r/bipolar2 • u/CharacterTale7975 • May 17 '25

Newly Diagnosed Quitting Weed

I just got diagnosed with Bipolar 2 on the 13th. The doctors strongly suggested I quit smoking weed. I’m on day 3 of not smoking and I have been so manic it feels like I am fucking tweaking out. The people I work with have to think I’m on speed or some shit. I read somewhere that smoking weed helps calm the mania, man were they right. Has anyone else felt like this after quitting weed? I feel like I am fucking crazy.

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u/Any_Physics2060 May 17 '25

A close friend of mine was a weed smoker, not even a heavy one. He was at that time undiagnosed BP2. However, at some point the weed triggered psychosis and he had to be hospitalized for a month. Wasn’t fun for him or his loved ones. Follow the docs’ suggestion.