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Experiences with Cannabis (feddit.org)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone,

short backstory needed for my question: I have diagnosed ADHD as well as severe depression and anxiety. Even before I got diagnosed and put on medical treatment, I noticed Cannabis had a generally positive effect on me. I never went down that rabbit hole too much and only rarely consume pretty small amounts to this day.

I expect Cannabis to help with my depression and maybe anxiety. As for the ADHD, I never get tired from using Cannabis like people I hung out with. It just seems to work differently to some degree with my brain chemistry. I noticed it clearly impairs my executive function and memory pretty severely for about a day if I smoke. But on the flipside it does a similar thing as my Vyanese does and helps to lower how much energy it takes to start tasks.

I am super curious if anyone has anyone made similar experiences or if anyone is successfully using cannabis as treatment?

I am aware ADHD is a spectrum disorder, so experiences will vary. I know at least one person with diagnosed ADHD that also smokes occasionally. In their case the weed takes a bit longer to set in, but it seems to work on them as it assumably does on a neurotypical people. I also heard a lot of people also use/used Cannabis to treat their ADHD and I am glad it works for them. Personally I just used it once for a prolonged period in my life, but the negative effects quickly outweighed any positives. I could get shit done, but it felt like a dice throw each time what parts of my ADHD got much worse in exchange.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

I think it's a pretty common "self-medication" tactic. I went from 0 to "I consume a fair amount" pretty quickly. Initially, I used it for workouts--it just made them better, more interesting, easier to check off my list. I'd get changed, get my headphones ready, smoke, then go get lost in music while working out. Helped me get in better shape. And like the other poster, I find it really helps me to knock out otherwise painfully tedious tasks.