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“We have used cannabis for a year now, here in Washington State. My son has a diagnosis of Autism, generalized anxiety and PTSD from school. He also has encopresis. We were living in hell on pharmaceuticals that were doing him harm and a prescriber that was making good guesses. My son was missing school, pulling out his hair, depressed, and had little control over his bowels and was in severe pain. He was anxious to go even to places he liked. Our whole family was living our lives around his symptoms and how to help him. I did what I was told even though my mother’s intuition said this was wrong. My good friend and colleague had decided to use CBD and suggested we try it. So we did. On our last appointment to our prescriber we had an open discussion about my son taking CBD. He reported me to CPS in the following week.” “For 6 months my attorney battled against their false, uneducated claims and we won. But during that extremely difficult time my son and I both got our MMJ cards. I have a mild closed traumatic brain injury as well. We met with a naturopath and got his diagnosis of PTSD and wasting disease as my son was underweight for his age, he has a long history of not eating, a swallowing disorder and sensory issues with foods.” “We also were able to join a non profit and receive his meds for free. My son has never been able to take medicine and has been hospitalized on several occasions because of it. Getting him to take pharmaceutical meds was torture, he now asks for his meds when I am late giving it to him. He has gained 16 pounds in one year, my eyes well up writing this, he’s never gained more than a few pounds per year ever! His bowels have regulated for as many as 12 consecutive weeks, pain free and in those 12-weeks he’s grown an inch! He is able to go to anxiety provoking places without freaking out.” “He still struggles with school PTSD but he is willing to try to work through it and this is where we’ve seen the biggest gains. He’s happier and HE SLEEPS! This summer he had his Bar Mitzvah at the wall in Jeruselem! Our lives are all changed in my family because of cannabis. I will fight to the death for him to have these life saving meds.” “Many people, friends and family have remarked about the significant change in my son and have asked what happened and I joyfully say this is what cannabis can do. October 30 will be our canniversary and I’m grateful everyday. Yes, it’s not perfect and we’ve had some down times and back slides but in comparison it’s a different world! If I didn’t teach, I’d leave my work and do something in this field. I am constantly researching, reading and taking about it. This year we’ve helped 5 family and friends access cannabis and it’s been beautiful to pay it forward.”
“Nate has severe autism and a history of severe self-injury and aggression towards others. We are originally from Wisconsin, where we lived until 2012 when we moved to Missouri. During the 2.5 years we were in that state, my son’s behaviors became extremely violent. He was kicked out of school and out of an adult day program for individuals with developmental disabilities. He literally ripped half of his own bottom lip completely off and to this day has numerous scars on his hands and legs from other self-injury. He was abusive and dangerous to our entire family. We attempted to have him hospitalized in an inpatient psychiatric facility numerous times; around 30 attempts to get help for him over those 2.5 years but they only took him 4 times, for 4-5 days each stay. During those hospitalizations, they just kept adding more and more psychotropic medications until he was at a point where he slept up to 18 hours/day and when he wasn’t sleeping, he was violent and self-injurious – increasingly so. He was taking up to 18 pills/day towards the end of our residency in that state.” “My husband was given the opportunity to move again, and we chose California. I had just heard of cannabis potentially helping people on the autism spectrum. This was our very last hope to keep him home and keep him and everyone else within our home safe. I had no idea if it would work. I had always believed cannabis was nothing more than a bad street drug. I believed it made people lazy and that there was absolutely no value to it at all. After seeing a video of a young child taking medicinal cannabis which almost immediately ended his violent behaviors, I began to reconsider all I knew about it. By this point, we had nothing left to lose. We were already expecting to have to institutionalize my son in California if the cannabis didn’t work and this was our absolutely final thing to try in order to keep him home, since none of the other medications we tried in the past had helped him.” “We started the cannabis within a couple of months of arriving in our new state. The results were almost immediate. I could see a dramatic change in his demeanor. He looked so calm, made eye contact, and just seemed to be more “present” in our world. Three days after beginning cannabis, we went to a National Park and he smiled and posed for the camera on his own. Before this, it was very rare to get him to smile for a photo. Now he does it all the time. Every preconceived notion I had about cannabis in the past was incredibly wrong. It has helped and began to heal my son more than anything else, ever.” “We slowly began weaning him from those 18 pills he was taking. It took 7 months to remove them all, but it happened! It has now been 24 months since he stopped taking pharmaceuticals. That is over 10,800 chemical-filled pharmaceutical pills that he hasn’t had to take. These medications were considered to be “safe” according to the FDA but actually are thought to have caused his diabetes, triggered a tic disorder, caused a grand mal seizure in the early stages of the weaning process (he has never had a seizure in his life before or since), and didn’t stop the aggressive episodes. They certainly were not going to keep him in our home and out of extremely high-cost, taxpayer-funded living arrangements. Now, on medicinal cannabis, he no longer sleeps 18 hours/day. Instead of being violent every single day, he might have a minor episode once every 3-4 months and it can generally be stopped in under 5 minutes. Before cannabis, it might have lasted all day long or we had to give him extra doses to make him sleepy so we wouldn’t get beaten by him. It has changed his life and our entire family’s lives drastically. He is happily living at home with us and we have no plans to find another home for him anymore. He also spends part of his days at a new day program with his peers and he seems to enjoy it. We no longer fear him or fear for his future.”
“Before starting cannabis, Michelle was in a completely debilitated state. She had severe autism, severe oral aversion, severe chronic systemic inflammation, feeding tube dependent, chronic infections, intractable seizures, chronic pain and Crohn’s disease, to name a few.”
“Now, three and a half years into treatment with cannabis, she has made remarkable gains.” “She no longer needs the feeding tube and is able to eat by mouth. The jejunostomy was surgically reversed. She can take medications by mouth. She is more connected to those around her and is able to take part in social activities and attended her first ballet! Everyone around her constantly remarks at how alert and awake she is now. She smiles and laughs and is engaged now.” “Previously she was not able to interact or engage in therapy. Now she is in adaptive exercise classes, speech and occupational therapy.” “She is off all prescription medications for Crohn’s and arthritis. Crohn’s disease and arthritis are in remission. Serum markers of inflammation are all normal. Stools are normal. Her pain medicine has been reduced.” “She has a NORMAL sleep schedule after 17 YEARS of an inconsistent sleep cycle or long periods without sleep. This is very remarkable for her and autism in general.” “Michelle takes: High CBD oil 150mg 3 times a day THCa tincture 14mg 3 times a day THC tincture 5mg twice a day & 10mg at night”
“What has Cannabis done for my son? It has been an amazing journey, and has changed my son’s life, my life, and my family for the better, its nothing short of a miracle.”
“My son was diagnosed at age 13 as being on the Autism Spectrum. The next 5 years became a nightmare as we watched our happy, intelligent son fall down the rabbit hole, helpless to stop it.” “We found puncture wounds in his clothes and in his mattress. We found a knife under his mattress. He stopped talking, and communicating, he appearance took on the look of the stereotypical mental patient in an asylum. There were suicide attempts. The farther down the hole he fell, the worse it became. He missed a year of school (we now homeschool him), he did not leave the house. Any physical contact would put him in a meltdown, getting anywhere near him would cause him to repel back. Any suggestion of being part of the outside world would send him spiraling out of control. Doctors spoke as though he was schizotypal, he could not connect with reality. Our son was gone, and we could not help him.” “After 4 years of pharmaceutical drugs (abilify, eveekeo, risperidone, lexipro, etc, etc, etc,..) we were losing hope. Every drug they gave him, only made him worse after the false hope of the “honeymoon week”. I found a Facebook page called Whole Plant Access for Autism. I spent the next three months asking question after question, researching with these great ladies. On Jan 10th (his birthday) we finally gave him Charlottes Webb CBD oil. Within 15 mins he was looking at us in the eye as he spoke. We had not had eye contact with him in years. Within a month we were playing elaborate board games with him. Wit in 3 months he was going outside. We tried THC with him for a short time, and it did wonders, but I dont think he needs the psychoactive part of THC, as his imagination ran a little wild with it, 6 months later he was going out to stores for short excursions with his mom. We switched to CBG oil by Flower Child 30 days ago at the recommendation of WPA4A, and have made another huge jump. 9 months later, last weekend to be exact, he was at a Bar/Restaurant/LiveMusicVenue hugging family members he had not seen in years. Shaking hands with strangers, and he was SMILING, ENJOYING THE SCENE!!. He now seeks out conversation, and readily enjoys getting out and about. His psychologist says he he is ready for the ACT, and has found a group for him to work on Social Skills. All of the above would have never occurred without Cannabis.”
“Gabriella, 20 years old . Currently using homemade Plant matter capsules of decarbed Purple Urkle strain with drops of homemade infused THC oil of the Gorilla Glue #4 strain ( approximately 6 drops of infused oil per capsule. Dosage is currently 12mg in the morning and doubled at evening dose to 24mg . Dosing at 7:30 AM and 7:30PM.”
“Benefits we seen is her self injurious behavior has not been seen. She las a long history of SIB’s in particular biting the tops of her hands. I never thought the tops of her hand would ever have a chance to heal and they are ! If anyone has ever experienced there child injuring themselves and literally mutilating themselves it’s horrendous to see and hear.” “Her anxiety has lessened and her normally incredibly high OCD behavior as well making it so much easier for her to better process information and transition to. You almost see that something switched on that wasn’t there before…hope that makes sense but it’s true.” “And for whatever reason and I hope this doesn’t sound strange… her eating preferences is so much better. She honestly before had a unhealthy addiction to AMERICAN cheese. She could and wanted to eat it by the block…on bread, off bread, melted and eat with a spoon. It was crazy. I don’t think she has eaten it but asked for a grill cheese once, possibly twice in probably about 6 weeks.” “She was transitioned this school year to a program next door to her school that they are trying to focus on more functional life skills …I was terrified because of her previous behavior and I have received incredibly positive reports. They even made a note the one day that when another student was ha I gotta a difficult time that she remained calm and attentive when normally this would set her off , cause her stress and not allow her to focus. It spoke volumes to me. I truly see her better able to process incoming information when prior I always said her mind just never turned off . Truly incredible to see these incredible life changing benefits.” “She has been off all pharmaceutical since. mid-June of 2018. Cannabis has so incredibly helped her. I was so fearful for a lifetime of prescription medication for her.”
“Nicholas, 20 years old : current dosing and strain is homemade Plant matter capsules using decarbed strain of Grape Ape and adding THC infused oil drops ( using homemade oil infusion) of the AK-47 strain, adding approximately 6 drops at the moment of the THC infused oil. Dosing currently is 22/23mg capsule at 7:30 AM and 7:30 PM. Benefits we have seen are incredible and we have had a lot of trial and error over 4 -5 months.”
“He has very aggressive behavior and currently since using the Plant matter capsules they have been absent. His anxiety has decreased tremendously, he was living honestly most of his time in an anxiety state from the time he would open his eyes until the time he would finally close them which leads me to report as well how much it’s helped his sleep without having to add any other cannabinoid to this current regimen. I just want to add that I am not exaggerating when I say he lived so much of his day in a constant state of anxiety. It would break our hearts to feel helpless and watching him we knew how unhealthy feeling this constant panic, anxiety, and irritability was for him and anybody.” “He has been able to sit calmly, for example at a dr’s appointment when previously he would have to be removed after a minimum of 5 minutes due to becoming highly anxious then irritable and knowing he was going to lash out any moment if he was made to stay. At his last doctors appointment they even went over his sister first and he sat very calm throughout.” “He is able to go back on the bus to and from school when I was previously being told that when I tried sending him on the bus he would arrive in an already extremely irritable state and it would take him an hour to calm then I was being called everyday that his behavior is not safe to send him home on bus transportation.” “He looks overall so much healthier which was even commented to us at his recent follow up Psychiatry appointment. He has actually lost weight . The doctor even made mention that being off pharmacy medication and being on cannabis is probably why he looks healthy…I was very shocked he would say this as he is normally pretty rigid but I believe truly that you have to open up when you see the difference before your eyes.” “My son has been off pharmacy medication since June 2018 and he is on the severe end of the spectrum, non verbal. He was on pharmaceuticals since at least age 5/6.” “Never did I think this could be possible. He never even received any type of rescue pharmacy medication since starting our cannabis journey.”
“I take care of my sister (27) who has severe autism & CP. She was a very happy child and happy baby but when she became a teenager and young adult is when she became physically violent. when she was about 18 she was placed in a group home after standing over my moms bed with knifes. At this point in her life she would attack anyone and everyone she could get her hands on.”
“At the group home they had her so doped up on pharmaceuticals that she wasn’t able to move. After a couple years passed and lots of different med cocktails we found a group home that seemed ok for her to be in but because she was so extremely violent she could only be in level 4 group homes which means all of the people living there are physically violent. Now my sister was the one being hurt and abused constantly in and out of the ER. My mom couldn’t take her out for fear of her own life as well as multiple health conditions. At this point (1 year ago) I begged my mom to let me take her out and give me a chance to take care of her. She and I were both hesitant because I have 2 younger children but I couldn’t live my life knowing what was happening to her. August of last year we brought her home and at this point in her life she was a little more settled down from previously described above. I think that happens with age or maybe all the damage from medications. My mom had been tinkering with edibles for herself so we decided to try some on my sister and this was before we found this FABULOUS group. We seen improvements but nothing that lasted. Someone had mentioned something in another group about this group and immediately immersed myself in the wealth of knowledge in this group. We have found our success with HIGH amounts of THC literally in the hundreds of mgs of pure THC a day if not more. We are constantly changing strains every couple weeks and doing lots of resets (no cannabis for 24-48 hours). We are not perfect by any-means. My sister is still on a ton of pharmaceuticals because I am terrified of weaning. We have really bad days still and seem to be more often then not but that’s part of this process. There is no one magic formula to this. Its constantly changing and shifting. But the most important thing is she is home with me where she belongs and for the most part she is healthy and happy surrounded by family that loves her. She is a whole other person on cannabis and full of life and happiness. She does her best and living her best life in a “high” state of mind. I cannot thank this group enough for all they have done for us mentally, emotionally and physically. There is a lot more that plays into this story but i don’t have time to write a novel lol.” “Some of the things cannabis has helped my sister with is violence, self injury, self mutilation, anger, screaming, failure to thrive, weight gain and management, treating precancerous cells, treating stomach ulcers, menstrual relief and I am sure others that I cannot think of right now.”
M.W. wrote – “My son has a handful of different diagnoses, perhaps the most significant being intractable epilepsy and moderate-severe autism. He took Keppra in large doses which exacerbated the aggressive tendencies associated with his autism. This quickly became the perfect storm in which resulted in my sweet little boy attacking us, his parents, every day. He punched us, kicked, pulled hair, and even began to choke me. He was seizing, and nothing was helping. Something had to change, so we moved to a state with legal access.”
“Unfortunately, there isn’t a medical cannabis “How-To Guide” when it comes to helping patients, especially when they have an often-misunderstood diagnosis like ASD. I was in a legal state with cannabis everywhere but had no clue what to do. That’s when I found Whole Plant Access for Autism, a group better than any book.”
“WPA4A is a group unlike any other; parents are teaching others and sharing information without judgment, with full love and support. They aren’t just members of a group, they are friends and family even if we’ve never even exchanged a word to each other. A parent can share a bad day, a dangerous meltdown, or ask questions about making their own oil. We celebrate our successes together, and share love during struggles without judgement.”
“What truly makes WPA4A unique is the coupling of humanity and science. I have learned what strains are helpful to my son and why. Whole Plant Access for Autism and its members have helped me take charge of my son’s health and future, providing me with information on how to help my child when nobody else has answers. I have successfully made my own products when nothing would help, most recently a topical balm. My son had horrible bruising all over his arms from a blood draw gone awry. He was in tears, angry, and seizing from the pain. His usual dose wasn’t helping and there weren’t any topical products available that were available to help him. My beautiful WPAA family taught me how to not only infuse my own oil effectively and safely but also how to turn it into exactly what my son needed. I even know the dosing of this topical because of the valuable info I found in the group! This salve has become a go-to in our home and helped my son when nothing else did.”
“Our family’s lives have been changed forever because of medical cannabis. My son is now seizure-free and able to enjoy things he never could before. He attended two Colorado Rockies baseball games that we took the train to. WOW! We couldn’t even handle most days alone at home and now he’s in the community. He is thriving in school, speaking more than ever and flourishing cognitively. Cannabis has been a game changer, and Whole Plant Access for Autism gave us the community to support us and information to be successful. Thank you, WPA4A!”
L.F. wrote – “Seizures are the scariest thing that you can watch your child endure. They make me freeze and the only thought that goes through my head is ‘please don’t die’. No mother or father should ever have to see their child suffer with a seizure. I followed Charlottes Story from Charlottes Web in awe and knowing that this would be something I would try because AEDs scared me because of the horrific side effects. My son has been seizure free for 4 years on meds and we are finally weaning him off of medications because we feel safe having cannabis on board as we wean. I’m looking forward to getting him off the medication which will take us about a year going slowly. I’m so glad I live in CA where we have had access to this life saving plant medications for our kids.”
“When you start your cannabis journey, finding answers hasn’t been hard but it’s also not from any doctors. I have found that it’s the moms who have come before me who have used this with their kids who offer the best advice and support. Whole Plan Access for Autism facebook group has been a great resource for questions and brain storming. I learn more from the moms running the group and members than I have at any appointment where I have asked about using cannabis for seizures and autism. It’s the moms who are the pioneers using this and teaching others which is the best way to learn. So huge gratitudes to Jenni and Rhonda taking their precious time to help all moms when they begin this journey. Thank you for your continuous support and serving the Autism community when many times we only hear “It’s all a part of Autism and there is nothing we can do.” Well, that is certainly NOT sound advice – there is plenty that you can do and Cannabis is a big one.”
M.D. wrote – “I have a severely autistic son that is 16 years old. We started this journey when he was 14. We had been trying all different medications on him to help control his behavior. I fear our next step was to try anti-psychotics in the hopes of keeping him in the home with his family.”
“In July of (2015), we were at our wit’s end with my son’s aggression and also his punching of his chest which had morphed into banging his chin on hard surfaces, like the keyboard and remote controls and countertop. His chin would get bruised and swollen and bleed, and even though I could tell it hurt because he would cry, he couldn’t stop himself from doing it. I started investigating CBD oil on the Internet, I listened to a webinar on using cannabis oil for autism and found out that the THC is what really works for the aggression and self-injurious behaviors associated with autism.”
“When I first started on the task of locating cannabis oil for Z, I was overwhelmed by the process and did not feel like I was going to have much success, but I stumbled onto Whole Plant Access for Autism. I can’t Thank the admins of this group enough for all the info the have shared.”
“I started adding THC oil to the CBD Oil and it was a life changer. The aggression and self-injurious behavior is all but gone. He might hit 10 times a week now and only one hit at a time. When the behaviorist was having us track his punching himself, he was punching 80 times in an hour!!! It has been so miraculous the changes that we have seen. He still has autism that is for sure BUT his quality of life is so much better as well as the quality of life for the rest of the family. I am forever indebted to Whole Plant Access for Autism for the guidance and support that they have shown us. I don’t know where my son would be without them. Most likely, he would be institutionalized instead of living at home and participating in his community.”
J.L. wrote – “R is a 27 year old mentally handicapped man with autistic tendencies. He has been on Risperdone since he was 13 years old. Up until the age of 21, R was a hyper, happy, loud, energetic young man. We had tried trazadone for sleep along the way with minimal success to help him sleep better. At one point we put R on a psych drug to help try to calm the hyper a little more. This was one of the worst decisions we had ever made. Rage came out full force. It had caused him to have to leave the last summer school session he would be in before transitioning into an adult day program. Eight weeks we (the family) had endured something we had never ever in our lives ever thought we would see. Our son was so psychotic and unmanageable. The state had no help to offer us. I called numerous places and all were dead ends. Psych Dr. kept switching medicines and nothing was working. They offered us respite to take a break from our son. That was not an option.” “Fast forward 5 years, R rotated a couple of meds back and forth as best as we could to keep behavior at bay until at one point even this wasn’t working for him. We switched meds one last time. and then after 21 days of straight rage we decided that certain medication was not helping him. Somehow, I cannot recall exactly how I came across medical marijuana, maybe I googled medical marijuana, but i found a product called Haleigh’s Hope. And this is where we began our cannibis journey. We were down one medication. The Haleigh’s Hope was helping. However, Haleigh’s Hope was CBD, we will eventually learn that my son needed THC in order to calm the behaviors.”
“Fast forward almost 6 months later and someone introduced me to the Whole Plant Access for Autism site. I have found not only new friends, but a new family, people who can understand what I am going through, people who can say “WOW we have been there too”, and more positive advise that I will ever need. This site also allows me, a special needs mom on a crazy journey, to give others input and advise from what we have been through with our son. As I continued to learn from these new friends how cannibis can help more, they gave me strength to continue fighting for what my son needed. We got his medical marijuana card in order to access THC.”
“Cannibis has been a life changer for my son and our family. Has it cured the problem, no. However, over the last year, my son has been able to come off ALL his pharmaceutical medication. Ativan is no longer needed. We have been successful in replacing these medications with cannibis. Is it a fix all and everything is perfect… no. However, my son is able to express himself better, he can get angry and stop himself and bring himself back down to a better controlled level. If not we can adjust his cannibis use and find other strains to help. His body is healing from using so much medications for so many years. We ARE headed in the right direction thanks to our Whole Plant Access to Autism family and cannibis.”
T.D. wrote – “C had been on some form of medication since she was a little over 2 finally about February 2017. The Drs told me that there was nothing more they could do no more medicines to SAFELY try which i use the word safely loosely with all the side effects but all these medicines either didn’t work at all or caused numerous bad effects from self injurious behaviors to extreme mood swings she was covered in bruises bleeding and had bumps everywhere pretty much everyday.” “So April 2017 we decided to try CBD why not right we had tried everything else Therapies all the drs diets supplements the works of course i was nervous as any parent is starting a new regimen but within days i saw huge differences she was smiling laughing and truly enjoying life no more banging her head throwing herself around and she started interacting with us eye contact improved and she was eating truly eating not just 5 things all day everyday she started eating meats cheese eggs healthier things she is no longer so underweight she doesn’t even make the growth charts. she is a happy healthy girl now. She started making more vocal sounds she is nonverbal so that was huge and trying to say words you could hear them they may not always sound exactly right but enough to tell what she was saying. She started getting great reports in school she was mimicking and interacting with her teachers aides and friends. The difference is incredible i often look back and think was she really that battered and bruised when i look at past pictures or was she really that unhappy seeing her frowns and lack of eye contact. I am not saying everyday is perfect we all have bad days right but everyday is soooooo much better than before we started cannabis. I am so grateful to everyone at whole plant access for autism without them i don’t think i would have been able to do this and help my daughter. We are now 10 months into using this amazing healing medicine and i don’t regret my decision to use this method of medicine for one second. It’s the best decision i ever made not only for her but for my whole family. We can now go to a store a restaurant on a vacation whatever and i know she can handle it. Our lives will never be the way they were and that’s a blessing i will never take for granted. Thank you all for helping me help my daughter. I love you more than i could ever say you are my family and you are always there HUGS to all”
L.S. wrote – “We started our Cannabis journey in 2013 when D was 16 years old. D was much older than most who have begun their healing journey, believe me the healing is possible no matter the age. D has had intractable Epilepsy since a newborn at 9 days old and has suffered daily seizures most of her life. As she has gotten older her autistic behaviors have became more apparent and she does 6 stims (repetitious behaviors) all the time with NO breaks in between.” “We are now 4 years in and it has had many ups and downs (photo above right taken May 2017, age 19). It isn’t perfect, but she is so much better than before cannabis. We have been able to stop 4 anti epileptic medications since starting our cannabis journey, which in itself is awakening. Although not seizure free, her quality of life is so much better; all seizures are now under a minute with no postictal stage. D has some eye contact and interacts with her siblings and laughs at appropriate times, this is huge! Before cannabis D didn’t know who was around her nor did she care. With the amazing administrators and knowledgeable members in the Facebook Group “Whole Plant for Autism” process we are honing in on the perfect combo, slowly but surely to calm her autistic behaviors. D is happy and pleasant in this healing journey.”
L.H. wrote – “Where do I start? We began the medical use of Cannibas in February 2017. We were looking to find a saving grace for our 17 year old son, who was having huge aggressive outbursts. We had no idea what we were doing, but we were so blessed to find WPA4A group on fb and they have been a tremendous help along the journey, doing their very best to guide me.
“The benefit of Cannibas has been miraculous. My son has seen the same speech therapist for more than two years, and she began remarking, “I don’t know what you did today, but keep doing it”! It’s given me my son back. He has joy, he is calmer, and our family was saved from having to make other decisions about if we would be able to keep him in our home safely. That’s huge. I can’t say enough about what Cannibas has done for my son or our family. My boy was prescribed Klonopin around the same time We began Cannibas, I can proudly say, he hasn’t had to use those but a handful of times. He’s had a script for hundreds of pills, they are no longer needed unless We have a huge crisis on our hands when he isn’t feeling well. But that is so few and far between, I don’t even have to use the refills. Knowing my son isn’t having to be addicted to a benzo is a relief. We have been able to do things we were not previously able to do. All families should have access to MM. Thank you to the admins of WPA4A for your unending support and knowledge.”
J.W. wrote – “We started using cannabis with our son when he was 6 years old. We had exhausted all other options. he has been diagnosed with severe adhd, mild autism, spd, dyspraxia, anxiety and a language disorder. He was under weight, aggressive, non affectionate, couldn’t sleep, unable to learn, impulsive, and just miserable.
D.H. wrote – “Living in an illegal state, I have only been able to try CBD oil on my 8 year old son. He’s severely autistic, non-verbal, ADHD and SPD. The small doses of CBD oil we gave for four months didn’t have any impact on him. I know he needs THC and it kills me to be in Illinois, where the government stops me from treating my son naturally with a plant. “So what to do with the CBD oil I have left? Well this group helped me realize that I myself should use it! I experience anxiety quite often, and CBD oil and vape pens are my rescue when I feel a panic attack looming. Special needs parents need to remember that self-care is vital to be the best we can be for our loved ones. While the state laws here seem to be at a stand-still, elections are around the corner, and I will continue to advocate with IL-MAMMAs to get my son access to whole plant treatment. In the meantime, this group helps me stay informed and continue to learn about dosing, strains, effectiveness…and some non-cannabis related discussions that interest me as well. Keep up the great work!”
N.D. wrote – “Cannabis has literally changed my life! I used to work at a hospital and one day I was helping a patient who lost his balance and long story short I caught him to keep him from hitting his head which was good for him but bad for me. I ended up with 7 bulging discs and permanent nerve damage. I could barely walk. It ended my new career as a respiratory therapist. I was devastated!
C.V. wrote – “My daughter is 8 and has autism. I started using the CBD/Thc gummies and they helped and then added the oils and had someone make some cookies.”
“The aggressive behavior calms, she is more like the child before she lost her words. Before she was lost to Autism. When seizures happen, it’s so hard to get her back and I want to be able to do more. I am tired of the stigma that people have MM. I know it changes things and I want to see it change her more. She can do anything if we help her the right way.” “I know that no matter what, I will fight her, her neurologist said do what you can, go to Colorado and get info, research and find ways and I’ll support you.” “I’m trying my best and being a mom with seizures herself, I believe this would help me too. The anxiety triggers so much for me and it’s overwhelming to the family unit.
I pray we win and can begin to use this. I desperately want this, it’s just not been in my budget.”