Hello, this is my first post. So I guess an introduction

Im new to the forum as well, but i discovered most of my posts ended up being about me. That is because I am recently diagnosed as rapid cycling bipolar, and I figured it would be a good idea to offer the experiences I have with psychedelics and mental illness. Unfortunately this meant I was sort of hijacking threads so I decided to move over to blogs.

So the first question I'd imagine people having is; have psychedelics been detrimental to my mental state? That seems to be the accepted opinion, that I agree with in the case of most people with mental illness. For me (and I don't know if it is my addiction to traveling the roads of my subconscious) but I yearn to believe that psychedelics have been helpful. I certainly don't believe they've been harmful. I have been getting better (also medicated), and my disorder wasn't triggered by a psychedelic (unlike a friend I met on bluelight). My disorder was triggered by an adverse reaction to Zoloft, which I originally took for anxiety. I have sense been dialing down my psychedelic use.

A trouble I have with being bipolar is integrating my thoughts, as my short term memory has been shot to hell. So I’m attempting to improve my writing by joining bluelight and posting into the blogs and forums. So any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

 

Hi. Welcome to BL and to Blogs!

The conventional wisdom is that psychedelics add a heavy stress to a mind that is already unwell, and can precipitate crises. Now, I think that applies more to schizophrenia/schizoeffective -type disorders, but with bipolar there is certainly the risk of triggering a manic episode. Not as bad as stims, of course, but afaik the risk is still significant. Not to mention interactions with your meds. Be careful, do lots of reading on the subject, and maybe stick with the well-known psychs. RCs can have surprising effects as they are not necessarily well-studied yet.

Good call on using Blogs as a memory aid. The original intent of blogs in general was diarying, so that would be an excellent use of the forum. I look forward to reading more of your posts.