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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Medications and especially weed are a crutch. He needs to get his ass to the gym and lift. Best thing you can do is go with him to the gym to encourage him to do it. [/quote]

Do NOT listen to this person. This is not how mental illness works. Medication is very important. and my husband who has depression and anxiety op, also uses weed. I agree it's not the best and we have gone through very very similar discussions. He stopped using weed for one year and at the end of the year he felt like he really wasn't feeling better off the weed, and the weed did help him relax so we came up with a plan with very strict boundaries (only after kids are in bed and I am home, no driving after etc for example) to keep it open between us.

OP our situation sounds very similar though my husband doesn't have any us, sounds like maybe your husband feels like he's having hypomania. If he has that - I really really think he needs to see a psychiatrist. It can actually be risky to take some antidepressants if you have a history of mania so that needs to be assessed and not be a PCP. Normally fine to have pcp prescribe if it's just depression but it sounds like more of an assessment is necessary.

I will say that most people here are not going to understand. they will say I am a horrible person for being ok with my husband smoking weed on a regular basis. but my husband is an incredible father, husband, and he happens to struggle with this and after many years of back and forth I decided it was NOT worth our marriage to fight over weed. I'd rather us have open conversations about it. He is also on an antidepressant and sees a therapist about monthly.

The first step is the psychiatrist and therapy. THen you all can work on a plan together that maybe includes weed. [/quote]

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