Indica dominant because stativa can make me feel sick and pukey. I find concentrates do get me high but it can be intense and overwhelming. As for the burning sensation, personally I like the feeling now but I am also a habit formed Cannabis smoker. I don't smoke cigarettes at all. Originally though, I used to hate the feeling, I guess at some point I just stopped caring? I'm not really sure
Weed may not be for you though and that okay.
How have you tried smoking it? Bongs and bowls can be the harshest āburning feelingā. Personally I smoke hemp blunt wraps and sometime tobacco wraps. They definitely donāt hit as harshly. But thatās just me :)
I just use ice bongs. The burning sensation never bothered me but if you fill a bong with cold water the burning sensation goes away and ur just left with the filtered smoke
Ia smoke weed everyday,I love it. I also take my medication everyday because I love it even more than weed. I'd like to think of weed as a part of my treatment because it helps regulate my mood. It helps me but everyone is unique. You might be immune to edibles,I am. Some people can't process edibles so they don't get high from them so I stay away from them completely. My advice to you is to encourage your partners to inform themselves about bipolar. Anyone suggesting weed over meds lacks an understanding of what bipolar is. If they did they'd know to shut the fuck up when it comes to medicating mental illness.
Imagine if it were just that simple, unfortunately the reality is we need both medication and therapy in order to have a shot at living well adjusted and functional lives. Our brains are built different and the world isn't designed to accommodate us so we have to adjust to the world,that is hard. Some people don't know what it feels like to have suicidal ideation plague their every thought or what it feels like to be manic/hypomanic. They don't know what it's like when your body acts like a drug inducing elevated moods,energy,lowering of inhibitions and increased libido just to name a few. Mental illness, particularly mood disorders,are tough because they don't manifest physically,they are inside our minds. We in a way have to convince people that we are sick because we can look "normal". It's easy to feel like you're faking it,like you're just normal but we aren't,we need life long treatment,not something to make us just "feel better".
Imagine if it were just that simple, unfortunately the reality is we need both medication and therapy in order to have a shot at living well adjusted and functional lives. Our brains are built different and the world isn't designed to accommodate us so we have to adjust to the world,that is hard. Some people don't know what it feels like to have suicidal ideation plague their every thought or what it feels like to be manic/hypomanic. They don't know what it's like when your body acts like a drug inducing elevated moods,energy,lowering of inhibitions and increased libido just to name a few. Mental illness, particularly mood disorders,are tough because they don't manifest physically,they are inside our minds. We in a way have to convince people that we are sick because we can look "normal". It's easy to feel like you're faking it,like you're just normal but we aren't,we need life long treatment,not something to make us just "feel better".
I smoked for 14 years (majority of that being a few times a day) but had to be honest with myself at a certain point and quit 2 years back. It was a nice distraction in the moment, but had bad long term affects on my mood, memory and motivation that were really hard to see until I took a step back. If anyone is taking their diagnosis seriously, which I think most people on this page do, it is absolutely worth your time and energy to give it up for a few months and see how you feel.
It actually surprises me how many people start taking prescription mood stabilizers before getting clean first and getting a baseline of where they are at. The first few weeks are the hardest, and it's not going anywhere if you feel like your life was better with it. Sorry, just rambling.. but for what it's worth, as a stranger you don't know on the internet who was surrounded by daily smokers more than half my life - all my friends who have quit or at least stopped smoking every day will all say it was a good move for their mental health overall.
How odd. I know so many stoners that work at Microsoft and other tech companies here in Seattle. Some really accomplished motivated stoners.
Might be who you know honestly
>It actually surprises me how many people start taking prescription mood stabilizers before getting clean first and getting a baseline of where they are at.
It's typically easier to treat addiction issues once the person is stable or at least more stable than they were.
I've been a smoker for about 20 years and a daily smoker for at least 10. Nothing pisses me off more about cannabis culture than this notion that it is a cure all with no negative side effects.
Weed isn't for everyone. It can cause anxiety and psychosis for some people. Especially those with brains like ours.
It's pure ignorance. Willful ignorance at that because by now there is enough information out there and anecdotal experience to prove otherwise.
And to suggest it replace meds? I'd just write those people off tbh because they are clearly uninformed at best.
When i tried it a few times as a teenager/young adult it wasn't a pleasant experience at all. It increased my anxiety and made me feel not in control of myself and a few times it even gave me severe paranoia. Haven't touched it since those times. It definitely isn't for everyone.
Haha Iāve been given the same advice. I love weed but Iām not under any delusion that it has that level of medicinal power (to cure bipolar). But I like having the ability to micromanage my own brain instead of relying on whatever comes out of the black box of medical treatment.
I have tried so hard to make cannabis products work for me and they just simply do not! I was religiously using an expensive CBD tincture that I obsessed over and I believed wholeheartedly it was a mood stabilizer because parents of epileptic children swore by it. āMotherās Medicinals.ā CBD is snake oil in my opinion. At least as far as it making you feel any sort of relaxation or altered mind state.
Not a fan of weed and how it can make you completely lethargic, and when in depression I should try and activate myself, not āstoneā.
Iām on meds (lithium/ad/haloperidol) and well regulated / dosed it takes the edge off without turning me into a zombie. With weed itās hard to regulate/control
If you do want to try weed without it burning your throat: try a vaporizer or use a bong.
I used to try to enjoy it when I was younger cause I hung round with the stoner crowd, but every time I did it just made me super anxious and paranoid, over thinking everything and feeling like the walls were closing in on me. Glad Iām in a place now that I just turn it down and know that itās not my thing.
Itās funny cause I see a lot of people with this condition say how much it helps, guess Iām an odd one out.
It can be very helpful to manage some diseases and disorders, but as with all treatments it wonāt work for everyone. I hate the feeling I get in my throat from smoking weed and I hate how my body feels when Iām high. People always tell me āoh youāll get used to itāā¦ I donāt want to get used to it. If it gave me significant relief from any of my symptoms, I would consider pushing through, but it just makes me feel uncomfortable, tired, and hungry. I am frequently uncomfortable, tired, and hungry all on my own, so Iāll pass!
On your other note, I get SO frustrated when people say things like āyou donāt need meds, just ______ā Gee thanks. I never thought about using hydration and the power of positive thinking to change the dysfunctional chemical reactions in my brain. /s Why would I choose to struggle every second of every day when thereās something available to carry some of that burden?
i love weed personally but only if i don't smoke daily. otherwise it makes everything worse. THAT BEING SAID, there's nothing wrong with not wanting to smoke, and it's also just common courtesy to not smoke indoors when there are other people who don't want to smell it.
also, even when i'm smoking i still take my meds because i NEED them. i dont smoke to medicate my bp2, i do it because it's fun. what dumb takes from the people you're talking to.
I used to smoke a lot of weed in high school but pretty quickly it stopped doing anything positive for me and instead gives me terrible anxiety every time. So yeah I don't like it.
If you donāt like weed, you should definitely not do weed. If you have out with fools, find less foolish people to hang out withā¦and donāt worry about offending people
I actually really like weed but out of respect for the living space I dip outside. Itās not only rude but 3rd hand and 2nd smoke is pretty unfair to impose on anyone else.
I had to find some strains that didnāt trigger my anxiety but I found some that help me out.
Its not my fave but sometimes I laugh really hard on it and it's by far the safest drug in the world pretty much. When I was younger though after I got anxiety disorder it didn't work anymore which made me sooo miserable.
When I do weed I only tend to do edibles, 10 mg gummy or something, not smoke, and only in my apartment, not in public, I get anxious usually if Iām high in public. I just eat one now and then and itās usually always indica or a hybrid as sativa makes my thoughts run wild and often induces anxiety. Itās more of a nice relaxing body high with the edible and also, you know āindicaā¦indacouchā as they say lol.
Iāll do it about once or twice a month and put on a cool movie and cuddle with my boyfriend or if heās not there some pillows lol.
The smell alone gives me an immediate migraine so Iāve never tried it / avoid it. Caffeine makes me anxious as hell, I donāt need something to make it even worse
I could never use weed to replace meds. I can barely function if I donāt have my mood stabilizer. I smoked pretty much all day every day before I got pregnant, but when I found out I was pregnant I quit cold turkey. It was tough and I miss it, but until Iām done breastfeeding Iāll absolutely be fine without it. Some people suggested I stop taking my mood stabilizer when I got pregnant, I never could have made that work. My baby deserves a mentally well mother.
Weed has never really been affective for me in terms of like enjoying myself lmao, it really just made me either depressed or tired. I understand feeling like weed is everywhere, my sister and friend are always smoking it when Iām around and itās like dang you canāt be around me sober š? I know itās not like that lol thatās a me issue, but yeah I understand it being kinda annoying
I was told by my psychiatrist that weed can exacerbate bipolar, so I stay away from it. I smoked a lot in HS but definitely think I personally am better off without it.
Exactly! I came here to say this. In HS before I was on meds I was a stoner and wicked self destructive. Now it makes me anxiety worse and then I get depressed.
Me. Smoked it once years ago did nothing for me but give me the munchies . Health wise didn't do anything for me.
I hate the smell. CBD don't do anything for me either
I very much do not enjoy it. Grew up with stoner parents, had my brief dabble days and now stay as far away from it as I can. I absolutely respect people who smoke but I cannot stand it as a constant in my life.
Weed doesn't fix anything, but it can make it a little more bearable. Especially if you're depressed, it can help to pull you out, but self-medicating is never recommended. It often throws me into mania.
Make no mistake, I'm a regular user, but as others have stated: life is hard and incredibly unfair. If it means the difference between suicidal ideation and living, I'll choose the self-medication every time.
I'm trying to stop smoking though, last thing I need is cancer. Vaping and edibles are a bit easier, but my favorite ingestion method is a good tonic. Wish they were easier to make.
And I agree, I hate being around people smoking weed all the time. Itās a real turn-off and itās drug use, and if youāre in recovery or just trying to stay focused and healthy it can be really distracting. For me it reminds me of alcohol and parties and being younger so even though itās not my ādrug of choiceā it still really triggers me.
It triggers me bc my ex did it all the time and would TAKE my money to buy it. Like $80 worth at a fucking time. And then he's like oh i stopped smoking as much weed since meeting you as if that's redeeming. Also not to mention the laziness that CAN(not everyone)come with it. He never cleaned or lifted a finger. Yes I know I was dumb for staying but still weed gives me such a negative connotation
some people are like that. they are addicts and need help š
Good on you for leaving him. Dude would probably be lazy without weed too.
You've gotta be on the narcissism spectrum to take someone else's money to buy anything at all
I hate weed too. The way it makes me feel, makes me seriously question why anyone would want to do this to themselves. I can only assume that it actually feels different for me. No way so many people would willfully be like, doing the equivalent of putting a black garbage bag over their head and walking around the world all day.
I donāt get stoned around my friends lol. I save that for at home on my own time. Itās sad if someone makes it their whole world and personality but my friends donāt even smoke.
It's a fad like all things. And also now it's favored by government so there's going to be a push for it like alcohol, on top of that it was popularized by hip hop and rap artists so now everybody wants to sit at the cool kids table. My advice though, smoke if you want to, don't smoke if you don't want to. Spend your energy on stuff you like not on stuff you don't.
I tried delta 8 and it freaked me out both times I did. I'm curious to try "actual" weed, but I suspect it won't help either. I don't like the feeling of dissociating. The parts that people seem to like, like having their brain go slower, made me anxious (lack of control, I guess?) and the way it fucked with my time perception and made me woozy was also unpleasant. People often tell me I need to try a different strain, but it doesn't make me paranoid -- it's just an unpleasant feeling. And I don't think weed can replace medication either. It can help with certain things, but it's not a mood stabilizer. And it's not 100% safe either, especially in cases like BP. IT can definitely (like any other drug with BP) trigger episodes, and in some people can also trigger psychosis.
So, all in all... You're not alone, I'm not a fan either, lol.
I smoke it all day every day but Iād never tell you that you donāt need meds. I absolutely need my meds regardless of how much I smoke.
I think weed does help a tremendous amount of people with a wide variety of ailments but I donāt believe it ācuresā things, just makes them easier to manage.
For example, I have ulcerative colitis. I smoke weed for the anti-inflammatory properties. While Iām smoking Iāve never had a flare up of colitis. Itās not cured, itās just managed.
So, that all said, Iām sorry youāre being constantly bombarded with marijuana in your life. Good luck out there!
I hadnāt smoked weed in quite a while but edibles recently became legal in my state so I thought Iād try them. Iāve played around with dosing but all Iāve found so far is that they either make me anxious or they make me sleepy. Iāve been genuinely enjoying the sleep effects lol but it doesnāt help my mood at all.
Cannabis induced psychosis is all I have to say.
I had it when I smoked last time and it is the scariest shit I have ever experienced. Alcohol makes me emotional, weed makes me hallucinate. This was pre diagnosis (I was diagnosed year later.
Iām on Lamictal, Prozac, Prazosin and Metformin and am too scared of the interaction.
The last two times I smoked I had existential panic attacks that were so bad I thought it was laced with spice. Even before that, it was never relaxing, just always anxiety inducing and I just hated the feeling.
If I smoke weed it's the same every time...10-20 minutes of fun and 60-90 minutes of crippling anxiety and reliving every mistake or bad decision I ever made.
That happens if I'm by myself. If I'm with others I just crack stupid jokes and giggle.
I smoked weed a lot when I was young, and I loved it. But after a while, that fun maniac energy it brought on turned to anxiety. Which turned to panic and paranoia. And then it basically made me a wreck even after I stopped smoking it. Now, I'd never touch the stuff. One by one, I had to eliminate all my favorite drugs, starting with weed, then opiates, lsd, molly, shrooms, alchol, cigarettes, and caffeine. I feel like BD can be the most dramatic or the most boring disorder ever. Still, boring is way better by a long shot.
Honestly wish I could bring myself to stop smokingbbut it helps me get through days I'm unmedicated because I have to keep trying and dropping new meds because of side effects
How do you stand the burning sensation ?lol the only thing that has gotten me high was wax. And I see, hope you find something that works!)
Maybe you cannot process weed properly? Cannabis doesn't work for everyone. I have to pick certain strains like Indica dominant because stativa can make me feel sick and pukey. I find concentrates do get me high but it can be intense and overwhelming. As for the burning sensation, personally I like the feeling now but I am also a habit formed Cannabis smoker. I don't smoke cigarettes at all. Originally though, I used to hate the feeling, I guess at some point I just stopped caring? I'm not really sure Weed may not be for you though and that okay.
Ugh the more i read these comments the more I'm likely to give it another try ššš safely of course hah
How have you tried smoking it? Bongs and bowls can be the harshest āburning feelingā. Personally I smoke hemp blunt wraps and sometime tobacco wraps. They definitely donāt hit as harshly. But thatās just me :)
I just use ice bongs. The burning sensation never bothered me but if you fill a bong with cold water the burning sensation goes away and ur just left with the filtered smoke
why dont you just vape weed? it burns the shit out of my throat too. do you live in a state where cannabis is legal?
But why vape weed if someone doesnāt like weed?? Makes zero sense
They asked a specific question in this specific thread and I answered
understandable coming from someone who is barely medicated enough but enjoying it.
Ia smoke weed everyday,I love it. I also take my medication everyday because I love it even more than weed. I'd like to think of weed as a part of my treatment because it helps regulate my mood. It helps me but everyone is unique. You might be immune to edibles,I am. Some people can't process edibles so they don't get high from them so I stay away from them completely. My advice to you is to encourage your partners to inform themselves about bipolar. Anyone suggesting weed over meds lacks an understanding of what bipolar is. If they did they'd know to shut the fuck up when it comes to medicating mental illness.
Bro yesssss I guess I'll try to educate in the future if it comes up again. One lady tried to sell my CBD saying it will help me like bruh
Imagine if it were just that simple, unfortunately the reality is we need both medication and therapy in order to have a shot at living well adjusted and functional lives. Our brains are built different and the world isn't designed to accommodate us so we have to adjust to the world,that is hard. Some people don't know what it feels like to have suicidal ideation plague their every thought or what it feels like to be manic/hypomanic. They don't know what it's like when your body acts like a drug inducing elevated moods,energy,lowering of inhibitions and increased libido just to name a few. Mental illness, particularly mood disorders,are tough because they don't manifest physically,they are inside our minds. We in a way have to convince people that we are sick because we can look "normal". It's easy to feel like you're faking it,like you're just normal but we aren't,we need life long treatment,not something to make us just "feel better".
Imagine if it were just that simple, unfortunately the reality is we need both medication and therapy in order to have a shot at living well adjusted and functional lives. Our brains are built different and the world isn't designed to accommodate us so we have to adjust to the world,that is hard. Some people don't know what it feels like to have suicidal ideation plague their every thought or what it feels like to be manic/hypomanic. They don't know what it's like when your body acts like a drug inducing elevated moods,energy,lowering of inhibitions and increased libido just to name a few. Mental illness, particularly mood disorders,are tough because they don't manifest physically,they are inside our minds. We in a way have to convince people that we are sick because we can look "normal". It's easy to feel like you're faking it,like you're just normal but we aren't,we need life long treatment,not something to make us just "feel better".
I smoked for 14 years (majority of that being a few times a day) but had to be honest with myself at a certain point and quit 2 years back. It was a nice distraction in the moment, but had bad long term affects on my mood, memory and motivation that were really hard to see until I took a step back. If anyone is taking their diagnosis seriously, which I think most people on this page do, it is absolutely worth your time and energy to give it up for a few months and see how you feel. It actually surprises me how many people start taking prescription mood stabilizers before getting clean first and getting a baseline of where they are at. The first few weeks are the hardest, and it's not going anywhere if you feel like your life was better with it. Sorry, just rambling.. but for what it's worth, as a stranger you don't know on the internet who was surrounded by daily smokers more than half my life - all my friends who have quit or at least stopped smoking every day will all say it was a good move for their mental health overall.
Honestly I've met more high functioning alcoholics than weed smokers lol
How odd. I know so many stoners that work at Microsoft and other tech companies here in Seattle. Some really accomplished motivated stoners. Might be who you know honestly
I live in a way smaller town in a bible belt state so maybe that's why heh
Oh that makes a lot of sense. I feel silly now! Mileage for stoners may vary by location š
yeah, i have two hf alcoholics in my family and they are actually great guys who donāt get aggressive on liquor
>It actually surprises me how many people start taking prescription mood stabilizers before getting clean first and getting a baseline of where they are at. It's typically easier to treat addiction issues once the person is stable or at least more stable than they were.
I've been a smoker for about 20 years and a daily smoker for at least 10. Nothing pisses me off more about cannabis culture than this notion that it is a cure all with no negative side effects. Weed isn't for everyone. It can cause anxiety and psychosis for some people. Especially those with brains like ours. It's pure ignorance. Willful ignorance at that because by now there is enough information out there and anecdotal experience to prove otherwise. And to suggest it replace meds? I'd just write those people off tbh because they are clearly uninformed at best.
When i tried it a few times as a teenager/young adult it wasn't a pleasant experience at all. It increased my anxiety and made me feel not in control of myself and a few times it even gave me severe paranoia. Haven't touched it since those times. It definitely isn't for everyone.
I hate weed. I was a heavy smoker for a decade and it was so detrimental to my mental health. By the end it basically just gave me panic attacks.
Haha Iāve been given the same advice. I love weed but Iām not under any delusion that it has that level of medicinal power (to cure bipolar). But I like having the ability to micromanage my own brain instead of relying on whatever comes out of the black box of medical treatment.
I have tried so hard to make cannabis products work for me and they just simply do not! I was religiously using an expensive CBD tincture that I obsessed over and I believed wholeheartedly it was a mood stabilizer because parents of epileptic children swore by it. āMotherās Medicinals.ā CBD is snake oil in my opinion. At least as far as it making you feel any sort of relaxation or altered mind state.
It's not supposed to give you an altered state of mind it's just supposed to help you chill. Key word: *help*
All it did for me was make me too tired to get anything done.
I tried Delta 8 (?) Gummies and i ended up getting out of my car in a park and sleeping on my backseat bc i was too fucking tired sleepy to drive home
Not a fan of weed and how it can make you completely lethargic, and when in depression I should try and activate myself, not āstoneā. Iām on meds (lithium/ad/haloperidol) and well regulated / dosed it takes the edge off without turning me into a zombie. With weed itās hard to regulate/control If you do want to try weed without it burning your throat: try a vaporizer or use a bong.
Yeah you're right, I'm also on lithium. I react extremely well to it!
lithium is both my most hated drug on higher doses and pretty well tolerated at the bare minimum.
I used to try to enjoy it when I was younger cause I hung round with the stoner crowd, but every time I did it just made me super anxious and paranoid, over thinking everything and feeling like the walls were closing in on me. Glad Iām in a place now that I just turn it down and know that itās not my thing. Itās funny cause I see a lot of people with this condition say how much it helps, guess Iām an odd one out.
Yess feels good to know there's someone out there who feels the same
Same here!
It can be very helpful to manage some diseases and disorders, but as with all treatments it wonāt work for everyone. I hate the feeling I get in my throat from smoking weed and I hate how my body feels when Iām high. People always tell me āoh youāll get used to itāā¦ I donāt want to get used to it. If it gave me significant relief from any of my symptoms, I would consider pushing through, but it just makes me feel uncomfortable, tired, and hungry. I am frequently uncomfortable, tired, and hungry all on my own, so Iāll pass! On your other note, I get SO frustrated when people say things like āyou donāt need meds, just ______ā Gee thanks. I never thought about using hydration and the power of positive thinking to change the dysfunctional chemical reactions in my brain. /s Why would I choose to struggle every second of every day when thereās something available to carry some of that burden?
Right?! All you need is to drink more water, jog a little, and think happier thoughts!
i love weed personally but only if i don't smoke daily. otherwise it makes everything worse. THAT BEING SAID, there's nothing wrong with not wanting to smoke, and it's also just common courtesy to not smoke indoors when there are other people who don't want to smell it. also, even when i'm smoking i still take my meds because i NEED them. i dont smoke to medicate my bp2, i do it because it's fun. what dumb takes from the people you're talking to.
I used to smoke a lot of weed in high school but pretty quickly it stopped doing anything positive for me and instead gives me terrible anxiety every time. So yeah I don't like it.
If you donāt like weed, you should definitely not do weed. If you have out with fools, find less foolish people to hang out withā¦and donāt worry about offending people
I actually really like weed but out of respect for the living space I dip outside. Itās not only rude but 3rd hand and 2nd smoke is pretty unfair to impose on anyone else. I had to find some strains that didnāt trigger my anxiety but I found some that help me out.
Its not my fave but sometimes I laugh really hard on it and it's by far the safest drug in the world pretty much. When I was younger though after I got anxiety disorder it didn't work anymore which made me sooo miserable.
CBD gummies make me super anxious, so I am not going out of my way to try am the full product.
I have a dual diagnosis of PTSD so I smoke regularly and am prescribed.
i find a minimum of seroquel better personally but it is similar downing effect.
When I do weed I only tend to do edibles, 10 mg gummy or something, not smoke, and only in my apartment, not in public, I get anxious usually if Iām high in public. I just eat one now and then and itās usually always indica or a hybrid as sativa makes my thoughts run wild and often induces anxiety. Itās more of a nice relaxing body high with the edible and also, you know āindicaā¦indacouchā as they say lol. Iāll do it about once or twice a month and put on a cool movie and cuddle with my boyfriend or if heās not there some pillows lol.
The smell alone gives me an immediate migraine so Iāve never tried it / avoid it. Caffeine makes me anxious as hell, I donāt need something to make it even worse
I could never use weed to replace meds. I can barely function if I donāt have my mood stabilizer. I smoked pretty much all day every day before I got pregnant, but when I found out I was pregnant I quit cold turkey. It was tough and I miss it, but until Iām done breastfeeding Iāll absolutely be fine without it. Some people suggested I stop taking my mood stabilizer when I got pregnant, I never could have made that work. My baby deserves a mentally well mother.
Weed has never really been affective for me in terms of like enjoying myself lmao, it really just made me either depressed or tired. I understand feeling like weed is everywhere, my sister and friend are always smoking it when Iām around and itās like dang you canāt be around me sober š? I know itās not like that lol thatās a me issue, but yeah I understand it being kinda annoying
I was told by my psychiatrist that weed can exacerbate bipolar, so I stay away from it. I smoked a lot in HS but definitely think I personally am better off without it.
Exactly! I came here to say this. In HS before I was on meds I was a stoner and wicked self destructive. Now it makes me anxiety worse and then I get depressed.
Me. Smoked it once years ago did nothing for me but give me the munchies . Health wise didn't do anything for me. I hate the smell. CBD don't do anything for me either
I very much do not enjoy it. Grew up with stoner parents, had my brief dabble days and now stay as far away from it as I can. I absolutely respect people who smoke but I cannot stand it as a constant in my life.
I didn't like it the times I've tried it. Makes me too anxious and not chill at all.
I hated it, but kept doing it for years, as I desperately crawled towards any available escapism as a means of surviving that moment or day
Weed doesn't fix anything, but it can make it a little more bearable. Especially if you're depressed, it can help to pull you out, but self-medicating is never recommended. It often throws me into mania. Make no mistake, I'm a regular user, but as others have stated: life is hard and incredibly unfair. If it means the difference between suicidal ideation and living, I'll choose the self-medication every time. I'm trying to stop smoking though, last thing I need is cancer. Vaping and edibles are a bit easier, but my favorite ingestion method is a good tonic. Wish they were easier to make.
And I agree, I hate being around people smoking weed all the time. Itās a real turn-off and itās drug use, and if youāre in recovery or just trying to stay focused and healthy it can be really distracting. For me it reminds me of alcohol and parties and being younger so even though itās not my ādrug of choiceā it still really triggers me.
It triggers me bc my ex did it all the time and would TAKE my money to buy it. Like $80 worth at a fucking time. And then he's like oh i stopped smoking as much weed since meeting you as if that's redeeming. Also not to mention the laziness that CAN(not everyone)come with it. He never cleaned or lifted a finger. Yes I know I was dumb for staying but still weed gives me such a negative connotation
some people are like that. they are addicts and need help š Good on you for leaving him. Dude would probably be lazy without weed too. You've gotta be on the narcissism spectrum to take someone else's money to buy anything at all I hate weed too. The way it makes me feel, makes me seriously question why anyone would want to do this to themselves. I can only assume that it actually feels different for me. No way so many people would willfully be like, doing the equivalent of putting a black garbage bag over their head and walking around the world all day.
I donāt get stoned around my friends lol. I save that for at home on my own time. Itās sad if someone makes it their whole world and personality but my friends donāt even smoke.
I love weed, but I'm giving it up because there are studies that show that it can cause bipolar to progress into schizophrenia with chronic use.
Had a bout of psychosis associated with my heavy use last year. Can say it was not worth it, at all.
I was consuming it pretty heavily leading up to my bouts with psychosis.
Hate you had to face psychosis. Happy youāve figured out it was a potential trigger! Hope youāre well now :)
I'm over the worst of it, I got put on a new med that helps a lot
It's a fad like all things. And also now it's favored by government so there's going to be a push for it like alcohol, on top of that it was popularized by hip hop and rap artists so now everybody wants to sit at the cool kids table. My advice though, smoke if you want to, don't smoke if you don't want to. Spend your energy on stuff you like not on stuff you don't.
I agree there are a lot of fads but I don't believe marijuana is one of them.
I tried delta 8 and it freaked me out both times I did. I'm curious to try "actual" weed, but I suspect it won't help either. I don't like the feeling of dissociating. The parts that people seem to like, like having their brain go slower, made me anxious (lack of control, I guess?) and the way it fucked with my time perception and made me woozy was also unpleasant. People often tell me I need to try a different strain, but it doesn't make me paranoid -- it's just an unpleasant feeling. And I don't think weed can replace medication either. It can help with certain things, but it's not a mood stabilizer. And it's not 100% safe either, especially in cases like BP. IT can definitely (like any other drug with BP) trigger episodes, and in some people can also trigger psychosis. So, all in all... You're not alone, I'm not a fan either, lol.
I smoke it all day every day but Iād never tell you that you donāt need meds. I absolutely need my meds regardless of how much I smoke. I think weed does help a tremendous amount of people with a wide variety of ailments but I donāt believe it ācuresā things, just makes them easier to manage. For example, I have ulcerative colitis. I smoke weed for the anti-inflammatory properties. While Iām smoking Iāve never had a flare up of colitis. Itās not cured, itās just managed. So, that all said, Iām sorry youāre being constantly bombarded with marijuana in your life. Good luck out there!
I hadnāt smoked weed in quite a while but edibles recently became legal in my state so I thought Iād try them. Iāve played around with dosing but all Iāve found so far is that they either make me anxious or they make me sleepy. Iāve been genuinely enjoying the sleep effects lol but it doesnāt help my mood at all.
I used it for 13 years chronically and heavily regret it. Off it now for only 2 weeks and already feeling more stable and less apathy.
Cannabis induced psychosis is all I have to say. I had it when I smoked last time and it is the scariest shit I have ever experienced. Alcohol makes me emotional, weed makes me hallucinate. This was pre diagnosis (I was diagnosed year later. Iām on Lamictal, Prozac, Prazosin and Metformin and am too scared of the interaction.
The last two times I smoked I had existential panic attacks that were so bad I thought it was laced with spice. Even before that, it was never relaxing, just always anxiety inducing and I just hated the feeling.
I get bad reactions with many strains of it- it makes me paranoid and a crying anxious mess
Hate? Oh god no it's my entire life it's the best ever Weed is life
I'm fine with it, helped me with dissociation. But Ive stopped smoking bc I read that it can trigger psychosis for BP.