Hi everyone,

short backstory needed for my question: I have diagnosed ADHD as well as severe depression and anxiety. Even before I got diagnosed and put on medical treatment, I noticed Cannabis had a generally positive effect on me. I never went down that rabbit hole too much and only rarely consume pretty small amounts to this day.

I expect Cannabis to help with my depression and maybe anxiety. As for the ADHD, I never get tired from using Cannabis like people I hung out with. It just seems to work differently to some degree with my brain chemistry. I noticed it clearly impairs my executive function and memory pretty severely for about a day if I smoke. But on the flipside it does a similar thing as my Vyanese does and helps to lower how much energy it takes to start tasks.

I am super curious if anyone has anyone made similar experiences or if anyone is successfully using cannabis as treatment?

I am aware ADHD is a spectrum disorder, so experiences will vary. I know at least one person with diagnosed ADHD that also smokes occasionally. In their case the weed takes a bit longer to set in, but it seems to work on them as it assumably does on a neurotypical people. I also heard a lot of people also use/used Cannabis to treat their ADHD and I am glad it works for them. Personally I just used it once for a prolonged period in my life, but the negative effects quickly outweighed any positives. I could get shit done, but it felt like a dice throw each time what parts of my ADHD got much worse in exchange.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    i’m coincidentally new to both adhd and 5g thc + 25g cbd gummies, so take this with a grain of salt.

    i have not had a good experience with gummies yet (this was also before i was on concerta). the first few times i took one 5g gummy and felt nothing. Then (different day) i took two, again nothing. Then (again a different day) i took 3 and was completely spaced. it felt close to being drunk, which i really dislike. It was like my brain only worked 1 second out of every 5, constantly trying to catch up to the world around me. Not at all what i was expecting after having lots of friends who smoked to make other experiences better. i could not process anything let alone enjoy.

    ultimately I decided i hated it and just went to sleep to get it over with. I’m going to take a break from gummies now that i’m starting concerta. Maybe once my adhd meds are stabilized i’ll try the gummies again.