{"id":67780,"date":"2023-02-07T23:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T23:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nukaseeds.cz\/?p=67780"},"modified":"2023-05-16T23:03:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:03:22","slug":"does-cannabis-help-or-worsen-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nukaseeds.cz\/en\/does-cannabis-help-or-worsen-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Does cannabis help or worsen bipolar disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is bipolar disorder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental illness that causes extreme mood swings with emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. If your mood changes to mania or hypomania (less extreme than mania), you may feel euphoric, full of energy or unusually irritable. These mood swings can affect sleep, energy, activity, judgement, behaviour and the ability to think clearly. Episodes of mood swings may occur infrequently or several times a year. Most people experience some emotional symptoms between episodes, but some experience none at all. Although bipolar disorder is a lifelong condition, you can manage your mood swings and other symptoms by following a treatment plan<\/strong>. In most cases, bipolar disorder is treated with medication and psychological counselling (psychotherapy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New knowledge about bipolar disorder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to new research, bipolar symptoms such as mania and depression can be exacerbated by cannabis use. The study, conducted at Lancaster University (UK), analysed clinically structured diary entries from 24 bipolar patients who used cannabis at least three times a week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bipolar disorder (BD) and cannabis are often associated with each other<\/strong>. Given their findings, researchers wonder to what extent these perceived benefits are exaggerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of six days, subjects filled out diary entries describing their mood and making notes about their recent cannabis use. This approach, known as the ESM (Experience Sampling Method), reduces the recall bias common to retrospective reports and typically captures more detailed data. The final results were adjusted to take into account other factors such as age, gender and use of other drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is what they found out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n