Smokin for pain

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I have had pure hell for some time due to a car wreck. I now smoke 3-4 times a day (about 15 grams ) a day to help relieve the pain. During the course of about a year and a half I no longer use any pain killers or muscle relaxers. The use of medicinal marijuana actually was mentioned by a pain management doctor, during one of my monthly office visits. The problem I have is simple, I still have pain that breaks through. Does anyone have any suggestions, should I do more? With the amount that I use nobody can even tell that I have smoked. And one last question, does anyone know if there is something in marijuana that speeds up the nerve regeneration process? I seem to be recovering at a much faster rate after begining to smoke. Just curious as to how many of us there are using this for medicine blindly. I know it works but can't seem to find much information on this subject that is not incredibly biased, or just plain bull s#*t.

"If it works dont fix it!!!"

Although there are about 400 chemicals in cannabis satvia, the one that I think you are explaining is Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). In Pharmacology, breakthroughs in recent research have come to see that this chemical seems to possess many 'medicinal properties'. That being said I would note that among that research they've discovered that THC can/has acted as an analgesic which would explain the temporary relief of your physical pains. Seeing as though you smoke 3-4 times a day to relieve this pain, it must be something traumatic. However, like most things smoking marijuana has its trade offs, so I don't think I would encourage any more than you're taking in now. look into those trade offs for yourself and decide from there though.

Another thing I was wanted to know is- how is your physical therapy coming along? I've realized that rather that suppressing the pain and leaving it at that, can actually cause more problems. What I would suggest is using marijuana as a means (or tool) of suppression as you improve your physical therapy and during the recovery see if you can ween yourself from it.

Another thing I would like to know is- are you trying other methods of recovery? ie. natural herbs, teas, meditation, other forms of therapy?

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I have been in physical therapy for about a year now. I first started my lower back was broken at the sacrum, and @ T-4. My neck was just cracked and there has been nothing done to it. At that point I still could not walk due to pain. I have progreesively worked up to almost 1 full mile of steady walking at a slow but steady pace. I am learning to tolerate the pain and have been weaning off for a while now. I just want to be certain that the pot is doing what I think it is doing. After about a day and a half the pain becomes intolerable, sick to stomach, cant sleep, and the migrane headaches. These symptoms all subside weither I take a pill or smoke a small bowl. Now my question about if marijuana helped nerves stems from two different symptoms that I have. The first is numbness from severed nerves. According to the neurologist they are repairing themseves at a record pace. I am not noticing this, but I have noticed that when I lay down to sleep my legs jerk. They do this in my sleep as well as when I am awake. I can't really feel it but it is quite noticeable. Now to solve this problem I smoke a small bowl before bed. This stops the jerking and twitching that goes on? I most certainly do not believe pot is a "cure all" but I do know it helps several things that are physically wrong with me, along with excersize and diet. As far as vitamins and herbs I take Esiak capsules 450mg. L-Lysine 475mg. an omega 3, and multivitamins from the herb shop. So I am sure that the marijuana is not working alone, but I find it hard to aquire much info on what chemicals are doing what. Thanks for your insight, I find all information intresting and appriciate every bit of it I can get. The only downfall I have found is short term memory loss. I have thought about maybe taking some sort of suppliment that targets mind health?

"If it works dont fix it!!!"

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The first is numbness from severed nerves. According to the neurologist they are repairing themseves at a record pace.

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but I find it hard to aquire much info on what chemicals are doing what

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The only downfall I have found is short term memory loss. I have thought about maybe taking some sort of suppliment that targets mind health?

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"I'm a human being, God Dammit!! My life has value!!!"

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_info2.shtml

There we go I remembered the site name haha. If you have the time, sift through some of these chemicals active in the plant, and you might come across a few that you're looking for pertaining to your questions


But like I said, THC is probably the most likely candidate.

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