Marijuana Treats Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is marked by an insurmountable preoccupation with fixed ideas, no matter how preposterous, that withstand the patient's best efforts to submerge them through the application of logic. Cannabis, as no other substance yet discovered, allows a person to forget, and to laugh, even at one's own obsessions and compulsions.
A 38-year-old woman with recurrent major depression and OCD did not respond to standard medications. While undergoing treatment with medical marijuana, the patient’s OCD symptoms decreased significantly within 10 days.
A 36-year-old man with schizophrenia and OCD was not helped by standard medications. After the addition of medical marijuana to ongoing treatment with clomipramine and clozapine, a significant reduction of OCD symptoms was observed within 2 weeks.
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There are other studies being done in Germany. It reduces glutamate over activity which is linked to OCD, several anxiety disorders, and Schizophrenia.
As for me I was rated at a fraction of a point away from the highest level of OCD before treatment. I was diagnosed with treatment refractory OCD which means that a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, SSRI's, and a few atypical antipsychotics were unable to give me relief. This is actually the case for about 40% of people with OCD. Treatment does very little for them.
Life can be unbearable with OCD. Fortunately I found marijuana and I am now quite happy now and have no OCD. I used to also suffer from several panic attacks during the day, now I have one every two weeks and thats about it. I'm much better off and my grades were much higher after using medical marijuana.
I took advanced math classes and my grades actually went up after smoking. I wish people would give their ignorance a rest.
I had terrible OCD until I started smoking cannabis . I still have it but its nothing compared to what it used to be. I only smoke a little bit at night and it has worked amazingly. If I don't have any after about 2 weeks the ridiculous ritual nonsense starts to creep back up on me like when I was younger. I only smoke a little to get a nice chilled out high. I never get dumb. I smoked most days in college and did really well in my exams and I now have my own business and grow my own smoke. If I didn't smoke in school or college the rituals would definitely have made it much harder to study. You don't have to smoke loads, just a little pinch of it in a pipe does the job and you won't be stupid. I really don't think it kills brain cells at all. I never get a hangover like drink gives you. I can honestly say that it works for me and I recommend cannabis to anyone who has OCD. Remember you only need to have a little bit for it to work . Good luck.
Its actually shown to be a neuro-protectant :) has demonstrated several very interesting (and rare) neurologically protective characteristics.
I have to be honest, when I saw the title to this argument, I laughed out loud. I'm pretty sure your average marijuana user doesn't care enough about anything to be OCD. I'm not sure if it qualifies as treatment, however, if the patient stops displaying signs of compulsive behavior simply because he/she is too stoned to give a shit.
This is a ridiculous contention- there are two people cited as evidence for this. OCD is an anxiety disorder which can be affected by a myriad of things. If it is that case that two people with OCD responding positively to a substance qualifies as evidence that the substance is medicine, then I submit that caffeine is a medicine too. We'll probably soon find that the same is true of chocolate.
Works for me that is all I need to know! Stop the feds save 100 billion let my brother sisters out of jail not please!