CBD & autism

chiarieds
chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
in Autism and neurodiversity
Now I'm not saying this is a cure all, but today had an email from the Realm of Caring, which is USA-based & a good resource for cannabis-related products such as CBD oil, which may be of interest. Here's the link: https://realmofcaring.org/cannabis-autism/?_kx=-XlI_o0OH_1ORli5avtLw_fxy-4dZzQ29xzMPQwnwoM.UvV543  (it can take a while to load)
It's early days, as more research is needed, as with most things about CBD oil, as more research has been done about cannabis itself in the past, tho our understanding about the body's natural endocannabinoid system is nonetheless hopefully helping.

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  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
    NICE guidelines do in fact recommend Epidyolex, which is cannabidiol, together with clobazam for children with either Dravet syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut syndrome if their seizures have not been well controlled with other medications. I don't think CBD is a cure all for either such epilepsy or any other disorder, but it may help.
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,173 Championing
    Thanks for sharing this @chiarieds

    I don't want to sound like I'm spouting a phrase which has already been used to death, but I have decided that I don't actually want to cure my autism

    However as with almost anything in life autism brings with it positives and negatives and if there are things that help alleviate those negative experiences, I'm all for reading into it :)

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