Wayne
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Hi All,
I viewed a thought-provoking video segment on ABC News' program 20/20 this past week regarding medical marijuana. The full title of the article segment along with access to the video is at:
"Marijuana From Mom: Mother Says Drug Helps Son Cope wioth Severe OCD -- Parents Resort to Medical Marijuana to Treat Kids with OCD, Autism"
I've long believed a lot of OCD is likely a result of some kind of brain injury and/or severe allergic reaction occurring within the brain. The mother in this video (at about the 3:00 minute mark in the 8-minute video) explains how a low-THC tincture is able to "take the edge off" of her son's OCD behavior. I suspect much of the brain activity associated with autism and/or OCD may be similar to what many of us experience ("brain static", or "agitated exhaustion", or "brain fog", etc.).
I've endeavored for years to come up with the best way possible to deal with my own anxiety/edginess, excessive neuronal firing, etc. I used the benzodiazapine Clonazepam (generic Klonopin) for about 10 years, but was uncomfortable with the side effects. I was able to wean myself off of this over a one-year span, and then able to stay off by using micro-current therapy (alpha-stim). More recently I've been adding some EFT tapping techniques, and a number of other polarity and energy balancing techniques. These all help, but I still feel I'm losing ground to the neurological stress I'm dealing with.
Which brings me to medical marijuana. After hearing the reference to the low-THC medical marijuana tincture, I'm now considering whether it might be worth it to explore this option further. I was wondering if anybody else has considered this, what they may have found out, whether they ended up trying it or not, etc. In short, I would love to hear what anybody's thoughts or experiences might be on this subject.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Wayne
I viewed a thought-provoking video segment on ABC News' program 20/20 this past week regarding medical marijuana. The full title of the article segment along with access to the video is at:
"Marijuana From Mom: Mother Says Drug Helps Son Cope wioth Severe OCD -- Parents Resort to Medical Marijuana to Treat Kids with OCD, Autism"
I've long believed a lot of OCD is likely a result of some kind of brain injury and/or severe allergic reaction occurring within the brain. The mother in this video (at about the 3:00 minute mark in the 8-minute video) explains how a low-THC tincture is able to "take the edge off" of her son's OCD behavior. I suspect much of the brain activity associated with autism and/or OCD may be similar to what many of us experience ("brain static", or "agitated exhaustion", or "brain fog", etc.).
I've endeavored for years to come up with the best way possible to deal with my own anxiety/edginess, excessive neuronal firing, etc. I used the benzodiazapine Clonazepam (generic Klonopin) for about 10 years, but was uncomfortable with the side effects. I was able to wean myself off of this over a one-year span, and then able to stay off by using micro-current therapy (alpha-stim). More recently I've been adding some EFT tapping techniques, and a number of other polarity and energy balancing techniques. These all help, but I still feel I'm losing ground to the neurological stress I'm dealing with.
Which brings me to medical marijuana. After hearing the reference to the low-THC medical marijuana tincture, I'm now considering whether it might be worth it to explore this option further. I was wondering if anybody else has considered this, what they may have found out, whether they ended up trying it or not, etc. In short, I would love to hear what anybody's thoughts or experiences might be on this subject.
Thanks in advance.
Best, Wayne