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CBD heavy edibles are the only things I've ever experienced that can come close to diminishing anxiety like Xanax.
Like its not a fair race between them mind you because Xanax are literally like magic bullets that fix everything, but CBD edibles 100% put in work on anxiety.
Have you been able to identify those things that trigger your anxiety?Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
It's really hard to feel bad for a guy who can't even be bothered to fast for eight fucking hours before a test, be it uncomfortable or not. This is a joke right? I don't care if somebody told me a day in advance. If they want eight hours I'll give them eight damn hours. This isn't two days buddy. God forbid the day you need a colonoscopy, you life will literally be over. For a guy who's so desperate to finding a cure you sure as hell don't sound very desperate. This is beginning to feel a little like you are seeking and enjoying the attention more than anything. Fuck. Embarrassing to read at this point.
I fast 18 hours every day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pooh
Although, I'm attractive and have stellar fitness/nutrition habits. So...
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Originally Posted by Pooh
Almost typed up something similar last night.
I literally had to stop reading after the fasting complaints. Incredible stuff... Like who enjoys fasting? Who doesn't get thirsty after they wake up? lolol
Personally had to fast several times before various medical tests and its always been an inconvenience. Sometimes a total ballache. But fuck me, its never even crossed my mind to even consider bailing on a medical test.
He went from "I'd pay whatever took to make this all go away"
To "Fuck going without water for 8 hours and having to lie on my back for an hour" (under medical supervision)
There are literally billions of people in the world who would give anything for the medical care that we in the West have access to. It really does make you lose sympathy.
What a precious cunt.
Man I can't even imagine the reaction I'd get with Mrs Pooh on this one. Yeah I know you took a day off work but I'm pretty pissed off the doctor wants me to fast for eight hours and I'm going to be thirsty when I wake up so I'm just going to bail. No matter that this condition has consumed me for the past month and a half and made both our lives miserable. I'm just going to spend the day reading about it online again. I hope you're okay with that Mrs. Pooh.
Easy there Sonny Jim, you're making declarative statements about subjects of which you're admittedly ignorant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Sativa dominant strains do cause anxiety in some, myself included. Not always but enough for me to leave it alone.
Low THC indica is how I roll, when I roll. Super mello, helps with sleep, no anxiety and very little to no after effects in my experience.
Low THC indica is a superior alternative to Xanax for me. Not knocking Xanax as I used to take it regularly, just like, my opinion man.
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Originally Posted by tony bagadonutsEasy there Sonny Jim, you're making declarative statements about subjects of which you're admittedly ignorant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Sativa dominant strains do cause anxiety in some, myself included. Not always but enough for me to leave it alone.
Low THC indica is how I roll, when I roll. Super mello, helps with sleep, no anxiety and very little to no after effects in my experience.
Low THC indica is a superior alternative to Xanax for me. Not knocking Xanax as I used to take it regularly, just like, my opinion man.
Indica strains do wonder for anxiety
Druff, I'm sympathetic to your health issues and really would prefer to light a candle rather than curse your darkness, but I can't fucking believe what you wrote here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Literally, not figuratively, every single person that I know has has to do something at the doctor that required fasting overnight. It ain't a barrel of monkeys but it's no big deal.
Afraid you'll be hungry and thirsty? Well no shit but you won't be THAT hungry or thirsty.
Reading this it's clear to me that a large part of your problem is between your ears. That's not a shot, I speak from experience. Please make sure you're treating the mental with vigor equal to the physical.
In the meantime get over your case of crybabyitis and get the procedure rescheduled.
I think it is more if I dont know, then I dont have to deal with it thingy. Im still going with lymphoma.
Just had a customer die from lymphoma last week. Went pretty quick.Quote:
Originally Posted by splitthis
According to your post on 09/30 you were aware of the 11 am test time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
And as far as any Xanax side effects suck it up. No panacea any place any time
p.s yeah it's on them, they have never done this before.
read the instructions dude. they see 20 of you a day I'm sure
Thread title says it all....."painful journey" what pain do you expect from
losing weight. Mental pain is all you can bring and that's your problem
I told you before you're a nutter
now you guys really need to stop being so mean to princess todger ok
My mom died of colon cancer so I have had 4 colonoscopies so far....8 hours with no food or water is a cake walk.
Do the test.
With your pill a month habit you don't have to worry about tolerance in a single life time. The quick tolerance thingie with Xanax means 2-4 weeks of daily use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Regarding the 1 hour medical test you can likely just ask for anesthesia. I had an MRI few months ago where i asked for a sedative. I got few Dormicums, 1mg of Fentanyl and a random 3rd drug intravenously. Bit of an overkill, but that's apparently fairly standard concoction for short painful procedures.
Playing online poker for a living was bound to damage your health in the long run. Sit all day, lots of stress from ups and downs, more online friends than real. You know enough professional poker players to see how the story usually plays out. Probably radio and the forum protected you somewhat from the stress because you have an outlet for whatever is in your head. But when all the doctors and tests don't solve the health issues I would try to find work in a regular 9-5 job doesn't matter what it is, just to get rid of stress and give you some kind of structure. Also exercise would help.
Those questioning the cancellation of the test can fuck right off.
Two months ago, it would have been a different story. Unpleasant (due to both the fasting and the hourlong time on my back completely flat), but doable.
Now it's virtually impossible, due to the conditions I have.
One of the most common symptoms of LPR is "globus", which is the lump sensation in the throat. In turn, globus causes a choking sensation when flat on your back. Some of it is psychological -- you get a sensation of a lump in your throat, and being on your back makes that sensation greater, hence the incorrect message that you can't breathe. But you can't just overrule your brain on that, much like you can't just overrule your brain when you feel anxious or depressed.
Telling someone with LPR that they can lie for an hour flat on their back is like telling someone with severe depression to just "smile and feel better".
So that was problem #1.
Problem #2 had to do with the fasting. I've done SEVERAL 8-hour fasts for tests since this started. I've had several blood tests and even an ultrasound in early September. The instructions: No eating, and no drink other than water for 8 hours. Easy. I can do that without the slightest difficulty.
The problem comes with the no water for 8 hours. That one is very tough for me. I've always been thirsty, dating back to when I was a young kid (I remember talking about it in second grade). Going a long time without anything to drink is extremely difficult, and that was before all of these recent problems. I can't even pull this off by sleeping most of it, as I seem to get dehydrated a lot while sleeping, and wake up with horrible dry mouth which can only be fixed by both rinsing my mouth AND drinking something. It might be hereditary, as my mom told me she has the same problem, and in fact schedules the no-water tests in the afternoon, actually finding it easier to tough out the hours while awake. For whatever reason, the LPR has caused me to feel even thirstier.
So 11am was like the worst fucking time to be scheduled, because it involved BOTH the overnight dehydration plus another few hours prior to the test while awake. (If I could just wake up and take the test immediately, I could tough out the dehydration issue.)
Also, this test had absolutely nothing to do with my LPR or my anxiety -- the two biggest problems I'm currently facing. Rather, the test was for an outside concern for a potential major health problem -- one which was likely to yield a result of nothing wrong, but with a small chance of something big being wrong. Also, this particular problem would not require immediate treatment, even if the bad diagnosis was confirmed. So cancelling this test was no big deal, as it would have no impact on the LPR, my anxiety, or the third problem being tested for.
Anyway, I am going to discuss with the doctor alternatives for this test. I only accepted the ultrasound because I thought it was a typical ultrasound like I had a month ago, when in reality it required that awful no-water fast and the similarly awful (at least for me) lying down flat on my back for an hour. None of this was described to me until I went and researched it myself, the night before the test.
For those saying, "A lot of this problem is between your ears", well yes, it is. I thought we already established that. I have generalized anxiety disorder, which started around August 20. Unfortunately, this isn't an easy thing to cure. The LPR almost surely brought it on. It is unclear if it will vanish on its own if I can beat the LPR. It may or may not.
The mind is a very powerful thing. Often what your conscious/rational self knows is immaterial if your brain is misinterpreting signals it's getting from elsewhere in your body. If you think about it, that's all your brain really is. It is interpreting a whole lot of input from other parts of your body, and reacting to it. If you don't suffer from an anxiety or depressive disorder, it is very hard to picture how one can have certain irrational feelings/reactions when the rational side of your brain is seeing otherwise.
Think of Kurt Cobain. Everything going right in his life, tons of money, tons of respect, tons of career success, and yet he shot himself dead due to severe depression. An idiot would look at him and say, "What a pussy. He had more to live for than just about anyone, and let dumb shit bother him and killed himself." But in reality, even if your life is as good as Cobain's, if your brain is telling you that you should be depressed and everything sucks, then you'll be depressed and think everything sucks.
I will look into the Indica thing.
If it really does have a good record with generalized anxiety disorder, I may actually try it.
I'm not questioning your illness but what I do have a problem with is your Kurt Cobain analogy. Kurt Cobain was and had all the things you say, however he WAS a junky and had stomach issues his whole life. So to paint his picture as just someone who was depressed and killed themself, is not entirely true.
I wouldn't recommend an edible for your first experience, todd. Vape or smoke- you'll find out within ten minutes if the experience is tolerable, let alone helpful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Not that you were considering eating. Buy if you were, dont.