hi all,
does anybody know if cannabis could ease the affects of vertigo?and if so could you get a prescription from a doctor for a cannabis based medicine?
Or maybe a licence or whatever for growing weed.Would love to know if anybody has any information on this.

Why do you ask?

I very very much doubt it..

I don't think it would help me with vertigo, it makes it worse. Straight I could clime a high ladder without much issue, after a few wicked bongs I tend to over worry about the ladders safty, how high (sry) I am, the ladders footing ect...

Drugs sometimes have a different effect on different people though. And different strains or ammount taken may also have a big impact on the outcome.

I would love a stamp from the gov to grow and consume pot. That would be awsome. Better normalised though, of course.

Loftmonkey

Why do you ask?
cause my partner has vertigo and a few people have mentioned that cannabis helps,so i was wondering if anybody else has an opinion and she doesnt smoke and never has done but i do smoke a weed.

i sometimes have worked at heights in the past, an usually im ok, but stoned is more likely to get vertigo

Judging by your avi your in spain right? You can grow anyway.

Vertigo is the fear of heights, but also a medical condition where you get head spins and wobbly vision at times through-out the day, sometimes all day - at ground level. Medication is prescribed to ease the problem.

Someone in my family suffers from it and its not very pleasent. There isn't a chance they would ever smoke weed so i dont have the info you're asking. In my opinion i doubt it would help really.

Dopey.

I used to be a window cleaner.

I found when I smoked a spliff at work It gave me vertigo.

I gave the job up.

Hi red,

Sorry to hear about your wifes condition.

You could just try making some bud brownies and let her see if it helps.


Good Luck



HLT

thanks for the replies lads,

the reason she hasnt tried it , is because she doesnt want to try it cause, shes scared that it might make it worse.
thats why i asked on the site 1st just to be safe.
so by the looks of it, its not a wise choice, but its still not gonna stop me from growing as its my first grow and not a very good one this time.
but i will be better prepared for the next on.
As a licence to grow.you are already allowed to grow 2 where i live but i would like to grow a couple more without being paranoid to grow more than 2,

Hi redtilidie

I have suffered bouts of Vertigo over the years from quite bad ear infections and i smoked throughout, i can't honestly say it worsened the condition, i didn't notice any marked inprovement either except that i was stoned. The side effects of the vertigo were unusual, i would get glitches in my vision and the wierd sensation that my brain would flicker 'off' for a fraction of a second when i moved. So in that respect the weed calmed me down when i thought it was a far more serious problem thatn it turned out to be.

Good luck whatever you decide.

Some peep's seem to have vertigo a little confused.
A medical diagnosis of vertigo is going dizzy for no reason.
As appopsed to vertigo scared of height's they is different
what you looking for would be something on the couch lock side's of strains to reduce/slowdown the reaction of the horse shoe things in inner ear that give you balance

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iv'e suffered vertigo all my life, swings and roundabouts make me dizzy, ciggies and alcohol make me dizzy, lieing flat on my back makes me dizzy, i get travel sick, i cant stand on a boat when its in dock without getting dizzy, but i can smoke cannabis till it comes out my ears, i cant say it helps but it dont hinder.

try holding smoke in oral cavity and trying to blow it out your ears. you know like when your ride a plane and your ears stop up. ive done it many times when i stiffle coughing up a good hit.

always consult your personal physician first.
gen

Ménéirs disease maybe? Toking doesn't help, but it doesn't seem to make it worse.
You need serc to help the flow of fluids in the inner ear, and stemitil to get rid of the woozy sick feeling.

No the original poster said vertigo
Vertigo (from the Latin vertigin-, vertigo, "dizziness," originally "a whirling or spinning movement," from vertō "I turn"[1]) is a specific type of dizziness, a major symptom of a balance disorder. It is the sensation of spinning or swaying while the body is actually stationary with respect to the surroundings.

The effects of vertigo may be slight. It can cause nausea and vomiting and, in severe cases, it may give rise to difficulties with standing and walking.

Vertigo is qualified as height vertigo when referring to dizziness triggered by heights. "Vertigo" is often used, incorrectly, to describe the fear of heights, but the correct term for this is acrophobia.


vertigo is one of the symtom's of meneir's

Ménière's disease typically causes attacks of vertigo, hearing loss, and tinnitus (noises in the ear). The 'attacks' can vary in severity, and in how often they occur. Permanent hearing loss and/or permanent tinnitus may eventually develop in some cases. There is no cure, but treatment can help to ease and prevent symptoms.

The doc told my wife that if she were to lose her hearing and go deaf the Méniéres wouldn't bother her any more.
it's a terrible thing. The first time I found my wife "holding on to the floor" I called the clinic and the doc told me to leave her alone. He said that if I tried to lift her she would probably barf. I lifted off the floor anyway and she barffed and barffed. She gets some warning these days and she can make it to safety, but at the beginning she suffered from drop attacks and I would find her clinging on to things.
A real stinker is that she is never allowed to hold a drivers licence, or operate machinery

I have terrible vertigo, I can belaying in bed and not even moving and suddenly my head spins I have to alter my position real quick, its because of the damage when I fell off that 2nd balcony, bloody awful it is...and no..weed does not help me at all

My wife describes it as dizzy and sick with a rushing sound in her ears, and a big heavy weighted feeling in her forehead. The heavy forehead is what makes her fall, she follows it until she hits the deck. Big problems are elevators and escalators.

I had labyrinthitis (an infection of the vestibular labyrinth in the inner ear) for a few weeks which caused vertigo and it's very scary. I didn't smoke during the attacks as I couldn't do anything, when I did smoke I didn't enjoy it, it just made me feel weird.

I have vertigo caused by MS, weed doesn't help it and can occasionally worsen it slightly if I'm very tired. One thing which has helped though is doing Cawthorne Cooksey exercises on the recommendation of a neurophysiotherapist - they aim to retrain the vestibular system and can make you feel pretty rough at first so take perseverance, but they do improve vertigo and balance symptoms long-term for a lot of people, myself included.

Hi all,

Thanks for all your replies.
But it sounds like my girlfriend could have meneirs disease instead of vertigo.
She goes for the cat scan etc.next month to find the main cause whether it is vertigo or meneirs as it sounds similar or both.
She has been waiting for 7 or 8 months for the appointment,as we live abroad .
So by the looks of it,passing a spliff to her wont do her any good.
Does anybody know any treatment or therapy that reduces the occurences?