Recovering From Cannabis-Induced Psychosis Is Possible

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2022
  • My name is Ethan Andrew. I suffered from cannabis-induced psychosis about 5 years ago. Despite a full recovery, I have never truly been the same since. Although I am succeeding in life on the surface, marijuana has affected me mentally to the point where I live in constant fear if I’m in the clear or not. That is, will I ever experience psychosis again? Will I develop a long-term psychotic illness? Those are thoughts I have to live with and accept. Don’t get me wrong, I am blessed to be here and I live a happy, fulfilling life. I overcame addiction to such a misunderstood drug. Whatever demons I deal with now would be infinitely worse if I didn’t cease my cannabis use. I just wish I knew then what I know now.
    Join us on the first Friday of every month for messages of hope and healing from the impacts of marijuana. We welcome a different speaker every month who will share their experience and provide pathways to find serenity as we navigate through today’s pro-marijuana/drug culture. Whether you’re grieving the loss of a loved one or trying to recover yourself, this meeting is for you. You will be a Q & A at the end of each meeting. This meeting is appropriate for all family members ages 16 and up.

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  • @NickDoraRaw
    @NickDoraRaw หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    It’s criminal this has so few views and exposure, we live in a world that thinks weed is as safe as water. I’ve seen firsthand how the media’s portrayal of weed is destroying people’s lives. Even with first hand experiences, people are still choosing to believe it’s harmless and no permanent damage can ever be done.

  • @DanielLy1200
    @DanielLy1200 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    I've had cannabis-induced psychosis 5 times from age 40 to 48 because I smoked weed on top of my Adderall prescription. I quit everything in 2023 because during a manic psychosis episode, I cashed out all my retirement accounts and ruined my finances and lost my job. I ultimately was arrested, twice, and this is what it finally took to wake me up to how horrible weed affects me. I swear to never touch weed again, and I am slowly weening off of Adderall as well. I am praying for Ethan as I know what he's been through.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing. We’re so glad you’re doing better now. Please consider submitting your story at this link. everybrainmatters.org/share-marijuana-harms-story/

    • @AT-no6xd
      @AT-no6xd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have this exact problem and the adhd medication is adding to it in such a horrible way!! I will pray for us both! I want to live a sober life I hate being ruled by this filth

    • @DanielLy1200
      @DanielLy1200 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AT-no6xd the only way is to abstain from all of it. I am now going to NA meetings and slowly getting my brain power back. Thank you for your prayers and I will do the same! You will beat this thing and get everything you’ve ever wanted and more! Thank God you have a second chance.

    • @SmilingJuicer-it2gf
      @SmilingJuicer-it2gf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Pray my peeps and you don’t need this plant

    • @LOVE.Begins.With.L
      @LOVE.Begins.With.L 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rooting for you. Appreciate the honesty about weed. All the best!

  • @joshpinter5214
    @joshpinter5214 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I totally know exactly what Ethan is talking about. I've struggled with alcohol and addiction my entire life. THC, i thought, was the answer. No hangover, no wasted days recovering from the night before. To experience THC psychosis is, in my mind, is like being insane. What people dont realize, there is a fine line between sanity and insanity. Having crossed that line, i never want to go there again. 9 years clean and sober this last December through working the 12 steps and working with a sponsor. Addiction is a FAMILY disease. I hope the parents that attended this talk, set ego and "what others will think", and get honest with themselves, and seek family treatment. Not just treatment for their child.

    • @KoolT
      @KoolT 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Bravo ❤

    • @KoolT
      @KoolT 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A psychosis is being not sane. All weed makes people slightly psychotic. But high doses can cause severe psychosis BC your DOPAMINE levels are so high 😮

  • @dannyj7618
    @dannyj7618 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I've also had a wed induced psychosis. I haven't smoked for 10 years, and then 1 month I spend $1000 in 1 month and got lid up. I'm talking waking up and lighting up. Worked, return home, and smoked the rest of the night. Well I stopped smoking, I was waking up in my own sweat for 1 month from weed. I didn't do any other drugs. I was also losing a lot of weight and I lost all my appetite. Anyway I went into deep psychosis- lost complete connection to reality. Was in police stand of for 10 hours. It was really bad. I almost shot my neighbor, and I was almost shot by cops. My house got destroyed by cops- it was like a Hollywood movie. I remember being inside my house. There were 10+ cop cars outside talking to me over megaphone. Helicopters flying, drones flying, SWAT trucks outside, K9 barking, Riot teams, These cops shot everything they had in my house - mostly bean bags and gas canister rockets. They broke all my windows. I was able to use a wet towel to and lock myself in my bathroom. In the end thank God no one seriously hurt. I ended up getting a felony and it fucked my life bad. Very difficult to get a job or find rent.
    I only smoked flower - never any dabs - so I think flower can be just as dangerous as dabbing - if abused heavily.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We are so glad you survived . Please consider contacting us at everybrainmatters@gmail.com

  • @MTishan
    @MTishan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I recovered from this marijuana induced psychotic break.. it took me 1 and half year to get back to my senses

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for sharing this with us. You give us hope. Are you willing to contact us at info@everybrainmatters.org to share more?

    • @humpheryakaenyi7113
      @humpheryakaenyi7113 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Are you still on antipsychotics medication?

    • @rocketmantheone
      @rocketmantheone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Were you given antipsychotics? are you still on them?

    • @rocketmantheone
      @rocketmantheone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@humpheryakaenyi7113this is what I need to know cause I had something happen to me and they said it was a drug induced psychosis and I’ve been on antipsychotics for about 5 months now, I want to get off of them .. but I am having problems with my focus, concentration, disordered thoughts and unusual thoughts .. even feel weird to make eye contact with people now

    • @joselyn573
      @joselyn573 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How long did you stay in a hospital my sister is going through the same thing.

  • @waffles5088
    @waffles5088 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I experienced schizophrenia after smoking weed. I had smoked for years, and during my time at university (around 18 yrs old) I started to hear voices. They started off sounding like they were coming from off in the distance. I thought I was being followed. I kept smoking weed and my friend had to stop smoking with me, because I’d hear the voices every time I smoked. I dropped out of University and thought it would be over, because I still believed I was being followed. I hotboxed my car and I heard the voices again and became convinced that it was Voice to Skull Stalker Technology with Microwaves or something, and that real people were reading my thoughts somehow and seeing everything I could see.
    The voices would scream at me, saying horrible things about me, threatening to kill me.. painfully. I’m not sure how I kept my sanity but I took it day by day and now I’m at a point of understanding it was all in my head.
    Even though there was no information online, except the V2K conspiracies, I’m glad now to see people talking about this. Reading about how young men are more likely to experience etc. gives me relief that this is a mental illness.
    I still smoke weed lol and I don’t hear them very often anymore, and the voices only really bother me when my self esteem is low. If i question the things they say about me, and reflect on my positive attributes, then they don’t scare me as much. I know they don’t have any power beyond their vicious lies.
    I don’t think what I’ve done is a good idea though, the experience is so vividly real it’s hard to believe/comprehend if you’ve never experienced it before. Please seek help if you think you may be experiencing psychosis/schizophrenia/paranoia. ❤ you are more than this illness and it doesn’t have to define you.

    • @nikabogolyubova7988
      @nikabogolyubova7988 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hi! Do yo smoke it less now? Have you been treated with pills?

    • @kathrynkiffmann7833
      @kathrynkiffmann7833 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      My family and I were huge weed advocates, well known in our community and I was an edible maker and baker. In 2012, I had migraines after a CAD that almost killed me. I wanted off opioids, son and husband used weed and many physicians, psychiatrists, media, Rogan-everyone said it was safe so I switched. It was so much stronger than I remember. I ended up developing suicidal depression a few years in and yep paranoia too. Hypermesis-intense vomiting was next. I only smoked at night before bed. Who knew? I was the first in the family to quit, and before knowing weed was the culprit to my mental health. Later, my son developed THC psychosis, which shocked my husband to quit in an instant. The experiences were terrifying. The hallucinations and paranoia were horrendous. I remember my husband and I sobbing in cars as we searched for his body after he ran out of the house barefoot and disappeared. He ran 15 miles down a highway. This as college graduate, a world class athlete, a mentor. He thought he was using something safe and nonaddictive. Three months into my own sobriety, I spent 2 nights in ER with suicidal ideation. I’m 61. It turns out it can take several months to repair the damage from THC. Weed? Are you kidding? Its a miracle drug! Snoop Dog! Son had more relapses, and eventually even alcohol triggered psychosis. We had minimal help and our friends who still believed weed didn’t cause it thought we were exaggerating. Today, most of them realize they were wrong. I researched from Harvard to Cambridge, contacted neuroscientists about what they were working on to circumvent cravings, neural damage, and schizophrenia from THC, etc. The big players are currently pure CBD oil in high milligram, the ketogenic diet and fitness. And everyone needs more B-complex. I’m researching red light therapy but can’t comment on it yet. The CBD oil was a big player for my sons brain. And sugar? Just google what it does to your brain for yourself. I’m so grateful my sons’ alive. I’m so angry at myself for not realizing high THC was neurologically deadly sooner. I love my son more than my own life…. The guilt is hard to live with. Being clean of it, being fit and witnessing my son healthier, with his new fiancé -whose anti-weed-dulls the blade a bit. Not much though. I made a-lot of bad karma ignorant or not. I’m finishing my degree in Pscyh research, sharing my story, and being accountable. I smell weed billowing out of cars every time I go for a run. The scent used to put a giggle in me, now its like a punch in the face. Finally, Ya’ll might wanna follow the money trail on whose making the most money off of weed sales and antipsychotics these days. I won’t spoil the surprise. Thank you Laura for Johnnys’ Ambassadors webpage, thank you Dr. Huberman, Doc Amen and thank you Russel Brand for your book on sobriety. But, I wish I’d never needed you.

  • @loriboo651
    @loriboo651 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Thank you so much!!! My son is currently going through the same thing! I am a mom and it is scary. My sons friends pointed it out. Thank you so much for sharing!

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว

      Lori, we wish you well. Please sign up for our newsletter at…everybrainmatters.org/join/. Contact is if you want to speak with another family who’s experienced CIP.

    • @JoseChavez-xd7jv
      @JoseChavez-xd7jv ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How long did it take your son to recover Im 14 going through this right now 😔

    • @loriboo651
      @loriboo651 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JoseChavez-xd7jv it took him 1 year, but still not 100percent even with taking medication, God bless!

    • @georgefspicka5483
      @georgefspicka5483 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      As I found out for myself, unconditional love is probably the best therapy.

    • @rocketmantheone
      @rocketmantheone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@loriboo651was he given antipsychotics? And he still on medication ?

  • @rachelh4062
    @rachelh4062 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you for sharing your story, it’s so helpful to those of us going through the same thing. 3 years ago I took 100mg edible and have had drug induced psychosis. Although mine was more on the paranoid side of things and I had forgotten almost everything I’ve ever learned. I forgot how to have social connections, relationships, had to re learn social cues and much more. The scariest and darkest thing I’ve ever been through. I am feeling much better but still struggle with some social anxiety and dissociation. Ignore the negativity, it’s truly just something you can’t understand until it happens to you.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We appreciate you sharing and so glad you are doing better and doing hope you continue to improve. We would like to publish your story. Please consider using this form to share more. Thank you.everybrainmatters.org/share-marijuana-harms-story/

  • @SSThompson
    @SSThompson หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    After 17 years of daily addiction im finished with it. I want nothing to do with weed anymore. The last 10 years ive been socially isolated and completely alone. Ive lost everything. I realized that being sober now is funner than being high. Ive been getting so angry at people it wasnt even funny. Like legit scary. you wouldn't want to be around me. now that im a week off im starting to feel better and less anxious. Almost like a wave of relief slowly approaching.

  • @nataliem3504
    @nataliem3504 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Well done! You can be so proud of yourself for recognising what was going on and getting out. Thank you for sharing your experience 😊

  • @jackmehoff771
    @jackmehoff771 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Man, i went through the exact same thing you just described about 9 months ago. I had been smoking every single day for over 10 years and was on a 5 day psilocybin mushroom bender when i finally snapped. I had fallen into psychosis and spent 2 nights in a mental hospital. I believed that i was a serial killer and was going to murder loved ones and that the same loved ones were also plotting to kill me or poison me. It was the most horrifying experience in my entire life and i am 31 years old. I also stopped smoking and taking mushrooms and have been feeling so much better! I took one hit off a bong a month after quitting and the same thing happened to me with an instant panic attack with cold sweats and extreme paranoia. I never would have thought after years of smoking dabs and high potency weed that anything like this would ever happen...

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow! Thank you for sharing and we are so glad you survived this experience! Would you consider us interviewing you or allowing us to use your comments? Please contact us at info@everybrainmatters.org

    • @lnd.ventra5162
      @lnd.ventra5162 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I’ve never tried mushrooms, but I had the psychosis from weed and it was so scary. I tried smoking again, but I also had a panic attack.

    • @prahyectzeh7031
      @prahyectzeh7031 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm 32 and completely agree with this video. The harsh truth here though is, I knew all of this already but continued consuming cannabis anyways. I had to learn the hard way.
      In retrospect I think the key is the people you surround yourself with. I used to be shamed and belittled for when I didn't want to consume.

    • @davidudechi4316
      @davidudechi4316 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@prahyectzeh7031 I know how it feels same here I never believed that a stoner like me will be in this condition in my lifetime battling to feel my environment or what’s really happening in the world. I’m trying to snap back to my old self but it’s hard. I’m just living this life like that and it’s really painful. 😓

    • @andrewroman1337
      @andrewroman1337 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just found out my son going through same thing had to throw all the weed products out it’s a trip to see a love one out of it in such a way thanks for sharing your experience it’s giving me hope

  • @karenallen2508
    @karenallen2508 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you, Ethan, for speaking up. Also, thanks to all the people in the chat who are speaking up. My husband is going through cannabis induced psychosis and most people dont believe me when i tell them its triggered by the weed, including my husband.

  • @juliezech5321
    @juliezech5321 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I so appreciate you sharing your story Ethan! Very impactful!

  • @loriboo651
    @loriboo651 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I constantly look back on this to assist us, thank you again Ethan! ❤

  • @davidudechi4316
    @davidudechi4316 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Ethan made a lot of great points in his podcast. God bless home for this piece of information. You can survive with great people around you

  • @julielandsaw5051
    @julielandsaw5051 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very powerful and informative! Thank you for sharing your story and this information.

  • @bell_rd_baby
    @bell_rd_baby 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I was called a hypochondriac cause after I quit smoking I started to really get concerned about my health mentally and physically but it's all the stuff I just pushed off and never really took serious

  • @muneebfarooq7794
    @muneebfarooq7794 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thanks lot for sharing bro.. God bless and hopefully you stay strong and healthy

  • @papiertje2261
    @papiertje2261 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I've had cannabis-induced psychosis a couple of times. The horrible thing is not only the psychosis itself, but also the depression afterwards, partly I would say from the anti-psychotic medicine. This made me want to smoke weed again and going in the same rabbithole again. Even after the second time I was like okay maybe if I smoke occasionaly, like once every 2 months, I'll be probably fine. But no 3rd psychosis, when I had 3rd time psychosis the psychiatrist wants to push me to keep taking the anti-psychotic medication for life. For people who don't know, anti-psychotic medication kind of turns you into a zombie, numb to everything, feeling very depressed, I also had a weird symptom that I couldn't sit still and would just be walking all the time all through the day, like a restless zombie. I never smoked weed again, but I did continue smoking. In the mental hospital it was normal to smoke, a lot of patiënts were smoking. Apart from the 1st time I had no issues with being in a mental hospital. Little did I know nicotine can also cause psychosis. So I had 4th time psychosis. So everybody who reads this and has had a psychosis, I would advise them to quit smoking. The more often you've had psychosis, the more likely you will be seen as schizophrenic and they kinda want to push you on anti-psychotic meds for the rest of your life.

    • @FC-wq8jf
      @FC-wq8jf 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’m scared man. My girl just got psychosis from dab pens and abusing them over a year and I’m scared this is exactly what’s going to happen. She’s been in the hospital for a week now and they say she might develop schizophrenia but I’m afraid if they give her anti psychotics it’ll be worse for her considering she would use weed as an anti anxiety/depression medication In a way.

    • @papiertje2261
      @papiertje2261 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@FC-wq8jf I understand it man. You've all the right to be scared. Not only is psychosis a scary thing, but the medication you get is scary too. Most of time you've got no choice, because suppose you refuse to take medication, when you get an episode they will just pin you down with 4 people and inject it in your butt. Using weed as anti anxiety/depression medication is bad man. For me it took around a year after my psychosis is over to get back to my normal self/life again. If this is her 1st psychosis the doctors will usually slowly wean her off the anti-psychotics once she is recovered. It will be a year of hell for her. I suffer a bit from anxiety and depression too, but I know if I smoke weed it might make me happy for a while, but I finally end up in a situation MUCH worse. The problem is also when you hit a depression so bad that you're only wish is just to feel happy for a while, it's not easy to quit or to not start again. I hope she'll never smoke anymore.

    • @papiertje2261
      @papiertje2261 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@FC-wq8jf I understand your scare man, tell your girl to stop dabbing/vaping/smoking whatever man and good luck on the healing proces. Weed is not an anti depression medication, but I get it cuz I used it before for the same reason. If she's really psychotic they're going to give her anti-psychotics anyways, even if she reject, suppose she get an episode they probably pin her down with 4 ppl and then give an injection in her butt. The depression starts when she get out of her psychosis, you still need to take medicine for a while even when you're back to normal. Because this is her 1st time, the doctors will probably agree to slowly wean off the meds once she's recovered. Each time I was out of my psychosis I had a year long depression, because of the anti-psychotics. It's hell man, I wouldn't want to wish this medication on my worst enemy. Luckily I could wean off the medication each time. I wish you and your girl good luck with the proces and she's gonna need all your support during and after her psychosis.

  • @jsksfamily
    @jsksfamily 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Ethan. Your talk was so helpful.

  • @user-pv9ev3nu6s
    @user-pv9ev3nu6s 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I vaped weed, heavily, most nights for about 3 years. There was a few times when my mind kind of blanked out and I would babble incoherently. That scared me enough to quit. I noticed also that weed was making me more irritable. It's been about 4 months since I quit. Right after I stopped, I wasn't feeling much of anything aside from anger, and my concentration was shot. There were also some nightmares and other vivid dreams. Now, four months later, a lot of the withdrawal symptoms have dissipated. I don't think my concentration is 100% back, but it is much better. I like to read and write, so this is a big deal to me. My anger has dissipated a lot - I don't fly off the handle like I did. I also started exercising regularly, and this has been tremendously helpful. I feel good about my improvement. I'm not saying I'll never use weed again, but I'll never be a heavy user again, that's certain. I felt like I was turning into an asshole.

  • @lorenzobently6347
    @lorenzobently6347 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for sharing. Much respect to you.

  • @keneilwemohlabane1288
    @keneilwemohlabane1288 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    THIS VIDEO HAS TOUCHED ME VERY DEEPLY 😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏

  • @graciepimo3087
    @graciepimo3087 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for sharing very encouraging 💗🔮

  • @lisasileo3166
    @lisasileo3166 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thankyou for this. My friend has bipolar and started to smoke at 14. Now, he's 36 and I wish he could quit. But, I don't think he cares honestly. He really believes it helps, but I 've never thought so. 🤔

    • @user-nd6so7yg2y
      @user-nd6so7yg2y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LOOK, I have 25 years in Psychiatric and 2 degrees.
      I also have 3 tramatic brain injuries from a energetic childhood.
      This developed into Bipolar and I could not tolerate alcohol.
      The thing is that people say some people can't smoke weed or they will get psychosis.
      I tested THC and if you keep to a gummy bear or 6 percent for anxiety.
      BUT if you smike a joint it runs at 45 mgs to 90 mgs.
      THEN , your headed for trouble and psychosis.
      Remember , a little morphine can help with pain in a car accident and too much without pain can lead to addiction and death.
      So, be moderate and stop saying that THC and CANNABIS will cause psychosis.
      Addiction to weed is more habbit forming and you used it for coping with anxiety and or social anxiety.
      WHEN,....you move to higher drugs then death will now be a new reality.

    • @kristateufel124
      @kristateufel124 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I feel so bad for your friend. I’m bipolar too. It’s the worst thing you can do when your bipolar, it could put you into strait psychosis. Especially if you’re prone to psychosis. Your friend is in my prayers ☹️🙏🏼

  • @NathanSky864
    @NathanSky864 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I had my first episode of psychosis at 18 about month ago after using dab pens for a year, it will work in till doesn’t and when you lose touch with reality you’ll wish you’d waited till you were 25 or at least stayed away from the potent stuff, thankfully I was able to rebound from it but the fear of this happening again and becoming a long term issue was enough for me to start getting help and staying clear of this stuff

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We’re so glad you’re getting help. Please consider sharing your story with us at this link. everybrainmatters.org/share-marijuana-harms-story/

  • @eyeswideopen7777
    @eyeswideopen7777 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very educational testimony

  • @keneilwemohlabane1288
    @keneilwemohlabane1288 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you Than. May God use you to help the masses of young people that satan wants to steal their destinies🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @user-nd6so7yg2y
      @user-nd6so7yg2y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOOK, I have 25 years in Psychiatric and 2 degrees.
      I also have 3 tramatic brain injuries from a energetic childhood.
      This developed into Bipolar and I could not tolerate alcohol.
      The thing is that people say some people can't smoke weed or they will get psychosis.
      I tested THC and if you keep to a gummy bear or 6 percent for anxiety.
      BUT if you smike a joint it runs at 45 mgs to 90 mgs.
      THEN , your headed for trouble and psychosis.
      Remember , a little morphine can help with pain in a car accident and too much without pain can lead to addiction and death.
      So, be moderate and stop saying that THC and CANNABIS will cause psychosis.
      Addiction to weed is more habbit forming and you used it for coping with anxiety and or social anxiety.
      WHEN,....you move to higher drugs then death will now be a new reality.

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I understand your concerns about cannabis use and psychosis.
    According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of psychosis. The risk is higher for people who use high-potency cannabis, who use cannabis frequently, and who have a family history of psychosis.

    • @user-nd6so7yg2y
      @user-nd6so7yg2y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LOOK, I have 25 years in Psychiatric and 2 degrees.
      I also have 3 tramatic brain injuries from a energetic childhood.
      This developed into Bipolar and I could not tolerate alcohol.
      The thing is that people say some people can't smoke weed or they will get psychosis.
      I tested THC and if you keep to a gummy bear or 6 percent for anxiety.
      BUT if you smike a joint it runs at 45 mgs to 90 mgs.
      THEN , your headed for trouble and psychosis.
      Remember , a little morphine can help with pain in a car accident and too much without pain can lead to addiction and death.
      So, be moderate and stop saying that THC and CANNABIS will cause psychosis.
      Addiction to weed is more habbit forming and you used it for coping with anxiety and or social anxiety.
      WHEN,....you move to higher drugs then death will now be a new reality.

  • @shays-eh7lz
    @shays-eh7lz หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for telling your story. My relative is currently going through this. Was in the best college in the nation and had one more year to go. But he has no insight into this right now. Wants to keep smoking. Been in and out of hospitals for a long time

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      We’re so sorry. Our hearts go out to you.

  • @loriboo651
    @loriboo651 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much !!!

  • @ahegi
    @ahegi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    this happened to my boyfriend recently, and he still hasn't moved away, even though it's been about 5 days. I'm very scared, he's changed, it seems to me that he's getting better, but sometimes he has paranoia attacks and I get so scared that it's schizophrenia and he'll have to live on pills all his life. he's been smoking weed since he was 15, now he's 18. we smoked weed every day for six months, and I sometimes noticed signs of paranoia during that period, but it didn't seem serious to me. but recently we tried to move to New York, and it turned out very unsuccessfully. before moving, we reduced our marijuana consumption and smoked 1-2 times a week. and when we were in New York, it so happened that we smoked for 2 or 3 days in a row. and then the fuck started. he became terribly paranoid, he said that everyone was looking at him, that the police were going to take him away, that some drugs had been put in his cigarette. as a result, he got to the emergency hospital, but stayed there for only a day, the doctor let him go and said that everything would be fine if he didn't smoke anymore. but it's been 4 days since we got back to his parents, and he's still acting weird. he has such a lost look and sometimes has bouts of paranoia, and he still denies that he had cannabis psychosis in New York. he says that he feels not in reality and I can see in his eyes that this is so. I really hope that he will be able to return to normal, but God, I'm so scared. we don't have money or insurance to go to the doctor, we are emigrants and don't even know English well enough. I just try to believe in the best, but every time I read the stories of people who, even after a year, have barely recovered from psychosis or are now suffering from schizophrenia, I get so scared....

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We are so sorry this is happening. Thank you for having the courage to speak up. May we publish your comments? Could you email us at info@everybrainmatters.org ?

    • @user-nd6so7yg2y
      @user-nd6so7yg2y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LOOK, I have 25 years in Psychiatric and 2 degrees.
      I also have 3 tramatic brain injuries from a energetic childhood.
      This developed into Bipolar and I could not tolerate alcohol.
      The thing is that people say some people can't smoke weed or they will get psychosis.
      I tested THC and if you keep to a gummy bear or 6 percent for anxiety.
      BUT if you smike a joint it runs at 45 mgs to 90 mgs.
      THEN , your headed for trouble and psychosis.
      Remember , a little morphine can help with pain in a car accident and too much without pain can lead to addiction and death.
      So, be moderate and stop saying that THC and CANNABIS will cause psychosis.
      Addiction to weed is more habbit forming and you used it for coping with anxiety and or social anxiety.
      WHEN,....you move to higher drugs then death will now be a new reality.

  • @rosaliaoliver-qv3gr
    @rosaliaoliver-qv3gr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for sharing,you saved your life! ,and drugs breaks you financially .and the sellers getting rich .❤God ❤❤blessed you,!❤Your sincerity I hope will help others

  • @lovelyeyessee
    @lovelyeyessee ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anxiety about being mentally gone is what made him kick his addiction.

    • @mastaaceexclusive
      @mastaaceexclusive 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      its also what sent him further down the spiral maze

  • @zaidarivas7152
    @zaidarivas7152 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wish this info was available 14 years ago when my son went through cannabis induced psychosis. He went on to experiment with every drug known to man only to die of an overdose 3 months ago.
    Cannabis induced psychosis is a real thing. He then tried meth, that was the drug that made him schizophrenic He was medicated for years but being an addict just couldn’t stop using street drugs.
    In my mind. His problem started with cannabis. Not all brain chemistries are the same. Some of us can smoke or get high till we’re mumbling and not become psychotic. Others of us should never ever ever go near the stuff. Had I only known.

  • @sothereiwasthinking
    @sothereiwasthinking ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dreams were like reliving memories of an alt life during my psychosis

  • @davidudechi4316
    @davidudechi4316 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m sorry for the woman whom her son committed suicide. He needed a great support guess he didn’t speak up on time and everyone is not the same. If you are afraid to die you won’t comm it suicide. I wonder how it happens. God accept his soul. I’m fighting mine it’s like depression and sometimes you feel low and sad. No motivation. Everyday I carry myself even when I don’t have enough money. I made a list and paste on my fridge to remind myself that for the fact I’m alive I have another chance to live life. I made a long note I read it everyday. Keep going!! 💪🏽

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We’re so glad you’re taking care of yourself and that you are here!

  • @adventuretech848
    @adventuretech848 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you 🙏

  • @traciaskew4385
    @traciaskew4385 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My son is going through Schizophrenia/Schizophreniform or schizoaffective disorder with auditory hallucinations because of weed. Since the government up the THC in the weed it became a problem especially when someone laced his weed.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We’re so sorry to hear your son is going through this. Are you or him willing to write a testimony for us to help raise awareness? everybrainmatters.org/testimony-form/

    • @SSThompson
      @SSThompson หลายเดือนก่อน

      tell your son to try low dose edibles instead of the weed

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some time one needs to forget, that's what helps these patients.

  • @user-zk9dk7eq9b
    @user-zk9dk7eq9b 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Not only is it possible, I’ve done it before. Now look at my pfp. Psychosis is a more than dominable condition to experience. I had to work on myself though, but I did come to accept that while I’m naturally capable academically that I already had the propensity towards depression and laziness even before my smoking. What anxiety inducing or stressful tasks do you currently undertake? For example I like to rock climb and lift weights as physical challenges. While I’ve had my ups and downs with university, though I did at school too before I ever smoked, I am still getting my degree and I have a job. Addiction to anything isn’t usually good, but it’s a bit more manageable when you have other stuff you care about too.
    Please don’t allow yourself to feel defeated, lazy and anxious just because you smoke. Find true confidence that even if you hear voices you know you’re the guy and that other people’s sh** stinks too.

  • @georgefspicka5483
    @georgefspicka5483 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's so good to hear this :) My marijuana-induced psychosis occurred some 50-years ago during the early 70s. Just like Ethen said, I loved it and soon became addicted. What's interesting is that at the time, THC content was only about 3%. My hunch is that this occurred, because I was high 24-7 for 2-years strait, ages 23 and 24. I won't detail how I was able to recover, at least in part (no one knew anything about this back then), and have had a rather successful life, considering. The worst aspect is depression, which was 24-7 until the advent of modern antidepressants. In order to remain "normal," I now have to take three antidepressants, two at maximum daily dosage. I also regularly see a therapist and a psychiatrist. At the outset, regarding the hallucination aspect, I saw glowing, writhing snakes living in my brain. They were even there when I'd shut my eyes. I was lucky to get four hours of sleep a night. I was also frightened by bright colors. Ethan mentions a 10-year aspect too, which is about the time these hallucinations took to disappear. I have memory issues too, especially concerning the now. The good news is that both past and present memory is improving.

    • @CoPaVolvo
      @CoPaVolvo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      so its safe to say it wasnt the weed.... your case or his.. just a fragile mental foundation

    • @alexdenton6586
      @alexdenton6586 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It took 10 years in your case to stop having hallucinations?? That's horrible
      I've developed psychosis because of weed three years ago now and it's a nightmare, how did you manage?

    • @georgefspicka5483
      @georgefspicka5483 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're right. It was horrible. I couldn't even sleep because though I had my eyes closed, it was like I was seeing writhing, burning snakes in my mind. Even though it gradually ended after 10 years, I was left with mental health problems, especially this depression. I survived early on because of 1) I created a mantra that I'd repeat to myself, "Hang on. Things will get better."@@alexdenton6586 2) Probably even more, was that I had a caring, loving wife who tolerated my moods. It wasn't anything special, just the way she was naturally. 3) About a year later, I became obsessed with becoming a jazz pianist and composer. The concentration was so intense, which was good, because it turned my mind away from the horror. I also had therapy, which helped, but the real improvement came when modern antidepressants came on the scene. I take Effexor XR and Wellbutrin at maximum daily dosage, and a 1/2 dose of Trazodone. I also see a therapist. I think it's also important to believe in oneself. I can't tell you about how many times I thought of killing myself during the earlier years, but I made it through.

    • @karenallen2508
      @karenallen2508 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So glad you are doing better. Hang in there. Thank you for sharing .

  • @johnmclawrence4676
    @johnmclawrence4676 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I enjoying listening to your story, you will get through this , I went through a similar situation, the best thing to is eat healthy, faith does help am not sure if you believe in God, also staying busy and keep doing things that you love and things that you did prior to the incident, an medication does help don't be afraid to take it but just choose men's that are not hard to ween yourself of such as paxil its does work for a lot of people and it's not addictive.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว

      John, please consider sharing your story with is to raise awareness and bring hope. Please contact us at info@everybrainmatters.org

  • @916nene
    @916nene 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have this I quit weed 2 weeks ago and I’ve been having this psychosis thing and I wanna be happy but I don’t want to take medication. I wanna be normal

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We’re so sorry you are going through this. Please try to get as a lot of help and support around you through this difficult time. You can get through this and we are sending our love and prayers your way.

  • @Tina-br3qq
    @Tina-br3qq 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I know someone who smoked weed. They graduated at the top of their class. Everyone is different .

  • @patrickmorey2441
    @patrickmorey2441 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i had it the first time smoking for about a week, now i smoke heavy everyday and get nothing like the first time, i almost miss the high, but hated feeling that way when not high

  • @davidudechi4316
    @davidudechi4316 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I used to be a big time smoker for years then one day I smoked a high THC weed that knocked me out and I was struggling with reality at the moment then since then I got to a point I’m not really happy because my environment now looks like it changed a bit in my sight again with the sadness in my heart it makes it worst. I even lost interest in the things that made me happy before. I don’t even know what I smoked. Damn! A laced type of weed or something. I tried Smoking weed again after that but only get anxiety. I don’t know what happened to me up till now. What might be this? Any clue??

    • @davidudechi4316
      @davidudechi4316 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Any clue what it’s all about?

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      David, thank you for sharing this with us. We’re so sorry to hear this happened. Are you will to share more or allow us to publish your comments? Also, weed doesn’t have to be laced with anything. The science is clear. THC, especially in high doses have detrimental mental health effects. Our email is info@everybrainmatters.org .

    • @user-jl1fk4mw8u
      @user-jl1fk4mw8u 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It's either laced or you hit that "brain fucked up" moment where you hit derealization and psychosis just quit weed and that shit life is so much enjoyable without the weed and druga

    • @davidudechi4316
      @davidudechi4316 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-jl1fk4mw8u I tried CBD oil and also tried to smoke some time but all I get is a foggy head I stopped entirely

  • @royamotamedi233
    @royamotamedi233 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great testimony, the kid's speaking truthfully. He's alert and smart to get himself out of the MJ rot. No-one I know who smoked/smokes weed that's clear thinking state of mind and I know a lot of people, friends and family, so if anyone thinks MJ helps their mental state of mind, I've a bridge to sell you. I know kids who went through the same thing this kid went through, he should stay away from MJ.

    • @CoPaVolvo
      @CoPaVolvo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ya just take zoloft and visit your psychiatrist regularly.. LOL he was obviously prone to psychosis and was weak minded

    • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
      @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All the people that don't know about cannabis should get more information. This kid is too young that is what the problem is. Don't be naive

    • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
      @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a sixty-year-old man someone please tell him the truth about cannabis. They are lying to you son. Find a new bud tender

    • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
      @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You don't know very many people, do you?

    • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
      @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should have never dab that's what you did you went too far.. now you blame cannabis? 😮

  • @kk-ye5bl
    @kk-ye5bl ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I had OCD since childhood. I never used intoxication but still heard the snap in my head when I was in High school. After finishing school I took a gap year I got into Spirituality I developed delusions and had hallucinations while I thought I was getting into a spiritual life. Because of one scary hallucination i stopped getting into Spirituality. My doctor had warned me not to do any intoxication when I go to college. But the turning point was when I smoked weed in college even though I was advised not to. It took only 4-5 incidents of smoking weed to unleash a group of 🦗 crickets making sounds in my head. It was so loud i would shut my ears but they would still be loud I could not sleep properly for 7 days. I would get only 2-3 hours of sleep each day and as soon as I would open my eyes the sounds would be back. I took a bus and travelled 7 hours to my hometown. There I felt safe and finally slept well. I noticed wrinkles on my face and some of my hair had become white. I had aged few years in those 7 days! I hugged my mom and cried. I had to tell my parents . Thankfully I did not take medication because I live in India and we have Ayurvedic treatment here. I still hear the sound of 🦗 but it is lower in volume only 20% of it. I can relate to you so much.
    I gave my monthly tests while I was hearing those unstoppable sounds and i graduated in first division. I'm proud of how far I've come. My cousin who smokes weed developed tinnitus this year and I realise how harmful weed is worse is the propaganda that supports weed. Im still scared about developing schizophrenia but I'm thankful for whatever I have.
    I have realised that life is supposed to be lived by following certain rules. Each individual is different and they have their own boundaries. Failure and success is a part of life health and sickness as well . But the people who follow the rules even when they're healthy are the ones who gain happiness.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว

      KK, thank you for sharing . Would you be willing to share more and contact us at info@everybrainmatters.org?

    • @eyeswideopen7777
      @eyeswideopen7777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It activates the crown chakra

    • @stephendekoning802
      @stephendekoning802 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should know, from someone of a scientific background, that the issues you "unlocked" with weed, were there already always, the weed just made you unprepared relax, and that mental block to those problems, were naturally made as a very young child, but weed gave enough breif introspection, that you noticed again after so long not remembering, and you could not block to ignore it again, until you redirected and relaxed your mind again, sadly only to degrees.

    • @stephendekoning802
      @stephendekoning802 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@eyeswideopen7777 yes, to a measurable scientific equivalent, that people are no longer prepared before for. Certain strains of flower etc are called "stimulants" for more than just recreational temporary effects. Then these people blame the natural actually helpful medicines.

    • @user-nd6so7yg2y
      @user-nd6so7yg2y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stephendekoning802 LOOK, I have 25 years in Psychiatric and 2 degrees.
      I also have 3 tramatic brain injuries from a energetic childhood.
      This developed into Bipolar and I could not tolerate alcohol.
      The thing is that people say some people can't smoke weed or they will get psychosis.
      I tested THC and if you keep to a gummy bear or 6 percent for anxiety.
      BUT if you smike a joint it runs at 45 mgs to 90 mgs.
      THEN , your headed for trouble and psychosis.
      Remember , a little morphine can help with pain in a car accident and too much without pain can lead to addiction and death.
      So, be moderate and stop saying that THC and CANNABIS will cause psychosis.
      Addiction to weed is more habbit forming and you used it for coping with anxiety and or social anxiety.
      WHEN,....you move to higher drugs then death will now be a new reality.

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    First of all I'd like to ask you a few questions, first one is ?what kind of cannabis???

  • @eyeswideopen7777
    @eyeswideopen7777 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I heard the old folks saying the strain produced 30 yrs ago is not the same as todays. It's getting more potent and causing schizophrenia after one puff after taking a long break from smoking

    • @bjb2309
      @bjb2309 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not sure if it causes these problems, or brings them out if you're already predisposed to them. Same with other psychedelics. If you've got a known or family history of schizophrenia, bipolar, etc, might be best to stay away from anything even mildly psychedelic.

    • @eyeswideopen7777
      @eyeswideopen7777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bjb2309 drugs duck up memory and nervous system period

    • @bjb2309
      @bjb2309 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eyeswideopen7777 Not saying they don't. I've done my fair share of them and I'm sure I'm a bit off because of it. But a lot of people have latent tendencies to develop these disorders, and these types of drugs including cannabis are able to bring them on much quicker than would otherwise happen. Today's weed definitely isn't natural and its very likely someone can have a bad reaction to it, especially if they already have or are prone to developing mental disorders.

    • @JVlalice--
      @JVlalice-- ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait until you hear about that methamphetamine 🤣

    • @eyeswideopen7777
      @eyeswideopen7777 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JVlalice-- wasn't what the German Nazis and Japanese soldiers took when they committed the rape fest?

  • @SmilingJuicer-it2gf
    @SmilingJuicer-it2gf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I recently relapsed weed is a silent killer

    • @AhmedAlahlam
      @AhmedAlahlam 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes it is, i hope i never relapse on weed, If i relapse i will do it on caffeine but im avoiding caffeine all i can. Ive been around a week clean of caffeine now

  • @Mijn3023
    @Mijn3023 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’d like to share my story as well If possible… this topic shouldn’t be taken lightly but unfortunately it is

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi, yes, we would be very grateful if you shared your experience with us. Please send us an email at info@everybrainmatters.org

    • @Mijn3023
      @Mijn3023 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EveryBrainMatters sent

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mijn3023 I don't see it, please try sending it to aubree@everybrainmatters.org

  • @VeggieStraws3
    @VeggieStraws3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You mentioned you have ADD. Are you taking medication for ADD and anxiety?
    Did you ever take anti-psychotics?

    • @TheRareCriticalThinker
      @TheRareCriticalThinker ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don’t take anything for ADHD. I do take Zoloft for anxiety, though.

    • @stephendekoning802
      @stephendekoning802 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zol9ft is a mental inhibitor, so your mental illness you had before the people who encouraged your psychosis blamed on mj, that natural mj helped realization of (aside I'm sure from all the toxic chemicals dipped/injected etc with it), is just being suppressed from you noticing significantly, and sadly obviously your family etc are as well, by how they never really acted upon your destructive time you associate and blame mj, when it is obviously a much deeper before mj issue, you are being used for though for someone to profit unfortunately from, and as an old scare tactic, which is simple in fooling unknowledgeable people apparently. It is sad people are still believing and taken advantage of in these ways, as I can see real suffering in you obviously good people. I've seen much of this in my old general and especially youth ministries.

    • @mariangayed
      @mariangayed 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheRareCriticalThinker never taken any anti psychotic during psychosis to mange the symptoms ??? My patient hv same issues he stopped , one psychatrist says he needs antipsychotics immediately & one suggested to him to just Waite it out with good sleep & nutrition & take nothing till the effects leave the body . Pls let me know ur thoughts ? Can he recover without antipsychotics ? And the time frame to wait is 2 month ? Thank you

    • @CoPaVolvo
      @CoPaVolvo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      zoloft and anything else you were taking would be your issue...@@TheRareCriticalThinker

  • @Amita8505
    @Amita8505 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have had episodes. I'm not sure if it was psychotic but it definitely was scary. I would have these nanoseconds of blackouts during conversations to the point that i was afraid that i wouldn't get out of the blackout loops, and then i would be admitted. Like my brain was literallyyyy tripping in and out of consciousness, and ppl are talking to me, and I'm not responding. I was freaking my friends out. Freaking out crying, saying, "i don't wanna be committed!" Over and over, and "when will this stop?!" "Wat if it never stops! Wat if im stuck like this forever!" It was so bad. They kept telling me to relax, ride it out, and just go with it. She gave me a bowl of ravioli, lol. I ate most of it, but it had no taste. I was still tripping and I said fuck this I'm going to sleep! Kept waking up, still high, back to sleep lol. Needless to say my friend said i ruined her high lol. I've had issues like this after. Not nearly as extreme. I definitely over smoked cuz i smoked it like a cig. Just L to the face. Of course im like let me experiment smh. And i still do. Maybe it was the strain? Because i would have good effects as well so i became interested in narrowing it down. I only smoke socially. Most times i would experience paranoia, bursts of unnecessary behavior that I couldn't control. I'd blackout, come back, and i realized that i had done something weird and embarrassing. I had conversations in my head, then not knowing if it was a thought or if i said it out loud. Because if i said it out loud, it would definitely be weird and judged. Paranoid that my friends were staring at me from the corner of my eye. I would be a mess. But just the other night, i went to a get-together and smoked, and i felt great! But i have noticed that if i drink alcohol beforehand, the effects are way less dramatic, and im guessing because it is a depressant, so im not so in my head or tightly wound. Im not in any way saying to do this, just voicing my experience.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing. We would love to talk to you. We hope you're feeling better. Could you send us an email at everybrainmatters@gmail.com?

    • @andystevens7267
      @andystevens7267 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, this comment was very articulate and I can surely relate. You put my experience into words very articulately!😎🤟👍

    • @Amita8505
      @Amita8505 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andystevens7267 Thank u! Nice to know I'm not alone lol 🙂

  • @keneilwemohlabane1288
    @keneilwemohlabane1288 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you very much for this helpful video OMG. It will help to invite a government rep, a psychiatrist, affected young people and parents and Ethan again. WONDERING WHAT THE GOVERNMENT REP WILL SAY😢😢😢😢😢

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    where are you from?

  • @royamotamedi233
    @royamotamedi233 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    He's 100% correct, there's no happy ending with marijuana.

    • @terpyboi
      @terpyboi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe for people like you I guess

    • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
      @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You need to get a better teacher. I can help you.

  • @KoolT
    @KoolT 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    People should wean off and never smoke big amounts very strong now. Too strong.

  • @aishamyusuf3277
    @aishamyusuf3277 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My son has the same experience but he's been on medication

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aisha, we hope your son is doing well now. Would you or your son be willing to share your testimony with us to help raise awareness? Please email us at info@everybrainmatters.org

    • @rocketmantheone
      @rocketmantheone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Was he given antipsychotics? Did they ever take him off of them ?

  • @franciscote9975
    @franciscote9975 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why do participants of this video have to have their faces blurred ? Oh come on, I suppose you all are in this video to get the message across with utmost candidness & transparency; so why hide your faces ?
    We are all humans with frailties & imperfections. There is no shame in that !

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  25 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Some people want to maintain their anonymity and their loved one’s anonymity.

  • @kiwimagee93
    @kiwimagee93 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Did this person take antipsychotics?

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it is not fair that cannabis is illegal in many places while alcohol and cigarettes are legal. There are a number of reasons for this, including:
    * **Historical reasons:** Cannabis has been illegal for much longer than alcohol or cigarettes. The first laws prohibiting cannabis were passed in the United States in the early 1900s, largely due to racism and fear-mongering. Alcohol and cigarettes, on the other hand, have been legal for centuries.
    * **Economic reasons:** The alcohol and tobacco industries are very powerful and they have a lot of influence over governments. They have lobbied against cannabis legalization for many years, and they have donated money to politicians who oppose legalization.
    * **Social reasons:** There is still a lot of stigma around cannabis use. Some people believe that cannabis is a harmful drug and that it should not be legalized. Others worry that cannabis legalization will lead to an increase in drug use among young people.
    It is important to remember that the legal status of cannabis is constantly changing. In recent years, there has been a growing movement to legalize cannabis, and more and more states are doing so. It is possible that cannabis will be legal in all 50 states within the next few years.
    As for why people drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes, there are a number of reasons. Some people enjoy the effects of these substances. Others use them to cope with stress or boredom. And still others use them because they are addicted.
    It is important to remember that alcohol and cigarettes are both harmful substances. They can lead to a number of health problems, including cancer, heart disease, and liver damage. They can also impair judgment and coordination, and they can increase the risk of accidents and injuries.

  • @alfonsoparrado3112
    @alfonsoparrado3112 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I think this is biased honestly and it's actually bad if you want people at risk to stop, especially when he said that he has seen no one that smokes weed and it's successful, what about Joe Rogan or Michael Phelps from the top of my head? I suffered a little bit of psychosis I recovered completely very quickly afterwards and I did successfuly weed and shrooms for a whole year afterwards. Of course I was careful with it, I started to smoke after I was 25 years old. Teens that smoke are definitely hurting their brains, but that's a different issue.
    So we need to have a better conversation about this. Maybe tell kids to wait, not just to not do it at all. It is good or least safe for a lot of people

    • @alfonsoparrado3112
      @alfonsoparrado3112 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If you guys want to have a conversation or debate about this, I'm more than willing to do it, hell perhaps you solidify my decision to quit, because right now I'm thinking of coming back to it, I actually think there's a big chance I could handle it and it coudl be beneficial to my life.
      And perhaps I will convince you that it is not so bad, and that psychosis itself isn't that scary, although it is dangerous and it's the reason I'm here and found this video

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What other things are you taking?

  • @joshsnable8133
    @joshsnable8133 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    For me it sucks because I've never been a smoker Ive done it 5 times in my life and I hit a wax pen and I've been fucked up in the head for 3 years now, don't trust wax or carts they will fuck up your brain chemistry 100%

    • @davidudechi4316
      @davidudechi4316 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How you felt? Mine was caused by smoking a high THC weed that knocked me out and I was struggling with reality at the moment then since then I got to a point I’m not really happy because my environment now looks like it changed a bit with the sadness in my heart it makes it worst. I even lost interest in the things that made me happy before. I don’t even know what I smoked. Damn! A laced type of weed or something.

    • @os8051
      @os8051 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You probably w had already mental issues before cuz tf check yourself

    • @rachelh4062
      @rachelh4062 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you any better now? Same thing here

  • @maheshdoiphode498
    @maheshdoiphode498 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro do you drink bro?

  • @Sirstarfish
    @Sirstarfish 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’m still not convinced cannabis is the problem, but high THC definitely is.

    • @AhmedAlahlam
      @AhmedAlahlam 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think thats just a excuse you are making to justify consuming weed in less potency

    • @Sirstarfish
      @Sirstarfish 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@AhmedAlahlam I’m not excusing anything. I know that CBD flowers bring me a healing nothing else does.

    • @AhmedAlahlam
      @AhmedAlahlam 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Sirstarfish Cbd flowers still have some thc, its not safe. Better take cbd oil.

    • @Sirstarfish
      @Sirstarfish 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@AhmedAlahlam yes, well we can agree together that THC is the problem. For me a tiny amount is usually OK, but very carefully. Let’s not forget the many other beneficial compounds of the plant (terpenes etc)

  • @eyeswideopen7777
    @eyeswideopen7777 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    K2 spice opens up spirit possession

    • @ukko8457
      @ukko8457 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All drugs can do that but I'd be cautious to use the word ''spirit'' but I guess it is a somewhat accurate description of what can happen, but could be misunderstood.

    • @eyeswideopen7777
      @eyeswideopen7777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ukko8457 in denial eh

    • @ukko8457
      @ukko8457 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@eyeswideopen7777 huh? I agree with your comment, I only added that other drugs also have the possibility to do that, but those synthetics are definetely one of the worst.

    • @eyeswideopen7777
      @eyeswideopen7777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ukko8457 K2 is the most intense. Other drugs take their time to open up the vortexes or lowers the first three chakras. Who ever made this in their labs are invested in turning people into demons and zombies

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    where is the father?

  • @teecee7124
    @teecee7124 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:44 ... Explains this guys credibility

    • @stephendekoning802
      @stephendekoning802 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Lack of" credibility. You can tell where he is still lying and blaming etc for. I'm wondering what he is in trouble for, because doing this, or he is still just using his family etc, and needs "the devil's lettuce made me do it" mentality. It is his personality which makes him susceptible to suggestion from problem people he allowed to rule his life, and now it is his current associations dictating his current based agenda. I'm sure the synthetically enhanced chemical inhalation vapor and smoke tremendously hurt him terribly also.

  • @KoolT
    @KoolT 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Psychosis starts at abt 10 min mark

  • @nickharris9761
    @nickharris9761 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He’s lucky his parents had money to look after him. Where is the thanks to his parents ?

    • @LisaValentine1
      @LisaValentine1 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The video is not about his parents.

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it saved my life and many of my friends several times, What cannabis are you consuming????? , get OG cannabis from California son.

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    its the world we all live in, is the big problem. dapping is not smart at all.

  • @mainipetersen846
    @mainipetersen846 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My son has schizophrenia from weed

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m so sorry to hear this . Are you willing to contact us at everybrainmmatters@gmail.com?

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    , it is important to note that not everyone who uses cannabis will experience psychosis. In fact, most people who use cannabis do not experience psychosis.

  • @kristateufel124
    @kristateufel124 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for being brave and telling your story 🫂

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cannabis should be treated the same way as any other agricultural crop. There should be no limits on its cultivation, use, or sale. The fact that it was ever made illegal is a testament to the ignorance and prejudice of those in power.
    Jesus said, "They know not what they do." This is certainly true of those who made cannabis illegal. They had no understanding of its potential benefits, and they were blinded by their own prejudices.
    As a result of their ignorance and prejudice, the human race has been deprived of the many benefits of cannabis. It is a versatile plant that can be used for food, medicine, and fiber. It is also a source of renewable energy.
    We must learn from the mistakes of the past and remove all restrictions on the cultivation, use, and sale of cannabis. It is a valuable resource that should be available to everyone.

  • @matthewwilliams3643
    @matthewwilliams3643 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stop blaming gods medicine

  • @Slidehhy
    @Slidehhy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Weed caused my schizophrenia ruined my relationship and family im 22

    • @rocketmantheone
      @rocketmantheone 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What happened to you ?

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    make sure, you thank cannabis for making you a TH-cam star.

  • @KoolT
    @KoolT 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Steroids are also dangerous and do this

    • @AhmedAlahlam
      @AhmedAlahlam 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And whats your arguement here? A tu quoque? Do you even know what a fallacy is? Probably not, thats why you are commenting this i suppose.
      Steroids are dangerous, alcohol is dangerous, meth is dangerous, thc its dangerous and thats why i dont take them, and i will NEVER use thc again in my life. It has absolutely no benefit. Its just a drug that gives pleasure in the high, pain in the withdrawal and more pain with the secondary effects such as depression or psychosis. Totally not worth it. I hope you are smart enough to read this, maybe not because probably you are smoking weed.

  • @user-nd6so7yg2y
    @user-nd6so7yg2y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LOOK, I have 25 years in Psychiatric and 2 degrees.
    I also have 3 tramatic brain injuries from a energetic childhood.
    This developed into Bipolar and I could not tolerate alcohol.
    The thing is that people say some people can't smoke weed or they will get psychosis.
    I tested THC and if you keep to a gummy bear or 6 percent for anxiety.
    BUT if you smike a joint it runs at 45 mgs to 90 mgs.
    THEN , your headed for trouble and psychosis.
    Remember , a little morphine can help with pain in a car accident and too much without pain can lead to addiction and death.
    So, be moderate and stop saying that THC and CANNABIS will cause psychosis.
    Addiction to weed is more habbit forming and you used it for coping with anxiety and or social anxiety.
    WHEN,....you move to higher drugs then death will now be a new reality.

  • @dillonmann6409
    @dillonmann6409 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ok, hear me out please.... I truly believe its not weed that causes Pychosis. I think its something that people have and it hasnt presented itself yet. Why is it almost EVERYONE gets Meth induced Pychosis but CIP seems to be extremely rare? I feel like you have to have something going on before. Most people will tell you that they had something which was causing them to be uncomfortable mentally. Also, I believe its got to do with THC potency. Lower THC doesnt seem to present this problem. I also know someone with diagnosed schizophrenia who smokes weed with his medical license and it helps control his voices and delusions. He started smoking after he was diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
    I think more research needs to be done before we say it does or doesnt cause Mental health issues. If people focused on how damaging pharmaceuticals are, then we would have more videos going on for hours. Lets be real here. 99% of people will not experience this which is why I dont think its solely weed. I just know WAYYYYY to many people who legally smoke with zero issues. Ive never met a single person who has had cannacis induced Pychosis. My heart is with anyone who deals with this. But I dont think its quite right as of now to say this. I read both sides when it comes to articles and scientific studies.
    EDIT:This man also states that it was "wax" that caused his issue.. Wax IS NOT HOW WEED IS NATURALLY GROWN. Its man made interference to increase the potency....

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    less bartenders and more budtenders

  • @victoravila866
    @victoravila866 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey bro the Earth is flat btw.

  • @truthseek3017
    @truthseek3017 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Alcohol is 100x worse.

    • @MrBlaze256
      @MrBlaze256 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hell no

  • @JasonRamirez-di3xr
    @JasonRamirez-di3xr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This shit is a joke lmao

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    its a gateway back ,,yes wait until you 25, stop dabbing, and don't blame cannabis

  • @nathanpell-cook499
    @nathanpell-cook499 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boof

  • @stephendekoning802
    @stephendekoning802 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It is hilariously terrible, that no one seems to put together, that he admits that he had mental illnes before starying smoking weed. that he had started having issues and getting the synthetically enhanced chemical dipped weed, when he started living with, hanging with, and having sex with, these new people that he keeps saying were found extremely treacherously detrimental to him teaching him all these devious lifestyle tricks. He is skirting around saying he was having gay sexual relationships he hid. These are lifestyle issues with associations, besides mental illnesses, certain substances in "drugs" help you notice, and can sadly inhance, and make a crytch excuse to blame common problems on. Smoking anything, any inhalant smoke, consistently especially, will damage brain cells etc, like firefighters in house fires. It is criminal that people are captializing and perpetualizing the blame game from the "reefer madness" craze, that has been disproven scientifically repeatedly. I feel bad for the children and parents that are not getting the proper support to get better results, instead of "blame the devil" scapegoat of the evil Marijuana. I had and seen multiple instances where Marijuana involded and blamed at first, until hopefully true help breakthroughs are attained, unfortunately usually after we hit rock bottom one wat or another. Hopefully those can find appropriate associations, and medications that may help, before they physially hit rock bottom. A good group of friends, will tell you "noprob bud,more for the rest of us" when you tell them you dont want to drug and sex etc freely anymore. I actually had a major breakthrough, after i had a worse reaction to pharmaceuticals prescribed (much worse unfortunately than allstreet drugs i did before), and trying psilocybin microdose therapy. it literally starts restarting repairing rewiring your brain, disgarding damage physically and mentally, but makes you unfortunately/fortunately acknowledge accept dea with and heal all past traumas. I weirdly after the psilocybin therapy, though dont have want for smoking drinking drugs sexual addictions etc, and put many past traumas in perspective with introspective ability in moving on. There are many many many more people abusing pharmaceutical medications, that commit horribly worse crimes, and then commit suicide, like all these celebrities artists and business people, others idolize how acted fun publicly on, and use quotes from. Bleached refined white sugars flours etc, for istance, are like "street meth" to the body, and proven to cut all animal lifespans in half at least.

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you all need more education about cannabis, let me know, I can help, ******yes I am a 60 year old budtender from California*****

    • @lukehwadsworth9851
      @lukehwadsworth9851 หลายเดือนก่อน

      get the hell out here a budtender is a joke you have no medical background and no health history on clients coming to your dispensary you are just a pot head. and part of the problem behind this not so silent epidemic

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i would like to know about your parents? did they have any mental problems , you need a better budtender, that's all.

  • @organsplz5268
    @organsplz5268 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    fake news

    • @wwpetko-6760
      @wwpetko-6760 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know 2 people who have had it.

  • @samcottle
    @samcottle ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The problem here is to blame your 'psychosis' on cannabis. 3 people in 100 experience psychosis at some point in their lives, and it stands to reason that many of them will have smoked cannabis. The lifetime prevalence of substance-induced psychosis in the population is 0.42% as opposed to 3%. This includes all substance-induced psychosis cases ('caused' by alcohol, other drugs, and weed). Because these figures don't imply a statistically significant deviation from the distribution of psychosis among the population; that is, the 0.42% reflects average rates of cannabis use in the US; there is no evidence to support the notion that cannabis use increases the risk for psychosis above the average for the population. A lot of psychiatrists and mental health workers will just lackadaisically attribute psychosis to cannabis use if you mention you used cannabis; there is no real science here, just a trend of assertions against evidence based on old wive's tales about weed.

    • @EveryBrainMatters
      @EveryBrainMatters  ปีที่แล้ว +35

      You’re opinion doesn’t change the facts. Cannabis-Induced Psychosis is such a huge problem in Colorado that we passed a bill to help decrease the harms. You can view the press conference here. Listen closely to Dr. Chris Rodgers. th-cam.com/video/Xx1UBxPMJ0U/w-d-xo.html
      You can also access the science here..everybrainmatters.org/science/marijuana-psychosis-schizophrenia/

    • @kk-ye5bl
      @kk-ye5bl ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This guy needs to get someone in his family stuffer from weed induced psychosis so he knows it's true.

    • @samcottle
      @samcottle ปีที่แล้ว

      @@EveryBrainMatters The rates of drug-induced psychosis in the United States accord with national rates of cannabis use, and usage rates of other drugs. That is, the truth borne out by the statistics is that cannabis neither increases nor decreases the risk of developing psychosis. As for the problems associated with drug taking in general, the pattern is very clear; the more draconian the drug laws are, the greater the problems associated with drug use (including addiction, health problems, crime, and so on). Also, as for 'transient psychotic symptoms', that is a load of absolute rubbish. You could say the exact same of alcohol. An alcohol/cannabis user starts slurring their words or seeming 'out of it' at a high dose? You're just medicalising intoxication and calling it 'psychosis' via a diagnosis of formal thought disorder. Sorry, your 'science' is a load of hackneyed, transparent bullshit.

    • @sothereiwasthinking
      @sothereiwasthinking ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I smoked weed for years. Loved it. One day I bought a joint with shatter in it. Smoked the whole thing. Lost my mind for like 1 hour. Was the scariest thing I’ve ever been through. Apparently I was attacking cops 🤦🏽‍♂️
      Drs said I had cannabis induced psychosis. Took me awhile to feel “normal” again

    • @aaronhopkins6697
      @aaronhopkins6697 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sothereiwasthinking realise that the reason for your bad experience was due to smoking a fully loaded joint you would have been ok if you didn't smoke the whole joint at once.

  • @zackisback3651
    @zackisback3651 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This guy clearly can’t handle weed😂

    • @wwpetko-6760
      @wwpetko-6760 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know TWO people who have both had thc induced psychosis. One has had it twice, one had it 3xs.

  • @JVlalice--
    @JVlalice-- ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lmao the kid literally just had mental problems 😂 yall quick to blame the weed lolol

    • @CoPaVolvo
      @CoPaVolvo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      exactly.. 100% and he was on zoloft

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    dabbing is why you had problems ,,,are you kidding.... you are the problem , don't blame cannabis. take it responsibly,

    • @prahyectzeh7031
      @prahyectzeh7031 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah...he literally said this in the video. Someone even asked how to help their son and he said if you can at least get them off the high potency oils/waxes and what not. Or the joints that come infused with shatter or kief.

  • @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469
    @starwizardmanonthestarwiza2469 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You can't blame it on cannabis, but you have some other issues. think about how many views you received, please thank cannabis., people use cannabis for many reasons.

    • @keneilwemohlabane1288
      @keneilwemohlabane1288 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You will talk differently after it impacts you and family negatively. IT IS DANGEROUS!!!!!

    • @farrelco
      @farrelco 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He took high doses dummy