Cannabis Corner

This is a topic I think a lot about because I find it’s a common recommendation that non-disabled people like to doll out, especially to individuals (like myself) living with chronic pain and/or anxiety. I’ve experienced no relief with CBD and mixed results with THC (it’s legal where I live and you don’t need a medical marijuana card) — so much of it depends on dosage, strain, and whether or not you’re consuming or applying something that’s actually been federally regulated.

Some questions to consider when answering this post:

🚧 What challenges or barriers have you faced with using CBD as part of your treatment regimen?

💰 How accessible and affordable have you found CBD to be?

🙋Any tips or strategies you’ve employed? Which of your symptoms benefit the most?

👿 Have you faced any judgment or stigma for using it to manage your symptoms?

#Anxiety #Depression #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #Disability #CBD #CannabisCorner #MentalHealth #Spoonie #RareDisease #PanicAttacks #Migraine

Hi there. I am not sure if I should be here or not. I'm a mixed bag of conditions. Right now I'm cycling mildly - just a slow up and down. I had been hypomanic for over a year, but it started to blossom and get out of hand, so I asked my p-doc to adjust my meds to bring me down just a tad. Well, I went down a little too much, so now we're trying to raise me a little. He is such an amazing man in how he figures out a cocktail that will work for me. I feel like I'm a burden, but it's his job and he really enjoys it! lol We've been together 17 years now and it's been an amazing relationship. He suffers from mental illness as well and so he's a 'real' person to talk to. He understands the shit I go through, and he always to me like a peer as opposed to a patient. I'm so thankful for him. Other than that, I have an incredible husband, three adult children and two beautiful grandkids. Mental illness has been in my life forever - my youngest memory of feeling 'different' is at 4 years old. I'm turning 54 in a few weeks. That's a long, bloody time to be sick. * sigh * #BPD #BipolarDisorder #CPTSD #Anxiety #SuicidalThoughts #CocaineDependence #SubstanceUseDisorders #CannabisCorner #Suicide

I’m anxious. I’m leaving in an hour to go to the hospital for an urgent MRI on my brain. I’m having the MRI at 10:30pm. The symptoms I’m having, of course, are scary in itself and the fact I need to go now, but that’s actually not what is bothering me the most. Covid is pretty bad where I am right now. The hospitals are over run with Covid admissions and they are trying to make as much room as they can by sending patients to field hospitals and anywhere else that there’s room. I’m pretty much walking into a burning building as far as infection goes because the one I have to go to is one of the worst out breaks in my province. I can’t have anyone come with me for support so my husband will drop me off and wait the few hours in the car. If anyone has had a brain MRI, it’s more terrifying than most MRIs because you have to wear a cage-like contraption on your head/face while you’re already trapped in a tiny space for up to 60 minutes and you can’t move. I’m hoping I won’t have to wear a mask inside the machine as well. The last time I had one done 5 years ago, I was able to take an Ativan to calm (and it was still scary!). But this time, because of my symptoms and blood issues I can’t take anything. I’m have terrible coughing spasms (not Covid related) so I don’t know how I’m going to manage that when I’m not supposed even move. I think this is warranted anxiety, but obviously still unpleasant. My parents had to take my dog to look after her for me for a couple days, so I don’t have that important support. My cat is wonderful but she gives love on her terms only lol 🤷‍♀️ Any kind words or wishes would be appreciated ❤️💕💪 #Anxiety #BipolarDisorder #ADHD #PTSD #EatingDisorders #SensoryIssues #InflammatoryBowelDiseaseIBD #Allergies #SinusTachycardia #Hypertension #GastroesophagealRefluxDisease #ChronicPain #Nerve and joint pain #geneticblooddisorder #chroniccough #nausea #involuntarymovements #rashes #Fatigue #AutoimmuneDisease #DryMouth #Nightsweats #Endometriosis #kidneycysts #OvarianCyst #enlargedlymphnodes #Virus #Infection #CannabisCorner #MedicalCannabis #Isolation #Loneliness #nightterrors