Study: Patients With Hypermobility Disorders Experience Less Pain, Consume Fewer Opioids Following Medical Cannabis Treatment
Study: Patients With Hypermobility Disorders Experience Less Pain, Consume Fewer Opioids Following Medical Cannabis Treatment
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*sad allergic to marijuana noises*
Yes, need an epied actually allergic.
Yes, reddit, people can be allergic to marijuana.
Yes, confirmed by a doctor.
Yes, I got almost misdiagnosed and sent home with a broken bone. Since it was low on my pain scale. And took just half of the prescription. No cannabis was needed, heard it’s good for lasting and small pain.
It’s a study based only on observational data. That means no experimental or quasi-experimental design. No random assignment, no control group, etc.
What immediately comes to mind for me is the documented comorbidity between hyper mobility and neaurodivergence.
Often people with ADHD and Autism have differences in the connections to the default mode network, it’s believed that this is what can lead to rumination or getting stuck in “thought loops”.
Getting stuck in this rumination when you have a chronic condition that causes pain, with no known solutions; is understandably distressing.
However, these people have survived living pain for extended periods, they often have strong compartmentalizing skills, and high tolerance for short term acute pain.
I suppose what I’m saying is, all other things equal, people with hyper mobility likely have very good systems for dealing with bodily pain, but when external stressors or other circumstances overwhelm the mind, it can become difficult to access these systems.
Anecdotally; I (35 M) am hyper mobile, I had my spine fused 12 weeks ago. I got diagnosed with ADHD and started medication 8 weeks ago, post surgery I became dependent on opiates, I was entirely dependent on pregablin for about 3 years, have been smoking half an ounce a week since I was 18.
I accidentally went cold turkey after starting vvaynse, pain levels dropped like lead balloon, and I am left wondering how much of it was the pain, and how much was my traitorous brain seeking dopamine by fixating on the pain.
Anyway; in conclusion. What this indicates to me, is that screening for neurodivergent traits (not necessarily to the level required for diagnosis) should be introduced to protocols for assessment and treatment of chronic pain, as there could be interventions at the psychiatric level that would not have been otherwise considered.