Last Topic: 6:44:20pm, 02/01/2018
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Antidepressants have different effects on different people, falling somewhere in between "I would be dead without them" to "they made everything worse". I've been on Bupropion for years. It's never had a huge upward effect on my mood, but I think it's helped make my weeks-long depressive valleys a little shorter and easier to climb out from. Also, I've never had any side effects from it, so my doc and I agree that it's fine for me to continue taking it (although I've started to veeerrry slowly wean off of it).
I also smoke a couple times a week. I felt weird about it for a long time, because I felt like I needed weed to have a positive outlook. Lately, though, I've started to look at it as practice. When I'm high, I practice finding the silver lining, and now I've gotten a little better at it when I'm sober. It probably helps that I'm in my 30s and have generally mellowed out since my 20s.
Again - that's just my experience. Caveats: 1) Weed and antidepressants are NOT the same thing. 2) Weed can easily be addictive, even if it doesn't have the same physiological addictiveness that other drugs do. So, take that into account, I guess. 3) Please don't lean on PotD for medical advice. I'm happy to share a perspective, but ultimately, you need an expert in your corner if at all possible.
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