ADHD sufferers self-medicating with cannabis due to NHS delays, charity warns
ADHD sufferers self-medicating with cannabis due to NHS delays, charity warns
A lack of access to ADHD treatment is forcing more people to self-medicate, often with cannabis, a charity has said.
The condition, which affects behaviour, concentration and attention-span, has been diagnosed in more than two-and-a-half million people in the UK.
But only about eight per cent are receiving a prescription for treatment.
Sabah Choudhry reports.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/adhd-sufferers-are-self-medicating-with-cannabis-because-of-nhs-delays-charity-warns-12933943
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Mamedica are amazing!
stuff the nhs and just go private.
I damn sure feel this guy 🙌🏾🔥🔥
Listen to this man.
Been smoking for 15 years. He does help me concentrate and relax. I can’t focus in my coursework without a lil joint..
Amazing miracle plant cannabis is the only thing that makes me motivated, relaxes me, gets rid of anxiety and makes me sleep etc all the adhd medication is trash never worked the 3 different ones made me feel worse like a zombie. Enough is enough government Legalise my medicine now!!! 🤬
It’s works for many more medical issues ,my lower back ect..💯🔥 idc what nobody say .Have a good day,wake and bake..
To know why its not legal in the UK just research DW pharmaceuticals in Surrey and see who has the monopoly on the UK market, the usual suspects!
Your not deprived by the NHS but the government who keep taking resources away and inflow of money in turn we and the nhs suffer. Don’t forget few years back they wanted to sell the nhs to America investors who wanted privatise it
Legalise it
I have recent been diagnosed ADHD and have been self medicating with cannabis because of PTSD for sometime I have asked my doctor to help 🦆🦆but they probably called their relatives👮 so if it’s good for one it’s good for all suffering ADHD all for 1 one for all👽🛸
Am with mamedica, best clinic in the U.K.
Its the only thing that helps my adhd and sle lupus. Its been life changing for me. Private patient just wish it was more affordable.
Amphetamine is a better match for ritalin.
And these companies charge £100 for a prescription £100 for a Skype call the fees are extortionate
I don’t understand why this is illegal in the UK.
I waited 33 years and big struggle to eventually get diagnosed. But so much damage was done to my life before this despite first going doctor aged 6 getting diagnosed 25, then NHS lost medical records and took them untill 39 years old..life screwed in so many ways I’m trying help and fear I will die in near future and I’m 46 now……NHS failed me my entire life nearly and the Tory and Blair governments is all I’ve had my entire life it’s buying depressing!!! Why me FFS cursed since birth !!!
It saved me too.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9Wjk48ohx_g
medicaring is best left tothe experts not the drug dealers,, but whatever
किसी भी चीज की अति नुकसान करतीं हैं।फिर चाहे भांग हो या खाना
I was diagnosed with adhd when i wqs six they put me on ritalin (amphetamines) for 10 years after i stopped taking then i had severe withdrawels and anxiety and im off them now smoking cannabis and living happier then ever
Cannabis makes me feel better
I suddenly have ADHD
dont worry its that way on the other side of the pond to .. we just need to free the plant world wide
i quit adhd meds day i hit 18 and been using cannabis as a medicine
Again the myth that cannabis is some sort of wonder drug with no serious side effects. Weak journalism.
ofc it only has 10k views
Junkies will be junkies.
old medicine and mushroom are the best ask AI
Few people who aren’t directly affected, actually understand ADHD. It is horrible, but easily treatable.
My ADHD diagnosis will be in 2 years! due to NHS delays also, ive been prescribed 2 different anti-depressants which didnt work and caused pretty bad side effects, and i know several friends who have also been through a similar situation, the NHS is really failing to deal with mental health issues in the UK, and it really is a joke how by law it shouldnt take longer than 16 weeks for a diagnosis, yet people are constantly given ridiculously long waiting lists just to get a diagnosis.
I’m 25 have ADHD and low end spectrum of Autism… I’d definitely say my ADHD was worse between the ages of 4 -12 then again I’ve been on medication for most of my life life now
Marijuana has health benefits for alot mental, and physical conditions, and health experts will not admit this of fear of losing their jobs, and funding to something that works for people 😁❤️
Its only illegal because they havent made a tax for it and big pharma wouldnt make money on other drugs
Cannabis helped me…
Cannabis is on every council estate in britain its as easy as buying cigs from the shop they need to get in the real world and legalise it and stop wasting tax payers money trying to stop it
Got an appointment with private clinic on the 16th
❤
1/8 a day keeps doctor away
😂
Just make it legal already
what an intelligent young man👍
im walking in his shoes right now
100%!❤❤❤❤❤❤
So we are now calling substance abuse self-medicating huh? If I happen to punch somebody in the face in future, I’ll simply tell them I didn’t assault him, I’m just "self medicating".
Safe and effective for those who did not take it😁
The oldest medicine known to mankind, and it’s miraculous healing properties are well known amongst the medical profession, before prohibition and demonization in 1930s America 82% of the dispensed prescribed medications were cannabis based !!!! So why isn’t it more freely available for several conditions that respond remarkably to cannabis ?
Corruption, Big Pharma and greedy politicians, it’s that easy… follow the money 🤬
THIS IS DISCRIMINATION!
If I want trans treatment, they will let me have it.
i’m pretty sure I have ADHD/ADD/aspergers something like that and I have known to smoke in the past. I’m an adult though so getting an assessment is next to impossible. these psychological conditions were not recognised when I was born in 87 or at least not mainstream therefore not looked into.
Big up john robinson 👏 am with mamedica it has changed my life and the vetrans scheme they do is amazing
It should be legal but it can’t be because now a third of the drug industry is made of life threatening drugs