Posted by rvanson on June 25, 2008, at 4:24:19
In reply to Celexa and MJ - do they cancel out?, posted by worriedgf on June 25, 2008, at 0:58:58
> Ok - so I know my bf smokes MJ because he can relax and also play his guitar creatively, or more creatively...but he is also on antidepressants (Celexa/citalopram). I've never tried any drug ever and I rarely drink. I've always had a closed mind in regards to the MJ and he says "don't knock it til you try it" which I don't intend on doing, "a lot of the songs that you LOVE were created by people who were smoking MJ." and that I need to have an open mind about it.
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> He and I live 5hrs apart and that is part of the reason why he says he needs the celexa, me not being there and of course - money, not having enough, living paycheck to paycheck.
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> I don't want him to use MJ his whole life. Do people grow out of it? I know he used to drink a lot and get drunk and now a 6pack lasts him forever. I don't want us to be married and have kids and for him to be smoking when we have children who need to be cared for. I do try to have an open mind about it all. I know he could be doing SO many worse things. I know he loves playing the guitar and wants to pursue that as much as he can and I love hearing him play. I just personally do not understand the need to relax in that way or to escape reality for a while.
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> I'm looking for opinions on the combo of antidepressants and MJ, and whether people grow out of smoking MJ, and general opinions I suppose of MJ. I'm worried he's gonna do this the rest of his life and is it something I can learn to deal with or is it going to tear us apart? I don't think it's worth breaking up over, though. HELP!!! :D Oh, and please don't be mean or rude to me for feeling the way I feel because I'm not dissing anyone for using it or anything like that...I'm letting u know my opinions and fears and am asking for others opinions about MJ not about me. Thanks :)
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> Is MJ a depressant, and if so, then it's just cancelling the effects of the Celexa, right? Any thoughts or opinions on this? I need mucho info peeps! :) Thanks a bunch!
> worriedgfHi worriedgf,
I have studied the effects of many drug combos but I cant tell you what this is doing to your BF.
Celexa, by itself, is one of the better anti-depressants on the market, bar none.
What I CAN tell you is that your boyfriend is an MJ addict (not making any judgements here as we all have free-will) and only he can stop using it, it HE chooses to do so.
IOW, your boyfriend is no different then an alcoholic: he has to has his MJ to get the effect he wants.
This has less to do with his taking Celexa, then ii does with his chronic MJ use and just like alcoholics, he wont be a very responsible person until he puts the weed down.
Of course you don't understand his need any more then non-alcoholics understand the need to drink, but one thing is sure: if you have a child with this person (and he may be the the greatest guy in the world for all we know) he is going to keep using weed until heA: gets busted, or
B: gets a revelation.
The best hope you could offer is to take him to an Narcotics Anonymous meeting and see where guys like him usually end up, in the later part of thier addictions, when the fun is all gone.
Good luck and I wish you and him the best!
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