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[Shannon]

Shannon do you know anything about anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medications, and possibly smoking marijuana in place of those two? Is there anything you could tell me outside of what I could Google that would help me make an informed choice?

I was clinically depressive for about 7 years in middle and through all of high school, before I was diagnosed. The doctor would not allow me to leave her office without a box of samples of Zoloft, and her having watched me take one. She was shocked I hadn't killed myself. It took only a few days for me to have the cloud lift, but over the following three years I came to hate the drug because of two things, which may or may not be an issue for you on a similar drug.

First, I didn't know who I was anymore... the "me" who wanted to die of emotional pain when I wasn't taking this pill, or the "me" who didn't feel much of anything at all when he did take it?

And second, everyone I knew treated me as if I was defective and deserving of pity for needing "fixing". Whenever I got upset, no matter how legitimate my reasons, it was suddenly, "Awww, have you taken your medications today?"

I wanted to kill people for that. In the end, I started looking for WHY I was depressed, and I determined that my depression was caused by an imbalance of brain chemistry caused by ingesting huge amounts of carbs (white sugar and starch) and almost no protein or anything else. When I started eating no more than 20% carbs, it all but faded. If I turned to a source of protein for those unusual times after that when it was coming on, I found that in most cases it would go away within 30-45 minutes if it was a brain chemistry imbalance caused by too much carbs, but if it was emotion based depression, protein would not do much. I learned to seek the cause and try to understand and release it, or fix it. I was on Zoloft for three years, before I stopped taking it, and I have been fine ever since, because I found the root cause and fixed it.

What I know about antidepressants is that doctors don't know how or why they work very well, and it always seemed like I was being experimented on. That dose didn't work? Let's try this. That dose not working? Let's try this. Maybe we should add this drug. Maybe we should try that drug. I didn't appreciate it. Some people are fortunate and have a good doctor, and some are fortunate and find a working combination of drug(s) and dose(s), and to be honest I am pretty sure I'd have killed myself if it hadn't been for the Zoloft. So it's not all bad, but I certainly would only use antidepressants if I had no other choice.

I know that Marijuana has a drug in it called Fuckit. I know Fuckit works very well, but I also strongly disagree with the use of marijuana. I'm working on a program to simulate marijuana's calmative effects, and I might be able to make an depression relief aid type program with similar techniques, bu that is not going to happen right now. Too much on my plate.

I suggest you seek the root cause of the issue and try to fix that. I'm not sure marijuana is good for depression, I am of the impression that it just masks the symptom and leaves you forever dependant - just like antidepressants. If it came down to it for me, it would be a doctor visit, because I am deathly allergic to marijuana/THC. Lucky me. But hey, if I wasn't, what sort of motivation would I ever have to accomplish anything?

Hope that helps.