[3little.birds]

How does marijuana affect you? Because my moods definitely don't swing while high..

Drunk me has extreemee mode swings but not stoned..

[Mjm12]

Marijuana makes me paranoid

[Forgive77]

Drinking white wine does nothing to me...however hard liquer does. I have tried smoking weed....it helped with my anxiety..but I feel dumb. I did acid in HS...that made my mood swing BAD!! Did X in my twentys....not good...but my boy friend at the time I think had bipolar and bpd too. Cocaine...made me rage. That's my list. I don't do anything but drink now...wouldn't touch a drug. I'm a mother of 5 now.

[kitten2012]

I'm the same!! When I'm stoned, I'm all mild and calm and I don't lose memory or have any intense moods. If I have a drink too many, I just crawl into the bottle and spit piss and vinegar at anyone who comes my way...unless I'm throwing myself at them. When I'm drinking, I always lose memory to some extent. But (and I'm curious if you find this too), if I smoke too often, I pull away from people, sleep too much, and generally lose motivation to even try and improve.

Originally Posted by 3little.birds

How does marijuana affect you? Because my moods definitely don't swing while high..

Drunk me has extreemee mode swings but not stoned..

i stayed stoned for years because it felt so nice

didnt do ANYTHING else for me though so i stopped

[3little.birds]

Mjm12- always? Or just in certain situations?

Forgive77- I find that with wine too it doesn't really do anything. Hard liquor turns me into a crazy party girl. I facilitate all kinds of games and play bartender. I black out at least half the times I drink because I mostly do miked drinks.. LITs are my latest fad...

Haven't played around with other drugs. Wanted to try x but won't do it alone. It'd be a one time thing definitely.

Kitten2012- I definitely can't smoke too much. As of right now I am unemployed and looking for a new job so I'm trying to keep it so I can pass a drug test. It's hard though cause my bf will smoke everyday if I don't flip out on him and hold onto it myself. I smoke about once every other week now to keep it out of my system mostly. I've been an everyday smoker and it does make me absolutely lose motivation to do much.

I am a straight a student, work a holic, and exercise freak. My grades never went down due to weed but it got to be such a chore. I'll stop working out altogether and other things go undone.

Ideal amount of smoking (for me) is like 2-3 times a week. Noooo more. Otherwise it slips into an everyday habit for me..

Frogslegs- not better or worse?


Oh. I'm not on any meds either. I'm not diagnosed with anything as of yet (I finally have an apt for June 27th! ). I am fairly sure I have BPD now though. Do you guys smoke while on meds? Does it affect them?

[kitten2012]

Originally Posted by 3little.birds

Mjm12- always? Or just in certain situations?

Forgive77- I find that with wine too it doesn't really do anything. Hard liquor turns me into a crazy party girl. I facilitate all kinds of games and play bartender. I black out at least half the times I drink because I mostly do miked drinks.. LITs are my latest fad...

Haven't played around with other drugs. Wanted to try x but won't do it alone. It'd be a one time thing definitely.

Kitten2012- I definitely can't smoke too much. As of right now I am unemployed and looking for a new job so I'm trying to keep it so I can pass a drug test. It's hard though cause my bf will smoke everyday if I don't flip out on him and hold onto it myself. I smoke about once every other week now to keep it out of my system mostly. I've been an everyday smoker and it does make me absolutely lose motivation to do much.

I am a straight a student, work a holic, and exercise freak. My grades never went down due to weed but it got to be such a chore. I'll stop working out altogether and other things go undone.

Ideal amount of smoking (for me) is like 2-3 times a week. Noooo more. Otherwise it slips into an everyday habit for me..

Frogslegs- not better or worse?


Oh. I'm not on any meds either. I'm not diagnosed with anything as of yet (I finally have an apt for June 27th! ). I am fairly sure I have BPD now though. Do you guys smoke while on meds? Does it affect them?

I think it depends on the meds. I'm on citalopram (antidepressant) and gapapentin (a really mild anti-seizure to calm me down). I do smoke on them, though I really eased cautiously in the beginning to be sure I wouldn't wig out. Good luck with your appointment!

Personally I think weed is very therapeutic. I even have it listed on my DBT check-in sheet as "therapeutic drug" (it's a field I added). It really does help, especially if I just have just a little and I do it INSTEAD OF DRINKING which is really, really bad because alcohol is a depressant. One of my not-so-healthy coping habits was to mix Valium and alcohol. (don't do that!)

Also I've always been very open with my doctors about my use of weed, especially when I was on anti-depressants. (My pdoc said while of course smoking is "not good" but he'd rather me smoke than drink because it's not acting on my liver).

Weed just makes me more mellow. Like a natural alternative to Valium.

I always do a lot of research before I do any sort of drug, prescription or street, because brain chemistry is a powerful thing (as I've seen lately, having nearly killed myself because of ****ed up brain chemistry) and it's not worth the pain if things go wrong.