POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS
"Cannabis is associated with reductions in PTSD symptoms in some patients, and prospective, placebo-controlled study is needed to determine efficacy of cannabis and its constituents in treating PTSD."
Post Traumatic Stress disorder is caused by unresolved life threatening events. Symptoms include flashbacks, bad dreams panic attack and panic anxiety, which severely impairs mental function. PTSD can be triggered once in awhile or constantly. It is often the case that PTSD lasts for years and even a lifetime.
Psychological counseling helps, but functionally results are limited. Stressful life threatening events are given top priority in the brain information management system. In PTSD, this important life preserving system (stress and fear) goes very wrong. After the original traumatic experience is long gone, reminders of the horror, the scene, gunshots, loud noises, can trigger PTSD anytime and anyplace.
“Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
Medical Marijuana treats PTSD
There is a lot of world-class research and clinical trials that find Medical Cannabis is definitely good for many PTSD suffers.
Medical Marijuana use is standard operating procedure in the treatment of soldiers for PTSD in Israel. Scientists at Tel Aviv University are among the world leaders in Medical Marijuana Research.
TA University Professor Raphael Mechoulam was first to discover the THC molecule of Cannabis and has studied and researched Cannabis Medicine for more than 50 years. .
Professor Mechoulam was nominated for over 25 academic awards, the most recent being the Rothschild Prize in Chemical Sciences and Physical Sciences in 2012.
Symptoms - Cause
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How PTSD Drug Side Effects Cause Problems and Death - Information and Statistics
MMJ Doctor Testimonial : How Cannabis Works in PTSD
“Using compounds derived from cannabis to restore the body's own endocannabinoid function, could potentially help stabilize moods and ease depression, significant improvement was observed on seven of the 12 items of the PTSD scale." - Dr. Samir Haj-Dahmane
"Cannabis is associated with reductions in PTSD symptoms in some patients, and prospective, placebo-controlled study is needed to determine efficacy of cannabis and its constituents in treating PTSD." - George R. Greer, MD
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“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.” - Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
FURTHER READING - HOW MEDICAL MARIJUANA HELPS PTSD
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Israeli Combat Veterans
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General use of cannabis for PTSD Symptoms
The Use of Medicinal Marijuana for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Current Literature
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