My neurologist told me to give up caffeine, been 1 month so far. Genuinely haven't noticed a difference in my life yet, turns out in the short term I was addicted to the taste of redbull, not the caffeine.

I'm thinking I'll have to give up weed too since I've started getting hyperemesis every other time I smoke. (I'm prescribed a thc oil but I genuinely feel nothing when I take it, even if I take 10x the dose, so 🤷 )

And if I'm giving up weed I might as well give up cigarettes too...

Not nicotine though, you'll pry nicotine from my cold, stroke induce dead hands. I'll be chewing on this gum till the noise in my head stops.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Any chance that thc oil contains THCA and needs to be decarbed? Seems weird to feel nothing, unless your prescription was minuscule to begin with.

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't imagine they'd prescribe oil that needs to be further processed by the patient. The printed dosage instructions from my doctor just say to take 0.5ml sublingual, and the pharmacist didn't say anything otherwise. It was topaz t25 oil, my friends tried some because I was convinced it was the wrong product or something, and it worked for them.

I have issues with other drugs too, like I still puke when dosed up on ondansatron, and the reason Im prescribed cannabis is because I can't take opiods for my chronic pain condition, even 8mg of codeine causes my respiratory rate to drop dangerously low. My chronic pain is the result of a genetic disorder, so I've just assumed I metabolised things badly, though Ive asked several doctor about it and because I'm in the public healthcare system I can't access CYP2D6 testing to know for sure.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh wow, thanks for the explanation.

And regarding the further processing, it depends on the product and how it’s taken. Maybe it’s just less controlled where I am, because you can buy just about anything you want with a medical card and there are plenty of thca products available.

But you’re obviously in a unique situation and the stuff works for your friends, so my guess seems a lot less likely!

[–] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah it's pretty regulated here, you present your evidence for being a medical cannabis candidate to your GP/PCP (or they tell you they think you're a candidate) who refers to you to a clinic that specialises in cannabis, the intake appointment was 2 hours long, they prescribe specific products based on your symptoms and needs, then script gets sent to a compounding chemist and you go and pick up the medication from the chemist, the same chemist that you'd go to for advil and beta blockers.

[–] jdeath@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

perhaps they developed a high tolerance quickly? just trying to guess