Can smoking weed with pen hurt my recovery?

I know quite a few lyme patients that use cannabis for symptom relief. Helps some patients with these infections manage symptoms like insomnia, anxiety, pain, headaches, neuropathy, etc...

There are also some interesting studies that seem to indicate CBD has antimicrobial properties and could help against lyme, parasites, etc. I wouldn't use it as a primary antimicrobial, but as an adjunct therapy I think it has more potential benefits than risks.

So I consider it one of those things to try, if it helps then keep doing it. Doing it a few times a week seems reasonable to me.

Marijuana will not hamper your recovery at all as others said its used for symptom relief and a host of other benefits with one exception. If you're dealing with nervous system issues it does work on that part of your body so it could make things worse.

I think it differs for everyone. It does have a suppressing impact on the immune system but there are benefits to it. In moderation of course as with everything.

Take a look at this:

https://herb.co/news/health/cannabis-weaken-strengthen-immune-system/

“Preclinical research has found that cannabis can suppress the immune system. It does this by decreasing inflammation, which is the body’s natural response to infection.

While inflammation has a bad reputation, no human would be able to survive without it. Inflammation helps trap and isolate damaged parts of the body, preventing the spread of infection. Decreasing inflammation when it is needed can potentially worsen infection or injury.

However, sometimes the body’s inflammatory response goes awry and it becomes too inflamed for its own good. Such is the case with autoimmune disease, in which the immune system begins to attack a patient’s own body. This causes chronic inflammation, which can be detrimental to health.”



“As a powerful anti-inflammatory, the immune suppressant qualities of cannabis may be useful for those who have health problems associated with high levels of inflammation.”

Alxander said...
Ughhh I feel dumb but I'm trying to understand everything here...
I seem to understand that weed has 2 different component attached to it:
CBD and THC.

There's always studies that contrafict everything but in general,
Is THC seen as positive for limies?
I know that my LLMD says CBD is positive.

CBD won’t get you high - some people do have good results with it.
There has been research on its effects on spirochetes in vitro (and I think biofilms ) - by Dr Eva Sapi.

I tried it for pain (CBD oil) and was disappointed it didn’t work for me.

I have considered buying a blend of thc/CBD for topical application in a roll on .

I get a bit confused in regards to immune suppression and inflammation. By this logic wouldn't antihistamines be considered immuno-suppressive since they calm inflammatory response? does cannabis have a more direct impact on the immune system cells? there are a lot of immunomodulating herbs that calm the inflammatory response that Buhner recommends, seems like it is important to manage that for many patients, at least for those of us who have outsized inflammatory responses to antimicrobials and die-off.

Cannabis helps a lot with my symptoms. Specially when I had more IBS problems before, nothing helped as well as some weed.
Headaches also gets better. It doesn't help against my pain that comes and goes in muscles and joints, but it makes it easier to handle it.

I mostly use a vape so it becomes a bit better.