Pot affects so many different chemical systems in the brain, it is hard to say, but certainly pot has been shown to be a depressant over time, so smoking for depression doesn't make a lot of sense.
I'm not a medical professional but,I don't think anyone knows all the beniffits of T.H.C..Reason being,the goverment doesn't want us to know.As for Depression,I know quite a few people that use pot daily,both for Depression&Anxiety disorders.It seems to work well.I don't think I'd use it for Manic-Depression though. As for using it with other meds.Who knows...
Starsun.
i personally smoke marijuna because im on paxil cuts out my sexual feeings and marijuna breaks threw that one major side effect of paxil
i have been back on wellbutrin (on and off) for the last 2 years for my depression and to help me stay of cigarettes. that is when i decided to quit smoking pot also. well back on march 2007 i started smoking pot again. the doctor had at that time decided to switch me to efflexor (something like that). for 2 weeks the only thing i did was sleep. sleep and being lazy was the only thing i got from the stuff. no euphoria, no happiness, not what i remember from years ago. at first i thought the stuff was real bad. i quit all antidepressants for 2 months. the grass still did nothing to me (smoking from morning to night). years ago a few puffs would get me stoned for a good hour.... after that i went back on wellbutrin. untill i met an old friend of mine who was able to get me some better stuff. i quit wellbutrin again; it has been 2 months. well i get a better buzz but still not all the good sides of smoking pot... i had not touched the stuff (grass) in almost 2 years; so i doubt that my tolerance to it went over the roof. so how long does wellbutrin stays in your brain? i can't believe it takes longer than 2 months. well today i have decided that smoking pot was a waste of my money. i enjoyed the euphoria, i enjoyed the way it made me feel... if it still did i would continue smoking but now it is not worth it i get very little from it, so what is the point.
i am back on wellbutrin now, sad, very sad.....