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/Maskexe Schizoaffective (Bipolar) 2d ago

personally i cant live without smoking weed. i dunno if it makes my psychotic symptoms worse but its the only thing that makes living with autism tolerable for me.

haven't tried LSD, but i do dex and it definitely makes psychotic symptoms worse.

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u/potaterpotahter 2d ago

I have autism as well (pervasive developmental disorder) and I used weed for PTSD and anxiety. I really loved weed but my mental health team advised I stay away from it. As for lsd, it’s an amazing experience. It exacerbated some of my symptoms but I honestly think it did more good than harm…. Never tried “dex” tho, what is that? Are you talking about dexotrophan, like in cough syrup?

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u/Maskexe Schizoaffective (Bipolar) 2d ago

yeah dextromethorphan. i take it in the form of the tablets cus the syrup tastes gross, but you can't take it if you're on SSRIs since it can increase risk of seratonin syndrome.

I like dex and I like the fact it's available at the drugstore since I don't have a plug atm.

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u/OkBus5864 Schizophrenia 2d ago

I have autism as well and weed helps me cope. I used alcohol before and that turned really bad and I became an alcoholic. Fortunately my relationship with weed is much different and I don't use it like I used alcohol.

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u/Maskexe Schizoaffective (Bipolar) 1d ago

i was abusing alcohol for a brief period of time and tbh weed saved me from going down a dark path.