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If given the choice between pot addiction and depression...
#5405084 - 03/15/06 06:41 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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If you were in a life situation where you had to battle depression (for no reason at all) when sober, and smoking pot every day of your life was the only way you have found to stop it, which would you choose; pot addiction or depression?
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5405107 - 03/15/06 06:45 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I abstain.
Pot addiction?
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5405112 - 03/15/06 06:45 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I would keep looking for new ways to battle depression.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: lukeboots]
#5405117 - 03/15/06 06:46 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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maybe the pot is causing the depression? you never know.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5405157 - 03/15/06 06:52 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'd tell you to consider yourself lucky. Depression & anxiety refrain me from enjoying smoking.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5408200 - 03/16/06 12:48 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yea, homie, pot isn't known for curing depression. Alot of times, it can exastribate the problem.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Dreamer987]
#5408216 - 03/16/06 12:53 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Personally speaking... though I know that smoking pot can increase people's depression etc, I've found that it actually really helps. Not sure whether its a case of 'everyone should use it to help' as it's more a case of finding what helps you / works in your life.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Dreamer987]
#5408219 - 03/16/06 12:53 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I spent 3 years smoking every day.
All I did was forget I was depressed.
Lay off the Ganj.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: blink]
#5408238 - 03/16/06 12:57 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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you know actually pot got me to be depressed. i was a heavy smoker for several years, being stoned everyday, it resulted in major depression and soziophobia.
however i didnt quit but it HEAVILY reduced it, if it comes up i smoke like two times per month now, thats it.
depression faded, soziophobia faded and hell smoking that rarely gets you lovely high and even gives you the giggles again 
pot can fuck you up bigtime, many many maaaaaaany people underestimate its psychoactive powers ! my 2 cents ! peace ohm
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: blink]
#5408243 - 03/16/06 12:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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i agree... pot can help you realize what's wrong and make you deal with your shit... but it does not help usualy!
if smoking would help me i'd rather smoke then be misrable... infact i wish that was the case but like others it's not a big part of my life anymore BECOUSE it only made things worse...
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5408249 - 03/16/06 12:58 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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This poll is silly. The second option should be "continue seeking alternate ways of dealing with depression" instead of just "depression."
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Dreamer987]
#5408259 - 03/16/06 01:00 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dreamer987 said: Yea, homie, pot isn't known for curing depression.
Not quite true. While it does sometimes make the problem worse, there have been clinical studies showing that it can indeed alleviate depression.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Silversoul]
#5408272 - 03/16/06 01:03 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Indeed. I've found small doses does help quite a bit with depression. I dunno about smoking every single day though.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5408279 - 03/16/06 01:04 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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When you limit yourself to only one answer like that its hard to get any others. Meaning you cant frolic and be happy every day of your life. You got to be unhappy you got to be down. Because thats what drives us to striving for hapiness or what ever it is we strive for.
Depression comes with not doing anything pot makes it easy to not do anything. So pot and depression feed of each other.
When im blue im blue when im bummed im bummed fuck depression and fuck all the "conditiones" doctors label us with!
Fuck that shit! Fuck being a pussy fuck saying i rather be addicted then depresed, I will smoke a joint when i feel like it i will be pissy and "depressed" when ever the hell i wanna be a prick!
I have smoked pot every day since i was 14. At about a gram a day more or less..... thats 3650 grams of pot, thats alot of ganja lol...........
I have my fun i have my sun, When i dont do what should be doing then i get down n out. U got to keep a balance to stay happy, you lack in anything to much balance is lost and unhappyness sets in. Its natural, but the inability to see your self out of the gutter thats whats fucked!
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Le_Canard]
#5408296 - 03/16/06 01:07 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Not only that, but it's safer than Prozac.
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#5408309 - 03/16/06 01:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Ferris]
#5408364 - 03/16/06 01:15 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I smoke pot everyday and for me it's more of what i do when i'm high that really matters. if i'm depressed and doing nothing i'm depressed. if i'm high and do nothing i'm just as depressed.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Aninator]
#5409190 - 03/16/06 04:29 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I agree with what everyone is stating,
I just meant in a "hypothetical" situation to see what people would choose. Of course, in a real life situation you have the possibility of moderating your use of pot and combining it with other strategies (or continuing to seek other alternatives).
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: blink]
#5409708 - 03/16/06 06:33 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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blinkidiot said: I spent 3 years smoking every day.
All I did was forget I was depressed.
Lay off the Ganj.
That's what happened to me. As soon as I stop it's like a freight train of mental anguish. I'm abstaining and it's so painful.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: freddurgan]
#5409723 - 03/16/06 06:36 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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It goes away. The first week without pot is definitely rough if you've been a daily smoker for a while.. I always get this depressed "What have I been doing with myself?" feeling when I quit.. but then that fades and I learn to enjoy life sober. 
I've gone through this process about 4 times.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: lukeboots]
#5409728 - 03/16/06 06:38 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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jonnywax said: It goes away. The first week without pot is definitely rough if you've been a daily smoker for a while.. I always get this depressed "What have I been doing with myself?" feeling when I quit.. but then that fades and I learn to enjoy life sober. 
I've gone through this process about 4 times.
I'm right with you guys.
I'm on day 11, I think. Honestly, I feel so much better about myself when it comes to self-esteem... 11 days sounds so pathetic in numbers, but it feels so signifigant to me.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5409744 - 03/16/06 06:42 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm on day 14. It all started for a drug test, and that was on day 11. Now they've called me out and I have to re-take it tomorrow for diluting myself, but then it's back to being a pothead for a weekend.
Taking a drug-test on St. Patrick's Day... 
Jacques, I'm glad you're starting to feel a bit better. Keep on' strong with that job search.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: lukeboots]
#5409753 - 03/16/06 06:44 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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4 1/2 days. It feels like it's been...like... 40 and 1/2. I keep thinking, "is it time to get high yet?"
Nope.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5409783 - 03/16/06 06:52 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well I also think that an addiction tends to be a pretty depressing thing to go through. I don't know cuz I have no experience, but I can imagine that if I was addicted to pot, i.e. I felt like shit if I couldn't get any, than I'd get pretty derpressed about my life.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: gluke bastid]
#5409868 - 03/16/06 07:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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LOL,
I don't feel bad about smoking pot at all. I feel that I need to moderate a bit better (every other day instead of every day), but otherwise I hope I never quit.
Oh well, to each his own.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5409896 - 03/16/06 07:27 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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When I get bummed out or day to day stress is getting me down, pot only makes it WAY WAY worse
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Tattoo]
#5409930 - 03/16/06 07:39 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Tattoo said: When I get bummed out or day to day stress is getting me down, pot only makes it WAY WAY worse
Wierd. I find pot to be the perfect way to relax and unwind after a stressful day.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Silversoul]
#5410009 - 03/16/06 08:01 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I'm the opposite these days. It used to relax me, but after like 7 years of using it - slowly the effects reversed and it made me more anxious than anything. It would increase heart rate, cause paranoia, and pretty much amplified anything negative. The effect turned to terrifying. Nothing pleasant about it at all. I had to give it up.. it's been a long time since I've smoked - but even after going a bunch of years without using it, it still is too intense for me to handle. I never thought that would happen because during the years that I enjoyed it, I couldn't get enough
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: Tattoo]
#5410052 - 03/16/06 08:12 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Tattoo said: When I get bummed out or day to day stress is getting me down, pot only makes it WAY WAY worse
if i go straight from a crappy day to a bowl, i get the same thing. it just enhances the bad feelings i'm having.
but, if i meditate for 30min before i smoke, it makes all the difference in the world. and there's no better feeling for me than to turn around a bad day into a good one.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: bobjones]
#5410781 - 03/16/06 11:48 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Tattoo said: When I get bummed out or day to day stress is getting me down, pot only makes it WAY WAY worse
if i go straight from a crappy day to a bowl, i get the same thing. it just enhances the bad feelings i'm having.
but, if i meditate for 30min before i smoke, it makes all the difference in the world. and there's no better feeling for me than to turn around a bad day into a good one.
I agree, I always go into pot with a good mindset "This is going to be a lot of fun!" and I always have a good time. We control our own reality, its that simple.
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Re: If given the choice between pot addiction and depression... [Re: OneWhoHasSeen]
#5411203 - 03/17/06 01:58 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've smoked daily for a number of years and I've been depressed most of those years as well... I've had times that things were looking up for me but not really that much...
I wouldn't say that it helps the depression but it does help me to enjoy a nice day out in the woods with my friends. I've had days where I would blaze with my friends in the woods and those are days that I'll never forget!
It's more a thing for me to stop me from thinking of anything and enjoy the company and the buzz that I feel at the moment...
Watch out though with daily usage...
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