How One Cannabis Blunt Changed This Man’s Life: From Monthly Seizures And Depression To A Holistic Lifestyle
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge.” Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)
Did you know that some 50 million people around the world suffer from epilepsy?
Estimates say that up to 70% of people living with this neurological disease could live seizure-free if properly diagnosed and treated. For some people, an effective treatment can be found in nature.
One such person is Michael Kerwin, marketing director for Native Sun Cannabis, a family cannabis company vertically integrated in Massachusetts. Kerwin’s professional acumen was fueled by his diagnosis and research. Benzinga wanted to learn more, so we reached out to Kerwin who was more than happy to share his story to help others.
At the age of 15, Kerwin was diagnosed with complex partial left temporal lobe epilepsy.
“I was experiencing monthly episodes of seizures where I was either still aware but unable to communicate cognitively or I was thoroughly unconscious with tightened muscles,” he shared with Benzinga. “Amongst that adversity while being a student-athlete in high school, I was receiving adverse side effects of anger and depression via my anti-convulsant pharmaceuticals, Keppra, Depakote, & Lamictal. At this point, I was interested in any alternative.”
Gateway To A Healthier Life
A bit over a year after the 2018 diagnosis, Kerwin smoked his first joint with his cousin, brother and their football buddies. What started as teenage fun, ended up being a life-changing treatment for his condition.
“For the remainder of that day and the following couple of days, I felt very level-headed. I didn’t feel any of my pre-determining factors of having an epileptic episode.” After experiencing several days of serenity, he connected the dots. Cannabis was the only thing new in his routine. That’s when he began researching and soon learned that cannabis can be used to treat neurological conditions like epilepsy.
While still skeptical about consuming daily due to “false political stigmas presented in history,” Kerwin soon realized his right temporal lobe was “firing on all cylinders, making up for my lack of synapses …