I mainly use it to keep my stress levels under control. I would find myself getting super stressed about silly things. So much so that I could feel my blood pumping around my body. I've never been aggressive or violent, but I would constantly be stressed out. To start with I was trying to control it with Stella and super string cider. Then I found myself with a constant acid burning feeling in my belly.. then 4 years ago my misses suggested I made the change to weed and I have never looked back. Although it does make me lazy sometimes haha. But I'd rather have that than have a heart attack at 46 lol

lol, defitenely alcoohol in the long run wouldn't have helped you much, it would have really destroyed body and soul. thank god you listened to your misses, wise change. don't forget the simple things, walk barefoot in nature once in a while with your misses, quality time in nature. she saved you with that suggestion lol.

peace and love to you both, tgt x.

Thanks man I'm certainly a different man now. I will tell her what you said, very kind. Wishing you and the team much love and peace too and thanks for your suggestion we will walk with nature at the weekend x

happy to know!
tgt x

I doubt the Stella or Super Strong cider helped with any violent tendencies you may or may not have had 🤔 Agree though that laziness over cardiac arrest any day 😂

I'm gonna apologise up front. Didn't intend to make this a long post but it's mad the things you remember when you're baked and start writing 🙈🤣.

TLDR: shit happens and weed helps.


Had back problems for years due to a protruding disc, that was mis-diagnosed because I started with psoriatic arthritis around the same time(2009ish).

Weed helped me with pain relief alongside co-codamol, but I also found it good for appetite, sleep and just my all round mood and mental health while I went through the methotrexate, sulfasalazine, leflunomide, humira ordeal trying to free up my joints so I could get back to work.
MRI scan found the dodgy disc around 2015, had surgery to shave off the protruding bit but that didn't work very well so it was 4 years or so of epidural steroid and nerve blocking injections (evil procedure to go through 😖), NSAIDs, gabapentin and sitting on the waiting list for fusion surgery.

Life got interesting when I had the fusion done at the end of 2019. Initially it was amazing.
Sciatica gone.

After a couple of months of recovery and rehab, I was in a lot less pain, cutting down on the co-codamol and thinking about starting to come off the gabapentin, and just using the weed to relax and ease the remaining aches and pains, that were a lot more manageable, at the end of the day.

Much success 💪

So may 2020, middle of the initial covid meltdown, I've been back in work full time for 3 and a half weeks working on home extension, already worried about the possibility of being banned from working ("they wouldn't close the entire country down, would they?" 😷👀).

5am. I'm in the kitchen doing stretching exercises and drinking tea while I wait for my morning round of pills to start working.
I'd been giving myself a couple of hours to get get my body in gear every morning before being picked up.

I was leaning over the breakfast bar, using it to lift most of my weight up off my feet to stretch the bottom of my back out. I lowered myself down and took a step towards the kettle on my right and SNAP!
Left leg gone 🙈
tibia and fibula both completely separated and my foot/ankle wobbling about whilst I lay on the deck screaming.

9 days in hospital with no visits allowed waiting for a surgeon to glue me back together and I'm back home with a bottle of morphine and an 18 inch titanium bar with 16 screws stopping the wobble.

The surgical wounds took a loooong time to heal up and I wasn't discharged until January 2021. Took me a while to start trusting my new bionic left leg, but by March I was back on light duties at work and starting to feel a little bit more positive about the world.

This time I managed 2 weeks of being a productive member of society before a flipping egg yolk size blister appeared on my shin, burst and carried on leaking what I thought was blood.

It actually took them nearly 4 weeks to get me in for an "emergency" xray that showed osteomyelitis had travelled along 3 of the screws, into the bone and along the titanium, which basically required removal of all metalwork, a tablespoon size chunk of bone scraped out and one of those fancy pico dressings for a month while the massive hole on my shin tried to close up.

Mean time, the sciatica is back due to "irritation" of the nerve, and I'm hobbling around on a leg that i trust less than I'd trust Michael Jackson to babysit my kids.
My head is fooked.
I think I may have ptsd.
Pain clinic won't do anything until I've had counselling, that I've been waiting for since October 2021, and it feels like the pain specialist's attitude is basically deal with it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Body is knackered, head is knackered, I applied for pip in June 2021 and am still waiting for a tribunal date after being diagnosed fully able bodied over the phone.

So for all of that shit 👆 (there's more but most have probably given up reading by now 🤣), the one constant comfort has been the beautiful miss Mary Jane and her ability to stop me from feeling like shit 24/7 365.
She's helped me to deal with an absolute shit hand of cards, in many ways, and I love her very much 🥰😅.

If you got this far, we'll done! Treat yourself to a cannabis product of your choosing 😉👍

Wowzer…I will never moan about my spinal issues again! 😵‍💫

Good luck with it all buddy 👍🤞….long live LB😻

We all have a right to moan about our own issues, lol. Chronic pain is chronic pain, regardless of what caused it.

So moan away sista ✊ nobody has to listen to us moan if they don't want to 🤣

Ouch 🤕

your writing skills are so captivating, felt like I was reading a book.

so many difficult moments you have been through, really had to be a warrior.

have you ever looked into any alternative/integral medicine or holistic treatments as well? neural therapy with procaine shots are amazing to regenerate the nervous tissue, many times our scars contribute for pain in other parts of our body. seems like a small detail, but could bring you more life quality in the long run. I would look into accupunture as well, or even deep tissue massage.

lots of love, tgt x

Haha, thanks.

I could've kept writing for another hour about all of the treatments I've tried.
Massage is very good for relieving tight muscles and the different buzzing, tingling, aching sensations that I get down my left leg and groin. Only problem is that relief (in my case) is very short term.

I have a spot on the top of my foot, along the first 2 metatarsal bones, that feels like I'm getting text messages on vibrate all the time. Aches like a mofo constantly.
But when I get some oil on it and give it a good strong massage, it's like flipping a switch!

All the sciatica pains down my leg stop, the vibrating sensation stops texting me and the mental relief is amazing.
The trade off though, is that the foot ache goes from constant low to mid level nagging pain, to a super localised stabbing pain right at that one spot.

The mixture of instant relief and whatever endorphins and stuff that gets released, and the new, sharp pain from the massage is very hard to describe. I'll just say that the kids find the noises I make absolutely hilarious 🤣.

I'm usually back to aching within the hour, but every little helps, right? 😅

That was an epic post!

Of course I read it I'm baked rn too! i feel ya pain buddy (literally lol) its places like this that give us a chance to post stuff like that and it be totally cool so good on ya cos mine was a lot shorter, one day at a time well sometimes one hour at a time but theres always hope in the smallest of things and weed enhances that so much, lost count of the times i cant take any more meds and im chain smoking weed and throwing in some booze for good measure and then I find the right music to make me forget for just a little bit and then the drink gets put down and the smile widens as the THC has met with my wanna be dancing music part of my brain and ganged up to kick the hell out of the pain part for a bit! Boy weed rants are good lol, peace bro and hope you're not in too much pain atm

I use it to alleviate anxiety, depression, BPD and PTSD symptoms. It's not a miracle cure, but it most definitely helps. CBD every day, THC on the weekends. The CBD helps me with the every day anxiety, panic attacks and sleep problems. Vaping bud on the weekend helps me to feel normal, able to concentrate and like I'm not going completely insane with the flashbacks and emotional outbursts.

indeed, holy mary jane. there has been lots of studies on how this medicine lowers ptsd symptoms, more even with the association of thc - cbd. glad you found this relief.

I also heard of a new therapy treatment with induced lucid dreaming, sounds really interesting! in case you are not open to psilocybin. psychedelic therapy has been super effective for ptsd and depression. for bpd I guess the research is still recent, but studies show how psilocybin improves emotional regulation. in my case, the best for my depression was psilocybin.

but of course, I'm no doctor and every body is a different universe.

lots of love, tgt x

I use cannabis to help me switch off and unwind and ultimately sleep.. always had a problem relaxing and falling asleep ever since I was a kid and younger according to my mother.

wow, really serious issue. lack of sleep in the long run can cause so many harm to our health. alongside mary jane, some mineral reposition is key to a great quality sleep. sleep is physical as it is metaphysical, I mean, it can have a lot to do with our biochemicals. it's good to look for a doctor who works with mineral/vitamins reposition. mineral and vitamin absorption is a complex thing, many times our body needs a substance to be able to absorb another substance. I know that magnesium citrate and potassium can help, but this means nothing if your system lacks another substance in order to absorb them. have you looked into that yet?

tgt x

Thanks for that insight but I don’t think it’s a serious issue.. a little herb a couple of hours before bed and make sure I don’t go to bed stoned out of my head then I can switch off easily and have a restful night.
Accompanied by my varied and balanced diet with regular exercise and I’m good to go. Cheers lads.

In July last last year in 2021 i had a life changing event not what I ever imagined at my age. I was in so much agony I could have been paralysed if they didn’t do the emergency operation on me…
I’m 33 and had both my discs removed from lumbar spine which has put me in a wheelchair, due to weakness and tremors in both legs.
I’ve had physio and I’ve been discharged from them too.
Pain killers don’t do me justice cannabis or hash is my pain relief, it helps me get an appetite as been bed bound I dont ever feel hungry so it helps.
I am in severe pain everyday due to been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, cannabis helps my pain. Without any bad side affects unlike prescribed medication from doctors. That make you feel terrible.

Im not able to get upstairs due to my house that cant be adapted. Im on a waiting list for an adapted property so im able to have a proper shower as i havent had a proper bath/shower since july 2021.

Upon all of above it has affected my mood by having these life-changing effects. Before I had 6 jobs n now I’ve been medically retired!
Cannabis also helps me sleep and get a good nights rest, without it I don’t sleep.
It also helps with stress to help me concentrate better. And stop me from been scratchy.

As a younger me I had an accident on a bike breaking my arm and damaging my back, have used it since I was a teenager (alongside cocdamol) and find it helps massively with IBS and the cramping as again doctors would rather shrug it off and say crack on.

it's easier nowadays to listen to a doctor prescribe a drug that in the long run brings more risks to our system than a doctor who stands up to the medical council and recognises the efficacy of plants or is aware of the languages of the body.

if your IBS is not related to family history or bad eating habits, as is the case of my cousin, it is very much related to our mental health or even to the use of antibiotics in the long run without the essential supplementation of good bacteria (probiotics and/or prebiotics).

interesting to notice how through mary jane we can observe the intestine-brain brain-intestine communication. it relaxes, nurtures your thoughts, consequently relaxes a bit more your IBS.

have you tried the good bacteria to strenghen you? the use of probiotics can promote modulation of the intestinal microbiota by competition and consequent inhibition of pathogen adhesion to the intestinal epithelium, which means that they improve the intestinal mucosal barrier function by downregulating of mucosal immune activation, increasing mucus layer and tight junction protein production. so, in general, it promotes anti-inflammatory effects through the suppression of pro-inflamamatory cytokines, improving intestinal immunity and stimulating the production of secretary IgA (immunoglobin A, very important for the defense of the mucous membrane) and intestine-brain communication.

I'm an enthusiastic about psychosomatics, integral health and chinese medicine. through an holistic view, our intestines teach us that more important than possessing is knowing how to enjoy, that offering is as vital as conquering and that the only true appropriation is the possession of oneself. in the movement of filling and emptying, they enable each individual to know themselves, to build themselves, to exercise themselves, to improve themselves and to offer themselves, guaranteeing the healthy peristalsis of behaviour and emotions.

I went deep on this one, lol.

peace and love,
tgt x

Takes away my aches and pains,I’ve got a physical job and I’m getting on a bit(over 50)and I do a bit of running,so a bit of smoke relaxes my muscles,and help me recover,plus also relieves a bit of depression you know what it’s like now days with all the shit going on.😁
I think it nourishes your endocanabanoid system also.
Happy smoking 👍

glad to hear mary jane brings relief to your pains. also, magnesium citrate replacement helped me a lot with the contractures and muscular pains that I had. and, without a doubt, psilocybin exorcised the depression demon out of me (and many other people that are also healing from it with psychedelics therapy).

lots of love, tgt x

18 year ago I de gloved my lower right leg. Had reconstructive surgery looks like a shark bite I lost all movement and feeling in my leg so I don’t walk like I should and over the years it has resulted in damage to my hips and knees ha. Cannabis helps in so many ways with the pain and muscle spasms I get in leg. Here’s a picture ha i was ashamed of it for years but now I don’t give a fuck ha cannabis also helped with that ha

I use hash only for migraine prevention. I have suffered for more than 10years with chronic, debilitating, pupil piercing pain, every other day if not daily. I'm on Triptans for the pain and anti-psychotic preventatives after no other preventative medication would take. The preventatives i take are in the main for people with epilepsy to prevent seizures, amazing really! Anyway, I found my regular source of hash when I found LB and my migraines have been all but absent for the past 18months, but ove the last 4 odd weeks, due to forced T breaks and dry days here and there, my migraines are creeping back in, and the pain which was all becoming but a distant memory now are becoming all too real again. I have stockpiled quite a few Triptans but I still have to wait for the migraines to set in before i can take them and endure a hell of a time with pain before they take effect. I don't want to start taking the epi pills again. The ridiculously good quality of hash available on LB is what has made my quality of life so much better and TGT were the firat vendors I used on here and was blown away with their Ketama Gold, remember that one guys...if you get any back in i would just love some! Now am just waiting for some orders to land but sodding RM is not helping, longest wait so far as of today waiting 14 days and counting for a normal post pack. Stay cool 🙏

I smoke to treat long-term C-PTSD symptoms. It is the only thing that relieves the physical stress held in my body. Research shows mushrooms are one of the best treatments for alleviating symptoms and regenerating atrophied receptors in the pre-frontal cortex, but I have too much anxiety to hold my shit together on mushrooms so they are a no go for me. Weed is is the only way.

I've been prescribed it medically for just over 2 years and it's made a massive difference to nerve damage and pain that the pills side effects can ruin minds and relief never came, I used to just enjoy it recreationally but daily medical use changes how i view and use cannabis and the state of the legal

helps me deal with my social anxiety, ASD and insomnia. doubt id be here if it wasnt for mary jane

some plants can really save our soul. I feel a deep gratitude to be able to work with a plant that helps you have more peace and health. your comment touched me.

tgt x

I get relief from anxiety, and also muscle cramps due to being on my feet all day working. And it helps when I'm feeling a bit down. I think things would definitely be worse without it.

weed defitenely helps in this situation. if I were you I would pay attention to the cramps, they can mean lots of things. even dehydration because if you spend long times up in your feet, you need to guarantee good blood flow. low mineral depletion could also be a factor that enhances this kind of pain. since I started to replenish magnesium citrate in my body (1 pill during the morning and 2 at night) i've slept much better and felt much less muscular cramps. things we eat interfere a lot in our blood supply as well. just avoid dehydration as much as you can. i'm no doctor but, wish you all the best.

tgt x

Ur totally right dehydration happens a lot due to not stopping and having liquids enough at work, sometimes find myself at 5pm having only had one drink for the day but that's my fault, but something I'm gonna improve see if it helps. Cheers guys.

It helps just about everything for me, pain relief for both diabetic neuropathic and back injury pain. It reduces apnea:(it started when I had a five year break) and insomnia. And the main one for me is anxiety, although I must say the munchies do not help the diabetis!

I am not sure I'd be alive without cannabis today. A lot of people like to paint daily use as an addiction, but for me its medicine. When I stop using cannabis, withdrawal is not new symptoms due to addiction, but a return to the stress, grief, and nightmares the holy herb alleviates for me.

Cannabis as a tool to alleviate grief has been fantastic for me. One of my best friends riding along the hardest journey of my life!

It calms down my whole world, keeps me cool. Used all sorts of drugs to get rid of my anxiety/depression but never weed alone. Now at 48 I have used only weed for the past two years and what a difference. Tried the medical weed but it’s shit in my opinion. I found the green team and have discovered the perfect smoke. 👏🏻👍🏻

I'm an amputee...lbk. I get terrible phantom limb pain...burning/ intense pins and needles...permanently! Have tried everything to control it and I really don't sleep much...tbh the best way to sleep for me us to get absolutely wankered so I pass out...obvs this is not a good life choice! Weed/ hash helps me cope and keeps me relatively sane...also helps me sleep...sometimes.
This is why I'm always placing my orders at 3am 🙂

PTSD means I have hyper vigilance, I'm always on edge.
When I smoke I feel normal again. I can work, engage with friends, and be a happier, more productive version of myself. Keeps the nightmares away too lol

It helps me with massively with migraines. I've been suffering with really bad migraines since I was 7, have been going to doctors about it for about 15 years now and I still haven't found a medication to work as well as weed.
It is quite astounding how much of a difference weed makes, there's times where it makes it dissipate completely. I have yet to even get close to getting such relief using the prescribed medication doctors give me. I experienced weed in College and haven't looked back since.

After ending up with long COVID, cannabis has become the one thing that's effective at removing the pain. It's so much easier trying to sleep and make my way through the day thanks to this 😊

When I was around 11, I was diagnosed with a number of muscular diseases, triggered by an aggressive virus. This whole process also led to me developing anxiety and stress epilepsy. Nothing really helped, painkillers can have a minor effect and keeping yourself fit and healthy definitely makes it a bit easier, but there was never any true relief. That was until a friend introduced me to hash at 14. At first it was just fun because I thought it was cool and I'd never experienced anything like it. As I got older I started to enjoy learning about the varying effects different strains of weed/hash could have. I also began to realize how much relief it gave me from my pain in my head and body. I got into the routine of going to school and then work, and having a smoke at the end of each day to wind down. No matter how much pain I was in physically or mentally, cannabis gave me true relief. I could have the most stressful day of my life, come home in a shit mood, but after I smoke my worries disappear, as does the pain.

Cannabis is amazing and it's a shame it's been a pawn in political agendas for the last 50 odd years because it's a wonder drug that everyone should have access to at least every once in a while. Little Biggy is fantastic because once you find sellers you trust, you're guaranteed quality at a cheaper price than on the street. Been ordering from TGT for a couple years now and not planning on stopping anytime soon x

Helps with PTSD symptoms, especially muscle armouring when I’m about to sleep.

I have a back injury from the military and ADHD and OCD, so nowadays when I'm a bit older that's pretty much why I smoke cannabis in the evening for. I'm leaning more for the Indicas/Kush to be honest, but it's also nice to have some good old haze on a nice summer day. If this was US, I would be 1st. On the medical cannabis card, but let's wait and see, at least we got LB and TGT since I'm really againts any street level retailers. Thanks for being here for us, and for exceptional service 💂

Slows my brain down.

My father has diamentia, he was diagnosed 2 years ago and we had to shut the family business down, my mum looks after him and bud is the only thing that lets him sleep and lets her relax, they were both against bud most of their lives but things got to the point where we had tried everything else. Right now we mostly use Trim and make that into an oil but we would really like to find a strain that just focuses on calm and sleep - Money is tight so we stick with Trim that does a decent enough job overall but yeah this is for medicine and we appreicate the service and quality of GreenTeams selection!!!

Control inflamation. Of my gut colitis and arthiritis.
Helps with the pain and general feeling rubbish all the time depression.
And stress just lets me get on with having a life

I started taking medical cannabis about a year ago due to having severe bowel malabsorption since 7 and anxiety to where I never leave the home due to my stomach issues so after 20 years of suffering I turned to cannabis and haven't looked back. honestly the laws are stupid it should just be a medication and see as that even with years of Dr's tablets I was in the bathroom 6 hours a day all my life until now where I can just have like 2 js or some other form of thc a day and my stomach is completely fine weed honestly took me from wanting to step of the railing every day to having somewhat of a life even though my heath still isn't perfect it's a damn lot better thanks to using this medication.

Sometimes help. alot makes me worse as well

Anxiety and back pain.
The back pain has been a constant and due to being an oversized bean pole with a desk job will probably never go away for good. But since lockdown I've found cannabis is the only thing that lets me release the tension and focus on the bits I need to do my physio effectively, without it I over-tense and can't activate the muscles I need to without activating everything else around them.
The anxiety is a bit different, sometimes it's low level and I don't need cannabis to help, sometimes I can tie myself up so much I stammer... until I smoke. This is a more recent problem brought on by long periods of high stress, but people keep telling me to get diagnosed for ASD, which would explain a lot! I watched a video the other day where this doctor said some people use cannabis "to modulate neurodivergent behaviour" and thought that sounds about right! 😂

So I have a flipside medical story...

A few years ago I had thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed. Subsequently I am prescribed levothyroxine which is a synthetic thyroxine substitute. Without it I would go into a coma and die. Problem is it is common to struggle to get the dosage right as it is all linked to diet and hormones and there are some horrible side effects. Palpitations, trembling, stomach cramps etc.

Anyway I have smoked weed for the last 30 years but then the THC exacerbated my symptoms and made me far worse.... so I had to stop. God I miss it. Nowadays I smoke occasionally, usually in the mornings when the dreaded surge has yet to awaken.

The moral is...there is a flipside to weed and it's impact on our lives is not always a path to utopia.... just saying

ganja is the difference between life or death for me. i stay medicated at all times.

I have wet macular degeneration caused by VERY high myopia, so I'm basically losing my sight. There's no cure, but Cannabis helps with my mental health. (keep it light lol).
Love you guys

I use it to improve my mood, relaxation and sleep...I used to use alcohol to relax but glad I changed...

Oh yeah its why im here, 17 years security services then a major spinal injury so a decent indica helps the PTSD and pain relief, I buy a lot of shakes from here to smoke and make a cannabutter with the rest as I have to take price into account now i'm retired, weed improves my quality of life so much I literally cant put how much into words. Ty to all growers, vendors and smokers who keep this site going!

I use it to help manage OCD symptoms. Works a treat!

I buy it primarily for my wife who suffered a spinal stroke, which left her paralysed from the waist down and causes her the most debilitating nerve pain. I've noticed that a toot or two a day helps stabilise my ADHD and gets me out of that burn out. It's honestly our gift from the gods, no idea how we'd manage without it.

I use for seasonal disorder, ptsd, sleep disorders due to anxiety, moderate anxiety , silent panic attacks induced by ptsd and moderate depression.
It's all about finding the balance and not over doing it and learning which strains suit the various disorders , which I've spent 2 years doing via trial and error. Learnt loads thanks to lb and its vendors and leafly 💚. Strains and quality really do matter !

I use to treat OCD, depression and PTSD.

I was drinking heavily after the death of my father in my mid 20s had been a social smoker for years and been smoking more after I moved Thailand and got a bamboo bong I left in a hotel room with with Thai brick as was too prang to take to airport. This was 2018 and had to be under wraps. End of the year I lost my dad and a few months after my girlfriend at the time. I was very depressed and anxious and drank heavily every night. My friend got me some hash and suggested I put down the drink maybe noticing me copying my dad’s behaviour who was an alcoholic. The relief I felt in those days I never looked back.

I’m a daily user and sometimes smoke more than I would like sometimes I judge myself and think I’m an addict like my dad but recently had a week off and found it not difficult at all so recognised I’m not as dependent as I thought or maybe at some point was but the reason I’m drawn to the plant is it helps level me out so I’m at peace with it. I use shrooms aswell used a lot in the past- hundreds of trips but now I treat it sacredly and trip only couple times a year although I tripped a lot last year but my plug likes me and gave me a lot of freebies so had an oz in chocolates and gummies and got through it April/may time felt like I lot.

I've smoked ganja for over 30 years, helps with pain, chill's me out and keep the stress and anxiety at bay. Due to heart attack 3 years ago, I no longer smoke joints, usually just bongs and edibles and the odd vape now and again. ✌️

How’s it going / turned out? Any pics?
I used to do nothing but autos when I began…. Nice and straight forward 👍👍

All good bro updated a couple of pictures, Nothing much to see so far but it's still cool to see them starting off.

Good luck with it all, its such a rewarding experience! I don't know your set up so I can't say how it will turn out but autos are usually quite forgiving. Its all in the drying and curing, it can make or break your final product in my opinion.

Thanks for you opinion mate will take on board. I'm hoping these wee beauty's produce man.

Thanks bro and thanks for your advice aswell. I appreciate it

Autoflowers are great aren't they, never been simpler for small growers. Some of them even do OK outside.

Keep us posted my friend and good luck with the grow

Thanks bro

Blimey guvnor, Black Domina eh - the heritage on that beauty looks immense, and the effects a world of relief!

I'll definitely be watching, but either way gl with the grow (and the cure!!) Cloudy

Thanks fateharder. I'm excited now they have sprouted man. Strong route system already

I might just have to order the sensi and kush seeds. Yes mines are soaking it up aswell bud. Gl

2/5 so far . It was only going to be 2 but thought I may aswell go for a few more .

Hi everyone. I got held back a little because of a couple things but I sorted it out now . I have pictures 📸

As mentioned by quagmirewrangle bruxism is stress related, in some individuals it can happen with no apparent cause but that doesn’t sound like the case with yourself.
Stress management is first port of call.
Biteguards can provide relief but it has to be the right type.
Soft biteguards are a bit hit and miss and can sometimes make symptoms worse as it’s giving you something to bite on.
Stabilisation splints are the gold standard.
NTI splints provide fast and effective relief - they work. The downside for this particular splint is it’s not recommended for long term use. These splints only make contact with the incisors and leave a gap between your back teeth and in time can cause them to over erupt. I have also seen them cause intrusion of lower incisors.

Thanks for the responses guys. I've just bought a night mouthguard from Amazon to try out and have a dentist appointment for general health check

I've been considering going for hypnotherapy but I'm not sure if it'd be effective or where to even start tbh!

I have that to the point of scarring ... I get mouth guards from dentist, better fitted and they have options in thickness...I couldn't do the amazon ones

mouthguard sounds like a good short-term measure, to prevent damage.

hypnotherapy could help you, but i'm not sure. i would suggest anything that helps you to express feelings and regulate your nervous system (working with a good psychotherapist could help, ideally someone who understands body/mind connections).

hi there,

i work in holistic healthcare. in my experience, issues like bruxism, TMJ etc are almost always caused by stress and unprocessed emotions.

you said yourself that supporting your partner was one of the toughest years of your life. when we are supporting a partner who is really struggling, it can often feel like there is little or no room for our own feelings and experience because the other person seems like such a priority. for the person doing the supporting, this can lead to a build-up of stress and unprocessed emotions in the body. you are probably carrying a lot of stress, thoughts and emotions that have accumulated over the past year, that need to be worked through and released. this is showing up as tension and energy stuck in your jaw.

i would strongly recommend finding practices that support nervous system regulation (e.g. meditation), as well as practices that support working through held emotions that are showing up in your body. one of the best ways to release held emotions is a form of therapeutic journalling called journalspeak, originially created by nicole sachs to help people with chronic pain. if you google it, there's a fair bit of info out there. DM me if you would like more!

God I love this community. You'd never see this level of support and mindfulness anywhere else

ah that would make sense, absolutely.

good luck with the journalspeak, and DM if you would to chat more about it :-)

Search the sativas on leafly app, pick a few you like the sound of then copy the search to lb.. see who's got what or similar... but green cat always has some good clean sativa leaning strains as does the green team.
Power plant Is one of the ultimate sativas @100% but very rare these days. Another decent one is : Durban Poisen which sometimes pops up on lb. White widow is sativa dominant and another is Jet fuel. 👍

The Poison OG from TGT is outstanding..Durban/Kush cross, get both the parents in the smoke and nice balanced hybrid

As below mate The Green Team strawberry I found creative and got stuff done. Radar breeder/Green Cat have held Silver Haze consistently for years, and a shout for Riley packs Dutch and UK hazes

Sounds just what I'm looking for, nice one

Enjoy mate happy searching

The green team are what you're after!
I can't vouch for their supersilverhaze being what you speak of and another one from the is strawberry haze which has prominent haze smells (incense/old church?) And a stone that makes everything better/brighter/funnier/easier to cope

Cool I'm gonna check them out. Thanks

The best ive had is the cbx sativas from sn2d.

Green cat is top notch and has great selection. Sativa/indica is a bit of a misconception, was caused by two different people seeing the plants in different environments a long time ago and calling them two different things. If your looking for something to rattle your brain just go for highest THC (I ask chatgpt to help me choose between strains). For sure there is variation between strains in terms of chemo types but it's not the stereotype of indica sativa. https://www.businessinsider.com/why-theres-no-difference-between-indica-and-sativa-marijuana-strains-2020-4

Nice one thanks

There is in fact a difference, but its not the stereotypical definition for everyone. try them out for yourself and pick what you like
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/indica-vs-sativa
https://www.healthline.com/health/sativa-vs-indica#how-to-choose
https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/indica-vs-sativa-whats-the-difference

Sativa and indica started out as names for cannabis from different parts of the world, and the original landrace varieties do have real genetic differences. But even among those, the chemical profiles aren’t clearly divided, both can have high THC, CBD, or similar terpene content. The idea that one always gives you energy and the other chills you out was never backed by solid science, and after decades of crossbreeding, those labels don’t mean much in most modern strains. On top of that, blind tests show people often describe the same strain in totally different ways, which shows how much of it comes down to personal expectation and individual biology.

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0133292

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9119530/

Correct that it's the chemo type responsible for the effects along with the users disposition. What I / the data says is that's there's no clear chemo type for indica and sativa and that there's a lot of variation, and that any differences have been lost to interbreeding also.

I'll also add that it's predominantly down to THC and that CBD levels could potentially modulate the response. More research required, and on other cannabinoids. To put it simply if you took the THC out of you indica or sativa there would be essentially no effect beyond placebo in terms of psychoactivty.

I think theres a disconnect in your guys brains between a word being something and a word referring to something.
there is a difference between indica and sativa because we labelled strains with them based of what it is. so while they dont mean anything directly, they refer to whats in the plant which does mean everything.
It is personal preference and everyone feels it differently but there is 100% a difference in categories

The Green Team. Have strongest. Will put u to sleep for sure.

Alcohol is the gateway. I’ve proved that to myself at this exact moment. I’m in Amsterdam, haven’t touched alcohol or any other narcotics in 3 years. I haven’t went a day without a smoke longer than youngster’s on here have had pubes🤣. Anyways decided I would have a beer, and I knew I was a changed person. My urge to go wild was there. I don’t mean violence, I mean the false confidence, the urge for more drugs and the amount of pish I would talk to my Mrs(not cheeky). Alcohol ruins life’s, I’ve continually watched this happen with family members. Just my opinion. 😁

Oh alcohol no doubt that’s when the bugle and other things can easily creep in and alone it’s destructive beyond belief but I do believe weed too young can be very addictive as the brains not fully developed and I’ve seen straight weed smokers when there was a drought end up on the Brown 🤦‍♂️ I think as an adult with pretty good mental health it can be a miracle for the mind and healing.

I’ve have my mental health problems and always will have. I used to plead with my dad not to drink from a very young age as I grew up with its destruction. In my opinion you shouldn’t even mention the two things in the same conversation. I am an addict myself, I used to self medicated every day since I was 14 and that started for me with booze. We all have different opinions so there’s no hate here, I feel equipped in life with a good knowledge of these subjects, but I battled through till I was 45 and that’s when things changed in my life for the better. I used the brown for 2 years at the age of 25-27 for my anxiety as the Valium didn’t work no more. We’re all different mate, nobody will ever have your experiences. I’m smoking some good shit by the way. 🤣🤝🏻

I pretty much always notice a correlation in the weed and drink being used for past trauma and mental health medications but in my personal experience with addictions and the such with trauma you’re literally just putting a plaster over a gaping wound and expecting it to heal itself and if you’d seen some of the people I’ve seen clucking picking joint buts up from the ground people become addicted to brown because could t get weed I’d say some people are just wired different and will seek solace in any addiction that temporarily relieves the pain in head or body and some folks are blessed to just get the munchies watch some great moves and feel iriee 👌 loving the discussion and peoples perspectives and personal experiences.

All good mate, the way I went was CBT, 3 years figuring out my problems and once I knew, changes everything. I now say every day we learn if you can be bothered. 😮‍💨🤝🏻

Same mate cbt and the likes and I’m around the same age I’m glad you’ve been able to find a blessed life through emotional intelligence and long may it continue!

Thank you! Respect. 😁

Clean from the brown? Good on you lad, I lost an uncle last year due to that stuff, He'd been an addict since Grandad died back in 98, and it finally got to him. I used to share a joint back with him in my teens, and he was full of knowledge. He is what swore me off of stronger drugs (though he always raved about acid and Mushies, but he saw them as non addictive, more of an experience).

Really just wanted to say good on you.

Thank you. The boys I did it with have all passed. I feel so lucky to still be here, gods truth. Respect.

This is the truth right here that us old skoolers know

You was made to be tuff. Fckd us up, but still here. Don’t let them get you down. 🫱🏻‍🫲🏾

I think smoking cannabis gives people with addictive personalities access to other drugs. You tend to gravitate towards fellow stoners, some of whom may partake in other substances, allowing access to it. Sometimes it's a regional/locality thing, some areas some drugs are easier to access.

This is my opinion though, yours may vary and is of no less importance than mine.

I agree and growing up around it all I’ve seen how people can slip so easily into other stuff and I’ve also witnessed plenty of people who are able to treat weed like an occasional drink me on the other hand I’m completely hopeless when it comes to weed I’m either all day everyday or nothing at all I’ve never been able to just have the occasional joint so I’d put myself in the addictive nature category lol great response thanks for the input 👍

Hey man, I smoke (Dry Herb Vape) daily/nightly, work dependent.

I don't think I have a problem. Do you think you have a problem? We all see these things differently. I am quite happy to be sober for work and have a smoke in me the rest of the time.

You sound like you’re good with your consumption and you’re working and doing other stuff so sounds pretty healthy to me, I personally am disabled and was smoking more and more Q/half a day and it just kills my motivation and my munchie cupboard 🤣

Different circumstances! I consume for mental health reasons, and its hard to make people understand that. I appreciate you opening up this discussion.

Me too but again too much and the overthinking kicks and seems to exasperate, my problem is the worse the pain the more I smoke the more I’m in this stoned bubble watching nevtflix all day lol I appreciate everyone contributing there different opinions and personal experiences.

In my opinion the Big White Elephant in the room that doesn't get discussed enough is strength. We are in effect in a whole new world of THC delivery and consumption now that bears no resemblance to the past.

Despite THC tolerance being well understood, as we fail to achieve our previous highs we look to ratchet up the strength of our chosen products and boy has the market delivered! I know so may people who instead of taking a tolerance break or applying a little moderation have switched to carts to extracts to concentrates- blasting 100% THC products constantly. Still not understanding what is happening they then ratchet up the equipment for maximum extraction.

These friends of mine might not be addicted but they sure as hell have a dependence. Even the thought of a T break scares the shit out of them. And I'm sorry to say this but they will use their medical 'needs' as a crutch and an excuse. I know people who drink alcohol to self medicate, its not always that different.

It doesn't get discussed honestly because there is of course a macho club to who can consume the strongest and the most (bit like booze again huh?). If somebody posts a warning on here saying "Jeez guys I had a 500mg Zombie Fucker last night and I was in a coma for two days and thought I was going to die!" the responses will be "I'm In!"..."Post a link" and the store will sell out the same day!

I'm really not preaching. I've tried them all and I love them all. I'm not sure if its a Gateway because I'm not sure if it needs to be- it may prove to be the destination all on its own.

I agree on this too, dependency is the big issue with a lot of things. I consume daily and I have found myself seeking out concentrates, burning through 3G in 2 days and going "Maybe I need a break".

We don't want to stop doing things we enjoy, its human nature.

Sometimes we need to though, for reflection, a clear mind maybe? It's hard, but worthwhile.

Hi Dbo

Certainly addictive personalities are a thing, it seems to be down to genetics like many other things.

I can certainly tell that this is the case with alcoholic tendencies often found with multiple members of the same family.

In that respect william.com is sharing a pearl of wisdom here: alcohol is the true evil and does immense damage to individuals and society.

But all this talk of weed being a gateway drug I have found to be an excuse for politicians looking for votes.

I'm saying that because weed being illegal is where the gateway is IMO: if you went to a weed dispensary you might never come into contact with powders, pills etc whereas when you have to buy it illegally from a shady guy down a dark alley that dealer often has his pockets full of other products as he had to branch out in other more lucrative illegal trades to stay in business.

I am well aware of the fact that with modern weed strains having been engineered via horticulture to maximize their potency the potential for mental health side effects and negative impact on youngsters are well documented.

When I started smoking in the mid 80s we could only get landrace from Zaire and other parts of Africa or traditional hashes from Lebanon and Morocco.

The stuff they produce nowadays I often found to be too strong (bouts of paranoia, tachycardia, etc) and not so enjoyable compared to the smooth high and feel good vibe you get from a true landrace.

Very well put and the part about the modern strains I’d say you hit the nail on the head! I smoke a classic og kush or the likes with a bit of cbd in I’m good some of the modern stuff makes you feel like curtain twitching and putting a tinfoil hat on 🤣 thank you for everyone’s input it’s interesting to see others perspectives.

Hi Dbo

Not sure what the status is as I stopped smoking more than 2 years ago but there used to be a few Landrace sellers round here.

The best was by far Hashishin though, its hashes were the real old school thing.

🤣🤣🫱🏻‍🫲🏾

Correct my friend, totally. Probs about the same age so smoking Thai, paki black, gold seal, red seal. The gold and red sent you one way or the other. 🤣😁

Hi William

Red Lebanese is what I started with.

After a year or so we couldn't get it anymore.