Posted by cole on April 20, 2001, at 14:40:22
In reply to Re: Zoloft Marijuana, posted by hash on April 18, 2001, at 20:00:59
hash,
I can also relate, but I'm a little older-- 23 now. I was _extremely_ depressed in high school. Here's my take on the AD issue-- antidepressants won't make you sit back drooling, blindly accepting the world around your for what it is. For me it's the exact opposite. It took me until last year to find the right med (I was diagnosed with depression in 1990!!) but once I did, I've been able to do some amazing stuff. Sure, I went to college, and double majored, and worked in mental health, but being depressed made me more likely to accept things as they were. As my depression began to lift I discovered an amazing source of motivation within myself, and now I'm a post-bacc premed student, earning A's. An antidepressant can give you the strength to actually give a damn about what is going on around you, and to work on yourself instead of getting high or loaded to forget about the crash course upon which you are letting your depression lead you. I can speak from experience: I didn't do much drinking or drug use in HS, but when I got to college I was pretty much stoned or drunk every night. I made friends, worked, and graduated but I could have accompish much more-- better grades :) if I had proper treatment for my depression. Running away to cali isn't going to solve your problems.
As a person living on the west coast, I'll support the statement that people are generally the same wherever you go. I may be a jaded northwesterner, but I've found a portion of people from california (mostly southern)to be rather superficial. It's a generalization,and I know I'll get roasted on that one, but hey maybe it's just the folks that come vacationing up here.
I can't help it, I was raised with the Oregon/Washington "thanks for visiting but please don't stay" attitude. Anyways, I don't know if my rambling makes any sense, but you need to get better before you can write off everything around you. Sometimes things aren't exactly what they seem. Good luck, and happy 4/20 but keep this in mind: pot can really keep you passive.
cole
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