(September 13, 2017 at 8:58 pm)Industrial Lad Wrote:(September 13, 2017 at 8:41 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: I have type 1 bipolar also with PTSD. I get by on just lamotrigene and lorazepam for the anxiety. Cannabis is a great help as well. Medicated, my mood swings are manageable but when I have gone off my meds...well you probably have a fair idea.
Don't want to derail Brian's thread - just wanted to let you know you're in good company here. LOL
Thanks C'thulhu. My grandma has depression and I think she's been on Lorazepam. I don't doubt cannabis is helpful for you.
With the Schizophrenic aspect of my disease there are auditory hallucinations, so C.annabis would likely do some not nice things to me. There was some AD I took for sleep a year ago that really made me way manic. Usually I don't get like that.
I get manic from ADs too, and some sleep aids. I also have some auditory hallucinations but not bad enough to want to take anti-psychotics any longer. Cannabis can aggravate that if I use too much, but so far like anything else the benefits outweigh the risks. Moderation works for me.
I'm not quite sure what differentiates schizoaffective bipolar, schizophrenia, and type 1 with psychosis. Like not all bipolar sufferers have psychosis, actually I think it's not that common.
