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OCD, Depression, Anxiety & Marijuana

I'm a 23 year old female.
From age 5-17 I was in and out of hospitals seeing every doctor in the city and on medications. (Celexa, Serequil, etc).
At age 18 I completely stopped all meds and began using marijuana. Since that day I haven't seen a doctor since or had any major meltdowns due to anxiety or my ocd and depression.
Now at 23 I'm looking to soon have children and quit using marijuana but when I do cut back I notice my old depression coming back and a lot worse. My anger is uncontrollable and I end up embarrassing myself looking like a nutcase. Would it be beneficial to go back on medication? I'm against prescription medication for many reasons. Is weed harmful to pregnancies if it's medicinal? Has anyone else had this experience?
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It's probably safer than antidepressants or anti-anxiety medication, but I wouldn't want to have a child while taking any kind of brain-affecting drug -- remember, what you're taking your child is taking.
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I now smoke close to an ounce a week and function completely sane.
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