Well, I sort of stumbled onto my method. I decided to take a toke or two off a friend's marijuana joint. It wasn't 5 minutes when I suddenly realized my feet weren't hurting. And I was able to walk without pain. I thought that was great. I didn't, however, take it up as a regular thing at all. A year later, I suddenly thought I'd pursue that course for a while and see how it went. I was able to walk again. And even with just walking a normal amount for housework, shopping, and the like, I started losing weight. Quickly. Now I use the stuff to fill the gap between my pain and what duloxetine covers. I don't use much a day and it doesn't make me unable to function.

I know it's counterintuitive because it's supposed to make you hungry. I don't think I was using enough for that to happen. At any rate, it wasn't a problem for me for whatever reason.

I am at a weight I can handle now but I still have more to lose. I seem to be at a plateau.