To the woman with her husband somking pot... I am Bipolar and OCD with PTSD. and I also have schizophernic tendencies. And before I was diagnosed I smoked pot very heavily. When I began experiencing symptons, my family and i had no idea what was going on. I was manic all the time and the only way I could calm myself enough to concentrate and complete a task was to smoke a joint. (pot) But what was happening was when the high would come down I became manic at a higher level and became very irritated and I would just start having a fit and screaming, talking mean and saying mean, bad things to my family. I would bang things and break things. And it would be that way until I smoked again. I would go days without sleep. The more I smoked the worse my symptons got as the high wore off.
It took years for me to be fully diagnosed and years for me to realize that the smoking pot was causing my medication to not work properly in my body. And yes, going off and on the medication wrecked havoc on my body.
When I finally stopped smoking pot my medications began to work and I learned more self control. And although I still have symptoms, they are less intense without the pot. now I have more control over some of my symptoms.
Lisa Brandon at heavenleely@cox.net
