Cannabis Memory PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

The endocannabinoid system will normally help us forget unpleasant memories. PTSD is likely to be an imbalance (deficiency)

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[doctorbobcannabuzz]

This is a meaningless arguement. How much of the land can support how many people and their waste generation would provide more meaningful insight into the planet's carrying capacity.

[deftones7]

Marijuana makes me think more than forget. You need a clear mind to overcome trauma. It may be helpful for pain but doesn't help with mental disorders such as anxiety and panic disorder. It makes pstd more intense than it actually is. I can speak from experience. 

[doctorbobcannabuzz]

@deftones7 We are all different. Cannabis Science did a survey of vets with PTSD. Cannabis works better that other things for most of them. Often quantity and strain can make the difference between success and failure. If you are in a medical marijuana state you could experiment. Too much is not good and strains with CBD appear to be better for cutting anxiety

[DCFunBud]

I have had depression and PTSD since childhood. As debilitating as these conditions are I can't imagine surrendering part of my GOOD memory as part of a cure. Isn't this why we have substance addictions -- to numb our feelings and forget the past. It's like advocating alcoholism. A depressant is not going to cure depression; it's just make it more tolerable in the short run.

[doctorbobcannabuzz]

@DCFunBud You really do not know what you are talking about. Everyone makes the equivalent of marijuana. The activity is even in mother's milk. The endocannabinoids that we all make functions to help relief stress and help people to forget unpleasant memories. Some people need extra activity to restore their biochemical balance. Nothing works for everyone, but cannabis helps many as it has done for literally thousands of years. drbob

[guydecervens]

No. I knew a guy with PTSD who smoked tons of bud for years and it just held him back from recovering. About three years after he stopped smoking the bud he started to charge ahead. If cannabis or any other drug like alcohol was of any use in treating PTSD then a lot of guys who got heavily into those drugs would have improved instead of gotten worse. Cannabis is not for people with PTSD.

[doctorbobcannabuzz]

@guydecervens It may have been his cannabis use that allowed for his positive change.

drbob

[MEMYSELFnFAM]

people that are deppresed from smoking cannabis is only because ur surrounded with people that r criticizing u pointing fingers at u so u have no choice but to believe them and so u make ur self depressed by believing them. mj opens ur mind yes, but when u think of what they say, IT MAKES U THINK BAD THOUGHTS! makes you feel very shit.. educate ur self & b humble n ull b fine ^_^ i smoke all day everyday & my life was shit b4 i used mj. IM LOVIN IT ^_^

[awilkes1376]

I wish he didn't keep saying PSTD...

[awilkes1376]

@DCFunBud It seems you are making the assumption that your "good" memories would be compromised by cannabis. I also believe your argument about avoiding the unpleasant can be applied to pharmaceuticals. Those chemicals treat the symptoms, not the actual problem; however, they do help people. Who is anyone to say to another person that they are not allowed to find reprieve from pain in whatever nondestructive way works for them? Do you just want others to abide by your goodness?

[TVismyopiate]

Incidentally, a grindcore band called 'Tortured Through Memory' had a member who smoked cannabis, go figure...

[TVismyopiate]

@doctorbobcannabuzz I agree, I have PTSD, plenty of mental issues, and these came from the abuse I suffered, which was years before I started smoking cannabis. The cannabis has both helped and hindered, but why should it be blamed when it was a choice for those who abused me to do so? They shouldn't have, but it goes on. Target the REAL enemy, not the convenient one. The Sativa/Indica (THC/CBD) ratio is the key, I agree. about min. 20% Indica helps cut paranoia.

[DieRoseIstOnheWarum]

@doctorbobcannabuzz yes! and if the plant is harvested later (with brown trichomes) can cause unwanted symptoms to us, increase anxiety, give us paranoia and even panic attacks. Everything is about the strain and the good treatment of marijuana; a good growing, a good harvest and the appropriate strain(and of couse the set & setting). I know it because I had very bad experiences of the type described above, and I began to investigate and after years off smoking i tried again...

[herzogsbuick]

@herzogsbuick Land area of Texas by the world population***