Monday, July 21 at 09:15 PM:
Miranda - 2/19/08 from NNY wrote:
"MERCY Bipolar Pg feedBack
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TO: librarian@pdxnorml.org
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feedback: I've known I was
bi-polar for over half my
life and have spent a lot of
time writing about my days
in order to try to track my
cycles more accurately. I've
got copies of the same chart
filled in over and over for
years because I don't (and
never have) been able to
remember how I was 2 months
ago or last year at this
time. When I stopped self
medicating with maryjuana
and started trying
prescription medications I
ended up with lots of fun
adverse reactions to some
and a host of unpleasant
side effects others. My mood
swings became worse, my
depression deeper, I've been
hospitalized as the result
of several medications
effects on me. After 5 years
of not smoking weed and
instead trying to "find the
right combination" of legal
medications I have returned
to smoking my beloved weed.
In the past 6 months since I
detoxed off of the cocktail
I was on and returned to
smoking I've regained a
level of functioning I's
forgotten I could have!
Wouldn't it be nice if I
could get this as a
prescription rather than
have to break the law?
"
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 05:40 PM:
Laurie H. from Mira Loma, CA wrote:
"I've suffered with Bipolar I
disorder my entire life
(finally diagnosed at 16).
I've been institutionalized
twice.
I've used many traditional
medications for Bipolar
Disorder. I have had
terrible experiences with
most of them. Some make me
so drowsy I can't function,
others worsened my mood
swings and induced mania.
I've had to deal with side
effects ranging from
insomnia and dry mouth to
kidney problems and facial
tics.
I've found that a
combination of a low dose
antidepressant used along
side with cannabis has given
me substantial relief from
my symptoms. I'm a happy,
productive indivdual with
two happy, healthy kids. I'm
a normal person, who can
finally lead a normal life.
I keep me cannabis use
private. I wish I didn't
have to feel like a
criminal, though. I'm not a
burnout or a doper... Our
views about cannabis need to
change. It's a very powerful
drug with many health
benefits and without the
unpleasant side effects of
the poisons that the big
drug companies are pushing
down our
throats.
"
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 01:30 AM:
Jade from Hell wrote:
"all i wanna know is if there
is a way that i can get
medical pot for my bipolar
disorder. it seems to be the
only thing that controls it
enough to keep me out of
jail or the loony bin. and
this damn site is pissing me
off something fierce cause i
can't find a simple yes or
no on if you can get it for
this reason or not. i would
be extremely greatful if
someone could e-mail me at
satanicjadexxx420@yahoo.com
with a simple yes or no
answer, and if yes where i
can go in the state of
california to find the right
doc that will perscribe it
to me. thank you all for
letting me waste your
time. :)
"
Wednesday, March 19 at 08:53 PM:
Matthew Foret from Oklahoma wrote:
" I was needing to
talk to someone about
finding answers. I have
several questions on
medicinal marijuana and
bipolar 2 disorder and
deppression. If anyone can
give me info or direct me to
the right physician than I
would be greatly
appreciated. I am a 26 byr
old male that has been
diagnosed w/ bipolar 2,
depression and intermitent
explosive disorder since I
was 15 yrs
old "
Tuesday, March 18 at 09:12 PM:
kevin mc bride from poulsbo, washington wrote:
" i am 22 years old and have
bipolar disorder the doc have
given me lithium and as far
as i can say is it does not
work with me,oter it might me
it does not i was useing
marijuana to medicate it and
it worked great to subdue my
manic rage episodes but i got
in trouble with the law and
now am forced to quite and
now iam worse then ever my
manic episode i cant controll
at all even now that they
have me on lithium i have
tried to get it precribed to
me but i have no insurence to
get to the doc i need to get
it but marijuana still in my
eyes the best medication for
my manic biboar
disorder "
Thursday, January 31 at 12:17 PM:
Steve from BC wrote:
" I feel I should add that as
all medications are not for
everyone, so is cannibis.
Some people "zone out" while
others (like myself) get
relief. Don't make
judgements on one persons
reactions. I am able to
smoke and then be sociable
while others sleep. Some of
the meds used to control Bi-
polar are antipsychotics
which cause severe
drowsiness. So what is
worse? Legal meds which
cause a person to be semi
concious or cannibis which
leaves the user buzzing but
then available to family and
friends? Either way please
don't drive under the
influence.
"
Thursday, January 31 at 12:01 PM:
Steve from BC wrote:
"As a bipolar patient of 17
years I have found that
cannibis "mellows" the highs
and lifts the lows. Only
when severerly depressed I
choose not to use cannibis.
It's too bad that the
actions of a few has ruined
the possibiblity of free
access to a less toxic
medication.
"
Thursday, January 31 at 12:36 AM:
Ali from Bay Area wrote:
"This is complete bullshit and all of you
are incapable of making wise and
healthy decisions for yourselves and
your conditions. You are all slowly
killing yourself and your brains even
more. "
Wednesday, January 23 at 09:58 AM:
Jonathan from Washington wrote:
" My wife is bipolar and
suffers from anxiety as well
and is highly medicated for
all. At times her biggest
problem is anxiety and out
of despairation we had her
try some cannabis and it
controls her anxiety better
than anything sold by the
pharaceutical industry! It
seems to interrupt the
repetitive thoughts (big
surprise!) that take over
and cause her so much
distress.
"
Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 05:41 PM:
frank, again, from Colorado wrote:
"when i really get down on
myself [ie depressed ]
negative options start
forming
drugs; alcohol; etc., I go and
score one pinner joint and
boom, I'm snapped back to a
seperate reality; a good
place, my doctor wont come
across with a script she
says people commit suicide
on mj been smokin since i
was 14 aint done myself
yet. yes you can blast to
many bowls and it can become
a drag, have medical proof
of bi-polarism and advanced
glaucoma in right eye is
anybody out there who can
help
me
"
Sunday, December 30 at 05:19 PM:
frank a from Colorado wrote:
" i have glaucoma and am
bipolar need persciption for
medical marijauna help me on
how to obtain mj legal
like.
"
Tuesday, November 27 at 08:36 PM:
stan "stanamo" eremiah from Washington State wrote:
" I have been battling with
bipolar and ADD and numerous
other mental problems all my
life. all the deppression and
manic episodes. for people who
do not have these disorders
I envy you but marijuana
helps some people with
mentle illnesses. I just don't
see why we cant get medical
marijuana for our disease. we
did not ask to be born with
it. medical marijuana might
not be for everyone, but I know
It helps me with my illneses.
we need to get it passed so
we to can have some
peace.
"
Tuesday, November 27 at 08:34 PM:
stan eremiah from wahington state wrote:
" I have been batteling with
bipolar and ADD and numerous
other mental problems all my
life all the deppression and
manic episodes for peole who
do not have these disorders
I envy you but marijuana
helps some people with
mentle illnesses I just dont
see why we cant get medical
marijuana for our disease we
did not ask to be born with
it, medical mrijuana might
no be for everyone but I no
It helps me with my illneses
we need to get it passed so
we to can have some
peace.
"
Tuesday, October 30 at 07:44 PM:
big red from florida wrote:
"i hope one day i can drop all
my expensive chemicals that
keep me alive and turn to an
alternative treatment for
bipolar disorder. with help
this is possible"
Saturday, October 27 at 07:25 AM:
joe from san diego wrote:
"you all are in denial - give
the weed up and find better
mental health. "
Saturday, October 27 at 07:22 AM:
victoria b purdy from san francisco bay area wrote:
"Having just been to th e
hospital this week, for
mania - i'm done with
marijuana. i have to be -
it's not a choice. i have
smoked pot for 35 years and
i am bipolar 2. i never
thought it was a problem
till i saw my pysicatrist
and told her the truth.
also, this is the only
website i've seen that is
proactive for marijuana use
amongst bipolar people. try
NOT smoking and watch her
mental health clear up - i'm
not kidding. you are
kidding yourself if you
think the pot is
helping.....take it from
someone who knows, pot is
harmful to bipolar
candidates. anything less
of that is called
denial!!! "
Thursday, October 18 at 12:50 PM:
Martha, RN from Oregon wrote:
" My husband is bipolar (his
father and brother were
diagnosed bipolar, but he
has never been 'officially'
evaluated) and manages his
symptoms with marijuana. As
far as I am concerned, it is
a miracle medication for
him. It does not affect him
the way it affects normal
people; he does not
act "stoned" and is able to
function much better with it
than without it (plus he is
a hundred times easier to
get along with). Someday,
when we are out of the dark
ages of pharmaceutical drug
pushing and into the realm
of common sense, this will
be a legitimate use of
medical marijuana for people
like my
husband.
"
Saturday, October 13 at 11:51 PM:
Kimberly Smith from NY but currently living in AR wrote:
"I was diagnosed with Bi-
polar in Jan. of 2007. I
have been a every day smoker
of cannabis and believe that
this has prevented me from a
manic episode. My
therapists don't believe
that smoking pot is good for
me but it helps me relax
since I am very anxious and
have a lot of energy. I
have also written some
amazing poetry while on
pot. Arkansas does not have
a law that permits medicinal
usage of marajuana and I
believe in it. It is
natural and I would like
help. I don't want to smoke
it every day but I would
like to have it when I am
feeling anxious. I am a
successful career woman, I'm
32, healthy and I am a
recreational therapist. I
work with the elderly and
they happen to have mental
illness as well. How
Ironic? My e-mail is
ksmithsilly1@yahoo.com. I
would love to hear back from
you for I believe in it and
it should be
legalized.
"
Monday, August 27 at 07:54 PM:
Ronald from Canada Quebec wrote:
" I am rarley in a
depressed state, I have
gained grain confidence,
because of having BiPolar
and living a different life
from those who do not
understand. I love to
smoke, I m in my Zone. It
lets me go to parts of the
brain and find things ....I
think it should be a
neccesity to smoke, we
should all raze are
spiritual belief...If you
beleive... I beleive the
clover is actually gods way
of presenting this
weed ...The heart the
diamond the spade and the
club or marijuana bush ..
Smoke be well..... I am,
so.... tacpans@msn.com
Have you ever heard the
Song, that says.. Signs,
signs, everywhere signs, can't you read the signs... When
I smoke I can read the
hidden sign, that Bipolar
helped me to see deeper into
nothing and finding something"
Monday, July 9, 2007 at 01:21 AM:
Matt Lorenc from San Jose, CA wrote:
" I
wanted to know about medical
marijuana and Bipolar 2
disorder. Thanks."
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at 02:33 PM:
Clive Dobson from Hopefield, Western Cape, South Africa wrote:
"
I am bi-polar, on lithium,
and the joint takes away
naussea, gives me attitude
and make me horny, what
better thing from sweet mj.
Clive"
Thursday, June 7 at 06:32 AM:
Bob from someplace wrote:
"I'm replying to Sue C. in
Australia. Just because he
smoked some cannibus does not
mean it was the cause for his
psychosis. I thought that
alchohol caused one of my
major manic episodes, but
what I figured out was that
my episodes come on slowly
and unless you are looking
for them when they happen you
don't catch it in the slow
stage. I think that I as a
regular cannibus user am able
to see when an episode is
comming on me. You just have
to have knowledge pertaining
to what a manic episode is
and always look for it
because it is a life long
illness.
Bob
"
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 06:17 PM:
sheila from USA wrote:
" I have Bi-Polar and anxiety
disorder and have suffered
for 17 years, being dianosed
as manic depressive. I have
family members that also
suffer w/ Bi-polar, its
genetic and I've been on
every drug they could think
of until I had a siezure and
ended up in the hospital.
Since I started smoking MJ I
have a life back. I am able
to go outside my home and go
in public which I couldnt do
for years. Now with very
little medication and MJ I
am a functioning human with
a relationship with my
family. I thank God for my
treatment and helping me to
have a life
again.
"
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 11:55 AM:
Susan from USA wrote:
"My husband was diagnosed
with bipolar seven years
ago. Smoking marijuana in
small doses is the only
thing that has ever helped
to stabalize him. The other
drugs turned him into a
mechanical robot. In
moderation the marijuana has
allowed him to have a
balanced
life."
Friday, October 13, 2006 at 05:28 AM:
Taryn from Sydney, Australia wrote:
"
I'm Epileptic and also have
mild Bipolar disorder. My
opinion is that these two
disorders are linked but I
am yet to find any
information on the subject.
Pot stopped my seizures and
also reduces my manic states
better than the drugs that
they prescribed me. Epilim
is used to treat bipolar as
well as epilepsy. The
epilim prescribed made me
very depressed, needy and
vulnerable and didn't help
the epilepsy where as the
Pot seemed to be just right."
Saturday, October 7 at 05:00 AM:
Sue C from Australia wrote:
" My husband suffers from
bipolar disorder and has
just been hospitalised in
the local psychiatric ward
because he used cannabis
which caused a drug induced
pychosis. How can you
possibly advocate the use of
this crap to help bipolar,
obviously you've never seen
what harm it can
do.
"
Wednesday, October 4 at 03:47 PM:
Lisa from Australia wrote:
"I have just started
exploring sites like this.
I have had depression for 3
years. I have found that
using marijuana when I am
feeling very low /
stressed / suicidal provides
instant relief. I think
researchers are missing
something. Not all
medication is suited to all
individuals. What suits one
does not suit the other.
Marijuana gives me insight
into my situation, which in
turn, allows me to take
control of what is
happening, and I cope much
better.
"
Sunday, October 30, 2005 at 12:49 PM:
JAN from ROHNERT PARK, CA. wrote:
"TWO TEENAGERS WITH BI-POLAR
AND DEPRESSION. THEY TAKE
LOTS OF MEDS. COULD THIS
HELP RELIEVE THEIR
NEED??
"
Tuesday, June 14 at 10:51 PM:
Marcus from Oregon wrote:
" My doctors have tried all
kinds of drugs for my
depession and i still self
medicate because cannabis
really helps my problem my
doctors think I'm border
line bi-polar and I can't
sllep one time for 48 days
straight it effects my job my
life and unless i'm using
i'm not productive at all my
balance comes from
pot.
"
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