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Citation on developing psychosis? As far as I've read that's a very small number of people and usually linked to people with undiagnosed schizophrenia.
by andyhmltn 13y ago
Citation on developing psychosis? As far as I've read that's a very small number of people and usually linked to people with undiagnosed schizophrenia.
- 1_player 13y agoI'm positive I'm not schizophrenic, I've smoked my fair amount of weed during my youth and, while I enjoyed it very much, now if I take a single puff of a joint I get very anxious, and I have had a more than couple panic attacks due to it. It's taken me some time to forget the good times I had when high, and associate it with anxiety, in order to stop myself from thinking "Yeah, I'd like to smoke a joint now". So while I had no withdrawal symptoms, it's taken me some time to remove the psychological "addiction". Marijuana may be a drug with a lot of positive health benefits but may exacerbate psychosis and panic attacks in healthy people too. (i.e. not schizophrenic or with other major mental disorders)
- andyhmltn 13y agoTrue, but it's different for different people. I've known people who would turn get really dizzy to the point they couldn't stand after smoking. It's not for everyone but that doesn't mean nobody should be allowed to use it. On a personal level, I went through a period of using ~2 ozs a month (every single night) and I was able to cut down to once a month pretty much instantly. Sure I thought about going back but there wasn't any 'physical' addiction as such.