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The devil's rule (media.piefed.social)

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11032069/

PSA from a cannabis user with ADHD, there is a reason I only use it on holidays and not for treating my mental health issues. It actively makes them worse. If you need to self-medicate for insurance reasons, coffee or caffeine pills and setting timers and alerts on your phone are far more effective.

While experimentation with psychoactive substances is relatively normative for adolescents and young adults, those with ADHD are more likely to experience negative consequences of use compared with neurotypical peers and despite comparable rates of use.21,22 A closer look at the worsening risk of cannabis use problems in ADHD populations is warranted, starting with cannabis use trends, effects on cognition, and motivators for use.

Chronic cannabis users with ADHD may worsen preexisting deficits in working memory and executive function in ways that may not become apparent until later in life, with long-lasting, persistent effects despite discontinuing use

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I have what a doctor called autism presenting as ADHD, makes me prone to PTSD and a few other acronyms.

For me, caffeine is absolutely a help when I have to work on a complex task, even if I'm not groggy I can't seem to focus without a few coffees. I have studied it, I know how it works. But it also can crash me hard, too much and I get groggy and it can take days to balance my sleep cycle again.

When it comes to cannabis/THC, it can be very hit-or-miss. When I was younger it was fine, now I have to be super careful and can only really tolerate edibles. I joked in a thread above about finishing the day with a "bag" of edibles, but honestly, that shit can make my feelings of despair and anxiety so bad that it leaves me incapacitated and traumatized. Overuse feels like it does lasting harm, so in my older, wiser years I reduce all mind-altering chemicals, including caffeine. Just because something is socially acceptable doesn't mean it's safe.

Self medication is a dangerous game, and stressful to talk about online because there's always going to be some paradoxically defensive and angry, addicted stoner ready to chime in that HIS habit isn't dangerous, and that saying anything negative about his drug of choice is going to cause congress to instantly reclassify it.