What's your problem?

[Matt_FTW]

Hey guys and girls, I am just curious as to what problems and or conditions you may have or had that cannabis helps / helped with.

 

I'll tell you a bit about me.

 

So I'm 31 years old and I have been a sufferer of depression and OCD for a looooooooong time. Docs have classed me as having severe depression and I have been on all kinds of meds, most of which make me worse but I'll get to that later.

 

I have been suicidal and a self harmer with my last being about a month or so ago when I cut my leg a few times whilst taking lots of pills and lots of alcohol. It was going to be the day that I took my life but at the last minute I couldn't do it.

 

It's a hard thing to try and explain because when you tell people this and explain you have a mental problem they just assume you are bat shit crazy and need locking up in an asylum somewhere out of the publicss view. This isnt the case!

 

It was after my last episode that I decided to grow again because I know that cannabis helps. I went out and got some from a friend and it made me feel better. I also decided that I would stop my meds at this time too as they were making me feel worse. For me, I am a very self concious person and I'm also quite vein. I dont like to think that I'm overweight and I like to be in shape and go to the gym. When I eat bad stuff and put on a few pounds I notice it straight away and that makes me feel low. Being on the meds made me put on heaps of weight and that in turn made me feel worse than i did when I wasn't on them.

 

I also like the effects cannabis has on pain relief. I am also a long time sufferer of back pain. I had been a suffered for around 12 years until i finally found a surgeon who was willing to give me an operation and in 2012 I finally went in for spinal surgery and although I am not pain free now, I am in a much better place and can actually walk, sit, stand etc without an issue. But I do get the odd bad spell and this is when a smoke can help me out.

 

So there you have it, a little about me and why I am a grower again.

 

[iTiC]

Cheers, old mate. Thanks for sharing. I can relate. My teenage yrs were turbulant. tried to top myself several times; ended up taking a few pills and had my first TRIP.

thinking that wasnt so bad i when looking for that again. eventually Weed found me. been using it ever since. These days they have gotten around to sticking a few labels on me.

PTSD, even type B narcicism. sever clinical depression. With a Drs help I made a few adjustments to my life. I no longer enjoy a high sugar diet, or drink alcohol.

I do smoke as needed. ATM im on a TB.

Some of the 'things' that have helped me through are a coupe of mantras.

When the shit is bad I can say to myself. "even this will pass; nothing lasts forever" AND a reminder

"What goes UP must come DOWN. Unfortunatley I cant stay high ALL the time.

My career is back on track, my family life is in order, fiances are a little bit challenged but otherwise all is .... 'good enough'

Edited May 11, 2015 by iTiC

[misshepburn]

Thanks for sharing guys

 

I am self-medicating Fibromyalgia, Inflammatory Arthritis and TMJD (jaw problems...extremely painful).

 

All the pills I take don't help very much and have awful sides.

I have to take quite high doses of tramadol to get the same pain-relief I do from Marijuana. AND  that only masks the pain. Marijuana relieves the awful muscle spasms I get. I am SHOCKED Australia hasn't legalized yet!

 

Pharmaceuticals - 

Stomach ulcers, constipation, itching, non-restful sleep etc

 

 

With Marijuana I sleep better than ever. It's been proven to trigger the deep stage of sleep!  If I take 'clonazepam' to help me sleep and relieve spasms, I wake up very emotional the next day feeling like I haven't slept!

Edited July 7, 2015 by misshepburn

[merl1n]

Hey People,

I have a nasty growing in my head. That's the short version. Members here have been a HUGE support for me over the years and here's a link to what I 'spose you could call the longer version https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/59058-the-biggest-of-thanks/

Canna for me has allowed me to cutback massively on all the pharma crap the doctors want to feed me up on. I still find the need for an opiate but not at the doses the doctors recommend. Canna also allows me to eat, due to the munchies and it doesn't mess with my insides like the pharma crap does. The hash I make is great for assistance in sleeping too, again meaning less pharma crap.

 

Merl1n

[Matt_FTW]

Cheers for your shares people.

 

If only it was this easy to get the government to listen and change the way people think about cannabis.