@theautisticcoach@actuallyautistic CBD helps, but the UK’s Food Standards Authority has just warned that taking more than 10mg/day over a long period of time can damage the liver or the thyroid:
I was taking 20mg per day, sometimes a little more, so I’ll regretfully cut down.
I drink, but I don’t routinely use alcohol for stress relief, because there’s addiction in my family.
Products containing THC aren’t legal here, and I’ve never tried them.
I’m not sure whether you’re really asking about excitement, deep concentration, or rumination. I deal with rumination (largely successfully) by spotting the subjects that I ruminate about and not letting myself go round and round the same topics over and over again. I find it’s easier to spot certain topics than to spot the pattern of rumination itself, but what works, works.