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I can see why psychiatrists may oppose it, anyway. There's some scant evidence that cannabis wakes up latent schizophrenia in susceptible users. You never reall
by ashleyn 2y ago
I can see why psychiatrists may oppose it, anyway. There's some scant evidence that cannabis wakes up latent schizophrenia in susceptible users. You never really know if you're susceptible to it or not. Even family history can betray you - if your family was historically poor and had little access to doctors, can you accurately say you know your family history?
I can relate a personal anecdote. This concern is one reason I personally haven't tried weed again after an initial bad experience with it. I bought about $60 of edibles expecting to have a good time, and most of them went right into the trash after my first time on them (at a very low dose even) resulted in derealisation, brain fog, and panic attacks lasting days.
Granted, I'm likely neurodivergent, and have a history of both anxiety and hypochondriasis especially with unfamiliar experiences. But unfortunately I couldn't determine if it was hypochondriasis or psychosis. The fact that one psychotic break could be life ruining effectively vetoed challenging the anxiety, and thus I couldn't really determine if it was safe to try again.
I don't oppose weed legalisation to be clear - but it can ruin your life if you have an unfortunate brain chemistry.