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Smoking marijuana and drinking

Thu, 02/07/2008 - 01:51
I was just reading on this website all of the forums about drinking and smoking cigarettes and how bad they are for you. It didnt say anything about weed and I smoke weed maybe once a week or once every two weeks and is it bad for having seizures? Also if you drink maybe two beers to three beers once a weekend is that bad?

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Re: Smoking marijuana and drinking

Submitted by renzokata on Thu, 2009-02-19 - 18:12

 It not only prevents my seizures from occuring... unlike my medication-which is taken daily to prevent them... it actually stops them while they are occuring. I have a condition where my seizures happen slowly going from 1 second little seizures to a grand mal. if i am able to smoke a little bit of marijuana while this is occuring, it will prevent a grand mal and stop them. although weed does sometimes cause panic attacks with me, i would much rather have a panic attack than a seizure. i think the weed does something with the brain that calms the brain cells down, especially INDICA. sativa might be the strain that might cause seizures in some people. indica relaxes the mind and the body and allows YOU TO RELAX. i notice when i have my little mini seizures, my breath is taken away and my heartrate accelerates.... then i feel a warm feeling throughout my nervous system, going down the back of my neck. people who see me having these want me to relax and lay down but thats impossible because while im laying there, my body starts to panic because i feel my brain being twisted and contorted...

 when i smoke i still feel the same activity in my brain but it is subdued. sometimes my legs and body will jerk but more like a temor not a seizure. even while im high i can still feel the pain lingering through my mind and body, stetching itself across the periscopes of my conciousness... killing me-just like a snake. there are also other herbs... legal ones that help them.

kava root is a sedative and will put you to sleep so seizures wont occur. i think its directly related to the quality of sleep. since certian natural herbs and roots cause sedation, like indica weed, they also help supress seizures a great deal. in california you can get a prescription for having epilepsy. but definitely not here in virginia beach.

 

natural solutions include meditation and prayer. these kinda help if you can retain that conciousness... also being strong and courageous helps, not giving in to fear. pray to god for compassion and love and he will help you if you are sincere. from a spiritual standpoint, watch what u do. what u do unto others comes back times three, be graceful and giving and life will be graceful with you. namaste.

 

 It not only prevents my seizures from occuring... unlike my medication-which is taken daily to prevent them... it actually stops them while they are occuring. I have a condition where my seizures happen slowly going from 1 second little seizures to a grand mal. if i am able to smoke a little bit of marijuana while this is occuring, it will prevent a grand mal and stop them. although weed does sometimes cause panic attacks with me, i would much rather have a panic attack than a seizure. i think the weed does something with the brain that calms the brain cells down, especially INDICA. sativa might be the strain that might cause seizures in some people. indica relaxes the mind and the body and allows YOU TO RELAX. i notice when i have my little mini seizures, my breath is taken away and my heartrate accelerates.... then i feel a warm feeling throughout my nervous system, going down the back of my neck. people who see me having these want me to relax and lay down but thats impossible because while im laying there, my body starts to panic because i feel my brain being twisted and contorted...

 when i smoke i still feel the same activity in my brain but it is subdued. sometimes my legs and body will jerk but more like a temor not a seizure. even while im high i can still feel the pain lingering through my mind and body, stetching itself across the periscopes of my conciousness... killing me-just like a snake. there are also other herbs... legal ones that help them.

kava root is a sedative and will put you to sleep so seizures wont occur. i think its directly related to the quality of sleep. since certian natural herbs and roots cause sedation, like indica weed, they also help supress seizures a great deal. in california you can get a prescription for having epilepsy. but definitely not here in virginia beach.

 

natural solutions include meditation and prayer. these kinda help if you can retain that conciousness... also being strong and courageous helps, not giving in to fear. pray to god for compassion and love and he will help you if you are sincere. from a spiritual standpoint, watch what u do. what u do unto others comes back times three, be graceful and giving and life will be graceful with you. namaste.

 

Re: Smoking marijuana and drinking

Submitted by renzokata on Thu, 2009-02-19 - 18:12

 It not only prevents my seizures from occuring... unlike my medication-which is taken daily to prevent them... it actually stops them while they are occuring. I have a condition where my seizures happen slowly going from 1 second little seizures to a grand mal. if i am able to smoke a little bit of marijuana while this is occuring, it will prevent a grand mal and stop them. although weed does sometimes cause panic attacks with me, i would much rather have a panic attack than a seizure. i think the weed does something with the brain that calms the brain cells down, especially INDICA. sativa might be the strain that might cause seizures in some people. indica relaxes the mind and the body and allows YOU TO RELAX. i notice when i have my little mini seizures, my breath is taken away and my heartrate accelerates.... then i feel a warm feeling throughout my nervous system, going down the back of my neck. people who see me having these want me to relax and lay down but thats impossible because while im laying there, my body starts to panic because i feel my brain being twisted and contorted...

 when i smoke i still feel the same activity in my brain but it is subdued. sometimes my legs and body will jerk but more like a temor not a seizure. even while im high i can still feel the pain lingering through my mind and body, stetching itself across the periscopes of my conciousness... killing me-just like a snake. there are also other herbs... legal ones that help them.

kava root is a sedative and will put you to sleep so seizures wont occur. i think its directly related to the quality of sleep. since certian natural herbs and roots cause sedation, like indica weed, they also help supress seizures a great deal. in california you can get a prescription for having epilepsy. but definitely not here in virginia beach.

 

natural solutions include meditation and prayer. these kinda help if you can retain that conciousness... also being strong and courageous helps, not giving in to fear. pray to god for compassion and love and he will help you if you are sincere. from a spiritual standpoint, watch what u do. what u do unto others comes back times three, be graceful and giving and life will be graceful with you. namaste.

 

 It not only prevents my seizures from occuring... unlike my medication-which is taken daily to prevent them... it actually stops them while they are occuring. I have a condition where my seizures happen slowly going from 1 second little seizures to a grand mal. if i am able to smoke a little bit of marijuana while this is occuring, it will prevent a grand mal and stop them. although weed does sometimes cause panic attacks with me, i would much rather have a panic attack than a seizure. i think the weed does something with the brain that calms the brain cells down, especially INDICA. sativa might be the strain that might cause seizures in some people. indica relaxes the mind and the body and allows YOU TO RELAX. i notice when i have my little mini seizures, my breath is taken away and my heartrate accelerates.... then i feel a warm feeling throughout my nervous system, going down the back of my neck. people who see me having these want me to relax and lay down but thats impossible because while im laying there, my body starts to panic because i feel my brain being twisted and contorted...

 when i smoke i still feel the same activity in my brain but it is subdued. sometimes my legs and body will jerk but more like a temor not a seizure. even while im high i can still feel the pain lingering through my mind and body, stetching itself across the periscopes of my conciousness... killing me-just like a snake. there are also other herbs... legal ones that help them.

kava root is a sedative and will put you to sleep so seizures wont occur. i think its directly related to the quality of sleep. since certian natural herbs and roots cause sedation, like indica weed, they also help supress seizures a great deal. in california you can get a prescription for having epilepsy. but definitely not here in virginia beach.

 

natural solutions include meditation and prayer. these kinda help if you can retain that conciousness... also being strong and courageous helps, not giving in to fear. pray to god for compassion and love and he will help you if you are sincere. from a spiritual standpoint, watch what u do. what u do unto others comes back times three, be graceful and giving and life will be graceful with you. namaste.

 

Re: Smoking marijuana and drinking

Submitted by AndrewO on Mon, 2009-03-02 - 13:51
Very interesting post, reminds me of a conversation that I had with somebody in Marina House sober living. This person had to be in a sober living due to excessive drug use plus a seizure disorder. They kept insisting though that the pot actually helped them. I wonder if that is one of the accept medical uses of marijuana.

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