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<blockquote data-quote="CAmom" data-source="post: 333244" data-attributes="member: 1835"><p>I can't say I was thrilled about the Rx for marijuana, but my son has been tried on SO many medications in the past and clearly remembers some of the excruciating and frightening side effects (as do I...), particularly, migraines and mania, that several caused and is very leery of taking them. He takes Seroquil for his mild BiPolar (BP). He's convinced that marijuana helps the best to "calm all the chaos" in his head when he's trying to relax, and it probaby does. </p><p></p><p>As far as marijuana helping with appetite, that is DEFINITELY one of the things I remember from the days when my friends and I all used it recreationally on the weekends. There is a Rx drug, Marinol (sp) that is marijuana-based and used to stimulate the appetite for cancer patients, so I can imagine that those brownies would help the child who wasn't eating.</p><p></p><p>I think the advice to have my son reevaluated with the focus on vocational training to determine just what he's able to do is a really good idea. At this point, I'm not sure if it's his diagnoses, the medications including the marijuana and/or Seroquil which might be contributing to his anxiety, a simple lack of motivation, or a combination that are keeping him seemingly frozen in time. I've stepped back over the past two years, hoping that he'd find his way at his own pace, but, at 20 years old, it's not happening yet, and I feel that we need to step back in to help/nudge him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAmom, post: 333244, member: 1835"] I can't say I was thrilled about the Rx for marijuana, but my son has been tried on SO many medications in the past and clearly remembers some of the excruciating and frightening side effects (as do I...), particularly, migraines and mania, that several caused and is very leery of taking them. He takes Seroquil for his mild BiPolar (BP). He's convinced that marijuana helps the best to "calm all the chaos" in his head when he's trying to relax, and it probaby does. As far as marijuana helping with appetite, that is DEFINITELY one of the things I remember from the days when my friends and I all used it recreationally on the weekends. There is a Rx drug, Marinol (sp) that is marijuana-based and used to stimulate the appetite for cancer patients, so I can imagine that those brownies would help the child who wasn't eating. I think the advice to have my son reevaluated with the focus on vocational training to determine just what he's able to do is a really good idea. At this point, I'm not sure if it's his diagnoses, the medications including the marijuana and/or Seroquil which might be contributing to his anxiety, a simple lack of motivation, or a combination that are keeping him seemingly frozen in time. I've stepped back over the past two years, hoping that he'd find his way at his own pace, but, at 20 years old, it's not happening yet, and I feel that we need to step back in to help/nudge him. [/QUOTE]
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