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@greeneyes55, & @faithwalker007
I'm currently on medical cannabis myself & unlike most people I get slight euphoric effects from taking CBD oil content. But I do not get euphoric effects from higher THC ratios. So as you see this type of medication does not effect everyone the same. I do not take any opiate's & I have multiple levels of herniated discs & spinal stenosis & a cracked sacrum, and I'm really in bad physical shape currently awaiting to move from my 5th floor walk-up Apt so I can get my knee replacement surgery. Due to Covid no Surgeon will allow me to re-coup in a nursing home.
My point being it's not what type of CBD company you get it from it is made of hemp. But if it helps you that's your choice. However most of us serious chronic pain issue's & other health issue's people who do not get enough RELEIF from balms & creams or store or Phmcy Hemp products, we rely on Medical cannabis oil and I have learned how to mix it with pure cocoa butter & Frankincense oil with my High CBD Cannabis oil that has about more pure cannaboids that help relieve pain & certain properties that helps me relax my anxiety issue's. The amount of THC in these types of oils or tinctures when applied topically can not give you any euphoric effects or go into your bloodstream. So please understand that the way you ingest these products make a difference in the effects you receive & also we are all different what works for you may not work for me & vice a versa. I take capsule form for my chronic pain issue's & lately I find that I'm able to tolerate up to 5mg THC/ & 5mg of CBD in a ratio of 1:1 like at evening time & it gets rid of my pain even better. But I had to do it very slowly over 5yrs to build my tolerance. Also not many people will tell you to have a piece of 🧀 cheese or an 🥑 avocado to help your body absorb the Cannaboids best absorbed into your body. Always eat something b4 intake.
I wish you well. Feel better life is ever changing what happens now may be a memory in a few years some better some worse. But we survive. Stay well.
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The thing that I have heard in these few posts about cannabis oil usage is your statement that "we are all different what works for you may not work for me & vice a versa". I think that is the one recurrent theme that everyone comes back to over and over again in this forum. It seems that for most people trial and error is how they arrive at what helps them, if anything does help them. Perhaps a product with THC turns out to be just the ticket for one, and a product with zero THC turns out to be it for another. I have not noticed that there is much of any rhyme or reason why something works for one and not another.
I suggest always taking any blanket statements made by anyone with a large grain of salt. That works for me anyway, but maybe it won't work for you. And maybe you'd rather try pepper. It's up to you. See what works. 😉 Best, Hank
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@msstoppainnagginme, Good evening. Thank you for the post explaining the difference between cannabis and hemp. I, too have never used opioids for managing my pain.....just a medical cannabis tincture....2:1 if I am just lying around under COVID house arrest. I am too old to go out. I also worked up to a !:! after time. I use that dosage when I have to be alert for my work on Connect.
I am interested in your special concoction with cocoa butter and Frankincense. I use another essential oil, Adaptive for my neuropathic itch. So...it has been five years for me also. I learned so much from the dispensary folks and a couple of nurse friends. It does take time. And your body does become more tolerable of the higher dosages over time. I have always tried to have something on the tummy when I medicate.
My best to you. Please stay in touch if you have more to share from your discoveries.
May you be free of suffering and the causes of suffering.
Chris