Posted by Mike081078 on August 17, 2005, at 22:36:45
In reply to Re: Increasing my Divalproex Dose??, posted by Empathy on August 17, 2005, at 22:02:01
Yeah, I can definitely attribute some of the increased anxiety to withdraw from pot. After the first week I found that I had a lot of extra energy... now it's been six weeks and I've got waaaaaay too much energy which I think is causing the anxiety.Smoking pot every day was like putting yourself into a nice comfy cocoon where you are just mellow and tired all the time and nothing seems to bother you because you just don't have the energy to really care. Didn't really notice how much damage that was doing to me emotionally untill I decided to quit since my friends are all either 'growers' or musicians... and all of which smoked about 10 times more then I did.
So what I did to combat the anxiety was increase my Divalproex dosage to 250MG at night and 250MG in the morning. That I did two days ago so I think it's still too soon to really judge if this is making any difference. However, I have noticed that my head has been working better... not so many racing thoughts. Though I still have a very high energy level... just feel incredibly hyper all the time.
So I went and got myself a gym membership.... had my first serious workout in about 8 years today and that felt absolutely amazing for my body and my mind. I think I would have to recommend that now for anybody that is suffering from just a slight case of depression (where it hasn't completely overcome your life).
Now I've got an app't with my MD tomorrow afternoon for a follow-up on my lungs. Going to have to fill him on in the fact that I've decided to increase my medication dosage. I wonder if he'll suggest that I go for any other additional counselling? I don't feel that I really need any... but if it's offered... and he seems to have some pretty good connections... it couldn't hurt.
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