I told my doc I smoke...

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Originally Posted by demonangel2_uk

I have suffered badly from bad dipression ever since i was a teen. I started smokeing cannabis when i was 14 and still do to this day i am now 32 and it is the best thing for dipresion i have found. I ugot to a stage once were i was actually hurting myself a lot by punching my self in the face, punching walls even headbuting walls when i got relly bad. Cannabis stoped me doing anything like this. I even used to think about killing myself very often but cannabis stoped me thinking like this.When i smoke i can get on just like everyone els. Which makes me mad that its not legal. I wouldnt take any of the govermental created drugs perscribed by drs or hospitals as everyone i know who taken perscribed drugs all suffer with bad after afects. Cannabis keeps me sane & i know for a fact if it wernt for cannabis i most likly would have topped myself a long time ago.


LEGALIZE CANNABIS EVERYWERE NOW.

demonangel :rasta:

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I am having all those problems right now. I constantly feel like there is no point to life and that i should end it now. the only thing holding me back is hurting my family and slowly that is starting to matter less. My parents are having me see a psychiatrist but the first appointment was going to be today and the fuckhead called in sick. When i smoke though, i feel alot better. i dont wanna die when i smoke and I'm not as "numb" as when im sober. i know smoking can have problems later on so i have a vaporizer. did you do nething that helped? actions, other thoughts, etc. If i keep myself busy like online forums and video games i dont think about it. Once i have a few minutes of time though.... I have been at the "hurting" stage since Jr. high (Im 17 now).

ALSO, if you guys could post prescription drugs that helped depression and ones that didnt/made it worse. I dont want to have to try one of the many meds and start having even more thoughts of suicide or nething like that.

man, i dont have any disorders or problems but what i can say is weed keeps me thinking positively...even when im not high, im barely angry at all like i used to be (went through a lot of shit, so normally theres times where you question negative things going on) but i always feel chill and relaxed and thats better than anything since my moms side of the family has had a bad past of high stress-induced heart attacks :rasta:

ckoutlaw: You can buy generic prozac (fluoxetine) for something like 5 bucks a month from walmart. Obviously, you will need a prescription from your doctor. I wish I was your age when I went to the doc first. It takes guts, I know.

Fluoxetine has been used for over 20 years... With a history like that, it is probably much safer than one of the newer drugs. However, doctors do not get paid to promote cheap generics.

If you do take it, remember, it takes about 3 or 4 weeks to feel the affects. I think this discourages a lot of people because, when they are at their lowest and finally get to the doctor, they still have to wait several weeks to feel better. But, man, WHAT A LIFE CHANGER.

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Originally Posted by someuser

600mg of Seroquel? Damn man, 25mg puts me on my ASS big time (as in, it isnt until the next day around the later afternoon that I dont feel like I traded my ass for my head). I am in awe of you brother :stoned:

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yeah, my docs are always a little amazed by how large my doses have to be before i start feeling effects. it took a lot of switching meds before they figured out it wasn't necessarily that the meds aren't working, it's that the dosage is way too low for my body. i even have problems with aspirin. i usually have to take more than the daily allowance in one shot to kill a headache. most often i don't bother and just suffer through the pain.

luckily i don't have the problem with weed. i get stoned pretty fast.

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Originally Posted by ckoutlaw

ALSO, if you guys could post prescription drugs that helped depression and ones that didnt/made it worse. I dont want to have to try one of the many meds and start having even more thoughts of suicide or nething like that.

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i was in a pretty bad place a few years ago. i had been hospitalized twice after suicide attempts, therapy and meds weren't helping. I had come to the conclusion that all head doctors are quacks and i was wasting my time trying to get better.

in the hospital i learned from talking to other patients that meds that work for one person don't always work for another. it often becomes a series of trials and errors before finding which med/dosage works for you. For some people it takes only 3-4 weeks before they see results, but for others it takes longer.

I hope that doesn't sound discouraging. I wish someone had told me I may have a lot of work to do before finding what works. I had been on so may meds that I had given up.

When you are in the hospital they force you to take your meds (trust me...they literally strap you down to a bed if you don't do what they say. i misbehaved and got strapped in a lot). During my last stay they did blood work to help figure out good doses of lithium and for the first time i began to feel better. Now i get routine blood work so they can tell if my lithium levels aren't high enough.

i know i'm long winded, but my point is that you should be prepared to try different drugs and dosages. your doc may get it right the first time, but if he doesn't you shouldn't become discouraged. Eventually you'll find something that works, and it is totally worth the time and work. I really believed I couldn't be helped after awhile, but even I have found drugs that do the trick.

I've been diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder and was taking 300mg of seroquel a day. It worked all right but after a few months I just stopped taking it because it made me lazy and gain some weight and started smoking weed again, weed works well at stabalizing moods and helps with my anxiety and sleep problems aswell. Also weed doesn't do anything to my weight.IMO Weed= Seroquel that's healthier.Just smoke weed man.

lithium is not a good drug, in fact its actualy the metal lithium that its made of and can cause liver damage and toxic poisoning. unless your bipolar disorder is severe i would talk to your doctor about changeing the meds your takeing. lithium is something that should be taken as a last resort, its really not good for your body.

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Originally Posted by insanechub

yeah...i LOVE seroquel. i take 600mg before bed and i sleep better than i ever have before. mornings are rough. at work people stay away from me until 11 or 12 because i'm so cranky and out of it

i don't mind lithium. mostly it helps my depression. it's the only prescription drug that ever has, really

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why not just take a nice doob out for a walk b4 bed. it always helps me get to sleep

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Originally Posted by Matt the Funk

I've been diagnosed with Bi-polar disorder and was taking 300mg of seroquel a day. It worked all right but after a few months I just stopped taking it because it made me lazy and gain some weight and started smoking weed again, weed works well at stabalizing moods and helps with my anxiety and sleep problems aswell. Also weed doesn't do anything to my weight.IMO Weed= Seroquel that's healthier.Just smoke weed man.

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We are all talking about how crazy it is that cannabis is illegal because it could replace all these super expensive drugs.

But thatâ??s a huge reason it is still illegal

seroquel causes diabetes