I'm Done with Medical Marijuana.

[@AllysaMuller]

I have POTS and i find smoking marijuana awful. It increases my heart rate like crazy because its a vasoconstrictor, and i just end up laying on the bed until my heart rate comes back down (which can take up to an hour) :( Smoking is terrible for POTS unfortunately

[@Regulategoogle]

Bits it's also a bronchodilator.

[@ael6707]

I recently quit because I don’t love smoking but I started having seizures bad and I’m epileptic. It makes my quality of life so much better it’s unreal I love the CBD nasal mist indica too it helps my tremor

[@victoriahouse9969]

At least you tried it and realised it is not for you. But your body reacts to everything. Wish there was a magic pill to make you well. I'm sure everyone living chronically ill (myself included) would like to find the cure. Keep smiling 😃. Your doing the best you can. ❤

[@cff7251]

i had the exact same experience you did, i tried edibles, cbd thc, and vape, it made me more sick than helped my migraines and fibromyalgia, i dislike the highs, and had moments where i black out. i quit after trying for a year. so not worth it to me.

[@Jacques.Smith_]

I tried it and it made the pain worse.

[@jamesmcconnell2473]

It made standard treatment more effective for me.

[@Dulcimerist]

Marijuana ended up making me super depressed. I tried edibles and smoking, and I wasn't using gobs of it. Perhaps it was a strain that didn't agree with me, but I don't want to risk trying it again. The depression was scary bad.

[@spiritualrenaissance]

Yes it never helped me. It actually made my nervous system more restless (not relaxed) and thus exacerbated the chronic pain.

[@isatq2133]

I didn’t know you were mormon! I hope it’s comforting you in this suffering. Chronic pain is really sucky.

[@Aimee_Esther]

Yes! I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Honestly, I don't think I could do this without my faith. ❤️

[@kellygirl912]

Thanks for answering the questions!

[@Victoria-198]

I have never tried edible marijuana but I have smoked marijuana when I was younger, I think it is very good that you don't want to smoke. In my experience, when I smoked when I was younger, at first I had intensified anxiety (my anxiety is bad enough as it is) then I did have times it did the opposite and actually calmed my anxiety and I will say it did feel really nice to have relief in that way after suffering from anxiety for so long and I liked that it wasn't like medication where side effects would sick around but not knowing everytime i tried it if it was going to help me or make things worse made it not worth it to me. I also found it really hard to function like I wanted to and like I was too numb to emotions I had which is strange because it almost seems like it makes things more "enjoyable" at times but in reality it doesn't. At least not for me. It was like an illusion of things being better when in fact I was more detached from the world and my actual emotions. My mother has schizophrenia and I just went to visit her a few months ago before she passed away. The mental illness had completely ravaged her. It was beyond gut wrenching to see her that way..To know that a side effect of smoking marijuana is to potentially develop schizophrenia is enough to make me never want to touch it again in my life. Unless someone is able to actually see what the worst of schizophrenia can do, I don't think they'd understand it. It seems like everyone these days thinks it's fine to smoke and even gets defensive over it if you argue that it might not be helpful or good or may be in fact someway harmful but the reality is, it's not always good. I saw a meme once that said something like "what God creates can't be bad" or "if God allowed us to have here and it's"natural" then it must be okay" but God also created apple trees and forbid Adam and eve from eating the apples. I do think it clouds judgment and separates people from the Holy Spirit. I know many people think it leads them "closer to God", I think that is a product of the high and a delusion. God wouldn't want us to take a mind altering substance to get closer to Him.

[@AdrienneZazulak]

It's so strange but the topical creams get me super high! to the point where I did it in front of people who made it (at the shop) and they were shocked. I had to give mine away, it was so strong, since a tiny bit got me high, but it didn't cover the area I needed. Just goes to show, everyone is different! I really do wish it worked for you

[@jamesmcconnell2473]

Ask yourself did it fix you in a way? Permanently after you stopped? Also you to didn't try indica ?

[@drzeworyj]

maybe you could try green light therapy Dr. Jarred Young (an actual researcher) talks about in one of his recent videos. that would be fun :) and it's supposed to lower chronic pain.

[@eddieross6037]

Pots is connected to SIBO. SIBO is a MOTILITY ISSUE not a BACTERIA ISSUE. Stimulate motility in the small bowel. Ginger extract and artichoke extract in the morning on an empty stomach. MOTILITY PRO. Use magnesium to stimulate the large bowel to keep it moving.

[@Recusant_]

I’m sorry this didn’t work for you. Luckily CBD does work for me and helps me sleep because I have pretty bad insomnia but yes I do feel that this stays in my system a long time

[@SarahStar00]

Please get tested for CIRS. Treatment has changed my life after trying everything under the sun for 10 years.