Just When You Thought You’d Heard Every Possible Treatment for Autism…
May 6, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
Here’s another one, with a reference to an article from the Autism Research Institute.
Don’t think we’ll be trying it.
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I have not used marijuana in decades, but when I did, one of the things that numbers of my NT friends said was that it “made me more normal”.
That was before I understood that I had PTSD, and long before I understood that I had Asperger’s. In hindsight learning how to get “high” by smoking in a safe setting was an important learning experience for me, and really did help me learn how to be more social, more in touch with my feelings, and more able to communicate.
Ah, Dr. Leveque… He’s had his medical license suspended here in Oregon, I believe. Hard to take his advice very seriously!
Couldn’t be any worse then the approved
treatment for ASD.
I bet you can get a bong shaped like the autism awareness ribbon. They could sell them at the Autism Speaks website. And GFCF-friendly munchies, too.
It seems a good sight more likely to work than a whole host of fairly mainstream treatments.
I don’t know, on a lesser level, a lesser “evil”, caffeine, has proven to be a somewhat good thing for my son at times. Who knows! Won’t be trying Marijuana Therapy here, but who knows?!
Omigosh, the dope brownie!
“He’s not aggressive anymore, but he has one righteous case of the munchies”.
We live out here in happy hemp country, but, naaah, I don’t think we’ll be trying it either.
Chuck, what exactly were you trying to link to?
I have heard of this for while and it’s kind of scary. I wonder if Jenny and Oprah know about this.
Pots is a carcinogen meaning it can cause cancer other carcinogens are smog and smokes
Pot can have the same effects as other anti psychotics
Also countries with high pot use do not have lower autism rates
Some “treatments” are best completely avoided!
Wow, man. Got any gluten-free brownies, man?
Love,
Sister Mary Elephant
Over at Help My Hurt, a post with an interview with the author of a step-by-step guide to medical marijuana………
Interesting this came out just a few days after you posted your blog concerning marijuana!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_he_me/teens_drugs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_he_me/teens_drugs
I have to wonder if those of you ripping Dr. Leveque behind his back have even read the article. The Board of Medical Examiners pathetic decision to remove him was based on the fact that many doctors were losing patients to him; they preferred him. He was a forerunner in the medical marijuana program and the eventual target of this board. You want to know what he really did? He didn’t require invalid patients with heavily documented illnesses to come in for a personal visit. That is his compassion, not his error. The state system for medical marijuana is overly rigid and unorganized and everyone in the government agrees. Here is one more thing; I would bet money Eleanor, and Regan, that Dr. Leveque has at least three times the education and credentials that you have; and he is a highly decorated war hero from the Second World War.
Kristina Chew, PhD, Leveque has two Ph.D.’s, he is a toxicologist, an osteopath and a pharmacologist.
You could spend the rest of your lives in a dead run and never even be close to the person he is. stop insulting people who you should respect.
Tim King
Good work Tim. As a child of the dube era I was having a fun with the topic. Chill.
I didn’t have any opinion about Dr. Levesque. My opinion was that I would not be treating my daughter with marijuana because she doesn’t need it. If she had cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, or the other things that medical marijuana has shown some positive effect on, my opinion might be different.
I won’t speak for anyone else, but excuse some initial skepticism developed over time from the number of things thrown at my family as a treatment for my kid–from cilantro to brushing to EDTA to blue green algae. I don’t draw a line at marijuana in particular, and I don’t know Dr. Levesque from Adam. But I hope ranting at us made you feel better.
And in anticipation of the correction,
Leveque, 3 times, no make that 4 times my education with medals, etc.
@Tim King,
Just a mother and a housewife with one autistic son—-to quote Cornelia, mother of the Brothers Gracchi, my jewel.
I just know the doctor better than most people and I know how tirelessly he works to this day to help veterans in particular, but so many other people as well with the articles he generates for Salem-News.com. I don’t mean to rant and I suspect that assessment may be accurate, thanks for your time and thanks for your comments Regan and Kristina.
Kristina, please explain why you wouldn’t want to try marijuana as calming treatment for someone with autism.
If you haven’t been personally around people with autism who use marijuana, then it’s narrow minded to decide out of hand that marijuana is bad.
I have asperger’s syndrome, and I have been using Marijuana for a couple of years and it gave me a break from “ruminating”, which is thinking the same thoughts over and over again. I have expanded my social life (I had no friends before), have improved my grades, and have a greater appreciation of pretty much everything. Unfortunately, I have been unable to smoke for a couple of months. I feel like I’m reverting to the anxious, fidgety, obsessive person of old. People think that I’m lying when I’m not lying, I don’t want to talk to girls anymore. I only have one more semester left, but I doubt that I’ll be able to finish it. I feel like a walking dead guy. I just want to spread awareness, this treatment is for real. It’s not just something that will relieve anxiety, it’s something that will make someone with asperger’s so normal, that they may question if they have it anymore. It’s not like they have to be stoned all day, but doing it on a regular basis as needed for an extended period of time will result in the subject becoming a more confident, laid back, friendly, and balanced person. What’s really telling is that I have done some searches on the subject. Other people with asperger’s syndrome had exactly the same problems as me, and they all say it helped them tremendously. Stop donating to those silly autism awareness fundraisers. If you really want to make a difference, donate to the national organization of marijuana legalization and spread awareness of this amazing treatment for autism.
What have you got to lose? It’s not dangerous.
I never saw anything that said marijuana cures autism. It just stops anxiety in a less poisonous way than some prescriptions and, no, it doesn’t have to be smoked. I admire the courageous parents who didn’t cave because of society’s prejudices and saw for themselves how marijuana effected their kids’ anxiety.
Yes! I have aspergers as well and am completely on the pro-marijuana side to treat this.. I feel so much more like I just flow with people. For example, normally I have a horrible time on the phone trying to talk to people, I can’t think, talk over people, just have a horrible time trying to communicate; and, not saying I have to be completlely high or something, but just hours after smoking, it’s so much easier to actually carry on a conversation for me- I’ll actually listen to what the person has to say without interrupting or thinking about something else. Instead of wanting to be alone, I actually feel comfortable enough to be around people and hear their point of view. It’s hard to describe… I just think it’s ridiculous that it’s illegal when it has so much potential to help people while something like alcohol is legal.