Anxiety and depression have pretty much derailed my life up to this point. MJ is the only thing that helps manage the anxiety aspect; and definitely the only medicine I am really comfortable using (for the anxiety). I dose throughout the day, and this helps me nip it in the bud before I start to feel it. Otherwise, I am just chasing the pain. I can actually function like a normal human being now. Without it, I would barely leave the house.
I get alot of flak from folks who don't get it. All I know is I can live now, whereas before, I was pretty much dead inside.
Only drawback is the cost. No coverage for this type of medicine.
This. This whole thread is great! This post specifically, along with a few others, seem to speak to me,
so to speak. Going from not being able to eat on some days, nausea from the moment I woke up, anxiety/depression, no social life, not knowing who I was, and not even having the ability to do anything some days, aside from stay in bed...to being a fully functioning person in society, feels damn nice! Without counseling/help from family and friends, and cannabis, I wouldn't be where I am today.
I wake up every morning, and medicate (sativa in the Cloud at a low temp, or a sativa dab.) I continue to medicate throughout the day, with the Cloud or oil, and am able to live life every single day, in ways that I couldn't before. I still can't eat much of anything within the first couple hours of being awake...but I can eat throughout the day, regular sized meals, and digest them with minimal issues; In the past, from when I was a little kid until a couple years ago, none of that was possible on a regular basis.
With counseling, and help from friends and family, I've come to work through a lot of issues that caused my depression, and anxiety. At this point, my depression is mostly non-existent, with or without cannabis. My anxiety, is still quite present without cannabis, but in far fewer aspects than it was before. | If I medicate accordingly with cannabis, my anxiety is mostly non-existent. | I've gone from not being able to make friends outside of a small circle, to being much more socially active, etc. | I hadn't dated really at all, for almost a couple years...throughout this year, I've been in a few relationships, and I'm currently with someone who I could see myself with for a long time. Something like this was never even fathomable, as it just didn't make sense. | I've never really been so thoroughly happy with myself and my life as I am now, other than when I was a young child, and things were still "perfect."
It would depend on how you look at it, or who you ask, but I would say that I also use cannabis for recreational purposes. In my free evenings, mostly on the weekends, or when I'm at a friends house, I'll end up using more than I need to medicate. I personally don't see anything wrong with enjoying a good buzz; to each, their own. I don't really like getting "wasted," but I love an evening of good conversation, or a movie, with some good cloud sessions, and/or some dabs! I haven't consumed alcohol since sometime around 2009, and I never cared for it when I did drink. I also never really got into the party scene, or going out to clubs/bars. It just never caught my attention as something that I would enjoy; I've even gone to a couple club/bar type places in this past year, and they just don't do it for me
So my "weekend at the bar," is at home, or a friend/patients house, enjoying the flowers.
IMO, what is commonly referred to as "recreational" use, is medicinal use, as long as there us no abuse. Anytime I use cannabis, I feel that the effects of it are positive, and contribute to my overall wellness/well-being; to me, that is medicine as well
I think that I will probably use cannabis for the rest of my life, for a combination of medicinal/recreational uses; However, I see my usage changing in the future. I feel that if things continue on the track that they have been going on for the past couple years, I will be able to manage my anxiety/depression symptoms (if they still exist) without cannabis. I would love for my stomach/digestive issues to be completely related to my anxiety/depression, but they aren't. I know that there is a lot of correlation, but I also know that some of my G.I. issues are non anxiety/depression related, and are physical. I wouldn't be surprised if I were only using cannabis to manage my back/neck pain, and some of my G.I. issues, within a couple of years. This would be nice, for the added convenience of not having to medicate so often.
I'm really glad that I was able to discover cannabis for it's medicinal uses, and not just it's "recreational" uses. Without it, along with a lot of self discovery, and help from those around me, I really wouldn't be where I am today. I also have to give a lot of thanks to the FC community
because without vapor, and all of the enthusiasm towards health and the medical community here, I surely wouldn't be as well off as I am today, health wise! Also, thank you to everyone who has posted in this thread, too many names to mention, but it's been an informative, and very oddly "deja-vu" like thread, in some aspects...certain posts just spoke to me.
