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I have used marijuana for approximately twenty years to deal with anxiety and PTSD. The VA hasn’t been too bad but day in, and out, cannabis has had a more posi
by underseacables 6y ago
I have used marijuana for approximately twenty years to deal with anxiety and PTSD. The VA hasn’t been too bad but day in, and out, cannabis has had a more positive effect on my overall being, personality, and coping abilities, than the pills the VA used to give me.
- FearlessNebula 6y agoIt’s funny how differently cannabis affects people. For you it has helped treat your anxiety, for me I never had a panic attack until I tried an edible.
- gedy 6y agoYes cannabis also would consistently give me panic attacks, swore off it years ago due to this.
- pmoriarty 6y ago"I never had a panic attack until I tried an edible." You probably overdosed. Anxiety is an extremely common symptom of cannabis overdose, and it's very easy to overdose with the highly potent cannabis that's on the market today, especially with edibles where the appropriate dosage is very difficult to control compared to smoking. A wiser way to approach cannabis consumption is to smoke the smallest dose of the weakest strain you can find.. ideally something below the threshold of perception, and slowly, very slowly, over a period of days or weeks, work your way up from there until you achieve a dose that's effective but not overwhelming to you. Edibles are tougher to use this way, as you have to wait much longer to see if there's an effect (and often people give in to the temptation to up their dosage if they don't feel anything), but the principle is the same: start with the smallest dose you can find, and slowly (no more than once per day.. ideally with at least a couple of days in between) work your way up. Also, mixing substances is a bad idea. I don't know if you did that, but synergistic effects from multiple substances can also easily lead to overdose.
- capableweb 6y ago> You probably overdosed. Maybe but maybe not. I myself smoke cannabis every day in order to avoid anxiety, but I know plenty of people who can't even sit in the same room as someone who is smoking as they'll get enough cannabis in their system to trigger some reaction. So while anxiety could be because of an overdose, some people really do get a strong reaction to even the smallest amount of cannabis.
- pmoriarty 6y agoIf someone who's not a smoker, and who therefore has absolutely no tolerance for cannabis sits in the same room as someone who's smoking (especially someone who's smoking highly potent cannabis, which is very common these days) they're not just going to get "the smallest amount".. they're probably going to get an overdose.
- capableweb 6y agoYeah, I guess that depends on your definition of "overdose". Usually I refer that to cases when you ingest too much of something, so much it affects your health.
- FearlessNebula 6y agoOh I absolutely took too much with that edible. But I tell you, I did not have a single panic attack until I tried weed (I got minor panic attacks smoking weed but an edible was the first all out panic attack). Haven’t touched weed in years and unfortunately I still get panic attacks here and there. I’m doing cognitive behavioral therapy and it works very well.
- capableweb 6y agoWhat does VA mean here? Did the pills have Ayahuasca in them? Otherwise I'm not sure about the relevance of your comment on this story.
- smoyer 6y agoIn the US, the VA is probably the veterans administration.
- rozim 6y agoI take it to mean Veterans Administration.
- underseacables 6y agoSorry, yes, VA means the Veterans Administration, which supposedly provides healthcare and benefits to active and former military.