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10-12-2002, 01:05 AM

My point is that Marijuana has helped me in many ways, and medication that was given to me for the last 8 years has done horrible things to my mind.

I know where your coming from though, I spent about 150 hours interviewing and evaluating drug addicts (mostly cocaine and heroine) and their stories weren't very nice... Disturbed me greatly.

And Civic, I'm not trying to make people who dislike pot go out and get high

I'm just trying to lessen the insults towards responsible marijuana users.

I have bipolar disorder, marijuana helps me through the lows and allows me to remember childhood events better so I can deal with the memories. I have schizophrenia... Marijuana doesn't make this better but it makes corner-eye visuals less disturbing and not a big deal. Even if they are more frequent while high, but I don't recommend smoking marijuana if you have schizophrenia, some people can't handle the "20%" increase in psychotic activity while high. I am also obsessive compulsive, while high and 7-8 hours after the high OCD is not apparent in my behavior. I am anorexic, when I get stressed out I can't eat... If I try I gag. Obviously marijuana fixes that + a bunch

Gained 10 pounds and I'm now a healthy weight.

What I dislike about marijuana is that for the first 40 minutes of being high it's harder to follow movie storylines... But my longterm memory increases an extraordinary amount. I also dislike the feeling of being slow, which can be fixed by lowering the dosage... But I need enough to stop my migraines which come daily so thats not an option.

The medication that was given to me for migraines and bipolar for two months was Vicodin (5mg hydrocodone 500mg acetaminophen). This drug makes me feel happy, it makes me eat more, it makes my mind clearer and schizophrenia stops completely... While on Vicodin I feel NORMAL... I'm not thinking about how horrible the world is... I'm just focusing on whats happening around me... and enjoying life.

Too bad it damages your liver... and is a very addictive drug with many side effects (mostly from longterm use... which isnt legal). So continuing on that medication was not an option.

Have to deal with what you can find... And so far after dozens of pills and shots (doctors, not illegal drug use) with no luck I found two drugs that work... Opiates (Hydrocodone) fix everything, and Marijuana fix's most and adds a few more small problems.

10-12-2002, 01:05 AM	#107
melteye Posts: n/a	My point is that Marijuana has helped me in many ways, and medication that was given to me for the last 8 years has done horrible things to my mind. I know where your coming from though, I spent about 150 hours interviewing and evaluating drug addicts (mostly cocaine and heroine) and their stories weren't very nice... Disturbed me greatly. And Civic, I'm not trying to make people who dislike pot go out and get high I'm just trying to lessen the insults towards responsible marijuana users. I have bipolar disorder, marijuana helps me through the lows and allows me to remember childhood events better so I can deal with the memories. I have schizophrenia... Marijuana doesn't make this better but it makes corner-eye visuals less disturbing and not a big deal. Even if they are more frequent while high, but I don't recommend smoking marijuana if you have schizophrenia, some people can't handle the "20%" increase in psychotic activity while high. I am also obsessive compulsive, while high and 7-8 hours after the high OCD is not apparent in my behavior. I am anorexic, when I get stressed out I can't eat... If I try I gag. Obviously marijuana fixes that + a bunch Gained 10 pounds and I'm now a healthy weight. What I dislike about marijuana is that for the first 40 minutes of being high it's harder to follow movie storylines... But my longterm memory increases an extraordinary amount. I also dislike the feeling of being slow, which can be fixed by lowering the dosage... But I need enough to stop my migraines which come daily so thats not an option. The medication that was given to me for migraines and bipolar for two months was Vicodin (5mg hydrocodone 500mg acetaminophen). This drug makes me feel happy, it makes me eat more, it makes my mind clearer and schizophrenia stops completely... While on Vicodin I feel NORMAL... I'm not thinking about how horrible the world is... I'm just focusing on whats happening around me... and enjoying life. Too bad it damages your liver... and is a very addictive drug with many side effects (mostly from longterm use... which isnt legal). So continuing on that medication was not an option. Have to deal with what you can find... And so far after dozens of pills and shots (doctors, not illegal drug use) with no luck I found two drugs that work... Opiates (Hydrocodone) fix everything, and Marijuana fix's most and adds a few more small problems.