Posted by violette on August 21, 2010, at 11:13:43
In reply to Re: Marijuana as a Medication in Depress and Anxiety, posted by linkadge on August 20, 2010, at 8:29:08
Linkadge-
Thanks for your posts in this thread...very informative.
"**How about developing treatments for depression, anxiety and schizophrenia that actually work well in teens**, and then start telling teens to stop their MJ crutch."
That's how I feel too. (BTW-I hate MJ as it made me anxious when I tried it).
"On the contrary they are finding mechanisms by which nicotine improves schizophrenic symptoms. It increases gaba levels in the schizophrenic brain and also appears to improve cognition and anxiety levels."
I recently read approximately 90% (maybe from one study in the past?) of schizophrenics smoke cigarettes.
Can you please tell me if there are other ways of 'increasing' gaba levels in the brain (aside from meds and nicotine)? I think I have some of the schizo genes and would like to experiment with anything, if available, other than those 2 substances. Thanks. :)
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