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Medicinal Cannabis to Treat Autism Related Anxiety?

Chissy

After my diagnosis, I was recommended to try a consultation with a medicinal cannabis company as they recommended it for trying to combat my anxiety levels. It's these levels that really hinder me the most in learning what makes me tick.

Does anyone have any experience with it? Anti depressants have never really done much for me, I've tried methylphenedrate for my ADHD and although, yes it's great for concentrating on a task, doing anything else is like doing a handbrake turn in a train...

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  • Over the last 30+ years I've tried various SSRI and a SNRI, an antipsychotic. I've also had several courses of CBT and a couple of sessions of talking therapy.

    None of the meds or the CBT were effective in any way, the talking therapy gave me a chance to vent and explore my feelings and history, I found this most helpful but it was no more than a brief respite.

    You can get Esketamine (the left hand version of ketamine) and cannabis privately in the UK but it's can be expensive.

    I'm at an impasse , I'm considering asking for tDCS or TMS that might break the cycle. Some people say micro dosing psilocybin/Ketamine or MDMA but these are all illicit in the UK. There are medical trials but unless the drugs are declassified or reclassified we'll never get them.

  • in reply to Hergé

    Thank you. Much the same experiences on tablets. I think my new autism diagnosis gets me thinking again about it all but it's right scarey.

    CBT's a funny one. I think looking back I people pleased. I didn't want to think the CB Therapist wasn't helping me so I think I ended up kind of towing the line and telling him what he wanted to hear.

    I never worked out how to analyse one thought whilst simultaneously being bombarding with 300 more whilst you're doing it.

  • in reply to Chissy

    I was told by a psychologist that standard CBT isn't as successful with autistic people as our thought patterns aren't always linear (a-b-c etc), we may start at the same point but end up at e before revisiting b then back to a again. It can be modified apparently but not all practitioners do it.

    When I did therapy I made the decision to just let go which was very difficult to start with, it became easier over time. It was quite freeing and I discovered things about myself that I'd previously buried or forgot.

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    Cheese, I thought?  Or weeding......or hoovering......or something?

  • in reply to Deleted User

    Yes it would make sense, as long as its the noise only and not the balloon. And it's the sound of one being pinched at the end. Which would make it deflate more slowly of course. This is all what I assumed. Although the sound of a rapidly deflating balloon would add more enjoyment. 

    Might be cos I don't start at A, but rather,  C.

    Wait, what's this thread about!?

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  • in reply to Deleted User

    Yes it would make sense, as long as its the noise only and not the balloon. And it's the sound of one being pinched at the end. Which would make it deflate more slowly of course. This is all what I assumed. Although the sound of a rapidly deflating balloon would add more enjoyment. 

    Might be cos I don't start at A, but rather,  C.

    Wait, what's this thread about!?

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