Greetings, Earthlings and Aliens. New user here, though I'm certainly not new to browsing these forums.
Some time after my first year of college, I began waking up light-headed for no reason, and even find myself passing out at random occasionallu (not even from standing up too quickly). I really had no idea the cause, nor did any doctor I visited. I showed zero signs of sickness, weight was up to par (I was always pretty lean and lanky), and my mental health was great at the time. And being that I was staying with my parents at the time, I was not medicating my cannabis like I normally would daily (and all day! Haha).... Well, this weird morning light headedness went on and off for a month or two. Then came the PARESIS. The paralysis. The strangest medical issue I've ever had. I was no longer able to eat. It was gradual while the nausea and fainting episodes started, but boy did it kick into full gear.
As much as a Saltine Cracker would have me throwing up water fland dry heaving for 15 minutes. I dropped from about 185 to 145 in probably a month and a half. No doctor had an answer. I had blood tests and food traced through my GI tract - everything came out normal. A quite renowned doctor told me Iprobably have what is called gastroparesis. Basically, paralysis of the stomach. My stomach's clock was stopped, muscles had spasms when food digested and throwing up would always occur, because my stomach hasn't pushed anything through the intestinal tract and it's full.
Well, one day, being the genius that I am, and a marijuana fanatic, I decided, I'm getting stoned! Within an hour I had a gram or two delivered my way, I made a dumb little waterfall gravity bong out of a plastic bottle, packed a big hit and bam!! Within five minutes I found myself browsing mom and dad's fridge, thinking about what I can put together, thinking "Am I really doing this?" I hadn't had more than applesauce, water, and a piece of bread in weeks. So I started slow - a plum, then a tangerine. OH SO GOOD!!! Sure enough, I made a PB&J with a side salad, downed it, and no problems! Went to my room and played some guitar feeling great.
Well, I tried really really reeeally hard to respect my parents wish for me not to smoke or bring any weed around them. But every few days, I'd pack a TINY little bit, one nice grav hit (no more than a tenth of a gram) and I could eat a whole meal with no pain, no puking. My only cure. After a month of that, I made sure to medicate regularly. And surely, I regained almost all that weight lost, I was eating three healthy meals a day, and my nausea and light headedness went away ALMOST entirely. Every few months it would come back for a few days at the most. Now, it's been a few years and I have had no signs of stomach problems. I medicate daily and maintain a very healthy diet.
I've also found that edible cannabis helps my digestion even more than smoking (though smoking worked just fine lol). Also, some high CBD oil I recently had did fantastic things for my appetite and relieved stomach pains/constipation unrelated to my gastroparesis.
Just wanted to share my experience with medical marijuana. If digestive issues are an issue for you, it's at least worth a consideration! Hope this information was helpful, and I'd love to hear your similar experiences.
Some time after my first year of college, I began waking up light-headed for no reason, and even find myself passing out at random occasionallu (not even from standing up too quickly). I really had no idea the cause, nor did any doctor I visited. I showed zero signs of sickness, weight was up to par (I was always pretty lean and lanky), and my mental health was great at the time. And being that I was staying with my parents at the time, I was not medicating my cannabis like I normally would daily (and all day! Haha).... Well, this weird morning light headedness went on and off for a month or two. Then came the PARESIS. The paralysis. The strangest medical issue I've ever had. I was no longer able to eat. It was gradual while the nausea and fainting episodes started, but boy did it kick into full gear.
As much as a Saltine Cracker would have me throwing up water fland dry heaving for 15 minutes. I dropped from about 185 to 145 in probably a month and a half. No doctor had an answer. I had blood tests and food traced through my GI tract - everything came out normal. A quite renowned doctor told me Iprobably have what is called gastroparesis. Basically, paralysis of the stomach. My stomach's clock was stopped, muscles had spasms when food digested and throwing up would always occur, because my stomach hasn't pushed anything through the intestinal tract and it's full.
Well, one day, being the genius that I am, and a marijuana fanatic, I decided, I'm getting stoned! Within an hour I had a gram or two delivered my way, I made a dumb little waterfall gravity bong out of a plastic bottle, packed a big hit and bam!! Within five minutes I found myself browsing mom and dad's fridge, thinking about what I can put together, thinking "Am I really doing this?" I hadn't had more than applesauce, water, and a piece of bread in weeks. So I started slow - a plum, then a tangerine. OH SO GOOD!!! Sure enough, I made a PB&J with a side salad, downed it, and no problems! Went to my room and played some guitar feeling great.
Well, I tried really really reeeally hard to respect my parents wish for me not to smoke or bring any weed around them. But every few days, I'd pack a TINY little bit, one nice grav hit (no more than a tenth of a gram) and I could eat a whole meal with no pain, no puking. My only cure. After a month of that, I made sure to medicate regularly. And surely, I regained almost all that weight lost, I was eating three healthy meals a day, and my nausea and light headedness went away ALMOST entirely. Every few months it would come back for a few days at the most. Now, it's been a few years and I have had no signs of stomach problems. I medicate daily and maintain a very healthy diet.
I've also found that edible cannabis helps my digestion even more than smoking (though smoking worked just fine lol). Also, some high CBD oil I recently had did fantastic things for my appetite and relieved stomach pains/constipation unrelated to my gastroparesis.
Just wanted to share my experience with medical marijuana. If digestive issues are an issue for you, it's at least worth a consideration! Hope this information was helpful, and I'd love to hear your similar experiences.