ScorpioGirl
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Ever try to pick a name when you are high? It has been an hour, I finally chose, forgot it once I got here, then gave up and went to read my mail...hehehe, there it was 
I am a 47-yo who just found out all of the wonderful things that marijuana can help with. It has been a life saver for me. I always believed in it for "Medical Use", and never understood why it was illegal...seemed stupid and illogical. But, it wasn't anything that I was interested in...I wasn't a drinker, either.
My husband, of 22 years, left. My daughter shoved a bong in my hands. After a few times I started to notice that the constant neck/shoulder pain that had driven me nuts for a decade was easing up and my neck would loosen and pop when I was high. The relief would last for a couple of days. I could feel my arm and hand. It was pretty amazing.
I have PTSD from abuse that started the day I was brought home from the hospital and lasted through out foster placement with my grandparents. I have done many bouts of therapy. I have done psych drugs. The current ones have been my script for 10 years. They Help, but there was no joy.
I found that when I was stressed I could smoke and still function. I was able to stop taking the worst of the drugs...the one that made me sleep. (that one also made me grouchy) The more stressed I am, the more ADHD I am, and the more that thoughts swirl and collide. Pot brings that ALL to a screeching halt for me. I get high and DEAL with things that I could only Stress over before.
I am very lucky. My Husband and I are back together. We have both changed...we spent a year + apart and learned about ourselves. I met people who left partners over Pot during this time...several people. They didn't understand. Maybe if they had known their partner earlier?
My husband knows that I hate being drunk-for me it is not a pleasant feeling and I get sick. He knows that I don't like being "out of control". The first thing that I told him about Pot was that it is Nothing like Alcohol. He finally did get high with me, one time...he agreed.
I have tried some ugly legal drugs, with some ugly legal effects. All of them were more expensive then Pot. The Anti-Anxiety med that I am currently prescribed is over $400 a month. That is on top of the $1200 a month for another drug to "Help" and $600 for the anti-depressant. Well...I don't use the $400 a month any more and am about to cut down on the other two. It would be a much Cheaper and Nicer World IF we were All given the Option to just try Marijuana first. Talk about HealthCare Reform!!!
Oops, introduction...not book.
Nice to meet you
I am a 47-yo who just found out all of the wonderful things that marijuana can help with. It has been a life saver for me. I always believed in it for "Medical Use", and never understood why it was illegal...seemed stupid and illogical. But, it wasn't anything that I was interested in...I wasn't a drinker, either.
My husband, of 22 years, left. My daughter shoved a bong in my hands. After a few times I started to notice that the constant neck/shoulder pain that had driven me nuts for a decade was easing up and my neck would loosen and pop when I was high. The relief would last for a couple of days. I could feel my arm and hand. It was pretty amazing.
I have PTSD from abuse that started the day I was brought home from the hospital and lasted through out foster placement with my grandparents. I have done many bouts of therapy. I have done psych drugs. The current ones have been my script for 10 years. They Help, but there was no joy.
I found that when I was stressed I could smoke and still function. I was able to stop taking the worst of the drugs...the one that made me sleep. (that one also made me grouchy) The more stressed I am, the more ADHD I am, and the more that thoughts swirl and collide. Pot brings that ALL to a screeching halt for me. I get high and DEAL with things that I could only Stress over before.
I am very lucky. My Husband and I are back together. We have both changed...we spent a year + apart and learned about ourselves. I met people who left partners over Pot during this time...several people. They didn't understand. Maybe if they had known their partner earlier?
My husband knows that I hate being drunk-for me it is not a pleasant feeling and I get sick. He knows that I don't like being "out of control". The first thing that I told him about Pot was that it is Nothing like Alcohol. He finally did get high with me, one time...he agreed.
I have tried some ugly legal drugs, with some ugly legal effects. All of them were more expensive then Pot. The Anti-Anxiety med that I am currently prescribed is over $400 a month. That is on top of the $1200 a month for another drug to "Help" and $600 for the anti-depressant. Well...I don't use the $400 a month any more and am about to cut down on the other two. It would be a much Cheaper and Nicer World IF we were All given the Option to just try Marijuana first. Talk about HealthCare Reform!!!
Oops, introduction...not book.
Nice to meet you
Thanks for the welcomes. Anxiety attacks can take several forms and sometimes mimic heart attacks...thankfully mine haven't been the heart attack type, I get stuck in terror mode. I am thankful because no one ever rushed me to the ER for it.