CBD oil for pain

It's really frustrating, I was really shocked to hear her telling me what's going to happen. I don't know what they think we're all supposed to do.

Interesting to know you can do that.

Hi. Quick question: What's "MM"? Short for 420? What do you carry? I like edibles. Many thanks.

CBD isn't the only part of the MJ compound that alleviates pain. THC is also a great drug for relieving pain. Unless you use large amounts of it, you will feel NO high, just more good pain relief. Have been on 50/50 THC/CBD for almost a year. I get no high feeling from the THC as many think. Before you down play a proven pain reliever, you should read all the literature and try it for yourself. In addition to the above I also take a solution of straight THC for breakthrough pain with NO HIGH. I repeat.....NO HIGH, so I guess this makes me an expert. (at least in my own mind.) LOL

MM is medical marijuana.

@jeany26, hi. I caught your post. Im the one that was asking about CBD and hemp oil usage. I wonder if you were to try the oil in a good meaty soup or stew. Then put just about the right amount of soup in a cup, add your oil, and bombs away?

How does that sound? Sounds good to me but im hungry. Let me know if you decide to try it.

Good luck, Dany

Hi. Thanks. I am in NM and have a card for pain. Recently flew to MA, which passed recreational marijuana, but not yet. I brought gummy bears and lollipops because the person I was visiting doesn't smoke. It does help me, primarily for distancing me from the pain.

I recommend that you try CBD (hemp only) to see if it works for you. If that doesn't work, and you live in a state where Medical Marijuana is legal, then try a THC version. This is just my opinion based on my experience and not medical advice.

I live in Colorado where both Medical Marijuana (MM) and recreational marijuana are legal. Both versions are taxed and have varying rules, the recreational use is taxed at a higher rate than the medical. You can get edibles, tinctures, topicals, leaves, or vape. You can grow a fixed amount for yourself, or assign your plant allocation to a dispensary. You can buy a fixed amount per day. Medical users can get more than recreational users.

There are designated medical doctors here that will help you get a MM card. As people have mentioned here, pain management and other medical doctors will not prescribe opioids if you do pot (THC). I think this is because of the Federal regulations on opioid abuse and that pot is not legal at the Federal level.

Each state is currently making their own laws and regulations, and of course the new federal administration is making their own threats. Sigh. So if you are interested in trying the THC version, you'll need to find out what your state's laws are.

Federal laws apply to transporting it out of state--don't do it. According to the TSA page for flying: "Federal law provides no basis to treat medical marijuana any differently than non-medical marijuana." Just Google your state and the state you are going to for the applicable laws.

Pot has lots of chemical components, the two big ones people talk about are THC and CBD. THC is the component that makes you feel high, and the component that shows up on the drug tests. And you don't have to take a lot for it to show up on a test. CBD (hemp oil) does not show up on the test. There are different strains of pot that give a different effect; from relaxing to stimulating. CBD is another component that helps with pain. You can get a variety of strengths and ratios. Also, as people have mentioned, the quality of the brand makes a big difference.

There are no definitive guidelines as to what will work for any given person. Everyone reacts differently to the different options, plus the different options affect pain (and anxiety) differently. There are also a lot of options, and so this makes it hard to figure out what is working and what is not. It also takes a while to take effect, and so you might not think it's working right away. You just have to try different things. Some people don't feel stoned from THC, some do. I do. I feel like a dizzy drunk and I hate it. I've tried 50:50 and 1:50 THC:CBD ratios as well as CBD only (hemp oil). Right now I'm using a CBD only tincture. It has no THC and can be sold across state lines. It has a mint/chocolate flavor and does not make me gag like some of the others I've tried. The other gaggy ones I had to immediately eat a cracker to get it off my tongue. I'm currently using the Charlotte's Web brand. This is the brand that has received a lot of press in helping kids with seizures. I've seen other brands with other flavors but haven't tried them. The other thing I would recommend is to use a higher dose before giving up on a product, but ramp up slowly. Especially if you are trying a THC version. The starting dose recommendations on some brands were too low for me for CBD. I take 50mg or more of CBD per day right now.

I've heard that THC helps with certain kinds of pain, like cancer. I think CBD helps with my current pain more than THC. I didn't know about the THC/cancer thing when i was going through it (2006). I didn't notice that THC helped me at all recently. I have slight scoliosis, spondylolisthesis (slipped vertebra), lymphedema, and have had multiple surgeries to remove my femur top (girdlestone) and part of my pelvic girdle (hemi-pelvectomy) due to radiation damage from cancer treatment and subsequent infections. I have nerve pain from the back stuff and all the other bone and muscle pain from the other stuff. I'm weaning myself off norco and looking for other options. I think the CBD oil is helping me do that. I also use an over-the-counter supplement (r-lipoic acid) for the nerve pain (instead of Gabapentin/Lyrica).

One of my doctors said that anxiety can be a huge component with pain, so managing anxiety can help with pain. I haven't tried anything for that yet.

Ask the place you buy it if they have CBD patches. They are transdermal and work like other pain patches. If you get a really high-quality CBD oil it doesn't taste bad. Why not call a few other places and try there's. It took me three places before I found an oil that didn't taste bad and worked. Also, The place I get mine from told me that the first three days you want to put a full dropper full dose under your tongue and really get the CBDs in your system, then go to half as much to maintain. If you eat it, once it gets in your stomach with food it's a much more delayed response than if you put it under your tongue.

Wow, very well said all the way through. Although I'm not in Colorado, California we're also legal for medical and recreational. And I have gone through a lot of what you just described trying to get the right dose of the right thing. Doctors are not allowed to tell you how much to take in want to do, they just get you the license. It's kind of the wild West trying to figure it out. Eventually you come to what works for you and doesn't taste horrid. The right thing is out there you just have to be patient.