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I'd guess that it makes it better at first, worse in the long run. Depression and anxiety are known Cannabis withdrawal symptoms, so it seems like drinking to c

I'd guess that it makes it better at first, worse in the long run. Depression and anxiety are known Cannabis withdrawal symptoms, so it seems like drinking to cure a hangover. There's a great Huberman episode on Canabis/THC.

hirvi74 3y ago
> Huberman episode on Canabis/THC. You mean the same episode where he claimed that something like 25% of pregnant mothers use Cannabis without providing any sources? I'm not saying Huberman has to be right about everything, but I think he just cherrypicks too many studies, sometimes overestimates the value of animal research, and, once in a blue moon, just completely makes up stats to fit his narrative. His on wikipedia page even says, > Huberman has promoted anti-sunscreen views on his podcast, saying he's "as scared of sunscreen as I am of melanoma", and claiming that sunscreen molecules can be found in neurons 10 years after application; without providing any evidence. I think his intentions are good, but I sometimes question his intentions when he never fails to mention that you can also use the code Huberman to get 25% off your first order of Athletic Greens.
- Schnitz 3y ago
  I specifically referred to this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCbqfBAhmPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCbqfBAhmPY. I do not recall him talking about pregnant mothers using Cannabis. Do you have a source (video link, ideally with timestamp) for that?
  - hirvi74 3y ago
    If you can find the full episode, and not just the clip you provided, the timestamp is at 02:14:08. Let me know if you are having trouble finding the full video. I do not want to search it at work, so I cannot link it now.
LegitShady 3y ago
Huberman is the joe rogan of people who think reading a dozen inconclusive studies solves life's mysteries.
- cookie_monsta 3y ago
  So Joe Rogan minus 11 studies?
seec 3y ago
I can tell you from experience that it is exactly that. It depends quite a bit on the variety and dose but overall, this is how it feels. When you take it, everything is great, the next day there is the leftover that makes it a "chill" day but then it slowly goes away and anxiety comes back stronger the following days. At 3-4 days you deal with withdrawal a bit depending on how much you consumed which may increase anxiety or not depending on factors (experience, current situation, etc). I would say you get back to baseline after about 5 days to a week, which is quite long! Cannabis probably doesn't cause anxiety on its own, but definitely do not really help the case for anxious people, in the long term. Unless you want to consider being "high" every day and for quite long. So, using cannabis to treat anxiety is a pretty bad idea but from my point of the view the biggest problem is the cognitive performance penalty you get from using cannabis and the problem is largely compounded by the fact that you do not feel that way at all when you are under influence or after (up to 2 full days after in my experience). Yet I can attest that the impact is very real, and it is quite easy to demonstrate if you have high level activities where you can collect stats (video games are great for that). Cannabis and anxiety definitely have a relation, but it is really not the principal concern to have. I wish it would be legal everywhere so people could talk about it openly...

hirvi74 3y ago

> Huberman episode on Canabis/THC. You mean the same episode where he claimed that something like 25% of pregnant mothers use Cannabis without providing any sources? I'm not saying Huberman has to be right about everything, but I think he just cherrypicks too many studies, sometimes overestimates the value of animal research, and, once in a blue moon, just completely makes up stats to fit his narrative. His on wikipedia page even says, > Huberman has promoted anti-sunscreen views on his podcast, saying he's "as scared of sunscreen as I am of melanoma", and claiming that sunscreen molecules can be found in neurons 10 years after application; without providing any evidence. I think his intentions are good, but I sometimes question his intentions when he never fails to mention that you can also use the code Huberman to get 25% off your first order of Athletic Greens.

Schnitz 3y ago
I specifically referred to this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCbqfBAhmPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCbqfBAhmPY. I do not recall him talking about pregnant mothers using Cannabis. Do you have a source (video link, ideally with timestamp) for that?
- hirvi74 3y ago
  If you can find the full episode, and not just the clip you provided, the timestamp is at 02:14:08. Let me know if you are having trouble finding the full video. I do not want to search it at work, so I cannot link it now.

LegitShady 3y ago

Huberman is the joe rogan of people who think reading a dozen inconclusive studies solves life's mysteries.

cookie_monsta 3y ago
So Joe Rogan minus 11 studies?

seec 3y ago

I can tell you from experience that it is exactly that. It depends quite a bit on the variety and dose but overall, this is how it feels. When you take it, everything is great, the next day there is the leftover that makes it a "chill" day but then it slowly goes away and anxiety comes back stronger the following days. At 3-4 days you deal with withdrawal a bit depending on how much you consumed which may increase anxiety or not depending on factors (experience, current situation, etc). I would say you get back to baseline after about 5 days to a week, which is quite long! Cannabis probably doesn't cause anxiety on its own, but definitely do not really help the case for anxious people, in the long term. Unless you want to consider being "high" every day and for quite long. So, using cannabis to treat anxiety is a pretty bad idea but from my point of the view the biggest problem is the cognitive performance penalty you get from using cannabis and the problem is largely compounded by the fact that you do not feel that way at all when you are under influence or after (up to 2 full days after in my experience). Yet I can attest that the impact is very real, and it is quite easy to demonstrate if you have high level activities where you can collect stats (video games are great for that). Cannabis and anxiety definitely have a relation, but it is really not the principal concern to have. I wish it would be legal everywhere so people could talk about it openly...