Quote Originally Posted by Purple Banana
I've taken many of the FDA approved and not approved medications for the pain, and the majority of times, they DON'T work. I've had physicians push anti-depressants, anti-convulsants, and heavy opiates on me, all with negative or no effect..... in the case of Fibromyalgia, I was always told I was making it up, there was no such thing, it's depression, or I'm a pain medication addict- none of which are even slightly true.
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Cannabis does help with my flare-ups, but day-to-day pain is another thing.

Wow, I sure hear that, the looking for drugs, making it up, blah. Fibro sucks, and it does exist. Being a male, it was impossible to get docs to even consider it. I ended up with the DX, but I still am out to lunch on that because it has been much better since getting off one type of medication. I still have to total body discomfort, but now more isolated to specific joints.

I whole heartedly agree that the MJ helps with flares. It depends on the type of pain. Anything that has associated muscle spasms it does resolve the pain. Arthritic joint type pain, it makes it less intense. More than anything, the MJ helps me TOLERATE the frigging discomforts my body throws at me. Even high end narcotics don't kill the pain, just dull you to responding to it. The side effects of the narcotics are so bad for me I prefer to deal with the pain...we are talking after major surgery I make them stop the narcotics...they think I am crazy. Most folks do not understand a person who lives in pain.

Do not let your pain make you a bitter person. I went through a phase of that and it only intensifies the pain. Been living in pain since 1993, like eating, peeing, and sleeping, part of everyday life. Use it to make you stronger.

Personally I think the high colonic is a crock of crap, provide me with medical documentation why this can cure pain and why the action in the colon causes the pain. (Verifiable medical published documents please)