Personally I do not smoke marijuana to relieve anxiety, as for me it cannot serve to rectify or compensate my mood, only to further it.
I would agree that, specific to overcoming SA, in a given situation, alcohol is more effective. But, in general recreational terms, marijuana is by far the superior drug: both in he strength of its positives and the virtual absence of its negatives: yes, governments have tried sooo hard to find ways in which cannabis is harmful to health and to society so as to justify the ludicrous double standard of it being illegal, but all evidence is either unfounded or flimsy at best.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:38 am Post subject: Re: marijuana
slicenrice wrote:
does anyone smoke grass to relieve anxieties? I have been doing it a lot recently and it works if i just have a little bit. if i smoke too much i become more anxious and can't think straight hahah
I started out doing that, then it blew in to a full blown addiction.
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Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:49 am Post subject:
Green Day wrote:
Sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on
Change the channels for an hour or two
Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit
I'm sick of all the same old shit
In a house with unlocked doors
And I'm fucking lazy
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored I'm going blind
And I smell like shit
Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving
I sure as hell can't do it by myself
I'm feeling like a dog in heat
Barred indoors from the summer street
I locked the door to my own cell
And I lost the key
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored I'm going blind
And I smell like shit
I got no motivation
Where is my motivation
No time for motivation
Smoking's my inspiration
Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling
Call me pathetic,call me what you will
My mother says to get a job
But she don't like the one she's got
When masturbation's lost its fun
You're fucking breaking
Bite my lip and close my eyes
Take me away to paradise
I'm so damn bored
I'm going blind
And loneliness has to suffice
Bite my lip and close my eyes
I was slipping away to paradise
Some say, "Quit or I'll go blind"
But it's just a myth
_________________ Accept your reactions and be present
Choose a valued direction
Take action
Personally wouldn't recommend it as a long-term solution to anxiety. Tried it once and it was disgusting at first but after a while the high was amazing...I couldn't stop talking and felt wayy more relaxed than usual; for once, I felt like I was on the same wavelength as everyone else. The comedown is awful, well it was for me anyway. My anxiety was through the roof and I just generally felt like a sick, nervous wreck. Arguably, it's a safer way to self medicate than alcohol but tbh I wouldn't dabble in either too much 'cause which ever way you want to justify it, they poison your body and muck up the way it's supposed to function. I guess this could be said for prescribed medicine from the doc too though, so I dont know where I'm going with this!
Joined: Jun 15, 2008 Posts: 21 Location: on the last bus out of town
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:56 am Post subject:
I never liked pot up until a year or so ago...then I got into it heavy, as in several times a day. For a while it was really great...helped me relax, gave me inspiration, stabilized my moods etc. I even liked it so much that I gave up the other hard drugs I was doing! (Gateway drug? More like "exit drug" for me!) But when my depression began to hit me really hard again about two months ago, I noticed that it was aggravating the situation. I'd get high and get so far into my head that I'd lose it...going over shit in my head, having panic attacks, losing the ability to tell what was real and what was my imagination (thoughts I mean, not visual hallucinations or anything.)
But now I can't stop I smoked cigs for three years and was able to quit cold turkey easily. Never had an addiction to anything. But pot has hooked me psychologically in a way that I can't get over...I still smoke multiple times a day, even when I can't afford it. I don't want to give it up completely, but I think I need to stop for at least a few weeks to see if it helps. But I'm having a really, really hard time...
No, no, no. Pot is the opposite of what someone with SAD needs. It's a GREAT short term fix because pot users LOVE the company of other pot users and are willing to accept all kinds of behavior in fellow pot users. And once everyone in the room is on that same wavelength it feels liberating.
The problem though is that given its status--legally, socially and culturally--it's not a treatment you can really hide outside of your circle of pot user friends. You can't get high chronically and have a career. You can't get high chronically and have a long-term relationship. You can't get high chronically and have a family. The only thing you can really do if you're a habitual user is hang out with other habitual users. So, you haven't really treated the SAD you've just stabilized who you socialize with into a more trustworthy group given everyone's investment in this underground thing.
And THAT can be very hard to break out of psychologally when you want a career, family, etc.
I'm talking from experience here. Pot is a hell of a fun drug but for people with SAD it can become addictive very fast.
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I smoked cigs for three years and was able to quit cold turkey easily. Never had an addiction to anything. But pot has hooked me psychologically in a way that I can't get over...I still smoke multiple times a day, even when I can't afford it. I don't want to give it up completely, but I think I need to stop for at least a few weeks to see if it helps. But I'm having a really, really hard time...
