News Top Army Doctor Leery Of Treating Ptsd With Marijuana

[lostforgottensoul]

Not sure anyone has advised of this but I just found out (that's how much I don't watch news, even local) that medical Marijuana has been voted in here in Florida (I believe medical is what was on the ballet).

Now, lets see if anything comes from it. Not sure about cannabis oil as I've never tried it, though sounds pretty good, but I know Marijuana in general helps me sleep pretty sound. No million wake ups from nightmares. Or at least it helps me fall asleep. But, for me, it's the only benefit I can see from it.

 

[Deleted member 487]

I do not smoke pot often, in fact rarely. Last time was fall of last year. Two maybe three puffs off of a pipe. And wow! I mean WOW!
Because I have Traumatic Brain Injury as a physical cause of the PTSD. Anthony, do not argue that with me again, ok? It is what it is. However, after I took the puffs, every pain in my body was gone. And THAT is what is a precipitator for my PTSD. My brain works overtime not only having physical damage from the TBI (actually multiple severe TBIs, to be accurate), but trying to manage the physical pain. Physical pain goes away and my PTSD became a decimel factor. No longer 10x in my life, it was then .1, and to me it felt great. Problem is, it also slowed my brain down, which is a very bad thing when in college.

 

[Crystal Rose]

Those looking for pain management should look into CBD oil products. For those unfamiliar, you don't experience a "high" because these canibinoids have been isolated and don't have the effects that THC does. Hemp derived oil is legal in most states now though I've been noticing I have nausea the mornings after dosing.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Those looking for pain management should look into CBD oil products.

Agreed! I have chronic pain with a morphine drip in my spine to just keep me vertical. I wouldn't smoke weed for pain reasons, and don't. Just like pain meds that make you high, the cost of pain management is getting high. I would rather help the pain and not feel high personally.

 

[PTSDfree]

I have had this same discussion with many a person over the last decade, and every single person who gave it away, within months, found their life actually better for ridding it from themselves. Marijuana is like alcohol, it masks some things to give you the perception you feel better, BUT, like any mask it requires constant improvements to the adhesion to keep it in place (continually upping the dose to get the same results), and the physical and mental damage it's doing to your body for the longevity of your life, is horrendous to say the least.

Not denying that marijuana hides you from cold harsh reality but the same thing can be said about psychiatric medication in general especially benzos

 

[anthony]

Psych meds are dismal... IMO.

 

[Deleted member 487]

That is a problem I have had because of my TBI history. People do not understand that when you damage the human brain, you are, essentially, tampering with a biological computer. After a head injury medication may or may not react the same with meds. There was some knarly drug that was fresh in the PTSD arena years ago that even the US Dept. of Defense was swearring it helped PTSD. I forget the name off the stuff. Well, the judge said I had to take it. My neurologist said no. Juddge said that either I will or I'm in violation of probation. So I took it.

Anthony, IIRC I think I was a member here back then. 2008. Well, when I took those drugs it was nasty. Sleep walking. I never sleep walk, but I did on those drugs. Do you have any idea how terrifying it is to wake up with someone holdingg you, walking you back to your apartment? In my case, the events I remember, once my neighbor chased me down and walked me home. I was naked, not even shoes on, walking down the snow-packed street, and it was -5F outside. Another time, same thing, no one walked me home. I found myself up in the mountains, a few miles from home. My neurologist was not very happy when he found out about these and he talked with the judge. BTW, I'm off probation now (have been for 5-6 years now).

And that complicates things so much Anthony. Because fixing my PTSD, drugs are out off the question. Stuff like EMDR, even Dr. Francine Shapiro said it was a bad idea. You need at least a upper level facilitator (IIRC) because PTSD is not one or two events, bbut a multitude of events, buried, staked upon one another. And iff you try to fix one, you might fix it, or you might cause the rest to collapse.

 

[Deleted member 541]

I agree @anthony Once you start down that path, it sometimes becomes the vicious cycle of taking yet another drug to combat the side effects of the first one. Or it takes months and months to find the right one, only to have it become less effective, and then you start the cycle of finding the one that will work.

I think the biggest issue with them, (for me) was trying to come off of them. I took Cymbalta for 4 yrs, and absolutely prayed for death coming off of it. I will never take another psych med again. Ever!!!!

 

[Jeffrey Visser]

i myself live in the netherlands and weed here is kinda normal to use.. ofc ive tried but indeed it hits really hard on me all the feelings you have comes straight up. so if you feel sad tired and cold it becomes 10 times worser... atleast that happened to me