Joshua BenNun
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I've used it for post-surgical pain and it didn't do much to diminish either the perception of pain or the anxiety it engendered. The euphoria of cannabis is quite different from that imparted by opiates. While opiates (in my experience) are far less reliable and predictable in effect than weed is, when they do work they impart a steady, non-specific feeling of well-being that is very effective at distancing pain. Cannabis euphoria, on the other hand, is more of a specific rush easily detachable from underlying rational preoccupations (such as pain). With cannabis I get a succession of instants of euphoria, but not the steady non-specific mood buoying that opiates at their best afford. As a result, with cannabis the pain and its emotional concommitants seem to continue independently, just on a different level. I can repeatedly surrender momentarily to the euphoria, but the pain repeatedly brings me back quickly enough. "Distancing" is not the same as "distraction." Distancing implies emotional control, or better, detachment. The pain, though still felt, simply seems irrelevant. Distraction implies a kind of emotional whipsawing, from distress to relief to distress, etc. The pain is still relevant, it's just somewhat broken up in the flow of time. Perhaps that's pain relief of a kind, but not all that good.
Nor does marijuana help much with muscle tension, a principal reason I've used it. I get an overall body warmth and numbness, but if I concentrate on specific muscle groups I find they're just as locked up as they were. I can relax them (to a degree) consciously, but then I can do that without marijuana, too--and often better, because my concentration is, to put it mildly, better.
Nor does marijuana help much with muscle tension, a principal reason I've used it. I get an overall body warmth and numbness, but if I concentrate on specific muscle groups I find they're just as locked up as they were. I can relax them (to a degree) consciously, but then I can do that without marijuana, too--and often better, because my concentration is, to put it mildly, better.