Quote Originally Posted by Cas
i smoke and am depressed, seeing a therapist right now and she says that weed is bad for depression because it is a depressant. i'm not sure what to believe cuz she is a professional and it makes sense, but my experience MIGHT make me think otherwise. i have trouble sleeping due to depression and the weed had actually helped with that. the day after i ran out of weed guess what? i started falling asleep at 4-5 a.m. Weed sometimes helps and sometimes doesn't help, IMO. the best way to use cannabis is with self control, don't smoke just to smoke. i had that problem, i'd be stoned all day. I found out that some restraint goes a long way.
the name depressant can be misleading... it doenst mean its emotionaly depressing (ie if u do it ull be depressed), it refers to the affects it has on ur body, slowing down of reaction time, slowed heart rate, ect... pot is actually very hard to classify since it has a mix of all three (stimulant, depressant, hallusinagin) becuase it has effects of all three, but technically i think its calssed under hallusinagin due to the time distorting effects.