HI all I'm new here maybe I can shed some light on this subject. I have schizophrenia. I came down with it at age 19 I'm now 29.

There has been a link between schiz and marijuana. Marijuana can trigger schiz in people with the genetic disposion twards the illness. Not everyone that smokes pot will divelope the disease

In my case no one in my family has schiz and I have alot of family members that smoke pot.

Schiz is not that uncommon of an illness statistics have indicated that 1 percent of the U.S. population has the illness. Next to depression it is the second most common mental illness.

As severe and debilitating as the illness is its also very treatable. I had it quite severe. When I came down with the illness I had hallucinations and dellusions.

I started smokeing pot at age 13 by the time I was 17 I was using every day. At one point I consumed no less then 3 grams and no more then 1 ounce every day for 6 months.

Paranoia started to set in and I started thinking my friends and family were plotting to harm me. The conspericies and paranoia got worse to the point I quit leaving the house. I didnt leave the house for 8 months. I was so paranoid I wouldnt walk in front of the windows. I quit smoking pot when I quit leaving the house.

One day it was like a switch went off in my head and I started hearing voices. The paranoia got so severe I thought people were poisening my food and water so I quit drinking and eating.

My mom had enough and got me to go to the hospital. I was diagnosed with paranoid shcizoaffective disorder.

In the state I was in it was like living a nightmare I couldnt wake up from the terror and fear was unbelivable.

When I was in the hospital I was so drugged I slept for two month straight.

I've been on medication ever since. As of now I no longer have hallucinations and lead a normal life. I work at Ford Mo Co and no one there knows I have schiz.

I still take medication and I wont quit taking it because I had a relapse once. I quit taking it and ended up back in the hospital.

I've tried smoking weed sereral times over the years but I get so paranoid I want to hide under my bed. So I've pretty much given up trying.

I'm here to learn how to grow it so I can make some money off people I know.

To the author of this thread check this link out you might find some helpfull info. And if your having mental problems stop smoking you'll only make things worse for yourself.

http://www.schizophrenia.com/