I don't have a medical card, but I've got a very similar relationship with drugs and weed was never my thing either. It turns out that it helps me keep my mood in check like nothing else, though. Anger in particular - I don't lash out when I'm stoned.
For anxiety, it really can go either way depending on what you're going through. I used to get panic attacks every time I smoked throughout my 20s, but I tried it again a few years back and it has the opposite effect these days. Vaping and edibles seem to have a much lower risk of inducing anxiety, in my experience.
For depression, it's a bit trickier to get the balance. If I smoke too much I get lazy, and that just makes the depression worse. If you get it right, it won't make the depression go away but the depression won't bother you as much. It's
sort of like an opiate for psychic pain in that way. You still have to do the work, but the work feels much more engaging.
My ex had issues with weed giving them anxiety and just being too much over all but liked this one brand they found that’s basically “weed-lite”.
I guess the concentrations are a little lighter and it has some cbd in it so it gives you a pretty mellow easy going kind of high and it’s difficult to get to that lazy stage/extra depressed stage. I tried it once while visiting and it was pretty good, I also find if I over do it it tends to either Make be feel lazy or extra depressed.
Delta 8 is also great for that purpose, but you have to deal with the fact that it's unregulated and you really don't know what's in your pen for sure.
I self medicate with MJ. I would say YMMV. Unfortunately there aren't like treatment models , that im aware of, that you can follow so its a lot of experimentation IMO. I treat ADHD, and treating ADHD symptoms helps stave off depression. But working through depression with MJ, I've found can be tricky. It can help to like numb the symptoms which can be helpful if its the kind of depression that hurts inside. But the no energy depression can be sort of sustained by weed. For the low energy depression you might avoid indicas. Not an expert.
i was definitely self medicating for a while, though at the time i don't think i recognized it. if i had weed, it meant my living space was clean/organized, i was showing up to commitments on time / ready to go, and i was taking on creative projects in my free time.
if i didn't, i would just sort of get through my days as best i could and just try to avoid catastrophes.
so probably depression and some anxiety. the MJ would put me into a mindset of wanting to channel my anxious energy into something productive so i could feel better about relaxing later, if that makes sense.
as i settled into later adulthood, i would meet people who were supposedly "into" weed and like +90% of them were completely different. if they got high, they didn't do shit all day and just sank into the couch eating trash snacks. it was the rare weirdo who was like me, where if i was suddenly stoned at home and not having to entertain people, i was doing yoga, working out, organizing a toolshed, or deep cleaning the kitchen. and listening to sweet jams of course.
i've always lived in pretty severe prohibition states and it's difficult to imagine what my life would be like if i could just do my thing and not have the threat of prison, career destruction, and social stigma for it.... though i'm assuming it would have been more chill.
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I don't have a medical card, but I've got a very similar relationship with drugs and weed was never my thing either. It turns out that it helps me keep my mood in check like nothing else, though. Anger in particular - I don't lash out when I'm stoned.
For anxiety, it really can go either way depending on what you're going through. I used to get panic attacks every time I smoked throughout my 20s, but I tried it again a few years back and it has the opposite effect these days. Vaping and edibles seem to have a much lower risk of inducing anxiety, in my experience.
For depression, it's a bit trickier to get the balance. If I smoke too much I get lazy, and that just makes the depression worse. If you get it right, it won't make the depression go away but the depression won't bother you as much. It's sort of like an opiate for psychic pain in that way. You still have to do the work, but the work feels much more engaging.
My ex had issues with weed giving them anxiety and just being too much over all but liked this one brand they found that’s basically “weed-lite”.
I guess the concentrations are a little lighter and it has some cbd in it so it gives you a pretty mellow easy going kind of high and it’s difficult to get to that lazy stage/extra depressed stage. I tried it once while visiting and it was pretty good, I also find if I over do it it tends to either Make be feel lazy or extra depressed.
Delta 8 is also great for that purpose, but you have to deal with the fact that it's unregulated and you really don't know what's in your pen for sure.
I self medicate with MJ. I would say YMMV. Unfortunately there aren't like treatment models , that im aware of, that you can follow so its a lot of experimentation IMO. I treat ADHD, and treating ADHD symptoms helps stave off depression. But working through depression with MJ, I've found can be tricky. It can help to like numb the symptoms which can be helpful if its the kind of depression that hurts inside. But the no energy depression can be sort of sustained by weed. For the low energy depression you might avoid indicas. Not an expert.
i was definitely self medicating for a while, though at the time i don't think i recognized it. if i had weed, it meant my living space was clean/organized, i was showing up to commitments on time / ready to go, and i was taking on creative projects in my free time.
if i didn't, i would just sort of get through my days as best i could and just try to avoid catastrophes.
so probably depression and some anxiety. the MJ would put me into a mindset of wanting to channel my anxious energy into something productive so i could feel better about relaxing later, if that makes sense.
as i settled into later adulthood, i would meet people who were supposedly "into" weed and like +90% of them were completely different. if they got high, they didn't do shit all day and just sank into the couch eating trash snacks. it was the rare weirdo who was like me, where if i was suddenly stoned at home and not having to entertain people, i was doing yoga, working out, organizing a toolshed, or deep cleaning the kitchen. and listening to sweet jams of course.
i've always lived in pretty severe prohibition states and it's difficult to imagine what my life would be like if i could just do my thing and not have the threat of prison, career destruction, and social stigma for it.... though i'm assuming it would have been more chill.