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Intros Just joined. Can I increase dosage later on?
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Absolutely, prescribers will tend to start off low, especially if a patient does not have any prior experience with cannabis
See how you go with this 10g and then you should have a better idea what allowance to move up to in your next consultation, you should raise the point if your doctor doesn't
It's an ongoing thing between you and your doctor, so just be honest about what you are needing, and my advice would be to build in some headroom to allow for the clunky MC prescribing process - i.e. you realise you need 30g really a month, then ask your doctor for 40g so you have a bit of headroom to have a bit extra on hand
Absolutely, prescribers will tend to start off low, especially if a patient does not have any prior experience with cannabis
See how you go with this 10g and then you should have a better idea what allowance to move up to in your next consultation, you should raise the point if your doctor doesn't
It's an ongoing thing between you and your doctor, so just be honest about what you are needing, and my advice would be to build in some headroom to allow for the clunky MC prescribing process - i.e. you realise you need 30g really a month, then ask your doctor for 40g so you have a bit of headroom to have a bit extra on hand
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No problem, I understand. How about something like:
'I've used the 10g in X amount of time, so I think really I could do with Y grams a month allowance to cover my needs comfortably'
'I've used the 10g in X amount of time, so I think really I could do with Y grams a month allowance to cover my needs comfortably'
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It could be other things too depending on what you were prescribed
If you were given mood boost daytime type stuff then you might be interested in adding a more relaxing sedative nighttime strain for example so need more allowance to have more usage of different strains over the day.
Best advice is just be honest based on your situation, happily these doctors don't try to trip us up, they are there to help and provide medical oversight and safeguards
If you were given mood boost daytime type stuff then you might be interested in adding a more relaxing sedative nighttime strain for example so need more allowance to have more usage of different strains over the day.
Best advice is just be honest based on your situation, happily these doctors don't try to trip us up, they are there to help and provide medical oversight and safeguards
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Welcome to the forum @Rico96 and as @Lank72 says the doctors are helpful you'll find and the amount you have been prescribed doesn't allow for any variation like mentioned above as you may need one type during the day and another in the evening as most of us do so I would expect the doctor to be onboard with this as they are used to patients needing this kind of medical cannabis regime ,also if you have tolerance from using cannabis previously you may well need a bit more to treat your symptoms as a few of us have found out over time as we treat our symptoms round the clock now so don't worry about asking for a higher limit as you are at a very low starting point especially if you already used cannabis before becoming legal .
