Marijuana for Nausea.

Hello,

I am having adverse reactions to another kind of antidepressant, an SNRI called Effexor.

I have talked to my doctor and I am about to start tapering/ cross tapering. I will ween off the effexor, and start taking half doses of Prozac. In three weeks or so I will be off the effexor and on 20mg of Prozac.

But, I am really sick. I can't eat before 3 or 4pm, or I WILL throw up. I gag and dry heave constantly. It's really fucking with my shit.

Weed helps, but I can't be super high all day at work.

Any suggestions? Or any kinds of Weeds that people have used to help with Nausea?

I have been taking Girl Scout Cookies, and that helps a lot. But again - I can only smoke in the morning, lunch break, and after work.

Any help or stories to share would be really appreciated.

THANKS!

Tincture. Doesn't get you "fucked up" but will keep you medicated. A

I don't think you need crazy pills...... You're no crazier than the rest of us.... Twenty mg isn't really doing much anyhow

woody333333 said:

I don't think you need crazy pills...... You're no crazier than the rest of us.... Twenty mg isn't really doing much anyhow

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I think I might not need them eventually.

But after crying every day for about 4 months, not seeing any of my friends and being afraid to talk to people for 6 months, and having it be a struggle every day not to kill myself - I felt I needed something.

You only see the "healthy" me here. I didn't post when I was at my worst.

Carolina Dream'n said:

Tincture. Doesn't get you "fucked up" but will keep you medicated. A

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I don't know how to make those.

Help me OBI WAN, you're my only hope...

If you have a vaporizer you can make your own meds in pill format. Grind vaporized herb to powder. Pack gel caps and eat with yogurt. Take care when medicating - too many pills will make you blasted for 10 to 12 hours. For me 5 or 6 large caplets do the job. I buy Glucosamine Sulfate 1000 mg. at any drugstore. Put the Sulfate in your coffee - It's good for your joint health. Good luck - I understand your situation because I have to have my meds in order to function correctly.

i'd suggest you titrate even slower, @Yessica... in my pursuit to get my pain issues resolved, i had a dr put me on paxil (because i could have just been depressed and in pain, ya' know /s) for about four months and then i decided to get off of it. it was the worst experience of my life, it felt like my head was going to explode and that was only four months on it. with the combination of the two medicines you are on, i'd only reduce one at a time and smoke in the morning, lunch and after work to help with the nausea. good luck!! depression sucks and i've seen it take hold of members of my family; try to focus your mind always on positive things and PM if you ever need to!

Final Phase said:

If you have a vaporizer you can make your own meds in pill format. Grind vaporized herb to powder. Pack gel caps and eat with yogurt. Take care when medicating - too many pills will make you blasted for 10 to 12 hours. For me 5 or 6 large caplets do the job. I buy Glucosamine Sulfate 1000 mg. at any drugstore. Put the Sulfate in your coffee - It's good for your joint health. Good luck - I understand your situation because I have to have my meds in order to function correctly.

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Thank you!

Hopefully this will be done in less than a month when it's fully out of my system and the new meds kick in.

But without MMJ medicating, it would be a really rough month.

Thanks again!

undercovergrow said:

i'd suggest you titrate even slower, @Yessica... in my pursuit to get my pain issues resolved, i had a dr put me on paxil (because i could have just been depressed and in pain, ya' know /s) for about four months and then i decided to get off of it. it was the worst experience of my life, it felt like my head was going to explode and that was only four months on it. with the combination of the two medicines you are on, i'd only reduce one at a time and smoke in the morning, lunch and after work to help with the nausea. good luck!! depression sucks and i've seen it take hold of members of my family; try to focus your mind always on positive things and PM if you ever need to!

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I'd need to get more Effexor to go any longer than 3 weeks.

I do have an appointment with my family doctor next week, so I'm going to ask some questions then.

Thank you! I just might take you up on the PM offer.

Yessica... said:

I'd need to get more Effexor to go any longer than 3 weeks.

I do have an appointment with my family doctor next week, so I'm going to ask some questions then.

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please do. i've helped some other friends get off of medicines such as these and slower is better because of the severe side effects of stopping the medicine. i was trying to take 2.5mg of paxil to wean myself off of it (i think my highest dose was 20mg) and am having an easier time getting off of prescribed oxy than paxil if that tells you anything.

ETA: to clarify, i mean i had to reduce my dose down to 2.5 mg +/- as i was weaning off of it the symptoms were so bad...i reduced myself too quickly then but i'm more of the rip the bandage off type girl and i couldn't get a doctor (even the one who prescribed me the medicine) to help me reduce it because at the time they didn't think it was a big deal.

undercovergrow said:

please do. i've helped some other friends get off of medicines such as these and slower is better because of the severe side effects of stopping the medicine. i was trying to take 2.5mg of paxil to wean myself off of it (i think my highest dose was 20mg) and am having an easier time getting off of prescribed oxy than paxil if that tells you anything.

ETA: to clarify, i mean i had to reduce my dose down to 2.5 mg +/- as i was weaning off of it the symptoms were so bad...i reduced myself too quickly then but i'm more of the rip the bandage off type girl and i couldn't get a doctor (even the one who prescribed me the medicine) to help me reduce it because at the time they didn't think it was a big deal.

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Oh fak yeah. I was sick for all of June, July, and August last summer when I was going off Celexa.

But - when I think of the alternative, it's actually worth it. This winter was very bad for me and me brain.

Yessica... said:

Oh fak yeah. I was sick for all of June, July, and August last summer when I was going off Celexa.

But - when I think of the alternative, it's actually worth it. This winter was very bad for me and me brain.

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so you know what you're in for! good luck, girl - i'm feeling for you. PM me if you EVER need to. i check RIU pretty regularly - well, except for the last few weeks when my computer died.

undercovergrow said:

so you know what you're in for! good luck, girl - i'm feeling for you. PM me if you EVER need to. i check RIU pretty regularly - well, except for the last few weeks when my computer died.

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Thanks! I'm gonna have a bath.

I'm good when I can smoke joints. Just can't do that all day anymore. hahha

Fuckin BUSINESS. hahaha

yessica ,i would get off all that shit if i was you,after i came back from iraq i was on 4 diffrent types ,then they started what they called a coctail on me .all the shit they gave me fucked me up worse than when i started,yea death was always on my mind and im not talking about my own.i finally told the stupid fuckers fucking my head up worse to stick it,they warned me that side effect were nothing to play with,there were a mother t fucker to ,nothing as bad as what id gone threw with there drugs and the war,anyway how i got threw it was heavy fucking indica strains that kept me couch loc for the 21 days of my body wanting the drugs,then i started smoking sativa to keep me happy.
the moral of this story is it will only get better if you choose it to,get off the pysh shit slowly if that is how you have to,smoke sativa during the day it keeps you happy and going and as far as the nausea bicarbonates thats all i can suggest .
life is fucked up we just deal with every new objective the best we can ,think positive and it all works out,nothing is free and a sure cure so make the best and move onward threw the fog

Yessica... said:

I don't know how to make those.

Help me OBI WAN, you're my only hope...

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Their is alchohal as glycerin tincture. Alchohal is god awful in my opinion. To get good flavor, I soaked a full quart mason jar full of weed with vegitable glycerin. Let it set 30 days, strain with a cheesecloth and press. Decarb in a hot water bath around 240 degrees.

You can do it faster and give up some flavor. Crock pot on low for 8 hours. Strain. Ingest.

i've met a lot of people who take anti-depressants, and guess what? NONE of them are happy. not even one. some of them less depressed, but none are happy. you don't need to find something to make taking these antidepressants bearable...you need to find something that will make you happy without these horrible drugs...studys have shown that suicide is actually more likely when taking anti-depressants than when living without...

Grapefruit Krush (at least the pheno I had) is the best strain I've found for nausea. Works fantastic for depression and anxiety as well.

CCCmints said:

i've met a lot of people who take anti-depressants, and guess what? NONE of them are happy. not even one. some of them less depressed, but none are happy. you don't need to find something to make taking these antidepressants bearable...you need to find something that will make you happy without these horrible drugs...studys have shown that suicide is actually more likely when taking anti-depressants than when living without...

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It's been a very long road for me with antidepressants.

And, I feel like I'm at the end of it.

I'm going to give the lowest dose of prozac a go. And then once I get set up with a weekly counsellor and get busy with work and volunteering and the gym and outdoor activities, I probably will go off the prozac and just be monitored for signs of depression from my head doctor.

I feel fantastic right now mentally. It's just the physical shit that is a fucking pain in the arse.

A buddy of mine that owns a health food store told me to pick up some

"magnesium byglicinate"

I'm going to try that.

950011116193538591230 said:

yessica ,i would get off all that shit if i was you,after i came back from iraq i was on 4 diffrent types ,then they started what they called a coctail on me .all the shit they gave me fucked me up worse than when i started,yea death was always on my mind and im not talking about my own.i finally told the stupid fuckers fucking my head up worse to stick it,they warned me that side effect were nothing to play with,there were a mother t fucker to ,nothing as bad as what id gone threw with there drugs and the war,anyway how i got threw it was heavy fucking indica strains that kept me couch loc for the 21 days of my body wanting the drugs,then i started smoking sativa to keep me happy.
the moral of this story is it will only get better if you choose it to,get off the pysh shit slowly if that is how you have to,smoke sativa during the day it keeps you happy and going and as far as the nausea bicarbonates thats all i can suggest .
life is fucked up we just deal with every new objective the best we can ,think positive and it all works out,nothing is free and a sure cure so make the best and move onward threw the fog

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I've been on Zoloft over 15 years. Switched to it when the prozac quit working....which they gave me when the Paxil stopped working. I asked about backing off of it last year and was told I would die without in patient detox and then there is no guarantee. Xanax 12 years....I've been told my brain chemistry has been changed. The irony is I kept getting sent to shrinks because the Dr.'s (several) kept telling me my illness is in my head. It was/is Lupus. Almost 18 years of you're a hypochondriac..... I'm not the kind of Dr you need. The only time in my life I was suicidal was on a Dr. "cocktail". I put the loaded cocked gun down, put the 8 bottles of pills in a bag, drove to the Dr. office I saw and said I don't understand why I almost killed myself. Life is not that bad....I love my kids. Was seen by the Dr immediately. He took the bag of pills, read each bottle then said I'd kill myself too if I was on this combination/cocktail. Weaned me off 6 of them. He saved me.

Nausea....I find that edibles work quite well for it. Better than smoking....for me.
A vapor pen is great and discreet if you just smoke. A hit or two during the day might help while not getting you to high to work. Wishing you the best.