Interesting development today. Out with the daughter, we struck up a conversation about the cocktail of drugs being offered by her current psychiatrist. Her system doesn't tolerate these drugs well and she's fallen onto Vallium to help her deal with the stress. She and her partner are planning to move north of the city, the first time in her anxiety-driven life that she won't be able to walk to where I am. Her stress levels are through the roof, even as she makes me proud chasing down real estate listings and checking out bus routes and store access. She may be terrified but she's not going to let that stand in the way of building a better life with her partner.
Makes a mother proud. Makes a mother frustrated that she has the medication we all know will help her, just jarred last night and stored in my kitchen. I expressed this frustration and my daughter surprised me by deciding to give it a try. The Med GOM 1.0 is at least a 1:1 ratio, CBD:THC, and listed as potentially up to 2:1, so psychoactivity shouldn't be a concern. She was most concerned about being able to sleep without nightmares, so we planned on late night, right before bed.
At 12:30 tonight she came over and I loaded up the vaporizer. She took two hits and stopped right there, reasoning that if it's going to have any effect in her sensitive body, two hits was a good stopping point. So we talked for a couple minutes and waited. Within five minutes she could feel her fingertips again because the tension in her upper back released. She rolled her shoulders and was surprised at the range of motion she was able to accomplish.
Then she noticed that the niggling pain at the base of her left lung had vanished. Then almost like a "whoosh" she relaxed and almost cried from the relief of not being anxious. She chose laughter instead, and we laughed heartily. When she got up off the floor to go home she realized that the pain in her ankles had also vanished. She's home in bed now, hopefully on her way to a good night's sleep.
Two decent draws from the vaporizer and she left here more relaxed and in significantly less pain than she's been in many moons.
Her mother smoked right along with her. It
has left me feeling a bit sleepy, so I think that's my cue to put the iPad down and head for the sheets. Tomorrow, my friends. This was a nice way to end my day.
Just spreading the joy guys.