How cannabidiol treats rare form of epilepsy + St. John's wort link to psychosis case

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Cannabis Derivative Stops Young Girl's Seizures; How Cannabidiol Treats Rare Form Of Epilepsy
http://www.medicaldaily.com/cannabis-der...are-418506

EXCERPT: Earlier this year, doctors feared the worst when a young girl with a rare form of epilepsy began experiencing non-stop seizures and had to be placed in a medically induced coma. No treatments worked until she was given the marijuana derivative cannabidiol (CBD), which stopped the seizures. She was taken out of her coma, and now has a second shot at life, The Independent reported. [...] an extremely rare disease that can cause patients to experience hundreds of seizures a day [...] Due to the severity [...] doctors tested an experimental treatment on the young girl involving the marijuana derivative cannabidiol (CBD). Doctors credit the CBD with her recovery.

According to Epilepsy.com, CBD is an active ingredient in marijuana that does not have psychoactive effects, meaning that it cannot get you high. The drug has positive effects on the endocannabinoid system, a network of receptors in the brain and nervous system that are linked to a number of physiological processes, The Daily Mail reported. While the FDA has allowed some epilepsy centers to use the drug for “compassionate use” in very extreme cases, it's still not available for general public use....

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Herbal Tea Linked to Man's Psychosis in Unusual Case
http://www.livescience.com/59371-st-john...hosis.html

EXCERPT: A man in Italy who had developed psychosis — meaning he lost touch with reality — did so after consuming an herbal tea made with St. John's wort, according to a recent report of this case. The man's condition improved after he received treatment for his psychosis, his doctors wrote in the report....

[Magical Realist]

I took St John's Wort and various amino acids when I was in the Navy. I was basically self-treating my own depression which I didn't even know I had. Finally a comment about suicide to my mother landed me for 2 weeks in Charter Mental Hospital and got me on the meds I really needed. I was out of the military within months and on my way to "being my creative self" in Portlandia--magical kingdom of the "do your own thangs".

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I took St John's Wort and various amino acids when I was in the Navy. I was basically self-treating my own depression which I didn't even know I had. Finally a comment about suicide to my mother landed me for 2 weeks in Charter Mental Hospital and got me on the meds I really needed. I was out of the military within months and on my way to "being my creative self" in Portlandia--magical kingdom of the "do your own thangs".

Especially difficult to recognize in children under ten. Or once was, anyway. Clinical depression might even be overzealously diagnosed in that age group nowadays.