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I sometimes have bad OCD. This week has been particularly bad in terms of panic and nervousness. I don't take meds for it because they contain harmful side effects (impotence, weight gain, withdrawal, etc.). I have heard that smoking marijuana helps with OCD, rituals, nervousness, etc. I haven't planned on smoking before but if it would help with OCD I would be willing to smoke.

Definitely not.

For a start, weed can cause panic attacks and nervousness itself, so smoking it to help is a rubbish idea. It can sometimes help with nervousness, but normally it magnifies what you're feeling. So if you're feeling nervous when you smoke it, you'll just feel worse. Also, there are so many rituals concerned with smoking cannabis that they could draw you in as well.

For the record I'm not totally against cannabis - I used to smoke it in fact. But I'm certain it won't help your condition so don't smoke it for that.

yes.. but medication is legal so try that

no...
but i heard it helps to get you into jail

no...
but i heard it helps to get you into jail

it can't hurt. don't listen to the people who will inevitably give answers like OH NO drugs are bad you pot will make your OCD worse blah blah blah. i've heard the same things, that people have self-medicated for panic attacks and stuff like that with weed and apparently it works

No, you should never be willing to smoke..nothing. I've never heard of weed helping you with that. Also, Yahoo Answers is NOT the place to ask if you should smoke weed.

Probably only if you get incrediblazed.

Weed makes you paranoid I don't think you should smoke. You should got to a doctor and get real help.

If illegal in the past. it will be illegal in the future. you be better off buying a candy bar instead.

If illegal in the past. it will be illegal in the future. you be better off buying a candy bar instead.

Nope, it can make it worse.

26. Is marijuana a good treatment for OCD?

Although marijuana is now legal in California for medicinal purposes, it is not a good treatment for OCD. It may provide some short term relief, but it causes symptoms to later worsen. Marijuana can also interfere with OCD medications and make depression more severe. More about alternative herbals for OCD.