Cannabis helps Psoriatic arthritis and Fibromyalgia sufferer enormously

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'Having a shower was too much' - Bristol woman with chronic pain helped by medicinal cannabis trial

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountr...-says-medicinal-cannabis-has-changed-her-life

A woman from Bristol who has chronic pain conditions says taking part in a medicinal cannabis trial has "changed her life."

Andrea Wright was just 33 when she had to retire from her job due to ill health. She then discovered the trial, which is looking into the effects of the treatment so it can become more widely available on the NHS.

Andrea's story started in 2013 when she was struck down with intense pain after a conference.

She explained: "I had to phone my boss and said 'sorry I can’t do this I’m in agony.' I was crying my eyes out. I couldn’t even drive home so I had to get someone to bring my car back to Bristol for me because I couldn’t drive."

Andrea was eventually diagnosed with Psoriatic arthritis and then Fibromyalgia and found herself on a long list of medications, including opiates.

These heavily impacted her body, causing her to feel unwell...

...Andrea has been on the drug (cannabis) constantly since February 2022 and says she has felt "amazing" and that it has made a "huge difference" in a relatively short space of time.

Her pain levels are manageable, she is back to work full time and has managed to come off most of the opiates she was on.

 

[Ash]

I think the benefits of Cannabis are often hyped at a universal level. For all the usual reasons anything is. But at an individual level it can be miraculous.


Cannabis has medicinal properties known since time began and we should all be given it if we want it for spirit, culture, medicine or for fun.

It helps my pain overall but there is one type of pain it makes much worse so sadly I don’t think its ever gonna save me.

 

[FicaR94]

Honestly this tracks with what I’ve seen in my own family. Cannabis won’t erase something like psoriatic arthritis or fibro, but it can dial things down enough that the person can function again. For my aunt it didn’t kill the pain completely, but it took that “everything is on fire” edge off so she could actually move around without dreading every step.

The part people never talk about is how long it takes to figure out the dose and type. When she did her evaluation through LeafyRX, the doctor kept stressing that chronic inflammatory stuff reacts slowly and you have to treat it more like managing symptoms than hoping for a miracle flip. Once she adjusted things bit by bit, that’s when she started noticing she wasn’t bedridden on bad days anymore.