177
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm not looking for medical advice, but more understanding. I have chronic back pain. I can alleviate it completely with only 2 things - alcohol and a heating pad. Ibuprofen lessens it but it's still present. Muscle relaxers do nothing (which makes sense because it's not muscle related, it's spinal disk degeneration).

A tall glass of whiskey makes my back relax and I can move normally. Once it wears off tho, it's right back to tense and painful.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

whereas medically prescribed painkillers (...) just give me a head fog and make me sleepy

which is in start contrast to marijuana 😂

[-] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well, I mean at least the head fog and sleepiness from weed also comes with actual pain relief. 🤷🏻‍♂️

But also, it really depends on the weed. Some strains make it impossible to function from the fog. Others help with sleep. And still others give me crack-like energy.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Well, I mean at least the head fog and sleepiness from weed also comes with actual pain relief. 🤷🏻‍♂️

ok, i am glad it works for you.

But also, it really depends on the weed.

well, for me all the "positive effects" disappeared over time and i was just left with those meh ones, which is why i ultimately stopped. but it may not be the experience of every person in the world, so...

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

all the "positive effects" disappeared over time and i was just left with those meh ones

This is the case for every single drug I’ve tried over a long period of time, and one of my hobbies is treating Erowid like a Pokédex.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

🎶Gotta catch 'em all, 2C-B!🎶

[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Marijuana doesn't make me sleepy. It makes me horny.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

.......you got some marijuana for me?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You want some Skunk?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Night and day though. I can smoke weed and still get stuff done, it's almost like spinach for Popeye to grind out a menial task.

Dope though? Fuuuuuuuck it, lets just sit here and watch TV. I don't normally watch much TV but on any narcotic it's perfect.

this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
177 points (97.3% liked)

No Stupid Questions

41200 readers
2403 users here now

No such thing. Ask away!

!nostupidquestions is a community dedicated to being helpful and answering each others' questions on various topics.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules (interactive)


Rule 1- All posts must be legitimate questions. All post titles must include a question.

All posts must be legitimate questions, and all post titles must include a question. Questions that are joke or trolling questions, memes, song lyrics as title, etc. are not allowed here. See Rule 6 for all exceptions.



Rule 2- Your question subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material.

Your question subject cannot be illegal or NSFW material. You will be warned first, banned second.



Rule 3- Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here.

Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Breaking this rule will not get you or your post removed, but it will put you at risk, and possibly in danger.



Rule 4- No self promotion or upvote-farming of any kind.

That's it.



Rule 5- No baiting or sealioning or promoting an agenda.

Questions which, instead of being of an innocuous nature, are specifically intended (based on reports and in the opinion of our crack moderation team) to bait users into ideological wars on charged political topics will be removed and the authors warned - or banned - depending on severity.



Rule 6- Regarding META posts and joke questions.

Provided it is about the community itself, you may post non-question posts using the [META] tag on your post title.

On fridays, you are allowed to post meme and troll questions, on the condition that it's in text format only, and conforms with our other rules. These posts MUST include the [NSQ Friday] tag in their title.

If you post a serious question on friday and are looking only for legitimate answers, then please include the [Serious] tag on your post. Irrelevant replies will then be removed by moderators.



Rule 7- You can't intentionally annoy, mock, or harass other members.

If you intentionally annoy, mock, harass, or discriminate against any individual member, you will be removed.

Likewise, if you are a member, sympathiser or a resemblant of a movement that is known to largely hate, mock, discriminate against, and/or want to take lives of a group of people, and you were provably vocal about your hate, then you will be banned on sight.



Rule 8- All comments should try to stay relevant to their parent content.



Rule 9- Reposts from other platforms are not allowed.

Let everyone have their own content.



Rule 10- Majority of bots aren't allowed to participate here. This includes using AI responses and summaries.



Credits

Our breathtaking icon was bestowed upon us by @Cevilia!

The greatest banner of all time: by @TheOneWithTheHair!

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS