[Felminor]

What's that? '. Their cognitive decline may have altered employment opportunities for which they were qualified, but they were in no way demented. Yet.'

Who writes like that?

Also I have insomnia and ADHD and I'm pretty sure weed does help and allowed me to do more not less.

Without it I'm super tired already at Thursday.

And yes I lived long enough without it and it was like this before my weed use not after.

[mrtranscendence]

Interesting. I have ADHD and find that smoking weed makes my symptoms noticeably worse. Depending on how high I get, I find myself largely unable to focus, or even to complete thoughts without becoming distracted. This seems to persist after I'm no longer high -- even many hours after smoking I still find myself less able to stay on task.

If you're of the hyperactive type I could possibly see some benefits? As an inattentive and non-hyperactive type it's hard for me to imagine weed helping very much.

[starkd]

I find the same thing. Cannabis just makes me lose my train of thought within 5 seconds. It is very irritating.

The one thing I found to help the most is excercise. Even moderate daily walking, but the more you do it, the more benefits you get. There are actually endorphins released that mimic a high the natural way.

[Felminor]

I'm very restless normally.

Enough weed and I'm not keeping myself awake.

But I only eat a cookie before bed

[gameman144]

I have shaky hands, and a shot of alcohol is one of the recommended ways to treat them. This doesn't mean that alcohol has no downsides though.

Acknowledging that something has negative long term effects doesn't mean that you have to stop using it, it just means that you should weigh those effects into your mental cost-benefit analysis.

[starkd]

Excercise is also great for ADHD. Even a 2-mile vigorous walk every day. And it actually improves your health.