Oh, I know apnea and diabetes are fully considered disabilities and that the ADA has you covered. That was never in question. What my husband was saying, and he knows what he's talking about since he prescribes stuff for folks all day long, is that a doc, particularly a very traditional-minded one, might be apt to hesitate about prescribing weed for those two problems (diabetes of apnea) in particular whereas he'd be more open to it for the other problems like migraines and pain and nausea.

With diabetes, there's a good bit of evidence that grass doesn't play well with blood sugar and tends to drive it down. There are even several posts about that on here. It causes a hypoglycemic plunge in lots of folks. So a doc who knows that might not want to prescribe anything that'd be likely to make your glucose fluctuate more than it already does. And with sleep apnea, a lot of docs are opposed to any sort of inhaled smoke when someone's already having nighttime airway/breathing difficulties and possible low oxygen as a result. Even though most folks who've been diagnosed are on a CPAP device and are fortunately getting clear airflow through their airways at night, doctors still widely regard smoke as an irritant to the airways. Of course, you could always tell him you intend to use it for apnea but not smoke it . . . .

All that's a long way of explaining why he was encouraging you to play up the other symptoms instead of asking for med mj specifically for diabetes or apnea. He knows how other docs tend to think.