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Marijuana or Medication?

I am tired of this topic but its obviously still an issue. Medications have a nice long list of side effects (which doctors dont mention when prescribing) that may be worse than the original problem. It’s a tough debate depending on your feelings of The Law. If you are familiar with my site, you know where I stand. I medicate daily in a mostly accepting state, New York. Its decriminalized here but you can still be in trouble if using in public.

You cannot overdose or die from it. It doesn’t constipate or cause seizures, and it grows directly out of the ground.

My research shows that not one of big pharma’s medications on the market can make these claims.

The other side of the road involves MANY co-pays, doctors visits and follow-ups. The side effects have been worse than the problem in some of my cases. If you take them incorrectly or in conjunction with another medication (who knows which ones) it could fuck, you, up and in some cases causes death. I guess ultimately, its death that concerns me when I hear these commercials. Mostly because I am not a pharmacist and also because, the pharmacists I have seen, scare me.

I am not saying go get high for the common cold. Truth is I am saying get high if your limbs are not actively working with what you are trying to make them do, get high if you drop things regularly and get embarrassed publicly, medicate if going out in public makes you anxious and nervous. Smoke and joint and tell me you dont feel better, i dare you.

It stimulates my appetite which had been previously wiped out by the medication. It helps my mind to rest and body to follow. When used correctly (in moderation) it will not dumb you down, make you lazy, jump out the window, eat children, turn you into a junkie or lose your job (rules and restrictions may apply.) What it will do is, help you continue with your lifestyle before your dx (diagnosis.)

Those were all pieces of the governments propaganda. Most of them are funny but it’s because you are educated. The scary side of this is people who are not. People are buying into it and being forced into doing whatever they are told. These are the people preaching against medicinal marijuana strictly because they are following the rules and don’t know any better, my heart goes out to them all.

I am very interested to hear what everyone thinks about this topic, so please throw some comments up.

-Dopie

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Adventures with Petie

Now that we have a vehicle in the city, it’s time to bring Petie with us. Where you may ask, well, EVERYWHERE! Last weekend was a trip to visit friends in Staten Island for the day.

Not a bad ride out in the morning considering it had snowed for the first time this winter that morning. Only a few inches but it was enough to make it a slow paced ride. From the looks Petie was giving me, the slower, the better. I did some reading and have learned that he has classic car motion sickness. There are many recomendations to assist in working with this but the truth is, you need lots of towels, love and patience. (Benadryl doesnt hurt either)

The second trip was much longer to go out to my dad’s house in NJ. Problem here is lots of windy roads and stop, go, stop, go trsffic. The poor fucking dog, honestly. He nailed day one but this was going to be a challenge. An hour into it we were in NJ and close to dad’s. It was the perfect time to stop and grab coffee since my wife was comfortably setup in the back seat with the dog.  From what I am told, as soon as I left the truck he started moaning and crying in his drug induced slumber.

Petie never drools or slobbers on anything but the moment he sees you are headed to a car , it begins. Drooling water out of both sides simultaneously and looks miserable as he lays still, that’s the good part. He doesn’t try to move around and basically makes a sad puddle wherever you place his head.  The adorable part comes when he first exits the vehicle as his legs look like he’s been on a boat all day. Wobbling and taking it slow he wanders around with zero excitement in his step, very not like Petie! We are still looking for a better answer to make him happy but for the time being, he gets to go wherever we go.

Please send over any ideas you have!

-Dopie

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An exercise, that worked!.

 

Last night, my wife asked me to try something to help with my stress and anxiety. I was to listen to music with no words, while keeping my eyes closed and ask myself  ”What do I want?”  While repeating that question to myself I was to begin freewriting . Below are my results and  boy does it speak in volumes.I want to remove negativity and gain a sense of fulfillment.

While listening to Beethoven, I came up with the following”

I need to get out of an environment that is created with problems.

I am happy helping others, giving to others and offering my skills.

I want to remove the pain in my life caused by my job.

I want to add a professional source of happiness.

I need to remove the anxiety that is my job.

 

I want a slap on the back and to be told “great job” like my wife

I want positive attitudes and not negative reinforcement.

I just want to feel that I made a difference.

I want to make someone smile.

I want to ignore the daily issues and focus on the real problems of a larger scale.

 

To my wife and I this means that its time I stop talking about helping myself and others and do something about it. Well, I have already begun fundraising for Burton’s Chill Foundation through a friend of mine. That is a baby step which is to be followed by a much larger level for example volunteering with something like the Big Brother program. I need to do something for myself as I feel really fucking empty on the inside.  I am open to other ideas as to where I should put my time in, so please, send me your ideas.

-Dopie

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