FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
Junior Member
Member Since Sep 2014
Location: Long Beach, CA.
Posts: 13
10 |
#41
Quote:
|
|
Reply With Quote |
Angelique67
|
Grand Magnate
Member Since Apr 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,794
14 6 hugs
given |
#42
Well it's hard to say why it effected them that way...or if it triggered something already present. I've taken it multiple times and have not had any such experience...but have only had a couple hits at once, wouldn't want to go too far over-board since its very potent. Was it a bad experience they had? I could see how a very bad trip could be damaging like could be traumatic...which can have negative effects. But either way though some people get negative effects from what I've read up on and experienced I can see how psychedelic substances could help depression, probably would not help everyone's depression. Either way will be curious to see what sort of results studies on such drugs for mental health issues will provide.
__________________ Winter is coming. |
Reply With Quote |
Elder
Member Since Feb 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,481
10 |
#43
Yeah I don't believe that pure LSD or shrooms cause lasting effects unless it triggers a pre existing condition that was gonna show up anyway. The problem with LSD is that when you buy it you really don't know what you are getting. Did the guy who made it know what he was doing?
I would definitely stay away from the new designer drugs. No one knows the effects really and they are dangerous. They are not something like lsd or shrooms that has been studied and people have lots of experience with. See this thread- http://forums.psychcentral.com/other...r-opinion.html __________________ The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
Reply With Quote |
Member
Member Since Nov 2011
Location: Foat Wuth, TX
Posts: 32
12 45 hugs
given |
#44
I just read this article on Medscape (I guess I didn't copy correctly to get the link) but it's in the psychiatry section on depression ... about potentially using nitrous oxide !!! Says anti-depressant effect last days long
I don't know about that, but I enjoy the short term effects.... last time my dentist became a long-haired leaping gnome ... still makes me laugh and that was years ago stephanie |
Reply With Quote |
Elder
Member Since Feb 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,481
10 |
#45
OMG me and my friend cleaned his Dad's dentist office when we were teens at night. No one there. What do you think we did after we were done cleaning.....yup. It wasn't hard to figure out how to turn the main bottles on, sit in the chair and crank it up. A couple hours.
Never heard of it for depression. Do you mean ketamine? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
Reply With Quote |
Elder
Member Since Feb 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,481
10 |
#46
Your right. I want in.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/836727 http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjourn...910-X/fulltext Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
Reply With Quote |
New Member
Member Since Dec 2014
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5
9 |
#47
I have just joined this group also as I knew I needed some support with my depression. My doctor has been playing with my meds but nothing helps. Now Wellbutrin and Cymbalta. My depression is the kind where I hurt so bad that I can't stop crying. I have been depressed for many years but when I was young I used to do drugs to numb my feelings and "feel good" a temporary fix but I think what happened is that for years I numbed myself so much now the emotions and feelings are hitting me so hard I feel sometimes like I can't cope. I don't want to do this any more and I want some treatment that works. Does anyone know if medical marijuana would help and if a doctor would prescribe it or is it just for end of life issues. Anyway I am glad I found people who understand. My friends and family just say breathe and get over it but they don't understand Thank you for listening sad eyed lady
|
Reply With Quote |
bipolarbrother, bluekoi, boomerango, Lovins81
|
Member
Member Since Nov 2011
Location: Foat Wuth, TX
Posts: 32
12 45 hugs
given |
#48
Quote:
You may find you need something on top of your anti-depressants...it takes most of us a long time to get just the right "cocktail" and even then it sometimes has to be modified over time. For me, it doesn't get cured, but the edge is taken off where I can deal. Hope it gets easier for you. stephanie |
|
Reply With Quote |
Elder
Member Since Feb 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,481
10 |
#49
My current cocktail is the best one I have ever been on. I have been at treatment for twenty years.
I have been clean and sober for twenty years but to be honest I have experimented with pot for depression and anxiety. What I found was that it was no good at all for my depression. Some people say it helps. I found that for anxiety it does help but it has to be the right strain. Some strains make me to paranoid. So I have thought about getting a card sometimes but I decided against it. Klonopin works much much better and I don't want to be a chronic smoker. It depends on the state but it is not usually hard at all to get a card. Personally I never worried about it. It is very easy for me to get very good stuff if I were to want to.....not so legally. I don't care if I get it legally or not. Certainly never stopped me in my drug and alcohol using days. __________________ The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
Reply With Quote |
Grand Magnate
Member Since Apr 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,794
14 6 hugs
given |
#50
Quote:
__________________ Winter is coming. |
|
Reply With Quote |
Grand Magnate
Member Since Apr 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 3,794
14 6 hugs
given |
#51
Quote:
I more or less self medicate with cannabis and find it helpful...but have not obtained doctor recommendation, not to mention it a bit of a chunck of money to get an MMJ card and its legal here so, thus far seems more trouble than it is worth. But yeah I don't use the cannabis to 'numb' feelings kind of hard to explain but helps me deal with how I feel like instead of having racing thoughts and getting anxious or being consumed by the despair of depression I might look at it more objectively and calmly. Also it improves my mood even after the 'high' wears off. __________________ Winter is coming. |
|
Reply With Quote |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
#52
i actually want to try medical mj for a bit. nothing else is working yet.
|
Reply With Quote |
Elder
Member Since Feb 2014
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,481
10 |
#53
Quote:
Hey if it works for you that is great. Yeah the klonopin is for anxiety for me. I was crawling out of my skin with anxiety and it works soooo good. I know the dangers but I have never felt the urge to take more than prescribed and haven't had to increase dose. In CA you can get a card for a hang nail. I don't know how hard it is to get a card in Michigan where I am now. Personally I wouldn't bother with it. You guys may want to try CBD oil instead. It doesn't have THC and they claim that CBD is the stuff that helps. The THC makes some people paranoid or they don't like the high part. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be." -- Richard Feynman Major Depressive Disorder Anxiety Disorder with some paranoid delusions thrown in for fun. Recovering Alcoholic and Addict Possibly on low end of bi polar spectrum...trying to decide. Male, 50 Fetzima 80mg Lamictal 100mg Remeron 30mg for sleep Klonopin .5mg twice a day, cutting this back |
|
Reply With Quote |
boomerango
|
Member
Member Since Jan 2015
Location: Nc
Posts: 29
9 9 hugs
given |
#54
I've had Prozac Paxil trazadone abilify elavil benzos cymbalta (current) and now low dose lithium, although I have never experienced mania, considering ECT but not sure if I can do it and not get fired for missing work, I already have FMLA for EDS chronic migraines and CD. I feel pretty hopeless
|
Reply With Quote |
shezbut
|
Member
Member Since Nov 2014
Location: Moon
Posts: 46
9 |
#55
Ditto, and it's getting OLD! I do enjoy the few moments of mania I experience from time to time. I can laugh at nothing. Otherwise there are few options but to suck it up or get high.
|
Reply With Quote |
shezbut
|
Member
Member Since Jan 2015
Location: Nc
Posts: 29
9 9 hugs
given |
#56
Hi, I have only been successful w cymbalta, too, which kinda sux bc it interacts with a lot of medications and I haven't been successful at tapering off and onto another medication. So, other than trazadone, have you heard of any meds that could supplement the cymbalta? I tried low dose abilify and it caused movement disorder, now I have RLS, forever, I guess.. And I tried deplin but felt no difference, other than it burned my stomach. Now I'm trying low dose lithium, btw I have never had a manic episode, ever, if it helps, I can't tell.. Although it has the lovely side effect of changing my sense of taste and causing wicked weight gain.. I've been considering restoril, thinking if i sleep more than 4 hrs a night my symptoms may improve.. But also considering lamical.. Any thoughts?
|
Reply With Quote |
Member
Member Since Jan 2015
Location: U.S.
Posts: 84
9 6 hugs
given |
#57
Quote:
|
|
Reply With Quote |
Member
Member Since Feb 2013
Posts: 268
11 230 hugs
given |
#58
If I was in a "green state" I would be all over that! I had tried the pain pills for the chronic pain I have. Then it started to really backfire a 10 fold of pain when wearing off. I cannot take one when the depression gets horribly bad, because my body goes threw a withdrawal so easy since I took pain pills roughly 2 1/2yrs. I have fell into I believe the worst of all pits for me. I have been in this state of mind for almost 2 months now. I stopped the pain pills a few weeks ago. Now the depression has me 24/7 pain, plus mentally and emotionally. I will see my psych this week and demand changes. Try that if he does not comply I am going back to pain pills.
I am stuck....all I want is some relief! Maybe have some energy to get to any appointment. I am not even dragging my feet. I cannot get myself together and go anywhere or think straight! This really Sux! And I just want to try to live and get out of my siblings house. |
Reply With Quote |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
#59
I took opiates for a while earlier in my depression. Even though I wasn't as depressed then as I am now. But the opiates didn't do anything to lift the depression, and quitting the opiates didn't worsen the depression.
|
Reply With Quote |
New Member
Member Since Nov 2014
Location: santa margarita,ca.
Posts: 3
9 |
#60
Quote:
|
|
Reply With Quote |
Reply |
|