You're more than welcome, TheMetal1. Always glad to share what I know. I wish we all knew more about how cannabis works, but we won't till it's allowed to be tested in this country, and I'm not at all optimistic about those prospects.

I was reading your theory about what you think may be affecting you, the quick-changes of psychotropic prescription drugs in your childhood. While that is a nasty experience to endure and not one that I think doctors ought to put kids through, I rather doubt that it would leave you with lingering, ongoing cyclic vomiting syndrome or symptoms like that now. The reason I don't think so is because, while antidepressants and anti-anxiety and even ADD drugs cause lots of side effects as people are taking them and adjusting the doses and combining them with other meds, they clear remarkably quickly from the body. They're not stored in our tissues or the areas of our brain that govern vomiting. The liver is an amazing organ that does a wonderfully efficient job of metabolizing and then, in combination with the kidneys, excreting those drugs. For all those drawbacks--and they have plenty of advantages, too, of course--they clear out of our bodies remarkably quickly. You might indeed have side effects as you're beginning them, taking maintenance doses, changing doses, combining them with other meds, and going off them. But it's highly unlikely pharmaceutically that you'd have significant medical repercussions long after you've stopped using them.

I'm assuming you're not still on any of those meds, right? Are you on any other meds that might cause such vomiting problems? Besides cannabis, of course.

Let me ask you these questions, too. How is your emotional health? Are you by any chance depressed? Having trouble with anxiety or any type of post-traumatic stress? Those sorts of things can wreak havoc with stomach health and digestion.

Have you been tested for food allergies or do you have any sort of sensitivities such as gluten intolerance that could be impairing your digestion? Our member Breukelen Advocaat has done a good job of teaching me that gluten intolerance can have serious repercussions and that such intolerance should always be considered in patients. (I'll always have this in mind when I'm a doctor in two more years, BA!)

Are you by any chance a cystic fibrosis patient?

Here's are some more Qs. Have you had any sort of exposure to toxic metals such as lead and/or mercury? Other types of poisons? Any other sort of environmental exposure? Heavy metals do linger on in the body and brain and cause long-lasting problems for people, particularly those who had pediatric exposure. Have you had any sort of toxicity screening bloodwork done? That'd be fairly simple to do, but be aware then when someone does a toxicology screen on you, your cannabis usage will show up.

Have you had any sort of neurological testing done to make sure you don't have a cyst or lesion or tumor that might be pressing on an area of the brain that affects nausea and vomiting? Do you by any chance have any type of seizure disorder? These are long shots and are not meant to scare you, but it was something I wondered.

Sorry for all the Qs. Inquiring minds want to know!!