cannabis and ADD...!!! | ADHD Information
Seeing as us ADDers are anxious and not focussed as it is, do you think cannabis makes us worse? I sometimes have the odd joint with my boyfriend, usually to destress and laugh a lot. I a just concerned now that maybe it makes me worse. xx any one got any advice. Only from those who have smoked it! I haven't smoked in quite some time, but I'm better off when I don't smoke. Good times, but it definitely has consequences.I have not done any drugs (except the occasional drink) for years, but pot never agreed with me. It made me paranoid and anxious. I tried coke once and hated that too, which is odd since ADHD folks are supposed to like stimulants?I did like acid................E...................'Shrooms............ ....................
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weed doesnt agree w/ used to pass about 20lbs week in college so no stranger to it,
for ADD makes it worse start thinking about all the things i screwed up, if anything cold beers cool me out
Haven't smoked in 20 years. I would think that it would make it worse. But then I'm saying that as a non-smoker. I'm better off without it!
Then again the navy has a 0 tolerance policy for all drugs and we get pissed tested all the time. 
I don't think it would make your ADHD symptoms any worse. Only if you had to really consentrate on something it might be harder, probably like if you had a few beers.
Haven't had any in about...16 years, and then only on occasion.. I really did like it..I do remember a lot of laughter and it does make you relaxed..
(I wonder where I can get some?) 
Boy, does that bring back memories. Think it could add to the ADD forgetfulness? I think, but, I really don't remember.
I'd like to know more about this. I've had mixed results with pot for my ADD. Sometimes it feels like it helps me out greatly but others it almost seems to make symptoms worse. I blame it on the variability of strains, potency and manner of growth.If anyone has experience with this i'd love to hear it. I'm doing some experimenting of my own right now
Speed mainly, couldnt afford coke otherwise I probably would have had that.
Speed made me concentrate better and made me more confident. Im not saying that drugs are good, but they definately helped me out at times.
I like beer!
from my pwn experiance weed and ADD is a the worst combo i can think off
We call it weed, dope, blowing cones etc
I sometimes have a toke when I cant sleep. Only thing is if I have a smoke I don't dream at all.
I was more into the stimulants
DRY for eleven months, on and off for 25 years, total time , less than 4 months of involvement in cannibus on a daily basis. NOT WORTH IT! Fun at parties, get tested for accident at work, Look for new job. My mind was distorted way before any drugs were introduced and cannibus was the only 'illegal' drug I've tried. I knew at a young age that I didn't fit in because of the way i think and never did anything that would permantly mess with my brain. Or so I thought.
Total lifetime consumption is definately under three pounds!!! High for a day, slow for a month! I'm just trying to calm down like everyone else.
repairman38696.3452314815THC (the main ingredient in a pot buzz) is not water soluble like alcohol, cocaine, meth, etc. It is fat soluble.
All of the walls of the cells in our brain, are made of fatty tissue. THC is absorbed into the cell walls and builds up, until the braincell can no longer comunicate with the cell next to it. This can turn the thoughts of a healthy person, into Swiss cheese.
The wandering Pot buzz, is very appealing to the creative minds of ADD. We love a good daydream. But in the long run... more Pot, less thought.
Its your call.
It's real bad for your sperm count too!
I have not had good experiences with it. Tried it three times, all three times it made me toss my cookies. However, my brother has ADHD and he smokes it regularly and said it helped him calm down and concentrate better. I perfer alcohol. One thing that actually got me diagnosed with ADD was telling my therapist that I enjoyed sex better after a few drinks. My mind is less cluttered and I can be in that moment. I had never heard of anyone thinking more clearly after drinking, but for me it does. I am wittier, sharper, and not as distracted. Of course there is that point where you go from being the sharpest knife in the drawer to the one with your head hanging over the edge of the toilet, it's a fine line to walk.
I am taking concerta now though and it says you can't drink while on this med. Does it not mix well with pot either I would imagine?
diffydonna38702.5555671296I sometimes feel when I read up on people's postings on illicit drugs that I did okay with my ADHD that I grew up at age 20 and abandoned the "thrill seeking" of youth. How is it that so many intelligent people here still abuse illicit drugs??
For me in my youth pot was a way to try and bond with the wrong group in my attempt to "fit in". All it ever did was make me feel hungry goofy and stupid. And in my books ADHD did that for me just fine - and free!
I hope all can find the inner balance and avoid the stuff. Especially in the US where they make it an offence equal to being a murderer - it's so tough on people.
For me - I like reality it works fine.
yeah, me too! Hey fisher - ain't no such thing as "just a dad" Daddy is a high calling I think you should should add "more than" in front of those words. Congratulation on your Groupie Status! Alright!!! fisher, your friend, 6 kids? - Dang, don't think anybody could follow that act...nowwipe the sarcasm off your face and be anything you wanna.
Countrygirl, thanks for the vote. I should post a pic so you could see the sarcastic look on my face.
I thought of adding "who cares" but i figured by being here that was obvious; so I went with the sarcasm.
I actually stole the line from my best friend. When people ask what he does he always says he's "just a dad". one of my heros'; he's the at home single dad of 6, (4-12). He coaches baseball, runs a household (he even irons the kids school clothes), and his kids brought home 17 A's on the last round of report cards.
[:)] AddieOpieGirl38704.7935069444It makes myhyperactivity stop, but other then that it makes me
pretty useless. But it doesn't stop me from smoking.
It mixes well with the Adderall. Alert, but
useless!
POTHEAD DILEMMA:
without pot you start everything and get nothing done............................
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with pot you still get nothing done but you create more plans of some really f&^% ing amazing stuff not to get done while starting nothing.......
is there no distinction btwn. use, and abuse?
also, the literature i have read discounts the myth of weed use and sperm count. there seems to be no shortage of reproduction in places like jamaica and mexico where use is culturally prevalent.
and weed possession is not equal to murder. in most, but not all, states, less than an oz. gets you a ticket and court appearance. larger amts. fall under federal guidelines which, yes, are far too strict. it almost makes the stalinists look like leo buscaglia.
after spending billions of $$, the u.s can't stop a truck full of weed, or a suitcase of cocaine coming across the border, and they want us to think they are stopping terrorists, or a nuclear device? puh-leeease!
prohibition worked so well in the 20's and 30's, they thought they should try it again. what's that 12 step proverb? 'insanity is doing the same thing again and again, and expecting different results."
sorry, all. got off on a rant. the u.s. war on drugs is one of the things that makes me worry for the future of liberty and our constitutional ideals. the strategy used is part of the precursor to this abuse of power called the patriot act. we're not far from weekly hate meetings, a minilove, and minipeace of our own.
just can't seem to let it go.
When done in moderation; for recreational purposes, I does'nt hurt. At least in my experience, I don't think it has. Making a habit of it certainly wouldn't benefit anyone.
I dont know how to do that quote thing but in regareds to what GlenW posted, I think you might be right when you said about a gene or something when it comes to people that seem to be selfdestructive.
I don't know why but I'm one of these people. If I give up one vice another one takes it's place. The stupid thing is I'm terrified of dying but everything I do dares death to take me early, know what I mean?
But if you dont want to get into what I discuss in my therapy sessions, I bsaically liked taking speed as it killed my anxiety and my ADHD while I was on it.
Surely GlenW, you must understand that as a teenager and in my twenties finding this drug was like a God send to me. I never would have got my driver's license, finshed TAFE or more importantly have had the guts to get myself help to be where I am today.
I do not condone the use of drugs and totally agree that they are BAD. But I also think you need to realise that not everyone that takes drugs or drinks alcohol are doing to hurt the people around them, it's because those peole are hurting in some way and havnt found the RIGHT way yet and some never wil.
Which is really sad, but understandable when you've been there.
Hey Bob! You're a Senior Member! He took ecstacy one time? I'm taking the Ecstacy on a cruise in a couple of weeks. (It's a ship). It's already giving me a boost- Hurricane damaged or not - Cozamel, Playa - here I come!
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I perfer alcohol. One thing that actually got me diagnosed with ADD was telling my therapist that I enjoyed sex better after a few drinks.
[/QUOTE]So which is your drug of choice? Alcohol or sex?
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I sometimes feel when I read up on people's postings on illicit drugs that I did okay with my ADHD that I grew up at age 20 and abandoned the "thrill seeking" of youth. How is it that so many intelligent people here still abuse illicit drugs??
For me in my youth pot was a way to try and bond with the wrong group in my attempt to "fit in". All it ever did was make me feel hungry goofy and stupid. And in my books ADHD did that for me just fine - and free!
I hope all can find the inner balance and avoid the stuff. Especially in the US where they make it an offence equal to being a murderer - it's so tough on people.
For me - I like reality it works fine.
[/QUOTE]Yeah, Glen, illicit drugs lost there value to me in my youth too. Just took me a lot longer to grow up. I never used it to fit in though, I used it for escape. I think some intelligent people still use it for escape. Sometimes life is just so difficult or painful, using drugs is just a coping skill when you don't have any other coping skills. I used to try to get to the point of passing out or so out of it that I couldn't feel anymore. That has been many, many years ago and for that I am happy.
And some people just enjoy it.
I don't perfer any drugs. I have found myself suffering from anxiety that just has seemed to get worse over the past few years. To ease that and relax I have a few glasses of wine. When I go out with friends I can't relax and enjoy myself without a few drinks, which sometimes turns into a few too many. The sex problem was that I DIDN'T like it, wasn't interested in it at all. The only time I was relaxed enough to accept any advances or initiate it on my own was after about three glasses of wine. Otherwise my mind was 90 different places and I was nervous, upset, anxious. After 15 years of marraige and lack of sex being a problem for about 12 of those, it had started to take it's toll. So I sought counseling.
Now that I've been told I have ADD and can A.) stop beating myself up for every minor failure and accept that it's not because I'm stupid or unmotivated. B.) with meds and therapy I can treat the ADD and hopefully thus get rid of the anxiety and therefor not need even one glass of wine to chill out.
I can see how many with ADHD want the escape of pot or other illicit drugs. It just never did anything for me but disorient me - and with my anxiety I could never be out of control in public for one second without major panic attacks. No way no how!
But I am distressed that people here who ARE getting help are still leaning towards the idea that pot is ok - and that I see postings elsewhere that others use cocaine, snort Ritalin (joke or no joke Davido - not funny), etc.
The only conclusion I can get is that there is an additional gene or disorder aspect that makes some desire to abuse these or crave them and I don't have it. I do know my mother never had the urge to drink and never abused meds and perhaps I inherited a strong gene that kept me from them. Also with my sensitive stomach I couldn't drink to the excess needed to be addicted so maybe that helped.
I just feel bad that some wish to abuse themselves in this manner. And smoking pot is abusing yourself. Not considering that it is escape and how bad is your life to escape it? - but there is the risk (especially in US) of being arrested and having the record!
I don't wish to judge - but am concerned as I watched my ex spiral in a drunken loop that inevitably ends up in disaster - even death. I don't wish to mourn any of you - and believe me I won't bail any of you out of jail if you get caught with a baggie or two.
I just can't sit quiet on that - sorry.
Had a guy I worked with tell me he was very depressed and unhappy and overwieght and took ecstacy and it changed his life for the better. And it was only once. He then started getting in shape and feeling good about himself and getting into the dating game. Sounds like he needed a boost of some chemical in his system to tweak something in his brain. Oh really? What stimulants might those be Peita?