Underlying Mental Disorders and Marijuana

Is there any evidence that marijuana can bring out any underlying mental disorders or illnesses like psychedelics do??

I am fucking with my own head otherwise...blah

 

Supposedly, but when i found out i din't care enough to find out for sure as i have no family history of mental illness and, at this stage, i would probably use anyway.

 

I was really blazed last night and was just kind of freaking out. I had just watched the Dark Knight....lol I think I was getting scared

 

Marijuana is linked to depression and other mental illnesses, yes. If you're predisposed or have an underlying condition using ANY psychedelics (especially strong ones like LSD) can trigger a psychotic episode/break.

If you know you have a history of say, schizophrenia or severe depression in your family, you should think long and hard about whether you really want to start trying drugs, which make your mind more "pliable" and more vulnerable to those conditions.

 

I definitely do have a family history of depression. I guess I didn't really think about it before, but I have been smoking pretty frequently for the past few years.

Nothing really serious has come about since now, however, I think that I just have been smoking more often than normally and have gotten a small case of paranoia, which of course is a side-effect of marijuana.

Thanks for the info, still. I will definitely think about that before I go on to other stuff or before I start smoking heavily (for me) again.

I haven't noticed TOO many symptoms of depression in myself, although I am starting to slowly worry more and more.

Where would I go to be diagnosed? Just a therapist?

 

marijuana helps me with my depression...i take pills but sometimes im with out and one tome i didnt have any pills and went in to a severe depression state smoked some weed and then i was fine

 

Well...I can see it as being much like ritalin. If you have ADD, you are focused, if you don't you get fuckin retarded

 

My grandfather had severe schizophrenia later in life and depression runs in my family, too. I'm sure I'm a little schizo when I'm high, but it seems to go away mostly when I'm sober for a day or two. I smoke entirely too much green anyway...all day..going through $200+ a week on it. Nothing like a crackhead I guess, but not much better either. I never sold anything for it, but I have bought it when I couldn't really afford to and it becomes this vicious cycle of smoking all the time till it's all gone then immediately going back for more or risk feeling like crap all day. I haven't had any since this morning and haven't slept in 2 days because I ran out. Luckily I have other things to keep me 'entertained' for this week, tho...

Anyway, I apologize if I've gone too far off-topic...

 

Depression is exacerbated by an inactive lifestyle.

 

marijuana approximately doubles the risk of developing schizophrenia if u have the history of it in your family.
i don't see it as a bad think smoke it get it early in life so u have plenty of time to sort it out rather then getting it in later in life when u old and tired.
but if you worried just cut down it seems only big amounts regularly causes this effect.

 

I think I'm just in a situation that calls for a sober and clear head. Smoking frequently slowed me down and I am noticing I feel better.

 

If smoked in moderation weed does wonders for severe depression, thanks to weed I have been off prescription drugs for years now. Never felt better.