I have tried to respond to your post 3 times prior to this time, and each time it suddenly disappeared. I hope I get this posted this time. I have tried marijuana over the years but mostly not for pain. Now that I'm 68 years old, I am considering using only marijuana to deal with my chronic pain. I have only 2 times when I had no effect from smoking marijuana. The very first time, I smoked I felt nothing. The only other times were when it was very low grade marijuana. So, despite your being told or thinking you had high grade marijuana, you probably didn't. Also I took your saying you "consumed" it to mean you had some edible that had pot in it. My experience with eating a chocolate that contained marijuana was that I got so high it scared me. Edibles seem to be much more powerful than tincture, or smoke.

I am currently working on weaning off all my prescribed pain medications because of their powerful side effects. Just the fact that I'm having to withdraw slowly tells me I shouldn't be taking the meds. My pain doctor seems unhappy with me since I told him I wanted to stop taking them. He has been no help in my efforts, not giving me any information about how to withdraw. I am relying on my pharmacist and this Mayo Connect site to learn how slowly I need to withdraw from each medication. I'm already off the Gabapentin, and I'm currently working on the Baclofen withdrawal which I should be free of by the end of this week. Then I'll start on withdrawing from Tramadol. At that time I plan to switch to marijuana, which is legal in California where I live. I know I won't have to withdraw from it, and I will be taking the kind that doesn't make me high. I just want the pain relief, and I know it works for my pain.

Good luck with your use,and with hearing back from some other people on here who have much more knowledge of marijuana than I do. Gail B