crOOk
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So what is the news on this one? Countless bipolar I patients seem to consider it a good idea to level themselves out with cannabis. I have never been able to find a single publication that would support such claims though. With no causal relationship between cannabis use and bipolar I disorder, but countless articles stating a worse prognosis in individuals who do use cannabis over those who do not and an improved prognosis for those who stop cannabis use after their first manic episode, I just don't know what to believe.
I am bipolar I myself and the way I see it, cannabis does have some mood stabilizing effects as long as the dosage isn't changed on a daily basis. Larger dosages bring on symptoms of depression, smaller dosages than usual tend to make me hypomanic. What's funny is that the same applies to my neuroleptics... I wonder what an impact it would have if I took 1 pill on monday, 4 on tuesday, 2 on wednesday etc. Surely this would not stabilize me either. In fact, I have a feeling such behaviour would lead to my hospitalization very quickly.
I therefore feel cannabis is not done justice since in it's naturally occuring, non-standardized form it simply cannot be looked at as anything else but a drug of abuse, surely not as a psychopharmaceutical.
I'd really like to see some good information on this. Maybe I just want to hear what according to all articles I have found is simply not the case because I'm so severely addicted to this substance (15 years of daily use). One of my psychiatrists tended to agree and never saw a problem in my cannabis use, most others strongly discourage it.
I am bipolar I myself and the way I see it, cannabis does have some mood stabilizing effects as long as the dosage isn't changed on a daily basis. Larger dosages bring on symptoms of depression, smaller dosages than usual tend to make me hypomanic. What's funny is that the same applies to my neuroleptics... I wonder what an impact it would have if I took 1 pill on monday, 4 on tuesday, 2 on wednesday etc. Surely this would not stabilize me either. In fact, I have a feeling such behaviour would lead to my hospitalization very quickly.
I therefore feel cannabis is not done justice since in it's naturally occuring, non-standardized form it simply cannot be looked at as anything else but a drug of abuse, surely not as a psychopharmaceutical.
I'd really like to see some good information on this. Maybe I just want to hear what according to all articles I have found is simply not the case because I'm so severely addicted to this substance (15 years of daily use). One of my psychiatrists tended to agree and never saw a problem in my cannabis use, most others strongly discourage it.
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