FALL-WINTER 2023 Shopping Fun and Frustrations!!!!

I have had doctors suggest taking something and actually told two doctors to go ahead and prescribe but after picking up the meds and reading the possible side effects opted not to use either. My luck, I'd get the worse side effects. One drug, Salsalate, was prescribed by a rheumatologist, when I lived in PA. The other drug, Duloxetine, was prescribed by a pain doctor here in MN.

I've seriously been considering getting some edibles but there is so much info out there I'm not sure what to trust. Mentioned it to my doctor and he had no problem with this action but they also seem to come with a set of possible side effects. I never smoked weed way back when in my younger years so I have no clue what to expect. Oh well, maybe one of these days.

My friend that had cancer used to use this, and got it at walgreens without a prescription.
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I had another case of low potassium this morning. It was frightening. I couldn't think and I had a splitting headache. I popped a couple of pills and snapped out of it. My potassium was at 2.5 when I went into the hospital two weeks ago but I didn't have symptoms like this. I wonder how low it was today.

Around a year ago, I had pain on my left side going from my neck to my fingers. It was really bad and nothing helped. I had a spinal x-ray and they said that I had severe arthritis of the cervical spine and the doctor gave me Neurontin. It stopped the pain but it put me in the hospital and I ended up having a brain cat scan and mri because they couldn't figure out what was wrong. I had severe vertigo to the point of not being able to walk without hurting myself. They switched me over to Lyrica and it was worse. I had to stop taking them. I get some pain every now and then but it's nothing serious. It took me a week in bed to finally get over Neurontin and then another week to get over Lyrica. I don't regret taking them. The pain was too much so I didn't have a choice. I have a pretty high pain threshold, too. I broke my hip and I never took any pain meds once I got out of the hospital. On the way home after I was discharged, I went to CVS to pick up my opioids and it took them forever to fill the prescription. I was sitting on the bench waiting and my ride was somewhere in the store and I ended up passing out from the pain. I didn't know how difficult it would be to get into a car with a broken hip and that's what caused it. I took the pills then but nothing after that and I went through hell on my recovery. I had to learn how to walk all over again. I couldn't move my leg an inch a couple of weeks after my surgery but I worked at it one step at a time and eventually I was able to walk again even though my doctor said that I couldn't do it. I went through so much pain with that. The pain I have now is nothing compared to my hip but my hip is nothing compared to what some other people go through every day. I hope that you're not one of those people. It's awful to live in pain and not give in to taking opioids.

Duloxetine is Cymbalta. You see the tv commercials for drugs like Cymbalta and Lyrica and everybody is walking around all happy like they're at Disneyland. You almost think that the drugs are like candy but they're far from it. I don't know anything about duloxetine other than you were smart not to take it unless you absolutely had to. Doctors want to give you this stuff even when you tell them that you don't want or need it. I don't need drug addiction as an additional problem to the ones I already have.

Please read up on the edibles. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with them, at all, but I have read a few articles about how even people who smoked weed back in the day were not prepared for edibles. It has to do with how easy it is to 'overdose' on edibles. For the most part, ONE very small edible is the equivalent of smoking a whole joint, so it's not easy to 'start small'. On top of that, some people have one small edible, the feeling doesn't come on quickly enough and so they take multiple.

I smoked a little weed back in the day and can say that I could feel it with only one or two hits off a joint. I'm not sure I ever smoked a whole joint all by myself, so I'd be very hesitant personally to try edibles. And if I've read it correctly, the edibles can't be split down to smaller pieces to equal just one or two hits off a joint.

I have been reading about edibles and it can get very confusing as there are many conflicting stories. As an example, I, too have read that one should not cut an edible into smaller pieces but the majority of articles say it can be done just that if the product to make the edible wasn't thoroughly mixed properly the amount of weed per piece could be slightly different. There are all kinds of conflicting comments like this and some of the stores I've asked often are just interested in folks taking product to get 'high' not for pain relief or to help with sleep which is my goal so I keep on researching.

Please read up on the edibles. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with them, at all, but I have read a few articles about how even people who smoked weed back in the day were not prepared for edibles. It has to do with how easy it is to 'overdose' on edibles. For the most part, ONE very small edible is the equivalent of smoking a whole joint, so it's not easy to 'start small'. On top of that, some people have one small edible, the feeling doesn't come on quickly enough and so they take multiple.

I smoked a little weed back in the day and can say that I could feel it with only one or two hits off a joint. I'm not sure I ever smoked a whole joint all by myself, so I'd be very hesitant personally to try edibles. And if I've read it correctly, the edibles can't be split down to smaller pieces to equal just one or two hits off a joint.

Honestly, if I had the pain level worthy of looking into using the edibles, I might just look into smoking weed. It is smoking, which can impact your lungs, but I could take a puff, put out the joint and wait 30 minutes to see if my pain subsides or it calmed me to help me sleep.

Hugs to all of you who have pain.

Honestly, if I had the pain level worthy of looking into using the edibles, I might just look into smoking weed. It is smoking, which can impact your lungs, but I could take a puff, put out the joint and wait 30 minutes to see if my pain subsides or it calmed me to help me sleep.

Hugs to all of you who have pain.

I have been reading about edibles and it can get very confusing as there are many conflicting stories. As an example, I, too have read that one should not cut an edible into smaller pieces but the majority of articles say it can be done just that if the product to make the edible wasn't thoroughly mixed properly the amount of weed per piece could be slightly different. There are all kinds of conflicting comments like this and some of the stores I've asked often are just interested in folks taking product to get 'high' not for pain relief or to help with sleep which is my goal so I keep on researching.

Honestly, if I had the pain level worthy of looking into using the edibles, I might just look into smoking weed. It is smoking, which can impact your lungs, but I could take a puff, put out the joint and wait 30 minutes to see if my pain subsides or it calmed me to help me sleep.

Hugs to all of you who have pain.

For cannabinoids the method of ingestion matters greatly. Inhaling means it will hit you faster and possibly harder but will subside much quicker. That is not a good method of ingestion for pain management. Edibles are much better in how it hits the system.

Additionally, you can absolutely get lower dose edibles. Reputable companies will recommend you start low and slow. By dividing up a gummy and waiting at least 2-3 hours before taking a second dose. Anyone that's telling people not to split isnt a well made gummy.