Migraines

I USE IT FOR MIGRAINS TOO!

i understand what youve gone through.

ive had migrains since i was 13 years old.

so 8 years now.

sometimes they are bad enough that i dont feel like i should be driving in that condition!

When i get a headache, it kills my appetite, so i go 7+ hours without ever having food cross my mind, by the time i think to eat something, its too late and the thouhgt of eating makes me sick.
also the headache makes me go to bed early, so i end up waking up in the middle of the night, and it really messes up my sleep cycle which leads to more headaches|!|!!

Its nice to have some relief from that crappy cycle!

tell me if you feel this way, the pain from the migrian, gets you really low, and the cannabis gets you high, not high enough to be "high" but allitle closer to "normal".

i dotn know, just a certain way to think of it, but im sure there are plenty of people that couldnt think of it that way because i used the word "high", and they equate that wrd with drug use/abuse.

modern medicine drug dealers................... cannabis is all natural!

I USE IT FOR MIGRAINS TOO!

i understand what youve gone through.

ive had migrains since i was 13 years old.

so 8 years now.

sometimes they are bad enough that i dont feel like i should be driving in that condition!

When i get a headache, it kills my appetite, so i go 7+ hours without ever having food cross my mind, by the time i think to eat something, its too late and the thouhgt of eating makes me sick.
also the headache makes me go to bed early, so i end up waking up in the middle of the night, and it really messes up my sleep cycle which leads to more headaches|!|!!

Its nice to have some relief from that crappy cycle!

tell me if you feel this way, the pain from the migrian, gets you really low, and the cannabis gets you high, not high enough to be "high" but allitle closer to "normal".

i dotn know, just a certain way to think of it, but im sure there are plenty of people that couldnt think of it that way because i used the word "high", and they equate that wrd with drug use/abuse.

modern medicine drug dealers................... cannabis is all natural!

Stan,
I used to have the auras also, but over the years mine have stopped, so I no longer get warning signs that a migraine is imminent. I have started using the edibles at night as a preventative and using a vaporizer when I get a migraine now, which is a lot less frequent, sometimes I can go for a couple weeks without one now unlike the 3 or 4 a week I would get before the edibles.

The vaporizer I use doesn't have the bag like the Volcano does, so I can use it for a smaller dose, just enough to get a couple hits off of it and the migraine is gone, then I turn it off. But i do keep my portable kit handy with my small pipe just in case I cant get to my vaporizer when I get a sudden migraine.

Medical Marijuana has given me back my life. I am an Archbishop, and I run 4 businesses, (which were about to be closed due to the migraines), now I am able to have a normal life and work each day without having to lock myself in a dark quiet room vomiting for hours or sometimes days at a time, neglecting my businesses. It is a world of difference.

The vaporizer that is use at home is like this one: http://www.gotvape.com/store/Vapor_Doc_Vapor_Cannon.php

I can put just a little bit of medicine in it to get rid of the migraines and then turn it off for next time.

For portable use I still use a pipe right now, but I am getting ready to order this portable vaporizer: http://www.gotvape.com/store/i-inhale-vaporizer.php

I have been using cannabis since 2001 to treat my migraines.  I stopped for a short period of time while pregnant.  Boy, was that tough!  Pregnancy migraines are the worst!  Some weeks I suffer with migraines for 2 to 3 days solid.  My normal weeks consists of 3, even 4 days lost to migraines.  In 2001 I began smoking cannabis to treat the awful migraines.  I discovered it quite by accident.  One day after suffering through a terrible migraine and getting no relief from Maxalt, tylenol, or whatever else I tried, I decided to smoke a joint in hopes of being able to at least destract myself from the pain.  Wow!  With in 3 or 4 hits the migraine was gone.  I started researching medical marijuana and was so pleased to learn that cannabis had relieved other people's migraines too.  Eight years later I still keep a few migraine meds on hand, but very seldom use them.  They are just not reliable; not like cannabis. 

I just started using a vaporizer, and I am very pleased with it so far.  I opted for a silver surfer vaporizer.  It's worth the money to buy a good vaporizer.  Your lungs will thank you for vaping instead of smoking.  I also keep a glass pipe for portable use. 

Using marijuana returns to me the day that the migraine has stollen.  I'm able to function, and be a pleasant member of my family instead of locking myself in a dark room with ice packs and ear plugs. 

My doctor is full aware of my usage and is currently helping me to get a medical liscence in my state.  I'm so greatful for medical marijuana.  As brainpain said, Cannabis is a gift.  I would recommend it to anyone suffering chronic migraines, or any other chronic pain.

Guinness59, Your story breaks my heart.  Don't give up on getting your medical records.  If they wont send them to THC Foundation directly maybe they will give copies to you.  You have every right to obtain those medical records, they are yours!

Last edited by lou (2009-02-20 09:01:21)

When my wife was last hospitalized the nurse took her oxygen cannula off and like a slob just tossed it onto a shelf by the room nozzles. When she left I put it on and that O2 at 4 L / minute really helped get rid of my migraine. But, the pain re started shortly after I discontinued the oxygen.

Pot holds me off of the restart for about an hour. And it is the absolutely best there is from anywhere for any price at stopping the nausea. Thank God for pot! And a big thank you to the brave friends here in Oregon who blazed the trail so I can follow.

Geo Bush, God Will judge you for your hypocrisy and pain you have delivered to our friends who run the compassion clubs and farms all those people went to to grow their pot and are jailed for it. He packed his rotten nose with coke, but when someone really needs it he turned up the federal heat on our friends.

I am a whisker from getting my blessed OMMA card and then I can start my first legal grow in my life!

Thanks SafeAccess for your good work disseminating the news and knowledge as you have.

God bless all the nice peeps on this site and may you find your healing in this life. Some day we will eat drops of cannabis extract for breakfast to prevent cancer and only God knows what else just like we feed vitamins to our kids today.

There is absolutly no possible way we have THC receptors, two kinds!, in our brains if we weren't eating it for thousands or tens and hundreds of thousands of years before we got so modern that we forgot to do what we are supposed to eat... cannabis.

A few of you may want to have your doctors re-evaluate your migraines. Some of them sound more like cluster headaches which are usually treated with high flow oxygen. A couple years ago I finally found out that I suffer from both migraines and cluster headaches, but I have also found that medical cannabis has been very successful in treating both types of headaches.

The best way to determine the difference between the cluster headache and a migraine is over sensitivity to outside stimulus (light, sound, cold, heat, touch, etc.), which usually describes migraines. Also, cluster headaches typically do not involve nausea as migraines do.

The cluster headaches normally do not start out slowly, and build up over time like the migraines do, but hit all of the sudden, normally without warning at all. A lot of times my cluster headaches feel like I was hit all of the sudden with a baseball bat in the side of my head.

Cluster headaches tend to ease off after a while, then come back again and again, in clusters (where the name cluster headaches comes from).

Both cluster headaches and migraines are treated with medical cannabis, however they are two different types of pain, one is caused when the blood veins constrict or dilate, the other is neurological, but the cannabis treats both.

Zippoking17,
What state do you live in? Each states laws are different, especially regarding a minor using medical cannabis.

Zippoking,
That's great.  Do all of your research before approaching your doctor.  Find out what is required by the state to get your liscence and take your findings and the forms with you to your next appointment.  ASA is a great source for info.  Good luck!

Hi folks,
Does anyone know of a specific strain of MMJ that is best for the treatment of Migraines?  Before obtaining my state card I was at the mercy of what ever was being sold on the street.  Any strain I've ever used has helped with the pain, but the problem was sedation, couch-lock, increased hunger, etc.  I just don't have the option of kicking back, I need something that will relieve my pain but still allow me to be productive. 

These days there are so many different strains that are available at dispensaries.  So I wondered if anyone out there had better luck with one strain over another.  Any input would be great!