Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD and Cannabinoïds
MCforADHD web page
This site is dedicated to scientific information on the experienced benefits of Cannabinoids for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It includes the treatment of typical chronic symptoms expressed in many ADHD adults ; impulsivity, anxiety, lack of attention, depression tendency, drug abuses tendencies and death / suicidal ideations, PTSD, tics... It is an undeniable fact that thousands of diagnosed, or undiagnosed ADHD people, all over the world, independently of local national laws, use cannabis and cannabinoids as an alternative medication to standard medications (methylphenidate, anxiolytics, antidepressant, benzodiazepines, ...) or as self-medication.
The actual situation regarding the medical use of cannabis active constituents (cannabinoids : THC, CBD, CBG, ...) for treating ADHD is very different depending on countries. Some countries like Canada, The Netherlands, Spain, and 14 US States (including California, Oregon,...), tolerate the medical use of cannabis for a variety of conditions , including ADHD and other mental disorders like Bipolar Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD. In those countries, it is possible for ADHD patients to obtain a legal prescription for medicinal cannabis with the approval, and control, of a doctor. In the other countries, medicinal cannabis is strictly prohibited by national laws and therapeutic bebefits denied.
Aim of this web site is to inform doctors, researchers as well as patients, or any individual interested in that field : why and how phyto-cannabinoids act on the brain? It is astonishing to see how far the different sciences (pharmacology, genetic, neuro-immunology, psychiatry, nutrition, ...) have been to date, and how complementary they are to finally understand the complex ADHD condition and symptoms related.
The actual state of the art suggests that the endocannabinoid system (ECS), the human one, with its own endocannabinoids, is closely involved in ADHD neurological functioning, thus playing a major role in the expression of chronic symptoms. Adressing this system (ECS) by the way of a "biologicaly compatible" plant, containing 63 phytocannabinoids, takes all its sense ....
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