Well, guess I'll spill this, if it helps someone. but ya know there was a time when my husband got sick that I was place on anti depressants because I could not cope AT ALL. So I'm wondering...if there IS something that sort of works in the reverse ya know? Like anti depressants work to put you on the even keel.

I tell you what...I quit smoking pot and got it all cleaned out of my system, and I quit cigs and not a whole lot of drinking and I feel great.

The first month or so was horable, but after I got past that I started realizing who I really am, and it's not half bad

Trust me, I lack emotions...for the most part anyway, I don't get angry, sad, and happy comes very rarely...I'm just always at the same content state of mind. I don't even stress, I mean really? How many people do you know that don't get stressed out, angry, and/or sad?

Well....it was just a thought and I dropped the dirty laundry out there to make a point, stupid as it was!

That isn't a lack of emotion. That's just apathy, which is a direct result of the pot smoking.

So this explains why I lacked emotion before I smoked pot, how?

Thanks for trying.

I'm sure someone out there would appreciate the complete lack of emotion, I'm sure I would be capable of love...but haven't been that far with anyone yet, so I guess I wait and see.

You didn't point that out before.

However, you don't HAVE to be stoned to be apathetic. It can occur at any time in life.

More then likely.

How about boobies? Not even really joking here hun. How does it affect the sexual aspect of life? If a girl just dropped em on the table (Ed McMahon doesn't sound like he's got em) would there be a simplistic reaction to that?

Oh hun. I'd be upset if a guy didn't even smile a little.
I used to smoke a lot of pot and when I did I was always chilled. Nothing bothered me and I did whatever I wanted to. I'm a pretty high strung person so I get over excited, worry a lot and stress like crazy. I think the pot has an affect on you but I'm not sure it's good or bad. I'd have to know more to say really.

Apathy means a lack of feelings, not a loss of basic emotions...as in I get excited, if I were apathetic I would be pessimistic which I am not. Apathy is a very pessimistic thought process, trust me I am actually quite optimistic.

Apathy basically means that you don't give a damn one way or the other. Sounds pretty accurate to me. lol

Some people just have a very low emotional thermostat. Either they have spent so much time repressing that they simply can't access real feelings, or they don't have the feeling in the first place.

People with this issue resort to extreme behaviors to stimulate themselves and/or utilize substances to simulate feelings.

Clinically it can be difficult to distinguish because it mimics several disorders without filling all criteria for one. Having spoken to councilors and physicians for similar symptoms I've learned that physicians usually can't figure it out and simply want to try different medications that are either dangerous, or dubious in value; while councilors usually want to meddle in behavioral therapy and provoke feelings that aren't really there in the first place.

F&L do you ever get any kind of ups and downs at all? How long have you been smoking? Just trying to get a perspective on your situation.