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Originally Posted by Mysterious Flyer
I used to smoke pot, but I stopped because it was making me paranoid and interfering with my sleep cycle. It was giving me a lot of weird dreams, which is not what you need when you have PTSD. If you can smoke it without getting paranoid (or fat, haha), then go ahead for recreational reasons. I don't think it would alleviate PTSD, though. If you have PTSD, you are probably better off seeing a psychiatrist who can prescribe something more targeted. Don't tell him you smoke pot, though. He might turn you away.
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I've tried lots of meds not just for PTSD per say but symptoms of that as well as anxiety and depression including various anti-depressants(prozac, effexor, wellbutrin, celexa and mirtazapine), a couple anti-histamines(for anxiety/sleep), anti-psychotics(seroquel and zyprexa to supposedly help depression and anxiety), klonopin(which I lost control on not knowing how addictive it was) and a few others none of which help any and/or make me feel worse.... There are a couple that help a bit so far trazodone works ok for sleep, and I have valium for severe anxiety or panic attacks. But yeah I've still found cannabis very helpful, it seems to help me focus and concentrate better to which I've had a hard time doing since I've gotten PTSD.
I think if I could get MMJ for PTSD, not that I have to since its legal in my state...that would likely be safer in the long run then all those pills but then I also haven't reacted well to those. My smoking cannabis doesn't seem to get me turned away, so it might depend on the psychiatrist in fact sometimes it might be better they know in case there are meds that interact dangerously with it that they might prescribe if they don't know.