Derealization from weed now taking citalopram for it. Will I get better???

But i cant belive what you just wrote !!!

Telling someone with anxiety that they may have done permanent damage is just so terrible !

And your information is totally incorrect it was one time and it was weed not meth or molly or coke even then no one can do permanent damage from a few times off taking drugs .

Now i dont do drugs and honestly im scared of drugs , but its too rude for me too not reply...

Chelsea you will get better the fact that you had a PANIC ATTACK is why you have derealization the weed triggered the panic attack and the severe panic has caused your mind to switch off to protect you .

You need to stop smoking weed because it can make mental health problems alot worse or even bring them out .

Keep yourself busy and exercise , eat well and try your hardest to not panic over derealization and im sure you will be fine ...

People have the right to know the truth. Yes, it may hurt, but if anxiety doesn’t stop people from smoking weed, I fail to see a reason why it should protect them from accepting facts.

While we may differ in our attitude towards weed, this topic is not open for debate – the evidence is out there and whether someone chooses to accept it or reject it – it does not change the fact that it is true. You may not believe in gravity, but it still affects you.

Sorry for sounding harsh, but there are plenty of topics on this forum alone where people ask for help because they developed psychotic symptoms following weed exposure. While you are right that the majority of human population would be fine, some of us may suffer from underlying conditions that increase the risk of developing psychosis in response to weed (these conditions are not clear – there is a debate in the literature whether genes that determine the function of the D2 receptor are involved in this process). Smoking weed may set off psychosis in these people, which can develop further to schizophrenia / BD. As there is no way of knowing whether someone is affected or not, the best thing to do is to avoid weed at all.

Now, before you say that what I wrote is rubbish, have a look at these peer-reviewed papers:

A. Caspi et al., Biological Psychiatry, (2005), 57(10), 1117-1127.

‘Recent evidence documents that cannabis use by young people is a modest statistical risk factor for psychotic symptoms in adulthood, such as hallucinations and delusions, as well as clin. significant schizophrenia.  The vast majority of cannabis users do not develop psychosis, however, prompting us to hypothesize that some people are genetically vulnerable to the deleterious effects of cannabis.’

C. Henquet et al., Schizophrenia bulletin (2008), 34(6), 1111-21.

‘Cannabis use is considered a contributory cause of schizophrenia and psychotic illness.  However, only a small proportion of cannabis users develop psychosis.  This can partly be explained by the amount and duration of the consumption of cannabis and by its strength but also by the age at which individuals are first exposed to cannabis.  Genetic factors, in particular, are likely to play a role in the short- and the long-term effects cannabis may have on psychosis outcome. (…) Evidence suggests that mechanisms of gene-environment interaction are likely to underlie the association between cannabis and psychosis.  In this respect, multiple variations within multiple genes--rather than single genetic polymorphisms--together with other environmental factors (eg, stress) may interact with cannabis to increase the risk of psychosis.’

L. Degenhardt et al., Psychological medicine (2007), 37(7), 927-34.

‘Cannabis use predicted a small but statistically significant increase in symptoms of psychosis, but not depression, after controlling for other differences between cannabis users and non-users.’

W. Hall and L. Degenhardt, The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry (2000), 34(1), 26-34.

‘It is still unclear whether cannabis use precipitates schizophrenia, whether cannabis use is a form of 'self-medication', or whether the association is due to the use of other drugs, such as amphetamines, which heavy cannabis users are more likely to use.  There is better clinical and epidemiological evidence that cannabis use can exacerbate the symptoms of schizophrenia.’

Should I look further…?

Ok john fair point

You know what your talking about i haven't read anything like you have .

I do believe mental illness can be set off by drug use thats a fact .

I honestly didnt know that one time of drug use can trigger of a mental illness wow thats really scary.

Ive not done any type of drug in over 10 years thank god and I'll never touch the stuff it scares me way too much .

I hope they teach these findings to kids in school i think its very important.

I just thought your comment may have frightened the poster it definitely would me but were all different in our approach..

Hope ive not offended anyone it wasnt my intention. ???

But my psychiatry said the derealization has nothing to do with the weed and that it's just me coping with my anxiety.