Self-medication for Aspergers?

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Do any of you "self medicate" yourselves?

I use a mix of both klonopin (an anxiety medication that was prescribed to me once in high school) and marijuana (can't get medical in my state so i'm breaking the law on this too) to self medicate myself as it helps me relax and manage myself better with many aspects including emotions, anxiety, sensory overload, insomnia and social situations (including college and work).

I use 5-Hydroxytryptophan 5-HTP for my depression. For my ADHD symptoms I sometimes resort to energy drinks and coffee. I'm still having trouble getting the right med/combination prescribed. So far it's been an awful nightmare. Self medicating is my only option at the moment because I'm on a waiting list for a good psych trained on AS. I do find the 5-HTP helpful but only for my depression. When I was younger I experimented with weed I can see why people would self medicate with it. I'm thinking about trying some legal herbs with a vaporizer. I've been hanging out with hippie friends way too much LOL

maybe and maybe not

I live in a medical marijuana state............

As someone who smoked cannabis for years (though pre my awareness of AS) I would have thought that using it as an "aid" for the associated issues would be the last thing you'd want to do. Sure, it relaxes you, but I find it makes people far harder to read and my verbal skills which are always slower than others are then rendered almost useless. Maybe if you never had to leave your house and interact with anybody, but even so I still think it's a terrible choice.

It's almost like it filters out the AS for me. That's the only way I can explain it without being overly verbose. an example:

helps with the "don't want to do anything I'm not interested in-itis" because it makes the monotony of daily living a lot more bearable

I'd love to have a bottle of valium to self medicate myself. I wouldn't take it all the time, just when I have really bad anxiety attacks or my heart skips beats. I think my anxiety attacks are a little better lately because I moved and got away from some of my triggers but I still can have them randomly and over things that wouldn't upset other people.

In my late teens and early twenties I self medicated with alcohol when I socialized. I don't really socialize any more and now don't drink at all.

I tried taking valerian before but I don't remember if it really helped and it made my sweat smell funny. One thing I read about valerian that I didn't find out until many years after taking it is "An unusual feature of valerian is that the essential oil of valerian root is a cat attractant similar to catnip. Valerian contains the cat attractant actinidine. Cat attractants might mimic the odor of cat urine, which is caused by 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol (MMB). Anecdotal reports claim that valerian is also attractive to rats—so much so that it had been used to bait traps. Stories describe the Pied Piper of Hamelin using both his pipes and valerian to attract rats. Research also shows that Valerian root (Valeriana officinalis) is the strongest chemo-attractant of slime molds (P. polycephalum)."

I never let my rats at the capsules but I sometimes let them smell the cap and they would sniff it hard and seemed very interested in it.

I tried Ritalin (officially prescribed). buth that made me very unstable.

I tried dextroamphetamine (officially prescribed), but that may me rather numb.

I tried various illegal substances including LSD, MDMA, levoamphetamine, methylone and 2-FMA (self-medicated). Those did benefit me a lot, but the stimulants to tend to be addictive and result in dependence.

Currently, I try to stay free from any medication most of the time, although I do self-medicate occasionally.

My prefered combo for alleviating the more negative Autism symtoms is a mixture of levoamphetamine, methylone and 2-FMA.

Growing up in the 60's I was pretty much always 'medicated'. While I tried a LOT of things my go-to ' meds' were alcohol because I thought it helped me fit in....it didn't, and mescaline because it made me not care if I fit in or not. Now I just stick with nicotine...it takes the edge off just enough so I don't beat irritating people to death.