Posted by jimmygold70 on April 13, 2001, at 18:50:30
In reply to Re: Zoloft Marijuana, posted by Jed00 on April 9, 2001, at 16:44:37
Dear Jed,
FWas the first one due to an AD ? Did you take Zoloft that time (or any other SSRI - Prozac, Paxil, Favoxil) ?
> 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 allYou mean Zyprexa. It's good but weight gain is inevitable.
>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.Ye, Geodon has no weight side effects. It is a very promising drug indeed...
> 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.I wish I wouldn't get addicted to Xanax again. Since the apisode, I need it more than ever. It really increases my SE.
Take care !
Jimmy> > Jed, are those episodes coming back to you ?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Do you have a diagnosis for Bipolar I ? What are you taking to fight it off ?
> >
> > Jimmy
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > 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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