Hi all, I am curious what others experiences are with marijuana usage. I feel like marijuana exacerbates my OCD and provokes really visual intrusive thoughts. I am wondering if others can relate?
Oh yeah I can’t do it! Even if there aren’t images it literally brings similar sensations as anxiety.
I can’t smoke weed because it makes me paranoid and also I think it makes my intrusive thoughts worse and my anxiety bad.
If I do it at all, it’s like a literal puff and I’m good. I don’t do more than that. I feel the effects really easily, so one is good enough for me and its little enough so that I don’t get anxiety from it. In high quantities it most definitely makes it worse.
Definitely not recommended since weed makes most people more paranoid.
I’m a 23 year old student and have been smoking for a few years daily, it’s never really affected any of my symptoms tbh however I do take citalopram (celexa) which probably helps, however if it’s making your ocd symptoms worse I’d give it a rest and let your brain level itself out, because if you keep having these experiences while smoking the more it’ll cause future anxiety. I’d say chill out for a while and let it be and then when things are getting on better, ease back into it and hopefully you’ll feel better for it
@Eire2000 Also After 2 years of being nearly symptom free, I went into a really really bad relapse due to my medication being adjusted, and at the moment I’m off smoking, I’m not certain I’d enjoy it at the minute with how things are but as I said above, taking my own advice and letting it be for a while until my head levels out
@Eire2000 And sorry one last thing but also I do have some crazy shit come into my head when I’m smoking but I always just try distract myself and watch some stupid af videos or something lol
Thank you all!
I tried it twice. The first time was an edible gummy and it was a very little dosage to the point where I was slightly high but not super high and I was with my best friend who didn’t get high and it was fine. The second time tho it was a brownie edible and i took wayyy more than I should have and it hit really really bad and I was super paranoid so I’m too scared to try anything ever again especially since now, my OCD is worse
I’m sharing this bc I need advice or even support from anyone who can relate. If you can’t relate and don’t think you’ll say anything helpful or kind pls don’t comment anything… I’ve been struggling with somethings that’s making me question myself. There has been moments while self pleasuring when I get intrusive thoughts, in those moments it feels like I’m enjoying or even self pleasuring myself bc of the thought. Right after I immediately have an anxiety attack and my HEART drops bc it feels terrible I feel like a disgusting monster :( ppl have told me I haven’t done a bad bc of how intense my guilt and panic are but I keep thinking that MAYBE I made a horrible decision in the moment and the guilt is just realising that it’s just wrong this doesn’t make sense to me because I’ve always told myself that I would never act on this in 1 million years and I’ve been known that these things are wrong so I’m just like constantly questioning myself these feelings and exact same situation has happened two times already I even promised myself that I wouldn’t act on anything beforehand and yeah, I still felt like I did act on my thought during my alone time I’m genuinely convinced that I’m a horrible and it’s even got into the point where I don’t wanna be here anymore and I don’t even think this is my OCD :( tbh
Hey friends, I hope you all are well. I just wanted to check in and ask people's experiences about being on medication. I have had OCD pretty much my whole life, just got recently diagnosed 4 months ago and my therapist recommended that I get on meds for it so I have a psychiatrist appointment set up. I'm a little apprehensive about getting on them, but I've realized that I do have some sort of chemical imbalance in my brain that plays a part in my OCD and anxiety. I would love to hear anyones experiences or words of encouragement. Thank you, I hope you all are well.
Medication for OCD? Hello all, 19 male here, this seems like a cool community that isn’t nearly as triggering as reddit. I have pretty severe bouts of existential thinking or fear of going crazy ( psychosis ) after some pretty heavy mushroom trips a few years ago, I know logically I should be fine but I do know what it’s like to lose it and it’s scary. Currently I deal with relationship focused OCD, it’s all day from before I even open my eyes. I want things to work out with my girlfriend badly. Also I can come close to a panic attack sometimes which perpetuates everything. Anyway, I mention the fear of going crazy because the way my anxiety/derealization makes me feel is that I’m not mentally stable cause I feel out of it or unreal. I saw that a lot of anxiety and depression medication can cause psychosis and I feel like I could use some help in getting ahead of my OCD because the compulsions are had not to give into when I’m in such distress/not knowing. Plus overall I just feel like I have no idea how I feel about close to anything. Anyone relate about that ?
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