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Originally Posted by bigt666
Lately I've been feeling extremely anxious and I mostly feel all that anxiety on my legs. I take 6mg of Ativan a day but it's not helping. I have resulted on alternative methods to cure my anxiety and came up with smoking marijuana. It has been helping me with my anxiety, depression, ADD and my mania but there's time where I see no point of smoking it.
What does everybody else think? Is this a good alternative way of coping with anxiety?
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God no!!!!!! I was pothead for years and did it for the same reasons. Also it helped upset stomach, body pain and insomnia. But I am schizoseffective/borderline and recently bipolar. Marijuana very bad long term. Interferes with short term memory, and yes increases chances of psychosis(I can testify to that!) but is not the cause of the underlying illness, can effect libido (when not on it), can effect DNA on a molecular level and severely impair fetal development. This is obviously with long term use.
I really miss it, but have not smoked since diagnosed with bipolar due to lithium. So I can harp on not to do it, but whoever said its not addictive is lying. I think about it all the time! I am a perfect example of why you shouldn't do it.
Sorry, just feel really strongly about it.
