10-10-2019, 01:36 PM
I have had various people (not physicians, just in causal conversations) suggest I take medical marijuana for chronic pain. Recreational marijuana is not legal in my state, but it is possible to go through a process to get approval for medical marijuana (although purchasing it is still difficult, I hear.)
I am not certain if I should pursue this -- my medical problems already eat up a tremendous amount of my time, energy, and money, and it is a constant trade-off deciding which treatments I have the time and money for. I also have two other concerns: 1) I have severe problems with Type 2 diabetes, and there are lots of medications that make my blood sugar far worse. 2) When I tried marijuana in college, decades ago, it caused severe anxiety and I have not wanted to use it again.
Are these things I should worry about? I know marijuana gives people "the munchies." I often eat as little as I can stand, yet my blood sugar goes very. very high. Anything that makes me hungrier would be a disaster. I also have had very bad anxiety lately and worry about making it worse. I'm concerned I'll invest time and money into trying MM, and have a bad experience. I've had plenty of very bad experiences with various medical treatments. I have so many problems that a treatment for one thing can easily make other things worse. But, I don't know how likely these problems are.
Has anyone here experienced anxiety while using medicinal marijuana? And, has anyone had weight gain? If MM can cause weight gain, even a little, it's pretty much guaranteed to make my metabolic problems seriously worse.
I am not certain if I should pursue this -- my medical problems already eat up a tremendous amount of my time, energy, and money, and it is a constant trade-off deciding which treatments I have the time and money for. I also have two other concerns: 1) I have severe problems with Type 2 diabetes, and there are lots of medications that make my blood sugar far worse. 2) When I tried marijuana in college, decades ago, it caused severe anxiety and I have not wanted to use it again.
Are these things I should worry about? I know marijuana gives people "the munchies." I often eat as little as I can stand, yet my blood sugar goes very. very high. Anything that makes me hungrier would be a disaster. I also have had very bad anxiety lately and worry about making it worse. I'm concerned I'll invest time and money into trying MM, and have a bad experience. I've had plenty of very bad experiences with various medical treatments. I have so many problems that a treatment for one thing can easily make other things worse. But, I don't know how likely these problems are.
Has anyone here experienced anxiety while using medicinal marijuana? And, has anyone had weight gain? If MM can cause weight gain, even a little, it's pretty much guaranteed to make my metabolic problems seriously worse.