(May 10, 2015 at 2:20 pm)Aroura Wrote: Of course, she also once told me that marijuana causes schizophrenia, so I'm not sure I even trust her as a doctor right now, but I'm on Medicare and she's the only doc in town that takes it, so I'm stuck.
Marijuana is well known to trigger schizophrenia and psychosis; and if you're particularly at risk for those disorders then that's why she would mentioned that to you. It isn't known why marijuana can cause psychosis, but it is known that it does - your doc certainly didn't make that up. The other medically significant effects of marijuana are cancer and long-term memory loss (after a lag of about 20 years or so). Some of its therapeutic benefits though include slowing the effect of Alzheimer's.
Good luck with progesterone/your ongoing treatment. By the way, the doc is probably right that it won't hurt to try a few other things if she thinks they'll have less negative effects; but she should return you to your former medication if you aren't happy with the alternative medications offered.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
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"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
