Marijuania used for depression?

The reason I feel it is much to dangerous to use for depression is that it is way to easy to get into a cycle of being stoned continuously. I know because it started out as a weekend thing for me to get myself to be more social and active, but before I knew it, I was high all the time. The first thing I did when I woke up in the morning was smoke a joint, and the last thing I did before I went to sleep was smoke a joint. I was high for almost a year, with the only breaks I took was when my dealer was late or his car broke down. It didn't help much that I got my weed basically for free. (I downloaded music in exchange for weed, and since I have infinite cap internet, that wasn't much of a problem.) I can't remember anybodies number, but even after not using it in over a year, I can still remember my old dealers number...

 

It's hard to not smoke and then smoke on a multi-daily basis for me, but going a few weeks on, which should pretty much get you ready to be sober a while, and then going a few off, is great... But again, that's recreational, it's totally different. If you're doing it for depression, you can't let it get away with you at ALL, it's gotta be a hit in the morning, hit at lunch, hit at dinner sort of thing. JUST enough to feel about like after a cigerette...

 

I agree with TheCenter. I've been suffering from a severe case of the blues. I don't know if I would call it depression, because I do have moments where I am happiness. I started out as a weekend smoker. That became a daily smoker. That turned into me smoking as soon as I woke up, on lunch breaks, as soon as I got home from work, 2 hours after that, and then again at bed time. On off days I got high every two hours at least. That has been my vicious cycle for the past year and a half. I started to notice I was losing motivation to do anything but smoke weed. I started getting sadder and sadder and couldn't explain why. I never left the house unless it was to get weed or blunt wraps or go to work. If my friends didn't smoke weed, I didn't hang out with them. I took weed on every single trip I had to take. My whole life revolved around smoking weed. Then I realized it used to be the reason I breathe, but now its choking me up. I'm now on my path to rediscover who I once was. Buddhism is really helping me do that. I know that getting outdoors is going to be a big help too a.s.a.p.

I am by no means anti weed. I want to stay quit for a while, not forever. But I NEVER want to depend on it like I have been for the past year and a half. That part of my life is over with. Weed is not a bad thing, but it can definitely become a bad thing if you go down the same road I did. A joint every now and then is just like a beer every now and then. But becoming an alcoholic will lead to a slippery slope that you can't get out of. The same can be said with being a super pothead. If you feel that you are truly depressed, do not use weed as your crutch. Odds are just like TheCenter and others have been saying, you need a lifestyle change.

 

I'm not actually depressed

but lately I've felt "depressed" or pretty down and smoking has helped me out some. I think it all depends on the person's state of mind.

I'll use myself as an example. I was real tore up over a girl, and when I'd get high I'd forget about her and it wouldn't hurt me so much. But then sometimes I'd be high and I'd just think about her nonstop, over and over again, which made me feel worse.

So, it can go either way in my own opinion.

 

The point that is being overlooked here in all of this is that cannabis is not an anti-depressant. It is a very powerful herb that, if used properly, will facilitate the process of self-healing, and this is the only true way of alleviating depression for good.

Perhaps I have no experience the depths that some people do. The point is that cannabis may no be able to help these people because they are unable to help themselves.

Yes, and take your pipe with you so that you can harness the energy from nature and use it heal yourself from within.

People who use cannabis for depression and end up more depressed are no using it properly. This is a failing on their part, not of cannabis.

 

i use it for many things, depression being one of them. i think the reason (besides the obvious mood lifting capabilities of mj) that it works for me is that it gives me a different, and more honest and realistic outlook on life. do i need pot to live? no. but my quality of life would be wretched without it. pharma antidepressants make me sick. i refuse to take them. pot works fine for me. and yes, i do know true diagnosed depression.

 

Oldest excuse in the book.

Cannabis might not be like other drugs, but it is still a drug, weather you like it or not. Everything is a drug, even sugar. There are people who use sugar to treat their depression. It doesn't really help in the long term.

I smoked in nature most of the time, but then I later realised I cannot appreciate nature without weed, and that was terrifying...

Weed is a wonderful plant, but it must be understood that it IS addictive, even though you will not feel physical withdrawal symptoms, you will feel the need to use it again.

Weed for depression isn't a good idea. Weed to get over your ex-girlfriend is another story. Also, when you are depressed you DO sometimes feel happy now and then, but the depressed state is persistent and doesn't ever leave for good. When it goes on for a couple of weeks that is no biggie, but when you find that it has been months since you have went a week without feeling depressed most of the time, then you know you have depression.

If you really have to smoke weed, at least do it while actually living an active life, cutting down on usage frequency as much as you can, is the best way to go.

 

Excuse for what?

Neither does not having any to smoke at all, all the god damn time.

You are not exercising enough.

Eventually you will, because it is nice. Not the same as an addiction.

You clearly haven't been listening to what I am saying.

This is what I try to do, and what I try to tell people all the fucking time, but no-one listens.

A few years ago I was very active,and I used to go the whole day without any until the end of the day i would drink some wine and smoke pure hash, and it was a very nice way to wind down.

You might say that then I didn't need it, but I say that I have the need to explore new levels of awareness, to add fuel to my thoughts. It makes me think creatively, and when I can't do that I get depressed.

It's not rocket science.

Stop talking about it like it is a bad thing to do. It isn't.