What is safe to take for someone with mental illness?

[xtcgrrrl]

I have bipolar and I have found (from experience) that most psychoactive drugs are a bad idea. I have experienced most and here is what I think: weed makes me paranoid, and I don't enjoy it. Speed drugs such as meth are also unenjoyable for the same reason. LSD was fun in the beginning but then I started to "go in too deep" and have bad trips. Ecstasy I really enjoyed, it was probably the one drug I really miss. Prescription drugs are too addictive. I became addicted to benzos and that was a mistake. I personally stayed away from opiates becuz they made me nauseous AND I could see myself getting addicted if I used them too much. Now I only use mild pills such as gabapentin and a bit of loperamide (it's not that effective to get you high but it does have painkilling properties.) and a little alcohol but not to excess. Really, if you have a mental illness I suggest you stay away from hard drugs. It's not worth it and I wish I never touched certain drugs.

 

[DexyDevil]

Like everyone else has said; benzodiazepines and similar compounds, phenibut, alcohol, kratom, opiates...

Etizolam is a thienodiazepine with an effect profile pretty identical to benzodiazepines, but additional serotonergic activity may be complicating.

Pyrazolam

Phenazepam

As far as legal opiates dried poppy pods are sold legally and are a great source of morphine, codeine, etc... Kratom is kind of useless IMO. I have heard positive things about desmethyltramadol but have not tried it myself.

I think opiates are the drugs of the profoundly, monotonously sane. Ha ha. Yep, they are very addicting, but I think the addiction is preferable to alcohol or benzo addiction, and I believe they are the drugs least likely to exacerbate any mental health issues.

BUT... sobriety is still your safest bet.

 

[mrflowers00]

low dose benzos should be ok