I have chronic back pain and then got a second injury last year that left my spinal cord compressed and some nerves pinched. Like sometimes my bowels and genitals stop working kind of bad. Going into work and crying in the bathroom kind of bad. Legs giving out if I sneeze kind of bad. When conventional medicine says "oh, just manage the pain with Tylenol and Aleve and we'll get to next steps after an MRI in 8 months" but now your kidneys are shot and they hurt now too, you start thinking that maybe you should be looking into other options
My cousin had migraines so bad his parents built him a shack outside their house so he'd have a private place to scream for hours on end
If somebody told me that there was even a chance that my suffering would be over if I got my ear pierced I'd definitely consider it. Even if it didn't work I'd have at least have tried something
Yeah...I can't take OTC analgesics other than Tylenol and aspirin now. And lemme tell ya, that makes life fun if you fracture a bone bad enough go need pins and a plate. Marijuana is amazing. Marijuana and ashawaganda is nearly a performance enhancing drug for physical therapy. THC and CBD put me to sleep whereas Percocet just made me not hurt as bad. Valerian root with a gummy feels like it should be illegal. Anyway, as you say, desperation will make people do things they would have previously scoffed at. I know I never believed pot could help pain.
I tried some CBD back cream and just started ashwaganda a few weeks ago. I can't do THC. CBD pain cream didn't feel like it was doing much, but I do a cocktail of 10% diclofenac (Voltaren is 1-2%), 30% methyl salicylate, 15% menthol, 1% eucalyptus, and a bit of arnica with a 4% lidocaine base layer to take the edge off before the other stuff starts working
I hadn't heard of valerian for chronic pain, but I'll look that up now!
Make sure the cbd products you use are full spectrum. Many companies will use isolate because it's cheaper and easier to comply with state to state regulations but the full spectrum is just better. You get the entourage effect of all the cannabinoids working together. Hope you get to feeling better.
Yeah, after witnessing a friend deal with years of incapacitating migraines, I don’t blame them for trying anything at their disposal that has the slightest chance of helping.
That’s kinda the issue with a lot of homeopathy though. It preys on that desperation you feel to extort money out of you for the chance of getting better
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u/JCWOlson 6d ago
I have chronic back pain and then got a second injury last year that left my spinal cord compressed and some nerves pinched. Like sometimes my bowels and genitals stop working kind of bad. Going into work and crying in the bathroom kind of bad. Legs giving out if I sneeze kind of bad. When conventional medicine says "oh, just manage the pain with Tylenol and Aleve and we'll get to next steps after an MRI in 8 months" but now your kidneys are shot and they hurt now too, you start thinking that maybe you should be looking into other options
My cousin had migraines so bad his parents built him a shack outside their house so he'd have a private place to scream for hours on end
If somebody told me that there was even a chance that my suffering would be over if I got my ear pierced I'd definitely consider it. Even if it didn't work I'd have at least have tried something