Bipolar

ive never been officially diagnosed with bipolarmania, but i definitely am bipolar... and yes, weed usually calms down my mood swings... but it isnt so good with other psychological disorders such as schizophrenia... i have a friend who is schizo, and when he smokes he starts thinking that god gave him the power to do miracles and he'll try to fly and stuff..

 

My dad is bipolar and has ADD and he smokes.
He said it calms him down and allows him to think.

 

AND I have manic ADD (mixture of bipolar and ADD, diagnosed together as one.) And I find weed very theraputic.

 

Smoking marijuana can mess with your levels of serotonin, in all honesty I would discuss this with your doctor. They are there to help you and not judge.

 

I think it is important that you take a long look at yourself, and decide whether you think you REALLY need help- from 6th to 10th grade I got in a lot of trouble and people had me going from counselors to psychiatrists to get all these mental assessment and all i wanted was to be this perfect person. So, doctors had me doing all these different meds (i did feel like an experiment too) So anyways I was taking these meds (lamictal for bipolar 2) and at this time I felt like a retard or some type of spaz and I started smoking weed (alot) and I started to realize who I was and I realized that THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME I thought i was this psycho peice of garbage that everyone wish the world didn't have to deal with. so while i smoked weed there was a full detachment from those doctors it made 'all my cares go up in smoke' and i was able to see how silly it was and slowly i realized i was just a kid who goofed off alot in elementary school and people assumed something was wrong so they just tagged on add-adhd-bipolar 1 bipolar2 and 80 different medicines and when you're young and someone who is an educated adult tells you something is wrong with you, you believe it----- just try to look outside the box and ask yourself if you need those pills or canyou overcome those problems on your own- just accept yourself and if you feel like having a mood swing just toke it gl and sorry for the somewhat irrelevant rant

 

lithium - What Side Effect's, Its a mild Natural equalizer..................I take it, every night

 

My brother is bi-polar and he uses marijuana regularly. I think its been therapeutic because he really has calmed down since he began taking resperidone, lorazepam(ativan) and smoking weed.

 

BP, ADHD, anxiety, and mild depression. Or so I'm told. Haven't smoked in a few years now and took myself entirely off meds a few months but I'm starting to cycle down again and have decided to try and make some connections for natural medication. You know, instead of popping more pills that do God know what to me.

When I used to smoke the effects of BP were entirely negligible. Now I'm just a monster

 

I also was diagnosed with bipolar a little over a year ago, although my parents have said they have known something was up from a very early age but they didn't say anything until I went to them about it last year.
I find smoking extremely therapeutic in both stages of bipolar. When I am in a manic episode I find it extremely difficult to focus, to sit still, be my calm self, and trying to get any sleep is almost a joke. When I smoke during a manic stage it seems to make everything level out to normal and make the euphoric and extrememly "good" and "positive" nature last longer and feel more "normal". When I am in a depressive state I find weed to do the same thing, but opposite- let me explain. I smoke during this stage and it helps me to not sleep all day, it kind of brings me back to life. I dont get sad all the time, and I feel like a normal, functioning member of society again. All in all, MJ is a very good mood stabilizer as long as your keep your habit under check. I like to keep it to one bowl a day, and that way it seems like my episodes of both natures are fewer and further between which is a really good feeling.
My streak is ending soon though because I have to quit until graduation because of some trouble at school, unfortunately i live in a state that medical MJ isn't legalized. Just remember do what feels right, if you feel yourself slipping and you think that MJ is the reason then you need to either slow down, or stop your usage completely. As good of a medicine as it is, it can also come back to bite you, so be careful.

 

Hello there-

I have bipolar type 2. Before I started smoking marijuana on a regular basis, my highs were wild, and the lows intolerable. Then I realized by smoking, no matter how depressed I had sunk, I always felt better. It also smoothed out the hypomanic stages too. Over time I am convinced I would not be alive were it not for marijuana.

I'm not saying this would work for everyone, but you gotta go with what works for you. If it helps you feel better, without adverse side effects, gauge your reaction and go from there.

 

I completely agree with you, 100% there have been so many times that smoking is the only way to think rationally and come back to life, with bipolar you have absolutely no control over your emotions during either stage, it is such an amazing feeling to feel hopeless and out of control, then just roll up a blunt or pack a bowl and feel like you're in charge of your life again.

 

marijuana actually caused me to be diagnosed with bi polar disorder, or not marijuana but my use of it, i didnt actually have bi polar disorder but thats what my doctor wrote down and said that i had, i actually had a psychotic episode where i lost all contact with reality, i got put on a range of different medications like zyprexa, solian, and im taking resperidone now, its been about 2 years since i had the episode and i still feel a bit out of it if i dont take the medication. this was all caused by my 4 years of toking up hydro. sucks but i have no choice in it.

 

I do, since ive been smoking all day every day, im the nicest person in the world, i have a younger brother that i hate to death but recently we've been talking and being closer like brothers, i havent really gotten mad lately and ive been able to sleep and just stay chill.

 

Add cbd and check terpene profiles as they are responsible for different effects + doctoryourself.com

 

Same, same someone who has a good doctor with a good knowledge of what they are talking about when it comes to cannabis-my pain specialist was the largest prescriber in our province-until Trudeau got in up here-things are caging quickly. CBD strains help create an entourage effect that helps restore homeostasis, doctoryourself.com is great niacin at 3000mg to 10,000mg daily has an 80% success rate for schizophrenia(I work wit a nuse whow heloped administer the double bLind test wit the researcher- on the site). It reduces alcohol cravings (same doctor was AA's founder Bill Wilson) which is likely the reason it was once so helpful. The niacin helps with most 'psychotic' states. Personally I believe internal/external stresses and traumas typically develop and express differently in different people...or 20 years of using hard dope followed by 15 years abstinence and 20 as an addiction and mental health counselor that has benefitted by being on both sides of the system in two different contexts.

 

My wife works in a seniors and extended care facility. Just because it is a 'salt' does not make it harmless. The whole dialysis unit is bipolar patients who were prescribed lithium. I will deal with what I have with the best possible information and will not abdicate responsibility for health to anyone. I will read enough to inform myself as to what is right for me and what not. I have worked with psychiatrists on a professional basis for 20 years the philosophy is to improve quality of life now over longevity, most consider that a secondary concern. Once on the med it is very difficult to have the wherewithal to dissect the issue and resolve it.

 

Clinically diagnosed with Cyclothymia a year ago, and high CBD strains are better for me than Lexapro. Too much THC in public makes me spiral into paranoid mania, but two grams of the good stuff will last me a month if taken orally as a butter. I highly recommend experimentation with edibles.

 

OP is 9 years old.