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The drug Spice...does it cause permanant brain damage?
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<blockquote data-quote="Signorina" data-source="post: 612091"><p>Spice- like many drugs- can accelerate the onset and severity of schizophrenia. Iirc, it was originally thought to be a more anecdotal connection; because the onset of schizophrenia (early adulthood) coincides with the coming of age when drug use becomes more prevalent. I believe that they have since found out that drug use - including pot - can actually fuel schizophrenia in ppl with- a predisposition and accelerate the severity of the associated psychosis. difficult child's roommate - a prolific pot smoker -had a pyschotic break & was hospitalized at the end of his freshman year in college. difficult child witnessed the break & it was traumatic to him though I have no idea as to the details. (Of course, not traumatic enough for difficult child to be scared straight) The young man did return to school a year later & was difficult child's roommate again and one of the reasons difficult child moved out last year. Apparently, the rx's caused his weight & eating habits to increase dramatically and his energy/activity level to plummet- and it bothered difficult child greatly to see the decline. I think the young man has since dropped out. (Again, it didn't bother difficult child enough to straighten up)</p><p></p><p>So I agree, sounds like it's greater than drugs. And the same old chicken & egg- does drug use add to the mental illness or does the illness add to the desire for drugs? I know that there are a lot of dual treatment options and I hope they can find good help for their adult child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Signorina, post: 612091"] Spice- like many drugs- can accelerate the onset and severity of schizophrenia. Iirc, it was originally thought to be a more anecdotal connection; because the onset of schizophrenia (early adulthood) coincides with the coming of age when drug use becomes more prevalent. I believe that they have since found out that drug use - including pot - can actually fuel schizophrenia in ppl with- a predisposition and accelerate the severity of the associated psychosis. difficult child's roommate - a prolific pot smoker -had a pyschotic break & was hospitalized at the end of his freshman year in college. difficult child witnessed the break & it was traumatic to him though I have no idea as to the details. (Of course, not traumatic enough for difficult child to be scared straight) The young man did return to school a year later & was difficult child's roommate again and one of the reasons difficult child moved out last year. Apparently, the rx's caused his weight & eating habits to increase dramatically and his energy/activity level to plummet- and it bothered difficult child greatly to see the decline. I think the young man has since dropped out. (Again, it didn't bother difficult child enough to straighten up) So I agree, sounds like it's greater than drugs. And the same old chicken & egg- does drug use add to the mental illness or does the illness add to the desire for drugs? I know that there are a lot of dual treatment options and I hope they can find good help for their adult child. [/QUOTE]
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