Autism and Cannabis - Negative Lived Experience with THC

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  • @smol_nerdy_dwarf
    @smol_nerdy_dwarf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    It makes me feel more human

  • @misterfelixguy11
    @misterfelixguy11 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I used weed several times a day every single day for the better part of 7 years. It wasn't until I got my autism diagnosis that I realized the real reasons I like it so much. I quit smoking after my diagnosis in order to better understand myself and find coping-strategies that don't involve weed. It's an ongoing battle in my head about whether it's okay to continue using it since it genuinely does help me with some things, but I tend to rely on it too much.

    • @Xand3rCha0s360
      @Xand3rCha0s360 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I mean hey it helps with overstimulation and overcoming social fears
      it's helped me with a lot of things, but I too am struggling to stop relying on it so much and am trying to find better skills that don't rely on weed

    • @Gabesodyssey
      @Gabesodyssey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      When I'm having any kind of bad moment, I dont immediately use it, I try to train me to be able to calm myself, or to regulate in any way, be music, be go to the bathroom and stay locked, don't matter, I try to not connect "getting better" with using weed, because I think this is a trap. But when I get a little better, or calmer, or any more desirable state, I go and use it because really makes a difference to me.
      Long story short: I try not to make this a reaction.
      But thats only my experience.

    • @TheBanana93
      @TheBanana93 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Gabesodyssey I am really trying to not use it as a reaction.... but when i can't sleep due to the thoughts going on and on and on then its hard. But im holding out! My gf broke up with me on the weekend and it did really calm me down but yeah...

    • @Scoobiekittydoo
      @Scoobiekittydoo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheBanana93hope you start to feel better ❤

    • @AndrewH1994
      @AndrewH1994 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheBanana93 I just lost a friendship and the stress and anxiety around it has been immense. I haven't used THC or CBD yet, but as soon as I don't have responsibilities that require me to be entirely present, I feel as if I'm going to need to use it, or wind up back in the mental ward of the hospital. My heart has been pounding most of my waking hours, thoughts racing, unless I'm going off of a simple script I can barely talk, and even then I'm able to notice that I'm speaking softly and nervously. Gah I really hate these feelings... Well... the feelings I'm able to identify and put a name to. Damned Alexithymia

  • @sienile
    @sienile 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    It's rare to see people talk about the downsides. It's good info to have.

  • @flashingturtle6505
    @flashingturtle6505 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    It still has a massive social stigma. Youre either infantilised "you cant smoke weed all your life" or written off a druggie by people that drink every night.

    • @Gabesodyssey
      @Gabesodyssey 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@flashingturtle6505 things on the internet have the tendency to be yes or no. The thing is, craft your way of living, don't just borrow a narrative.

    • @Prince_Yonte
      @Prince_Yonte 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@flashingturtle6505 so facts bruh that shit is aggy.

    • @TheGenbox2
      @TheGenbox2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The problems re cannabis and alcohol as autism, is not about social status and stigma. It's about biochemical effect of both. Both in excess will screw with you, and eventual cloud your thinking. Short term gains can lead to long term problems; and the choices are yours!

  • @FirstmaninRome
    @FirstmaninRome 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thomas is the best male autism streamer ever. I don't often comment. I find THC to take my overthinking way too too far, and the heart rate thing, yeah, it can be awful, I can't deal, but also don't smoke your girlfriends UGA weed after taking viagra, OMG, BAD trip, felt like I was at woodstock paranoid, really the only hallucinations I've ever had.

  • @waxedhands4199
    @waxedhands4199 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    In my early 40s now, been smoking pot since i was 16 on and off. Life worked great when i was smoking, worked crappy when i wasn't. You do the math

    • @psalm91.777
      @psalm91.777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@waxedhands4199 same here

  • @olliestudio45
    @olliestudio45 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    note to self: watch more videos of stoned people calling the emergency services...

  • @thuggie1
    @thuggie1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I feel disassociated without the use of cannabis.

    • @merbst
      @merbst 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ironically, I felt disassociated without daily use of ketamine (a disassociative)

    • @mazevfx4519
      @mazevfx4519 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@merbst probably a sign your bladder needs a break

    • @thuggie1
      @thuggie1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @merbst I just meant I feel like that most of the time

    • @guillermolledowolkowicz7085
      @guillermolledowolkowicz7085 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Someone truly not addicted can think things like "I'll try two or five years without weed to see if it makes me more confortably sober". No shame, if I plan something like that my mind tells me automatically that I can consume it in a healthy way, in healthy conditions, healthily regurlarly and all that bullshit.

  • @BrujaElemental666
    @BrujaElemental666 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    When I stared smoking weed, few months later I found out I was Audhd. and is really trippy but I swear by smoking weed it help me to become aware of my autistic and adhd behavior. W🍃🍁 made me see the real me. Everything change since then, I was heavy masking since a was a kid. I started smoking at 22 and in my 23 years 🧩 everything started to make sense to me… my whole life. Now I’m 25 and for me any plant 🌱 is sacred medicine to me.💚

    • @fernandamoura8599
      @fernandamoura8599 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@BrujaElemental666 yes yes and yes

  • @echofoxtrot2.051
    @echofoxtrot2.051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I actually started using it because it made me shut up and changed my use of language, which helped me socially, and now I don't go without it. Helps me feel less awkward around people's emotions too.

  • @MxPotato84
    @MxPotato84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    To me, its like a vacation from my autism, a vacation from my body, and just relax so much, I just zone out to space. I smoke a blunt or have an edible every weekend and it helps to regulate and recharge myself for the new week ahead of exhausting masking. It also help with my gender dysphoria as well.
    That’s how weed works on me as someone on the spectrum.

  • @ARG_ON18
    @ARG_ON18 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember I smoked a bit too much and I couldn't understand anything. I looked at my furniture and room and had no idea what it was, where I was, or who I was. Can't say it felt bad, just ridiculously confusing. Not sure if it was because of autism or just too much weed with no tolerance.

  • @peterbelanger4094
    @peterbelanger4094 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm a gen-x autistic, diagnosed in 2003 at 33 yrs old.
    I grew up in the 70s, with the well known cultural curiosities of the time. I know all the locations "Up in smoke was filmed in", I live din that neighborhood 10 years after that movie was filmed. I'm a fan of Tommy. ;)
    I have also been 'in and out' of 12 step programs since 1988, and has my struggles with alcohol & cannabis. I was my path of recovery that led me to an autism diagnosis.
    By the time cannabis legalization came around in my state, I was done with both alcohol AND the 12 steps. I haven't had any alcohol since then, and i don't bother with those meetings anymore.
    I still smoke though, more than tobacco. And for all the 'problems' cannabis' can cause, alcohol causes so much more. We can become addicted to so many things, and autistic stimming urges can amplify addiction. In my 36 years of wrestling with the subject of addiction, it's really all about damage control, deal with the one causing the most problems. With me, it was alcohol. And now, I see tobacco as more problematic than cannabis.

  • @TwylasCouch
    @TwylasCouch 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Autistic here. CBD actually made my blood pressure medication stop working as soon as I started taking CBD orally. I looked it up and they say CBD actually has similar interactions as grapefruit! Kinda scary. So thanks for speaking this message! Also, edit- yes, I also do not touch a sativa with a 10 foot pole

    • @psalm91.777
      @psalm91.777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No sativa for me either

  • @jesciferf6389
    @jesciferf6389 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    As someone on the spectrum, indica calms me down.

  • @PrincessPixieBell
    @PrincessPixieBell 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s so awesome to finally see all the things I experience on it that my peers don’t, explained in a video. Thank you so much.

  • @scotthrich
    @scotthrich 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    "I THINK WE'RE DYING!!" Ok, sir, I need you to get something to drink! Also, grab some snacks and turn on something to watch on TV - something like cartoons or sci-fi. Help is on the way!!

  • @DoomGoy88
    @DoomGoy88 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Cannabis is the only medicine I've found that helps control the frequency and severity of my meltdowns. It generally puts me in a quieter head space..not everything Is quite so loud anymore. I can focus on a singular thought..for a short time, but a vast improvement over the baseline 50 thoughts racing through my mind at once. However, the social withdrawal is a problem for sure.

  • @Xand3rCha0s360
    @Xand3rCha0s360 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    my lived experience is it helps with sleeping better and it's helped me to overcome overstim, but I am working towards more healthy coping mechanisms also

  • @KitchenOnTheLeft
    @KitchenOnTheLeft 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’ve always had a much, much lower tolerance and stronger reactions to weed than the people I smoke with, despite being a really big dude. At its worst, I’ve experienced auditory hallucinations and intense paranoia, the former of which I’d been told “couldn’t happen” with weed, but I’ve experienced it multiple times. Generally though, it just makes me go nonverbal and makes me wish I hadn’t smoked because it feels like I’m gonna be high forever. I can’t really use it recreationally, I just smoke it in small amounts to go to sleep these days.

  • @Hammzly
    @Hammzly 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm autistic and I smoked weed in 2019, and the reason why I quit then is because I became very paranoid, I started again in January 2022 and In July of that year I was hospitalised with Psychosis. Now I don't smoke weed because the whole experience I went through in 2022 was very traumatic, interesting video mate 👍👍

  • @barley06
    @barley06 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:10 that might actually help me because time goes distressingly fast for me, probably as a symptom of chronic sleep deprivation for years. I stay up at night partly for the mood-enhancing effect it has, so weed could be an ample replacement.

  • @TheChadXperience909
    @TheChadXperience909 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can't smoke, because I'm particularly sensitive to the effects. Even just 1 hit from a J can have me laying in the floor unable to move. I usually begin to hallucinate after the second hit. It's so profound that I've often found myself laying in the floor unable to move and struggling to breathe, with a large group of people standing over me, and wondering if they should call an ambulance. If I do it every day to build up a tolerance, I still can't handle very much. Also, it's effects are mostly a net negative, but the few positive effects are a huge relief. I wish I could get those effects alone.

    • @ethanbrown2019
      @ethanbrown2019 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @TheChadXperience909 have you tried different types like Sativa vs Indica or different Hybrids? I know Indicas tend to be very detrimental to me personally as they bog me down and inhibit my ability to function entirely. Where as Sativas either don't have much affect or they have a similar effect as Indicas. Hybrids for me are the only type of strains that give me the best results and the closer to that 50/50 mix the better usually.

    • @TheChadXperience909
      @TheChadXperience909 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ethanbrown2019 They all contain the same substances, like THC. If it's the THC, then they are all going to affect me the same. The only other possible difference might be the chemicals it's grown with, like pesticides, but those don't make you high AF.

  • @merbst
    @merbst 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THC was blissful for me a few times, but I quickly learned Opioids were far more consistent (yet much more medically traumatic than cannibidoids to discontinue, & more expensive to acquire)

  • @oddrooms
    @oddrooms หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    time does go really really really slow

    • @fernandamoura8599
      @fernandamoura8599 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      rn i'm waiting for a candy order and these 10 minues are passing like 30, its crazy and makes me a bit stressed cause i cant stand waiting in line 😭😭😭😭😭

  • @thengillarnason7822
    @thengillarnason7822 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great content yet again.

  • @adamward5631
    @adamward5631 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fascinating well done mate.

  • @Lee-Lee101
    @Lee-Lee101 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am an autistic stoner and let me say I feel very dependent/not happiest when I don’t have any and the withdrawal is pretty bad. I have been smoking weed nonstop for over a year and a half and my tolerance is out the window, I have rlly hard time getting those random bursts of energy, and for months I completely lost my appetite. On the other side, I have had amazing sleep with or without it, I have been very good at keeping things tidy with it, and it has made me think and feel in ways in which I never would have if not for bud.

  • @LiamDirk-u8v
    @LiamDirk-u8v หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is sadly extremely relatable

  • @Bluothy
    @Bluothy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really great video Thomas, thank you very much - it’s nice when you sing at the end of sentences.
    Wishing you the best from Australia :))

  • @TheBanana93
    @TheBanana93 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Weed defo helps with my gut issues and sleep depression etc but can make me way more anxious paranoid and sometimes a little bit delusional

  • @cosmolosys
    @cosmolosys 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I smoked alot weed daily for 5 years, and my difficulties with doing chores were so bad. Also I got so many meltdowns all the time. I only realized it was the weed after I quit, and my life became so much easier after a while. Quitting weed was the best decision of my life.

  • @Phoenix-regenerating
    @Phoenix-regenerating 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Thomas important information.

  • @ashyyyxd864
    @ashyyyxd864 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The laugh I let out at the 911 phone call but we’ve all been there and it’s very understandable, too much THC can be severely overwhelming especially when you have an existing mental and neurological disorder 😅

  • @jamesnordhoff3536
    @jamesnordhoff3536 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I also have been diagnosed with addictive personality and I go through the psychological withdrawals but I also have extreme physical withdrawal symptoms as well

  • @cathy7382
    @cathy7382 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My experience with cannabis contributed to my psychosis

  • @PIPFinalFilmProject
    @PIPFinalFilmProject 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One time in college, i ate a brownie and spent the ENTIRE night SCREAM sobbing from a panic attack insisting that i was dying from a heart attack. My poor friends only got me to go to sleep when they convinced me their apple watch would detect if my heart stopped and automatically call 911. Totally fine after sleeping, but eating my 🌳 ain't for me lol. That anxiety spike can be SCARY

    • @TranscendingTrauma
      @TranscendingTrauma 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve had experiences like this too it’s awful. And never could understand why, well now I know.

  • @dambigfoot6844
    @dambigfoot6844 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its really about finding the right strain and dosage and for what purpose. Sativa edibles made me psych myself into a bad trip that felt like a panic attack that lasted hours. Smoking/Vaping an Indica predominant hybrid works best for me. The only way I can describe it is hearing social interactions happening and actually wanting to be a part of them. Just be careful if you are going to experiment with self medicating. Start at a very low dose and pay attention to if its Indica, Sativa, or Hybrid and document your experiences on them

  • @fadista7063
    @fadista7063 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The dependence and trust on "prescriptions" from pharma companies is much much more likely to cause dependence and addiction. Suggesting that people should make sure they are seeking a prescription medicine vs the seeking out of thc products in a head shop belies logic when you look at the actual statistics of addiction, dependence, severe side effects and death noted annually between prescription medication and otc thc products--thc products typically undergo 3rd party testing to verify the contents and strength of the product. Prescription pharma comes with the manufacturer's insert...showing the manufacturer/seller's own testing results. And we know just how trustworthy these inserts are nowadays. I'll take the 3rd party tested thc/cannabinoid. At least I know what effects I will be getting from the thc product. Big Pharma is a type of side effects roulette.

  • @louise2091
    @louise2091 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Use. Don't abuse.

    • @flashingturtle6505
      @flashingturtle6505 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's only abuse when people around you have issues with it

  • @heedmydemands
    @heedmydemands 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Of course I watched it all the way through, I really like to complete things lol

  • @adriennevixen
    @adriennevixen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I really like your videos, but the "Kamal" thing was problematic. Using a name typically associated with people of color, for the dealer, in the hypothetical perpetuates negative sterotypes and reinforces biases.

  • @24vampireman
    @24vampireman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have autism and I use marijuana several times a week and I had only one bad reaction from taking to much thc and all I did was to fall asleep after five hours from taking a 1500mg gummy

  • @TheGenbox2
    @TheGenbox2 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would like to add, there is some chemical element(s) of dope/cannabis smoking, that can weaken the bowl lining, and cause problems that way; either biochemically/toxicity, or affecting the functional relationship between the Enteric nervous system, inherent to the gut, and the the brain.

  • @graham-dev
    @graham-dev 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    im prescribed weed FOR my autism, its the only thing that slows down the sensory flood and calms my stimming enough for me to function, so this isnt good info like

  • @CtDDtC1919
    @CtDDtC1919 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It completely screws me up and exasperates my sensory issues to the extreme.

  • @ladidaslowclappingreally
    @ladidaslowclappingreally 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    no weed = no life for me, thanks!🙃

  • @ReZN-0
    @ReZN-0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yeah for sure its a very effective medicine for problems I have physical and mental but It makes me more lazy and careless so it makes me less productive in everyday situations regardless of strain. The paranoia is both a pro and a con for me because sometimes it gives me a better awareness of how im coming off in social situations. Dont really see it as good for constant everyday use at all. Yet here I am about to blaze but its night time so its cool lol.

  • @falsename2285
    @falsename2285 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    5 min is best spot

  • @laura.bseyoga
    @laura.bseyoga 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had a friend at uni who was sick every time she smoked cannabis. AFAIK she only tried it a couple of times & decided it wasn't worth it. It doesn't suit everyone. 💚

  • @stephenie44
    @stephenie44 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That news anchor lives way too close to me…

  • @merbst
    @merbst 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Paranoia is due to criminalization.

    • @aquanorthnode5747
      @aquanorthnode5747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think so too. ASD ppl tend to have a strong sense of wanting to “follow the rules “.

    • @TheBanana93
      @TheBanana93 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not entirely. I am a lot more paranoid of people and i am more likely to think someone is gonna hurt me at night if i am high! Well it depends on the weed and thats a problem with criminalization... I can't get the specific strains that help me!

  • @helenaskew4851
    @helenaskew4851 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Would never take anything like this. There are other ways to sort your self out .

  • @alana2830
    @alana2830 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's like with any medication... One size doesn't fit all. If you're smoking a strain that isn't compatible with your symptoms or biochemistry then of course you're going to get negative effects.
    I'm on prescription cannabis and after trialing a couple of strains, I've found one that works for my strain of autism and ADHD.
    You can't just go using whatever street weed you can get, you don't know the THC or CBD content, whether it's indica or sativa etc.
    It's like taking antibiotics for a common cold... Don't be stupid.

  • @merbst
    @merbst 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Agoraphobia is caused by criminalization.

  • @nosarcasm1
    @nosarcasm1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Under medical condition, driving isn't a problem.

  • @LeslieT.
    @LeslieT. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Video Suggestion- your parents aren’t bad, they are autistic from neurodivergent mom

  • @badazzzmoke420
    @badazzzmoke420 หลายเดือนก่อน

    you know there are sativas that have high cbd right ?

  • @Gorgonzeye
    @Gorgonzeye 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Need more disciprine!

  • @hannahodea5813
    @hannahodea5813 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How did you my weed guy’s name is Kamal :o

  • @JohnnyTooLateFTV
    @JohnnyTooLateFTV 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Yo! That joke about the fictional drug dealer "Kamal" was racist as f**k...

  • @earthrel420
    @earthrel420 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Spreading “Reefer Madness” misinformation about medicinal cannabis which is legal in the UK for autistics to use with prescription is harmful to them and the wider community. I’m saddened by this attack on a wonderful medical plant. Thomas normally is a good quality streamer. He would be wise to stick to topics he is not ignorant on.

  • @yoni-in-BHAM
    @yoni-in-BHAM 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Never done recreational drugs in my life, even with peer pressure, plus I can't stand the smell of marijuana; but I've been in a medical ketamine program for depression along with therapy.
    It was my first time being high! 😵‍💫 Felt safe because I was hooked up to medical equipment that monitored my vitals in a quiet comfortable private room. I wouldn't do any kind of drug like that - including marijuana - any other way!
    It's was my first experience of 'getting high' and if the opportunity ever comes up again? 🤔
    Nah, I'm good...😅

    • @TheBanana93
      @TheBanana93 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    • @markwood1159
      @markwood1159 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did it help?