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Hey everyone.
So, in a couple of days time I will be able to order my third script.
First script was 30 g (20 g day, 10 g night). It lasted me about 3 weeks instead of 4, which I have to say did surprise me. The entire time I'd been a BM user, the most I've ever gone through was probably about 14 g in around 4 weeks, probably longer on average. On that basis I suspected I might be able to keep my MC relatively cheap and get a 20 g script, but initial consultant suggested 30 g so we went with that... and it was not enough =|.
Second script was 40 g, which based on the mathematics of my first script should have had me covered - but yet again I'm finding myself short a few days before the next script will arrive.
On both occasions when I've run out, when it gets to the last couple of days before refill arrives, my symptoms are noticeably on the return. Irritable, anxious, unfocussed, struggling to get out of bed etc, so it's not a good situation. I'd prefer to have some left over after the month to tide me over any delivery issues, etc, or to build a small surplus for a rainy day.
So, I'm trying to work out why this is. I don't think it's because medical is somehow weaker than BM. I think it's just that in the past the BM probably didn't cover me fully - I did still spend time battling with symptoms, and because refilling with BM was itself anxiety inducing I'd put it off and put it off, and in some cases go weeks without before refilling, so it was this cycle of being unmedicated/medicated on and off which probably isn't good. So you could argue I'm just using more because I'm using it properly now, as a medicine, where required to treat symptoms, whereas in the past I wasn't fully convinced I was "self-medicating" so my use pattern probably landed somewhere between heavy recreational and lightly-self medicating. It could also be that I'm medicating more simply because now that I'm a legitimate MC patient, there are more circumstances where I can now take my medicine where in the past I'd just suffer on without it for a while, e.g. going out walks, or visiting friends, etc.
I've also been purposefully not been trying to ration out my medication, and instead just seeing how much I use when I medicate when feel the need to, because I assumed that was the point of the first few months was to find the appropriate dose for my needs rather than arbitrarily trying to stick to a particular number of g. Perhaps when I switch to consciously trying to make my script last the specific amount of time it's supposed to, it will be fine.
Medically, I don't necessary mind if my script needs to go up another 10 g. It's just the additional cost, especially as I'd planned for a 20 g script when I started all of this.
So yeah, I thought I'd get your advice. Did anyone else see their usage increase significantly on MC vs BM? Should I view this as a problem or just see it as me finding my equilibrium with an appropriate script size? Should I ask for 10 g more at my next consultation and perhaps start thinking about value strains to keep the cost manageable? Or should I request higher strength strains at my same prescription size to see if extra THC % helps it last appropriately?
So, in a couple of days time I will be able to order my third script.
First script was 30 g (20 g day, 10 g night). It lasted me about 3 weeks instead of 4, which I have to say did surprise me. The entire time I'd been a BM user, the most I've ever gone through was probably about 14 g in around 4 weeks, probably longer on average. On that basis I suspected I might be able to keep my MC relatively cheap and get a 20 g script, but initial consultant suggested 30 g so we went with that... and it was not enough =|.
Second script was 40 g, which based on the mathematics of my first script should have had me covered - but yet again I'm finding myself short a few days before the next script will arrive.
On both occasions when I've run out, when it gets to the last couple of days before refill arrives, my symptoms are noticeably on the return. Irritable, anxious, unfocussed, struggling to get out of bed etc, so it's not a good situation. I'd prefer to have some left over after the month to tide me over any delivery issues, etc, or to build a small surplus for a rainy day.
So, I'm trying to work out why this is. I don't think it's because medical is somehow weaker than BM. I think it's just that in the past the BM probably didn't cover me fully - I did still spend time battling with symptoms, and because refilling with BM was itself anxiety inducing I'd put it off and put it off, and in some cases go weeks without before refilling, so it was this cycle of being unmedicated/medicated on and off which probably isn't good. So you could argue I'm just using more because I'm using it properly now, as a medicine, where required to treat symptoms, whereas in the past I wasn't fully convinced I was "self-medicating" so my use pattern probably landed somewhere between heavy recreational and lightly-self medicating. It could also be that I'm medicating more simply because now that I'm a legitimate MC patient, there are more circumstances where I can now take my medicine where in the past I'd just suffer on without it for a while, e.g. going out walks, or visiting friends, etc.
I've also been purposefully not been trying to ration out my medication, and instead just seeing how much I use when I medicate when feel the need to, because I assumed that was the point of the first few months was to find the appropriate dose for my needs rather than arbitrarily trying to stick to a particular number of g. Perhaps when I switch to consciously trying to make my script last the specific amount of time it's supposed to, it will be fine.
Medically, I don't necessary mind if my script needs to go up another 10 g. It's just the additional cost, especially as I'd planned for a 20 g script when I started all of this.
So yeah, I thought I'd get your advice. Did anyone else see their usage increase significantly on MC vs BM? Should I view this as a problem or just see it as me finding my equilibrium with an appropriate script size? Should I ask for 10 g more at my next consultation and perhaps start thinking about value strains to keep the cost manageable? Or should I request higher strength strains at my same prescription size to see if extra THC % helps it last appropriately?
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