Re:Heavy Marijuana Use Increases Schizophrenia in Men, Study...
by red-iron-pine on Friday May 05, 2023 @08:53AM
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Heard similar stories from my Ex's older brother.
Nice guy, probably on the spectrum, started smoking weed to help him chill out in social situations. Turned into a heavy user.
Few years later he ended up hospitalized due to psychosis, ended up on schizophrenia meds. Spend 2 years working a shit job medicated up to his eyeballs, smoking weed regularly.
He met a girl after I wanna say ~2 years and got off the weed... and didn't have a lick of psychosis. Eventually got off the meds, working a job just fine, does a lot of mountain biking. Can't say what he's doing now but when me and the ex split he'd basically turned his life around, and it was mostly due to getting lots of exercise and cutting out the marijuana.
Nice guy, probably on the spectrum, started smoking weed to help him chill out in social situations. Turned into a heavy user.
Few years later he ended up hospitalized due to psychosis, ended up on schizophrenia meds. Spend 2 years working a shit job medicated up to his eyeballs, smoking weed regularly.
He met a girl after I wanna say ~2 years and got off the weed... and didn't have a lick of psychosis. Eventually got off the meds, working a job just fine, does a lot of mountain biking. Can't say what he's doing now but when me and the ex split he'd basically turned his life around, and it was mostly due to getting lots of exercise and cutting out the marijuana.