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Cold turkey, yikes. And there I was grumbling about a 300mg/week taper, after being on it for a few months (3000mg at most). How long did it go on for? Something else I've found is that your response to problem meds may change over time. I first had to take a hell of a lot of meds when I had...

I think we're quite a number of years away from legalisation, sadly. There is absolutely no way to get a guaranteed strain here, I have asked around a lot. There are medical cannabis communities, but they are chock full of woo, people claiming they can personally cure cancer and worse (the...

I know plenty of people with chronic pain who find that antiepileptics are good for them, by the way, and ditto tricyclics, so I think it's perfectly reasonable for doctors to try people on them. What they should also do is be aware of how heavy duty these drugs are, in terms of side effects...

Thank you! For me the gabapentin withdrawal was six months of hell. After years of various doctors nagging me, I tried pregabalin (lyrica) the other month, and my GP took me off it a few days later because I was reacting badly to it, which was a mercy. Then I saw a neurologist a few months...

I'm so sorry you're having a shit time. I'm not up to watching videos for disability reasons, but you sound really lonely. Do you have people around you, support, friends? There's a lot of stigma and confusion when it comes to talking about pain medication. Most people don't seem to be aware...

From what I've read, you can't use LDN and opioids together. Possibly if you have them at opposite ends of the day. I couldn't get hold of it, the supposed pharmacy selling it turned out to be a scam. Which is a pity, because I had to stop using tramadol due to side effects and now have no pain...

No, I think there's a misunderstanding. It's not making me sleepy, and I'd be really astonished if it were an indica. You don't get the choice of strains here! Also I am not trying to get high. That's not a good effect for me, that's something I need to miminise. This is the forum for medical use.

Anyone? I really need to get started on this today, and I can't even find agreement on decarb times!

Hi everyone, I started off posting in the Medical forum three years ago, but since that was about vaping and I've shifted to edibles, I thought it would be worth trying here instead. I never got on with vaping, it didn't seem to do much for me and I kept getting Restless Leg Syndrome flares...

Here in Scotland we've been getting humidity in the nineties. I'm in my partner's flat, which runs cool, and the hygrometer on th bookcase across the room says 75% humidity, 17°C, and I'm still sitting by a small humidifier hoping my nose and eyes will stop feeling so dry soon. Autoimmune...

Magnesium is great stuff, but for a situation like this I'd get something prescribed. You don't want to be faffing around for a week trying to get the dose and type of magnesium right. It's also not the best type of laxative.

OK, do you have something to take for the constipation, and have you talked to your GP about proper pain relief? Discuss the pain using unemotional language, so don't say it's "agony", they will think you are exaggerating. Use a scale of 1 to 10, and tell them how it impacts your life in...

Thanks, but even without the cough, I never got anywhere with vaping, so I'm looking at making an oil now.

Is it worth water curing, by the way, and how tricky is that?

Back again! Hope you're all well. I'm glad I described how I make the infused oil, because I kept up with that using ABV. No help for me, but my partner takes the cubes for anxiety attacks. We're not sure whether it's really helping or placebo. I got fairly practised at doing repeated...

Fatigue? Temperature regulation/sweating problems? Joint dislocations? Any chance you have Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, or its more severe version, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome? Look up dysautonomia while you're at it, that occurs in folks with JHMS and EDS. There's a lot of overlap between...

Hello again! Edibles are what I'm experimenting with just now, due to a PTSD flare from hell. To begin with, we are using about 5g of ABV (still the whatever-my-friend-can-get type, and no sign of impending legalisation thanks to our delightful political situation), which was vaped on an...

Ohhhh, is th#at why I get so wobbly? Good to know, and I'll keep the blood pressure monitor (with arm cuff, don't worry) on standby next time to keep an eye on it. Not that I'm trying anything of the sort until this current ME flare improves. I think the CBD pessaries I was sent, which I was...

Meanwhile, a kind person has supplied me with some suppositories! They are marked: "Ratio - 1:1 @25mg with organic cocoa butter", and the other set are 50mg. I'm guessing that's THC:CBD, and they were being careful with labelling as they were going through the post. Any advice about dosage...

Now I think about it, mucous membranes don't all have the same degree of sensitivity. You don't need to be as careful about what goes on your lips as what goes in your vagina, and you definitely need to be a lot more careful about putting things in your eyes. I've had irritation problems from...