Posted by Brainbeard on September 5, 2010, at 14:33:53
In reply to Re: Being There Yet Not Being There, posted by chujoe on September 5, 2010, at 11:36:05
> Bb, as an ex-dope-smoker I guess I'd suggest giving up smoking marijuana. I have had that same dissociative effect with marijuana even when I wasn't taking psych meds, so it might just be the pot acting by itself, or it might make the effects of clomipramine stronger, or some combination of those two. I gave up smoking partly because of the dissociative effect of marijuana.
Well, there was a time when I liked some dissociation to a certain extent. For example, I once ate space-cake with a friend on our national 'Queen's-day' festival, and we sat at a terrace in Groningen, where I went to the toilets for a pee - and when I was done, I was looking at the toilet door and thinking: 'I have NO idea where I am and what I'm doing here, but I do have a faint recollection that I'm here with a friend; I'm curious who it will be!'. I stepped through the door with the merry feeling of receiving a surprise.
I also think that the dissociation is stronger when I smoke/eat pure pot instead of pot mixed with tobacco. I think the nicotine makes one more grounded, although it also inflates the self.
Hash may be a better option - and not smoking ANY dope may be the brightest one.
Current meds: clomipramine 187.5mg, fluvoxamine (Luvox) 50mg, bethanechol 25-50mg.
PRN: modafinil, oxazepam, dextro-amphetamine, Concerta/Ritalin (methylphenidate), gabapentin (Neurontin).
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