Anyone trying/using MJ for help with mood?

[Nibikwe]

I've heard of people using a puff here or there to boost their moods.. It works in tiny dosages for me... Does anyone else have tales about this?

Erin

[AnyMama]

I'd be careful there. There is a strong link between usage and psychosis. It's not causal (ie usage doesn't = high risk) but there is a strong correlation between usage and psychosis in individuals who appear to have been predisposed. If you have mood issues you may well have a predisposition. I know a person who smoked himself into severe paranoia requiring hospitalization for over a week (not smoking, paranoia continued for a long time, not even sure if he's better yet).

If you have mood issues, I'd read the book The Mood Cure by Julia Ross. She addresses MJ use and what supplements individuals inclined toward use need to correct their mood imbalance.

[Carley]

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I absolutely cannot smoke when I'm depressed or mixed. It increases my psychosis 10fold.

There have been studies that smoking nicotene & MJ is soothing to BP patients.

Everyone is different.

[RaisingRevolution]

I have struggled with severe depression issues for a long time, when I can't afford meds I smoke to bring peace to my household. It's never a cure, just a temporary solution to unbearable hoplessness. It helps me to relax and inspires creativity, so I try to journal, take a hot bath, use that time... but afterwards it just makes me sleepy which adds to the depression! It is only for when I am on the edge...

[organicmama328]

in the past, smoking a little helped at that moment but then I would would crash into a very intense depression. Much more intense than when not smoking. I wouldn't recommend it.