Bad Meds

Hi all just thought I would share how much this fine plant has helped me out. You see I am a schizophrenic and I have been put on one pill after another for what seemed an eternity. The problem wasn't with the pills not working but with the side effects of them. I happen to be a diabetic as well and those damn pills causes weight gain and a very large increase in one's blood sugar. So what would work for me? I smoked weed for years and then I gave it up for years. About a year ago I smoked a joint with a friend and I happily found that the joint helped me. Smoking weed is doing the same thing all those physic drugs do but without the side effects. I found a good strain that doesn't cause me to have the munchies but it calmed the ole brain down some. Now I am an active advocate of medical marijuana. It has to be one of the best things to happen to me in years. My life has improved greatly. My state does not yet have medical marijuana laws yet but we are pushing for them. To all of you medical growers out there, my hat is off to all of you. You help a lot of people. My thanks goes out to you all. Keep up the good growing all.

Welcome to RIU. I hope this is soon legalized to help those in so much need.

welcome to riu, i maybe the only one ot say this but be careful with weed and schizophrenia, what you think might help now might not in a few months or years. Consult your doctor, consult another doctor after that.

sunni said:

welcome to riu, i maybe the only one ot say this but be careful with weed and schizophrenia, what you think might help now might not in a few months or years. Consult your doctor, consult another doctor after that.

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Yes what she said. It can exacerbate your condition. I have some left over symptoms from PTSD and sometimes even smoking a bowl can send me right to hell for a few hours every once in a while.

GOD HERE said:

.....sometimes even smoking a bowl can send me right to hell for a few hours every once in a while......

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bUt uR--->GOD.....??
--aNd yOu liVe iN---> ""nOr-cAl""

.....oH i gEt iT--

.....yOu gO doWn thErE tO chEcK sHiT oUt...[lOs anGelEs???]

buckaroo bonzai said:

bUt uR--->GOD.....??
--aNd yOu liVe iN---> ""nOr-cAl""

.....oH i gEt iT--

.....yOu gO doWn thErE tO chEcK sHiT oUt...[lOs anGelEs???]

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This is why you don't get into meth.

As long as smoking helps me keep what little sanity I have left I will light up everyday. I appreciate the concern and the well founded advice. This is a great community!!!

daaaamn. i just saw myself in your thread. :O
been pilled from like minor depressions, bipolar depression (dont know if it's the same in english) shisofrenic... u name it.

started to grow my own shit.
first grow are lying in the glass jars atm =D

i myself noticed the positive sides of weed. took me a while tho.. i started to use it as a getaway. lost controll . everything started to be about weed. how do i get money for it etc? . i might be weak to some people, but i see myself as strong
(Because i realized this)

Stopped on my meds for 1month ago. already starting to feel a totally different "high".

it might be placebo but w/e....

after i stopped on the meds my drastic changes in personality dropped some, and now...

i never take a "wake and bake".. no mather how much i want a wake and bake i know that if i do that, i'l just be sitting here smoking contaniously, and then usually get depressed when the night comes.

now i'm taking one problem after another, and "rewarding myself" a J on the evning so i can sleep well.
sent in lots of job aplications. hopefully my life will start to work like normal soon.

kudos for speeking out! that's a milestone in it's own!

what did i want to say with this post? i dont really know, other than i feel your pain! Nothing is worse than wrong medicine! (with that i mean it somewhat works, but like you say side effects ((that's induvidual but had some diffrent side effects like vibrations in hands etc. made it hard to type, eat etc.))

Hope you get your life back on track now that you have found something that works!!! Just dont let it take over your life like i did.. =)

Warm wishes from norway =)