These people think they might be on to something:
https://today.duke.edu/2020/05/neurobiologist-finds-potent-pain-suppression-center-brain
Of course the military will want it. And ordinary people won’t be able to afford it, if it comes to pass. Intriguing nonetheless, coming from a guy witha chronic pain problem.
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Interesting. I’ve been using CBD oil, Kratom, and the occasional THC puff to help me with my chronic anxiety. I hear these things help with physical pain as well.
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I have a stepson who has anxiety to the point he can’t really work/function in society. Weed helps. And it’s cheap considering how much money we have thrown at trying to get him good help via the system.
Even with insurance, getting therapy and meds costs quite a bit and they don’t help to any meaningful degree. It is frustrating as hell trying to get help.
But he can take a toke and get through the day with relatively low levels of stress. But you still never know from one day to the next how bad he will get. It’s a crap shoot every day.
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I’m far too familiar with what he’s living with.
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It seems several bloggers suffer from a multitude of chronic conditions. Fortunately, my only condition is getting old and decrepit. 👵
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OK, let’s not bring Trump into this, OK? 😀
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Heh 😀
I have more problems than a math book. But we persevere.
Old and decrepit apply at my house too.
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Jesus, can you imagine the money that could be made from this.
(sad to not even contemplate the possibility of another Jonas Silk)
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Yeah, somebody will get rich if they can perfect the treatment and make it mainstream.
I have to wonder though, pain is the way our body warns us imminent harm, if you can damn near completely block that pain response, you could conceivably catch your ass on fire and not know about it till you were dead…
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Selfawarepatterns did a post on the nature of pain (as a conditioner for future action) just last week.
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Who is this Selafawarepatterns you speak of?
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A sage, a savant, a very, very bright lad. Brilliant tech blog. This is the article I was talking about
https://selfawarepatterns.com/2020/05/26/pain-is-information-but-what-is-information/
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Thanks, that was a lively discussion. A bit out of my wheelhouse (wherever that is lol) but I could certainly get the gist of it all.
I went ahead and followed the blog 🙂
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I admit I shamefully had to look up Jonas Silk.
😎
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So did I 🙂 I knew the doctor who found the vaccine had given it to the world for free, but I had no idea what his name was.
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Isn’t it SALK, not Silk?
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Is it? LOL 🙂
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Yep, you’re right.
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Geeze! And I looked it up too, and did not catch the distinction. Thank you Nan. Now I feel more stupider this morning ;).
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