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does cannabis and or thc interfere with ritalin effect?

raspberrypie
over 2 years ago

hi all

i haven't found anything very conclusive or informative, but there's some mention of ritalin and cannabis attaching to the same cb1 receptors??? if so, can pot out compete ritalin, rendering ritalin ineffective?

I don't smoke pot a lot, but i do take thc or pot almost every single night... usually just enough to sleep - sometimes more, lol. never in the day. if i smoke too much at night, say, half or a whole joint, i feel it the next day. a pot hangover.

i'm also definitely interested in people who notice no effect and are happily indulging in both ritalin and pot.....

20 years ago, i tried ritalin, and could barely tolerate 5 or 10 mg. i'd get jittery, and noticed it could really focus me. now, since i take thc or pot, i'm up to 20mg... i don't notice many or any side effects --- it seems to help my focus. we've been upping my dose.............5 ...10......15 over three months... now i just started 20.  

thanks so much. stay healthy.

Parents
  • over 2 years ago

    Yeah as an Autistic/ADHD who's tried both in the past alcohol and cannabis have opposite effects on us weather were on retilin or not. Alcohol makes us more hyper and overly confident. Drugs make us Skat out more and paranoid rather than relaxed. Alcohol makes us hyper instead of calmer too. I hate drugs for this reason but find alchol useful as it eases me social anxiety and makes me confident in social situations. Also if your on retilin that's an anti phycotic drugs and alcohol do not pare well with it. Best avoided when on medication. 

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  • over 2 years ago

    Yeah as an Autistic/ADHD who's tried both in the past alcohol and cannabis have opposite effects on us weather were on retilin or not. Alcohol makes us more hyper and overly confident. Drugs make us Skat out more and paranoid rather than relaxed. Alcohol makes us hyper instead of calmer too. I hate drugs for this reason but find alchol useful as it eases me social anxiety and makes me confident in social situations. Also if your on retilin that's an anti phycotic drugs and alcohol do not pare well with it. Best avoided when on medication. 

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