Hello again,

Thanks for the responses.

It did come to mind that may have been laced, and I was going to run a tox screen, but unfortunately the patient saw me roughly 2 and a half weeks after the incident happened.

He is actually terrified to try it again, but all of his symptoms did return, and now is stuck whether or not to try it again. Personally seeing how bad his symptoms are, he has almost no choice. Because while he was using it, all of his symptoms completely disappeared, and he actually was able live a normal lifestyle (well, normal for some with MS).

Heā??s getting to a stage where it could be considered terminal. So, hopefully this issue can be identified.

From the info Iā??ve looked up on the net (from Wikipedia, and other sources) there appears to be confusion between what Sativa and Indica seem to do.

One site says Indica causes psychological/psychedelic effects, and the other says it Sativa is the one that does it. Now Iā??m unsure of what to recommend. The stuff he used for the first three months did nothing more than relax him, relieve his pain, spasms, and make him feel happy. Besides that he felt nothing in terms changes of body sense, or mental perception. The one time I saw him while he was on it he had a large smile, and could barely open his eyes.

But since the consensus seems to be that Indicas are the best way to go, Iā??ll probably recommend the patient to try that strain. If he is still reluctant, I may have to be the guinea pig and try out the two different strains on myself (theres no need for the patient to go through something like that again, since he suffers enough, and plus Iā??m old if something happens to me it wont matter much).

And yes I live in an area where there is no medical support for its use. (Which personally I think is illogical, seeing how many patients come in suffering from the negative effects of alcohol).

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For Mr.Devious (James):

The first thing that comes to mind is that the chiropractor caused major nerve damage!

I absolutely do not recommend any of my patients to ever see a chiropractor. You have no idea how many I see come in that have had strokes, or other serious nerve damage as a result of chiropractic adjustments.

Hereā??s a tip, never let anyone adjust your neck or back. They are the major highway to your body.

Since you mentioned that the pain can hit your arms and legs I can assume that the damage was done near the base of the neck. (Which is absolutely terrible for someone your age).

The spinal/nerve damage must be so small that itā??s undetectable. It could be a micro-tear in the nerve or it may have been pinched at that moment and has damaged itself during repair.

Unfortunately, those meds will not heal the injury, they will on mask the pain. Currently there is no way to repair any such damage (except for stem-cell treatments).

What I can recommend is that you never go to a chiropractor again. Definitely go to see a neurologist, or a back/spinal specialist, and make sure you tell them this was due to chiropractic adjustments.

The other thing I can recommend is this: In order to try to repair the nerves there are a few non-conventional things you could try.

1. Cardio exercises: A research study a few years back found that cardio exercises release neural growth hormones (still unknown as to why).
2. Lift weights, more specifically focusing in the back, arms and legs. The weight lifting will force new muscle growth, which causes new neural connections for those new muscle fibers (which may re-route damaged nerve connections to the new ones).
3. A high protein diet supplemented with B-complex vitamins (no more than 50mg for each B vitamin), and gingko and ginseng.

Nerve repair will definitely take a while, probably several months, but you should see result within a month (especially since youā??re so young)

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