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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 28853" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>From the Substance Abuse archive:</p><p></p><p><em>"Self-medicating is very very common for BiPolar (BP) and for ADHD. As an experienced and well read Mom of ADHD kids I can attest to the fact that the legal medications often are not effective for teens. So, just when the kids are facing that mega challenge that all kids face, their medications don't do the trick and</em></p><p><em>substances do. Sad to say..compliance is not easy to come by even with easy child teens. With disordered kids it must be darn rare for the kid to "want" any help getting rid of the very thing that makes them feel good! DDD </em></p><p></p><p>Before we "knew" that difficult child 1 was smoking pot, we already knew he had problems with ADD medications but his symptoms had "mysteriously" started lessening. After he came clean with us, we immediately went to our family doctor who was also treating the ADD. doctor says that he has an "astounding" number of ADD/ADHD kids who won't take their medications, but smoke pot like crazy. And from his point of view, it seems to help. He's certain that some researcher somewhere will find a legal THC derivitive that will be an effective treatement for ADD/ADHD. </p><p></p><p>Maybe, maybe not, but it sure bears thinking about. For me, I can honestly say that difficult child 1 got better (not "good", but better) grades when he went to school stoned than when he was on his ADD medications.</p><p></p><p>Anybody else notice this in their kids?</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 28853, member: 3579"] From the Substance Abuse archive: [i]"Self-medicating is very very common for BiPolar (BP) and for ADHD. As an experienced and well read Mom of ADHD kids I can attest to the fact that the legal medications often are not effective for teens. So, just when the kids are facing that mega challenge that all kids face, their medications don't do the trick and substances do. Sad to say..compliance is not easy to come by even with easy child teens. With disordered kids it must be darn rare for the kid to "want" any help getting rid of the very thing that makes them feel good! DDD [/i] Before we "knew" that difficult child 1 was smoking pot, we already knew he had problems with ADD medications but his symptoms had "mysteriously" started lessening. After he came clean with us, we immediately went to our family doctor who was also treating the ADD. doctor says that he has an "astounding" number of ADD/ADHD kids who won't take their medications, but smoke pot like crazy. And from his point of view, it seems to help. He's certain that some researcher somewhere will find a legal THC derivitive that will be an effective treatement for ADD/ADHD. Maybe, maybe not, but it sure bears thinking about. For me, I can honestly say that difficult child 1 got better (not "good", but better) grades when he went to school stoned than when he was on his ADD medications. Anybody else notice this in their kids? Mikey [/QUOTE]
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