Quote:Have you ever been through the trauma that is chemo-therapy?  There really is no "legal" prescription drug that will do for a patient what marijuana will do.

 

No.

 

But as a epileptic who was diagnosed as a child. I have had close to 50 "violent" seizures in my life, with the most recent coming a few months ago. 

 

My seizures were at their most severe about 5-8 years ago. My neurologist put me through 3 different medications since I had outgrew my first prescription I had been on since I was a child. 

 

He then put me on a "limited" trial of medical marijuana. 

 

It didnt work for me being I began to suffer from abnormal heart rhythm and excessive tiredness. Being a guy who exercised and played sports regularly, I gained 7-13 pounds in about 4 months. That was counterproductive. He then put me on a medicine that has worked ever since and that was keppra. 

 

I spoke with multiple people through Facebook and the local chapter of epilepsy group here who either prescribed, or tried marijuana to help with their condition and it did very little. 

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