First, I should say that I live in a state where MJ is illegal. I no longer smoke it. BUT, when I had my first manic episode ever this spring (and it was a BAD one) at the age of 44, I had been smoking a new batch of weed - like A LOT of it. I ended up in IP for 7 days (so no MJ during that time and none for a couple weeks after that.) When I started PHP progam, I started vaping cannabis (keep in mind, still illegal and didn't know what was in it). Following that I had a few weeks of psychosis and severe paranoia. I stopped vaping and continued to have psychosis for another week or 2. I haven't smoked or vaped it since April. By May, I was no longer manic or psychotic, although I quickly slid into a deep depression within a few weeks - which I still have, going on 4 months and counting. While in IP at the beginning of all this, I was diagnosed BP1. However, my therapist and my nurse practitioner both think it's possible that the whole manic episode could have been caused by the MJ. The NP thinks I may have BP2 instead of BP1 despite the full blown manic episode I had. This is all very difficult for me because I feel I don't have an official diagnosis that I can ACCEPT and move forward with. There's a lingering hope that I don't have BP1, since I'm 44 and never had mania or hypomania in the past (only depression - usually just in winter except for this year) and that I was smoking weed with a very HIGH THC content when the episode happened. Thoughts or knowledge about mania induced by marijuana use? Are my therapist and NP giving me false hope? Thanks ya'll.