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Anorexic people and cannabis

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So, me and my friend were chillen at a park talkin', smokin'. when it hit me. You think that they could prescribe cannabis to people with anorexia? Afterall it does promote laughter and the munchies, both of which seems like what anorexic people lack in.
 
There is a synthetic THC drug available called Marinol. It has been proven to increase appetite and help anorexia. It is pretty expensive tho, and it's supposed to not be as effective as cannabis.
 
Yes, its been prescribed in the past to those suffering from Anorexia. Not a very common thing, but it is acknowledged that it could be beneficial to those suffering from Anorexia.
 
It's certainly used for other people who have a hard time eating.

Of course, it also tends to produce anxiety, which isn't good for anyone with psychological issues.
 
Absolutely. I was prescriped cannabis (215) for being borderline/very underweight, which is a sure fire legitimate reason. Too bad its only valid in california.:\ I got some absolute cannabis oil in a shop in San Francisco (lower haight...eep) that was the best I've had. I would sub-lingual it as opposed to smoking. Delicious.:)
 
Do you not think the anxiety side of cannabis could cause the sufferer to feel anxious / paranoid about their weight?
 
I don't think so. Medicinal marijuana is prescribed to people for appetite loss, but usually the condition stems from a physical ailment. Anorexia is a mental problem. Pot and mental disorders don't mix. Might even drive them nuttier. Just think of all the paranoid stoned thoughts. God I'm so fat!
 
Anorexic people are silly. It's not like they can get much worse so why not give 'em a few hits, maybe they'll chill out a bit.
 
all the ads for the medical marijuana evaluation clinics around los angeles seem to mention anorexia as one of the valid conditions that you can get a prescription for.. i used to have eating problems and smoking made me start eating again.. i mean, i guess i can see how it could be useful for someone who they're just trying to keep above a direly low weight.. when i smoked back then i'd always care a LOT less about my psycho person diet and just eat and enjoy it.. so i got back up to a more normal weight after smoking heavily for a few months.. of course, when i'm stoned i never really have anxiety problems, i kind of don't worry at ALL about anything, lol, but the morning AFTER i'd be like "FUUUCK" so i'm not sure.. seems like it could encourage bulimic habits, where the person will smoke, eat a bunch, then sober up and freak out and starve/purge/exercise later..? that's kind of what i do (to a lesser degree, though, i've been a healthy weight for like 5 years now) to maintain my weight- at work during the day i eat nothing but salad and carrots and super healthy shit, and then when i'm at home smoking i just have fun and eat whatever i feel like. lol.
 
I really don't think its a good idea to give strong psychoactives to people with serious psychological issues. Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental illness, its not going to go away just from hitting the bong a couple times -- its usually something that the affected people struggle with, at some level, for their entire lives.
 
^ I agree. Whenever I've had anxiety while stoned it's been rooted in self-conscious feelings. That would probably be horrible for someone with a distorted self-image to begin with.
 
the doctor was a physician, not a psychologist. anorexia was not the diagnosis, very low weight was. a certificate of recommendation for therapeutic cannabis was issued.
 
Haha, I think about this quite often. Just get them high and give them food...
 
A friend of mine and I both cured our eating disorders with pot. The effects have been permanent, because if anything pot taught me to love food. I put on 15 lbs, which is a lot, in the first year of smoking. But yeah, it's not uncommon to come across adult women who use(d) pot to treat their eating disorders.
 
I have a friend who was anorexic, and whilst everyone got together when we went out, it was murder just trying to coax her into taking a wee nibble of a snack here and there.

My 'trick' not that tricking her was my intent, she loved (and still loves) her drugs, tiny lil wreckhead of a girl (and oooooh so cute too=D) but when we used to go back to my place with a crowd of the sort of drug-pig people who would have sold their souls for the pharmie collection I used to have about three years back, we got her blazing, and blazing, and BLAZING until nobody could blaze so much as a toke more, and it was like she 'forgot' to be anorexic for that time, and hehe, got waiter service, used to absolutely pig out on rice pudding and stuff like that.

Anorexia? went straight out the window, and this was a girl who used to have real problems with it.
 
Hm interesting, I get that sometimes, I'l know I haven't eaten for ages, but instead of being hungry, I'l feel sick to my stomach, and end up feeling like I want to blow chunks, it never gets to that stage, but it has required antinauseants before.

Makes me feel even LESS like eating than I did in the first place.

I'm not anorexic though, but am of a very slim build, what there is of me, is all lean meat, at any rate your average polar bear would take one lil' nibble, spit me out, and go off after a nice greasy seal or two.

(Which should I ever be faced with a hungry polar bear, I won't be complaining about, the spitting out that is, not the nibbling=D)

I seem to stay at just a touch below 10 stone, no matter what I eat, even if I neglect to work out for a while and decide to go on a macdonalds binge.

I wish I could gain muscle easier, but on the other hand, I'm glad I won't ever become one of those blob-creatures you see on TV with a 'feeder' for a partner, and who requires a crane to lift my arse crack just to let one off :P thats not to say, before anyone picks up on it, that I think I can get away with gorging on macdonalds and the like, I just, like some fast food now and then.
 
I was anorexic on and off for a few years, still struggle with it. I sometimes actually use marijuana as an aid in my anorexia, I won't eat for god knows how long and I'll just smoke a bowl instead of eating in order to ease my hunger pains, speed up my metabolism, and to help me not freak out about my weight.
 
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