lwien
Well-Known Member
So here's the deal.
About a year ago, every once in awhile, my gums would just be burning. I would also be salivating a lot. Dentist didn't have a clue as to what it was. Didn't happen all the time, maybe about once or twice a week.
I then noticed that I was really putting a lot of spices on my food. Lots of garlic and crushed red peppers. I chalked that off to just growing older and that typically, ones taste buds don't work as well when one ages so I needed to spice up my food.
Then, about a month ago, every once in awhile, I'd get really hoarse, like I was loosing my voice. I was also constantly clearing my throat.............that old frog in your throat thing, but what was REALLY bad was the feeling that I had a clump of mucous stuck to the back of my throat when in fact, there was nothing there. I could deal with that feeling during the day, but it really fucked with my head when trying to go to sleep. Kinda felt like you were drowning or chocking when you really weren't. Could breath fine. Just that weird feeling in the back of your throat. Kept me up at night.
Anyway, initially thought it may be allergies, so I tried Claritin, Mucinex and Nasacort. Nothing worked.
Then I went to the doc who diagnosed me with laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), also known as silent GERD. I never heard of that before. I thought that GERD was always associated with heartburn, but I found out that this is not always the case. With regular GERD, stomach acid irritates the esophagus which results in heartburn. With LPR, the amount of acid coming up is much smaller so it's not felt as heartburn but with LPR, it travels up into your throat and larynx and over time, inflames them which causes the symptoms that I had.
She prescribed me a 45 day run of Omeprazole, which is the generic form of Prilosec, a PPI that inhibits acid production. I'm 3 weeks in and it's working great. Symptoms not gone completely but 80% improved. My taste buds are back. I can taste small amounts of black pepper that I haven't tasted in years, so obviously, this has been a long term issue. But it's a bandaid but I've made some lifestyle changes that hopefully, will address the issue after my script runs out.
So back to the title of this thread. What I have noticed, and it's very real, is that Omeprazole (Prilosec) negates the high I get from vapor in a very big way. I don't get nearly as stoned as I did before I started taking this drug. It would be nice if this was listed as a side effect, but I'm not gonna hold my breath for that to happen.
Has anyone else had this happen, either with this drug or any others in regards to weakening the MJ high?
About a year ago, every once in awhile, my gums would just be burning. I would also be salivating a lot. Dentist didn't have a clue as to what it was. Didn't happen all the time, maybe about once or twice a week.
I then noticed that I was really putting a lot of spices on my food. Lots of garlic and crushed red peppers. I chalked that off to just growing older and that typically, ones taste buds don't work as well when one ages so I needed to spice up my food.
Then, about a month ago, every once in awhile, I'd get really hoarse, like I was loosing my voice. I was also constantly clearing my throat.............that old frog in your throat thing, but what was REALLY bad was the feeling that I had a clump of mucous stuck to the back of my throat when in fact, there was nothing there. I could deal with that feeling during the day, but it really fucked with my head when trying to go to sleep. Kinda felt like you were drowning or chocking when you really weren't. Could breath fine. Just that weird feeling in the back of your throat. Kept me up at night.
Anyway, initially thought it may be allergies, so I tried Claritin, Mucinex and Nasacort. Nothing worked.
Then I went to the doc who diagnosed me with laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), also known as silent GERD. I never heard of that before. I thought that GERD was always associated with heartburn, but I found out that this is not always the case. With regular GERD, stomach acid irritates the esophagus which results in heartburn. With LPR, the amount of acid coming up is much smaller so it's not felt as heartburn but with LPR, it travels up into your throat and larynx and over time, inflames them which causes the symptoms that I had.
She prescribed me a 45 day run of Omeprazole, which is the generic form of Prilosec, a PPI that inhibits acid production. I'm 3 weeks in and it's working great. Symptoms not gone completely but 80% improved. My taste buds are back. I can taste small amounts of black pepper that I haven't tasted in years, so obviously, this has been a long term issue. But it's a bandaid but I've made some lifestyle changes that hopefully, will address the issue after my script runs out.
So back to the title of this thread. What I have noticed, and it's very real, is that Omeprazole (Prilosec) negates the high I get from vapor in a very big way. I don't get nearly as stoned as I did before I started taking this drug. It would be nice if this was listed as a side effect, but I'm not gonna hold my breath for that to happen.
Has anyone else had this happen, either with this drug or any others in regards to weakening the MJ high?
