anxiety and smoking.

[braddog10]

That test is complete bullshit
"I sometimes canâ??t stop talking and I talk really fast." How stupid is that, everyone does that once in their life of some sort, or people are just born like that, thats no sign of a mental disorder.

"I don't feel like eating much."
" I feel like eating all the time."

WTF ?? so if you pick one, its either u have a mental disorder?!?!?!

"I find it hard to focus and am very forgetful." MARIJUANA?!?!? SIDE EFFECTS?!??!

"I don't feel like talking to people." Everyone gets like that once in a while.

Everyone who has anxiety, listen to me, stop using drugs like xanax and all those other bullshit, and take 2 pills of Vitamin B complex daily and 2 pills calicum:magnesium daily and 3 doses of omega3 fish oils daily.

Within a month MAX, you'll notice your mood is much happier and you can be less anxious, and can actually be social.
It worked for me. Might as well try it out, Its cheaper than buying xanax monthly. GO TO YOUR LOCAL NATURAL VITAMIN STORE. (GNC is not recommended)

Look, I hit you a little hard, but, something you obviously do not understand, to any knowledgeable, is that questionnaire is a quick screen to determine if further looks are merited.

The questions can develop a trend that can somewhat or strongly indicate Mania, depression or compulsions. You are apparently ignorant of these things which are considered base among many. That's why I found your protest to scream your ignorance.

It is also clear to me that you again are either - ignorant or have some need for weed to be some perfect panacea, or both.

Are you degreed in internal medicine? Howbout Pharmacology, whom have their doctorates by the way. Ok, howabout both of these along with about 30 years of R&D?

Wait till you give someone the wrong advise, something unfortunate happens, complaints are filed, warrants Issued and your turned over to police.

A couple questions....Are you an adult? You will go to jail.
Are you a punk kid..... What gives you the audacity to spar with researchers.

See why I think your a dumb-ass.
Should of kicked your ass on the 1st post.

[braddog10]

dude I appologize, I'm abit sensitive about this since so much of the advice given here is so misinformed and often stupid. I'm concerned about the level of exposure (legally) that this kind of activity is creating for ~ not only those immediately involved, but of the moderators and owners themselves.

I suggested a Dr's visit would be an appropriate aproach. I indicated that I was not a Dr.. Everyone else should also be very discriminating with their advise.

[Jay Matix]

back in like 11th grade. probably like the 2nd or 3rd time i got high i was paranoid as fuck.

it's all in your mind. weed relaxes your mind and makes you think. sometimes you think negatively or release some fears/worries. doing this over and over can cause paranoia/anxiety i think....

i don't know but just a thought

[Stellar]

I find myself thinking about shit or getting nervous about things that I know are going to happen in the future and the outcomes of what those things will be according to what I do or how I perform in that situation a lot less on pot.

Seems like a good burndown takes me out of the center of the world and lets me see that whole other vibe that I don't see when all I am doing is thinking about myself and what will happen to me... I get to just exist in the moment and the moment is all that matters then.

I can't imagine enjoying it if it did the exact opposite and made me keep worrying about my dumbass self even worse.

[braddog10]

It does as I mentioned, have a wide range effect on many different people due to innumerable physiological reasons. Some positive, sometimes neg.

Some has not worked for me at all in the past. Being here is part of my own study. Stellar, many would argue that your application would delay growth needed to cope. I think that's a bit simplistic. I know for some, It is the only time they feel normal. Many shrinks would consider that a successful therapy, for any med.

I appreciate your and Jay Matrix candor. I need to learn a bit more before I personally know if it would be good for me. the two different strains I've tried were not. Being Bipolar on the manic side of the game, poses it's own problems.

I respect your humility.

[birdgirl73]

Hey, doctor MJ and Brad. I'm hoping you guys got things settled between the two of you because you both are contributors whose posts I enjoy and value. There were a couple of troubling factual things that jumped out at me when I read the posts above, however, and it'll make me nuts if I don't at least go on the record so that others aren't misled.

First was something you wrote, Brad, and that was a reference to Paxil as an alpha blocker. Paxil is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant and not any sort of blocker. I think perhaps you were thinking of alpha and beta blockers, which relax blood vessels and smooth muscle. Alpha blockers aren't used as widely nowadays because newer, more effective medicines that have taken their place. But they are still sometimes prescribed to lower blood pressure or make it easier for people with enlarged prostates to urinate. Beta blockers are used for similar reasons and are also sometimes prescribed to take the edge off anxiety.

Doctor MJ, I can understand why your initial reaction might have been that that link Brad provided with potential bipolar screening questions was baloney because it is rather rudimentary. But believe it or not, that's still the first-line list of screening questions every doctor, nurse-practitioner, psychiatrist, or other mental health professional asks when beginning to screen for bipolar disorder. It does not in any way provide a definitive diagnosis, but it's where they all start. A yes answer on several of those signals them to probe with further questions. If it were taken at face value and allowed to be a diagnostic tool all on its own, then it would indeed be baloney. But intelligent, competent professionals standardly use it as a starting point. Look in every standard medical book and/or Web site, and you'll find that very list of Qs.

I know there are several folks here on the boards who believe vitamins and or dietary changes such as fish oil are the answer to many mental health issues, and indeed, those may be winning solutions for lots of people. They have been for me. I personally believe everyone ought to be screened for nutritional deficiencies and ought to try vitamin and dietary adjustments as a first line of treatment rather than immediately jumping on the mainstream medicine-pharma bandwagon. I fully intend to promote this very philosophy as I progress through my own medical career.

I sincerely hope that everyone can learn not to castigate others for embracing one way of thinking over another because everyone has different beliefs and value systems. Bipolar disorder in particular is a very tricky, hard-to-diagnose problem, and for many people, standard prescription medicines are highly successful.

OK, there. I had to say that stuff or I would have had trouble sleeping tonight. My apologies in advance for having used so many words to do so.

[Stellar]

I don't think much into the mental analysis side of things, really.

I'm not nuetral enough for it. A lot of proffessionals in the feild aren't even aware that they are not nuetral enough for it. Sometimes, people look for something in someone that they know exists in other people for a way to identify what they see in someone else with what they understand about something else. Sometimes, people are just like fucked up oija boards that want to push the cursor to 'good' or 'bad'. I'd either do one or the other, so I don't even embarass myself with trying to get into the whole scene with my limited ability to not apply myself or something I know to other people. Its a definite indicator that I have a heavy ego, at any rate... I was probably going somewhere with all of that, but, I'll be damned if I remember where..

I guess, what I will say about being high on Marijuana and not...

Sobriety, to me, is like living to be a variable in a scenario I've set up to happen or that I intend to set up to happen. This is not always bad, not always good, it simply depends on how I choose to feel about it. Sobriety, to me, is like using your brain as your drug of choice. You can choose how you want to feel about today and tomorrow. You can pick the positive, you can pick the negative. Depending on what you pick, reality changes. Its all because of your brain. To me, spending too much time picking one thing can lead to delusion. You can delude yourself into sadness, or into righteousness. To be honest, I would truly always like to be positive. To feel as if I am happy and my atitude for every moment is right. Unfortunately, I both understand that I am limited and will not always understand what the right atitude will be for a given situation and that negativity is a factor in the world that noone can completely ignore without lying to themselves.

Being high on weed, to me, is like living in the moment. It lets me put down the ego about myself and how important I make myself and the things I do am and lets me be calm and feel like I'm just there, and the things I do are just the things I do. I kinda like not always feeling like I have to find the great answer or feel compelled to worry about what's next... I'll just float on the river and get there.

There are religious omissions to everything, as well. It kinda drives me in either state of mind, but, I tried to say whatever the fuck I just tried to say without mentioning it to keep it universally... uh... .... I should have put he pipe down one sentence into this... understandable!

[sks1]

Since I have been smoking my anxiety has almost gone completely.. it has worked for me very well.

[braddog10]

Oh, Kiddo

Thank you again I can always trust your gentle nudge of correction, I'm currently also trying to get off of a bunch of stuff. I left my Adderall and Ambian at my hotel. I think that the new bipolar meds are going to be sufficient now, hoping it will also relieve what had been earlier thought ADD.

Thank you for clarifying Paxil, yeah, your right. I was actually thinking alpha or beta since I knew about the anxiety.... well thanks Bird.

Also, Doctor MJ, when an individual comes off amphetamines..... It ain't smooth. What is this....day 3. been on it for years. Looks like good time to stay off and see If I can stay on task.

I hope this helps but, I feel agitated and lets se..... ummmm . shit comes to mind.. yes, yes, definitely shit. I feel like shit......ok ya'll probab...ummmm.......Am I still ADD?

Hey, Doc. just trying to appologize. so sorry dude.
I went later and read some of your other posts, your not an Idiot, or stupid.
Hope your papers come out ok, and No! I don't have a copy of the canadian laws. But, I hope your own research is succesful.

And Bird.... I love you like family

[birdgirl73]

Thanks, Brad. I gotta tell you that I worry about your taking all the meds you've mentioned in various places, especially with a diagnosis of bipolar. Everything I've read about that particular condition leads me to believe less medication rather than more is better. It's dangerously easy to get into a pharmaceutical up-down roller coaster with that problem, and you already have a huge roller coaster to deal with with bipolar alone. If you start with lithium salts. Then mix in an amphetamine like Adderall and a narcotic-like sleeper such as Ambien. Then account for whatever other prescription meds you take. Plus grass. Plus alcohol if you use that, too. The end result is a huge tossed salad of medicines and substances that don't do a thing for anyone but the pharmaceutical industry.

I find myself wondering if a single doctor or pharmacist knows about all your meds and blesses them or if they've been obtained from several prescription-writers who don't know what the other guys are prescribing. If you can, please get one intelligent, sensible doc to look at everything you're taking and let him try and simplify things, starting with lithium as a base, so your mental and physical health won't be in peril from the all-too-frequent problem of too many pills.