I know a lot of people say that using cannabis regularly will make a person more depressed. But for me it has always been the exact opposite. I'm 19, if this makes any difference. I currently am not using cannabis regularly but have had various periods in the last couple years where I have (the times of abstinence due to parental troubles, of course), and during those times when I was smoking daily I was the happiest I have ever been. I could do fine in my classes, be relatively talkative throughout the day (I'm normally unusually quiet and reserved), and always would look forward to waking up the next day. When I'm stoned I see things from a new perspective, can think up new and interesting ideas, can find the beauty in the most simple things, etc. I know that's more or less a string of cliche's, but it's true for me. Life is simply more enjoyable when I'm stoned or have a routine of smoking a bowl every night.
By contrast, when I'm not using cannabis at all, my life feels boring and I fall back into the depression I've stuggled with since I was 12 or 13 (before I ever smoked weed, I might add). Cannabis feels like it fits my brain like a glove in hand and when I'm not using it at all it truly feels like there's something missing, and I'm just not as full of life as I should be. I feel like there's some chemical reason for all of this; I've read up about endo-cannabinoid deficiencies and wonder if this could be what I suffer from. Whenever I stop smoking weed after a period of daily usage, I have a really hard time eating a lot, and this can last for weeks, months even. It's not a problem now because I'm currently on Remeron which greatly increases appetite. But I'm just about to get off it because it's basically turned me into an emotionless zombie, and I worry about what will happen then. I also have problems with social anxiety and a very sensitive stomach, both of which are lessened when I'm smoking weed.
Of course I've gone to many doctors about being depressed, and have tried pretty much every kind of anti-depressant. Zoloft, Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, Seroquel, most recently Remeron, etc. None worked, most made my depression worse even, and some had unbearable physical side effects. The only prescription med I have any use for is Klonopin, which helps a lot with my anxiety problems.
Sorta long post, I know, but does anyone have any experience with cannabis aiding their depression? A common retort would be that using cannabis is only masking my problems, only to eventually make them worse (isn't that what anti-depressants do, though?), but I truly feel like I have some sort of chemical need for cannabinoids that goes beyond just some sort of addiction. Just smoking cannabis once a day and getting on fine with my life doesn't seem that different from the socially acceptable practice of taking a legally prescribed anti-depressant once a day, you know? But I'm rambling now.
By contrast, when I'm not using cannabis at all, my life feels boring and I fall back into the depression I've stuggled with since I was 12 or 13 (before I ever smoked weed, I might add). Cannabis feels like it fits my brain like a glove in hand and when I'm not using it at all it truly feels like there's something missing, and I'm just not as full of life as I should be. I feel like there's some chemical reason for all of this; I've read up about endo-cannabinoid deficiencies and wonder if this could be what I suffer from. Whenever I stop smoking weed after a period of daily usage, I have a really hard time eating a lot, and this can last for weeks, months even. It's not a problem now because I'm currently on Remeron which greatly increases appetite. But I'm just about to get off it because it's basically turned me into an emotionless zombie, and I worry about what will happen then. I also have problems with social anxiety and a very sensitive stomach, both of which are lessened when I'm smoking weed.
Of course I've gone to many doctors about being depressed, and have tried pretty much every kind of anti-depressant. Zoloft, Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, Seroquel, most recently Remeron, etc. None worked, most made my depression worse even, and some had unbearable physical side effects. The only prescription med I have any use for is Klonopin, which helps a lot with my anxiety problems.
Sorta long post, I know, but does anyone have any experience with cannabis aiding their depression? A common retort would be that using cannabis is only masking my problems, only to eventually make them worse (isn't that what anti-depressants do, though?), but I truly feel like I have some sort of chemical need for cannabinoids that goes beyond just some sort of addiction. Just smoking cannabis once a day and getting on fine with my life doesn't seem that different from the socially acceptable practice of taking a legally prescribed anti-depressant once a day, you know? But I'm rambling now.
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