Cannabis for focus

[fakeUsername]

I have some pretty serious problems with undiagnosed adult ADD. I'm not a regular smoker, but a few times I have among friends and I noticed I had some tunnel vision into whatever we were discussing. Others I just wanted to go to sleep.

Any thoughts on using marijuana to help with learning new things or stopping ADD? Seems kind of counter-intuitive.. my limited experience makes me think that sativa strains help me out on this and indica puts me to the couch.

I don't have health insurance and it'd be nice if this was an easy cure.

[FUNKNUGGET]

i use mmj for ADD... wouldn't have finished high school without it... just smoke very small amounts of sativa before you have things to do... atleast that's what I do...

[Storm Crow]

Marijuana and ADD Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of ADD
Therapeutic uses of Medical Marijuana in the treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder (http://www.onlinepot.org/medical/add&mmj.htm)

Cannabis as a medical treatment for attention deficit disorder
Cannabis as a medical treatment for attention deficit disorder - File psychiatry/psychology - Hemp and Medicine - Welcome to www.hemp-info.ch! The specialist for hemp (Cannabis) in Switzerland (http://www.chanvre-info.ch/info/en/Cannabis-as-a-medical-treatment.html)

Cannabinoids effective in animal model of hyperactivity disorder
IACM-Bulletin (http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=162#4)

Cannabis 'Scrips to Calm Kids?
FOXNews.com - Cannabis 'Scrips to Calm Kids? - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117541,00.html)

THC normalized impaired psychomotor performance and mood
BBSNews - Smoked Marijuana Improved ADHD Driver's Performance (http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20071001105829361)

I work in education, and I once had a kid who was ADD who "occasionally" came to class reeking of pot. The ONLY reason he passed 7 grade is that he did his best (often only) work when stoned! The teacher and I just looked at each other, :cool: :hippy: , and ignored the obvious smell! By rights, we should have busted his "young and dumb" little arse, but some of us will do anything to get a kid to succeed! lol
- Granny:hippy:

[TheSmokingMonkey]

Agree - sativa is better than indica for ADD. And the small dose thing is really, really key. You want to increase your focus without decreasing your short-term memory ("working memory"). At higher doses, cannabis use might be counter-productive for focused tasks.