Marijuana for Anxiety

[smokeypanda]

G'day everyone,

 

I've done a bit of searching around the internet and on these forums regarding marijuana use for anxiety..

 

I personally suffer from anxiety, (to the point that standing in line at a supermarket is very hard for me to do as I begin to panic etc) and find that depending on the amount I smoke it really helps me feel a lot calmer and not so worried about everything. Obviously one needs to take into consideration the strain etc..

 

From what I've read the Sativa's are better for anxiety rather than the Indica's since the Indica's are more of a body high. I've also read somewhere that Strawberry Cough is a good Sativa which is sometimes used medically for anxiety which is why I would really like to try it.

 

I've heard a few people claim that marijuana causes panic but I don't really believe that to be true, (not in my case anyway as I've had anxiety long before I started smoking bud), I think that a large part of it is that people are worried about getting caught smoking since it is illegal here.

 

I'm just wondering if anyone has had any experience in this area and whether they've found it helps and so forth..

 

Thanks for your time.

[Pig Mindset]

Hi

I also have used it for anxiety which I have had for many years. I don't have any choof anymore (not by choice, I moved cities) but don't know what strain it was but I did get a bit paranoid about a knock on the door or the phone ringing at night as this was the only time I smoked. Since I haven't had any I must admit my anxiety is worse and I don't sleep as well. I was also using it for chronic pain and was great for that too. But as others have said we all react differently to it.

 

The increased anxiety as well as sleep issues usually last around 1-2 weeks after stopping smoking but as people have told you it all depends on the person. When people go through this period after heavy use they tend to blame cannabis as the cause for these problems, but also things like anxiety and insomnia can seem worse than before if you have had relief from these problems from using cannabis. The symptoms people get from stopping cannabis use are minimal compared to stopping prescription drugs prescribed for these disorders.

[Radic]

Greetnz

check these clips from scientists like Robert Melamede,PhD and Raphael Mechoulam,PhD

 

Endo-Cannabinoid system regulates the balancing of every system in the body

homostatictly balanced system soundz irey to me

 

 

Cannabis & Cannabinoids,by Robert Melamede,PhD

On this video filmed in 2006, Dr. Robert Melamede, Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado,

explains how the body's Endo-Cannabinoid system

(and plant based Cannabinoids as suppliment) kills cancer cells and inhibits tumor growth.

seen

its about cancer

but the Endo-Cannabinoid system is well explained

 

dis 1 is about PSTD

which involves mood swings

anxiety and deperssion

 

 

Cannabinoid System in Neuroprotection, Raphael Mechoulam,PhD

Professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem,

Dr. Mechoulam describes the role of Cannabinoids as anti-inflammatory for arthritis,

as neuroprotectant for brain injury and as a possible treatment for PTSD.

Dr. Mechoulam first isolated THC in 1964.

Conference hosted by Patients Out of Time. DVDs are available.

http://MedicalCannabis.com

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI2VT2kOfnM...feature=related

 

irey guidance

[Smokin Moose]

Strains that are high in the Terpenes, Myrcene and Geraniol, tend to be very good for treating anxiety. White Widow, for example, is a strain noted for it's anxiolytic properties. In fact, White Widow has the highest Myrcene levels of all the Green House Seed Company strains

An anxiolytic (or antianxiety agent) is a drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms of anxiety. Some anxiolytics have been shown to be useful in the treatment of anxiety disorders as have antidepressants such as the class of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

Edited April 2, 2009 by Smokin Moose

[Immortal]

Some anxiolytics have been shown to be useful in the treatment of anxiety disorders as have antidepressants such as the class of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs).

 

heh yeh, except marijuana won't fuck up your sex drive and make you want to kill yourself (in some cases).

 

I get really annoyed with some people's views on medical marijuana. There are some people that say they are totally for marijuana in medical use. But then they say they only want sick cancer and aid suffers to have access to it! I think cannabis has the most potential in treating depression and anxiety.

[luciddreaming]

I agree immortal. That's why California's medical thing is the best. It's for "any illness which hasn't been improved with conventional medicine and where Cannabis has been shown to improve the condition" or something like that. Indeed Cannabis has the best potential besides maybe Ketamine, for depression. And Cannabis tops everything so far for anxiety disorders. CBD has even been shown to be an anti-psychotic, equivalent or better than the current anti-psychotic drugs they have.

That's why I think Indica are the best for these kind of things, but then maybe for depression you would need to experiment a little with Sativa Indica crosses as well.

[primo]

HELLO ALL

 

(I allow myself to answer has this post = 1 depressive friend and consumer during 14 years was found died (hung) is 36 years in 2004) each person is different and reacts differently with bleaches on grass…

 

if Swiss Bliss or Kalichakra functions well for does concern on Pierre, Paul or Jack = there exist no guaranteed that functions to him well for Mathieu…

you understand me ? (I know that my English is rotted… sorry !)

I discussed a long time with Mario (the founder of DELICATESSEN Seeds… which are 1 psychiatrist of formation ! 1 true Psychiatrist & breeder !!! ) few people react in the same manner has 1 identical genetics…

90% of the genetics are very powerful in ThC which is not always Nirvâna for concern anxiéty !

The Euphoric genetics is + or - good for anxiéty BUT it will be necessary to consume every day and of the quantities of + in + large…

the body is accustomed very quickly !

And when 1 day there is NOTHING TO CONSUME = concern will be + large that the first DAY.

Weed can give 1 contrary effect !

The weed is 1 altération of the conscience...

Much genetics to the capacity to make anxious when consumption is repeated daily !

Obligation to make 1 DRACONIAN choice !

to make much test...

And not particularly with joints… To associate the TOBACCO and GRASS can be 1 direct problem… Vast subject…

noneasy has to solve. Personally I cannot advise you 1 particular genetics…. That would be presumptuous of my share:

quite simply because we react all in a different way.

I know that SwissBliss, Satori, Kalichakra have good positive observations.

To give 1 council has 1 Med consumer = I do not do it… The treatments appendices modifis parameters !

To give 1 council has 1 consumer of recreation of the cannabis = I will say = 1 good CHOICE his genetics !

or 1 little to reduce its consumption ! ? !

or to practise 1 flexible martial-art like Taichi, Yi Chuan, Bagua Zang, Qiqong ! ? !

 

The Health does not have a price ! priceless value…

For me (my perso opinion!) Weed is not 1 goal in the LIFE…

That is magic genetics but as 1 good wine of quality = it must remain positive, beneficial and not destructor.

I do not speak about the MED world which is the 1 other problem ....

 

in the laboratories the researchers manufactures and works with substences chimical reproducing the properties of the cannabis. The synthetic weed ! Impossible for 1 researcher to validate his work by presenting a leafy female…

 

The P.R. Mechoulam (Mario Bellandi knows its working shaft) in Israel works with the synthetic substances, improved, conditioned, purified for use of Méd.................cancer & SIDA.

It makes use of the factories of cannabis like analytical support before creating drug syntétic resulting from the properties cannabic.

There is no lamp HPS in the laboratories of these scientists

A use is allowed as in much country for the patient people the end of the lifetime !

the cannabis + tobacco flaring arrives in a few months has to make 1 sick person… logical !

 

 

 

 

I wish that my post not wound anybody ?

I say right what I think… what I know about this subject !

 

(1 breeder pro will write on his new genetics: "EXTRAORDINARY against the anxiety" !

But often that is trade… simply to sell has all the categories of consumer !!!

he has any idea of the effects on people…

 

 

RESPECT has ALL !

Edited June 6, 2009 by primo

[Immortal]

RESPECT has ALL !

 

wow primo.. Your english is... unique.. haha. I honestly could not understand most parts.

 

yes, people do react differently to different drugs. That's one of the reasons why there are so many different types of drugs that do the same thing.

I agree, Tobacco + Weed just seems silly to me. Tobacco has no place in healing.

 

and that's about all I could make out of what you were saying.

 

CBD has even been shown to be an anti-psychotic, equivalent or better than the current anti-psychotic drugs they have.

 

Is there a way to grow cannabis to encourage more CBD? I noticed on seedbanks the ones that list CBD say they contain less than 0.1%. That sounds pretty low.

[primo]

my English is rotted… I know….1000 excuses !!!

but I cannot ask…

to disturb 1 friend or my wife to translate ! SORRY…

 

 

I will post that small post…! PROMISE !

 

Just to take part...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or to find 1 person on the forum which speaks French ?

Edited June 6, 2009 by primo

[luciddreaming]

Is there a way to grow cannabis to encourage more CBD? I noticed on seedbanks the ones that list CBD say they contain less than 0.1%. That sounds pretty low.

 

Indica's have higher CBD. The more Indica, the more CBD. afaik There are no exceptions to that.

EDIT: Just fucked up all that information I typed (edited out in case you get that in an e-mail and wonder where it's gone), I think primo's English threw me off a bit

 

CBD counters the effects of THC, kind of mellows the high out, so I believe it is usually a lower percentage than the THC in the particular strain. But if you have Indica, the percentage of CBD will be higher than in a Sativa. But won't be higher percentage than THC ever afaik.

 

Now I am not 100% sure about this, I'll have to research more. Wiki says this "CBD has been shown to inhibit the anxiety that THC can induce at high doses ~0.5 mg/kg" I don't know how many mg on average is in a plant however. It also states that extracts of Cannabis can contain 40% CBD, which is why they are so f'in relaxing!

Edited June 7, 2009 by luciddreaming