Misc Wild lettuce

[deadheadgirl]

I have pretty bad post traumatic stress disorder and i dont sleep well at all. The doctor i went to won't give me anything for anxiety due to my issue with dxm abuse, I purchased a bottle of extracted wild lettuce off the INTERNET. Does anyone have any experience with this stuff? I am not looking so much to get really high as to just relax and have help with panic attacks from something other than dxm

 

[Jabberwocky]

Search erowid.org

Didn't do anything for me tbh... passion flower extract, California poppy extract and kava root blends for anxiety, taken at 4x normal dose might work better though

 

[tricomb]

Benzo's aren't the solution anyways.

I have no idea what wild lettuce is, but don't think that hope is lost because you don't have a script for benzos.

 

[ParappaTheRapper]

I've used it in the form of a smoking blend before. For me, it was really mild, but still relaxing. It seemed to only work a couple times tho and built up a tolerance real fast.

I would agree that kava is much better for anxiety. More euphoric IMO too. Or what about L-Theanine?

 

[Atropa]

I've tried it only just recently, as a sort of alternative to smoking weed as I'm trying to quit.

I find it very mild but it definitely does something, it's nice. It should definitely help you to sleep. I ordered some resin from eBay, very cheap. Have yet to try it though.

 

[sekio]

Lettuce opium (Lactucarium) is a latex extracted from wild lettuce. It contains various phytosterols that have anti-inflammatory and mild painkilling effects.

It is an incredibly mild relaxant, comparable to catnip or other herb teas. Kava kava, or skullcap (Sculleteria spp) is probably better if you are looking for a "natural" benzodiazepine replacement.

Like most herbs, lettuce opium is most effective if prepared and used immediately. I expect most commercial preparations won't do a lot -

In the twentieth century, two major studies found commercial lactucarium to be without effect. In 1944, Fulton concluded, "Modern medicine considers its sleep producing qualities a superstition, its therapeutic action doubtful or nil." Another study of the time identified active bitter principles lactucin and lactucopicrin, but noted that these compounds from the fresh latex were unstable and did not remain in commercial preparations of lactucarium.