Does anyone know if natural hallucinogens
such as peyote and certain types of
mushrooms trigger manic symptoms?
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MandMs
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Posted: 01-15-08 03:45am
Alcohol, street drugs (ecstasy, cocaine,
hashish, amphetamines, magic mushrooms),
medication (steroids, certain blood
pressure tablets and anti-Parkinson
drugs') can all cause depression or mania
in people who are predisposed to
mood-swings.
Have you been diagnosed bipolar already?
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 01-15-08 08:03am
Wish I could help, but I've never done
those drugs.
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ktthefreak
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Posted: 01-18-08 03:07am
from my experiences, yessir
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illectronic
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Posted: 02-02-08 12:18pm
I can tell you that I bugged out on
shrooms and became manic on PCP and
Ketamine
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Seraph
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Posted: 02-06-08 03:41am
It goes without saying...
Any form of hallucinogens and/or mind
alterring substances, messes with your
neural pathways by either blocking them or
allowing more stimulis to go through than
what is supposed to. That's why mind
alterring substances makes you
"High"...which could also be described as
Manic.
This is a protection method of the plant
to stop animals from eating it. Some
thorn trees in the African Savannah has
been proven to start secreting cianide if
an animal eats too much of it (Giraffes
only eat for a couple of minutes from a
specifc tree and then moves on as the tree
becomes toxic)
In the case of bi-polarism, these neural
pathways is naturally disrupted by some
chemical in-balance in the brain that
manages the flow of stimuli. Therefor,
these same substances gets used to alter
the flow of stimuli. Obviously, this a
very fine balancing act and most
medication will, ten to one, make you lean
towards either the manic or depressive
side depending on the person.
Don't know why I rambled on like this
about the subject, but that's my take on
it
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yakuzasphere
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Posted: 03-04-08 17:22pm
Hi there... I think its obvious that
shrooms could cause manic symptoms to
appear. I used to shoplift DXM from
stores to level out my mood when I was
manic and it just really made me a zombie,
right now I steer clear of anything except
weed.
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GirlBlight
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Yes Posted: 09-28-08 14:04pm
I wasn't diagnosed at the time, so I
didn't realize what was happening to me,
but back when I was about 19 or 20 I took
some psylocybin mushrooms with some
friends. The trip turned bad real quick.
I started ranting, "This is it. There's
nothing else. You're a kid, you go to
school, you get married, have kids, and
that's it. There's nothing else. We're
all trapped, trapped in the pattern.
There's nothing else. You're a kid, you
go to school...etc." On and on, for
hours, until my friends left me alone,
confused at how to deal with me. When the
affects finally wore off, the mantra
continued in my head. I couldn't make it
stop. I think this was my sophmore year
in college, and I remember pacing my dorm
room for several hours every night with
the matra repeating itself over and over
again in my head. I was scared to go to
class, I was scared to see people, so I
was scared to leave my room. It then got
worse, suicidal thoughts started spinning
through my head. And I didn't understand.
I tried to counteract the mantra with
another, more positive statement, "I have
a great family, good friends, a nice life,
I should be happy." It didn't work. The
pervasive sadness and unending mantra
lasted for several months. It was only a
year later I would have my first
hospitilization, leading to a bipolar
diagnosis. So, yeah, I think
hallucinogens can trigger an episode.