Grass and depression

Do any of you think that grass can be a treatment for depression? I'm asking this because I haven't studied marijuana for medical use yet. I'll have to check out some books.

 

did you read my post in the general MJ section about marijuana and bi-polar?

 

(see thats why hes joker MAN, buddy)

 

lol

 

Last few times I've smoked, I actually became depressed for a few days. Why? I now understand that it made me realize I missed my family.

 

I don't feel depressed WHEN I am high, but it might make you depressed after-words especially if you toke up habitually. I can't really tell cause I'm depressed whether I smoke or not.

Also I wouldn't trust ANY literature about medical marijuana because everybody has an axe to grind, and because it is illegal it is very hard to study scientifically. The only thing we are really certain is it reduces the eye pressure in glaucoma patients and fights naseau and restores appetite.

 

I think thats a good question. I am Bi-polar, have depression, and they are trying to say multiple personality dissorder, I don't believe them, but I seem to be fine as long as I'm smoking weed. The prescriptions they have me on make me feel worse not better..

 

I'm also BiPolar, and have anxiety issues as well. I don't find MJ to work as a mood stabilizer, although some people I know swear by it. I can say, for myself anyway, that MJ works FAR better than any of the anti-anxiety meds the DR has prescribed for me. When I take my prescribed meds for an anxiety attack, I become sedated, and all I can do is sleep. If I have an anxiety attack and toke up, I'm functional within minutes. It's just finding the balance between smoking until I'm functional, and smoking so much that I'm stoned out of my mind.

BTW, I have a close friend that just moved from Olean to Bolivar.

 

In case anyone forgot, marijuana is a depressant.

 

Im not too sure, Sometimes when Im high I couldnt be happier, and sometimes when Im high and I have ALOT of worries, I jus get clouded by them and get angry, or depressed. But that barely every happens anymore. Only when I dont smoke pot for 2-3 days to a week I start getting really irritated and Im a major asshole then lol.

 

clearly your inexperienced, and dont even know what that term means, or that marijuana isnt one

 

don't they prescribe sativa strains for depression? cos indica strains would probably get you even more depressed.

 

why?

anyway they dont prescribe weed for depression, some depression types can be made worse by smoking weed because the person feels insecure and starts thinkning heaps of morbid things incontrollably

 

Remember, all medications, herbal, all natural, OTC and prescriptions, work differently in different people. I have a friend who gets extremely paranoid every time he gets high. Always looking over his shoulder, thinking someone is following him. Every little noise from outside, and he thinks the cops are coming to bust us for smoking. Obviously if that's how you react to smoking MJ, it will NOT help you with depression or anxiety.

If you are new to MJ, or simply have never tried it medicinally for whatever condition you wish to treat, I strongly advise you to have a friend nearby when you toke up. It may work wonders for your depression. It might not. If it doesn't work for you, and makes you more depressed, you'll want that friend there to take the proverbial gun out of your hands. And remember, once you come down, your psyche should be back to your state of normal. If you react badly, just don't do it again.

It all boils down to this...be careful what you do, what you put into your body, no matter where it comes from. I do what I have to do to get from one day to the next. And if that means toking up when I have an anxiety attack, so be it. But I am aware of what I am doing, and aware of how my body reacts to it.

Be well.

 

Gee thanks for telling me what I know Mr. Condescending. You don't even seem to know the difference between your and you're, yet you're an expert on defining terms and classifications of indole alkaloids.

Get a fucking clue, do some research, marijuana has been recognized as a depressive hallucinogenic for decades, and has been classified as such by nearly every scientist/botanist/etc.

 

Still, it has been proven to relieve several symptoms and chief complaints by many people who suffer from various manifestations of Anxiety and Depression...

DO SOME RESEARCH!

 

I agree, although weed has been found to help in some cases under clinical research, most of the cases were anxiety related...

no, Depression is not a medical condition treatable by weed,
ADHD, Chron's Disesase, this is another issue

 

When did I claim that marijuana isn't beneficial to those symptoms? I merely stated that it is a depressant, which many people forget. Hell, alcohol could be considered a temporary alleviation of symptoms of anxiety, but you won't hear any doctor recommending it as medication. Why? Because, among other things, it's a depressant.

The point is, is that although marijuana may provide temporary relief of depression and anxiety symptoms, excessive, chronic use of it has depressive effects on the user/abuser and is not a sufficient treatment.

 

duplicate post

 

I can agree with you there...

Excessive and Chronic abuse...

would you agree then that Medical use, (for conditions currently accepted as valid) does not necceciarily {sp} indicate exessive and Chronic abuse? Especially given that said "Legal User" is doing well in society?