Anecdotally, marijuana has been an amazing improvement to my mental health.
I have suffered from insomnia my entire life. Then two years ago, my job got significantly more stressful and I began having panic attacks. I was perscribed Lorazepam in case of future attacks, but the potential side effects were terrifying (you may just suddenly die in certain circumstances), so I was scared to take it.
Enter medicinal marijuana. I’m now part of the “smoke weed every day” lifestyle, except with edibles because my apartment doesn’t allow smoking. 20mg CBD, 5mg THC, about 2 hours before I want to sleep. Accept that I’m not going out for the rest of the night, work on some side projects, watch some TV, and then go to sleep waking up refreshed, no hangover or grogginess.
Only real detrimental effect I’ve observed is a reduction in my short term memory. So I started keeping a proper notebook and calendar to compensate for that. After a couple of days of not consuming, my memory seems to return to normal, so I’m not too worried about long term effects there, but I would absolutely love to see more clinical trials around it.
> I was perscribed Lorazepam in case of future attacks,but the potential side effects were terrifying (you may just suddenly die in certain circumstances)
Saying that a therapeutic doze of lorazepam is going to make you "suddenly die", is a great exaggeration. Panic attacks are best fixed with a combination of drugs and CBT. So maybe try adding CBT to your drugs to wean off of it.
I have suffered from insomnia my entire life. Then two years ago, my job got significantly more stressful and I began having panic attacks. I was perscribed Lorazepam in case of future attacks, but the potential side effects were terrifying (you may just suddenly die in certain circumstances), so I was scared to take it.
Enter medicinal marijuana. I’m now part of the “smoke weed every day” lifestyle, except with edibles because my apartment doesn’t allow smoking. 20mg CBD, 5mg THC, about 2 hours before I want to sleep. Accept that I’m not going out for the rest of the night, work on some side projects, watch some TV, and then go to sleep waking up refreshed, no hangover or grogginess.
Only real detrimental effect I’ve observed is a reduction in my short term memory. So I started keeping a proper notebook and calendar to compensate for that. After a couple of days of not consuming, my memory seems to return to normal, so I’m not too worried about long term effects there, but I would absolutely love to see more clinical trials around it.