CBD for pain relief

[DmonSlyr]

My advice is to get a trainer. This will help you tremendously with pain, as it did for me. I couldn't believe it after a few months. Doing light workouts and stretches twice a week with a trainer will greatly help your deep pain. It did far more than any THC or CBD.

If it's nerve damage or some such serious pain, probably surgery is your best bet.

CBD and THC do not make the pain go away for good. They just make you feel better for a few hours, THC can relax you and help the stress in your brain of the pain. In your case, I would highly recommend edibles rather than smoking it. Smoking it, while fun, is not good for the lungs and can make your head feel congested. Also, liquid versions of it are good aswell. You can put a few drops of it under your tongue. CBD is great for reducing inflammation in your joints. Thats really what is alleviating the pain. THC is the brain aspect of it that helps you to be more relaxed.

I would not recommend Sativa based THC. It can make you feel very paranoid. Indica based THC will help you to relax and will help you sleep. Indica edibles will put you right out to sleep. As others suggested, you do build a tolerance so eating them every day will have less and less effects unless you eat much more.

IMO I think you need both THC and CBD to make it work the best. The best is when you feel a nice body high that makes you feel warm and cozy.

You can also try music to alleviate some pain for a short period. Crazy I know, but chill music, like music from the YouTube channel Fluidified, can relax your brain and your thinking of the pain. The vibrations of the music in your head can help relax your brain which will relax your muscles and your joints, almost like forgetting the pain is there.

THC + CBD + chill music + ice cream after = very good for the soul.

[Scared]

bro...i am disabled and on west virginia medicaid...there is no trainer in my future. however. i need to do some of the exercises you mentioned. oh well. we should all do something we don't. anyway guys thanks for the input.

[DmonSlyr]

bro...i am disabled and on west virginia medicaid...there is no trainer in my future. however. i need to do some of the exercises you mentioned. oh well. we should all do something we don't. anyway guys thanks for the input.

If you did a 30-45 minute stretch routine every day or atleast twice a week, you'd probably feel so much better. Also if you did a some light workouts using your own body weight it will help a lot. A lot of times, its weak muscles in certain areas that are causing the pain. That was my issue. It did far more for me than any pain drug would do.

[RotBaron]

I know it has worked really well for many, but not all.

There are so many brands, and methods of ingestion that make it difficult to advise someone on what will work for them. There’s tincture (under tongue), vaping it, edibles and even creams iirc.

I tried Koi brand 500mg tincture for anxiety and sleep. I kept burping it up, nasty spearmint flavor and didn’t find it helped at all. However, the shop that sold it to me said I really should have gone with the 1000mg and given it more chance.

If you can find it works for you it’d be tons better for you in any form (with or without THC) than pain killers. Pain meds work for awhile until you’re dependent on them and need higher dose. Then the Dr says you can’t have any more after they got you there...not fun

I’ve seen Tommy Chong’s product, but don’t know or have any experience with his brand. I’d be skeptical of things from him....

[guncrasher]

i get my stuff from the legion.  it's sativa, but not really strong. but good enough for me. some do have stronger stuff, but i like the mild.


semp

[RotBaron]

There is a correlation between marijuana  and high blood pressure...But not with CBD that they have found.

It could however be that smoking it is the cause of the correlation, I’ve not researched it much further than that. I gave it up a long time ago when it started to give me anxiety.

[Ramesis]

If by THC you are referring to flower it has to be heated to decarboxylate to fully activate the THC(drying/curing does activate a small amount), before using in edibles.

To each his/her own 

[TheBug]

To each his/her own 

Ah, what?

[Scared]

There is a correlation between marijuana  and high blood pressure...But not with CBD that they have found.

It could however be that smoking it is the cause of the correlation, I’ve not researched it much further than that. I gave it up a long time ago when it started to give me anxiety.

yeah I feel your pain, some of the really strong stuff gave me anxiety too. the key is dosage. don't take 3 huge bong rips, take one. some of the stuff had me so introspective that I was rethinking every damned decision I made since getting a divorce. lol. that can cause anxiety. right now I am just looking for pain relief. I mean, I know the THC is pretty much necessary for severe pain relief and nausea, but so far Chong has done me good. I am gonna try to be more active though. It is soooo easy to say, oh I hurt today, i don't wanna walk, or use the rubber bands. its sooooo easy. anyway thanks again for the responses guys.

[RotBaron]

Just voted for legalizing it in AZ. Idk if it will happen and as RN I still won’t be able to partake until it’s federally legalized...

We shall see

[ACE]

A Jay a day keeps the doctor away.

[DmonSlyr]

Just voted for legalizing it in AZ. Idk if it will happen and as RN I still won’t be able to partake until it’s federally legalized...

We shall see

It never made sense to me how its perfectly okay to go home and pound 6 beers or half a 5th of whatever, but God forbid you smoke a few bowls or eat a gummy to help you relax after work. Drinking before going to work is bad. So using thc.  Its a given. Drinking is far worse than thc on every metric.

I think legalization is right around the corner. Now that's its legal in DC, its a matter of time before more states do it. This is exactly what happened during prohibition.

[morfiend]

I have a little experience with CBD/THC,the one thing I found is everyone is different and the effects can be different for everyone!

 As for CBD,dont get into all the hype,I use an isolate crystal form of CBD thats quite cheap and it's as effective as any of the more expensive formulas. For sleep I use a CBD/THC combo gummie and some tincture.I find the isolate works best if I take it 2 or 3 times a day,first thing when I get up I have a coffee and put a small bad of cbd under my tongue as it's best absorbed sublingual.

 Now these auto flower seed,well they work and are quick to grow you get relatively small plants and low yields.If it's legal where you live get a strain you like and buy feminized seeds,these will grow a female plant and you can harvest some nice flower if you grow them to maturity.

 I've been luck to have a license to grow 10 plants for a long time,going back to early 1990's but now anyone can grow 4 plants and you see it all over the place,people you would never think are growing it in their yard.

  As Bug mentioned you need to heat the stuff to decarb it to make it active for edibles,not difficult and there's a large amount of videos out there that will walk you through the steps to make your own edibles.BEWARE it's difficult to figure out dosages and you can make a batch of too potent{your fav edible} so always proceed with caution. I prefer to use a concentrate to make edibles,it tastes better and it's easier to get close to a certain dosage,1 gram equals 750 to 950 mg of THC,I go with caution and say it's 1000mg and use that for proportions.I make 20 cookies that have aprox 50mg of THC.

 Making your own CBD is a difficult affair so I find it much easier to just buy it.


 YMMV!

     

 PS: I have been growing the stuff since the early 70's,Never saw what all the fuss was about.