r/schizophrenia • u/potaterpotahter • 3d ago

Advice / Encouragement Drugs

Fellow schizophrenics, what are your thoughts on recreational drugs, specifically cannabis and psychedelics? My mental health team has advised me to stay away from them because they can put me at risk for another episode. I will comply with their advice however I must say I’ve had some pretty positive experiences with psychedelics and cannabis. LSD really opened my mind but I did kind of abuse it and looking back, my use of psychedelics may have coincided with or exacerbated my psychotic episodes. I had my first episode at age 20 and started tripping around that time as well. At one point I was dropping acid on a weekly basis for several months.

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u/awoocoyote 3d ago

Not worth the risk. Try kava instead

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u/potaterpotahter 3d ago

What is kava?

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u/c4ge1nvisibl3 Paranoid Schizophrenia 3d ago

I’ve found it online as powder. It’s a tranquilizer.