Crow

I used to get headaches all the time (migrane). pretty much everyday i would end up with a headache and i was pretty much gobbling down Ibuprofen like food.
Then i started smoking and poof...i've been pretty much headache free ever since...and whenever i take a few weeks off from smoking, i start getting headaches again...

has anyone else had this experience?

mirage

a few times ive toked when i had a migrane and it went away withen moments.


yet another problem marijuana can relieve

DeltaLima

I waked up with a headache this morning and was wondering why. Yesterday I drank half a bottle of red wine with supper. That's just fine..

Then 1 hour later we got home and I toked half of a joint, enough for me to get high. Then 1 hour and a half later I went see my gf and we toke the rest and I got pretty high again.

hmmmm.. I think that pot make you thirsty and that wine also deshydrate so the next time I will drink and smoke, I will drink much more water or something.

technobudz

I dont believe marijuana would take away the headache, i been high and still noticed my headache..but usually for me it just numbs the feeling of the headache or i forget about it since im in such a dreamy state...and the feeling of numbness all over my body..

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Technobudz,

It depends on what caused the headache. Marijuana is an overall muscle relaxer and pain reliever, so if you have a tension headache you will see some relief to total relief. Tension headaches are caused by muscle tension, neck muscle spasms can cause SEVERE tension headaches. In my experience, i only get partial relief from this.

However, migraines are different. They're caused internally by the expansion of blood vessels inside and around the brain. Whats thought is that there are chemicals transmitted between neurons (neurotransmitters) that tell the brain how to control these blood vessels and their diameter. When these chemicals become off balanced, the blood vessels will expand uncontrollably and a migraine can result. One of these neurotransmitters is called Serotonin. One of the effects of marijuana is a slight spike in serotonin levels. Combined with the THC, and essential oils of the plant, the user usually gets full relief.

Its actually quite remarkable in a study done on many patients with chronic migraines, medicinal marijuana was used, and in over 80% of the patients, the patient had FULL relief from migraine symptoms within 10 minutes of smoking. The symptoms usually did not recur.
And when asked, the patients said that marijuana gave much better and more effective relief than any pain medication available for migraines.

Quite remarkable indeed....

HillBilly

nice!

~~hb

Crow

i wish i could recommend marijuana to my mother as a way to cure her headaches (she gets bad migranes, has a cabinet full of Rx drugs and yet none of them work...) too bad she's too closed minded to ever try that...

JF

I suffer from blinding, temporarily paralyzing (sp?) migraines and I have spent thousands of dollars on trying new medicines and found that the only way to stop them is several needles or marijuana, so I bet you can guess what I choose

T13

The red wine thing has definately given me a headache more than once! Your right about the dehydration, make sure you drink lotsa water with the wine.

I've had the worst hangover from just 3 glasses of wine before!?

jducote

Hey, I wanted to ask a couple of questions to see if cannabis would help my mother. My mom gets migraines a lot and she uses zomig to help them. She told me they last for 3 days and the zomig only helps for about 8 hours. I know they are really painful by the way she acts. I thought maybe if she toked up then it may help her more than the zomig she is taking. I'm not sure if she would do it. She used to but hasn't done it in a while, me on the other hand well its been about 10 minutes ... any information would help out. I just need something to prove to her that it would help her headaches.
THanks