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Ok now I don't want to make it seem like there are not more serious medical problems requiring the services of cannabis, however I'm oddly curious...

I recently moved to maine from upstate new york and before that i lived in new jersey. in neither place is medical usage aloud,nor is the growth for medical usage. thus i've never gotten a professional opinion on this but...

i self medicate for the purpose of nerves. i've always been an anxious,worrying wreck. i bounce my leg and crack my joints too often for me to even notice i do it anymore.i chew the insides of my cheeks and grind my teeth instead on occasions till i notice. i worry and analyze 100 things at once not just 10. my hands shake without my control and i could break into tears for no reason but emotional release quicker then i breath.

every professional i've ever seen has put me on some kind of medicine:wtf:....claiming im too depressed causing anxiousness. which they concluded because my father committed suicide when i was 8 and my mother told me as bluntly as i just told you. i'm not depressed...so when they drug me im completely off the walls. my own medication:smokin: is all that seems to help but now that i've moved and have no resources i've noticed my symptoms get worse.

im nervous about seeking help and would like anyones opinion:twocents: on the medical world of Maine....:what:will i just be pumped full of pills again?:what: because i don't find that healthy.

please help,thanks
Viveyrose

I don't believe the conditions you described are considered a "debilitating medical condition" by Maine state law. Check out Title 22 (number 2) for the current conditions a doctor can make a recommendation for.

i gotta disagree about it not being dehibilitating, if you let it go without workin on it it can become a straight up disability. ive learned to control it okay but i have horrible anxiety too. shake all over, sweat, hyperventilate, cant control vocal inflection, cant sit still, and then my mind just leaves reality and goes off into wtf land which just heightens the symptoms. It was nothin for me to basically have an anxiety attack all day long through school or whatever. the long-term ones give me a bad fuckin headache too. A huge part of it was my thought proccess and just the way I naturally looked at life. For me its mostly irrational nagative thoughts that just flood my mind, but Ive learned to talk myself out of it and just slow down, see things optimistically for what they are, and react accordingly (basically just simplify that complex analysis point of view) . (but if someone had told me I had the ability to do that a couple years back i would have never believed them). It can be unbearable, i hear ya there.
You really should try to deal with it without meds but if you feel like you gotta have em go with weed. just cause its natural. if you do learn to overcome that shit without weed you'll be able to enjoy the weed a hell of a lot more.
It really helped me more than anything to face my fears. and not just a one time thing to get it out of the way. i mean totaly emmerse yourself in your fears for long periods of time. Youll wanna off yourself at times but if you get passed it youll be happy with yourself. its really hard to change the way you see or do stuff when youve been doing it one way your whole life but it is possible.
Man i could write ALL DAY LONG and still not be able to explain all of what im tryin to say but if you got any other questions dont be afraid to ask.

Emotional control is a big part of it too...look into meditation and buddhism.

thanks for the advice. i do already practice such a skill...talking myself down,it's just not well practiced and never seems to have a lasting effect and in most cases tends to hype me up more because even in talking myself down i fight the good things i'm trying to tell myself. but it's good to know in time these efforts may work.

thanks

i don't think anxiety disorders are currently included in Maine's somewhat strict medical marijuana laws. however, there is a provision in the law for the public to be able to add conditions to the list of "debilitating conditions"...

hope that helps a bit !

I just came to Maine from Florida. I don't know anyone here, so I've been "without" for about a month. I have Glaucoma, and my eye doctor in Florida, who is sympathetic about Medical MJ, said I could do myself harm if I quit with no other meds.

My next step is to find a doctor here, explain my problem, and hopefully get registered. I'm tired of feeling like a criminal whenever I purchase. Florida is pretty strict, and paranoid. I'm glad I left that state. Unfortunately I have to find something in the meantime, and that sux.

I've got to get an appt with a doctor, and that's going to cost me, as I have no insurance. Plus I'm broke. I feel for the lady above. I hope we both can get registered, because I have a provider already to go, and they are waiting for my registration as well.

Good luck to both of us!

Doug :thumbsup: