clmcstl
- Date posted
- 28w ago
Cannabis?
Do you find it helps or hurts your OCD? I’m coming to realize it worsen my symptoms particularly if I consume it during the day as it also can affect my sleep which is terrible for my OCD.
OCDisHellOCDisHell
- Date posted
- 28w ago
My advice is to stay away from any "mind altering" substances, they are merely bandaids. The temporary relief can feel amazing but it's short lived. I say this from experience over 20 years trying to chase OCD away with alcohol/marijuana, it never worked and made me worse off physically/mentally. I'm now sober for about 5 months and my anxiety has reduced dramatically. I hope this helps. God bless
Ocdsucks Ocdsucks
- Date posted
- 28w ago
what a coincidence i was just googling if cannabis worsens ocd or not. It seemed to help me at first but long term it has made my ocd symptoms worse. i think it’s the reason i relapsed but i use it a lot.
clmcstlclmcstl
- Date posted
- 28w ago
@Ocdsucks Yeah it’s actually the same for me that didn’t even occur to me if I go long periods of time in between it helps but used daily it starts making it worse
Ocdsucks Ocdsucks
- Date posted
- 28w ago
@starbourn yeah daily use def made my thoughts worse, I think it’s not a bad thing if used properly
samixellensamixellen
- Date posted
- 28w ago
1 month sober & i’ll say.. my anxiety definitely increased. i had, and still am having, a pretty bad relapse in my OCD. but i figured its better to learn how to work through these things instead of drown them out. i’m thinking more clearly now! i became SO dependent; everyday for the past 3 or so years.
REB06REB06
- Date posted
- 28w ago
I have been wanting to explore this or potentially the Delta 8 concept. Any idea?
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