medical marijuana

[Fiending_the_freedom]

I'm just curious to see if there is anyone who like me smokes weed to help with anxiety and depression. My personal opinion is that it works better than the meds i take and im passing all my classes (first time ever!)

[Nihilus]

I thought medical Marijuana was for pain relief??? I guess it could do that.

[Fiending_the_freedom]

well, i just hope that maybe one day it could be beyond the "hey im dying" stage :P
probably wont ever happen though

[thesphinx]

Medical Marijuana is strictly for Physical Pain relief.
There is a reason they won't prescribe it for anxiety/depression, because you can get Dependant on it.

[byee]

Well, if pot works better than the meds your Shrink prescribes then i;d say it's time for a very honest convo with that Shrink!

Your response to pot suggests that whatever symptoms you;re having are likely to be resolved with some kind of medication. It's his responsibility to work with you to find it. A medication that doesn't have the health effects and isn't illegal, too!

[Fiending_the_freedom]

lol well i've tried a lot of meds, and all off them have shitty side effects. and jsut make me feel shitty, thats just have i feel about anti-depressants and anxiety meds in general.

[serial-thrilla]

i smoke weed to feel good about myself.

[WEO]

my dog which have been with me since i was 5 (17 now) is basically dieing/suffering. we are only going back to the vet in 5days. I hope she can cope that long :( :(

so yes I can already see my self smoking everyday for the next 5 days. i just cant fucking take this. but i know ill get through this overtime. I just need to deal with how i feel right now...

lucky for me i have low tolerance at the mo so i can get properly stoned out of my mind..

[*Dissident*]

Medical Marijuana is strictly for Physical Pain relief.
There is a reason they won't prescribe it for anxiety/depression, because you can get Dependant on it.

False on all accounts. Medical Weed is prescribed for all sorts of things, and most all of them are right on tracks. Personally, I also suffer from deep depression and anxiety, and Pot does the trick where my meds don't. Also, there are very few studies on marijuana that find it physically addictive, and most all of those are done by things like "Above the Influence" and "DARE", while reputable studies, like those done at esteemed universities by esteemed professors, hint at no such thing.

Be Above the IGNORANCE, for a change.

[Φρανκομβριτ]

I find it helps with my mood a lot. All the meds combined dont do as much as a joint does.

[byee]

If smoking pot help you feel better in a "Medical" way, as in reducing anxiety or stress or depression, then it's time to see a doctor and find out what's wrong and treat it correctly. I'm no fan of 'recreational' pot use, but even that is way different than what you guys are describing here.

You might be using it for 'medical' reasons, but it's not really a 'medicine' that can cure/fix what ails you. "Medical marijuana' is really only limited to treated the awful effects of chemotherapy for cancer (usually advanced cancer) patients.

However, if it 'Works' for you, then you're telling yourself you need something. Go to the doctor and get the proper 'something', that will really fix the problem, not cover it up.

[Mr. Smithers]

And I thought its only a stress reliever. Shame on me for thinking its stimulant. Depressant is what it is. I never smoked it so what should I know?

[Fiending_the_freedom]

lol weed is DEFINITLY NOT a depressantXD

[Φρανκομβριτ]

You might be using it for 'medical' reasons, but it's not really a 'medicine' that can cure/fix what ails you. "Medical marijuana' is really only limited to treated the awful effects of chemotherapy for cancer (usually advanced cancer) patients.

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http://www.cannabisclub.ca/cc/list.html

[Ryandel]

I've only smoked it on occasions when I'm depressed and crap. Doesn't do much for me other than that.

[krystalm]

people go both ways, my therapist was talking to me about it some it'll help you so much and others will go insane.

[BillyWitchDoctor.com]

THC is not a stimulant, just gonna put that out there, and i know its not a depressant, not sure what it would be classed as by how it affects the brain

u can get medical marijuana for MUCH MORE than severe pain, people can get it for sleep disorders or even arthritis. to say it's not a "medicine" because it doesnt "fix" something like i think you're saying sounds strange. if medical marijuana helped me sleep thorugh the night when normally i couldnt fall asleep usually nor stay asleep for a healthy ammount of time, would i not be the same as taking sleep medication? sleep medication does not "cure" my inability to sleep though the night well, it just forces me to through different chemicals. i dont mean to offend you, but the way u use "covering it up" sounds like a med. marijuana patient doesnt want to deal with things and is a stoner. if i had to choose between medicinal maijuana and sleep medication that i can't dose out for myself i would definitaly choose the marijuana. there are multiple examples of people that show that medicinal marijuana isn't a "cover up medicine" but a medicine that works to treat something wrong with them, one great example being Irv Rosenfeld