For anyone interested in what my specific mental health problems are - and in the hope of helping those with similar problems, I can say that I've been diagnosed with anxiety and depression.
It is all a long story, but, in a nutshell, my conviction is that the drugs which I took as a student resulted in these problems. I've always and continue to maintain this.
Hence, I remain against the current proposals to use LSD particularly in treating mental health problems. These proposals come following proven doubt about the efficacy of antidepressants (which I do take anyway).
The argument against me, and those like me (as I'm not alone), from many professional medical staff and others, is that I took drugs because I was attempting to self-medicate existing conditions. So why did I effectively go into a drug-induced psychosis during the worst of my drug use and then experience the resulting serious problems only afterwards?
The fact is that drug dealers totally agree with many of the professionals on this topic. I wonder why this is?
For the record, I've never once said that the cannabis I also took as a student caused the problems, but that the LSD and party drugs that I took did.
I've never been healed by Christ from these mental health problems (despite my asking and wanting to (it's hardly a comfortable problem to have)), but I've found that he continues to be a lot more understanding, accepting, loving and helpful through it all than some.
What has been less helpful, in the Christian community, has been the times I've been told to my face (and online) I'm demon-possessed. It's just annoying.
Anyway, as you can see, I'm mad as a box of toads and have the certificate to prove it. ☺
It is all a long story, but, in a nutshell, my conviction is that the drugs which I took as a student resulted in these problems. I've always and continue to maintain this.
Hence, I remain against the current proposals to use LSD particularly in treating mental health problems. These proposals come following proven doubt about the efficacy of antidepressants (which I do take anyway).
The argument against me, and those like me (as I'm not alone), from many professional medical staff and others, is that I took drugs because I was attempting to self-medicate existing conditions. So why did I effectively go into a drug-induced psychosis during the worst of my drug use and then experience the resulting serious problems only afterwards?
The fact is that drug dealers totally agree with many of the professionals on this topic. I wonder why this is?
For the record, I've never once said that the cannabis I also took as a student caused the problems, but that the LSD and party drugs that I took did.
I've never been healed by Christ from these mental health problems (despite my asking and wanting to (it's hardly a comfortable problem to have)), but I've found that he continues to be a lot more understanding, accepting, loving and helpful through it all than some.
What has been less helpful, in the Christian community, has been the times I've been told to my face (and online) I'm demon-possessed. It's just annoying.
Anyway, as you can see, I'm mad as a box of toads and have the certificate to prove it. ☺
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