Posted by Jed00 on April 9, 2001, at 16:44:37
In reply to Re: Zoloft Marijuana » Jed00, posted by jimmygold70 on April 9, 2001, at 9:08:00
The first episode was about 8 years ago and I had about 4 more just in the last four years. They were full manic episodes with severe psychotic symptoms. In the way past, I used an _old_ A.P. called Loxitane, but now a newer one I used was Xyprexa, which was much better, but causes gain weight and sexual side effects yet much better at feeling more comfortable all around. Now, I'm trying Geodon because I really do not want the weight gain again!!!! because I just lost all the weight with much difficulty.
Yes, all of this just steals your life away and is so destructive of your self esteem. I wish I never tried an Anti-depressant and was more careful mixing it with pot in that first instance.Take care,
Jed>
> Jed, are those episodes coming back to you ?
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> Interesting, because my episode was two weeks ago, and sometimes I get into anxiety attack since then, and got to take Xanax or Klonopin to wean it off. However, I don't have full blown manic episodes. It really fucked my self esteem, that episode, though.
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> Do you have a diagnosis for Bipolar I ? What are you taking to fight it off ?
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> Jimmy
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> > jimmygold70 wrote:
> > > I am not very happy that you mix hash and Zoloft. I were taking zoloft for a long time, and I were happy with it. One day, a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine pulled a joint and, well, I smoked about one third a joint. That's nothing, we both know. Now a hour later I got hospitalized for a very frank manic episode. I went naked around the ER. I stll feel like an idiot.
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> > I agree with jimmygold70. I too was taking an antidepressant when I smoked pot and it caused a terrible manic episode and was very scary. Now the episodes keep coming back. Don't mix antidepressants like Zoloft with pot. You're really risking your mental health!!!!!!!
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