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2:20am June 7, 2014
Anonymous asked: Does drugs such as weed affect those with Aspergers differently than those who are NT?

autisticdrift:

anyone?

I think it depends on the autistic person.

I know that:

1.  I had a very atypical reaction to pot.  As in, so many visual hallucinations I could not see through them.  Utter panic.  Total sensory disintegration to the point that none of my senses held together and everything was in fragments.  Paranoia.  And no, it was not laced – nobody else smoking the same stuff had anything but a normal reaction.

2.  I had a very atypical reaction to LSD.  In relatively small doses, it made my senses function better, less confused, less overload, more normal, more able to function.  In higher doses (but it took a whole lot, to the point it would be dangerous to most people at those doses) it affected me more or less normally.

This is not an endorsement of either of these drugs.  In fact, I think that for an autistic person, trying drugs is even more dangerous than it is for a nonautistic person.  Because our brains vary so much even from each other that we can have wildly unpredictable reactions.  LSD made me calm and made my senses work better, I know other autistic people who landed in mental institutions.  I had horrific responses to pot, I know autistic people who swear by it for anxiety.  You just.  Cannot.  Know.  And IMHO it’s not worth the risk.

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  1. evehallows said: Weed effects EVERYONE differently. Some NT ppl can’t handle it, and some autisitic people can’t handle it. I actually use it daily. At first (years ago for me) it makes you giggle a lot but later on it’s just a life destresser for me.
  2. house-of-mars-333 reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  3. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from autisticdrift and added:
    I think it depends on the autistic person. I know that: 1. I had a very atypical reaction to pot. As in, so many visual...
  4. adventures-in-asexuality reblogged this from withbloodinherteeth and added:
    Absolutely, yeah. Just also trying to say that I’ve been told (by people who aren’t biased against weed) that it can...
  5. withbloodinherteeth reblogged this from adventures-in-asexuality and added:
    I’m going to be of the opinion that any substance that alters your state of consciousness is going to affect someone on...
  6. artisticautistic reblogged this from autisticdrift and added:
    I tend to rock a lot more when I’m stoned, and a lot more tactile. I also kinda just fall into the bed/couch and squirm,...
  7. foundcarcosa-decommissioned reblogged this from viciousnarcissus and added:
    All I know is, marijuana’s fine and dandy until you get me started on something I’m interested in. Then it’s like I...
  8. satyrheartbeat reblogged this from viciousnarcissus and added:
    I am pretty mellow and prone to not having huge sensory meltdowns. I also crave large amounts of tacos.
  9. chavisory said: I only tried weed once. It made me way more obsessive at the same time as it made other people way less able to have a coherent conversation. So I just wound up bored and lonely.
  10. nylorac15 said: The one time I tried it, I had an anxiety meltdown and kept uncontrollably twitching for about an hour. I know others for whom it’s a great anti-anxiety medication, though. My guess is reactions are just as varied as for NT folks.
  11. feralhumanbeing reblogged this from autisticdrift and added:
    yes, if it’s too strong/too much i go nonverbal
  12. viciousnarcissus reblogged this from autisticdrift
  13. viciousnarcissus said: i know i get very paranoid and even more socially analytical than usual when i’m around most people. if i’m in a Trusted Environment then i start geeking out over physics.
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