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August 19
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Members shared a wide range of personal experiences with managing HIV-related pain, sleep issues, and other symptoms, with marijuana being a... Read more

Members shared a wide range of personal experiences with managing HIV-related pain, sleep issues, and other symptoms, with marijuana being a central topic alongside other approaches. Several members described finding relief from back pain, arthritis, migraines, and sleep trouble through smoking or edibles, while others offered alternatives like exercise, Epsom salt soaks, and massagers, especially those in recovery from addiction. A recurring theme was that what works varies greatly from person to person, with members encouraging each other to explore options and speak with their doctors.

A myHIVteam Member

iv found smoking a bowl when im stressedout or in pain helps alot

August 19
A myHIVteam Member

I will smoke or use edibles to help with sleep. Could be HIV or menopause but it helps with any pain or inflammation. I agree with @A myHIVteam Member Sativa is a very good strain.

August 21
A myHIVteam Member

@A myHIVteam Member
I go to a dispensary, and they help me pick out the strongest one for me. However, I don't get the one That makes me lazy. You may want to try "Sativa." You will definitely sleep.
Bless you!

August 20 (edited)
A myHIVteam Member

I will freely admit that while my problems for the most part are not Hiv / Aids related ( well to some extent that are but not actually attributed to such ....

Thr accident that I had which was the revelattion ro my Aids diagnosis is in part if not wholy ....

Now in the accident I busted out the driver's side window with my skull and because the car slid sideways off the shoulder off the road thru the ditch and up into the woods on the other side which caused me to bounce around like a pin ball thereby bending the seat back ( I mean bending the seat back so far I had to pull things out of the trunk to prop myself up far enuf to drive ....

I believe the seat incident was the causation of the lower back muscle problems I have endured since .

Now of course my id pcp gave me a script for muscle relaxers to be taken 3 times a day .....

WELL guess what after 3 years of taking pills they just were not doing very much to alleviate the pain I was enduring ....

A Facebook friend upon my mentioning the problem asked me if I thoughy 420 might help .....

Got some weed from a neighbor and have been having myself a one hitter bowl once a night for the past few months and guess what :) !

I have not had any unbearable pain with my spine or lower back since ...

So in this case I am happy to report that a natural herbal supplement works a dam site better than man made pills !

August 19
A myHIVteam Member

I use to be a pot head when I was in high school. I joined the navy and stopped getting high for several years. Then I tried it again and it was awful. I was so paranoid everywhere I went I felt everyone was just staring at me.

So I haven’t smoked in many years.

In the mid 90s my doctor perrescribec me Marinol (for wasting syndrome), which is supposed to be a derivative of THC, but that made me sick.

September 3 (edited)

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