Nootropics to combat drug-induced psychosis?

[Blowmonkey]

Good luck finding it. It's not prescribed and it's not as abundant as people might like to believe in commercial strains nowadays. You'd have to do some digging, or maybe contact GW pharmaceuticals who are working with CBD and THC only strains (just a silly proposal on my end really).

 

[Fishy80]

ok, since I don't think you have PROOF that you did, lets assume for a second that you did NOT damage your brain or any part of it...


that would indicate that the psychosis is all in your head,

the brain is so powerful, it can manifest sickness in someone who is not sick, but truly believes they are... so lets say you took so many different drugs it change your perception on every day life, to where the drugs, may not be completely out of your system, and cause little things to happen, that make you think you damaged your brain (like flash backs, or De Ja Vu) so then you start worrying about it, and next thing you know, your seeing these effects long term, simply because you convinced yourself it was psychosis...

I've tried Salvia, Acid, Mushrooms, Pot... and through all the salvia, and everything never had a bad trip, I personally believe its because I have it set in my mind, that I understand what I'm doing, and there is no reason for it to turn bad... these are mental drugs, they mess with your mind, hell, its why we put them into our systems...

its not always a physical thing or drug that can cure the mental problem...

I'm not saying don't look into nootropics.... but if there was anything to them curing, or even helping psychosis, I think a lot of manufacturers of these substances would LOVE for them to be able to be studied and known for that, and there would be a little more information on it... because from what I've read, companies have a REALLY hard time trying to get FDA approved, and released and all that...

and because I believe that, I also believe that you made yourself think the nootropics helped, so they did, BECAUSE its a mental thing...

I could be wayyyy off in left field, as hey, I do drugs too, and I'm no schooled on this stuff, but its what I believe


just saw your question on CBD's

CBD (Cannabidiol) increases some of the effects of THC and decreases other effects of THC. Larger amounts of CBD tend to relax both mind and body, and decrease feelings like anxiety, nervousness, and paranoia.

Cannabis that has a high level of THC and low level of CBD will produce a very strong cerebral high. The body may feel more physically energetic when compared to ingesting cannabis with larger levels of CBD.

Cannabis that has a high level of both THC and CBD will produce a fairly strong cerebral high. The body will feel somewhat relaxed and heavy. At lower dose sizes, physical activity is possible (with effort).

Cannabis that has low levels of THC and high levels of CBD will produce more of a stoned feeling. The mind feels relaxed and dull, the body feels relaxed and heavy, most people do not like to engage in physical activity.

found that on google, and this from a cannabis dispensary near where I live

http://www.harborsidehealthcenter.com/highcbdstrains.html

 

[Psykonaut]

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Does anyone on here think that my condition is perhaps an atypical form of HPPD? I just did some reading on it and have considered it a possibility, but I can't verify it (I went to the doctor today but he wanted to put me on 3 different medications, including tegretol, wellbutrin, and ambien..I declined the tegretol after reading up on the adverse effects associated with the medication). I haven't taken any of it yet as I won't be able to pick it up until next week..anyway, I don't see how any of those medications could possibly help my situation at all..so I'll have to take it upon myself to find a decent medication to help with my condition.

If my condition is perhaps HPPD (I do get strange visual effects every now and then..ie: I'll see a strange dot for a split second in my field of view in a random place that's completely off-color with anything around it..sort of how a dead pixel on a monitor looks like, but only for about half a second, it occurs once every other day or so noticeably), are there any known cures or medications that can fix the abnormalities? I'm still looking at deprenyl as a potential therapy, it's gotten a lot of good feedback and I think it would also help with the huge amount of depression I've been dealing with lately..unfortunately for me, my doctor never even heard of the drug before so I couldn't get a prescription to it. Here is some information on HPPD that I found from wiki that convinced me that this may be what I potentially have. (I have all the co-existing conditions).

Causes

The cause(s) of HPPD are not yet known. The most current neurological research indicates that HPPD symptoms may manifest from abnormalities in CNS function, following the hallucinogen use.[3][4][5] One theory derived from this research is that inhibitory mechanisms involved with sensory gating are disrupted.[6]
In some cases, HPPD appears to have a sudden onset after a single drug experience, strongly suggesting the drug played a direct role in triggering symptoms. But in other cases, people report gradual worsening of symptoms with ongoing drug use. Drugs that have been associated with HPPD include LSD,[1] 2C-I, 5-MeO-DIPT,[7] MDMA,[8][9] Psilocybin,[10] Mescaline,[1] diphenhydramine, mephedrone, PCP, and high doses of dextromethorphan, and ambien. In long term use or abuse adderall has also been indicated, although some suggest with only visual disturbances.

Co-existing problems

The visual problems of HPPD can occur along with other mental ailments. Of these, the most prominent are anxiety, panic attacks, depersonalization disorder, and depression. In the sample of Baggott and colleagues, hallucinogen users with persisting and severe visual problems were significantly more likely to report anxiety and depression diagnoses than hallucinogen users without serious visual problems. For example, 25.9% of hallucinogen users with visual problems reported current or past diagnosis of depression. While it is difficult, if not impossible, to establish a clear relationship between the visual and mental symptoms, those with HPPD often testify that a connection indeed exists. For example, anxiety can cause the visuals to become more prominent and vice-versa. Anecdotal wisdom thus maintains that there is a synergistic link between the two. However, there appear to be people with 'pure' cases of HPPD in which no other disorders co-exist.

Any feedback and advice is greatly appreciated, thank you.

 

[Psykonaut]

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