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Posted by Phil on May 17, 2012, at 7:50:26
When I was young and self-medicating with, oh, acid, pot, mescaline, mushrooms, black mollies, beer, white crosses, Strawberry Farm, cocaine, meth, desoxen, tequila, Mandrax, Quaaludes, valium, etc., I had a great pharmacist, me. I had no idea what effects all of these drugs would have but in the end I enjoyed most of them.
I was at a party out in the country one time and a friend walked up to my drunk self and showed me 7 pills. I asked what are they? He didn't know. I took them all.
So, as we all worry about this and that from meds that have at least been tested, remember the wild, wild west. I do and, in moderation(yeah right)I lived to tell the tale. I don't recommend this lifestyle but it worked for me.
Posted by Phillipa on May 17, 2012, at 10:31:22
In reply to I wany my fun drugs back., posted by Phil on May 17, 2012, at 7:50:26
Phil what I always wonder as I'm a decade older than you so missed this in life is do you feel the use of what is termed illegal drugs caused your problems? Just really curious? Phillipa
Posted by Phil on May 17, 2012, at 12:36:34
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Phil, posted by Phillipa on May 17, 2012, at 10:31:22
I don't think so because I was kind of moody my whole life. Definitely depression way before drugs.
But I don't feel any brain damage. If I do have brain damage though, cocaine did it.
If that can't fire bipolar up I don't know what will
Someone snorting coke all night is basically a rapid cycling bipolar.
Something like that.
Posted by sigismund on May 17, 2012, at 14:47:16
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Phillipa, posted by Phil on May 17, 2012, at 12:36:34
I do too.
Just a few of them. Even one.
Today seems so horrible/unmanageable a prospect.
Posted by lawgrindmeintoground on May 17, 2012, at 19:40:06
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Phil, posted by sigismund on May 17, 2012, at 14:47:16
Mmm...tequila. I hear you.
Posted by Phillipa on May 17, 2012, at 20:21:26
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back., posted by lawgrindmeintoground on May 17, 2012, at 19:40:06
Maybe Europeans got it right wine with each meal and later on also. Even the children are allowed. Was that way when there. My 11 year old Daughter got wine different kinds with each course of her meal. Phillipa
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on May 17, 2012, at 20:22:15
In reply to I wany my fun drugs back., posted by Phil on May 17, 2012, at 7:50:26
I think its so funny you can freely talk about this stuff...when I post thing about feeling better people will get on my case and label me many things, ugh!! anways....meth...lots of it...and then some seconal, pass them along and I will take a few...
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 17, 2012, at 23:35:37
In reply to I wany my fun drugs back., posted by Phil on May 17, 2012, at 7:50:26
I don't even know what 5 of those are.
I'm glad you've lived to tell the tale.
Weed was my thing, but I couldn't manage use in moderation. I have a lot of anxiety, so I sort of liked feeling indifferent.
Posted by Phil on May 18, 2012, at 9:04:53
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Phil, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 17, 2012, at 23:35:37
> I don't even know what 5 of those are.
> I'm glad you've lived to tell the tale.
> Weed was my thing, but I couldn't manage use in moderation. I have a lot of anxiety, so I sort of liked feeling indifferent.
>I dodged a few bullets along the way. Very fortunate to never get caught.
One thing about street drugs, they usually deliver exactly what you expect. No waiting 6-8 weeks.I'll never be completely off of pot but I just keep a little on hand. Otherwise, like you, can't set the bong down.
All of the other drugs had to go away to make room for other drugs that don't work as well.
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 23, 2012, at 16:53:45
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back., posted by Phil on May 18, 2012, at 9:04:53
Do you think there is a reason in particular that people with mood/disorders smoke weed?
I know there was a reason when I did.
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 23, 2012, at 17:42:31
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back., posted by Phil on May 18, 2012, at 9:04:53
For me, I think that it is that I get really anxious at some point and I need something to cut the agitation. I mean I can take a lot of anxiety, but I don't need to feel like I can't function.
The meds can only do so much.
I sort of wish I had something more on hand, like a different prn?
I don't know what the hell it would be, but it would be a little stronger.
I remember really wondering if I should ask my doctor for a wee bit of haldol. No one abuses haldol, and for good reason. A few weeks ago I was severely anxious. I took tiny bit of klonopin, and a little more seroquel. It is not my idea of fun to be sleeping constantly. Don't get me wrong, I like to sleep, but not that much, with all those funky dreams.C
Posted by Phil on May 23, 2012, at 18:37:25
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Phil, posted by sleepygirl2 on May 23, 2012, at 17:42:31
I get caught up in worrying about things I don't know the answer to. I smoke a few bowls and I'm suddenly going to youtube to watch Sly and the Family Stone video's. :)
Man, the sleeping all the time sucks. I have slept away years. I'm on Vyvance now and it helps some but I can still sleep.
Mental illness also sucks and we are the lucky ones. I love the experts saying that mental illness is easily treatable these days. They should have told us! How were we to know?
ramblin'
Posted by sleepygirl2 on May 25, 2012, at 20:58:55
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » sleepygirl2, posted by Phil on May 23, 2012, at 18:37:25
I just like it too much, and it is soooooooo tempting to disconnect when I am super anxious.
Posted by Zyprexa on May 27, 2012, at 3:35:49
In reply to I wany my fun drugs back., posted by Phil on May 17, 2012, at 7:50:26
I thought the fun drugs were great! Brought me out of depression, when I was a teen. Gave me a life. Just wish it didn't have to end so suddenly, when stuff happened. I began to think they were the source of all my problems and quit for a year went to college, and felt so out of it, socialy. thats what the drugs gave me.
Posted by Phillipa on May 27, 2012, at 20:48:37
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back., posted by Zyprexa on May 27, 2012, at 3:35:49
Zyprexa do you feel illegal drugs caused your condtion today? Phillipa
Posted by Zyprexa on May 29, 2012, at 3:23:44
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Zyprexa, posted by Phillipa on May 27, 2012, at 20:48:37
Honestly I don't know. My doc said it was genetics and the oil tank disaster may have kick started it. I had a lot of trama in my life, and mental illness runs in the family. The drugs helped me to cope. I started to get mentaly ill when I was off the drugs for a year.
Posted by Zyprexa on May 29, 2012, at 3:33:55
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Zyprexa, posted by Phillipa on May 27, 2012, at 20:48:37
Also I may have been exposed to pot breafly when very young. But never got diagnosed till in my 20s. The other thing is I did a lot of drugs after I was put on meds and they never made me any sicker.
Posted by xean on June 3, 2012, at 12:35:41
In reply to Re: I wany my fun drugs back. » Phillipa, posted by Zyprexa on May 29, 2012, at 3:33:55
I have had my fair share of recreational drugs and I feel that it made some of my problems worse. speedy drugs made me more anxious and paranoid. Alcohol when it wore off made me more antisocial while I could talk while drunk I didn't know how to approach social situations without it. opiates caused problems in how to act in social situations because all you do is search for the next fix a never ending cycle of being out of it then searching for the next fix.
During their use it may be fun but they do damage your life in many ways.
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