This is very interesting topic. Like others here, I'd very much like to hear how you go with this.

I for one don't care whether pot is legal or not here, if it works I'd take it regardless. That said, small personal quantities are usually considered ok by our law enforcement, they turn a blind eye.

Mother Nature provided pot, no doubt for medicinal purposes.

I had the same concerns as Stacey re: smoke impacting lungs. Wondering if a few hash cookies with morning tea would do the trick.

Looking forward to hearing how this goes.

I live in a state where it is legal. I never smoked cigarettes or weed before. I bought a pocket vaporizer and tried different strains of weed and it has done nothing. I tried the juice and it made me sick. I was using gummy bears with THC and I was so sick that I passed out onto the floor. So be careful especially with edibles. They can be dangerous. They also didn't do anything for my burning.

One method that I have found is using a vaporizer. I have seen many videos on you tube and the effects are incredible. I have been diagnosed with polyneruopothy and I use cannabis for medicinal purposes only. I have not been given any pills or help my my neuro (who can't seem to figure out what is going on). I can say that in my personal experience it has helped huge. It doesn't harm my lungs because vapor is different than smoke. I do get a bit of a high but that can be changed if you ingest the cannabis. cannabis has been seriously misunderstood. The only side effect I can report is hunger afterwards. It helps with my muscle spasms though, only this that does.

Good news for people in Illinois. I saw this posted on Facebook.

"ATTENTION anyone living in Illinois. There will be a Press conference in Chicago on Monday May 4th at 1p adding Neuropathy to the list of qualifying conditions for Cannabis Medicine in Illinois."

I can't find another source for the information, but someone posted it on the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy's FB page.

https://www.facebook.com/FoundationF...eralNeuropathy


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Beatle! I live in Denver and my children want me to try weed in vapor form. I am so sick with SFN. I have NO pain but extreme pressure inside me with numbness in feet and left hand. I have trouble walking and cannot sleep.....I have a bladder disease which is under control. I have trouble eating. I cannot wait to hear your results. Let us know!!! Kate

I am involved in getting this MJ on our ballot this coming fall. There are ways of using MJ without smoke at all! There is something called a vaporizer. If this law passes, and allows this state to be for Medical MJ., I will try it in this way. I don't want the harmful part, the smoke. In fact, if they removed the THC, that would be fine with me too. From all that I am reading on the subject, it does provide a measure of relief from pain. Good to talk about this subject, as the laws will begin to change for most of the USA in time. ginnie

Right now I am wishing I lived in Colorado. Beatle this sounds so promising. I hope it keeps working. Just to have two days of no pain and a clear head would be amazing. Thanks for bringing this to the forum.
As I said before PA will probably be the last state to make it legal. Our governor wants to part of it.

...or it could be the next.

13 States with Pending Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana (as of Apr. 10, 2014)

Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana In Pennsylvania Has Bipartisan Support For First Time Ever

medical marijuana pennsylvania

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I would bring this to the attention of your doctors. Since you live in a legal state, it is worth trying to see if it helps. Some pain specialists won't prescribe any medication if you use MJ, even if it is in a legal state. I am involved in getting this issue on our ballot here in Florida. I tried it when I had a window of opportunity, as I do get tested for drugs. It did help, so I went on to fight the correct way, through the legal system. PN is strange, that's for sure. I have it in multiple areas. I do think mj is less damage than opiates. If you use a vaporizer, or better yet the MJ that doesn't have THC, then you are getting the benefit without smoke or the high associated with it. The 6 brothers in your state are growing different kinds for many patients. Get in touch with them and your doctor. Keep us posted on your experiences. ginnie

Yesterday was the first day I have ever tried a CBD product in my life and it was a good day. I almost posted here last night but I didn’t want to speak too soon. I have had other good days with PN - okay, not great, but certainly functional. The best way I can describe my experience yesterday is uneventful. No brain fog or high, nothing like that. In fact, I could think clearer because I was not distracted by PN pain, it was simply gone. That is what I noticed about it, that the stabbing pains and electrical shocks were not present. The tingling was also much less noticeable. Normally the tingling antagonizes me constantly and it was still there, far less though, barely noticeable in fact and not bothersome. The numb parts of my feet remained numb however and I don’t think anything can change that besides possible nerve regeneration and that happens over a long period of time, if ever.

This morning, I woke up at 7:00, feeling normal, still no pain, no grogginess either (like I get from Lyrica as I am hypersensitive to most medications; a downfall with my PN), and no pain all day today. I have had good days in the past but two in a row is not typical for me. I was outside today for the first time in I don’t know how long, walking without any pain, with a clear mind and still numbness in my feet. I am being very cautious about this and carefully monitoring myself and waiting for the pain I haven’t felt for the past day. If it all ends tomorrow, I will report that and if I continue to do well, I will report that too.

CBD can be ingested, inhaled, applied topically, transdermally and probably other ways I can’t even think of (see Dr. Smith’s comment). CBD has been overshadowed by THC, the psychoactive chemical that gets you high but CBD does NOT get you high. Of course many people like the THC high but not me (tried it in high school half my life ago). I am specifically in need relief from PN pain without the brain effects associated with the prescription drugs and CBD has given me that for 24 hours so far.

Below are some of the studies that influenced my decision to try CBD for my PN after all else has failed. The pain relieving components of Cannabis are currently being tested extensively on an international level with promising results so far and it is gradually being embraced by the medical community. Their embracing comes in the form of scientific results and that still will take some time but from what I can see right now, there appears to be some hope for CBD in the treatment for neuropathic pain.


From The British Pharmacological Society:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24117398

Difference between THC and CBD administration:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22716148

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is “doubling down” on legalizing MMJ and specifically mentions neuropathic pain:
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/sa...rijuana-2014-3
(He was previously opposed to MMJ prior to researching it and has now hosted two documentaries about it on CNN)

From the Federation of European Neuroscience for Osteoarthritis pain:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24494687


Comprehensive papers on the topic:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755639/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3371734/