Does longterm weed use make one more relaxed or more schizo? Do people who smoke for long tenures find themselves more relaxed than they were before they started smoking regularly, or more fidgety and paranoid, less controlling of onself. Someone who is Bipolar or has ADHD would it benefit them to smoke weed?

i haven't smoked in 2 months and i'm going schizo. I was already before but at least i was high...come on september.

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Long-term, heavy drug use of almost any type tends to narrow people's horizons -- it makes them focus more on the present (where the immediate pleasure of the drug is), on short-term satisfaction of desires, and less on goals that offer deferred gratification like school, a career, or whatever. It lowers their capacity to endure temporary boredom and displeasure for the sake of long-term goals.

This doesn't happen to all heavy users, of course, but I have seen quite a few people go down this road, with all kinds of different drugs, including weed.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Long-term, heavy drug use of almost any type tends to narrow people's horizons -- it makes them focus more on the present (where the immediate pleasure of the drug is), on short-term satisfaction of desires, and less on goals that offer deferred gratification like school, a career, or whatever. It lowers their capacity to endure temporary boredom and displeasure for the sake of long-term goals. This doesn't happen to all heavy users, of course, but I have seen quite a few people go down this road, with all kinds of different drugs, including weed.

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Originally posted by jsibilin http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...2&forumid=16&s=

your point is?

Anyhow back to the topic at hand...im more interested in the homeostasis of ones brain and heart. Does weed cause the user to be more relaxed person over time, or does longterm use cause them to be less relaxed and more lacking of self control/mind control. Maybe im talking about motor skills, or maybe not?

Long-term physiological effects are generally minimal, except for lung damage that can result from smoking it.

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Originally posted by LionsLair your point is? Anyhow back to the topic at hand...im more interested in the homeostasis of ones brain and heart. Does weed cause the user to be more relaxed person over time, or does longterm use cause them to be less relaxed and more lacking of self control/mind control. Maybe im talking about motor skills, or maybe not?

heavy users will get some personality changes, but anything u abuse will have some changing effects in some way.

from what i've read about the research on this topic, there is a connection between family history mental illness and marijuana use. apparently heavy users are *more likely* to develop mental illness if they have a history of it in their family.

common sense though, if you have depression, self medicating with more downers probably is a bad idea.

on the other hand, there is current research being done using MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress. they are currently doing with with soldiers returning from war, with some success.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LionsLair
your point is?
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I guess i just wanted to combine the two threads.. theres also a thread called the pothead alliance..

the key is.. if you like weed,, try to smoke less than a gram a day.. theres been studies (can't find the source) that if u smoke less than a gram its actually good for you releasing serotonin into the brain.. if you smoke more than a gram and are a heavy user then its bad.

i havent done it for a week and im starting to get a lil freaked out. oh boy