Jarrett, mj is never going to taste particularly good, lol. What medicine does? But I bet you did what every young person does, and put mj straight into your brownies. Yuckos!

The best method for using mj for baking is to make mj butter, and then replace the reg.butter/margarine called for in the recipe with it. It keeps for a very long time when refrigerated, so you can make a big batch at a time.

When done this way, you strain out ALL the sediment, and end up with green butter. It can be cooked with, put on toast, whatever. I used to make cinnamon toast with it, to help mask the flavor. Add a cup of hot cocoa, and you're all set!

But here's a warning for anyone considering eating mj or cooking with it... the effects last much longer than smoked mj (Another reason for consuming it instead... it goes a lot farther when used this way). If you try this, make sure you have a full day of no responsibilities just in case you overdo it.

After 5 years of all the testing and mediciations I have found taking Lyrica 75mg x 2 and a halfbowl at nite 1 hour before bed time makes for a great nites sleep and a following morning with a pain of 1 that being the tingling , also able to walk with a fairly good gait. There is an article from a major medical school in the neuropathy association newsletter about paitents using marijuana for pn pain. A while back I went cold turkey due to maxing out on a drug mixture I was taking and after reading this article I experienced the relief that mj has to offer. Vicodin is very addictive in case you wanted to know. If you are taking a mixture of meds please pay attention to the PIS as side effects might be more harmful. Hope this helps you nice people

Stagger mentions addiction in the last post, which raises a question for me. I have always wanted to know how many people truly experience withdrawal? I have, in my lifetime, quit crystal meth, paxil (numerous times), vicodin and morphine. I never had a bit of trouble doing it. My mood might have been a little flaky for the first few days, but that's about it. No physical problems, though.

How about any of you?

(if this is a "thread stealer" or what ever, I'd be happy to move it, just let me know)

To come back to the original post, stopping an anti-seziure medication too fast, i.e. neurontin, can result in big trouble. It is technically not a withdrawl and is better understood now than years ago. But still it does not hurt to caution people

I remember those days,oh well. Yes the first first post do not please
just don't go off cold turkey. I admire what you want to do,but call your
Dr. he-she will tell you how to go off. After all they can't make you
stay on it. Dan i posted his books awhile back,i enjoyed them and he
had the bucks and whatever to try all of everything, I think he was
a lawyer and is in his eighty's. Anyhow i use to pass them around
at the PN support group i started.
My oldest son and I had a fun day like that once,we couldn' stop
laughing. Ha Sue

My MS neuro back in OH, always told me it is not addiction if you use it as prescribed ... it is dependence. Necessary for sympom relief.

Just my 2cents. Will go back to lurking now.

I have been on Neurontin for 7 years; each time they tried to lower my dose or wean me off I would have flare-ups with my RSD. I don't think I would try an herbal treatment instead of it, but I would be willing to for the other medications I'm on.

Interesting thread here:
(from: http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=5236)

Nice post, IHH! Thanks for sharing that.

I totally agree with it. The word addiction is bandied about too readily, it's become a crutch. Not that there aren't true addicts... I met many of them in San Diego and Mexico.

I also agree with using a combination of herbal and pharmaceutical remedies. I know that using medical marijuana cuts back greatly on my need for narcotics, which can only be a good thing. I have no anxiety meds, but I use tea in the same way. Medical mj is great for anxiety, too. It rarely makes one paranoid, regardless of the rumors.

There is never going to be one regime that fits all patients, that's just impossible. I think that everyone in as much pain as us rsd'ers are in, should try anything they can to get some relief.

Pot may not make one paranoid but it does trigger and can increase anxiety and panic attacks in people. It did this to me. It also depends on the kind of pot it is. Just like meds we all react differently to the different varieties of pot out there. Pot doesn't do diddly squat for me for any kind of pain relief. It does the opposite. It makes any pain I have more intense. So that's not a solution for me.