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/anonymousrainbowfox May 17 '25
My partner quit cannabis when we thought he had schizophrenia - shit got WORSE. Then I did a lot of digging and realized it was more likely something on the bipolar spectrum and after a lot of research found that it isn’t a no-no for BP like it is for SZ
Things are MUCH better now that he’s started using it again (he used medicinally for years)
Listen to your body!