Posted by shakingoscar on October 10, 2002, at 1:12:15
In reply to Re: Weird question for anyone concerning lexapro, posted by Satori on October 9, 2002, at 16:45:06
I too have been a regular pot smoker for years now, and since having depression and anxiety, for the last 2 years, Ive had to really cut down my smoking habits (used to smoke pot daily).
I find that if I smoke pot continually for a few weeks I become very depressed and anxious and it take another few weeks of not smoking pot to recover (about 3 weeks to recover).
Now I only smoke very occasionally to de-stress, but for me, it does have a bad effect on my illness.
Apparently it is because cannabis is associated with lowering of serotonin which is precisely what you dont want when you are depressed!!
Good luck, but my advice is stay away from the pot and give it a few weeks to recover.
Pot can take quite a while to be elimated from your system....
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