SNRIs and Cannabis

[minky]

Hi there,

 

Apologies if this is the wrong place to post this.

I'm one of those annoying newbies

 

I've been taking anti-depressants for 10+ years. I've only been smoking the last couple of years.

I current take an SNRI anti-depressant at a high/max dosage (only reason being is that my body has only tends to respond to large doses).

 

I seem to have a very high tolerance to smoking. Do you think this is related?

 

Interested to hear from peoples experience taking anti-depressants and smoking regularly/daily.

[louise]

I used to be on max dose of effexor 225g but got off that cause of the horrible comedowns, now Im on 60mg of cmybalta/duloxetine, the who time i've been smoking normally, but now I am starting to notice alot of the street weed just doesn't get me too bent does for a while but it doesn't last.

225mg of effexor isn't the max dose... it's just how much a general practitioner can prescribe... specialist consultants can (and do) prescribe much higher doses. When I used that drug (shortly after the release of the XR version) I was dosed up to 450mg before going through the detox and trying another drug.

 

Have to say I haven't experienced any interactions between weed and antidepressants. I think it is more likely that street weed isn't very good. 

[lookinggoodguys]

Just a bit of a update..since getting off pristiq and using skywalker,I am back working and alcohol is no longer a problem.

I get no cannabis cravings and recently went away for 2 weeks without any withdrawal issues. Highly impressed with the strain for medical application for depression. Also focusing on growing being diciplined has been very therapeutic taking my mind off the stresses helping with my recovery. My family have seen the positive changes and my life back on track.

[Jagged]

120 mg of Cymbalta here and it doesnt interact with cannabis. My psych told me to try cannabis so it cant be too bad with anti d's 

[MediKat]

Just a bit of a update..since getting off pristiq and using skywalker,I am back working and alcohol is no longer a problem.

I get no cannabis cravings and recently went away for 2 weeks without any withdrawal issues. Highly impressed with the strain for medical application for depression. Also focusing on growing being diciplined has been very therapeutic taking my mind off the stresses helping with my recovery. My family have seen the positive changes and my life back on track.

That's great news. Getting of pristiq's no mean feat and doing it with the use of cannabis, in particular a strain you researched to boot is simply a awesome result. well done and all the best with it.

Edited November 21, 2015 by Katton

[merl1n]

Hey LGG,

Good on ya. IMO ANY reduction in the pharma crap is a BIG, BIG plus. Although some of their crap may be beneficial for the ailment they are treating, some of the side effects and long term effects can be even more detrimental. For example the pain meds I'm presently dosed up on are great for pain (I can't feel shit ), but they knock the shit outta my liver and the 'fillers' they use to bulk the tablets up have some awful effects on my gastric tract. If I could cut them outta of my 'dietary intake' I surely would. I do try to keep them to a minimum, but still find, even with canna, that I need an opiate to take the edge off the pain. Just at way, way lesser dosages.

 

Merl1n

[FullCircle]

Just a bit of a update..since getting off pristiq and using skywalker,I am back working and alcohol is no longer a problem.

I get no cannabis cravings and recently went away for 2 weeks without any withdrawal issues. Highly impressed with the strain for medical application for depression. Also focusing on growing being diciplined has been very therapeutic taking my mind off the stresses helping with my recovery. My family have seen the positive changes and my life back on track.

This is awesome! I'm hoping to be able to stop my SSRIs in the not too distant future. They don't seem to be helping me much anymore, anyway. Perhaps I'd be 10x worse if I wasn't on them...that's the scary bit for me!