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Posted by TexasChic on September 20, 2005, at 19:02:42
It makes me feel so much better than alcohol. I'm just so tired of feeling like I'll never be normal. Why can't I be normal?
Posted by spriggy on September 20, 2005, at 20:27:54
In reply to I wish I had some pot., posted by TexasChic on September 20, 2005, at 19:02:42
I don't know.. I ask the same thing myself (about being normal).
I hope you feel better soon and find some relief.
(((hugs)))
Posted by Bobby on September 20, 2005, at 21:09:26
In reply to I wish I had some pot., posted by TexasChic on September 20, 2005, at 19:02:42
Weed is the only thing that makes me feel normal.
down side---drug tests at work
Posted by alexandra_k on September 20, 2005, at 22:52:40
In reply to So do I, posted by Bobby on September 20, 2005, at 21:09:26
yeah i ran out last night
:-(
Posted by TexasChic on September 21, 2005, at 15:36:47
In reply to Re: So do I, posted by alexandra_k on September 20, 2005, at 22:52:40
Thanks yall. I'm actually feeling much better today. I was just having a pity party last night.
Posted by Sebastian on September 21, 2005, at 18:26:54
In reply to I wish I had some pot., posted by TexasChic on September 20, 2005, at 19:02:42
Hey I've got both! Ha ha !
Posted by alexandra_k on September 21, 2005, at 19:32:54
In reply to Re: So do I, posted by TexasChic on September 21, 2005, at 15:36:47
> I'm actually feeling much better today. I was just having a pity party last night.
glad you are feeling a little better...
shame we didn't have a little something to help the pity party along ;-)
Posted by gromit on September 23, 2005, at 20:51:16
In reply to So do I, posted by Bobby on September 20, 2005, at 21:09:26
> Weed is the only thing that makes me feel normal.
> down side---drug tests at workMan can I relate, I only feel normal when I smoke weed. I'm actually more clear headed and motivated when I smoke small amounts. For me it's the one substance I can't control though, more more more. So I've been abstaining for around 13 yrs with a few setbacks here and there.
Recently I found a *legal* combination that works almost as well. Ritalin and Vicodin, the ritalin slows everything down and the vicodin gives energy/focus. No I don't have that backwards but I'm not a normal :) Individually they work the same way but the combination is spectacular, for me anyway. I don't feel drugged just normal or what I imagine that feels like anyway. I should say didn't feel drugged, my doctor switched me to adderall (yuk) and I haven't seen the ortho in months, just had a few vicodins laying around.
Rick
Posted by TexasChic on September 24, 2005, at 21:35:48
In reply to Re: So do I, posted by gromit on September 23, 2005, at 20:51:16
> > Weed is the only thing that makes me feel normal.
> > down side---drug tests at work
>
> Man can I relate, I only feel normal when I smoke weed. I'm actually more clear headed and motivated when I smoke small amounts. For me it's the one substance I can't control though, more more more. So I've been abstaining for around 13 yrs with a few setbacks here and there.
>
> Recently I found a *legal* combination that works almost as well. Ritalin and Vicodin, the ritalin slows everything down and the vicodin gives energy/focus. No I don't have that backwards but I'm not a normal :) Individually they work the same way but the combination is spectacular, for me anyway. I don't feel drugged just normal or what I imagine that feels like anyway. I should say didn't feel drugged, my doctor switched me to adderall (yuk) and I haven't seen the ortho in months, just had a few vicodins laying around.>
>
> Rick
>
I understand too, I'm stoned right now. But I felt a need to post. I took Vicodin for a long period, and it had a rough withdrawal. My doc gave me an ample supply of Xanax, which helped with the shakes and shivering and anxious feeling. The reason he gave me so much slack is because I had just gotten through having jaw surgery. He said I was dependent, but not addicted.So just to let you know how rough it was on someone who wasn't even addicted to it yet, I've never had withdrawals from meds like that before. I just waned to make sure you knew the downside, because it really sucked.
Posted by gromit on October 6, 2005, at 1:01:51
In reply to Re: So do I, posted by TexasChic on September 24, 2005, at 21:35:48
> I understand too, I'm stoned right now. But I felt a need to post. I took Vicodin for a long period, and it had a rough withdrawal. My doc gave me an ample supply of Xanax, which helped with the shakes and shivering and anxious feeling. The reason he gave me so much slack is because I had just gotten through having jaw surgery. He said I was dependent, but not addicted.So just to let you know how rough it was on someone who wasn't even addicted to it yet, I've never had withdrawals from meds like that before. I just waned to make sure you knew the downside, because it really sucked.
Thanks for the warning. I've been taking vidocin for years and years, the problem is I can't take it at night, when the pain is the worst, because it's really activating for me. So I rarely take any but when I do it's usually not for pain, I try to reserve it for when there is something important to do.
Maybe someday they will discover cannaboid substances that work without the stoney effect. Not that I have a moral problem with getting high, it's just that for me it quickly gets to the point of being completely ****-faced every waking moment. Besides, after being high all day every day for a decade or so you start to wonder what else there is.
Rick
Posted by Festus on October 27, 2005, at 23:47:51
In reply to Re: So do I, posted by gromit on October 6, 2005, at 1:01:51
I am in the midst of a similar situation.I have been on Opiate Therapy(Chronic Pain)for 20 years,and on Methadone for the past 3 years,man,I'm sooo tired of feeling tired from the cumulative effects that often come with long-term use of certain things.In my case,every day I take Methadone(weaning down,gone from 120mg to 45mg a day)Dexedrine,30mg,twice a day(ADD),Xanax and Prozac,oh yea,and a weekly injection of Testosterone for Hormone Replacement(side-effect of Opiate use),then topping off this mixture,after a 10 year hiatus,I am again partaking of the little bright green buds of reddish,frosted-fuzzy,piney-smelling "WD-helper".At least for me,anyway.It sure beats taking all that extra Methadone.Festus
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