I told my doc I smoke...

[insanechub]

A few years ago I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Since then I have kept my weed use quiet as to avoid being lectured by my doctors. However, I've been going through a bit of a 'fuck it' phase and last week I came clean to my doctors about smoking.

The first question out of the docs mouth was, "why?" I explained that weed is tremendously helpful in regulating my moods. I find that it really keeps me even when i smoke it daily. I even feel better during the day when i can't smoke. I don't know if it's just a buildup of the drug in my system over time or if it's that the relaxed mood simply carries over to when I'm not high. I told him that marijuana has been a great supplement to the Lithium and Seroquel I take each day.

Surprisingly, there was no lecture. The doc told me that if I truly felt it was helping me than he doesn't have a problem with it. He warned me that it may affect my memory over time, but overall he was very positive and supportive.

Now i feel a little silly for being afraid to mention it. I was convinced my admission would result in being sent to NA.

now if only PA would legalize medical marijuana AND have it approved to treat mood disorders. i ain't holding my breath.

insanechub Reviewed by insanechub on 11-27-2006. I told my doc I smoke... A few years ago I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder. Since then I have kept my weed use quiet as to avoid being lectured by my doctors. However, I've been going through a bit of a 'fuck it' phase and last week I came clean to my doctors about smoking. The first question out of the docs mouth was, "why?" I explained that weed is tremendously helpful in regulating my moods. I find that it really keeps me even when i smoke it daily. I even feel better during the day when i can't smoke. I Rating: 5

[someuser]

I told him that marijuana has been a great supplement to the Lithium and Seroquel I take each day.

Seroquel is a great drug I was prescribed it to help me get to sleep (and fuck does it work LoL). Makes me feel like ass in the morning though. Lithium is a horrible drug though... I was on it for a short time and I am convinced it changed me for the worse over the long term.

No point to my reply, just bored and rambling

[DonnieDarko]

My doctor asked me the following question ....

Do you take any illicit drugs like marijuana or cocaine ? With that loaded question my answer was "NO" and I don't intend to bring up the subject in the future.

[Splifted]

Your doctor, your lawyer, and your psychologist are 3 people you can tell pretty much anything that doesn't involve hurting someone else or hurting yourself (not counting drug use) and they can't say shit to anyone. You should be completely honest with your doctor, you'd be surprised. I know a friend who admitted using cocaine to a doctor and he told him that he should just be careful because it is dangerous. And that was the end of it.

[Splifted]

But yeah, I too am bipolar, and I've never taken any prescription drugs for it, although I have taken seroquel once lol, and slept like a rock. I find that if I smoke daily, it helps completely level out the mood swings. No ups, no downs, just a nice median. Pot is a miracle plant, fuck the haters that wanna keep it illegal.

[demonangel2_uk]

I have suffered badly from bad dipression ever since i was a teen. I started smokeing cannabis when i was 14 and still do to this day i am now 32 and it is the best thing for dipresion i have found. I ugot to a stage once were i was actually hurting myself a lot by punching my self in the face, punching walls even headbuting walls when i got relly bad. Cannabis stoped me doing anything like this. I even used to think about killing myself very often but cannabis stoped me thinking like this.When i smoke i can get on just like everyone els. Which makes me mad that its not legal. I wouldnt take any of the govermental created drugs perscribed by drs or hospitals as everyone i know who taken perscribed drugs all suffer with bad after afects. Cannabis keeps me sane & i know for a fact if it wernt for cannabis i most likly would have topped myself a long time ago.


LEGALIZE CANNABIS EVERYWERE NOW.

demonangel :rasta:

[insanechub]

Seroquel is a great drug I was prescribed it to help me get to sleep (and fuck does it work LoL). Makes me feel like ass in the morning though.

yeah...i LOVE seroquel. i take 600mg before bed and i sleep better than i ever have before. mornings are rough. at work people stay away from me until 11 or 12 because i'm so cranky and out of it

i don't mind lithium. mostly it helps my depression. it's the only prescription drug that ever has, really

[someuser]

yeah...i LOVE seroquel. i take 600mg before bed and i sleep better than i ever have before. mornings are rough. at work people stay away from me until 11 or 12 because i'm so cranky and out of it

i don't mind lithium. mostly it helps my depression. it's the only prescription drug that ever has, really

600mg of Seroquel? Damn man, 25mg puts me on my ASS big time (as in, it isnt until the next day around the later afternoon that I dont feel like I traded my ass for my head). I am in awe of you brother :stoned:

[someuser]

I have suffered badly from bad dipression ever since i was a teen. I started smokeing cannabis when i was 14 and still do to this day i am now 32 and it is the best thing for dipresion i have found. I ugot to a stage once were i was actually hurting myself a lot by punching my self in the face, punching walls even headbuting walls when i got relly bad. Cannabis stoped me doing anything like this. I even used to think about killing myself very often but cannabis stoped me thinking like this.When i smoke i can get on just like everyone els. Which makes me mad that its not legal. I wouldnt take any of the govermental created drugs perscribed by drs or hospitals as everyone i know who taken perscribed drugs all suffer with bad after afects. Cannabis keeps me sane & i know for a fact if it wernt for cannabis i most likly would have topped myself a long time ago.


LEGALIZE CANNABIS EVERYWERE NOW.

I hear ya man. I was diagnosed with severe clinical depression several yrs ago and I tried just about every SRI and SSRI out there w/o any luck. Weed has really took me from the point I was seriously rdy to take drastic action to the point I'm actually happy again... It is freaking amazing. Only problem is, I do have to admit I've been getting a little too lazy... Use to go to the gym all the time... Now, every day at 3pm I get so fucking blazed it isnt funny and go for a little nature walk... I repeat the same thing before bed... I need to start being a little more assertive with life :thumbsup:

[demonangel2_uk]

I go for very long walks. Helps put prospective on loads of things. Its amazing what some fresh air can actually do. Arround here it is very hard to get any smoke for about 7 months now. If you do get some your very lucky. It used to be abundant. You could get if when ever you wanted but now you end up having to travel fair distances to get just a little amount. Wish i could aford to move to Amsterdam all my worries would be over. Plus i here there are a lot of jobs there if only you can get there in the first place. No jobs at all around my area of the uk i been out of work for just over 12 months apart from a week & 4 days with an agency which also ads to my depresion even more. Havnt been as bad as this since high school years. But at least i manage to get some smoke to keep me going even if i have to travel and pay a lot more than i would here. Legalizing is the only way forward.

demonangel :rasta: