Marijuana seems to intensify my pain!!

insert strain here · Jul 8, 2016

whiskey said:

Are you smoking a sativa? Because that can amplify my pain. I've actually talked to people about this at the dispensary and they have had the same experiences. A STRONG indica is the way to go when treating pain. But every medication is different for everone.

I too have herniated discs, one with an annular tear and severe nerve pain, I also fucked up the sacroiliac joint in my lower back ... smoking does help the pain, I will say though that marijuana is not enough for my nerve pain. For the most part I just have to endure that.

I disagree that the studies are skewed though. Marijuana helps the pain for many people, and while it doesn't make it disappear for me, it certainly makes it tolerable, which if you think about it, is the same thing opiates do (at least for me). When I take anything to manage my pain, NOTHING is effective in making it disappear, everything that makes it dealible for awhile.

To the person who said that smoking is just for recreational use, that's not true at all, lol. There's no denying that an edible will give you more of a body stone, but just because you're actually smoking doesn't mean you're just doing it recreationally.
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I agree! I'd just like to add that there are some ailments where sativas are recommended, but more often or not, like you said, a strong indica is the way to go!

ihvetura · Apr 17, 2017

When I smoke, my neck pain gets intense. I have a cervical neck issues. If anyone has an idea, Id love to hear it. Its like when I smoke my neck muscles get super tight and ache ache ache. It sets in in minutes.

nobighurry · Apr 24, 2017

I first tried the high cbd strains for cervical and back pain since most of what you read says go cbd for pain, i had about given up after months of different strains when a dispensery gave me some blue dream as a freebie and it relieved about 40% of my pain, I then tried it as an edible and it totally changed my world! You might give them a try currently using homemade tangerine dream coconut oil works great..

grasscoty · Apr 25, 2017

I don't know what pain is when I am stoned.

ihvetura · Apr 25, 2017

ihvetura said:

When I smoke, my neck pain gets intense. I have a cervical neck issues. If anyone has an idea, Id love to hear it. Its like when I smoke my neck muscles get super tight and ache ache ache. It sets in in minutes.
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Addendum: I think anxiety is at play.

westwardbound · Oct 17, 2017

It's interesting that a lot of people posting here suffered from pain absent MJ and their symptoms are mainly heightened. I have had a similar experience, initially what seemed like out of the blue, and am curious to know how many people in this situation are also taking other medications that could be interacting with MJ?

I have severe chronic panic, basically everywhere, and I sometimes enjoy a low THC, high CBD flower to help me through. At one point I was taking gabapentin for nerve pain (which the MJ does not help me with) and noticed what I think was at times a fairly intense, almost immediate reaction between the two. It resulted in a lot of muscle twitching, tightness, and extremely severe nerve pain (as in I had to shift my pain scale) that some of you are describing, mainly in my upper-back, neck, and sides. I recently stopped taking the gabapentin (for other reasons) and haven't noticed this response to MJ anymore.

nobighurry · Oct 17, 2017

Gabapentin seems to work great for some neuropathy or spinal injury patients but I am not one of them! Messed my system up big time,, mj works best on me with a clean system even oxys detract from mj effectiveness usually takes a week of purging chemicals before it works it's best on my spine & nerve pains... Easier said then done at times...

MycoJFaux · Oct 22, 2017

Hydroponically grown (sterile direct injection) Cannabis ruins joints. Its not just pain, your body is falling apart if you smoke the Monsanto stuff (constructed with direct injection of chemicals instead of grown with roots/microbes). Doubly, since sterile hydroponic has no Brix, simple sugars are fed to the plant before harvest to mimic organic properties. These foreign sugars and esters, when smoked, reek havoc on the body. They are no legitimate substitute for actual Cannabis Brix yet they are pimped by every pawn of Bayer-Monsantos perpetual sickness machine.

Dabs also. My achey breaky joints. There is something missing from most concentrates that is present in the vaporized herb from the same plant. Im not sure what it is, but Dabs don't work for pain relief, they amplify it. Neither does cbd work.. You need thc analogues for theie numbing sensation. And to not be gullible because of other peoples placebos, today's market is filled with garbage that doesn't work yet they sell tons of it.

Deathrocker84 · Jul 19, 2018

fukinay said:

I am a 38 year old relatively healthy male (no previous severe health issues, just 10% overweight, never hospitalized or had surgery, healthy blood pressure, etc). I have been toking since age 19, but more regularly the past 12 years. In the past month I have been diagnosed with having 3 herniated cervical (neck) discs. 2 of them are moderate and 1 is severe. I will be getting an operation on them tomorrow. Along with a few other episodes of being ill or anxious, I sometimes thought marijuana often-times made my symptoms worse and made me tense up and experience more pain in my shoulders and neck. However, I always rationalized it by saying it must have been other stuff. However, in the last few weeks, almost EVERY time I smoked to relieve some discomfort or extreme pain my neck, shoulders, and arms from the inflammation and muscle spasms caused by the herniated discs irritating the nerves, my pain seemed to at least double. I didn't want to believe it was true, but I simply couldn't deny the massive increase in pain and muscle tightness I'd feel, especially in the first 1 or 2 hours after smoking. I tried it almost 20 times to make sure I was not imagining this or just unlucky timing with the weed.

I asked my brother last night who is a surgeon (and a toker) and he agreed with me that he and others often experience the same since marijuana often intensifies what you already feel, see, hear, etc. He added that there really has never been any well designed, conclusive studies done about marijuana in regards to pain management. Most studies have been done by groups who already have an agenda and skew the tests / results in their own favor. Please don't flame me. I am NOT against marijuana treatment for pain / disease. I am a toker like the rest of you here who enjoys it immensely (when I am feeling well). It's just that I feel the argument is WAY too one-sided in being a miracle pain killer in which in my case it does exactly the opposite and in the case of a few others I have talked to about this. Sometimes I also feel both marijuana and alcohol make us unaware of bad posture when sitting, standing, or using the computer which can increase the risk of injury. Your thoughts please! Thanks.
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fukinay said:

I am a 38 year old relatively healthy male (no previous severe health issues, just 10% overweight, never hospitalized or had surgery, healthy blood pressure, etc). I have been toking since age 19, but more regularly the past 12 years. In the past month I have been diagnosed with having 3 herniated cervical (neck) discs. 2 of them are moderate and 1 is severe. I will be getting an operation on them tomorrow. Along with a few other episodes of being ill or anxious, I sometimes thought marijuana often-times made my symptoms worse and made me tense up and experience more pain in my shoulders and neck. However, I always rationalized it by saying it must have been other stuff. However, in the last few weeks, almost EVERY time I smoked to relieve some discomfort or extreme pain my neck, shoulders, and arms from the inflammation and muscle spasms caused by the herniated discs irritating the nerves, my pain seemed to at least double. I didn't want to believe it was true, but I simply couldn't deny the massive increase in pain and muscle tightness I'd feel, especially in the first 1 or 2 hours after smoking. I tried it almost 20 times to make sure I was not imagining this or just unlucky timing with the weed.

I asked my brother last night who is a surgeon (and a toker) and he agreed with me that he and others often experience the same since marijuana often intensifies what you already feel, see, hear, etc. He added that there really has never been any well designed, conclusive studies done about marijuana in regards to pain management. Most studies have been done by groups who already have an agenda and skew the tests / results in their own favor. Please don't flame me. I am NOT against marijuana treatment for pain / disease. I am a toker like the rest of you here who enjoys it immensely (when I am feeling well). It's just that I feel the argument is WAY too one-sided in being a miracle pain killer in which in my case it does exactly the opposite and in the case of a few others I have talked to about this. Sometimes I also feel both marijuana and alcohol make us unaware of bad posture when sitting, standing, or using the computer which can increase the risk of injury. Your thoughts please! Thanks.
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Hey man the same thing happens to me with weed but I’m gonna tell you the reason for your Pain is not what you think. Read the book the mind body prescription by Dr. John Sarno and the great pain deception by Steve Ozanich. What’s going on is something called TMS/Mind body syndrome. What it is is your brain is sending a lack of blood flow to the muscles causing excruciating pain. The herniation are just natural abnormalities shown on the MRI. the reason your pain goes up is because marijuana can strengthen your mind body connection. Happens to me too and I have over 60 symptoms, all mind body. Do some research and I hope it helps

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