How to ask psychiatrist for cannabis prescription

[Chrystal]

I have been seeing a psychiatrist for 11 years this february i'm abit of a head case main problem is schitzophrania,major depression i have been on highest doses of antipsychotic and anti depressants for around 10 of those years

 

Now about 1 year ago my treating dr reduced my medication 1/4th the dose and around 5 6 months later i went off the rails like a absolute lunatic so me dr bumped up the medication again

 

Now looking at research on the medications in long term use they should be stopped after 10 years this is probably why the dr was reducing my medication, the medication has left me feeling motionless, unmotivated, find it hard to show effection and love new people to my life

 

The anti depressants are pretty much a root around they have done nothing for me

 

I have a appointment coming up and i think i am going to ask the dr if i can go onto the legal weed he will likely say no but what are some questions i should ask or tell him

 

Is there anything in particular i should mention?

 

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[micmac]

Chrystal if you goigle schizophrenia it is also known as Bipolar

 

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totally different I think ?

 

 

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[micmac]

They tried to tell me I was bi polar , I told him I was just surrounded by idiots most of time , wouldn't u get the shits a bit more

Never had it all , bit depressed maybe cause my dog just died , quack

 

 

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[Chrystal]

Got 2 of these as my freebies says for depression i will give them a try when i set up https://www.seedsman.com/en/auto-3-bears-og-feminised-seeds-artisanal-automatics

[Auqadoll]

Aww sorry to hear that mic..

[micmac]

Still got her ashes on tv table

 

 

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[micmac]

Loved that dog , rottie 15 yrs had to get her put down in her bed, still makes me sad to this day

 

 

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[Indycar]

£14.13 for one seed.. Fuck me.

 

$24.68 AUD a pop

Edited January 24, 2018 by Indycar

[Rake]

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Got 2 of these as my freebies says for depression i will give them a try when i set up https://www.seedsman.com/en/auto-3-bears-og-feminised-seeds-artisanal-automatics

Did you get any high cbd with the latest order to try?

[Serrated edge]

I don't want to sound completely hypocritical either. Because I know how hard it is to refrain from drug use with this condition. But the sooner you come to terms with the fact that you can't use cannabis or certain substances the sooner you will recover and move on with your life.

 

Cocaine, speed and weed are the big three can't do's

 

Have you considered brewing your own alcohol or even dabbling in heroin or MDMA.

 

I know this is the last thing you want to be hearing right now. But consider seeking psychological assistance (a psychologist) as well as a drug and alcohol counseling.

 

 

DABBLING in HEROIN ??

 

Pure genius !!

[merl1n]

For 20+ years I worked with people with disabilities. People with physical disabilities, with intellectual disabilities and with mental health issues. For many ( and I'd personally say most) it was a combination of 2 or all 3. For example people who have strokes at a young age, their physical disabilities can be obvious ie the right side of their body is paralysed. In very basic terms a stroke is a bleed on the brain and this can affect their learning and retaining of information and their 'logical' thought can be hampered. And if, for example, the stroke occurs in their teens, socially they can easily become isolated. This can effect their social development, less social interaction can trigger mental health issues very quickly. Now this is a simple example of a physical injury leading to an impairment on all 3 levels. Each one could be minor or each one could be catastrophic, so trying to quantify each is impossible, they are all VERY individual.

 

So, yea, I have to agree that schizophrenia and Bipolar are two totally different afflictions and both can have their own triggers. We all have periods of being 'flat' or having a 'bit of a downer' but for individuals with bipolar those flats or downers can be WAY, WAY down, not just flat. And by the same accord we all have happy times but mania can be extremely high, almost unnaturally happy, exuberant. Trying to obtain a balance between the two is a massive battle

 

What is now known as 'bipolar disorder' used to be called 'manic depression'. That is you have periods of mania (Manic) and periods of depression, so although it was called manic depression it was more manic/depression. Some people consider it like a sine wave of peaks and troughs but a sine wave has an equal height vs trough and an equal wavelength. With manic depression it is nothing like a sine wave. The peaks do not equal the troughs and the length of each cycle is never equal. Sufferers can have periods of clarity where life travels along ok, until the next trough of peak appear

 

Where schizophrenia is more visual and audial hallucinations ie hearing voices, seeing gods, etc

 

Some people can have traits of both afflictions and years ago were simply known as crazy, but as mental health science has become a little more refined these differing conditions have been given individual names other than just 'crazy'. Labels are easy to give ie crazy, mental case, nutter, but if you truly get to know the individual inside of that disorder you can only feel empathy and thank ALL of your lucky stars that it ain't you living inside their heads. It can be a hell that others just have no idea of, none at all.

 

If you are lucky enough to have no clue, no idea what I am talking about here, be thankful.

Be VERY FUCKIN THANKFUL.

You are one of the lucky ones.

 

Merl1n