Cannabis - Is It Good For Anxiety What Are The Medical Risks V Benefits

[gordiescotland1]

I am a sufferer of depression and anxiety and have been for many years have good days and bad days I also suffer from insomnia my final diagnosis before discharge from mental health team 2 years ago was borderline personality disorder. My friend reckons they give you that label when they dont know what is wrong with you!! I was chatting to a friend today who has had similar issue to myself and he feels cannabis has really helped him and he suggested I try some as an ingredient in food as I dont smoke. I know it can be beneficial in pain relief and there is a great debate about the negative effects on mental health ie psychosis but I also suffer from an arrythmia well controlled as well as type 2 diabetes and I am on a lot of medication so not sure if it would be worth the risk, not ready to meet my maker yet too much sin !! But I want to know the full facts as much as possible before I make an informed choice.

[Peter Pedant]

yeah eddie and I obviously lead an inner city existence
skunk is just a high cannabis oil cultivar
and not a separate species

I suppose is is 'medias in res' for this - oops Latin but it is about drugs used therapeutically - kinda - "middle way for all things"
a little may not have the same effect as a lot

Nothing in this discussion has made me think
Oh I must go out and buy some and try it

[murraymints]

me neither PP ! hows yoo doin' ?

[Peter Pedant]

not bad
still alive means 10 out of 10
thx- sorry Gordie - bit off piste ....

[murraymints]

:0) xx

[ummmm]

Eddie - where do you get your information from? Not all weed is skunk...

[1ozzy]

Smoking/eating pot will relax you at first.

Then the troubles will begin and you will have more troubles than you started with.

Don't even consider it as a "cure" for mental health problems.

Same with alcohol, been there, done that, BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!

[pixie374]

Gordie, as others have said, it is well known for causing long-term psychosis, paranoia and schizophrenia. Are you thinking of CBD tablets which are cannabis based but without the intoxicants?
http://herb.co/2016/07/26/everything-you-need-to-know-about-cbd/

[anneasquith]

There is scope for use of medicinal cannabis in some diseases, these should be investigated . cannabis use and having MHI , no .

[emmie]

i would say stay well away, i have seen the damage first hand from smoking cannabis and its not pretty. It can cause paranoia, hallucinations and much more. I would talk to your mental health worker before making any life changing decisions. Cannabis can lead to other stranger substance abuse, like skunk for e.g. Not the way i would go at all.

[EDDIE51]

I know not all 'weed' is skunk but 99% of what you can buy on the street now is skunk!

[ummmm]

Wrong Eddie.

[Samuraisan]

I would be very wary of taking it nowadays. We
all had a lot of fun in the 60s/70s, but the weed is not the same now.

[lorise]

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