Do you think Marijuana could help people with Anorexia?
Marijuana helps increase appetite in people without the illness. But would the illness override the feeling of wanting to eat caused by marijuana.
Also would marijuana relax or alter the mind, making the person more likely to eat? Perhaps you know someone who has anorexia, who has taken medical marijuana to fight the illness
Find out whether you have may have an anorexia problem, people who may have anorexia, reveal their thoughts.
I have personally struggled with anorexia for 16 years.
I have been hospitalized 14 times for my eating disorder, and have also done many intensive outpatient programs, as well as residential treatment. During some of my “recovery” periods (in between relapses) I smoked marijuana.
No, it is not legal where I am, but it DID help alleviate the anxiety that surrounded me when i went to eat ANYTHING. I lived on 200 calories a day, and when I smoked marijuiana, I could actually eat a whole entire meal without feeling like I literally was going to die from the guilt.
No, it didnt’ CURE may eating disorder, but it did help with anxiety, making it more likely that i would eat more. Some of my treatment team members knew I was doing this, and they did not frown upon it. If it helped me eat, they did not care HOW I got the nutrients my body so clearly needed. And no, i am NOT a drug dealer….like someone who is in medical school…i am a social worker.
joe smith, great logic, what can i say?
you wrote: “who ever brought this up must be a selling it! making money hands over fists!” Don’t you think that when legalized the black marked sellers would get out of job?
A pusher loves marijuana prohibition, first he makes good money on a super high price on something that’s illegal and second he comes easier to the customer suggesting him real drugs (Heroin, cocaine ect). It’s guys like you the FBI, who are the BIG PUSHERS and inventors of this market, love to have all round. It’s a shame people have to suffer under these mentalities!
It would be better for you to comment on subjects you have a slide idea about.
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This is a wonderful post, the blog details it exactly like I would have written if I was writing it……
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RE: joe smith. to you an all the people like you why do you get on sites an talk shit about people on the sites doesn’t that make you a hippocrite of sorts, or maybe just ignorant of anything of real value, i’m surprised you can use the internet, “must be a sellin it”? you sound like a moron. If you knew any real facts on marijuana your views would change, your probably a beer drinking, cigarette smoking hillbilly so i suggest, learn something!!!
I have been suffering from anorexia for a couple of years now. Marijuana does help with weight gains and depression, but you shouldn’t become too dependent on this wonderful medical herb. It is possible to become addicted. The withdrawal symptoms include anxiety, depression, anorexia, and more. It can help temporarily, but may worsen the eating disorder in the long run. I have learned this the hard way.
I am in medical school and I am also someone who has struggled with anorexia for many years. I am 5′7″ and weighed 94lbs at my lowest. I discovered on my own that marijuana really does help alleviate the symptoms.
It helps with the depression that comes with the eating disorder; it helps with eating (so I didn’t feel incredibl depressed by eating a real meal or something); and it also helps with not exercising as much. I used to exercise for two hours almost every day and like Sticky, I lived on less than 1000 calories a day.
For someone without an eating disorder, it hard to understand how this could be beneficial. For someone with an eating disorder and is suffering greatly both mentally a physically, they will do anything to stop the madness. So if marijuana will help with those symptoms- then WHY NOT?? I am actually doing a research paper on the topic of marijuana and anorexia.
Wow what has the world come to! I do pot so I can eat! Should I do meth or coke not to eat! Come on now people! Legalize this and that! Wow this is crazy who ever brought this up must be a selling it! making money hands over fists!
I’m a male 5 foot 10 inches tall and weigh 128 lbs. and still needing to lose more weight. I suffer daily with my eating disorder. I’m always looking at the calorie count in foods and drinks before I buy or eat anything. To me consuming 1000 calories is to much. I average around 500 calories a day sometimes far less. I never knew that medical marijuana could help with an eating disorder. I haven’t smoked marijuana but will definitely check into it.