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- 6y
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Would not recommend can induce psychosis xx
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- 6y
Stay away from sativas and look for high CBD content. That said, marijuana isn't a treatment for OCD. Some varieties can reduce anxiety temporarily for some people, but so can alcohol. Stick to medication prescribed by your psychiatrist and, most importantly, do ERP.
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Especially if you’re already vulnerable to mental health difficulties
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Try cbd oil. It doesnt contain the thc which makes you high and gives you anxiety. I too used to get panic attacks when i smoked weed
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I smoke pretty frequently thoughout the week to self medicate, keeping a close eye on which strains are good for what and how they affect me. Indica strains are great for soothing my invasive thoughts and focusing on twitchier activities like video games. Sativa strains tend to exacerbate my anxiety and it's easy to fall into an obsessive thought loop if I'm not doing something already pretty engaging. It's more of a cerebral, creative high that can be great for daytime consumption but if you don't trust your grip on anxiety that day, Id say just stick to indica. Like Em said before, weed IS sticky territory for anybody with mental health issues. Find out if it's not for you, or something you like at all. Cheers!
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No. Everyone’s experience with weed is different. If you suffered from panic attacks as a younger individual, then that should be the red flag. Your body already warned you about weed. Take that and move forward because for some people weed can spike their brain signals and make them haywire for years. Your brain already gave you a sign, now don’t ignore it. Weed can’t solve your problems, it can only postpone them but they will always exist unless you work on your natural ability to cope with your OCD.
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Thank you :)
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I do!! I find it helps me a lot !! A sativa might cause paranoia. It does occasionally with me if I vape too much of it but it’s not like ocd paranoia for me and it’s still a relief. A good sativa I like to use during meditation or coloring. My mind is very active with sativa but they uplift me and I think happy thoughts and just smile. Indicas help me with panic attacks and to sleep or when I’m having an especially bad day. Especially good are hybrids if you feel the sativa is too stimulating and indicas are too sedating
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Me and my therapist tracked how my meds were helping anxiety and it brought it down some. Then I switched to weed and we tracked that and it was at an all time low. If I’m medicating often I’m almost as low as a 1 most days as far as anxiety. Just like pills, if you stop taking it, your symptoms come back. Which brings up the issue of drug tests so just be mindful that unless you live in a state that protects patients from employment discrimination(California is not one of them) than you won’t be able to medicate steadily if you want a different job.
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I do & it definitely has helped me. You have to be careful though if you have an addictive personality because weed can distract you from your responsibilities but it does really help with treating anxiety/panic attacks
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No don’t do it!!! Weed only enhances your mental illness. It can also create schizophrenia :( it’s not worth it. ERP ERP ERP
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If you’re in California, everything is tested and labeled so high cbd strains are also good to cut an paranoia
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- 22w
When I smoke weed when I think of non ocd things or themes, my head starts to make sense of things I feel more open and I think clearer. So that’s where my big concern is!!! Because when I’m high and think of ocd things like being a killer, or someone who’s a sociopath or someone that can be a pedo it feels real like my mind is clearer that I am these things Any one who has experienced weed with ocd help me I need insight on this im very confused and it’s causing me to ruminate all day
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I understand that everyone is different but lately I have been debating on medication just because of past experiences but does anyone have any good experiences with medication that has helped them with their OCD as well as therapy or treatment? As of now I’m dealing with it by myself but it feels like it may be getting worse
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For the past three years I've smoked marijuana nearly everyday. It helped with my anxiety and quieting my brain and helped me sleep. Recently, it began to make me feel more anxious, i would wake up nauseous and even threw up a couple of times which really triggered some health anxiety. I decided to quit because of this and i'm almost 2 weeks out from the last time I smoked. My body is slowly recovering but my brain just doesn't seem to quit it. I went to my GP a couple of weeks ago for a routine checkup and everything came back normal in my blood work and exam, yet that hasn't stopped me from completely obsessing over my health and feeling like (in my mind, not my body) i'm seriously ill- which is giving me extreme anxiety. Because of my reoccurring stomach issues my GP referred me to a GI who I had an appointment with yesterday. He was very unimpressed by everything I said and seemed like everything is pointing to IBS-which is not serious and something my mother also deals with. He ordered some extra tests to make sure I wasn't dealing with inflammation and he said he was very confident that my internal vital organs were a completely fine. I'm still waiting on those test results and his confidence should I have made me feel better but i'm still freaking out. Everybody in my life is tired of hearing about it and I just don't know what to do anymore. I feel like i'm pushing people away. I feel good and like myself when I'm distracted and doing something fun, but mornings and nights and when i'm doing something mundane it's the worst. I feel like I can feel all of these pains and sensations but I have no idea if it's real. I've even started asking Chatgpt for constant reassurance and constantly googling my symptoms. I'm in a horrible loop. I should mention that on top of quitting weed, I also just graduated college, moved back home and my boyfriend and I started the longest period of long distance we've ever had to do so i'm just not feeling like myself at all. My psychiatrist just put me on Zoloft (my vomiting and intense anxiety coincided with when i began taking Prozac again so she wanted me to try something else) I'm only on day 3 of the meds but nausea and insomnia are the two side effects im dealing with right now which is just making my anxiety so much worse before the meds have even kicked in. Does anyone have advice on how to break this cycle of constant checking-i feel like taking a deep breath has even turned into a compulsion.
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