CBD Balm definitely works and, of course, doesn’t make you high like smoking weed does. The tincture (oil) that they recommend putting under your tongue also works when rubbed in. Putting it under my tongue made me woozy and nauseous. And I want to say, once again, how CBD tincture when applied over the painful nerve areas (dermatomes), were a life saver for me during my attack of shingles. I must warn though, my doctor laughed at that when I told him. But it absolutely saved me during the outbreak I got AFTER both rounds of shingles vaccines that had become available.
It’s been an irony for me about cannabis use as my body reacts to it drastically differently today at age 70, compared to my use throughout my youth.
At age 18 - my first exposure to pot - it was just an irresistible laughing reaction. Hilarity!
Now I’m 70 and I have osteoarthritis in my spine and hands. Excruciating chronic pain. I’m literally trapped by the chronic pain. My active life has left me.
When cannabis was legalized for recreational as well as medical use in 2015 I immediately worked through the ridiculous bureaucracy to get a medical user licence.However with the medical licence I was unhappy to have to purchase my weed only from medical suppliers approved by government. The medical selections were all awful: over-dried, pitifully low THC content. ( For pain relief you want highest possible THC. Not CBD) The medically licenced strains of dried bud (leaf) were no help at all. THC levels were pitifully low.
Well, I gave up my medical licence, enabling me to buy my weed where I wanted. Since then I have shopped at two impressive private dispensaries as a “recreational” user, although I am using it for pain relief.
Things opened up magically!
What an amazing plant cannabis is! I am now buying high-THC content in dried bud. Just half a dozen puffs zaps ALL bodily pains _instantaneously!_ Great!
Funny, when I used marijuana as a youth the reaction was an all-consuming laugh riot. No more hilarious fun today! I guess as we age things get less funny? There can be no doubt about that, now that I think about it. Senior users are usually in pain.
Now, there are a couple negative aspects to marijuana pain relief for seniors : The relief lasts for only approx. three hours at the most. And it makes one generally spacey and sometimes sleepy. I don’t want to be spaced out 24/7, so I vape my my bud at times of peak pain - usually near the end of the day, or after I have strained myself doing housework.
However, in the balance of things, I need the pain relief so I will continue with cannabis. I vape it, which is the most lung-healthy way to use it.
Oh, and when I’m stoned my music is SO much better! It’s not expensive. I spend approximately $40 bi-monthly. It takes some comparison shopping to find the best strain and deal for you, as prices vary from strain to strain, and from dispensary to dispensary.
So I do recommend cannabis for pain relief, but shop around, ask questions from dispensary staff ( modern dispensaries seem to hire really good, approachable, helpful staff. I’ve even seen at one dispensary where staff wear doctors’ white coats!)
Go ahead, use cannabis. One thing for sure, it can’t hurt you in any way, when used moderately and thoughtfully. Good luck.
It’s been an irony for me about cannabis use as my body reacts to it drastically differently today at age 70, compared to my use throughout my youth.
At age 18 - my first exposure to pot - it was just an irresistible laughing reaction. Hilarity!
Now I’m 70 and I have osteoarthritis in my spine and hands. Excruciating chronic pain. I’m literally trapped by the chronic pain. My active life has left me.
When cannabis was legalized for recreational as well as medical use in 2015 I immediately worked through the ridiculous bureaucracy to get a medical user licence.However with the medical licence I was unhappy to have to purchase my weed only from medical suppliers approved by government. The medical selections were all awful: over-dried, pitifully low THC content. ( For pain relief you want highest possible THC. Not CBD) The medically licenced strains of dried bud (leaf) were no help at all. THC levels were pitifully low.
Well, I gave up my medical licence, enabling me to buy my weed where I wanted. Since then I have shopped at two impressive private dispensaries as a “recreational” user, although I am using it for pain relief.
Things opened up magically!
What an amazing plant cannabis is! I am now buying high-THC content in dried bud. Just half a dozen puffs zaps ALL bodily pains _instantaneously!_ Great!
Funny, when I used marijuana as a youth the reaction was an all-consuming laugh riot. No more hilarious fun today! I guess as we age things get less funny? There can be no doubt about that, now that I think about it. Senior users are usually in pain.
Now, there are a couple negative aspects to marijuana pain relief for seniors : The relief lasts for only approx. three hours at the most. And it makes one generally spacey and sometimes sleepy. I don’t want to be spaced out 24/7, so I vape my my bud at times of peak pain - usually near the end of the day, or after I have strained myself doing housework.
However, in the balance of things, I need the pain relief so I will continue with cannabis. I vape it, which is the most lung-healthy way to use it.
Oh, and when I’m stoned my music is SO much better! It’s not expensive. I spend approximately $40 bi-monthly. It takes some comparison shopping to find the best strain and deal for you, as prices vary from strain to strain, and from dispensary to dispensary.
So I do recommend cannabis for pain relief, but shop around, ask questions from dispensary staff ( modern dispensaries seem to hire really good, approachable, helpful staff. I’ve even seen at one dispensary where staff wear doctors’ white coats!)
Go ahead, use cannabis. One thing for sure, it can’t hurt you in any way, when used moderately and thoughtfully. Good luck.
We have 2 very nice dispensaries in our town. Our grocery stores should be so bright and clean, and staffs should be so courteous and knowledgeable. Unfortunately.
It does nothing for me, and I mean nothing. I don't get high and I get no relief. My first try was 3 or 4 years ago when I was 77, and the clerk suggested a reliable cigarette.If I may use that terminology and it did nothing no matter how much I inhaled it, which was two or three times what she had suggested. I then tried chocolates and got no feelings at all from them. More recently I got something That looked a bit like a ballpoint pen and I was to click out a serving. Again mullible servings did nothing. Maybe you could suggest Adosage, as well as a dosage of just what. I'm afraid the clerks are being too "gentle" with me. Thx
My understanding is that CBD in marijuana has not been tested for its ability to lessen chronic pain, but THC has, and it does. I chew marijuana gummies that are infused with THC and they do help. As to where to get them, I have a medical marijuana card from my state (Arkansas). Many of you might have similar access where you live.
CBD Balm definitely works and, of course, doesn’t make you high like smoking weed does. The tincture (oil) that they recommend putting under your tongue also works when rubbed in. Putting it under my tongue made me woozy and nauseous. And I want to say, once again, how CBD tincture when applied over the painful nerve areas (dermatomes), were a life saver for me during my attack of shingles. I must warn though, my doctor laughed at that when I told him. But it absolutely saved me during the outbreak I got AFTER both rounds of shingles vaccines that had become available.
Could you please say specifically what product you are using. I get told repeatedly that CBD alone (without THC) won't help nerve pain. I have severe spinal stenosis and would like to find a product that works for pain but isn't psychoactive.
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For some it seems to work but for me it makes pain much worse. I never liked the high from marijuana.
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1 ReactionCBD Balm definitely works and, of course, doesn’t make you high like smoking weed does. The tincture (oil) that they recommend putting under your tongue also works when rubbed in. Putting it under my tongue made me woozy and nauseous. And I want to say, once again, how CBD tincture when applied over the painful nerve areas (dermatomes), were a life saver for me during my attack of shingles. I must warn though, my doctor laughed at that when I told him. But it absolutely saved me during the outbreak I got AFTER both rounds of shingles vaccines that had become available.
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1 ReactionIt’s been an irony for me about cannabis use as my body reacts to it drastically differently today at age 70, compared to my use throughout my youth.
At age 18 - my first exposure to pot - it was just an irresistible laughing reaction. Hilarity!
Now I’m 70 and I have osteoarthritis in my spine and hands. Excruciating chronic pain. I’m literally trapped by the chronic pain. My active life has left me.
When cannabis was legalized for recreational as well as medical use in 2015 I immediately worked through the ridiculous bureaucracy to get a medical user licence.However with the medical licence I was unhappy to have to purchase my weed only from medical suppliers approved by government. The medical selections were all awful: over-dried, pitifully low THC content. ( For pain relief you want highest possible THC. Not CBD) The medically licenced strains of dried bud (leaf) were no help at all. THC levels were pitifully low.
Well, I gave up my medical licence, enabling me to buy my weed where I wanted. Since then I have shopped at two impressive private dispensaries as a “recreational” user, although I am using it for pain relief.
Things opened up magically!
What an amazing plant cannabis is! I am now buying high-THC content in dried bud. Just half a dozen puffs zaps ALL bodily pains _instantaneously!_ Great!
Funny, when I used marijuana as a youth the reaction was an all-consuming laugh riot. No more hilarious fun today! I guess as we age things get less funny? There can be no doubt about that, now that I think about it. Senior users are usually in pain.
Now, there are a couple negative aspects to marijuana pain relief for seniors : The relief lasts for only approx. three hours at the most. And it makes one generally spacey and sometimes sleepy. I don’t want to be spaced out 24/7, so I vape my my bud at times of peak pain - usually near the end of the day, or after I have strained myself doing housework.
However, in the balance of things, I need the pain relief so I will continue with cannabis. I vape it, which is the most lung-healthy way to use it.
Oh, and when I’m stoned my music is SO much better! It’s not expensive. I spend approximately $40 bi-monthly. It takes some comparison shopping to find the best strain and deal for you, as prices vary from strain to strain, and from dispensary to dispensary.
So I do recommend cannabis for pain relief, but shop around, ask questions from dispensary staff ( modern dispensaries seem to hire really good, approachable, helpful staff. I’ve even seen at one dispensary where staff wear doctors’ white coats!)
Go ahead, use cannabis. One thing for sure, it can’t hurt you in any way, when used moderately and thoughtfully. Good luck.
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4 ReactionsWe have 2 very nice dispensaries in our town. Our grocery stores should be so bright and clean, and staffs should be so courteous and knowledgeable. Unfortunately.
It does nothing for me, and I mean nothing. I don't get high and I get no relief. My first try was 3 or 4 years ago when I was 77, and the clerk suggested a reliable cigarette.If I may use that terminology and it did nothing no matter how much I inhaled it, which was two or three times what she had suggested. I then tried chocolates and got no feelings at all from them. More recently I got something That looked a bit like a ballpoint pen and I was to click out a serving. Again mullible servings did nothing. Maybe you could suggest Adosage, as well as a dosage of just what. I'm afraid the clerks are being too "gentle" with me. Thx
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Where do you get these ? I have cbd/cbg in an oil but it's not that strong. I am in canada
I just got it from their website.
So far it has not for me.
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1 ReactionMy understanding is that CBD in marijuana has not been tested for its ability to lessen chronic pain, but THC has, and it does. I chew marijuana gummies that are infused with THC and they do help. As to where to get them, I have a medical marijuana card from my state (Arkansas). Many of you might have similar access where you live.
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1 ReactionCould you please say specifically what product you are using. I get told repeatedly that CBD alone (without THC) won't help nerve pain. I have severe spinal stenosis and would like to find a product that works for pain but isn't psychoactive.
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