u/Individual-Yam7050

I had my hysterectomy nearly 8 weeks ago. I was cleared by my doctor on Tuesday to “do with my vagina what I please.” Tonight I finally built up the courage to insert a finger in and feel around.

Before tonight, the idea of the cuff had me feeling some kind of way before—like the “road to nowhere?” I’ve also been calling myself a cul-de-sac and a fleshlight 😅

But after feeling it, I feel so happy to not have a cervix. That bitch was tender!! And I think I still have plenty of depth for activities. I’m so thankful I had surgery. It has given me my life back.

How did you feel when you felt your cuff for the first time?

Hi everyone!

I am a 28F with autism, ADHD, PTSD, PMDD, and depression/anxiety related to the aforementioned. I am 5’7, weigh 280 lbs. PMH the above plus hashimotos hypothyroidism, environmental allergies, migraines, severe endometriosis, NOD2 related systemic autoinflammatory disease (SAID)

I am seeing a psychiatrist for medication management, and more specifically recently help with ADHD symptoms.

I’ve had significant ADHD symptoms my whole life, but the autism served as kind of a “cat wrangler” (the theoretical cats that run my executive function if you will) until the last year, when my health has significantly declined which leaves me with very little extra energy to wrangle the cats anymore.

I scored 17/17 on the adult ADHD screening questionnaire I’ve been given twice over many months. I have trouble with all of the classic things—maintaining my calendar, arriving places on time, losing things, forgetting things, difficulty initiating/completing tasks while being hyperfocused on others, rapid speech with tangentiality, you name it.

I’ve been on:

Buspar 20 mg TID (10+ years)
Viibryd 40 mg QD (10ish years)
Wellbutrin 300 mg ER QD (5ish years)
And most recently Straterra 20 mg which I am increasing to 40 mg starting tomorrow.

The medication that has made the most difference in my life is Wellbutrin. We tried increasing to 450 mg but I couldn’t tolerate d/t migraines. I have also taken Guanfacine, Abilify, Pristiq, and ativan/hydroxyzine for anxiety.

We’ve run labs and my thyroid is stable, vitamin D and B12 levels are low normal, but much improved from where I started (and I continue to supplement).

Here’s where my question comes in: my psych NP SWEARS that the issue is cannabis use, and that if I just don’t use cannabis that my symptoms will drastically improve/resolve.

I use cannabis primarily for chronic pain, as I have pelvic pain from endometriosis and my SAID causes muscle/joint inflammation. This has helped more than *any* other pain intervention has.

I’m open to using less, but she wants me to be completely sober for at least 3 months to assess my cognitive status/symptoms then.

I am somewhat open to this idea if it will truly make a significant difference, but it feels like my provider just has a harsh bias against cannabis which is irritating to me.

All of this to say, TLDR: I have significant ADHD symptoms that my psych NP swears will improve with complete cessation of cannabis usage. Is this assertion true/validated by evidence?

Bonus points if anyone has research/medical literature they can share!

Thank you!!!!