Posted by kid_A on September 4, 2001, at 14:20:01
In reply to Cannabis and Depression, posted by sweetmarie on September 4, 2001, at 14:01:54
I think the reason that there has never been any conclusive answers is that there hasnt been any study done on the effects of cannabis use and depression. I have read that using it while taking ssri's can have some unwanted sexual dysfunction for male users, but I dont have any scientific paper to back that up...Regardless, I do think that there is a greater than average agreement that prolonged use can cause depression, but you have to ask yourself if this applies to non depression-afinative types.
I dont think you are going to get an answer that is going to be provable by any study or medical consensus, you may get the answer you want, like "didn't cause me any problems", but thats just one person's oppinion, and your own milleage may vary...
I stopped using it because it vastly fucked w/ my emotions while taking effexor... I think the choice you need to make should be based on your own experiences, but also realise that if you are allready taking behaviour modification drugs, do you really want to skew them by taking another drug who's total effects on the body are unknown even to the medical community?
Of course if this is a once in a while thing, I can't see how it matters all that much... I've forgotten to take my medication for days in a row, but I cope somehow...
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