Expert: Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychotherapist - 6/21/2007

Question
I smoke pot im only 16 years old and have been smoking for almost 2 years now. I use to hate pot i would freak out when i smoked it and now i love it. I cant stop I tell myself i need to quit but i just fall back to smoking pot. I come from a somewhat poor family so i have nothing to ever do and when i do do something its smoke pot everyday... I know pot causes depression i do think i have it today i realized it i cried because of pressure and i just didn't feel myself so i smoked pot and it got worse later in that day. I need to know how i can stop or cut down. I'm hurting my grades,family, and my own life at risk i need help. My dad use to smoke alot of pot as well and he takes meds for anxeity and small depression

Answer
Hello Jacob,

We can say that pot aggravates depression, because people who smoke pot usually do so BECAUSE they are depressed. Somehow smoking pot gave them relief from depression and this is what is called a high.

Most pot smokers have a biochemical disorder, that may predate pot smoking. They are usually found to be hypoglycemic when medially tested.

Thus the first step in overcoming the cravings for smoking is to go on a hypoglycemic diet.

Please read:

What is Hypoglycemia? at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/what_is_hypo.html

The Serotonin Connection at:
http://www.hypoglycemia.asn.au/articles/serotonin_connection.html

Drug Addiction is  Nutritional Disorder at:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/clinutrition/messages/?msg=183.1

I hope this information will help you to get off weed.

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Jurriaan Plesman BA (Psych) Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
Editor of
The Hypoglycemic Health Association of Australia.
www.hypoglycemia.asn.au
Author of "Getting off the Hook"
Freely available at Google Book Search