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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your SN teen started using weed regularly, how did it turn out?  Do you think it affected them positively or negatively?  How did you or their doctor handle SSRIs?  Driving?  Misinformation they found on social media?  Did send them to rehab?  If so, did they use rehab to broaden their supply network?  Do you have any advice for parents trying to navigate this?[/quote]

Calmer and better able to regulate irritability and anger, decreased threats and assault until finally extinguished.  Decrease in focus, short and long term memory, and caring about others’ needs and emotions (human, canine).  Increased paranoia, anxiety, depression, and fatigue.  Decreased exercise, no interest in real food (just snacks/sugar), active avoidance of appointments/schoolwork.

Psych was aware of med refusals and all drugs/alcohol, and they chose meds that would interact the least.

I instituted 2 hour sobriety windows before every driving appointment with constant line of sight.  When i found out that a cart was taken and smoked anyway, i removed the permit.

Social media, TikTok, friends and extended family all stated that addiction to marijuana is impossible… despite arranging 1-1 discussions with a prosecutor, police officer, substance abuse counselor, and neurologist, teen was still sure that they were only saying what i paid them to say.

Due to our state and my status as guardian, not parent, teen had to consent to in patient evaluation or be ordered by a judge.  I tried for both mental health and substance abuse evaluation, but i was effectively told that as long as they were able to converse coherently, weren’t obviously high, and agreed to take meds (even if lying), no evaluation would ever be ordered.  Judge told me to stop trying both avenues and file a police report for any further assaults.

I’m not sure what was due to personality and what were side effects of 5+ times daily usage for 2-4 years by age 16 when i was appointed as guardian.  While i definitely appreciated that the assaults stopped eventually (coinciding with heavier usage, and i was told that strain was changed), no, there’s no way i consider it beneficial to the teen.  I also don’t know how much is attributable to weed interacting with various mental health diagnoses and several meds.[/quote]

Your child should not be driving. [/quote]

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