Hey everyone. =) My name's Aly and I've been using cannabis medicinally for coming up on three and a half years, since I was 18. I don't hear about it being used for this as much as other things, but I'd say the biggest thing I use it to treat is my OCD, and after that my insomnia. I originally started using it because I used to be really depressed and anxious all the time in addition to having my large slew of strange obsessions and compulsions and my thoughts would race so often that it kept me up at night, and I just wanted it all to stop. Ever since I started smoking I've been able to keep my mind in check as long as I make a habit out of it, I still have some symptoms but the compulsions are significantly weaker and my mind is much more often at peace and like I can understand what's at the root of my obsessions. The thing I absolutely love about cannabis is that I also consider myself to be a very spiritual person and it amazes me that smoking has the power to ground me in reality from my psychotic thoughts while simultaneously pushing me out into the ether and making me go wild; I tend to feel the psychedelic and aphrodisiac effects of cannabis fairly easily. This is something totally opposite to pharmaceutical options like SSRIs which can really blunt your personality and emotions and totally kill your sex drive. I've come a long way since I started smoking and I don't feel the need to get high to escape my anxiety or depression anymore as I'm working past them, but for my OCD and insomnia it continues to be a miraculous plant. Unfortunately, I do not live in a medicinal marijuana state. =( However, that won't stop me from using it for as long as I can, and hopefully that problem will be solved in one way or another some day. Cannabis is an irreplaceable ally in my life.
So that's pretty much my story. I look forward to exploring the community here a bit more. ^_^
So that's pretty much my story. I look forward to exploring the community here a bit more. ^_^
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