From my own experience I learned that it is essential to keep moving. I always hurt a lot more when I do not. It may seem weird but when I hurt a lot, I go for a walk or do something else very gentle. 9 out of 10 times it helps and I improve.

I was in the same position 3 years ago, with the help of cannabis I’ve removed all prescription medication as treatment. The main things for me are regular exercise building up slowly but always pushing your self. Meditation is also very useful. As clean a diet as possible ie No processed food. I use strong indicas in evening for pain and sleep and Sativa or hybrids in day time. The pain never truly goes away but for me cannabis helps far better than any prescribed drugs.

Hello

Really sorry to hear about your situation. We're happy to send you some of our RSO for free for you to try out, to see if it alleviates and reduces your pain? It should also aid massively with your sleep too.

Our full spectrum RSO is very high quality and we're confident you will have a positive experience. We have patients that are currently using this for similar circumstances. Drop us a message if you have any questions.

Great gesture and I hope they take you up on it 👏👏👏👏 nice to see

@ Cptjck93 if you do keep us updated on how you get on as I’m sure the others in the thread would love to know based on personal experience

I have fibro and I was in the same boat
I now dont use anything other than natural pain relief. Get yourself some magnesium.chloride flakes for the bath.

You'll thank me later lol

Also the best pain relief ever naturally is pain slayer balm. As a fibro sufferer I know sleep can be awful to and they do sleepy balm which also helps


Hope you get some relief soon x

Also have l4.l5 slipped discs and several other issues so hope this gives you some hope x

Hi Cptjck93

Have tried tried full spectrum cannabis tenturture oil?

My missies has fibro and she says that it helped massively. This is an add on to the advice already given.

As dazzler says a nice tincture does well!

Think JJ (Dr Greenthumb) has a 1-1 oil which would do the trick!

I treat people at work with CBD (full spectrum) for things such as fibro and see some great results! so a bit more THC in there as well should be perfecto👍 👌
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Carnivore diet and moderately intense weightlifting.

also fasting and cod liver oil + grassfed butter.

Jordan Peterson mentions meat only based diet something that his daughter was working on cause of problems with inflamation/arthritis I’ve I remember correctly

He’s was on joe rogan talking about it

Hey there, I know your pain sincerely. Here’s my story:
2013: I’m 21stone heavy ass mofo that train down the gym 2hours a night 5 days a week. I was a big big fuka! May bank holiday roles in & I’m down with serious chest infection, I’m asthmatic if you are too you know how severe a chest infection can take you down. Week 3 into the infection I have a monumental coughing fit in which all of my lower back ruptured. Apparently I’d coughed so so violently the pressure blew all my lower discs out in my back! I’m bed ridden for 18 months amped up on prescription meds, I won’t list them as I am on 13 different medications because of it. Many many heavy dosage of multiple morphines, nerve agents, anti spasms, anti depressants, multiple sclerosis meds to name a few. I had 2 severely intrusive surgeries to try and fix it
6 months into recovery I come off my bike and break my coccyx, which sets back recovery 7months.
Thought all was well 2 years later, I’ve sort of made a 65-70% recovery and struggling like mad but I’m still on all the same mountain of meds.
2016 rolled up & back starts to play up & deteriorating, I have all the tests again & my lower back has naturally blown out again due to it being highly weakened. I have to go for further more intrusive surgeries to try to fix it. At the same time I’m told that my mom has fibromyalgia & that her form of it (whatever that is?) has been passed onto me hereditary. Great!
My back feels worse than either time it was blown out but I ain’t been back to the specialist cus all they will give is 2 options: 1-fuse half of my spine! Hmm don’t like the sound of that! 2- carry on as is!
So believe me that I know what you may be going through, this is only half of the story cus it’s too long to go in on in one post.
My point is through all this turmoil that I call my life and having to take 12-15 pills 3 times a day, I’m now trying cannabis medication properly to help deal with and combat all of my symptoms. I’ve smoked cannabis for 25+ years but only recreationally now I use it medically in an attempt to try and ween me down from the current dosages from 15 pills down to 10 now so progress is being made and I am seeing so many more benefits to my life now I’m dosing the weed throughout the day. I have a long long long road ahead to get all my prescription meds down as my body physically needs em to even function cus the addiction is now a dependency.
I am heading in a positive direction for the first time over the last few months, and all down to a plant that is on this earth to be used for our needs, and is banned cus some old wrinkly farts are stuck in their 1950 mentality and fear what they do not understand.
I can go more into this and have thought about writing a series of blogs to inform of my events and my findings during a life altering 8 years. I have found that using a strong indica partnered with a strong sativa with some hash or crumble/ shatter added into the joint. This joint combo I’ve found through trial and error to be the best formula for my medical needs. I had also recently started to use a dab rig for all of these lovely new concentrates and wow they help like mad too.
Hope this helps and sorry if it went on too long but this is part of why I am on here now ; )

RSO would work if it was indica based something thats got indica that would help with pain sativas are more for depression so you would probably need a high indica ratio

RSO, or Rick Simpson Oil, is a concentrated cannabis oil that has been shown to provide relief for various conditions, including fibromyalgia and back pain. RSO is high in THC, which is the psychoactive component of cannabis that is known to provide pain relief, as well as other therapeutic benefits.

When using RSO for fibromyalgia and back pain, it's important to start with a low dosage and gradually increase it until you find the amount that works best for you. RSO can be taken orally or applied topically, depending on your preference and the type of pain you're experiencing.

It's important to note that while RSO may provide relief for some individuals, it may not be effective for everyone

One thing you haven't listed that you may want to consider is RSO or Rick Simpson Oil. Couple of vendors sell it but one particular one specialises in it called Oilman and he's very professional. I've used RSO a few times for arthritis pain and it works really well.

Thanks, that’s really interesting. How do you actually ‘use’ an oil? (Sorry if that’s a real noob question!)

It comes in a 1ml syringe way I use it is I put a bit about the size of a grain of rice in my mouth, leave it to swill about for around 5 mins and swallow. Starts working after an hour or so but its a bit faster acting doing it after a meal. I'm currently suffering badly with avascular necrosis of the hip joint taking the oil helps me walk without a stick.

Fascinating, thanks. But is it also a good high?...can you drink booze at the same time? Glad to hear you get relief amigo...

i found i used way more than intended like i took a whole mil wasnt enough so i did 2mil and had a good high but i found if i dont smoke and only have RSO id run out of cash real quick best i stick too smoke even though me lungs are almost cooked haha

Cheers dude I've heard people have good experiences drinking with RSO but it's not something I've tried. For me the high by its self in high doses is a bit like taking a tranquilizer, but I always use it 3 hours before going to sleep(it really helps if you have sleep issues too). One thing I have noticed it works better after eating and hits faster the longer it's kept in the mouth.

Brilliant info Gaz, thanks for taking the time, real food for thought buddy....

Pleaseeee dont take those, I would strongly advise not to take the amitriptyline, through that shit in the bin!
This is tough for me to say but i feel like i should explain my experience with amitriptyline,,,,
My doctor prescribed me that for nerve damage, it was ok for a while untill i increased the dose. Then came the horrific headaches which lasted for days. This drug affects the chemical balance of your brain, when i stopped taking it I had the scariest mental episode, which ill try and explain. I was sitting at my desk everything was fine and all of a sudden I felt like I was going to get up and hurt myself, it was like someone else was controlling my thoughts. I was terrified but aware the whole time, I sat there frozen for 2 hrs as i dear not move, I was fighting myself not to get up as i didnt know what I was about to do. This is not like me at all and as you can imagine was terrifying! 90% of the medications they give can be replaced with cannabis, with far less side affects. Go for an indica dominant plant any of the dawg strains allways work best for my pain relief, there my go to and are really effective. The booze is your choice but it has wreaked my nervous system over the years and have several nurological problems due to alcohol. Stick with the weed and get those body repairing cannabanoids in ya, its the best medicine ;) Gl with the pain relief, stay safe stay medicated.

Wow, amigo, reading that makes me very happy that the pills are just taking up drawer space despite what my doc thinks!
I’ve got a life long quality relationship with booze that I don’t want to end but it’s not classically therapeutic. So yes, I agree entirely that having found this site it’s time to explore the wonders of weed...thanks for sharing!

yeah deep aint it. The problem is with doctors they are educated poorly on medications, take this drug or take this, mainly man made garbage that gives bigger problems than what you are trying to fix. Run by big pharma companies, scared of this devils plant. cannabis has been used medicinally by EVERY culture on the planet for thousands of years untill they gave it a bad rep. They dont want you growing your own medicine, which we should all have the right to! I have bad information and because I cant take anti-inflammatory,s the doctor said nothing I can do for you. Ive found that tumeeric helps massively but they dont tell you that because of poor education. Nature knows best

this is more the tree of life than the devils plant https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2018/05/19/cannabis-the-once-and-future-tree-of-life/

You’re right- you’ve just gotta follow the money. There is no money for big pharma in supplements like turmeric, or generics like aspirin or curing cancer rather than easing symptoms. I’m not saying there aren’t modern medicines that work but they only hit the market when the price is right!

Easier said than done but booze should be a last resort. Hope the weed helps you; and would be my recommendation. Listen to the doctor if it doesn't.

Thanks buddy- what strain would you smoke if you were me?

https://www.leafly.com
any strain selling on here i use this site to check all the stats on strain

no worries mate. really comes down to personal preference but I like a nice haze or mimosa. half the fun for me is trying new strains. look at the genetics when you buy so you get an idea for what works best for you. maybe try a heavy indica for the pain. let me know if you need me to look over any listings for you before buying.

Thanks, that’s interesting. I’ve put both an Amnesia Haze and a Mimosa in my ‘basket’, but yet to try. So much to sample, it’s gonna be a journey! What do you think about Shatter?...or edibles generally?...

just start slow once mixed a few times the world stops spinning and you get wrecked and can live to tell the tale :)

If it is pain then RSO is the baby,been using it for years for spondylosis of the neck,you can drink with it however like any weed it is not a good idea to use after you are drunk.
Oh it also cuts back your consumption of other cannabis as a joint on top of some RSO will blow your tits off in a good way lol

I’m really going to check out some....thanks!

Well check out Oilman he has top quality RSO,1ml is a lot of oil and his prices and stealth are excellent ;)
Just ordered some myself :)

Wise, I’m avoiding the pills. What weed would you use if you were me?

Weed

Sorted!...I should have kept my question shorter!

You should try a TENS machine for your back pain. Cheap & no side-effects. Min hr at a time a few times a day and stick at it for a few weeks. Strange sensation, but you get used to it after a couple of sessions. After more than a decade of chronic back pain from degenerate discs, the TENS has been more effective than any of the meds or methods I have tried.

Well that’s very interesting DTB ‘cos the missus bought me a TENS kit and it’s been sitting in its box on my desk where I have been eyeing it sceptically for some time having no idea what its all about! (reading the instructions being the last resort!!) I’ve got nothing to lose so many thanks for the heads up, and the wifey will stop nagging me too!

Essentially you're trying to re-train your brain so it stops interpreting that nerve signal as pain, or at least turn the volume down, and that's why the sessions need to be at least an hour long. It's a gradual process. Sometimes I'll wear mine for 3-4 hours if I'm doing a spot of DIY or any job which stresses my back. Hope you get some benefit man!

Cheers buddy, that’s a really useful endorsement and I’ll take it seriously....

Thai weed always gets my creative juices flowing. It's usually sativa-based so a good day time high as opposed to being glued to the couch in the evenings. There's a fair bit of thai on here. The Book of wisdom thai weed was great - smoked a small joint and then wanted to start painting immediately....

thai weed makes me want to laugh :)

I’ve never tried Thai...but I will!
Thank you for the recommendation!

It's great - not super strong, but gives a great buzz and really helps me with my work (I'm an illustrator). It's cheap as well which is a bonus!

Got to be SSH! :)

Great shout! I’ve been eyeing up RB’s SSH for a while now. Have a feeling she could be the one ✌️