Black Holes

Tiddlywinks

meritaten wrote: »

cannabis is illegal if you supply it - a small amount for personal use is not going to land Rex in jail!

I know this is deviating from the main topic but I just wanted to clarify a common misconception.

Cannabis is illegal - full stop.

Recategorised back up to Class B for a while now:

http://www.talktofrank.com/drug/cannabis/?&gclid=CPaSkeCllK4CFYsntAodEjM5MA

meritaten

tiddlywinks - yes it has been re-categorised - but, hun no cop is going to arrest someone with enough for a couple of spliffs! they havent in the past and they wont do so now - its not worth the paperwork!
what I was pointing out was that cannabis as a drug is useful to some people - it does help thier medical condition - just like morphine does. which is heroin but in a controlled way and administered by qualified people.
There is a very fine line between legal and illegal drugs - one could say that some lines make no sense at all.

daska

meritaten wrote: »

tiddlywinks - yes it has been re-categorised - but, hun no cop is going to arrest someone with enough for a couple of spliffs! they havent in the past and they wont do so now - its not worth the paperwork!
what I was pointing out was that cannabis as a drug is useful to some people - it does help thier medical condition - just like morphine does. which is heroin but in a controlled way and administered by qualified people.
There is a very fine line between legal and illegal drugs - one could say that some lines make no sense at all.

especially the white ones - never understood the desire myself LOL

OP - whilst I would agree that you're hardly a heavy user I would be tempted to give it a miss to work out if it is contributing. If it isn't then go back to enjoying it and if it is then count yourself lucky that you've found out.

And have an extra glass of water or hot marmite just to help make sure it isn't dehydration. There are many reasons for memory loss and TBH even just the stress of realising you have experienced some might be enough to trigger more, if that is the case. I have ME, my recent memory is, erm, what was I talking about...

Do you know any relaxation/ meditation/ mindfulness techniques? These might be a useful thing to practice until you see the GP.

alwaysbrassic

I know you say the occassional smoke will not harm you, but smoking certain substances definitely does. Having worked for a doctor sendin referrals a lot of the referrals of mental health problems were from men who smoked a certain banned substance.

pearl123

OP - Has your drinking increased? And do you binge drink at all? This could result perhaps in memory loss. Also a joint and drink together could have more of an effect on you now that you are older in age.

Also are your black holes actually black outs?

londonsurrey

I'd also invest in a carbon monoxide detector, just in case.

lostinrates

meritaten wrote: »

Excessive smoking of cannabis can cause mental problems - a few spliffs now and then cause no more problems than a few 'drinks' now and again.
cannabis is illegal if you supply it - a small amount for personal use is not going to land Rex in jail!
cannabis is also a very good narcotic where pain relief is concerned - much like morphine - which is derived from heroin.
Its ok to use heroin as morphine where pain relief is concerned - but buy it on the street and its illegal.

Meritaten, it depends on the person. I have lost two friends before i was teenty from canabis use. One cycled in to a spiral of depression, mental illness and killed herself, one had an extreme allergic type reaction and eventually died from causes related to that...i have further friends who i have no proof but for whom i notice a pattern in behaviour and depression related to smoking cannabis. I have several friends who smoke and have no such impact. But not enough to balance out the loss of two closer friends.

Cannabis is no more bad than alcochol, but its NOT universally harmless. I am far from an innocent myself, but i was very close to these two people, very close, and it always scares me that people think the risks a always negligable.

belfastgirl23

Good luck Rex, I don't think anyone can really tell what's happening here except for a trained medical professional. And you should probably come clean about your occasional cannabis use as well, just to give them the full picture.

I agree though that it's worth bringing someone with you who is prepared to push and explain that this is serious - perhaps one of the two friends who brought it to your attention to start with. You need to prepare yourself for that as well though, they've probably spoken to you gently and would need to speak to the GP in a different way.

Even if it is one of the diagnoses you fear, there are treatments available that are very effective in slowing the progress of particular diseases and the sooner you get a diagnosis the more helpful any intervention would be.

As a PS I think the 'Cannabis:Good or Bad" debate has had enough of an outing here and it's not going to be helpful to Rex to articulate it any further.

RacyRed

Sorry to read that you are worried Rex, good luck at the docs and I hope you get sorted soon.

Errrr, what was it you said was the problem?

marleyboy

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

So why suggest anything then? Couldn't you just have said "take care and good luck"?

Because OP asked. Its generally the norm to advise if a member asks a direct question.

Or we could go tip-toeing around the forums ignoring peoples questions just in case they don't like the answers given.

Simply saying "take care" in every situation we come across is hardly advice.

Would love to see how helpful it would be if my Doctor say to me "Good luck with your chest pains. Oh and do take care."