Medical Marijuana for Lyme?

I feel totally crazy even writing about this. My mom had a follow up phone conference with her Dr yesterday. The Dr actually highly suggested that my mom consider Medical Marijuana as part of her treatment plan! Is that crazy?? I thought it was. A quick research said it was beneficial but I'm wondering if anyone has heard of this or know anything about it??

-Kari

Marijuana is a plant just like other plants that are used to treat all sorts of ailments. Unfortunately this one has a stigma attached to it by years of propaganda and misinformation. Like girlie mentioned she could use CBD oil and not have the side effect of getting "high". The THC is removed or mostly removed from the CBD as I understand it. I don't know I haven't tried it but I would consider it if my doc thought it would help and he could assure me that I would still be able to pass drug tests at work. I would try this long before I would be willing to take opiate pain killers. You never hear about anyone with a pot addiction but you always hear about folks addicted to pills.

WV Mike said...
The THC is removed or mostly removed from the CBD as I understand it. I don't know I haven't tried it but I would consider it if my doc thought it would help and he could assure me that I would still be able to pass drug tests at work. I would try this long before I would be willing to take opiate pain killers. You never hear about anyone with a pot addiction but you always hear about folks addicted to pills.

The THC isn't removed - CBD oil (from hemp) is naturally low - almost nil in THC .

But, the CBD oil doesn't work for everyone - it didn't do anything for me.

Many people find the marijuana (THC) works more effectively...but then there's the 'high' you get...and have to deal with.
For some people it's fine - especially if they take it before bed.

But for some people - they don't want that 'high' - especially if it comes with paranoia.

I use CBD oil with and without THC for pain and anxiety. It's saving my life. I was having BAD panic attacks and they're down to low-grade anxiety. I was taking it every day and now it's down to every other day, once a week. It's very helpful. She can try it without fear. CBD oil doesn't get you high, just brings you back down to normal. Even the CBD with THC doesn't get you high. You just feel better. For me, the one with THC makes a little sleepy, I usually take that before bed as needed.

Well, I can vouch that it worked well for our DS. After I started researching medical MJ, he confessed he experimented with it 2x on his chronic fatigue, brain fog, joint pain and fever days that occur pretty much weekly and he called it miraculous. He said everything melted away after about 10-15 minutes and he got up and went to school. I remember the day he did it after he told me because I found it so strange he all the sudden in late morning called me at work for a ride to school. He says he took about 4 puffs but have no idea if that is true or not.

We do not live in a medical MJ state but are adjacent to one so it is readily available on the street (UGH!) and many kids use it in our local HS. DS is a fairly young teen so we are very much discouraging MJ but are now trying CBD oil instead which tastes nasty and takes awhile to build up in the system. I pray it works but he is feeling frustrated that he knows of something that works so well and we don't want him using it until he an adult. I do not know if we will win that battle. I hope it is the CBD and not the combo of CBD and THC in medical MJ that alleviates his symptoms. It's been hard to do a trial because he's so busy and soon to travel. Will definitely post a followup about CBD. Also I'm quite concerned about the current threats to roll back marijuana access by the US govt and whether it could affect CBD hemp as well.

I say your mom should go for it and try CBD too. My own mother in her late 70s has used medical MJ in AZ successfully for Lyme-like symptoms with great success.

There are lots of good documentaries on YouTube including a 3 part series by CNN's Sanjay Gupta called "Weed 1, 2 and 3. He became a convert after learning more about it.

Like all Lyme treatments, it probably works for some and not for others.

Jinna said...
I like it, but I use only the 'imprint' of cannabis, not the real chemical thing. It feels very relaxing and I do think it helps with some gut inflammation, joint pain.

Since I started using GcMaf (imprinted) with cannabis, my arthritic pains practically disappeared. I no longer have lyme, but had been having some age-related joint pain, or difficult to move some joints...

Mostly solved with these two products, basically.

What do you mean the 'imprint' of cannabis? What is that?

The reason cannabis can make many feel worse or make symptoms worse is because it is both gram negative and positive antibiotic and potential antiparasitic properties. Also it can help with nausea from babesia. If u can handle it it's great herb to use.

I have to agree with Pantsface....It literally masks all my symptoms when I usually smoke it at night (nausea, fasciculations, insomnia, anxiety, depression...etc all gone), feels like I was living a lie the whole time. But when I wake up by afternoon the symptoms occasionally return. The thing is that our bodies produce their own cannabinoids, and when your body is sick with multiple pathogens your body definitely produces less of them. Believe it or not, the endocannabinoid takes care most of our symptoms and if you support it with any phytocannabinoids on the long term you'll see awesome healing benefits. It's not for everyone though, since cannabis is considered anti-fungal and antibacterial, even anti-parasitic at times depending on the strain so people with high pathogen load will exacerbate their symptoms significantly. I highly recommend it regardless (in moderation of course).

I use CBD oil for headaches. While it's not a cure, it does lessen the severity of my headaches.

I have also tried MM for headaches. Interestingly, I don't know that it impacts my head pain any differently than the CBD oil. But, it certainly distracts one more from what is going on.

As for marijuana's healing power for disease, I cannot speak to that. For certain symptoms, however, it seems to be helpful, with or without THC for some.

Thanks everyone for the responses and thoughts on this. We first have to see if the nursing home will allow my mom to use this. If so, they offer it in a few different ways which we will discuss with the doctor.

I use medical marijuana for pain and it has been a life saver. I use a vaporizor which is supposed to be better for your lungs.

It really helps with my neuropathy in that it makes me fall asleep.

CBD oil did nothing for me either.

Patty, I think it is different in each state. In Cali you need a "recommendation" from a doctor. That's all it takes is a doctor visit. This allows you to purchase a certain amount. Then you go to a "store" and buy it. But here in Cali, it is only available in certain counties of the state. So more than likely you have to get your recommendation and store in the same county.

I have osteoarthritis. Have had it since my 30s. I cope pretty darn well, but I had a year (pre-lyme) where I tried MM. I did not like the Sativa. I got way too paranoid. The Indica put me on the couch not wanting to do anything. I got a nice blend. I did not want to put anything into my lungs, so I bought edibles.

Problem with edibles is you don't feel that as quickly as smoke. So you eat and eat and before you know it, you have over eaten!!! Especially the caramel popcorn. OOPS!!! I have tried it all. The brownies, suckers, caramels, caramel corn, butter, jams, hard candies, you name it. It is very hard to know how much is in the edibles. By the time you feel it, it is way too late.

So you have to eat a little and wait awhile to see if you need to eat more or OOPS, you ate too much.