psychosis, mental problems etc..

[xNoa]

has anyone seen, or had mental problems caused by smoking on just a regular unsuspecting smoker?
i just wonder if its anything to watch out for, and if there are any signs etc

[cotch and bun]

yes im afraid i have, not on me personally, but two people i know got drug induced psycosis after years of heavy smoking, and there was another guy who i never met who had an incredibly bad reaction and got it after only one spliff. terrible stuff- just very unlucky

[wutang123456]

xnoa, as a heads up, don't smoke alone. Marijuana has a pretty powerful disociative effect on people who smoke a lot of weed alone. I know that my freind and former mentor has now completely lost his mind because of my mistake of re-introducing him to it. Basically, don't smoke every day, try not to think about it and smoke in groups of like 3 or 4

[5HT]

my friend at one time was smoking an 8th a day, he still seems okay. and i worry about me smoking about half a bowl a day.

i thought i was going nuts from weed, but that was mainly a result of nervous breakdown from school and work, and not getting any sleep for 2 days and having a fucked up sleeping schedule.

[A Foo Says]

I think I have a very mild form of psychosis, I feel like I'm in a dream constantly, even when I havn't smoked for weeks. It's not ADD because I don't have any trouble concentrating, but this is just my guess. Nothing too serious.

[5HT]

people call it 'psychosis', i kind of have something similar foo. I can go to study and concentrate, but just walking things seem much more pleasant than prior in my life when I didn't smoke weed. The sun is brighter and flowers more colorful. see it not as a psychosis, but an unlocking of the mind to experience reality more fully.

[Synergy21]

This is pretty scary stuff. Im pretty sure I had a psychotic episode after taking salvia. I thought I was insane. Im very strong minded, however. I was in full control, and rationalizing what was happening. Must have just been the after effect of the salvia, scared the shit out of me...

[slipknotpsycho]

i smoke by myself all the time and i don't really have any problem with it....maybe it's the mental state you're in at the time? i unno i've smoked by myself a whole lot more than with someone, mainly because alot of the people i hang out with are the stupid stoners and i'd rather chill and enjoy my high then watch someone being stupid or coming up with the most retarded ideas......

[sharpezor]

Wow

i officialy quit weed a week ago bc it messed me up mentaly for about a week, and i like to be the way i was meant to be (how god created me)

It was a weird feeling, like half stoned (not all there) and half normal. It was so weird. Im not going back to weed bc of that.

i wonder if eating it would be better, bc it mainly deals with the body rather then the mind.

[5HT]

This is pretty scary stuff. Im pretty sure I had a psychotic episode after taking salvia. I thought I was insane. Im very strong minded, however. I was in full control, and rationalizing what was happening. Must have just been the after effect of the salvia, scared the shit out of me...

i had no mind on salvia, that shit is motherfucking insane. if that's legal, the government should hand out 500mcg hits of LSD.

[zarathustra]

long term use can cause a genereal and permanent malaise cause by the synchronization of the alpha brain waves in the frontal lobe of the brain.
Cannabinoidal receptors in the brain and spinal column have been linked to schizophrenia, as these receptors are active in schizophrenics.
All psychedelic drugs have been shown to exacerbate the symptoms and speed the onset of mental illness in individuals who are at risk.
All psychedelic drugs mimic the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia to some degree, and are usually off by only one or two symptoms.
Acid users can hear a lower range of sounds, cane interperet a lower frequency range of colors, have a higher tlerance for sound volume, have trouble differentiating higher lighte frequency colors, have trouble concentrating on a single idea or task (as shown in the gating exorcize wherein the brain's reaction is measured to two sucesive clicks, normal people had a diminished cerebral response to te second while chrinic acid users showed no difference), and are more passive.
There are psychological risks, even beyond the danger of an ego-shattering bout of paranoia, which is why I can hold an intelligent, two-sided conversation with myself.

[Stedric]

I smoke pot almost every night to help me sleep, and I haven't had any problems. Not to say someone with schizophrenia or another mental disorder couldn't be aggravated by it. I really don't know enough to say.

Psychosis is a complete dissasociation with reality, don't confuse it with just weird feelings.

[5HT]

i'd argue that psychedelics merely increase or decrease the senses and state of conciousness, that perhaps can have an adverse affect over time in combination with abuse. i don't think a bowl a day is going to fuck you up too bad.

[xNoa]

i am also always in a dreamy state, sometimes i can find myself more interesting and have more fun smoking on my own (which is all i do now basically) compared with friends.. but thats probaly just the wanker chavs i used to hang around with, hopefully ill meet better people soon

do you think i should be worried? im always, always thinking to myself about random things, weed can be on my mind alot aswell, even though i am having alot of breaks from it at the moment, although i am still getting good school results and going to college in september