Posted by linkadge on July 30, 2009, at 16:52:32
In reply to Marijuana for depression/anxiety,good or bad idea?, posted by odon on July 30, 2009, at 15:44:22
Well to be honest, one will never recieve unbiased information about marajuanna from health care professionals. I hear about amotivational syndrome, but clearly they are not considering that the standard conventional SSRI + AP for GAD can also cause nasty amotivaitonal syndrome.
I know people who use it for GAD and mild / moderate depression who swear by it. As you said canabanoid agonists can increase serotonin and norepinephrine activity, perhaps high doses do not have this effect.
Cannabanoid agonists have clear antidepressant / anxiolytic effects in animal models and cannabanoid antagonists can have teh side effect of depression.
Paranoia can be a side effect, but I think this can easily be minimized or avoided if one is careful.
I guess the best advice is to get a source that you really trust, then start low and see where this gets you.
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