psyciatric meds and marijuana

[phuzzy949]

I am on a few medications and was wondering about dangers and effects of mixing these with marijuana. If any of you have resources or studies done your help and insight would be greatly apreaciated. I am diagnosed bi-polar schizoeffective and am currently taking: Haldol dek- once a month long acting im injection a anti-psychotic, depekote extended release for mood stabilization, and cogenton for side effects. I also have high blood pressure and take metropopolol for that. Thank you very much for everyones help.

 

[acid_staind]

i'm not familiar with those medications. but i was on the anti-psychotic seroquel for a bit and weed seemed to ease the side effects. so it could actually help you.

but generally most doctors will tell you not to smoke weed if your on a anti-psychotic. in some people it can cause manic episodes while others will be fine. my advice is just smoke a little at a time til you know how your gonna react.

 

[tylerwashere]

im not too familiar with any of those meds...I used to smoke daily on the meds my psychiatrist used to give me and it was fine, it actually used to help with the nausea and bad side effects and stuff. The medication i was on wasnt an anti-psychotic either tho. maybe even mention it to your doctor, thats what i did (i didnt mention how MUCH i smoked, but explained that i did it on occasion). He can the let you know if it will have an adverse effect with those specific medications.

 

[drscience]

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_health3.shtml

i recommend going to this site and reading this whole page for starters. heres a few paragraphs...

"The Correlation Exists #
The first thing to know about this topic is that it is indisputable that there is a correlation between the repeated use of cannabis and a variety of mental health issues.4,5

Many large scale studies conducted in the last 30 years have found that people who have clinically-meaningful symptoms of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders tend to use cannabis more often than apparently similar members of the general population. These findings were replicated in two major recent papers by Henquet et al. and Fergusson et al."

erowid is a good resource for drug info and they they have a good bit on drugs and mental health.

annd i did a quick search of haldol, and it apparentl interacts with a lot of things and shouldn't be mixed with alcohol or sedating drugs. hope that helps.

 

[Chainer]

Hmm, this may be better posted in BDD??

 

[xabalba]

i was diagnosed with schizophrenia 4 years ago and im on abilify 20mg once a day, and i have had no problems mixing it with weed.
Aussie smoker from NSW

 

[Zzyzx]

If you are new with the meds I would abstain from cannabis right now. Once you are used to them and everything is fine you could smoke again, with small ammounts to see how it makes you feel first. Your health should always be the priority

 

[dspade]

that haldol is wicked shit it gave me terrible muscle seizures for weeks after i smoked weed. but im not schizophrenic and someone gave it to me and said it would fuck me up. it didnt and im pretty sure it messed my brain up a little.