I've been using medicinal marijuana (smoke pot) for three years with mixed results. How old is your son? It is not recommended for anyone under the age of 21 or if there is a family history of certain types of mental illness. You can message me privately if you want me to give you the full spiel.

I have read that smoking actually has beneficial effects for Ulcerative Colitis but is harmful to those with Crohn's. Personally I found that pot helped my UC on a temporary basis. I would be very very careful though because as much as people say that is not addictive take it from me, it absolutely is. If your son is feeling depressed then I definitely would not recommend it. I wish you and your son all the best and sincerely hope he finds something to help xx

I have UC, so not quite the same, but, for me, when i smoke pot, i feel better, and seem to have less bleeding,etc. I only very occasionally smoke pot now, but when i have some, i usually have a little each day for a few days until i run out and i feel pretty good for those few days. it helps with nausea and apatite more than anything else i know of. Also great for pain.

i smoked pot every day for 14 years, and quit when i got pregnant. Other than being having wierd dreams for a while, i didn't have any adverse effects from quiting, and i was a heavy user for years. i had symptoms of UC since i was a teenager, but never bleeding, or bad pain, until i quite smoking pot, then my symptoms went crazy and i finally got a diagnosis in my 30's. I have been in near constant flare for the last few years, and have not been smoking pot. i can only assume there is a connection.

the above is my personal experience and not scientific evidence of anything. I agree with KewlB about mixing marijuana with certain mental illnesses being a bad idea.

You may find this site helpful
http://medicalmarijuana.com/

you don't say whether he has uc or crohns. i've been there. went down to 70lbs at one time. i don't think pot is the answer. nausa medicine promethazine helps. i don't know what the doctor is doing. or how long on remicade but i'm on it and that's not any of the side effects. my inflamation caused me to be sick to my stomach and pain and i was down to 89 lbs . before i took remicade they put me on an azathioprine medicine and predisone for a month and it was amazing how fast i bouced back. then i started remicade. that was 2 1/2 months ago and i weigh 110 lbs now. i wish you luck. it's scary when you start losing so much weight.

Please get as much information as you can from other remicade users before you recommend pot to your son. It can be a depressive which your son doesn't need at this point. He needs to manage his stress and stay hopeful as you do too. The nausea will pass. Try warm teas: Ginger root is another excellent natural remedy for nausea. You can make my own. Most supermarkets carry ginger root. Clean the root. Boil some water and steep a few slices or more (depending how strong you want it ) in a tea pot or covered cup for 5 minutes or more again depending on the strength he can tolerate. Remove the ginger root. If the ginger root doesn't work how about sipping on some ginger ale. OR try to find Organic decaf peppermint tea bags and steep a pot. Always good for stomach nauseaness.
He'll eventually be able to keep down clear chicken broths with a little white rice. Keep it simple, fresh and unprocessed.
No fast food. Focus on one thing at a time, controlling the nausea and finding something he can keep down. Check with other Remicade users to see how they dealt with the stomach upset.

The stomach upset isn't from the remicade. He has always has stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting.. that is what sent us to the doctor in the first place and it took awhile to diagnose crohn's because it isn't the usual presentation. He has lost 50lbs in the last year and really can't afford to lose much more weight. He takes anti nausea pills and Hyomax but even that doesn't help much. He is ok for about 6 weeks after having the remicade then the nausea and vomiting comes back and he has only clear fluids (juice, or homemade chicken broth) and white rice and sometimes a little chicken until his next remicade treatment. His doctor acts like he should just learn to live with it. We are just getting desperate here.

Have you thought about LDN, Low Dose Naltrexone? I want to try it. I have been looking into alternative treatments for my CD. Many have found it difficult to get a prescription for it since it has not been "approved" for Crohn's Disease. I cant handle the side effects of Humira and I don't want to try another biological immunosuppressant.

I have used it for pain but it did not work. You will be hungry after taking it so it might help you to eat. Give it a try.

Why would pot be helpful for UC and harmful for CD? I am so curious!


Here is the thing with pot- back in college there were some friends of mine that were so fun to get stoned with and laugh and have a ball. We could handle our sh*t so to speak! Then there were others that were a nightmare, paranoia, annoying or just stressed out. Everyone reacts to it differently. It's like some people fall alseep when they are drunk and others get violent.

There is no telling if your son will feel.

Yeah, "back in college."