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Date Posted:01:50:45 04/23/02 Tue In reply to:
michelle g
's message, "Re: MARIJUANA & DEPRESSION: What comes first??" on 10:03:40 02/20/02 Wed
>>I am a 25 year old male. I started smoking pot when I was about 16. It started out as maybe one joint every other day or so and now like michelle I am up to 6,7,8,9 sometimes even 15 joints a day. I smoke before I go to work in the morning, I am always late because I need those exta few tokes. I smoke when I come home for lunch, I often take 2 hour lunch breaks so I can keep on smoking more. I leave work an hour early so i can come home and get high. I have been diagnosed with depression when I was about 20 or so. I've been given prozac, wellbutrin and I am now on effexor. I too am the same way as michelle, I am up one week and down the next comes and goes so quickly its making my head spin. I have read that marijuana supposedly has the same emotional effects as prozac but i have never taken my prozac except maybe once or twice without smoking. Also just like the person who wrote a response to michelle, I am, or was supposed to (its all falling apart) get married on June 1,2002. My fiance used to smoke pot but quit because of drug testing at work. I too have a lack of sex drive because of the anti depressants, but I did not when smoked before I started taking the medicine. I could write all night about how I'm feeling but I would like to hear some people's reactions and experiences. Just remember your not alone.
For the past year and half or so of my life I have
>>been trying to answer this one very question. I have
>>been going through crazy battles with depression for
>>the past 2 to 3 years. I have been smoking marijuana
>>for the past 4 years. For the past year or so, my
>>marijuana use has turned into abuse, and I can finally
>>say I am addicted and dependant on Cannabis.
>>
>>On the other hand, every other week I suffer from a
>>sinking depression that lasts roughly a week every
>>single time... It never fails to come back and I don't
>>know it returns. I saw a few doctors who tried a few
>>anti-depressants on me but nothing really helped.
>>
>>Could I be fooling myself this whole time?? Could it
>>be the very own dope that I'm smoking that is making
>>me depressed?? Can chronic marijuana use (5-10 joints
>>a day) lead to depression?? on its own?! A depression
>>that lasts for a whole week?! Does this make any sense
>>to anyone or am i just imagining shit?!
>>
>>I am begging for help from anyone who has a similar
>>situation. Nobody seems to understand me, and I don't
>>know what to do anymore. I am ready to quit all use of
>>Cannabis. Does anyone have any pointers on how to
>>quit?!
>>
>>When people out there say how pot is so harmless and
>>is only a plant, I laugh... We all know deep down
>>inside that we are only addicted and find any excuse
>>to rationolize our smoking.
>>
>>Thanks for listening, and I hope someone out there who
>>can reply to me who knows anything about marijuana +
>>addiction = depression.
>>
>>Thanks!!
>
>Hi. I just read your message and foung that I feel the
>exact same way. I have been smoking pot for the past 9
>years. At first, just recreationally, then gradually
>more and more until now I am completely dependant on
>it. I have also been battling with depression for the
>last 4 years. Presently I am taking Effexor, I have
>been trying different anti-depressants -as per my Dr.-
>due to the negative side effects. The major side
>effect of the anti-depressants is decreased sex drive.
>I am getting married in 2 months but my relationship
>seems really shitty to me right now. We have a
>horrible sex life, mostly due to me NEVER WANTING TO
>DO IT! -because of the anti-depressants, and also
>because I am too tired because of the marijuana! My
>fiance also HATES it when I smoke pot.
>
>I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in
>your feelings of marijuana use=depression. I am just
>starting to realize this myself but can't just QUIT
>smoking pot. It's part of my life.
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