I’m sorry that you’re going through much pain and have had some extensive experiences with pain myself. It’s doubtful that marijuana will soothe your pain much. I’ve seen heavy smokers suffering from pain.
One bit of information that I’ve come across is that recreational smokers who have to switch to medical-grade MJ for pain, disease, or injury, find that old issues that street MJ never touched do get better on the MM.
The MM is higher in CBD. This is a compound that does not have psychoactive effects. But it does decrease muscle spasms, inflammation and pain. In epileptics, CBD is an acknowledged treatment - in many cases it works better than any pharmacologically produced medication. There are growers who specialize in strains that are very low in THC and high in CBD, especially for epileptic children. Oils produced from these plants do not make people high.
THC does have it’s own benefits and most people in my situation tend to go for strains that are 1:1 ratio of THC/CBD. The high is much less potent (from what I’ve heard) but can calm the anxiety that goes with chronic pain and help people sleep.
That’s one of my goals. To sleep without Lorazepam. This medication really messes with my brain and makes it difficult for me to form new memories during the day. But I simply cannot sleep without it.
For anyone who says that ‘pot messes with your memory,’ I have to laugh. The drugs that my doctor prescribes me mess with my memory. I cannot imagine that pot will be *worse* than those drugs.
Most of the cartels have been developing MJ for the high - so they breed strains with the most THC. That is not what the MM patient is looking for. (That’s not what *I* am looking for.) Which is why I haven’t tried (readily available) street MJ. I don’t want to get high. I need medicine, not a party.
The steroids are destroying my bones and hormonal and immune systems. The Lorazepam messes with my brain. The narcotics help with the pain, but do make me high and, combined with the OTC pain meds, are destroying my liver. I’ve gradually weaned myself down on narcotics so that I have just enough to take the edge off, but the pain stops me from throwing the rest in the garbage and I have no quality of life. My stomach is ripped up with the large daily doses of aspirin and ibuprofen.
How is pot any worse than what the prescribed medications are doing to me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrVXRZY1_x0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2qFDb8LExo&list=PL2sS6bGk1mzHh0Lz_h8jsLj87MZQhew3Y