A Medical Use Journal

[WAIX_Herbie]

Background

At the age of 12 my lower back was broken and my spinal cord injured. As a result I've been in a wheelchair ever since. The lower back pain is tolerable and I could live with synthetics for the most part if that were the only problem.

 

I had a through the knee amputation on my left leg about 5 years ago now and the docs bungled it while doing it. They damaged the nerve that runs down the inside of the leg and wraps around the knee. That causes me pretty much constant pain.

 

Medication

Currently taking about six Tramal 100SR, four Tramal 50, twelve Neurontin 600, two Endep 10, and four Panadine 500/8's a day. When this doesn't cut the pain I'll take as many as four more Tramal 100SR's and four more Tramal 50's. That's 28 pills on a good day and as many as 36 on a bad day.

 

The Tramal (both kinds) and the Neurontin are diaretics. About an hour after I take them there's a terrible rush to get to any toilet where I can relieve my aching bladder. The effects of taking too much Paracetamal are well known and the Codine in the Panadine binds my stomach up something terrible.

 

The Experiment

The times when a new season is coming on are the worst. A transition from Spring to Summer and Fall to Winter with the extreme changes in barametric pressure have me in absolute agony right now if I'm not taking my painkillers. Even taking the entire dose I still have breakthrough pain. Have talked to Pain Management Specialist and am told there's really not a lot they can do for me except to continue trying different dosages of a combination of painkillers until we hit a combination that works.

 

Enter that wonderful, god-given, miracle herb. For the last three evenings I've loaded up my new bong with a bit of water in the bottom to cool the smoke and as much leaf as I can pack into the bowl and I've smoked till there's nothing left in the bowl.

 

For the last two evenings I've been able to skip my second lot of evening painkillers (4 Neurontin, 2 Tramal 100SR) because after about half a dozen bong hits (I need a bigger bowl) I'm feeling no pain.

 

The Only Problem

I mentioned with the painkillers I'm on I've gotta run to take a piss after about an hour and am in and out of the bathroom three or four more times in the course of a few hours. Way too much compared to when I wasn't taking them.

 

The mj doesn't make me wanna piss but there are a few "side effects" which I am enjoying.

 

Time Dialation is the first one. Time seems to really stretch out. It takes forever to do anything. It feels like I've been typing this for an hour even though I know it's been no more than five minutes.

 

Thinking I'm actually talking is the second. I'll be watching TV and be sure I said something to my wife about the current program, I ask her what she thinks about whatever I was sure I was talking about and I found out I've only been thinking what I thought I was verbalizing. This may be just the wife messing with me while I'm stoned but I tend to think it's legit.

 

Third would be the pressure around my head. It feels as though someone has stuck my head in a giant vise and is pressure just enough to hold it firmly. This isn't a painful or unpleasant feeling. It's kinda comfortable in a way.

 

Conclusion at this time

The benefits at this time of smoking far outweigh the "negative" effects, at least in how I'm effected. I'm able to cut six to fourteen of my daily drugs out with half a dozen bong hits and this is still with shitty leaf. I can't wait to see how much better it workd once I get some good buds. That happens tomorrow. I'll update more later.

[jackc]

well im not as bad off as allot of the people here and im not registered at a pain clinic but ill still put down what i got.

 

Im 18

 

when i was little i got severely bullied by kids and even had a teacher forcibly putting me into situations with the other kids and id get pretty messed up both emotionally and physically by them. changed school but i was that freiked out from previous experiences with other kids my age that i became distant and not very social, so the other kids picked on me. this happened at roughly 4 or 5 schools... From those experiences i have Depression, anxiety and Post Truamatic Stress Disorder.

 

out of school i damaged my back whilst horse riding allot and now i have about 3 or 4 discs in my lower back that are outa place and im in pain allot from it. also hurt my knee when i was little and it never heald properly. and back in late 2010 i broke a ligement in my left ankle, it never healed properly and now i find it hard to walk more then 10 minutes every day withought my ankle swelling up and the pain is really bad. i also have insomnia pretty bad and also RLS (restless leg syndrome)

 

i also have reoccuring pnumonia that has hospitalised me 2 times. and i have viral induced asthma.

 

untill late august last year i had never tried cannabis and for the previous 12 months i had been researching cannabis for pain releif and also to help with my depression and so i decided to buy a small portable vaporizer called the MFLB because i wanted the healthiest aproache to cannabis and got a friend to find some cannabis for me, overall that was the best night of my life when i first vaporized, the instant i inhaled my first vapor puff i noticed pain slipping away i was able to walk normally and i veiwed life completely possitively for the first time in years. since then on my 18th birthday in september i baught a desktop vaporizer called the Extreme Q 4.0, i find that if i dont vaporize every day that depression starts to take hold and also i find it extremely difficult to stop my legs from twitching 24/7 and sleep is very hard to come by.

 

lately i have been realising that indica is the best medicine for me because of the stress and pain it brings off and sativas really dont do it that much for me its too racy and extreme but hybrids i enjoy. im currently going to be harvesting my own home grown medicine tomorrow im very excited to be able to get away from dealers and all that and being able to vape when the pain comes anocking instead of trying to conserve it.

 

anyway im very happy that you found cannabis helped with your problems too its the best medicine and the best thing is its all natural, we even have our own endocanabinoid system in our bodies.

[Kazzsam67]

Wow this topic has been really informative.

 

I wonder if some of you that are aware of the differences between sativa and indica would know whether it's specifically one of these that can cause the exacerbated anxiety reaction that some of get? If I don't combine with alcohol or valium I usually always have an internal panic attack where my thoughts are racing and I experience paranoia.

 

I am wanting to take up smoking again for asthma, headaches and anxiety if possible. When I was young I smoked moderately for many years without any negative reactions, but since an abusive relationship in my 30's it tends to give me a bad hit. Can this be overcome???

[boomer12]

What is the best way to buy seed in Brisbane?

[Ozzy420]

What is the best way to buy seed in Brisbane?

Through a seed bank, no selling on the boards.

 

We have a few seed banks listed on the site.

[Sarandon]

I often have a headache and when I smoke my head is healing up. So for me the weed has a curing effect.

[matmew]

Well, I've had bud a few night the past week. I can't believe how good this stuff is for the pain I experience.

 

There's the fact that because of the short term memory being messed with even if I actually experience a severe cramp I don't remember it 30 seconds later. There's also a lot of analgesic relief in that the knee joint doesn't ache after about 20 to 25 minutes. This relief lasts for several hours.

 

The thing I wasn't expecting is how well I sleep after having a bowl. I've slept better this week than for the last six months. Even taking all the synthetics most nights I go to bed and it takes me an hour or two to get to sleep because of continual small muscle cramps and nerve pains. With the mj I'm out almost as soon as my head hits the pillow.

 

Mark me down as a believer. And thanks to the people who've contacted me in private with offers to help. I appreciate it.

 

I like the way you list the [positive] side effects, I'm sure many many people could relate to those. All the best on your journey, take care sir.

[Franklin]

Try cannabis Indica Strain makes you very lethargic. Keep posted I'm very interested in hearing how buds treat. 

[Tommy33]

wow your an amazing person, I can just sense your inner strengths. :thumbsup
The main cause of the head pressure would be two fold,
firstly the leaf can do that, and is why I only ever smoke the buds.
and they also probably wernt flushed and your getting a chemical high as well as the high from the leaf.
You would probably be better off making some cakes to eat with the leaf.
The time thing is something that normally doesnt stick around long, I used to love that feeling.but havent had it for years.