tenzinsmom wrote:
My experience with medical marijuana was taking it--illegally--after my daughter died.
I was grieving and wanted some relief.
I found that at first I felt so much better. I just took one puff, and I felt a euphoria, a calmness and happiness.
But then, after about a week, that feeling started to get weaker and I started smoking more to get back the good feeling.
(from what I know, the edibles are even stronger than the smoke)
And, I couldn't. What I found was that I experienced more mental confusion and tiredness that got worse and worse until I stopped altogether.
About 4 months later I tried again.
This time I tried to smoke the very least amount, that would give me a good feeling but no mental confusion. I even tried making a tincture with it. I couldn't find the least amount that didn't cause some mental confusion.
I totally understand your need to find some help for your child other than the pharamaceutical medicine that is damaging to his liver. However, I don't think marijuana is a positive route. With long term, chronic use, it does cause brain damage. I'm talking consistent use between 10-20 years. You can do the research.
From my experience, the mental confusion it causes just would not be good for a child.
Have you tried to see a holistic medical practitioner? What about a DAN doctor to treat your son's dangerous/debilitating conditions?
If you can get past the name: Defeat Autism Now, you might find a good practitioner who understands autism and will help you find natural means to help your child.
I would strongly recommend that route before turning to cannibis.
Please let us know if you find something that works.
Actually there is no substantial proof cannabis causes brain damage, it causes you confusion...doesn't mean it causes everyone brain damage. Also you die without your liver....even if cannabis did cause very minor brain damage over time, its easier to live with that than without a liver...also though there is much medical research coming out about cannabis being beneficial for autism. Of course the dosage given to a child would be less than the amount somone would take to get 'high' and some strains without THC have been developed for things like Epilepsy, though not entirely sure if they could do the same for autism as maybe the THC is part of what helps autism still unclear on all that though.
Though looking at other natural routes is a good idea to, anything is better than liver damaging drugs if it can help the condition.
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