How To Know If You're Addicted To Weed
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Never a diagnosis, but maybe a helpful thought if you’re having trouble figuring out whether or not you have a problem with weed.
You’re the grass, the grass is the sky, and the sky is a mirror.
If you feel like it could you talk about your experience with weed and osdd?
I definitely can! Anything in particular you want my perspective on about the intersection of the two? Or just kind of broadly my experience?
@autismondrugs kinda just in general your take. Id be curious what stands out to you in that intersection. The thing spesifically bothering me rn is related to memory issues with dissociative disorders vs weed. I've been addicted to weed for years and have significant memory problems but it's not really how people with full on DID describe it, lost time etc. I think I might have osdd1b and a weed addiction but also am worried the osdd symptoms might be coming from the weed? (I don't really think that ig, maybe, I have memories of parts before the weed, but idk it's just confusing). Love your content btw :)
Usually when people say that marijuana is not addictive, they are talking about the fact that you don't get a physical dependence on Marijuana. But addiction to marijuana is a different kind of addiction because it is a Mental dependence. IE: You can't get physically addicted to marijuana, but you can get mentally addicted to it.
I think I would disagree, or at least qualify that some. I think all substances have a physical and a mental aspect and there is certainly a physical manifestation of weed addiction. In the addiction community we tend to refer to it as an allergy, aka when weed addicts consume weed they have an abnormal physical reaction that then jumpstarts a mental obsession. Very similar to alcoholism, the physical mechanisms for addiction aren’t entirely clear (for alcohol they are a bit more clear now, but when AA was first founded there was no physical medical basis for alcoholism)-all of that to very unorganized-ly say that while we might not know the mechanisms for physical addiction I would be very surprised if there wasn’t a physical basis for weed addiction and I think the more people realize that there is a physical aspect, just as there is for alcohol or opiates, the easier it will be for people to understand that they aren’t just ‘weak’ for not being able to control their consumption.
I totally get what you’re saying though. Plus, weed is such an impressive psychedelic that there’s also a deep spiritual addiction that can occur. It’s a messy issue for sure and more than anything I think it’s still just…unclear what all the specifics of it are.
@autismondrugs Oh yeah, then again not much research has been done on weed outside of legal states due to the Feds keeping it in Schedule 1. But now with it going down to Schedule 3 hopefully this year, it will encourage more studying to be done on Cannabis and everything that it can do. 👍 I will say though that everyone's body chemistry is different, and everyone reacts differently to different drugs. Like for me, for example, I never got hooked on opiates after taking codeine when I got my wisdom teeth were taken out a few years ago, and the same for ADHD meds. It's hard for me personally to get hooked on most things. I used to vape nicotine back when I was 18 through the age of 19, but I was able to completely stop taking it ironically due to Cannabis. Nowadays if I were to hit a nic vape, it feels exactly like it was when I first vaped. I just never got cravings for it like that personally. Lol
@autismondrugs I do like your vids though because I relate a lot to them. I recently discovered through therapy that I might be Autistic, but my therapist is going to refer me to get the official diagnosis, and I'm pretty stoked about it. 👍 I have ADHD, but for some reason looking back at my life, I always felt like there was something more wrong with me than just ADHD.
That’s super relatable but in the opposite direction for me! I have an ‘official’ autism diagnosis but just recently started being like….oh damn I think I might have ADHD too. I think I did a similar thing I did with autism before I was diagnosed where with both I was just like “haha these are just quirks i have” and then the more I got exposed to different media about autism and now adhd I’m like hold up these are like….qualities of a collective group of people….huh
long story short I’m thinking about going in to get assessed for ADHD lol
@autismondrugs Well that's awesome! I hope that your journey of self-discovery will lead you to the truth. I noticed that some of us who are Neurodiverse have some things that are comorbid along with our conditions, one of my comorbidities being Depression along with my ADHD and possible Autism. You and I might be diagnosed with the other parts later on in life, but hey, now we are getting the help that we needed all along. Just remember that no matter what, you are awesome and unique. 😎