Hey guys (and girls)! like the title implies, I am new-ish here and thought I'd introduce myself a little bit, for those who may or may not care 
About me:
My name is Ryan, I am a 25 year old freelance software engineer that still attends school part-time (can never learn too much!). I suffer from insomnia, extremely debilitating migraines, anxiety and a whole lot of other "problems." I have been growing cannabis for the past year now, and it's been one of the best things that has happened to me, spiritually.
Just to be clear, I am a MA Medical patient.
My history with cannabis:
I guess this is where I tell you about the first time I got high, right? Sorta! Growing up I had really religious (not bashing) and uptight parents/family, so drugs, alcohol, whatever of any sort was really frowned upon. I hate to admit it, but I was one of those good kids that thought it was stupid. I first smoked weed when I was 13 with a friend... lets just say that looking back, it probably was just hay
. It did nothing. so from then on it was really cemented into my head that weed is bad/stupid. I didn't touch cannabis again until I was 23.
During those 10 years, my migraines became progressively worse in pain, duration and frequency. To the point where it felt like I had the same non-stop migraine for a month straight at one point. I was in and out of the ER, and seeing specialists trying to figure out how to fix this.
Long story short, many tests were run, and I was pointed to a neurologist. I did trials on many medications all of which had some horrible side effect or made me feel bad (which is a side effect) There was only one thing that really helped me and has helped many, MANY other migraine patients, Imitrex. Problem with imitrex is that it cost $70~ (last I checked many years ago) per pill and my insurance wouldn't cover it.
One night I had a really bad migraine and I couldn't sleep. I had been up for 3 days, and my friend told me I really needed to chill out and relax. He suggested smoking weed, and I told him my view on it... he laughed and said "trust me." So, he got some bud and we smoked my first REAL joint... Lets just say, that night, I never slept so well in my life.
I am proud to say that thanks to cannabis, my 14 year battle with migraines have gone from at least one a day pre-cannabis treatment, to now, once a month if that... and I sleep every night! yea, that's actually hard for some people.
Well, that was a little about me, and how cannabis has humbled me. I am not an expert grower by any means, and I am joining in hopes of being able to expand my knowledge, make connections, help pass my knowledge on to people where and when I can, most of all I want to do my part in de-stigmatizing(word?) cannabis through sharing my story and how it has helped me.
...and hopefully, some day do some test grows for Bodhi
. Yep, I am a Bodhi fan boy!
Thank you for anyone who actually took the time to read my story! Smoke up!
About me:
My name is Ryan, I am a 25 year old freelance software engineer that still attends school part-time (can never learn too much!). I suffer from insomnia, extremely debilitating migraines, anxiety and a whole lot of other "problems." I have been growing cannabis for the past year now, and it's been one of the best things that has happened to me, spiritually.
Just to be clear, I am a MA Medical patient.
My history with cannabis:
I guess this is where I tell you about the first time I got high, right? Sorta! Growing up I had really religious (not bashing) and uptight parents/family, so drugs, alcohol, whatever of any sort was really frowned upon. I hate to admit it, but I was one of those good kids that thought it was stupid. I first smoked weed when I was 13 with a friend... lets just say that looking back, it probably was just hay
. It did nothing. so from then on it was really cemented into my head that weed is bad/stupid. I didn't touch cannabis again until I was 23. During those 10 years, my migraines became progressively worse in pain, duration and frequency. To the point where it felt like I had the same non-stop migraine for a month straight at one point. I was in and out of the ER, and seeing specialists trying to figure out how to fix this.
Long story short, many tests were run, and I was pointed to a neurologist. I did trials on many medications all of which had some horrible side effect or made me feel bad (which is a side effect
) There was only one thing that really helped me and has helped many, MANY other migraine patients, Imitrex. Problem with imitrex is that it cost $70~ (last I checked many years ago) per pill and my insurance wouldn't cover it. One night I had a really bad migraine and I couldn't sleep. I had been up for 3 days, and my friend told me I really needed to chill out and relax. He suggested smoking weed, and I told him my view on it... he laughed and said "trust me." So, he got some bud and we smoked my first REAL joint... Lets just say, that night, I never slept so well in my life.
I am proud to say that thanks to cannabis, my 14 year battle with migraines have gone from at least one a day pre-cannabis treatment, to now, once a month if that... and I sleep every night! yea, that's actually hard for some people.
Well, that was a little about me, and how cannabis has humbled me. I am not an expert grower by any means, and I am joining in hopes of being able to expand my knowledge, make connections, help pass my knowledge on to people where and when I can, most of all I want to do my part in de-stigmatizing(word?) cannabis through sharing my story and how it has helped me.
...and hopefully, some day do some test grows for Bodhi
. Yep, I am a Bodhi fan boy!Thank you for anyone who actually took the time to read my story! Smoke up!
