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I tend to think that it helps me out.... knowing that I have depression and a really shitty life.... smoking helps me calm down.... no matter what drug it is.... it helps me to forget about all the crappy things going on in my life and concentrate about the more important things in life..... like my singing career and etc...... it just relaxes me and puts me back in my place... I dunno what I'd do without it.......
Hello, I just recently quit smoking marjiuana for 3 weeks now, i will defenitly smoke again (prolly within the week) but right now i just have things to do. I find that I always smoke when I have a slower lifestyle. When i find myself getting bored in the afternoon or whatever the case. I have had a conversation with a friend of mine and we have tried to come up with where we seem to think marjiuana fits in for us. Cannabis is niether a depressent nor antidepressent(to us, others it is of course different), It is simply a calm feeling where things go away for a while and you can concentrate on one thing while the THC works magic in your brain so that all your thoughts are not jumping out of your skull as the case usually is in reality. It enables and enhances your experience when reading a book, riding your bike, enjoyoing nature, playing video games for some and the list goes on. No more worries for that period of time.
This is where I am at with Cannabis right now and I find it to be a very good balance with the rest of my life.
I have also been to the point where pot has made me very dependent on it. I needed it to sleep, without it i simply could not sleep. This is not a good thing(for me) because this is where the "potheads" mentallity of society comes from. When I got dependent on it, it started to control my life. If you cannot face reality without being stoned then you better be a millionaire. For 98% of us we are not millionaires and have to work for our livings. When marijuana starts to interfere with things that NEED to be done then I feel you should think about where your life is headed.
If you are done work and you are relaxing, for sure go ahead and smoke a joint, make yourself feel good, you deserve it. But if you are going to work and are going to smoke a joint to relax when you get there, rethink it.
This is not trying to judge anyone or anything like that. I am just trying to explain where I am at with pot and where i have been If you smoke it every hour of the day and you are enjoying it then I'm all for you. As long as you are not stressed and tired. Enjoy Life to the Fullest, and enjoy pot to the fullest.
p.s. those of you with depression I am sincerly sorry and wish that you are once again happy, I cannot speak from your point of view and I am grateful I can say that but if pot makes you feel happy or able to go on then Smoke dem drugs.
Well here is my story. I was diagnosed with chronic depression last summer. For a year before my diagnosis I was a wreck. Mood swings. Always negative. I was also diagnosed with a bladder disease that was painful right after my depression diagnosis. But for a year I lived with chronic bladder pain and the doctors were telling me I was fine. That pain contributed to my depression. I at that time was not smoking weed. I had stopped for a little bit due to a bunch of dealers getting busted and I didn't know anyone to be a regular supplier. Anyway I was so depressed I told my bf that if someone didn't help me and make me feel better I wanted to just die. Because I couldn't go on living that way. Feeling the way I did. I considered suicide options. I was looking for the least painfull way to kill myself. I wanted ot be sure my face was in tact so my family could have an open casket. I mean I was BAD. I started seeing a therapist once a week and a psychiatrist once every two weeks. I was on different medications. ALL of the depression meds made me feel horrible. I hated talking to these doctors. They were the kind that if you mentiond you had ever smoked dope they automatically suggested drug rehab. So I wasn't honest about my past. I started smoking during the course of treatment again. And I stopped my depression meds. I tell you the honest truth right now. I QUIT SEEING MY DOCTORS AND THREW OUT MY DEPRESSION MEDS. I SMOKE WEED EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. AND I'M THE HAPPIEST I HAVE EVER BEEN. I'm so happy and positive. And I know in my heart weed cured my depression. They only tell you not to self medicate and use marijuana if you are depressed because they know the government is losing money on pumping you full of depression meds and counseling meetings.
My mom says the same bullshit to me about not "self-medicating" and I ask her, what the hell do you think prescription drugs are? Oh yeah thats someone you don't know and can't trust at all medicating you and there's a 10% chance that in 2 months you'll have all kinds of awful deformities and diseases or even be dead, for anyone who follows the prescription drug industry's fuck ups. But yeah I've had anxiety/depression cuz it runs in my mom's fam, i started taking meds about a year and a half ago b/c I was having horrid panic attacks for about a month. This was after smoking salvia, so I hate that shit and pretty much get pissed off at the mention of it cuz it caused my nerves to go really BAD till I got on that medicine. But then, I've slowly lowered the doses because that bullshit causes the EXACT things it's supposed to cure after a while! I got off one on my own as of about 3 wks ago, and I'm finding that ever since then I'm less dependent on alcohol. I've really gotten completely sick of drinking, have only had 7 drinks this week (with Mon as the first day of the week) and hope to keep it at a low level like that. As for bud, I'm still smokin bud... still smokin.... out of all the drugs I've ever done, opium, alcohol, salvia, X, weed, coke, etc. I've found that weed is the ONLY one that won't severely fuck with your anxiety or depression. I'm basically at the point in life where I"m saying F all that other BS I just wanna smoke if I'm gonna get messed up at all.
P.S. add to that that I think chronic is the only drug (alcohol and pharmies included, of course) that don't change the basic person you are. To be honest I think there is only one soft drug in existence, and that's weed. Yes, I think of alcohol as a hard drug. Did you know it's worse for you than heroin? In the sense that it damages tissue and heroin don't? But yeah always leave it to the U.S> government to fuck it up and tell ppl what's good for them and whats not and look at the pathetic state our society is in. OK that's another rant for another time...
PPS and shrooms if you do them once in a while are great because they make you realize things you would never realize otherwise - so i'm saying weed and shrooms are the only "safe" drugs (in moderation of course).
i can regulate my moods with afew jionts
if that helps.
i find it helps supress anxiety.(bi polar dis-order they say)
not cure
or cuase
just supress it,
peace
I could care less if marijuana cures my depression. Just as long as I don't feel depressed then it's all good. I know it doesn't cure depression because tonight I just hit rock bottom again. :o :(
I am also one of the unfortunate people that suffers from a mental disorder. I have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder with manic tendencies. Without herb i truly freak out. I am entirely too wired a person to not puff every day. I have smoked almost religiously since i first found it at age 12. I am now 27 and i've tried to find legal avenues to help ease my mental discomfort. The shit the docs give out doesnt do what puffing a little herb a few times a day can. I have had run-ins with the law, of course, and because of all the hassle i decided i would quit. Well, little did i know that wasnt going to b an option. I realized that marijuana is definately the only thing that can stabalize my moods and keep me feeling "NORMAL"! I am so sick of trying to pay for it, go to the streets and obtain the shit is such a bullshit waiting game for me all the time. I guess i'm wondering if nebody has found an alternative that could at least tide me over til the next paycheck? Somebody please help.