My BP Magazine Blog: The New Psychotic Pot: Is THC Marijuana Use Dangerous for People with Bipolar Disorder?

Hello everyone- here is an astonishing story. We had to remove this blog post from the Bp Magazine blog and from the Bp Magazine Facebook due to internet trolls… I can’t think of another name to describe the astonishing behavior of some people when they read my personal opinion- and my personal experiences with high THC pot and psychosis. It was even worse that when I originally talked about the topic three years ago.  We have now created a social media system where internet bullies are actually affecting opinion pieces that are backed up by experience.  Bp Magazine gallantly tried to keep the post up, but the amount of abuse we all received simply made it impossible to keep in on the website. So, I will publish the whole thing here tonight. Please know that I stand by my opinions and will not print any comment that is unkind. It’s simply not my style. I love differences of opinion and good solid arguments for one side or another of an issues, but wow, if this is what we are up against when we simply say- hey, if you have bipolar disorder be careful around high THC marijuana, we are in for a long and scary trip with a lot of heartache to come. I will never give in to those who are trying to push an agenda which is why I will gladly publish what I wrote here. I hope you can join me in getting the word out about the dangers of high THC marijuana so that people with bipolar disorder can make informed decisions. Julie

Here is the start of the original blog post! Julie

I’ve seen a very disturbing trend in the bipolar disorder world over the past five years and I’m very concerned for the health of people with bipolar disorder. I see a large amount of pot smoking in our community that leads to obvious and serious psychotic symptoms that are being missed because people don’t have the information needed to make informed decisions about the pot that is on today’s market.  We are smoking, supporting and ultimately legalizing a strain of marijuana that presents a very high risk of psychotic symptoms for people with bipolar disorder due to an abnormally high THC content in the pot as a result of intense genetic modification. (THC is the hallucinogenic component of marijuana.) When I first voiced my concerns about the psychosis I saw that was caused by pot smoking, many told me I was crazy.  “Pot is for relaxation Julie! The pot now is no different than the pot you used to smoke in the 80s! Pot helps people calm down!”

I originally wrote about this topic for my BP Magazine blog three years ago where I called this marijuana the New PSYCHOTIC POT.  The responses were off the charts in terms of the DON’T TOUCH MY RIGHT TO SMOKE POT! comments I received.  Years later, the research is out. The pot on the market today has little to do with the pot from even ten years ago. The pot today is ridiculously strong due to THC levels that are over ten times higher than found in more cannabinoid intense (the relaxing component of marijuana)  traditional ‘mellow out’ pot and as a result can cause serious psychosis in people with bipolar disorder…………..

(I will post the rest of the article this evening.

Julie

 

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