MJ for depression

[motahead]

Anyone have any experience with this?

I find that smoking (along with an anti depressant) just does more for me than any medication (or combination of meds) could ever do.

I'm just wondering if there is anyone else who feels the medicinal effects of weed for problems other than nausea from chemo etc.

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

i smoke it sometimes to allevate my depression, and i would sooner stab myself with a blunt and poisonous knife than take any perscription drugs, i trust pot, and i have experianced good results with it.


the draw back is in getting away with smoking it :( i cant smoke enough to keep my depression in check, i try to meditate to fill in for pot, but it's not easy to meditate being depressed with depression on the mind.

[kuulbns]

Does it make your remote control work better? lol ;) More seriously, yes I find it helps me with a lot of symptoms from the MS.

[420 FMX]

i work out why i have depression then fix that shit up smoke some weed look at my goals go to sleep achieve those and repeat

[luvbud]

:thumbsup: I have suffered from depression for years. I find that tokin along with taking my med helps, but too much can sometimes make the depression worse. Antidepressants have so many side effects pot is so much better! :stoned:

[rastagal]

I take Lustral for depression, my doctor knows I smoke weed, and dosent have problem with it. It really helps me. I get more ansty with no weed than with no pills :)

[chris420]

i smoke pot to medicate myself from these symptoms which I have recently experienced: migraines, anxiety, stress, depression.. can't think of anything else right now, but it works like a charm for each of these symptoms.
Stonershadowolf, try smoking a bowl or 2 everytime before you meditate, it's helped me to get into deeper trances and to just flow with the meditation.

[madteenmind]

i think weed is a great drug for depression. it helps with appitite, happiness, general well being.. etc. plus it makes life liveable. i know this from experience as i'm also a depressed person who's had one failed suicide attempt. now that i'm on different anti-depressants & getting high.. life's endurable for the time you're high. & art also saved my life. expressing yourself through creating art.. ya i'm high right now :D hope i don't regret writing all this shit later >)

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

i smoke pot to medicate myself from these symptoms which I have recently experienced: migraines, anxiety, stress, depression.. can't think of anything else right now, but it works like a charm for each of these symptoms.
Stonershadowolf, try smoking a bowl or 2 everytime before you meditate, it's helped me to get into deeper trances and to just flow with the meditation.Stonershadowolf? hehehe :D missed three spaces and a dubya (australian for "w").


and i LIKE to toke-a-bowl before meditation, but i never really have any :(

*sigh* i really dont want to compromise myself and morals, not to mention protest, by getting a job :( but i want to get stoned SOOOoo bad... :(

[daima]

Standing out on the edge of a building watching the traffic below
Smoking a joint and thinking of jumping, life sucks, im ready to go
below me a crowd slowly gathers around cop cars and news cameras too
i just cant get out of this pain im in and i dont know what else to do
sometimes i feel like im so univited like something so out of touch
they tell me depression runs in the family, well that doesnt help me much
we're already in hell as far as i can tell just listen to these people scream
i feel like im at a rally at a high school football game, i feel like the captain of the team........., well here goes the captain of the team.
I'm down
so down
down to the ground

dai*ma :o

[daima]

My ol'lady left me and im so glad she did
my ol'gal left me and im glad she took the kid
now i got less mouths to feed and more room to sleep in my bed
i got the good news blues, i'm smilin on a rainy day
i got the good news blues, i sung all my troubles away
aint got no aches and pains, i aint got no bills to pay

dai*ma :stoned:

[calve]

I myself have been experiencing depression for about 2 years now and I'm only 19 years old. My question is, I havent been diagonised by doctor but I feel I should be the one who knows my own body better then anyone else. I know im suffering depression but at the same time I feel i need to waste my time telling doctors about my life for him to tell me im depressed, thus I smoke lots of MJ to help this "undiagnosed" problem. Is anyone else travellling the same road...?

[StOneD.aS.FuK]

smoking weed helps my depression for a short time...while im high. but when its worn off then i get seriously depressed i hate everyone. thats why i like to smoke it everyday. only way to b happy.

sad really.

[StOneD.aS.FuK]

I myself have been experiencing depression for about 2 years now and I'm only 19 years old. My question is, I havent been diagonised by doctor but I feel I should be the one who knows my own body better then anyone else. I know im suffering depression but at the same time I feel i need to waste my time telling doctors about my life for him to tell me im depressed, thus I smoke lots of MJ to help this "undiagnosed" problem. Is anyone else travellling the same road...?


iver had depression for 5 years now (im 17) n its gettin worse. now my pars are starting to think somethings up. i feel i should go see a doctor, but havent really had the courage to walk down the road and make an appointment. n i wouldnt b comfortable telling a complete stranger all my problems, then having to pay for it. dont know why that fuckin god dickhead didnt make me normal. i shouldnt have to take drugs to feel normal. it sucks. but i hav no choice.

[420kidder]

I always wondered that too. I felt like pot would literally make me really
happy just knowing that I had it, and yes it helped with my depression when
I had it. When I ran out though, I felt like my depression was in full force
sometimes, so I used to wonder if Marijuana made me feel more depressed
after the fact than if I hadn't smoked it at all. Who knows. :) I think it helps!!

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

it all depends on the breed and chemical content.

too much CBD and not enough THC make it a depressant, which can still help, but with heavy moderation.

with more THC, it becomes more an anti-depressant, BUT you cant come to RELY on it for your depression needs, so it too needs some moderation.


all in all, if you're smart, pot will help, if you're the stereotypical druggie, then you're just screwing your life up.

[mfactor420]

Here's my observations:

I've been depressed for I don't know how long, but I learned what it was a couple years ago. Smoking pot really helps, but the doc wants me on Celexa and other pharmaceutical shit. I won't touch it. I have found that a low dosage of St. John's wort is also beneficial. For me no more than 600mg. per day is fine. I took 1500mg. for a few days and went off the wall. I agree with calve, we know our own bodies best and shouldn't be wasting our time with doc's who only perpetuate the lies of pharmaceuticals because they (the docs) make money off it.

For those depressed and suffering bi-polar like me, think of this, did you have your childhood vaccinations and at what age/s? My doctor has determined that is what happened to me. I am now essentially disabled and incapable of work although I still try. Of course, there is media coverage of vaccinations causing syds and autism, etc. There is a great book called the "Medical Mafia" by Doctor Guylaine Lanctot and I say it is a must read for those who suffer like me. It talks about childhood vaccinations and the harm they cause.

Pot has also helped with my migraines, stress and anxiety too. It's the world's most natural and universal medicine, but pharmaceuticals will tell you aspirin is. The decision is yours. many of us have made the decision and here we are.

[dynasty]

After I had my daughter, I had post partum depression and wanted to lay on train tracks. Then i smoked a joint and came to my senses. So it helps, but one of my doctors said that pot can contribute to depression and makes people dependent on it. It all depends on you and what's going on in your head. All I know is after I smoked a doobie, I didn't feel like laying on train tracks.