Medical Marijuana for use with anxiety and anger issues.

[chimp82]

Although there are many other topics pertaining to The use of medical grade marijuana for anxiety i believe that my situation is quite different and deserves its own thread.

I am 20 years of age, I live in CT, And i am thinking of moving to RI because of the new laws passed there. I have been suffering from anxiety since around the age of 14, I have had anger issues, and have been hospitalized in Hartford children's hospital for 2 months because of my anger issues and suicidal tendencies at the age of 8. I still suffer daily from these issues. I discovered marijuana at the age of 15. I immediately found that it helped me cope with my anxiety and the panic attacks that i have, as well as the anger issues that i have, not only while i was high, but for the day, sometimes even days after the affects of the "drug" wore off. I smoked until i was 18. Then invested in a vaporizer that i use to this day. Now that you have some background knowledge of my problems i am looking for some advice.

I am doing some research on obtaining a medical marijuana license for the state of RI. I have no medical records for my anxiety other than school records of me having panic attacks while in school. I never went to a doctor for this because i was self medicating with herb. The question i have is, Would my past record of anger issues be enough to obtain such a card? The big problem with self medicating is that, when i do it, before the affects of the "drug" hit me. I feel even more anxious. And when the affects wear off i still have that little anxiousness in me because i am carrying an illegal class 1 substance! I need some advice bluelight, and i need my question answered. I have what i belive to be a serious anxiety problem, and i have been tested and have taken anger medication in the past. Any info pertaining towards this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Chimps


EDIT- I also do not want to take any other medications for my anxiety such as kpins, clonazapam, or zanax because of the risk of becoming addicted.

 

[RandomGuy123]

Go to a cannabis doctor and he'll determine whether you're elegible for a Medical Marijuana card or not.

 

[rollnpeace]

thats a tough one man. i have anxiety and ocd and i have my medical marijuana card for it. it works for me, but for some ppl it can have opposite effects. it can make you feel more anxious and worked up. if possible work on your issues without the aid of a substance (herb or pharmaceuticals) but if you cant do it on your own. then see a dr and they will send you in the right direction

 

[deficiT]

I'm pretty anxiety ridden too, and weed can make me feel a little more antsy then I can enjoy. So yeah weed can chill you out sometimes, but it can also just make you more anxious. It's different for everybody of course, this is just me. But as far as anger goes, I would think that weed could help out with anger. And I'm not too sure if that's good enough to get a medical card, I would think it would be though.

 

[LogicSoDeveloped]

It gives me some forms of anxiety but only in those things where I already know what I'm doing is bad, such as if I've just gotten in an argument with someone. It tends to make me feel better when I know I'm trying or doing the right thing.

 

[Warm n fuzzy]

I definitely think marijuana will will help your anger issues and just like you said the only time I have anxiety while high is when I know I'm doing something wrong

 

[Seattle-lite]

You should stick with and anti-depressant such as wellbutrin or zoloft. Using MJ for anything but extreme cases of Cancer or disease is a joke.

 

[Artificial Emotion]

^ you've obviously never suffered from severe anxiety. I've had panic attacks and bouts of anxiety so bad I wished I would just die so it would be over.

However I think it's unwise to use cannabis over more conventional treatments that don't affect your ability to think clearly in the same way.

Cannabis should only be used as a last resort if the side effects become unbearable or they're not effective in the first place.

That is unless you just want to get high all day anyway

 

[DoseYouAll]

Medical MJ is a fucking joke to you seattlelite?

You are a joke to me, you stupid retard. Those are your words, the way you said weed makes you feel.

Cannabis helps me and I am only 30. I wouldn't be able to eat enough to gain weight without cannabis and I am trying to gain weight after almost dying last summer and having emergency surgery that left me weak and 30 pounds underweight. Eating, vaporizing and smoking weed makes me feel like a strong and focused human being.

I have strains that energize me to focus on work for hours and I have strains to produce a valium like effect of zen peace. Blueberry strains produce this effect when they are done right. I have pure afghani that kills pain similar to morphine which I am prescribed for arthritis in my back. I am only 30 years old, should I smoke weed or should I take more fucking morphine?

You truly are an ass. I would still let you try some of this blockhead, though.

AE - that's the point now, be high all day. Fuck it we are all irradiated now right?

 

[Artificial Emotion]

^ if you want to be high all day (and there's definitely nothing wrong with that, despite the fact that DARE would have you believe it's somehow morally reprehensible) then why not smoke it all day if it also helps with your anxiety? If it works for you then fuck what anyone thinks.

I agree with your observations about Blueberry btw. I love that relaxing stone it gives, which is so calming for my nerves.

 

[tony314]

Coming from a disabled vet with PTSD and bad axiety with insomnia, there are weeds that will make you forget whats going on to where you can't have a bad trip. They have weeds that lift you up and make you clean the house or throw the football around, they have strains that are hybrid that gives you the analgesic effects, that reaaly helped my back. The combine sleepy time weed and pain relief weed and I was getting it from the disperencies and instead of having to smoke two, they make them now 2 in 1. So I got this strain and I didn't pop any od my sleeping pills. xanex,ambien, flexeril,temazepam, and so on but still sleep everynight off a bong rip or three of good shit. THe best shit is Afghan Kush, sush a sassy bud, blue dream, and fruity loops, They all have tch content at around 20% some of the highest in the world.

 

[Tuneman]

Medical MJ is a fucking joke to you seattlelite?

I am trying to gain weight after almost dying last summer and having emergency surgery that left me weak and 30 pounds underweight.

Aren't you kind of proving his point? you had a serious medical issue and the pot helps with that- I am kind of in agreement that pot for depression, anxiety, etc... is not really a great idea.

I have seen it provide help to a lot of people but that help is typically short lived and pot (along with most any drug really - legal or otherwise) eventually stops working and out come other drugs to try and cope.

My point is just that I personally believe therapy and more sustainable long term whole life solutions are really the only way to truly address things like depression and anxiety.

 

[thixotropic]

I have terrible back pain from a rollover MVA (and yanking the door open that was trapping my partner inside, which the firefighters hadn't been able to open!). I used to take 60 mg/day of OxyContin, but by smoking pot (once a night) I can get by with taking 3 Norco instead -- it's marvelously effective for pain and muscle spasm. It's a true muscle relaxant, unlike Soma or even baclofen. That's why it's used by people with MS.

And by smoking so little I get to keep having the insights and observations that come to me in that State, they don't get deadened by overindulgence, which can also lead to more anxiety and appetite suppression rather than enhancement. (Watch out for that one).

Therapy is great... if you can afford it! The rest of us have to puzzle it out on our own. In my case, I have Asperger Syndrome, so just communicating with unfamiliar others F2F is fraught with crippling anxiety because I'm missing the nonverbal communication. I misinterpret other people's reactions. Say things that people find shocking or unexpected or rude, which was not my intention.

Since I started with medical pot, I've gotten better at all that human stuff... I've actually heard my own voice in my head tell me what I missed in an interaction that had been puzzling me, and tell me what really happened and why! That's invaluable, esp.since I cannot afford social coaching on what disability pays. And my friends and family say I'm much easier to get along with. I've been doing this for three years, and stopping has never been a problem, nor have I adapted to it and need more. Is all this serious enough to warrant smoking a plant? Hell yeah it is! I was ready to off myself over the back/neck/foot pain, even with the OC.

 

[thixotropic]

some little answers...

I have been suffering from anxiety since around the age of 14, I have had anger issues, and have been hospitalized in Hartford children's hospital for 2 months because of my anger issues and suicidal tendencies at the age of 8. I still suffer daily from these issues. I discovered marijuana at the age of 15. I immediately found that it helped me cope with my anxiety and the panic attacks that i have, as well as the anger issues that i have, not only while i was high, but for the day, sometimes even days after the affects of the "drug" wore off. I smoked until i was 18. Then invested in a vaporizer that i use to this day. Now that you have some background knowledge of my problems i am looking for some advice."

Have you been evaluated for bipolarity? I have a friend with a child who was just as you described. Medication made a complete turn around for him. But if pot really does it for you, just as well perhaps. You'd be put on Zyprexa, most likely, and those AAPs can have consequences like the old APs. Pot has considerably less "consequence" healthwise, especially if you're vaping it..

"The big problem with self medicating is that, when i do it, before the affects of the "drug" hit me. I feel even more anxious."

Pot does that, it always starts with a bit of anxiety. How much and how long depends on what you're smoking/vaping. I can make out 4 distinct phases of the pot experience, and the first is always anxiety, so far! It might be short, but it's always present.

"I have what i belive to be a serious anxiety problem, and i have been tested and have taken anger medication in the past. Any info pertaining towards this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -Chimps"

If you've been treated/hospitalised for anger issues and have had that kind of history as a child, I find it hard to believe a pot doc would turn you down. If you tell that doc that you haven't had to have treatment as an adult because you were successfully keeping it under control with pot... I can't see why that would set off alarm bells, but you might travel to RI and talk to some medical pot users there about their experiences with the pot docs.

Best of luck to you in your quest!

 

[Ixchellian]

Cannabis has worked far better for me than the cornucopia of prescription medication that the VA had me on.

Before I quit opiates I didn't have a big problem with anxiety, but upon quitting any type of situation that puts me amongst crowds of strange people/vehicles (malls, parking lots, crowded post offices, etc), and while driving down highways. It's hard to describe the feeling of constantly half expecting a pile of trash, parked car, or random person to either explode or shoot at you.
Cannabis almost completely negates this, and makes it easier for me to socialize with strangers. I still feel edgy from time to time, but that's normally cause by other stress factors bleeding over, rather than irrational anxiety.

Note:
the synthetic THC RCs significantly increase my anxiety, and this is because they very much heighten my situational awareness.... once I notice people are wandering through my "safe zone", lingering behind me, or walking through my blindspots..... and its all downhill from there.

 

[Chainer]

I'm pretty anxiety ridden too, and weed can make me feel a little more antsy then I can enjoy. So yeah weed can chill you out sometimes, but it can also just make you more anxious. It's different for everybody of course

This, which leads me to this:

You should stick with and anti-depressant such as wellbutrin or zoloft. Using MJ for anything but extreme cases of Cancer or disease is a joke.

which in turn leads me to this:

Go to a cannabis doctor and he'll determine whether you're elegible for a Medical Marijuana card or not.

We're not here to help give you advice on copping legal bud in RI, you're probably going to need way better documentation anyway then simple school records unless RI is like CA, which to my knowledge, they are not. I wouldn't count on getting scripted MMJ unless you meet a crooked doc, I wouldn't even count on getting benzos. There is a long line of things they will put you on before they consider giving you cannabis, especially for anxiety as that is not one of the FDA approved reasons. Might as well say you have headaches and arthritis or bone and joint pain.

Anyway, this is to close for my tastes for help copping/scoring/sourcing. These types of threads are not allowed, and no, your situation belongs perfectly well in the anxiety mega thread if you are looking for advice on how MMJ can help anxiety - that is the question you should be asking.

Good luck, but it looks like you just want weed and that's all.

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