I recently went to a new specialist regarding my essential tremors.
- My family physician said he couldn’t do much for me but to supply me anxiety pills to help relax me.
I was relaxed, plus he had already confirmed that the essential tremor was coming from a compressed nerve plus not a worried problem. I didn’t want to get my body dependent upon anxiety meds. I told him I would rather put up with some shaking in my hands than to get hooked on medication. He sent me to a specialist to see if there was anything they could do. The specialist told me that the tremors were coming from a pinched nerve located in the shoulder. I took some tests which led him to tell me he could operate on the shoulder, but he would rather see the muscles loosen on their own so the nerve would be unpinched on its own. He said I could take some medication to help the muscles and nerves, but he instead thought I should try medical marijuana ointment rubbed into the shoulder. The marijuana cream would help to calm the muscle and unpinch the nerve. He gave me a prescription for the medical marijuana cream but also said that CBD cream might also work. He explained that if I got the right amount of CBD with just a hint of THC, it would probably be just as good. Since I had the prescription, I got my medical marijuana card and consulted with someone at the marijuana dispensary. I was ecstatic the specialist had mentioned the CBD cream. The budtender showed me a CBD cream that was considered high in CBD and low in THC, plus I bought it.