• abc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    39·
    3 months ago

    that’s right.

    “nooo ABC you’re just a chronic smoker and have a high tolerance for THC and CBD as a result” shut up I don’t want your Delta9 I want the REAL shit “it is the real shit it is” NO IF I DON’T HAVE TO DRIVE MY DEALER TO ACTUALLY PICK UP THE WEED FROM HIS GROWER, AND IT ISN’T WRAPPED UP IN A PIECE OF PLASTIC BAGGING FROM THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND I DON’T HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO THE LIQUOR STORE ON OUR WAY BACK - ITS MIDS maddened

  • Asafum@feddit.nlEnglish
    26·
    3 months ago

    That shit is a godsend for my anxiety! I used to carry a CBD vape for when I’d get a panic attack and man it would almost immediately calm it down. Thankfully I don’t need it that often anymore to have to keep a vape, but I blend the flower with “regular” stuff to keep thc induced panic attacks down.

    I love the stuff!

    • AmericaDeserved711 [any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      12·
      3 months ago

      this post is somewhat facetious, that’s great if it helped you. the few times I tried CBD (edibles) I was kinda more relaxed after but it’s genuinely hard to tell if it was just a placebo or not

      • gila@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        When I’m on my normal flower regimen and take my CBD sublingually, it’s barely noticeable. But it makes it super easy to wean off of flower. And after a t-break if I have the same dose of CBD it’s highly effective for chronic pain relief. Like I get pumped about how effective it is. Everyone’s different though.

      • aStonedSanta@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        It can for sure have an impact. But nothing like THC. I have some CBD lip balm that I find exceptionally calming for example.

  • Justice@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    251·
    3 months ago

    You could just say weed overall, sold as a magical medicine, is mostly hype.

    Before people get mad, if you smoke or take edibles and feel it genuinely improves your life: great! I’m not going to debate that. My only point of contention or issue with “medicinal marijuana” (or whatever else it gets put under) is it seems to just be a massive scam by whoever ends up selling it. Overpriced, imo, often due to unnecessary taxes. And the range of things it cures or helps, supposedly, is basically everything a person can experience.

    In my own personal experience I could see weed helping alleviate some pain to a degree and helping with lack of appetite if one needed help there (perhaps while undergoing chemo or something). People claim it helps with stuff like anxiety, which, I dunno about that one lol. I’ve had some vape pens make my heart start racing and I just go lie in bed in the dark staring at nothing thinking I might die. But maybe it helps some people, I dunno.

    I feel like a lot of stuff was hype years ago and has trailed off. Now people are being more honest like “we just want recreational, inexpensive, decent quality weed.” Cut the “sin tax” bullshit too. Tax it like everything else at a normal rate.

    • Crikeste@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      There are real, actual medical uses for cannabis. Parkinson’s being one of them. But I absolutely get where you’re coming from being frustrated by all the things people claim cannabis “cures”. Oh it helps with anxiety? Tell that to the dude who just had a psychotic break because of it. And don’t even get me started on chronic pain. I have smoked weed every day for more than 10 years. It does not alleviate pain like that, if at all.

      • RoabeArt [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        3 months ago

        Knew somebody who had colorectal cancer and got medicinal cannabis. While he admitted he only got it so he could smoke legally, he also said that it was the only thing that helped him get an appetite and eat because the chemo and the cancer itself killed his appetite most of the time. He said it did nothing for the pain though.

        I have anxiety as well as a cardiac arrhythmia. I’d imagine cannabis would make those things worse, so I’ve avoided smoking any, even in spite of recreational use being legalized in my state.

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      I think of medical marijuana in cases where you could cut down/eliminate the use of opioids in terms of helping with pain. Then, if memory serves, it could be a treatment in cases of seizures, bigly migraines, and the like. I think medical marijuana gets embroiled in debate and you take special considerations because you might give it to children, the immunocompromised, and the like.

      This isn’t that and it’s not fair because you said you wouldn’t debate this, but I unironically believe that a 1:1::THC:CBD 2.5mg gummy helps me with my focus that is sometimes incredibly antagonistic to my ability to get the things I need to get done. It has repeatedly done more to help me than toughening up has ever done for me as someone who is sober 99 times out of 100.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      I just like smoking weed. Anxiety wise, it really varies person per person in a huge way. Helps me and was one of the first things I noticed when I started, but I have friends who went to the hospital for major panic attacks from it as well.

    • Philosophosphorous [comrade/them, null/void]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      it definitely helps me with anxiety and executive dysfunction. it helps me to be more in control of my emotions. it helps me to not focus on compulsive thoughts and depressive internal monologue. not a cure, but a treatment with positives and negatives and that might not be for anyone, like literally any other medicine used to treat mental health issues. i also know people with psychosis that have had horrible times (constantly felt like they were dreaming, constant false awakenings, memory problems/lapses, etc.) on prescription drugs and now just use weed with much better outcomes. i know people with ADHD that tried prescription drugs that made their dick stop working. weed just gives me dry mouth personally (and an increased risk of cancer down the line if i don’t switch to purely vaping/edibles).

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      it helps me a lot with anxiety. i’m a lot calmer on it but its a continuous use thing, not an i used it once and oh shit i smoked too much thing.

      your response to weed changes as your body gets used to it, and it gets more sedating and less psychedelic with tolerance.

    • PauliExcluded [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      I use THC to soothe pain. It works really well for that.

      I’ve tried THC for anxiety, but it works less well for that. The best thing I found for my anxiety is kava extract. That stuff just melts anxiety away for me and my wife. (There’s some evidence that kava is potentially hard on the liver, so maybe don’t have booze with it)

  • hallmarkxmasmovie [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    The CBD space is incredibly grifty. Even reputable sellers like Lazarus Naturals will charge $20+ for a bottle of CBD oil that you can make yourself for $2. But if you walk into your local CBD store or gas station expect to be grifted way harder. One time I really wanted to try this strain of CBDv flower (Forbidden V) so I went to a CBD shop in the area and they wanted $10 a gram. A few days later I bought an entire 1/2 pound from a farm that was running a clearance sale for $20 (lol).

    It’s actually fucking criminal how much people get ripped off.

    But I’ve had the best results from smoking flower or making my own oil with isolate. It definitely has a calming/anti-inflammatory effect. I’d suspect a lot of people who try it are looking for a high they aren’t going to find or buying trash products.