I know about it on a very basic level. (The manic phases and the depressive phases.) But never really took the time to find out what these people actually go through. Can anyone tell me about the experiences of yourselves or your loved ones? Are there any non-pharmaceutical ways of managing? You can talk about the highest highs or the lowest lows, or anything in between, or about anything related to it. Anyone diagnosed with cyclothymia, and what's that like?
I really have not the time to go into detail or to read all the posts- but I am expert- Marijuana and Bipolar is combination asking for mania or hallucinations. Marijuana is currently a schedule 1, along with lsd, heroin, and cocaine. (Cocaine can be used for some nasal treatments because of its numbing potential) Currently the AMA is pushing for marijuana to be reclassified as schedule two. No, intelligent doctor would ask that it be regulated such as Tobacco or Alcohol. Why? For starters, the mental health community is scared to death that it will wreak havoc on their patients, which it will. Another alarming factor is that Marijuana induced schizophrenia is at peak levels for known drugs. (reports coming from U.K.) We already spend 1 trillion dollars regulating the marijuana industry and when it gets lowered a level I expect costs to rise significantly. As a person in mental health, I cannot stress to you, how hazardous people with Cycothymia or Bipolar 1, or II is. Cycothymia was introduced to the DSM in 2012 I believe and will not catch on until it is further revised. In order to be diagnosed as an adult, it requires two years of careful observation. Bipolar disorder by comparison is over 100% more common than ccycothymia. True? Not really but it is hard to place people in this category. It is similar to being pre-diabetic, but with a much more fine tuned in specificity. 51% of people go misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder each year.
As far marijuana, we are not certain of all the benefits. Sadly, pain management will dole this drug out like it were advil. It is more useful in a more non-specific form (you can get a "high") for seizures. In fact, it is a profound development. Nevertheless, as part of the medical community, psychiatry, I hate the idea of it becoming mainstream. Understand that a large majority of crime is specifically related to marijuana usage. Of course, you have the theory, which came first, the chicken or the egg. Some people like to argue that but no doctor with a grain of sand would.
Simply put, you do not Cycothmia, in all likelihood as characterized in the latest DSM. Surely, it will be revised, just takes time. However, we have an opposite problem here- instead of being ADD- transferred to ADHD- A hopeless attempt to narrow the field. The opposite needs to be done here.
Marijuana lowers your i.q. by roughly 8 points, which is monumental, and it causes a good deal of inflammation making it bad choice for somebody who is pre-diabetic or has diabetes. FACT- it will become just as legal as alcohol or Tobacco... The federal government may be against it now, but things will alter. The South of America will progress the slowest.
Go to Kindle book and look up World of Marijuana by M.T.B. I wrote an easy to read guide that will tell a wealth of information... however, forums like these.... *shakes head* (do not have time to edit)
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I know about it on a very basic level. (The manic phases and the depressive phases.) But never really took the time to find out what these people actually go through. Can anyone tell me about the experiences of yourselves or your loved ones? Are there any non-pharmaceutical ways of managing? You can talk about the highest highs or the lowest lows, or anything in between, or about anything related to it. Anyone diagnosed with cyclothymia, and what's that like?
I really have not the time to go into detail or to read all the posts- but I am expert- Marijuana and Bipolar is combination asking for mania or hallucinations. Marijuana is currently a schedule 1, along with lsd, heroin, and cocaine. (Cocaine can be used for some nasal treatments because of its numbing potential) Currently the AMA is pushing for marijuana to be reclassified as schedule two. No, intelligent doctor would ask that it be regulated such as Tobacco or Alcohol. Why? For starters, the mental health community is scared to death that it will wreak havoc on their patients, which it will. Another alarming factor is that Marijuana induced schizophrenia is at peak levels for known drugs. (reports coming from U.K.) We already spend 1 trillion dollars regulating the marijuana industry and when it gets lowered a level I expect costs to rise significantly. As a person in mental health, I cannot stress to you, how hazardous people with Cycothymia or Bipolar 1, or II is. Cycothymia was introduced to the DSM in 2012 I believe and will not catch on until it is further revised. In order to be diagnosed as an adult, it requires two years of careful observation. Bipolar disorder by comparison is over 100% more common than ccycothymia. True? Not really but it is hard to place people in this category. It is similar to being pre-diabetic, but with a much more fine tuned in specificity. 51% of people go misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder each year.
As far marijuana, we are not certain of all the benefits. Sadly, pain management will dole this drug out like it were advil. It is more useful in a more non-specific form (you can get a "high") for seizures. In fact, it is a profound development. Nevertheless, as part of the medical community, psychiatry, I hate the idea of it becoming mainstream. Understand that a large majority of crime is specifically related to marijuana usage. Of course, you have the theory, which came first, the chicken or the egg. Some people like to argue that but no doctor with a grain of sand would.
Simply put, you do not Cycothmia, in all likelihood as characterized in the latest DSM. Surely, it will be revised, just takes time. However, we have an opposite problem here- instead of being ADD- transferred to ADHD- A hopeless attempt to narrow the field. The opposite needs to be done here.
Marijuana lowers your i.q. by roughly 8 points, which is monumental, and it causes a good deal of inflammation making it bad choice for somebody who is pre-diabetic or has diabetes. FACT- it will become just as legal as alcohol or Tobacco... The federal government may be against it now, but things will alter. The South of America will progress the slowest.
Go to Kindle book and look up World of Marijuana by M.T.B. I wrote an easy to read guide that will tell a wealth of information... however, forums like these.... *shakes head* (do not have time to edit)