Mind= Blown

[Doc Malone]

So today I had another psych appointment tat the VA. I told the doctor that I do not like the meds and that the only way to take the edge off was by using alcohol. I told him that I do not like having to use the alcohol but sadly it is all that takes me down to where I need to be. So I asked him what his opinion of medical marijuana was and his response was.... The effects of marijuana are way worse than that of alcohol and that if I had to pick between the 2 to pick alcohol.

 

[combatgoldfish]

People are f*cking stupid and brainwashed.

I would have told him he was an idiot and would have told him he's fired and put in my paperwork for a new doctor.

 

[Deleted member 43454]

I agree with CGF, for sure.

 

[Doc Malone]

I was dumbfounded

 

[Deleted member 43454]

Basically here take these pills or drink booze, both have tendency to lead to suicide.
Or violence. But god forbid you partake in cultivating a plant, or even worse... utilizing it.
"MY GOD! Could you imagine those combat veterans on reefer madness!"
Then you stand for it, and you are looked down upon and judged.
Or run the risk of losing benefits...

"Oh, well we don't know what psychoactive blah blah blah." - taught in school response comes out.
They really lack knowledge maybe we really gotta start educating these people.

 

[Jimmy1]

Mate, they have to say that. Until there is a memo which goes throughout the VA's in our countries, you won't hear what should be said.

 

[combatgoldfish]

The sad thing is a lot of people believe all that garbage. States are coming around one by one with allowing it medically and many now recreational. Going to take time for federal to come around.

Most of us have self medicated with alcohol and weed. I can speak for myself on this but alcohol makes me do stupid shit, I feel like hell after, sure as f*ck doesn't help my acid reflux or liver, kills REM sleep and I feel like shit the next day.

With weed, I'm in a better mood, not angry, can get a full nights sleep and the only draw back is I forget short term shit sometimes. But who here doesn't have memory problems.

 

[FieldArtilleryGuy]

At my last psych comp and pen the Dr. Recommended I try weed.

 

[Woodman]

That doctor sounds uninformed or downright clueless.

 

[Jimmy1]

It's simple, it is not legal 'Federally' in the USA or Australia, so they claim ignorance, and claim they cannot research. Even my even GP claims it's good stuff, but say there is no research. Fark me, what do they need. There are tomes of research, just none done by them. So first they have to legalise it, then they have to pay off the pharmaceutical companies, then get paid millions to do their own research, meanwhile, we rot in hell.

 

[vikingr24]

I, uh, was gonna write somethin' down but fergot what I was gonna say, dude.

No. I did MJ for years and the end came when I became seriously to the point where the docs were ready to diagnose me as bipolar. I was writing some great stuff and working well. But flashbacks were quite frequent and when on MJ double the freak factor. But dangerous? No. I had no weapons then.

On alcohol, which I consumed mass quantities, caused the same problems as CGF. I had to quit altogether, especially considering the meds I was taking. One (trazodone) was actually toxic with alcohol. I was wondering why I threw up every morning and didn't drink that much the night before. And leave alcohol alone and the drug actually helped me a bit until I got a tolerance. One thing I noticed: I had a gun in every room and was always not far from a knife otherwise. But I still do that today.

But between the two, MF is by far the safest. And the doc is uninformed. He probably saw the Reefer Madness film in med school and quit learning any more about it.

 

[CodeAlphaKilo]

I use it as a medicine. Or treat it as such. The problem for years with marijuana is that the medical side never really mixed with the underground genetics side AND the people who figured out the medicinal effects (users). Now there is a whole craze to distill this so it does not get you high. OK,,,great.

But my question in this gambit is........ Are we not all here because mind body and soul don't exactly fit together...or are at odds. Seems like a decent buzz that makes you feel normal for a few hours before you go to bed is damn good thing.. Also it is nice not to have nightmares. You can abuse anything. I actually have a Horchada addiction I keep in check. (Mexican rice milk with cinnamon drink) Give me 5 gallons of that stuff and I will OD. I'm OK, I'm "recovering"

Of course buyer beware. Some people cannot...genetically consume cannabis in any shape or form OR it has no effect on some people as well. everyone is different Still no damn silver bullet.

Peace
Wagon