Can I Use Marijuana and Alcohol to Calm Down?

Here are the facts.

Pot and alcohol seem to help bipolar disorder symptoms for some people. They can be perceived as calming and harmless, but there is one significant way that pot and alcohol negatively impact bipolar disorder: they affect deep sleep. As you have probably figured out on your own, structured sleep is essential for mood management. Pot and alcohol may put you to sleep to the point of passing out, but it's not deep sleep. Anyone who uses these substances in this way knows that no amount of pot or alcohol can actually end or even greatly improve bipolar disorder symptoms. Alcohol is ultimately a depressant and pot can numb a person out to a point that they cannot participate fully in life. In a perfect world, simply stopping alcohol and drugs is of course the optimum way to help manage bipolar disorder. There are also the relationship and work problems [ Read More ]


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