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Exacerbation of seizures from medical marijuana
Wed, 12/14/2016 - 14:28Question???? Anyone that has experience with using medical marijuana for seizures.
I have heard that marijuana can help seizures but also have heard it can make seizures worse.
Unfortunately, I tried (legally) medical marijuana! I found that it made my seizures much worse.
Has anyone had similar experiences, or have any information they can share?
And it's not just a fluke thing. This has happened the two times I have done it. Believe me I will not be doing that again.
My father let me try CBD oil
Submitted by Steph1977 on Thu, 2016-12-15 - 18:40
My father let me try CBD oil since it helped him with PTSD, and I had heard about it helping with seizures also. I have focal seizures and maybe once per year I have TC seizures. I took several droppers full of the oil for 2 days - about 4 each day. The 2nd night I had a TC seizure in the middle of the night. So I'm with you...I don't think I will try it again for my seizures.