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by mrtranscendence 1202 days ago
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.

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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.

I'm very restless normally.

Enough weed and I'm not keeping myself awake.

But I only eat a cookie before bed