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chronic pain leads to chronic pain meds. its the real doorway drug that ruins lives.
Absolutely agree. I find that marijuana helps. It's not actually a good painkiller per se. Like at all. But when you're more relaxed and chillin, it makes it a bit easier to live with the pain. Not for everyone though, but beats the risk of opiate addiction.
I was really excited when marijuana was legalized in my state because I thought it would work like a quick-acting, more-potent ibuprofen. Nope, I still have pain and now I have vertigo with the munchies. It's a miracle sleep aid at least.
Yea, no. It's a shitty painkiller rofl. It's more of an indirect effect. For me at least, it releases muscle tension and that extra relaxation is often enough to decrease the pain. But it can also work against you in that if you're anxious about the pain, it can amplify it and make it worse. So it really depends on the situation and the individual. Medical marijuana as an industry is kind of a fucking joke though. People shill it as curing cancer and straight make up bullshit.
Way too fucking accurate. I feel that my prescriptions don't do shit or make me miserable anyway with side effects.
Meh, everything I've read says that people dealing with chronic pain really don't get the high like someone without chronic pain.
Having dealt with significant chronic pain for 30+ years, even the stronger drugs (like the oxy family) don't do anything other than let me go about my day (though those do make me tired when they wear off).
When my friends or family without chronic pain take similar meds for something like post-op, they're all kinds of wonked out - they get sleepy, disoriented, goofy, etc, at smaller doses than I take.
I don't feel like that from the meds, just reduced pain, same with the people in my pain management group.
I'd say the greater risk is in these people, who only need it for a short time, so they do experience that "everything is alright" effect.
There's some fascinating research these days, into how GABA works, and the interactions with dopamine and norepinephrine. Should help us understand these things better.