Quote Originally Posted by hpgirl
I've struggled for a loooong time with sleeping problems and anxiety... for the last few years I've been getting some relief using mmj and a vaporizer. It works even better than the xanax my doctor prescribes for me and I feel like with the vape, it's actually healthier. Are there some strains that work better than others?

I know some people claim their anxiety INCREASES with use (ex. paranoia) and sometimes I do feel a little bit paranoid about what people would think about my use of mmj... but over all I find it just really helps... it would be good to hear from people who use mmj for similar purposes - and to know what kinds of things work for them..

Disregard anyone who tries to force you to use xanax (or any benzodiazpine derivate) instead of cannabis. I had a neck injury where I for almost 2 years went with quite noticable complications. Then I got klonazepam, similar derivate to xanax, but stronger, and it stays in the body longer, (consequently with more adverse effects in the long run).
For the first time, I got a pharmaceutical solution.

The irony was that here I thought I had a better alternative, both legal, and healthier I thought,,, in the long run, I started getting mental issues that far surpassed any side-effects ever concieved by cannabis. It tok me some years before I understood the true wide extend of the addictive forces behind benzodiazapines, which I only realized after having gone way too long, on dosages way too high (drug addicts would often stay between 4-8mg klonazepams a day, when I found that out, alarms were ringing)

Now, the reason Im telling you to disregard anyone who would claim that xanax is the solution, is because once you're truly hooked on benzodiazapam, you're as we would put it, f****d. There are no substitutes. Heroin addicts who use benzodiazapams (be it xanaxes, klones, roofies, etc) as means to step down from the heroin, and fail over the years, end up stuck with 2 serious biochemical imbalances.

You thought you had sleeping disorders before you started using xanax, you're guaranteed to add the same disorders as chronical ones when using xanax over the long run. Whereas cannabis makes you somewhat socially "retarded", xanax makes you a physical nerve-wreck.

I used loads of various meds, from paracetamol to cancermeds, all being either too ineffective, or with overwhelming side-effects when used for chronical illnes. Many I tried in order to step down, or hopefully replace the klonazepams (a.k.a klonopids). Because I had been a mid-heavyweight stoner since I was about 19-20years old, I had to be honest with myself when regarding cannabis as meds.
,,, obvious fact was that I enjoyed being stoned, and I didn't want to excuse my smoking on my injury, because smoking was, well, :rasta:

Our problems are merely semantics, thats all. The laws (and consequent norms) are confusing, but the solution is found in your head, where you just got to grab your "balls" with one hand, and flip the middle finger with the other, and rest assured that you were not put to life to endure pain "just because". If cannabis is helping you now, and you feel that it helps you reduce your xanax consumption, keep hitting it. The less xanaxes you do in the long run, the bigger the favour you're doing yourself.

Hell, I use about 0,5-1mg a week, now that I've become considerably more apt at smoking cannabis for the medicinal purposes, rather than the mere R&R.

Best thing is to grow you're own little crop for personal usage. If nobody knows, no cops etc. There are tons of vids and the like on the net for doing so indoors, and outdoors, teaching you how to stay out of trouble, and of course, yield premium cannabis.

Right, hope this helps. Im having a hit before going to my muscle therapist, and manipulate my muscles back in order.