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04-02-2008, 11:38 AM
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I voted yes as well. I was never someone who used drugs regularly, but I did take E (ecstasy) at raves a few times to try to alleviate my symptoms. |
05-02-2008, 01:46 AM
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I voted no because I used to use meth... but if I ever get around to it I will use pot again for my anxiety. I just want to do it the legal way this time. |
05-02-2008, 10:43 AM
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Yes!!! Also, I think opiates are really the only substance that will stop a flashback. |
05-02-2008, 11:42 PM
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I've taken skunk more to help me to cope in the past. But at times I have also used solvents, magic mushrooms, speed, and cocaine. On the whole, I don't think drug use is really the answer though. |
13-02-2008, 06:08 PM
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Yes, I still think I get the best results as far as anxiety and positive mood from weed, and actually trust the safety of it more than all the chemicals as well. It's natural, and there is just nothing else that makes me feel as much 'myself' - creative, expressive - with no side or lasting effects [for me]. When it goes away it is gone, unlike all these things that must always be 'in your system'. Instead of simply escaping bad feelings, it seems to help me escape back to who I really am. Just my opinion. |
15-02-2008, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by LostInTheFog  When it goes away it is gone, unlike all these things that must always be 'in your system'. Instead of simply escaping bad feelings, it seems to help me escape back to who I really am. Just my opinion. | That's interesting... I have often felt that 'sobering up' after some skunk is better than getting stoned... a sort of 'clarity' arising is somehow quite nice and makes me feel that it helps me to get back to me... |
13-03-2008, 03:25 AM
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pot habitually.. adderall to get school work done.. ambien & trazodone to sleep.. Drinking to stop anxiety on the weekends, along with coke (rarely) to help me talk better with people.. shrooms & acid to go to another universe.. hydros and oxys to come down from the adderall & control anxiety during the week. i gobble up valium any chance i get for the same reason.
pot, acid, and shrooms help me most with putting things in perspective, and to escape this reality and go to a more spiritual place (that part is mostly the acid & shrooms).
the only ones i really, deep down, enjoy, would be weed, acid and shrooms. everything else just keeps me seeming like a functioning and normal citizen to others, as funny as that might sound.
im a piece of fiendish crap i know |
14-03-2008, 04:41 PM
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I think they should allow medicinal marijuana for PTSD. I would be dead by now if it weren't for my bad habit. Really which is worse, drugs or dead? |
22-03-2008, 12:12 PM
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Used to do both drugs and alcohol, then quit, but was hit with crazy suicidal depression, finally got on prozac, recenly quit nicotine and diet soda and refined sugar which may be why all my s**t is up right now. |
25-03-2008, 01:34 PM
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I have been clean and sober for 29+ years, but just recently quit nicotine and sugar. My anxiety is sky-high right now, but I am clinging to the hope that I can tackle the ptsd finally. Thinking back, it was likely the earliest cause of my drinking and using. I now have nothing to control it. Work is really pretty difficult with waves of adrenaline all day. But you guys are giving me hope. Last week I thought I would lose my job, my home, all the most dire predictions. Thusday I start with a new therapist who does EMDR. Keeping my fingers crossed, | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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