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Anonymous Coward User ID: 69558478 New Zealand 07/03/2015 08:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Magnesium deficiency You need heaps of magnesium Pot and psych drugs use it up Depression and anxiety are the first sign of magnesium deficiency You need B vitamins too, especially B6 And the Magnesium Co factors bicarbonate b6 selenium Go to got mag. Com online |
cosmicgypsy User ID: 68929326 United States 07/03/2015 08:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bless your heart for finding wellness, and a fuckem attitude I respect... You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -Buckminster Fuller ...I adapt to the unknown, under wandering stars I've grown, by myself, but not alone... [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/03/2015 08:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Magnesium deficiency Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69558478 You need heaps of magnesium Pot and psych drugs use it up Depression and anxiety are the first sign of magnesium deficiency You need B vitamins too, especially B6 And the Magnesium Co factors bicarbonate b6 selenium Go to got mag. Com online Thank you so much for your input! I am not to keen on the whole suppplement deal, however, to be honest... I eat pretty healthy, sticking to a low fat, low carbs, high veggie routine. I love fish and chicken, and stay away from the beef... cows are my friends:) |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/03/2015 08:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And that's the other thing... my depression lifted when I stopped the meds. My thinking was usually pretty negative and gloomy, but now with only smoking the weed, I am learning to see the positive side to life again. I definitely feel like the weed has had a lot to do with this aspect of changing my attitude. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 69278328 United States 07/03/2015 08:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Weed may lead to cognitive degeneration after some time. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good. I agree with the magnesium suggestion. Dark cacao has lots of it. One to two cups a day. Another thing that helps is holy basil in teabag or capsule form. Passionflower and coconut oil too. You might want to increase your fat intake as well as complex carbohydrates in the form of rye bread, sweet potatoes and brown rice. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/03/2015 08:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Weed may lead to cognitive degeneration after some time. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good. I agree with the magnesium suggestion. Dark cacao has lots of it. One to two cups a day. Another thing that helps is holy basil in teabag or capsule form. Passionflower and coconut oil too. You might want to increase your fat intake as well as complex carbohydrates in the form of rye bread, sweet potatoes and brown rice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69278328 yes, I love and eat lots of rye bread:) and I just watched an interview with Chong (from Cheech and Chong), and he is like 70 something, has been smoking weed for how many decades? and is still sharp as a tack. That man is brilliant. I see no cognitive degeneration there my friend. I think the degeneration comes from alcohol abuse, not weed. |
cosmicgypsy User ID: 68929326 United States 07/03/2015 08:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Weed may lead to cognitive degeneration after some time. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good. I agree with the magnesium suggestion. Dark cacao has lots of it. One to two cups a day. Another thing that helps is holy basil in teabag or capsule form. Passionflower and coconut oil too. You might want to increase your fat intake as well as complex carbohydrates in the form of rye bread, sweet potatoes and brown rice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69278328 Coconut oil is a great "grease the wheels" source to ingest because it passes through the blood-brain barrier. You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. -Buckminster Fuller ...I adapt to the unknown, under wandering stars I've grown, by myself, but not alone... [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/03/2015 08:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Weed may lead to cognitive degeneration after some time. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good. I agree with the magnesium suggestion. Dark cacao has lots of it. One to two cups a day. Another thing that helps is holy basil in teabag or capsule form. Passionflower and coconut oil too. You might want to increase your fat intake as well as complex carbohydrates in the form of rye bread, sweet potatoes and brown rice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69278328 Coconut oil is a great "grease the wheels" source to ingest because it passes through the blood-brain barrier. Coconut oil:) I may try this one. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/03/2015 08:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I should also point out that the types of marijuana I smoke are either indica or hybrids. Sativas have a tendency to exacerbate my OCD and can make me manic. To be honest, I do enjoy them every now and then, however, but I do not indulge too often. The indica or hybrid I find very relaxing, easing my OCD and anxiety sypmtoms within minutes of smoking. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/05/2015 07:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I would also like to mention that I stay away from caffeine... I used to drink Rock Stars like it was a life force, and it did me no good. Even coffee can twist me all up. If you drink those sport drinks, I really recommend to stop. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 67910844 United States 07/05/2015 07:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Congrats OP I am also diagnosed bi polar, I also use marijuana as my grounding tool. Being bi polar is a very interesting ride. I encourage you to continue to follow your inner dialogue, you resonate a strong vibration please follow the tools given to you and continue to help. Blessed be |
The Uncle User ID: 69677200 United States 07/05/2015 07:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Weed may lead to cognitive degeneration after some time. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good. I agree with the magnesium suggestion. Dark cacao has lots of it. One to two cups a day. Another thing that helps is holy basil in teabag or capsule form. Passionflower and coconut oil too. You might want to increase your fat intake as well as complex carbohydrates in the form of rye bread, sweet potatoes and brown rice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69278328 He's right, you know. It leaches minerals from your body, just like smoking tobacco does. It's better to eat it as a cookie or brownie. But even then, you shouldn't do it more than once or twice every two weeks. It will interrupt your sleep cycle and you won't reach REM sleep. It will become obvious you're on something when the dreaded dark eye circles show up and you're all puffy eyed by 1 or 2 PM. After a few months of chronic use, your neurotransmitters will be out of balance. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/20/2015 09:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | UPDATE: it has been two weeks since i last posted, and i feel even better. I feel almost no anxiety at all, and my depressin has lifted. I have even set goals and started working towards them! I know, not a big deal on the outside, but if you know anything about depression then you know that working towards any goals is a very big deal:) I could not be happier, too... despite the hardships i am still enduring in my life i am optimistic and hopeful... words that were not even in my vocabulary a month ago! FUCK the meds, you can do without them. But I think the secret is the THC:) you just gotta believe! |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 68792062 United States 07/20/2015 09:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Congrats OP Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67910844 I am also diagnosed bi polar, I also use marijuana as my grounding tool. Being bi polar is a very interesting ride. I encourage you to continue to follow your inner dialogue, you resonate a strong vibration please follow the tools given to you and continue to help. Blessed be Thank you deeply for stopping by and giving me encouragement... your words are priceless my friend:) |
Elusive_Pisces User ID: 65902557 United States 07/20/2015 09:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Weed may lead to cognitive degeneration after some time. Just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good. I agree with the magnesium suggestion. Dark cacao has lots of it. One to two cups a day. Another thing that helps is holy basil in teabag or capsule form. Passionflower and coconut oil too. You might want to increase your fat intake as well as complex carbohydrates in the form of rye bread, sweet potatoes and brown rice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 69278328 The whole "cognitive degeneration" thing is a myth. A myth spread by TPTB. Don't believe the lies that the mass media puts out. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79235171 Netherlands 06/07/2023 09:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For years I used to speak badly about pharma and the psych agenda. Quoting: Feeling alive again 68792062 As a funny twist, I found myself getting diagnosed as bipolar I severe with psychotic features, and being put on 15mg of Zyprexa and 40mg of Prozac. I ate that poison for two years. Being labelled with this illness was quite a change in my life. My family basically said eat the meds or your out! so I complied, as I feared being alone more than anything. So if anything happened, or if I spoke out against anything or offered up an opinion of anything, it was shrugged off by my loved ones as a delusion or fantasy. It's like the whole world has changed it's view on you and nothing is ever the same. It's like living in the Twilight Zone. Despite it all, I finally decided exactly a month ago to stop taking the meds and smoke pot only instead, and the results are as follows- At first, it was kind of rough. I felt very emotional and felt a lot of anxiety when I first quit cold turkey, but it only lasted for a couple of weeks. I hate working, and can barely hold a job. I have been fired from every job I have ever had over the last 20 years of my life, and that equates to about 8 jobs. When I was on the Zyprexa, I would still feel anxiety a lot, especially before work. It was as if the drug was not doing much at all for me. With my history of drug abuse, my doc would never give me xanax or any benzo for the anxiety. Now I feel no anxiety at all, even before I go to work. A couple of puffs before work and I am good. I have even been given more hours and more responsibility at work, hopefully leading to more pay. My OCD thought patterns also get dissipated when I smoke weed. I don't fret and worry over the stupid daily things in my life that can be debilitating at times. When I was taking the Zyprexa, I would still get carried away in my thoughts, and again, it was as if the medicine was doing nothing at all. I now sleep better than I have ever slept in my life. When I first started taking the Zyprexa, my pdoc also had me on Trazadone, and I would sleep a rock solid 12 hours a night. After a year, I could not sleep on the stuff at all so I stopped taking the Trazadone. This is when I began to smoke weed to help me sleep. It worked like a charm, and I am so grateful for this herb. I even told my doc about the smoking and she would just laugh... and let me tell you why. So now I am without health insurance, and it costs me $100 for a 15 minute visit with my psych doctor. That's right, $100 for 15 minutes! Of course she was laughing about my pot habit! Now, not wanting to cough up the cash for this woman to sign off on me taking more poisons for another month, I decided enough is enough, and I could not be happier with the results. Do I recommend this path for everyone? You have to walk it to live it, and living it is the only way to find out. I say go for it. Thank you for reading, I had to get this off of my chest, and being the recluse I am, I had no where else to put this. Your problem is spiritual You're possessed by demons Smoking weed only makes them multiply You need an exorcism |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79235171 Netherlands 06/07/2023 09:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For years I used to speak badly about pharma and the psych agenda. Quoting: Feeling alive again 68792062 As a funny twist, I found myself getting diagnosed as bipolar I severe with psychotic features, and being put on 15mg of Zyprexa and 40mg of Prozac. I ate that poison for two years. Being labelled with this illness was quite a change in my life. My family basically said eat the meds or your out! so I complied, as I feared being alone more than anything. So if anything happened, or if I spoke out against anything or offered up an opinion of anything, it was shrugged off by my loved ones as a delusion or fantasy. It's like the whole world has changed it's view on you and nothing is ever the same. It's like living in the Twilight Zone. Despite it all, I finally decided exactly a month ago to stop taking the meds and smoke pot only instead, and the results are as follows- At first, it was kind of rough. I felt very emotional and felt a lot of anxiety when I first quit cold turkey, but it only lasted for a couple of weeks. I hate working, and can barely hold a job. I have been fired from every job I have ever had over the last 20 years of my life, and that equates to about 8 jobs. When I was on the Zyprexa, I would still feel anxiety a lot, especially before work. It was as if the drug was not doing much at all for me. With my history of drug abuse, my doc would never give me xanax or any benzo for the anxiety. Now I feel no anxiety at all, even before I go to work. A couple of puffs before work and I am good. I have even been given more hours and more responsibility at work, hopefully leading to more pay. My OCD thought patterns also get dissipated when I smoke weed. I don't fret and worry over the stupid daily things in my life that can be debilitating at times. When I was taking the Zyprexa, I would still get carried away in my thoughts, and again, it was as if the medicine was doing nothing at all. I now sleep better than I have ever slept in my life. When I first started taking the Zyprexa, my pdoc also had me on Trazadone, and I would sleep a rock solid 12 hours a night. After a year, I could not sleep on the stuff at all so I stopped taking the Trazadone. This is when I began to smoke weed to help me sleep. It worked like a charm, and I am so grateful for this herb. I even told my doc about the smoking and she would just laugh... and let me tell you why. So now I am without health insurance, and it costs me $100 for a 15 minute visit with my psych doctor. That's right, $100 for 15 minutes! Of course she was laughing about my pot habit! Now, not wanting to cough up the cash for this woman to sign off on me taking more poisons for another month, I decided enough is enough, and I could not be happier with the results. Do I recommend this path for everyone? You have to walk it to live it, and living it is the only way to find out. I say go for it. Thank you for reading, I had to get this off of my chest, and being the recluse I am, I had no where else to put this. How do you know that you really do have bipolar disorder? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84786249 United States 06/07/2023 10:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP, similar story here. I was diagnosed with BP2 about 11 years ago. I've always been deeply depressed. Even when I was a little kid. Low self-esteem, etc. I've always been highly functional though, i'm a workaholic. Perhaps my work is what keeps me going, and distracted from having to lead a "normal" life. I now feel that psychiatry is just a sham, a ruse to get people dumbed down and hooked on pharma drugs. At one time I was on Lamotrigene, Ambien, and Trazodone all at the same time! I got off of all that shit, Trazodone being the last of the 3. It's been close to a year now, and i'm feeling the best I ever have. I don't sleep more than 4-5 hours a night and i'm usually tired and worn out... but somehow i keep moving forward. I've lost about 30 pounds. I walk about 50 miles a week... still dont eat the best, but I eat a lot better than I was before. I'm not able to smoke cannabis daily because I travel for work, but when i'm home i'm hitting it throughout the day - and it keeps me level and focused FAR better than the pharma cocktail ever did. All top shelf Indica strains for me, I mostly stay away from sativa. Cannabis is a miracle drug for me. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 84209978 Canada 07/26/2023 09:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you feel people are taking your spiritual energy, then perhaps what causes anxiety: is that having to deal with it puts you in conflict, ie feeling you have to leave, or being on your own. I suspect anxiety may be a symptom of spiritual growth. When we release old patterns of inefficient behaviour, we may now have to use our now newly liberated energy toward our spiritual growth and ultimate liberation by doing certain things, and the fear of changes which may result us causes us discomfort. I may have to move out, socialize, get a job, lose weight and date, deal with sexuality, confront a bully, or deal with spiritual gifts and a radical new magical cosmology causing havoc in my comfortably familiar but ineffective life. I may be called on to turn the other cheek and fearing confronting my insecurity over dealing with the repercussions of having to rely on accepting others forgiveness and grace when, not if I make a mistake I may discover I was really ok all along, that authorities I once trusted with my life betrayed me, and now I have to forgive them. Feeling vulnerable, on my own, I may have to deal with feelings of powerlessness. The fear of doing it on my own with no guidance, taking responsibly for everything that happens in my life. I may have to call on a higher power. This is why I don't quit smoking. When i quit I have so much energy that I can't vegetate safety on the couch any moar, start to make changes, which scare me. New spaces are opened up which have to be filled, by, what? I feel alarmed by my own new behaviour, finding how now I spontaneously walk right into the middle of a group of my former bullies without thinking, find myself driving heavy machinery, getting laughed at by some, despised and and some even outright humiliating me; yet my daily stream of courage carries me ever onward through the constant companion of fear; two steps forward, one step back. Regroup to tweak perfection again. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat, but sometimes just avoiding catastrophic failure by a hair. They haven't put me in jail yet! |
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