Calling all ADHD toker's

I do the exact same thing man.

I gotta be honest though. I have ADD and weed really doesn't help. It doesn't make it worse or anything besides normal effects of marijuana, but to be honest it really doesn't help me concentrate.

 

Hell yea. I have ADHD and social anxiety disorder. A little bit of weed helps my concentrate and helps me loosen up when I'm talking to people. When I'm high i don't really give a fuck if what I say is wierd or will embarass me. Simply amazing.

 

There is no such thing as ADHD.

 

I was diagnosed with ADD and depression. Smoking changed my life and possibly even saved it. When i was smoking regularly I was able to sit down and learn classical pieces by myself without an instructor. When I did have an instructor we were playing bogus ass pieces and I was rarely ever interested. I actually learned Fur Elise (for a girl I was dating at the time) and the first page of a Chopin Nocturne.

Marijuana being illegal is driving me nuts because I sort of bought into the propaganda and figured it wasn't something for me and I spend 7-8 years of my life looking for something to help me understand myself a little better. I was going to try salvia but my friend said I needed to try bud first because salvia for a first timer was dangerous. Needless to say after that first bong hit I was hooked. I had never felt so good in my life. I had never even IMAGINED i would ever feel so good about life. Marijuana really does wonders and it really upsets me that it's illegal.

I get into with my family all the time about it. It drives me fucking nuts. i keep telling them how much it helped me but they are like "but it's illegal.. then why is it illegal?" Seriously the shit makes me so fucking lonely. I could sit there and talk about it for a full hour and they still wouldn't get it. I keep trying to explain to people how it has helped me but no one believes me. I honestly don't see much more of a point and I'm even reconsidering suicide and I've never been so close to actually going through with it.

It pains me how ignorant the world is.

 

Yea dude that's like never having smoke bud before and never actually researching the topic and claiming it is dangerous for you and rightfully illegal.

I do agree that ADD and ADHD get over diagnosed though. In fact I would even go as far as to say that I'm probably not as ADD as I am depressed and this was the subject of one of my meetings with my shrink.

 

whoa whoa dude, dont kill yourself, then you couldnt smoke anymore, lol but srsly, the best way is 2 educate the world, and as far as family is involved, i cant say for yours but even though i'm a grown man and have fked chicks made money started a career they will still never take me seriously because they are older stuck up pricks who think just cus they saw me when i was a baby i'm automatically always a baby, im the only sane one in this family period, hence why im moving away as soon as i can afford it, fam never understands because they prolly always see you as their son or their little brother or w/e the case may be, just ignore it and smoke away your problems

 

I was diagnoised with ADHD when I was in Middle School, went from using Adderall, to Vyvanse recently. I'm not 21, and just recently stopped taking my Vyvanse and stopped seeing my doctor. I basically just cut everyone off and I don't know if I'm ok now because I started smoking.. or what, but I really think that it was all in my head.

There would be days where I didn't take my meds and I would mess up orders at work and shit, and always be like FUCK I forget my meds I need to focus.. while fucking up orders..

But then there were days where I would forget my meds but be so busy I didn't even notice I forgot them, and I'd be fine, doing everything perfect and being very concentrated on my tasks. I told my mom to empty one of the capsuls and shit and leave a empty one in there and see if she notices what day I don't take my meds, as long as I think I took them I'd be fine.

I think I was right, because if I had bad ADHD I wouldn't be able to just stop taking them right, IDK. I love life right now though and its nice not having to take a lame ass pill every morning.

 

First off, Chief, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. And it really screws up everyone around you- both family and friends. My mother suicided over 20 years ago and it still hurts, so I know. A friend suicided just last year. Even his exwife was affected badly. Please don't do it!

What you should do is to start educating everyone around you! Here's where you start, get a copy of Granny Storm Crow's list and show them what cannabis can do! Here's what I have off my private home list (to be released late July- so this is a sneak preview of what
most folks won't see til summer!)

Marijuana and ADD Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of ADD (no date)
Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder

Recipe For Trouble (anecdotal/ news - 2002 )
Recipe For Trouble - 48 Hours - CBS News

Cannabinoids effective in animal model of hyperactivity disorder (abst - 2003)
International Association for Cannabis as Medicine

Cannabis 'Scrips to Calm Kids? (news - 2004) (Dudes- even FOX NEWS agrees! ) FOXNews.com - Cannabis 'Scrips to Calm Kids? - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

Cannabis as a medical treatment for attention deficit disorder (full - 2005)
Cannabis as a medical treatment for attention deficit disorder - File psychiatry/psychology - Hemp and Medicine - Welcome to www.hemp-info.ch! The specialist for hemp (Cannabis) in Switzerland

Science: THC normalized impaired psychomotor performance and mood in a patient with hyperactivity disorder (news - 2007)
International Association for Cannabis as Medicine

Fitness to drive in spite (because) of THC (abst - 2007)
Unbound MEDLINE | [Fitness to drive in spite (because) of THC] Journal article abstract

Association of the Cannabinoid Receptor Gene (CNR1) With ADHD and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (full - 2008)
Association of the Cannabinoid Receptor Gene (CNR1) With ADHD and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Cannabis Improves Symptoms of ADHD (full - 2008)
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/journal/en_2008_01_1.pdf

Autism, ADD, ADHD and Marijuana Therapy (news - 2008)
Entheology.org - Preserving Ancient Knowledge

Cannabis use and adult ADHD symptoms. (abst - 2008)
Cannabis use and adult ADHD symptoms. [Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008] - PubMed result

Why I Give My 9-year-old Pot (anecdotal/news - 2009)
Why I am giving marijuana to my 9-year-old autistic son.

Now print those up and read them! Once you get the facts down, start educating! And not just your family- your doctors and politicians also need this information- and all the rest of the info on what cannabis can do! Once the family is (finally) getting the idea that cannabis is medicine, introduce them to my list. (Facebook or going over to greenpassion.org might be a good way- then they won't be reading your posts here at GC! )

And as some of you have observed, more is not always better. This is also true when treating pain- sometimes too much cannabis can make certain types of pain worse! Use only what you need to manage your symptoms- unless you want to party!

Working in education, I have seen the difference that cannabis can make in ADD/ADHD. (Incidentally, you really shouldn't hotbox in the car before school- anyone familiar with the odor WILL smell it on you! lol)


Granny

 

I dont have ADHD but i have these urges to do stuff I can resist them but its really hard to like shaking my head or putting teeth on top of eachother, but after a blunt man that shit fades away i get to feel normal