Getting flower prescribed for anxiety if you have COPD

[Mernie]

Hi,
I am looking into getting a prescription for general anxiety which was diagnosed a few years ago. I did use sertraline for about six months and completed a talking therapies course. The course was useful but not a solution really and I wont be touching sertraline again, it just flattens me out.
Since then I have tried full spectrum CBD oil from the UK and obtained some CBD oil with about 5% THC from a friend in the states, I have also tried vaping CBD and CBG flower. For the last 6 months I have been getting higher THC flower from the grey market. What seems to work best for me is to vaporise that one or two puffs at a time with the temp at about 173 degrees. In a month I would use about 35grams.
I stopped smoking tobacco in 2005, then as an ex-smoker I was invited to have a chest x ray in 2017, there were no dodgy shadows but my GP said that I had borderline / mild COPD. I have been going for lung function tests annually since then and there has been no decline and I have never had shortness of breath or breathing issues when going up stairs or when I go to the gym and I don't need any inhalers or treatment. So my question is would a clinic prescribe 30 - 40 grams of flower for me to vaporise with COPD, as I have found it a game changer.

It took me about six weeks to get my summary care record from my GP so that I could apply for a Cancard. The SCR is dated September would a clinic accept that as it is a couple of months old now?

Sorry about the long story any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[GrownHealth]

Hi,
I am looking into getting a prescription for general anxiety which was diagnosed a few years ago. I did use sertraline for about six months and completed a talking therapies course. The course was useful but not a solution really and I wont be touching sertraline again, it just flattens me out.
Since then I have tried full spectrum CBD oil from the UK and obtained some CBD oil with about 5% THC from a friend in the states, I have also tried vaping CBD and CBG flower. For the last 6 months I have been getting higher THC flower from the grey market. What seems to work best for me is to vaporise that one or two puffs at a time with the temp at about 173 degrees. In a month I would use about 35grams.
I stopped smoking tobacco in 2005, then as an ex-smoker I was invited to have a chest x ray in 2017, there were no dodgy shadows but my GP said that I had borderline / mild COPD. I have been going for lung function tests annually since then and there has been no decline and I have never had shortness of breath or breathing issues when going up stairs or when I go to the gym and I don't need any inhalers or treatment. So my question is would a clinic prescribe 30 - 40 grams of flower for me to vaporise with COPD, as I have found it a game changer.

It took me about six weeks to get my summary care record from my GP so that I could apply for a Cancard. The SCR is dated September would a clinic accept that as it is a couple of months old now?

Sorry about the long story any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

Welcome to the forum @Mernie and put up a sound case for Medical cannabis in my opinion and I don't think you will have any problems getting access from a clinic and don't be afraid to ask for what you feel you'll need as the idea is to treat your symptoms properly as you are already finding relief and you just want to do it legally and reliably .

The Cancard is a bit of a red herring and is not needed to access Medical Cannabis whatsoever and it's your SCR that is vital and they would accept it dated September and I would say just go ahead with your plans to apply to a clinic and I wouldn't think borderline mild COPD would get in the way of a flower prescription to vaporise

 

[Mernie]

Thank you, I'll do some more research on clinics now

 

[Spongecake]

Welcome and good luck.

My guess is that they might start you on a small dose for your first prescription just to check that you don't have side effects from the vaping, and then raise your allowance after the first month if all is well. I think this is more likely than being told a straight no. Then again they might not have any issue with it, given that you already vape without problems.

 

[Mernie]

Welcome and good luck.

My guess is that they might start you on a small dose for your first prescription just to check that you don't have side effects from the vaping, and then raise your allowance after the first month if all is well. I think this is more likely than being told a straight no. Then again they might not have any issue with it, given that you already vape without problems.

Thanks, I will bear that in mind. I have seen a number of studies on NORML that conclude that smoking (without tobacco) doesn't cause or worsen COPD. Bearing in mind that was smoking I should think vaping dry flower in a mighty or volcano would be even better.

 

[thegoonies2]

If you have no symptoms or any medical treatment targeting the COPD condition then I will say it's fine. I mean they could have been mistaken as they said borderline also gym information in important, if it was bad you would not be in the gym. I have asthma and ran into no issues because it's under control.

 

[Mernie]

If you have no symptoms or any medical treatment targeting the COPD condition then I will say it's fine. I mean they could have been mistaken as they said borderline also gym information in important, if it was bad you would not be in the gym. I have asthma and ran into no issues because it's under control.

Thanks thats helpful, I will be bringing up my exercise and diet etc when I book an appointment. The only controlled study, with no vested interest, I can find to improve lung function was to switch to a whole food plant based diet, the lung function of those who ate the standard western diet continued to decline.
Purely coincidentally I had been vegetarian for the last ten year, so it wasn't much of an adaptation. You might be interested to know that I have a friend who had a very severe asthma attack that hospitalised him for a few days. Since that episode he has been going to the gym and he still eats some meat but started eating a lot more fruits and vegetables etc and he has not required some of his inhalers for a while now. Thanks again.