marijuana and bipolar disorder

[nightlight]

does anyone use marijuana as a mood stabilizer? i have bipolar disorder with acute psychosis, and i respond better to pot than any medications i have ever been prescribed. however all the research ive done tells me this is total bullshit and im actually agitating my psychosis by smoking pot. am i going to end up totally fucked down the line if i continue medicating myself in this manner?

nightlight Reviewed by nightlight on 04-25-2007. marijuana and bipolar disorder does anyone use marijuana as a mood stabilizer? i have bipolar disorder with acute psychosis, and i respond better to pot than any medications i have ever been prescribed. however all the research ive done tells me this is total bullshit and im actually agitating my psychosis by smoking pot. am i going to end up totally fucked down the line if i continue medicating myself in this manner? Rating: 5

[rebgirl420]

Im bipolar with psychotic features and I smoke like a fiend....though I continue ALL of my meds. You have to. You just can't stop or your manic will come back asap. So I say do both.

[nightlight]

i dont respond well to the meds though. they make me all zombie like and drain me of all creative energy.

[nightlight]

plus im basically set with pot, a couple hits every couple hours and i can get my shit done and not get whacky like usual

[rebgirl420]

well im kinda court ordered to take mine so thats not an option for me

[Matt the Funk]

Your just like me. I get psychotic episodes for ussually a week or more every month or two. Now wether I have bi-polar disorder or am schizophrenic has not been decided by my wonderful docs. But I mostly smoke weed to medicate, and it does a wayy better job then all the different meds I have taken. Meds make me a zombie and make me super sleepy ALL the time, while weed just makes me baseline-chill and funny.

[rebgirl420]

yeah i take trazadone 200mg, serequal 1,000 mg, lithium 250 mg and it makes me pass out

[Matt the Funk]

yeah i take trazadone 200mg, serequal 1,000 mg, lithium 250 mg and it makes me pass out

DUDE! 1,000mg of seroquel is sooo much...I was only on 300mg lol.

[rebgirl420]

yeah i know haha and its funny, every time I go in my therapist's first words are : "So do you need to up your dosage on anything?" haha Like WTF, THAT is how they solve everything ugh

[peaceandlove420]

I dono man I think the herb is giving me bipolar disoder. I have been smoking for 4 years and I occasiaonal take the month break. after daily use for a prolonged time I quit cold turkey. The effects I experience are a loss of appettie (I am currently on day 2 actually of a break) I havent eaten anything, trouble sleeping not so bad this break tho, and huge problem controlling my temper. I flipped my gord today and almost went into tears over a math test. I am easily agitated and all that shit. It goes away, but all this happeneing every time i quit has to mean something, i support the herb, but personal experiments at a constant don't lie.