is anyone else on here bi-polar?

i have bipolar-II disorder, for which i take mood stabililizers and smoke mind-healing ganja. just out of curiosity, is there anybody on here with a similar head condition?

 

personally.. and this is coming from well over a decade of marijuana use.. it is not "mind healing" by any means... it makes you paranoid.. gives you horrible anxiety.. and really magnifies emotions.. if i smoke weed when im depressed.. it does one of two things.. 1) make my depression worse 2) the depression is too much of a buzz kill to enjoy the high

 

The key word there is 'personally'.

 

maybe.. but also it runs true for a lot of other pot smokers too... or maybe i over did it for about 5 or so years there.. i know there was a good 5 year run in which i cannot tell you 1 day i was not high from when i woke up til when i went to bed.. there is a limit to everything

 

well, i respect your view on the matter, but for me cannabis has always been a way to get more in tocuh with myself introspectively. it allows me to look at problems in different ways and opens my mind to previously unthought-of solutions. it's mind expanding, as i believe all drugs can be.

do you still smoke pot?

 

don't get me wrong.. i believe its mind expanding.. but its not a cure all

yes i still burn

 

I am on 2 mood stabilities, the psychiatrist has tried upping me on these meds and I flipped out, woke up in panic attack totally out of it upset scared

 

mood stabilizers? is that a newfangled word for anti depressants?

 

Mood stabilizers and anti depressants are two different things, mood stabilizers help if you have anxiety or worried all the time but it also helps with depression. And can help you sleep. Like when I am not on my meds, I am up and 3:00 in the morning cleaning my room or talking none stop

 

I think it's a certain class of antidepressants. Mobutrin (wellbutrin? somethingbutrin.) is a moodstabilizer afaik.

 

Weed has NEVER made me depressed.

A study showed that weed stimulates brain cells.

 

Weed doesn't help when I'm down but for others I know, it does.It's whatever though, because in the long run I'm able to learn other ways of dealing with it.

 

I don't think they're saying weed makes you depressed.It just doesn't help smoking when you have depression.For a lot of people at least.

 

I feel like million bucks when I smoke

 

first of all, your other post... no one said it was a cure for anything. its a treatment....

and you probably smoked too much. everyday is overboard. If you are normal and do it for recreation/spiritual ideals, then maybe 1-2 times a week. But it does depend on the person. Some people function much better with weed everyday than without. I personally am better just one or two days with per week, or even substitute one day with psychedelics, but I haven't smoked in three months or so. But you seem to have a real negative attitude.
Back to the post, my neighbor has bipolar. and I know they smoke weed (her and her husband). For what its worth

 

I wish smoking helped me with anxiety.Then again, I never tried so who knows if it would have.If I have a hint of anxiety before I smoke sometimes, it actually helps.I can deal with it so much better.I hope that made sense haha.

 

i'm not negative.. im a realist.. sorry if you have a problem with reality

 

No one is bi polar.

 

Then why am I up at 3:00 in the morning cleaning my room top to bottom talking non-stop?

 

okay, you dont know what your talking about. This is a legit disorder. Unless you dont believe anything in the world

And I dont mind realists, but your based on opinion not fact. A realist should base ideas on fact