I just want the pain relief, and I know it works for my pain. I know I won’t have to withdraw from it, and I will be taking the kind that doesn’t make me high. At that time I plan to switch to marijuana, which is legal in California where I live. Then I’ll start on withdrawing from Tramadol. I’m already off the Gabapentin, and I’m currently working on the Baclofen withdrawal which I should be free of by the end of this week. I am relying on my pharmacist and this Mayo Connect site to learn how slowly I need to withdraw from each medication. He has been no help in my efforts, not giving me any information about how to withdraw. My pain doctor seems unhappy with me since I told him I wanted to stop taking them. Just the fact that I’m having to withdraw slowly tells me I shouldn’t be taking the meds. I am currently working on weaning off all my prescribed pain medications because of their powerful side effects. Edibles seem to be much more powerful than tincture, or smoke. My experience with eating a chocolate that contained marijuana was that I got so high it scared me. Also I took your saying you “consumed” it to mean you had some edible that had pot in it. So, despite your being told or thinking you had high grade marijuana, you probably didn’t. The only other times were when it was very low grade marijuana. The very first time, I smoked I felt nothing. I have only 2 times when I had no effect from smoking marijuana. Now that I’m 68 years old, I am considering using only marijuana to deal with my chronic pain. I have tried marijuana over the years but mostly not for pain. I have tried to respond to your post 3 times prior to this time, and each time it suddenly disappeared.

You have that effect on me