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Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

although some of the more extreme symptoms of bi-polar (what i was diagnosed with) are very similar to those of schizophrenia, etiologically they are thought to be very different.

that's not to say that some of these statements are not also true of bipolar disorder... particularly this one

The cannabis use precipitates schizophrenia in vulnerable persons.

...i figure sooner or later something would have set me off even if i was drug free, but i guess i'll never really know because

Patients with psychotic disorders are more liable to abuse cannabis

...i also think that regardless of what they tell you in AA/NA, there is a huge difference between use and abuse. ie smoking up 4 or 5 times everyday is very different than smoking every other saturday night or so.

yeah hm some AA people say that if you drink 1 drink you're an alcoholic-- in their case maybe. but anyway, man, if i were bipolar i'd stay clear of anything... i have a local friend who is bipolar-- he can't even touch beer. use/abuse is a different matter if you're prone to neurophysiological imbalances. but of course i dont know cos i'm not. i do have a tendency to seasonal depression that increases my craving for cigarettes in the fall.

but anyway... yeah. lacan is useless anyway.