I am tired of this topic but its obviously still an issue. Medications have a nice long list of side effects (which doctors dont mention when prescribing) that may be worse than the original problem. It’s a tough debate depending on your feelings of The Law. If you are familiar with my site, you know where I stand. I medicate daily in a mostly accepting state, New York. Its decriminalized here but you can still be in trouble if using in public.
You cannot overdose or die from it. It doesn’t constipate or cause seizures, and it grows directly out of the ground.
My research shows that not one of big pharma’s medications on the market can make these claims.
The other side of the road involves MANY co-pays, doctors visits and follow-ups. The side effects have been worse than the problem in some of my cases. If you take them incorrectly or in conjunction with another medication (who knows which ones) it could fuck, you, up and in some cases causes death. I guess ultimately, its death that concerns me when I hear these commercials. Mostly because I am not a pharmacist and also because, the pharmacists I have seen, scare me.
I am not saying go get high for the common cold. Truth is I am saying get high if your limbs are not actively working with what you are trying to make them do, get high if you drop things regularly and get embarrassed publicly, medicate if going out in public makes you anxious and nervous. Smoke and joint and tell me you dont feel better, i dare you.
It stimulates my appetite which had been previously wiped out by the medication. It helps my mind to rest and body to follow. When used correctly (in moderation) it will not dumb you down, make you lazy, jump out the window, eat children, turn you into a junkie or lose your job (rules and restrictions may apply.) What it will do is, help you continue with your lifestyle before your dx (diagnosis.)
Those were all pieces of the governments propaganda. Most of them are funny but it’s because you are educated. The scary side of this is people who are not. People are buying into it and being forced into doing whatever they are told. These are the people preaching against medicinal marijuana strictly because they are following the rules and don’t know any better, my heart goes out to them all.
I am very interested to hear what everyone thinks about this topic, so please throw some comments up.
-Dopie
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An office to myself, sounds good….
Sounds fun but it is very far from the truth. Phone rings and obviously I answer it but what about when another call comes in and possibly another after that. Well, the answer is my ass running across the room from one phone to another. Then the dreaded “missed call” which makes me look like I was asleep or just not working. So, I view the missed call info and call them back. Could they understand the situation as i apologize, no, the asshole has to be one of our lovely NYC lawyers who thinks he is god’s gift to the world.
This is not a new trend of random useless people talking down to the rest of the city. I have learned to brush it off but that does not mean it doesn’t piss me off. What made this much worse was that I was alone in the office and couldn’t vent to anyone but my blog. It does help and it’s generally read by far more people than I have in my office but its the yelling and belittling comments that I need to get a facial response to but I don’t.
This is all just leading to the exacerbation’s that make life a bitch at times. All of which I have been told I need to remove from my life as to not speed up my MS. It’s basically impossible to remove stress from my life as I work in the service industry. The best trick that I have picked up is that I DO NOT have my work email on my personal phone. I highly recommend this to everyone I know because whenever you are reading emails and then writing a reply YOU ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR IT! I do not work for a non-profit or Unicef for that matter, therefore, I do not work for free.
Stress is everywhere but dammit, it runs the service industry and that means that I need to be somewhere else. It would really be sad for me to see this life I made here go but I need to do what is best for myself and my wife.
CLARIFICATION: I love my job and the people I work with. My boss is one hell of a guy and as the years pass they have become very close friends and regardless of what the future has planned for me, I will remain friends with all of them. They all support me and my issues better than I could ever expect. Sadly, even with all of the positive I receive, nothing can actually be done by anybody to alleviate the stresses of this industry.