Posted by starlight on June 25, 2003, at 15:34:15
In reply to Re: MAOI and Ecstacy Jim, posted by stjames on June 23, 2003, at 15:27:06
Hi all,
I've been reading through these posts and want to bring up the point that there's a very large percentage of Bipolar people who abuse illicit drugs. All kinds, cocaine, heroin, meth, weed, you name it and there will be someone out there who self medicates with it. That's the truth. In order to make chances, you have to be willing to accept the truth, not hide behind the discomfort of it being difficult to talk about.I smoked marijuana for years - daily. Love it. Great self medicating drug and not addictive in the sense that many other drugs are - I wanted to quit, but knew I wouldn't until I was ready to. I discussed it with my Pdoc, with the stipulation that it was not to go in my charts. I was completely open and honest with him regarding the amount of usage, and finally we came to the right combo of meds, and I was able to quit. It's been nearly two months, with the exception of one day - where I was at a reggae festival - and only did a little bit - then went right back to not smoking. I don't think I could have done it without the right meds and his support.
This is the perfect forum for the discussion of meds - both self meds and pharmeceuticals.
starlight
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