ylem
Well-Known Member
Hey all - I'd like to share a little inspiration, so forgive my mentioning past drug use. And don't worry. My story ends with pics, I just wanted to get out why and how I got here. If you have a problem with that then don't read what I have to say. Ill start by opening up about how i bettered my life (and possibly saved it) through aid the of cannabis. For the last 5 years until 2 years on and off previous to now I suffered from severe and debilitating depression, anxiety, insomnia, and a very heavy addiction to opiates, benzos, glass, coke, pills/anything i could melt in a spoon to keep it short. This all started when I was younger and saw a psychiatrist about my anxiety attacks and insomnia. He prescribed me anxiolytics and sleeping pills. Over a short period of time I became physically dependent and soon after I became heavily addicted to narcotics and abused the hell out of anything I could. I've wound up in hospitals, psyche wards, rehab multiple times including an 11 month stay in a residential facility, and always used one substance to bring my mind together. I now realize (years later after much learning and realization) that I always used cannabis to bring me down from the damage I had done to myself.
Since self discharging from rehab, as their program did not work for me, I gradually learned more and more about why and how my abusive nature arose. I have since seen a multitude of doctors, but the one that helped me the most was the one that suggested medical marijuana as a solution to my anxiety and insomnia. His point was that I already used it in a medicinal fashion, and at the time when we met, I was determined to figure out how moderate my illness without addictive drugs with horrible side effects.
My bottom line is that over time, I gradually replaced every medication I used to use; anti-depressants, narcotics, sedatives, hypnotics, anti-emetics and the list goes on. The result was an infinite increase in the general quality of my life. For the first time since I can remember, I can sleep more than 4 hours a night on a regular basis, have an appetite, and much more energy in the morning and during the day.
These are my first 2 medicinal plants.
Day 8 in the sun.
Questions and comments welcomes.
Thanks for listening. Oh and I didn't proof read this because I'm tired and wanted to vent so if some of it doesn't make sense just do your best.
Since self discharging from rehab, as their program did not work for me, I gradually learned more and more about why and how my abusive nature arose. I have since seen a multitude of doctors, but the one that helped me the most was the one that suggested medical marijuana as a solution to my anxiety and insomnia. His point was that I already used it in a medicinal fashion, and at the time when we met, I was determined to figure out how moderate my illness without addictive drugs with horrible side effects.
My bottom line is that over time, I gradually replaced every medication I used to use; anti-depressants, narcotics, sedatives, hypnotics, anti-emetics and the list goes on. The result was an infinite increase in the general quality of my life. For the first time since I can remember, I can sleep more than 4 hours a night on a regular basis, have an appetite, and much more energy in the morning and during the day.
These are my first 2 medicinal plants.
Day 8 in the sun.
Questions and comments welcomes.
Thanks for listening. Oh and I didn't proof read this because I'm tired and wanted to vent so if some of it doesn't make sense just do your best.
