Deans' stroke musings: Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Anxiety Disorder Risk

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Anxiety Disorder Risk

I'm sure you got this totally backwards. People are self treating their anxiety disorder by using cannabis. You got cause and effect completely wrong!

Didn't your competent? doctor prescribe marijuana years ago to help your stroke recovery? Oh, you don't have a functioning stroke doctor, do you?

13 reasons for marijuana (132 posts to April 2014)
marijuana (150 posts to April 2011)

Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Anxiety Disorder Risk

Summary: A comprehensive study found a significant association between emergency department visits for cannabis use and the development of new anxiety disorders.

Analyzing health data from over 12 million Ontarians, the research revealed that individuals who sought emergency care for cannabis use exhibited a nearly fourfold increase in the risk of being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder within three years, compared to the general population. Additionally, the study highlights the potential for cannabis use to exacerbate existing anxiety symptoms.

These findings underscore the complexities of cannabis use and its impact on mental health, challenging the perception of cannabis as a benign substance and pointing to the need for caution in its medicinal or recreational use.

Key Facts:

Individuals requiring emergency care for cannabis use showed a 3.9-fold increased risk of developing new anxiety disorders compared to the general population.
The study also found a 3.7-fold increased risk of severe or worsening anxiety disorders following cannabis-related emergency department visits.
This extensive research suggests a potential causal relationship between cannabis use and increased anxiety, advocating against its use as a treatment for anxiety symptoms.

Source: ICES

Twenty-seven percent of individuals who had an emergency department visit for cannabis use developed a new anxiety disorder within three years, according to new research.

Led by researchers at the Bruyère Research Institute, University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital, and ICES, this is the largest study of the relationship between cannabis use and anxiety to date.