You may well be confused, but broken, I'd suggest not, as you're clearly aware you have some kind of issue, and the psychiatrist being an hour away, should really not come into things, when it comes to your health, if your physical health was bad, like you had a chest infection, and you had to travel an hour to see a doctor, you'd do it, so don't neglect your mental health and treat it any different, who has suggested you have to be marijuana free to see a psychiatrist? I'm not sure how things work in the US, as I'm in the UK, in UK marijuana is illegal, but we can still see a psychiatrist even if we smoke it, it makes no difference, the only difference it makes, is they may be unable to treat you with medications for you're condition, until you stop smoking it, the best thing may be to slowly cut down the amount you smoke, until you are able to give it up, do you have any kind of drug/substance misuse/abuse support available in the US that can help you with the marijuana misuse/abuse issues? maybe addressing that first and then getting the mental health treatment would be an option, or finding out if there are any dual diagnosis treatment options available in the US, like there are here in the UK, good luck, and I hope you find a solution :)

I suppose weed could mask them to a degree, it could help us to ignore our symptoms, it could give us another excuse for our symptoms and behaviour, but eventually, without treatment our mental illness would only get worse, I masked a lot of mine for a lot of years, with various drugs, so it wasn't obvious, being diagnosed aged 29 when it finally just all became too much, so I guess the answer is yes, and no, I've been diagnosed with, Depression, Stress, Anxiety, ADHD, Borderline Personality Disorder and Autism, I hid it all my life, from most people, a select few knew but were powerless to get me the help or diagnosis I needed, in order to get the correct treatment, I would suggest if anyone is self conscious, apprehensive, or scared to show their true self, and their illness to others, to try to step over that fear, and take off that mask, at least for their GP, so they can get the help they need :)

It's known as dual diagnosis, and just so you know, I smoked weed from 10 years old, and still had the odd sneaky puff up until 28 years of age, although, at the moment I don't smoke anything, nor drink, because of prescribed medication :)

I feel like it does. It helps me a lot. A lot better than the pills I take daily.

I can't be 100% honest. As they want me to see a psychiatrist and it's almost an hour away as well wants me to be marijuana free.(can't do that). So that's out of the question. I go to my Dr.tomorrow to see if she is comfortable prescribing and continue the medicines I'm on. This is causing an extreme amount of anxiety. I am terrified of I'm 100% honest they will lock me up and throw away the key. And coming out of the closet about my illness when I don't know anything isn't going to go so well. I always seen a metal illness as a person allowing themselves to be weak and breaking. How stupid of me. So I'm sure others around me feel the same at least people close to me. I don't understand me I can't expect anyone else to. I don't know who I am. And I am so sorry to ever have thought this was self induced. Confused yes I am and broken.