Hi River..How ya doing?

i just made an appt with the only one mj doc in nj - our govt doesn't rush to create any dispensaries, so i think i need to wait. i know everyone is laughing at donuts (brownies is better - right)? i just can't imagine how i can smoke in front of my children. My oldest is ok - she tried it and didn't like (brownies were her idea , but 10 yo must be out of it.

Just fine and dandy Sal!!

How are you?

forgot to say, they put my on waiting list

Imho, a good pain doctor will first try non-smoking methods of drug administration.

I had the social stigma idea of being on medical marijuana, but now I take pills and it seems to do well overall for my pain.

Indica is best for reducing spasms from what we have seen. However, keep in mind that what works for one, may not work for another. Also, when eating, start slow and low, wait an hour and then see what happens. Many make the mistake and eat too much and end up asleep and not really knowing if they got relief or not.

Hubby chooses to digest and smoke for now. The combo seems to work best. BUT AS SOMEONE STATED BEFORE, YOU DID NOT HEAR THS FROM ME UNTIL IT'S LEGAL HERE. I CAN BE ANYBODY, NOT REALLY WHO IT SHOWS I AM.

lol. What a great thread. I just had ice cream, rediwhip & syrup but no brownie! Donuts??? Seriously people like 1 person said - have healthy snacks on hand cause everything will taste sooo good

Perhaps you can ask your doc for 2.5mg Marinol and see how that works then ask dispensery what equals that. They're $6.50/each so just buy a couple for test. They're synthetic thc and no idea what type of marijuana they resemble. They make me drink tons of water which my kidneys & bladder love me for when I take one. I take soo many pills and it's the only way to clear urine. 5mg does it for me. Reduces spasms by say 50%. Still take 120mg baclofen/day.

All jokes aside, the reason why I'll chose this the day it becomes legal in my state is because I'm so tired of Oxy Roxy news stories of people killing each other or strung out like junkies over those pills. How in the world Heroin got acceptance over Marijuana is far beyond my imagination. I orginally got the Marinol (synth thc) pills for lower back pain. So much less addictive then Oxy. The part that really burns me is the 1 time I filled a 5mg Oxy script just to try them, it was maybe $35 for 60? 60 5mg Marinol is $768. I hope our leaders realize this, wake up and smell the Marijuana. Told my Dr one of the side effects is laughter. I'm in no hurry for pool days to be over but November sure will be interesting more ways then one.

EddieF, it's more like a 'body' sensation (the synthetic form, I take Nabilone which is similar to Marinol, apparently in cost as well sadly) than a mental altering.

After now having been on it for several months, I don't get a 'high' from it at all now, but it does help a lot to control my pain.

Dry mouth's the only down side to it that I can tell. I also take Clonazepam for my cruddy burning mouth syndrome that yes, still plagues me ... and I still feel the 'kick' of taking each dose of that drug (hrm!).

I also feel the cruddy w/d if I miss Clonazepam, but if I miss Cesamet (Nabilone), no w/d! Go figure, huh?

(Clarity: Clonazepam = Klonopin in the USA)