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02-22-2006, 10:04 PM #7Senior Member
SSRIs MAOIs etc
Well, here's my take on it from my own personal experience and personal testing. After being told to take Celexa, and reading about its side efffects from others, I decided not to take them. Stupid me!! I could have filled the prescription, not taken it and told no one and collected a disability cheque at the same time. That's honesty for you.
Through my research, I heard about St. John's Wort - a natural anti-depressant. I told my doctor and he laughed in my face telling me that St. John's Wort has a small amount of Prozac in it. Well, that and a certain original Star Trek episode (I know, everything I learned in life, I learned from Star Trek, LOL), told me that maybe the dosages doctors are prescribing are too high. So, I tried 600mg. @ 1 per day and I noticed a subtle stablization of my mood swings. Mostly, I would still get depressed but not nearly so bad.
I wasn't paying attention the next time I bought the pills and inadvertantly bought a 1500mg. dosage. Shit!! I was off the wall on one a day. So, my partner bought me another bottle, but only 300mg. and I didn't notice much change from the 600mg. I think, for me, 600mg. at 1 per day is good. I am out of it now and I am more or less stable, but that is because there are less of life's pressures on me right now. I don't know if I will take it again or just rely on mj.
All in all, I prefer to smoke mj. and nothing else. I will have one joint every 2-4 hours. Works just fine. I have been on it since 18 and am over 40 now. I don't have any smoke inhalation problems, but I agree with the comment that buying from a dealer, who knows what it is laced with. I've proven to myself that buying from a dealer is not best. I've had some pretty wild withdrawals from that shit and I never knew what strain I was getting. Some made me so f'ing cranky I was unbearable to live with. Better to grow your own. My side effects from my home grown are almost non-existent. It's a much more pure smoke and I need less of it to maintain my stable mood.
You can find more of my posts on this topic in other medicinal threads on depression. I don't have time to hunt for the links just now. Hope this helps. Any questions, just ask.
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