hello all, I recently just had my ileostomy takedown last week and I have a j pouch and am wondering how many of you use marijuana. I’m wondering if anyone has any affects like ileus or constipation from it, or is it all positive stuff?
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Marijuana; often referred to, and also know as Cannabis, can mess with your mind and with your mood. It can disturb your sleep and can make you depressed.
Some will become anxious, panicky, and even aggressive. You might see or hear things which are not there (known as hallucinations) which may be frightening.
For some people, cannabis causes hours or even days of anxiety, paranoia, delusions and hallucinations that usually only settles down after the cannabis is stopped.
Cannabis can freak you out - it can cause feelings of anxiety, suspicion, panic and paranoia.
For people with illnesses such as schizophrenia, cannabis can cause a serious relapse.
Regular cannabis use is known to be associated with an increase in the risk of later developing psychotic illnesses including schizophrenia; and if you have a family background of mental illness, you may also have an increased risk.
Cannabis can affect the way the brain works. Regular, heavy use makes it difficult to learn and concentrate and research has linked cannabis use to poor exam results. This is a potentially serious risk if you’re young, when the brain is still developing. People who take a lot of cannabis can also find they lack motivation.
A recent review of cannabis research published in the British Medical Journal found those driving under the influence of cannabis had nearly double the risk of an accident.
Cannabis can mess with your body.
Tobacco and cannabis share some of the same chemical 'nasties', so, like smoking tobacco, smoking cannabis can make asthma worse, can cause wheezing in people without asthma and can even lead to lung cancer.
When people mix cannabis with tobacco they're also taking on all the risks associated with smoking tobacco, which can range from coughs and chest infections to cancer or heart disease.
It can increase the heart rate and affect blood pressure, which can be especially harmful for those with heart disease.
It is reported that frequent use of cannabis may affect fertility. It can cut a man's sperm count and can suppress ovulation in women.
If you’re pregnant, smoking cannabis may increase the risk of your baby being born smaller than expected.
What is the effect of mixing cannabis and alcohol?
Mixing cannabis with alcohol can have particularly serious consequences - the accident rate is 16 times higher than for cannabis or alcohol alone.
It's also foul smelling, especially the strain often referred to as skunk.
After its use, your hair, breath, skin, clothes and home will reek of it, and everyone will know, especially your neighbours
Wow! I never heard of most of these side effects. Personally, I have never smoked, vaped, eaten or touch marijuana. That said, because of the serious nature of my son’s pain, he has been given a card to obtain medical marijuana. We haven’t tried it yet because he just had more surgery last week and did not think it wise to try it before surgery. It has to have some positive effect because people are using it for pain and having some success. In my son’s case, he has to get off the opioids. And marijuana is our only alternative.
I've tried it before I had my J pouch surgeries in UC days to bring it l under control. It helped but came at a greater cost. Smoking is very addictive. Once I realised that I thought to quit it. I switched to ciggrates. It took almost 6 months to quit completely only after smoking for like a year that too very often. I had endless anxiety bursts and depressed sort of feeling after that. I am glad I quit and I am never going back to that place.
Here’s a great article pertaining to UC & Marijuana
http://www.telegram.com/news/2...-treat-bowel-disease
As we learned yesterday in downtown New Haven, synthetic marijuana is being sold on the street, sometimes laced with fentanyl causing 71 overdoses in a New Haven Park.
https://www.nhregister.com/new...4.php#photo-16017060
Street cocktail laced with fentanyl is what killed music legend Prince. If marijuana is used, it should only be purchased from a certfiied medical marijuana purveyor. I am personally skeptical as to its efficacy in treating IBD.
ytcrockpot posted:Here’s a great article pertaining to UC & Marijuana
http://www.telegram.com/news/2...-treat-bowel-disease
I don’t think any of us are looking at street marijuana. Medical marijuana is a lot safer if you can get the results you need. We are looking into it for pain management. Anyone have any success with medical marijuana?
I’ve tried the medical marijuana, unfortunately it made my panic attacks worse, however I have been using thc/cbd creams & rubs for my joint pain. Helps relieve for a while.
Jeffsmom
I don't know how old your son is, but would strongly urge you not to allow him to use medical marijuana.
Everything Strange reported is accurate, and has been documented by many medical sources/researchers. And it is not a replacement for opioids. There is no analgesic effects. None.
The damage it does to your mind is truly not worth it, memory problems, anxiety, lack of motivation. Just remember your strongest weapon in this crazy game is your mind.
Whoa whoa whoa!! Personal bias much folks? Jesus christ, I swear the second post in this question sounds like the infamous 30's U.S. scare tactic film 'Reefer madness' (take a watch of it if you havent, its absolutely hilarious and based ENTIRELY on no empirical evidence at the time but just the demonization of the drug due to it being predominately used by African Americans (ironically mostly Blues musicians, lol!)).
I've been smoking weed since I was 19 (I'm 55 now) and have suffered NONE of the horrible effects posted here by, looking at the responses, mostly people who have NO personal experience with these claims and who have the typical old school bias towards unknown things.
I also have literally countless friends and aquaintances over the past 4 decades that have never suffered all these exaggerated claims. Yes, like ANYTHING, including seemingly wonderful positive things such as sex, relegion, working out, anything abused and used in excess can be VERY bad and have side effects.
Jeffsmom, I have a drs. appt. I HAVE to run to at the moment, I'm out of time, feel free to email me at grundman@live.com and I'll give you an unbiased and honest response that may well give you the info you seek that will help your son
strange posted:Marijuana; often referred to, and also know as Cannabis, can mess with your mind and with your mood. It can disturb your sleep and can make you depressed.
Some will become anxious, panicky, and even aggressive. You might see or hear things which are not there (known as hallucinations) which may be frightening.
For some people, cannabis causes hours or even days of anxiety, paranoia, delusions and hallucinations that usually only settles down after the cannabis is stopped.
Cannabis can freak you out - it can cause feelings of anxiety, suspicion, panic and paranoia.
For people with illnesses such as schizophrenia, cannabis can cause a serious relapse.
Regular cannabis use is known to be associated with an increase in the risk of later developing psychotic illnesses including schizophrenia; and if you have a family background of mental illness, you may also have an increased risk.
Cannabis can affect the way the brain works. Regular, heavy use makes it difficult to learn and concentrate and research has linked cannabis use to poor exam results. This is a potentially serious risk if you’re young, when the brain is still developing. People who take a lot of cannabis can also find they lack motivation.A recent review of cannabis research published in the British Medical Journal found those driving under the influence of cannabis had nearly double the risk of an accident.
Cannabis can mess with your body.
Tobacco and cannabis share some of the same chemical 'nasties', so, like smoking tobacco, smoking cannabis can make asthma worse, can cause wheezing in people without asthma and can even lead to lung cancer.
When people mix cannabis with tobacco they're also taking on all the risks associated with smoking tobacco, which can range from coughs and chest infections to cancer or heart disease.It can increase the heart rate and affect blood pressure, which can be especially harmful for those with heart disease.
It is reported that frequent use of cannabis may affect fertility. It can cut a man's sperm count and can suppress ovulation in women.
If you’re pregnant, smoking cannabis may increase the risk of your baby being born smaller than expected.
What is the effect of mixing cannabis and alcohol?
Mixing cannabis with alcohol can have particularly serious consequences - the accident rate is 16 times higher than for cannabis or alcohol alone.
It's also foul smelling, especially the strain often referred to as skunk.
After its use, your hair, breath, skin, clothes and home will reek of it, and everyone will know, especially your neighbours
Obviously someone is against marijuana..lol
Grundman,
I am the same age as you (55) and can recall being shown scare tactic films in the 3rd grade (probably around 1971) but they mostly focused on hallucinogenic drugs like LSD which were more in vogue at that time. Those films tended to be very dramatic and scary.
With regard to poster Strange, he has given some personal background for his anti-Marijuana positions and, given his personal background, I can understand his strong feelings on this topic. I do not agree with his posts on Marijuana, but he is as entitled to his opinions as he is to his vote on Brexit.
I understand your point about African Americans’ use of marijuana playing a role in its demonization in the 20th Century, but Strange is (according to his posts) British, and likely not a part of that particular demonization effort.
Anything can cause brain cells to die. Alcohol, marijuana, sugar, paint, nicotine, diesel or fuel, drugs. What is important is to not over do it. As always moderation is key. You can safely smoke pot, drink alcohol, and do whatever drug you want. The only problem is becoming addicted and doing it too much, that's when it becomes harmful. I don't believe the anti marijuana crowd nor do I believe Grundman and the extremely pro marijuana crowd. Both sides are full of propaganda.
Grundman posted:I also have literally countless friends and aquaintances over the past 4 decades that have never suffered all these exaggerated claims. Yes, like ANYTHING, including seemingly wonderful positive things such as sex, relegion, working out, anything abused and used in excess can be VERY bad and have side effects.
Yeah, I don't think so buddy. I doubt your friends or "acquaintences" are reporting their side effects to you. This was made up to try to win an internet argument. And when pot heads do this, which they do a lot, it discredits you and them. I live in Canada where pot is legal now. There will be enough studies in due time about all of this. Smoking anything cannot be good for the body. But like anything, that'll never stop people from smoking pot.Heart disease doesn't stop people from eating junk and not exercising. Lung cancer doesnt stop people from smoking cigarettes. Liver disease doesnt stop people from drinking.
We are wired to self destruct..
Edit: I'm also not against pot. I supported the legalization. It's just annoying when potheads go on about there are no downsides to the drug. Don't be like that because nobody will take what you say seriously.
Jeffsmom posted:I don’t think any of us are looking at street marijuana. Medical marijuana is a lot safer if you can get the results you need. We are looking into it for pain management. Anyone have any success with medical marijuana?
Marijuana is not a pain reliever for those of us with IBD. Tramadol is a good pain reliever.
Now a days there are so many other ways to ingest marajuana. No need to smoke it. It’s been a godsend, just have to know how to use it without abusing it.
I’m with Grundman. Go easy on the scare with marijuana. It helps me. Your doctor is recommending it I would try it. Don’t let this scare mongering phase you. It doesn’t help you, simply stop. Good luck.
I would like to know if anyone has had success with medical marijuana for reducing the number of bowel movements and relieving cramping from the pouch.