Amount of anxiety patients on the rise as pandemic goes on

Amount of anxiety patients on the rise as pandemic goes on.

Hannah Buehler reports.

MOUNTING PRESSUREFROM THE PANDEMIHAS SOME PEOPLELOOKING TO MEDICALMARIJUANA FORRELIEF...7 EYEWITNESS NEWSREPORTER HANNAHBUEHLERTAKES A CLOSER LOOKAT THE GREAT INFLUXOF PATIENT TRAFFIC..AT THE DENT BUILDINGIN AMHERST..SOT: WE HAVE A VIRALPANDEMIC, WE HAVEAN ECONOMICPANDEMIC, AND NOWWE HAVE A MENTALHEALTH PANDEMIC.AS MANY PEOPLEENTER WEEK SEVENWORKING FROM HOMEIN THE UNITED STATESANDSTAYING IN ISOLATION,DOCTORS SAY MOREAND MORE PEOPLEARE EXPERIENCINGSEVERE MENTALHEALTH ISSUESAS IT RELATES TO THECURRENT WORLDSITUATION.SOT: WE ARE SEEINGSOME PATIENTS WHOARE SUFFERING FROMSUCH ANXIETY ANDSTRESS THAT IT'SLEADING THEM TO DOTHINGS LIKE DRUGABUSE ALCOHOLABUSE SUICIDEDR. LASZMECHTLER OF DENTNEUROLOGICINSTITUTE SAYSPEOPLE WHO AREDEALING WITH ANARRAY OF EVERY DAYISSUES AS IT RELATESTO COVID 19 ARETURNING TOUNHEALTHY HABITSAND TRYING TO TREATTHEMSELVES.SOT: "WE ARE LOSINGSIGHT OF THE FACTTHAT THIS IS SUCHSTRONG MENTALHEALTH PANDEMIC.

IHAVE A CASE OF AWOMAN WHO ISMOTHER OF FIVECHILDREN ANDNORMALLY DOESN'TDRINK AT ALL, SHEDRINKING A PINT OFVODKA A DAY JUST TOCOPE."HE SAYS RECENT DATASHOWS MORE THAN60% OF PATIENTS AREDEALING WITHANXIETY AND ORDEPRESSION DURINGTHIS TIME.

ANINCREASED STRESSCAN LEAD TO ANINCREASE IN YOURABILITY TO GET SICKSOT: WHEN YOU'REUNDER STRESS ANDANXIETY, YOUWEAKEN YOURIMMUNE SYSTEMDENT, WHICH RUNSITS CANNABIS CLINICSAYS IT'S SEEING ANOVERWHELMINGAMOUNT OF PATIENTSREQUESTING MEDICALMARIJUANA OR CBDPRODUCTS TO DEALWITH ANXIETY ANDDEPRESSION DURINGTHIS TIME.SOT: CHRIS SHILLERPATIENT"I COULDN'T IMAGINEGOING THROUGH THISWITHOUT THEMEDICATION THAT IGET FROM THEM"SHILLER IS A RETIREDMEMBER OF THE NAVYAND SUFFERS FROMPTSD..HE'S BEENTREATED FOR HISANXIETY ANDDEPRESSION WITHMEDICAL MARIJUANFROM DENT.HE SAYS HE'S BEENABLE TO COPE WELLWITH THE COVID-19PANDEMICBUT WITHOUT ITHEMAY HAVE REVERTETO HIS OLD HABITS"I USED TO TAKE THEDRUGS FROM THE VAAND THEY WOULDMAKE ME TIRED ANDHUNGOVER FEELINGWITH THIS I TAKE MYDOSES AND I TAKE ITAT NIGHT AND I GETBETTER SLEEP."ANXIETY ANDDEPRESSION FORSOME FALLS UNDERTHE PTSDQUALIFICATION FORMEDICAL MARIJUANA.WHILE YOU NEED APRESCRIPTION FORMEDICAL MARIJUANAYOU DO NOT FOR CBDHIGH GRAPRODUCTS.SOT: "IT'S FOREVERYONE.

"TALK TOPEOPLE.

DO NOT TRYTO DEAL WITH THINGSBY YOURSELF ANDDEAL WITH ISSUES