Mom uses Marijuana to treat 9 yr old Autistic Son

Great post.
Thank you!

First I should say that I have a soon-to-be-9 yr old son who has Autism. For those who have not experienced what it is like to have your kid, who you love like anyone loves their healthy children, be afflicted by this condition...it is often like a nightmare that you can't stop, can't control, can't change...and it's centered on your child. Your child appears and behaves toward everyone else like a monster at times but you see something they can't and it breaks your heart.

There are NO answers for Autism. There is no drug that works consistently or is equally effective for each person. Everything we do for them is a guess and most of the guessing is at a risk to their lives, their brain chemistry, their health...but doing nothing is not possible and cannot produce a healthy home life so we have to take some action. Personally, our current course is Geodone but it's not working like the half a dozen other medications he's been on since the age of three.

I remember at least once, after a seriously bad fit where he started trying to hurt himself and then me, I thought to myself in a sort of comical frustration, "Damn, a hit or too would solve everything right now." :)

I think compared to the drugs still in trial that have no research to even remotely indicate their long term effects, that pot sounds like a very plausible option. That's the thing with these kids...every day with them you have to think outside the box/traditional ideas, just to get them through each hour. I think she's got balls for not letting outside pressure influence the care of her son and for looking at every possibility to help him find peace/relief. Eventually, scientists and doctors are going to have more answers, dare to hope, maybe even a cure someday but for now we have a whole lot of questions and blank spaces so I say (for the children it applies to) give pot a chance! It's better than most of the crap their prescribing for our kids already. Maybe nature has something to offer here that science hasn't caught up to yet.

according to the Autism Research Institute cannabis is a very helpful medication for those afflicted by Autism.

As with any medicine precautions must be taken.

However, of all the medicines you could treat a child with, Cannabis is the least likely to cause harm and could possibly present the most benefit.

READ THIS :
http://www.autism.com/treatable/drug/marijuana_org.htm

AND THIS :
http://www.autism.com/ari/editorials/ed_marijuana.htm

I have adult ADHD and edibles help my focus and help calm me.

I wish that was my mom...Im sure marijuana will help alot of kids who have ADD or ADHD and are prescriped all those crazy pills...

Look @ the list of drugs your new born can be administered with and with out your consent and then get back to me with this Q on the cure.

PS off grid birthing if you care about your children.

Calling all trolls...a new marijuana post to hate on! We have only pulled in a few really determined ones so far! Edibles are an excellent way to manage pain and nausea. I am not sure yet what to think about uses for children, but I imagine it does less damage than pills. Good post Delia!

She named her son J? As in 'joint'??? Was she high when he was born too, wtf?

thats a rather USA centric view bubl

its not illegal in all countries (ie: netherlands) and it is researched quite extensively; check it out for yourself:

http://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?hl=en&q=marijuana+compounds&btnG=Se...

This is so interesting and promising. I really wish that marijuana would be researched extensively to scientifically further understand it's benefits, instead of being dismissed because it's illegal.

Lol @ GodsnLiberals, so what if someone who smokes weed isnt sick? you cant exactly abuse marijuana like you can other drugs, but dont get me wrong it can be abused. My point is your not gonna OD, and there's nothing wrong with using it if your perfectly healthy like their is with other drugs.

And i wanna know why this article is posted like every month? i've seen this same one a load of times, every time it gets out the limelight, someone posts it again and its right back up there? lol

Yet another example of how this miracle plant heals people.

let me ask you delia..are you autistic? are any of your friends who smokes weed suffer from austism?? are any of them sick at all??

problem with this logic is that people abuse this MEDICINE..just like any medicine..you abuse it..you fuck yourself over..

getting it yet??

good job mommy!

Gutsy move by any means, with all of the marijuana haters out there, leave it to Good-ole-Mom to strike a blow for the team. If studies on the use of marijuana weren't so anal -retentive, threatening imprisonment, unemployment and a derogitory reputation - it would probably prove to be an incredable eye opener for even the most rigidly impacted!
God-Bless
Buzzard

that's what i call a mom! haha.

There used to be a tradition in the south of slave mothers chosen as wet nurses for the master to take a rag and soak it with whiskey to let their own baby suck on to keep it from crying. I bet this works too.

If we can understand that cannabis is more in line with vitamins and supplements rather than pharmaceuticals, maybe we can move forward a little bit.

The FDA isn't in the business of evaluating the effectiveness of supplements such as echinacea, golden seal, sam-E, kava kava, (etc), or any vitamin for that matter.

We buy all those products because they alter our body in a way we see fit to benefit us; cannabis is no different.

Wow, thanks for posting. This is such an important story...

Good mom, i feel for her son.

huh?
chronic pain isnt a symptom autism... im assuming that bit of info was unrelated...

Shouldn't have given him those vaccinations i guess.