Epilepsy and Medical MJ

Originally Posted by Jimmy Joe

Hey People, I am new to this forum and was curious. How many other people here smoke marijuana to help control their seizures?

I started smoking about two months ago and have seen a dramatic decline in my seizures, especially with the partial complex ones.

So I was wondering, does smoking the weed help prevent your seizures? Do you have less seizure activity?

.... I've interviewed several epileptics who say they are able to control their seizures. One person in particular explained that he has been trained in a particular breathing exercise which can delay onset of a seizure for 45 seconds or so. This gives him time to find safe harbor. Recently he is using this time to light the pipe he now carries with him everywhere. He claims that he is able to fend off the seizure completely when he can act fast enough. I've heard of others who are also using M for their epilepsy. As it is now clearly established as an anti-spasmodic, this makes perfect sense. Hope helps.

Originally Posted by Jimmy Joe

Hey People, I am new to this forum and was curious. How many other people here smoke marijuana to help control their seizures?

I started smoking about two months ago and have seen a dramatic decline in my seizures, especially with the partial complex ones.

So I was wondering, does smoking the weed help prevent your seizures? Do you have less seizure activity?

Hey there. I am an epileptic (petit-mal/absence seizures, was diagnosed at age 12, now almost 31) who has a medical marijuana license.

I smoke to help reduce the frequency of my daytime seizures, but I find that it really helps in controlling my sleep-seizures. I usually have anywhere from 2 to as many as 10 seizures per night, even with my regimen of Carbamazepine and diet. Smoking before bed will either completely eliminate these seizures, or make it so that I sleep right through them without noticing. It's not as effective at reducing my waking-hour seizures, although I do get a bit of relief from epilepsy-induced headaches and the morning migraines that I suffer from a few times every week.

What kind of strains have you been using? I find that Indica-heavy strains work better at controlling my evening seizures (I smoke heavily right before bedtime, and then zonk out), and Sativa-heavy strains are better during the day, when I need to maintain some of my mental faculties.

I also smoke if I feel like I am right on the edge of having a seizure. I'm sure you know what I am talking about, the feeling you get right before you zone out, kind of a tunnel-vision type-of-effect, or a loss of balance, and the feeling of a loop being played over and over in your head… if I smoke when I feel like that, it will almost always trigger the seizure, and allow me to continue with the rest of my day without that horrible twitchy-seizurey feeling bouncing around my skull.

So, depending on when I use it, I can either block seizures from happening, or force them to happen. It's a mixed bag...

What kind of experiences have you had so far? I have yet to meet another epileptic with a medical marijuana license, and I'd be interested in comparing effects and experiences with you...

Originally Posted by SweetestThing

Hey there. I am an epileptic (petit-mal/absence seizures, was diagnosed at age 12, now almost 31) who has a medical marijuana license.

I smoke to help reduce the frequency of my daytime seizures, but I find that it really helps in controlling my sleep-seizures. I usually have anywhere from 2 to as many as 10 seizures per night, even with my regimen of Carbamazepine and diet. Smoking before bed will either completely eliminate these seizures, or make it so that I sleep right through them without noticing. It's not as effective at reducing my waking-hour seizures, although I do get a bit of relief from epilepsy-induced headaches and the morning migraines that I suffer from a few times every week.

What kind of strains have you been using? I find that Indica-heavy strains work better at controlling my evening seizures (I smoke heavily right before bedtime, and then zonk out), and Sativa-heavy strains are better during the day, when I need to maintain some of my mental faculties.

I also smoke if I feel like I am right on the edge of having a seizure. I'm sure you know what I am talking about, the feeling you get right before you zone out, kind of a tunnel-vision type-of-effect, or a loss of balance, and the feeling of a loop being played over and over in your head… if I smoke when I feel like that, it will almost always trigger the seizure, and allow me to continue with the rest of my day without that horrible twitchy-seizurey feeling bouncing around my skull.

So, depending on when I use it, I can either block seizures from happening, or force them to happen. It's a mixed bag...

What kind of experiences have you had so far? I have yet to meet another epileptic with a medical marijuana license, and I'd be interested in comparing effects and experiences with you...

My husband was diagosed with epilepsy last June. He has grand mal and partial complex seizures. Cannabis has been of great assistance for a variety of reasons. When it comes to seizure control, the only way it has particularly helped him is with stress reduction. Stress is a trigger for him and he's usually able to relax and calm himself with indica-heavy strains.
He also uses it so that he can stomach all his medications. He's currently on carbamazepine, Lamictal and Keppra. Really hard on the body.
One of the most helpful benefits is pain relief and appetite stimulation following his grand mals. He usually strains the majority of muscles in his body and the following three days are agonizing. Edibles and tinctures give him exceptional relief- allowing him to sleep without Vicodan or Percoset- more liver damage with those.
He also loses his ability to taste or smell for a week or more after grand mals. He has to eat regularly- low blood sugar is another trigger-but everything tastes like "burning metal". Thanks to pot for giving him enough appetite to ingest food even when he doesn't want to.
I read an article that identified a strain called Green Queen for medicinal use in epilepsy. We've been putting in a lot of effort to track it down but haven't found it in Colorado. We've been trying to find additional information about epilepsy appropriate strains, too.
Hope our experience helps you.

I have not broken down this compiled list of medical specific strains to just pain or seizures, as I feel it will be more beneficial to many with varying ailments/diseases. You can use your browsers 'Find on this page' function (with IE) to quickly locate the strains containing the key words you seek. Hope this helps, as I am a pain sufferer and have a friend who uses Romulan for thier seizures.
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Medicinal Strain List (A-Z)

(Afghanica) Nausea, pain

(Afghooie x Haze) PMS

(AK-47) Pain, nausea, depression, insomnia, headache

(Alien Train Wreck) Asthma

(Apollo 13) Back pain

(Auntie Em) Crohn's Disease, MS

(Aurora Indica) Nausea, joint pain, arthritis

(Berry-Bolt) Insomnia, joint pain

(Big Bang) Used to sedate and relieve stress & anxiety amongst sufferers of severe anxiety,etc.(EDITED/ADDED by Apprentice.Source Greenhouse seeds Co.)Cannabis cup winner, the reviews mention its medicinal properties.

(Big Kahuna) Herniated disc pain, arthritis

(Black on Blue Widow) HIV, back pain

(Black Vietnamese) Nausea, muscle spasms, pain

(Blue Fruit) Crohn's Disease, muscle spasms

(Blue Moon Rocks) Anxiety, depression, insomnia

(Blue Satellite x Jack Herer) Depression, nausea

(Blue Satellite) Pain, nausea, insomnia, anxiety, muscle tension

(Blueberry) Nausea, insomnia, pain

(Bog Sour Bubble) Pain, anxiety

(Bonzo Bud) Body pain, migraine

(Budacolumbia) Nausea

(Burmaberry) Migraine, depression

(Burmese pure) Anxiety, depression

(Burmese) Pain

(C99 x Great White Shark) Anxiety

(Cali-O) Nausea

(Catalyst) PMS

(Cinderella 99) Nausea

(CIT) Pain, nausea, insomnia

(Citral) Insomnia

(Cripple Creek) Ankylosing Spondilitis, Hepatitis C, Degenerative Disc Disease, IBS, Interstitial Cystitis, Chronic Rotator Cuff Disease

(Deep Chunk) Joint pain, insomnia

(Dynamite) Asthma, Crohn's Disease, Hepatitis C

(East Coast Sour Diesel) Edema, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, radiculopathy

(El Nino) Nausea, insomnia

(Fieldale Haze) Anxiety, back pain

(Fig Widow) Back pain, psychosis

(Firecracker) Anxiety, depression, nausea

(G13 x HP) Nausea, joint pain, insomnia

(G-13) Depression, pain, ADD, ADHD

(Grapefruit) Arthritis, Hepatitis C, pain, nausea

(Green Queen) Epilepsy, neck/spine pain

(Green Spirit x Timewarp x Herijuana) RLS, insomnia, migraine, joint pain

(Green Spirit) Nausea, headache, body pain

(Herijuana x Trainwreck) Diabetic neuropathy, joint pain, insomnia, MS

(Herijuana) Pain, nausea, insomnia

(Ice Princess x Bubblegum) Migraine

(Jack Herer) Anxiety, fibromyalgia

(Jacked #14) Nausea

(John Paul Jones) Body pain

(Juicy Fruit) Insomnia, joint pain, anxiety

(Kali Mist) Nausea, depression

(Kal-X) Body pain

(Killer Queen) Depression, back pain

(Krinkle x Kush x Freezeland) MS muscle spasms

(Leda Uno) Insomnia

(Legends Ultimate Indica x Herijuana) Muscle spasms, pain

(Legends Ultimate Indica) Insomnia, IBS

(Lemon Chemo) Insomnia, back pain, migraine

(Lemon Haze) RLS, chronic fatigue

(Lifesaver) Nausea, headache, pain, insomnia

(Lollipop) Cachexia, degenerative bone/disc disease, edema, general pain, general seizures, glaucoma, migraine, MS, nausea, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

(Lowryder) Nausea, pain, headache

(LSD) Nausea, anxiety, depression, headache

(M-39) Depression

(Magic Crystal) Migraine, PMS, depression, SADS, mania, nausea

(Mango x Northern Lights # 5) Pain, nausea, insomnia, anxiety

(Mango) Back pain, nausea

(Masterkush) Nausea

(Medicine Woman) Diabetic neuropathy, general pain, general seizures, glaucoma, Hepatitis C, muscle spasms, nausea, radiculopathy

(Misty) Hepatitis C, back pain, insomnia, nausea

(Motarebel Oguana Kush) Nerve Pain, muscle spasms, back pain, headache, insomnia

(Mountainberry) Insomnia, migraine, pain

(New York Diesel) Migraine

(Northern Lights # 1) Arthritis

(Northern Lights # 2) Nausea, insomnia

(Northern Lights x Jamaican) Arthritis

(Northern Lights x Cinderella 99) Depression

(Northern Lights x Shiva) Body pain, back pain, toothache

(Northern Lights) Anxiety, radiculopathy, insomnia

(Northernberry) Pain

(Oak Goo) Pain, anxiety

(Oregon 90) Insomnia, joint pain, RLS, pain, nausea

(Original Mystic) Epilepsy

(Phaght Betty) Cachexia, degenerative bone/disc disease, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

(Queen Bee) Neck/spine pain

(Sensi Star) Migraine

(Shiskaberry x Dutch Treat) Migraine, anxiety, insomnia, nausea

(Shiskaberry x Hash Plant) Anxiety, nausea

(Skunk # 1) Nausea

(Snow White) PMS

(Sour Saver) Insomnia, joint pain, nausea

(Stardust 13) Pain, nausea, insomnia

(Strawberry Cough) Back pain, depression

(Super Impact x AK-47) Pain, insomnia

(Super Impact) Nausea, insomnia, muscle pain, depression, anxiety, SADS, mania

(Super Silver Haze) Nausea, depression

(Super Thai) Depression

(Swamp Mix) Depression

(Sweet Blu) Degenerative bone/disc disease, diabetic neuropathy, edema, fibromyalgia, muscle spasms, nausea, neck/spine pain

(Sweet Tooth # 3) Depression

(Trainwreck x Herijuana) Nausea

(Trainwreck) Anxiety, arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, depression

(TW x LUI) Arthritis, nausea

(TX) Arthritis, asthma, general pain, general seizures, glaucoma, MS

(Ultra Green) Insomnia

(Wakeford) Anxiety, nausea, insomnia

(White Rhino) Body pain, back pain, joint pain, insomnia

(White Russian) Pain, nausea

(White Widow x Big Bud) Depression

(White Widow) Cachexia, Hepatitis C, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

(Wisp) Nausea, headache

(WR) Muscle pain, nausea, insomnia

Medicinal Strain List (Details)

Afghani #1
Lineage: Landrace
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering period: 45 days
Yield: Average to good
Afghani #1 is a classic. Compact, easy to grow, and potent, it is exactly what you’d expect out of a landrace Afghani. Lots of resin production and a hashy, earthy taste and its couchlock indica high are great, though they don’t often measure up to today’s fancy hybrids.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

AK-47
Lineage: Colombian, Mexican, Thai and Afghani
Breeder: Serious seeds
Flowering period: 53 - 63 days
Yield: Good to great
Strong smell, compact buds, great yield, and easy to grow. Compact stature. Look for the cherry smelling pheno. High is cerebral but not overpowering.
Recommended for: chronic pain

Apollo 11
Lineage: C'99 x Genius (Jack Herer) / [shivaskunk x JH f2] x shivaskunk
Breeder: Brothers Grimm
Flowering period: 45-55 days
Yield: Average to good
This is a great sativa for those who don’t have the time for a plant like Haze. It tends to be very branchy, but it’s very forgiving to grow, and has a remarkably short flowering period for such a sativa plant. It has an up, creative high and a lemony taste.
Recommended for: epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses

Big Bud
Lineage: Skunk #1 x Afghani
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering period: 50-65 days
Yield: Outrageous
If you’re looking to get the highest yield per plant possible, Big Bud is where it’s at. Unfortunately, its other characteristics don’t match its yield. It has a skunky but not powerful smell, and the high is typically indica. Between its low potency and the low ceiling of the high, it doesn’t make the best medical marijuana. Mr. Nice’s Critical Mass is a rebreed of Big Bud that fixes some of the potency issues. Big Bud is also very susceptible to bud rot and other kinds of mold.
Recommended for: anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Blueberry
Lineage: Juicy Fruit(highland) Thai x Afghani male x Chocolate Thai x Highland Oaxacan Gold
Breeder: DJ Short
Flowering period: 45-55 days
Yield: Average
Blueberry is very unique marijuana. It tends to turn from partially purple to full on blue, and if grown properly smells and tastes like blueberry muffins. The high is euphoric, uplifting, and comfortable. Blueberry can be difficult to grow, and is very sensitive to nutrients. Be sure not to overfeed.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Bubblegum
Lineage: Big Skunk with some Northern Lights
Breeder: Serious seeds
Flowering period: 56-63 days
Yield: Good to great
Bubblegum tastes and smells exactly like what the name suggests. It has a powerful, euphoric, narcotic, indica stone and is very easy to grow. It is of medium to tall stature, and generally not very branchy.
Recommended for: muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

California Orange
Lineage: Thai x [Afghani x Acapulco Gold]
Breeder: Nirvana seeds
Flowering Period: 56-70 days
Yield: Good
California orange, when grown well, has a sweet orange taste, but the potency is definitely lacking. The high is fairly typically indica, though not overwhelmingly so. It’s a pretty forgiving plant to grow, but it fails to excel in any one aspect.

Chronic
Lineage: NL x Afghan x NL / NL x Big Bud x Afghan
Breeder: Serious seeds
Flowering Period: 53-63 days
Yield: Good to great
Chronic was bred to be a good commercial variety. It isn’t a branchy plant, and it doesn’t respond well to topping, but it grows giant buds, which makes it well suited for SOG. Its mild, sweet smell and typical indica stone are nothing special but pleasant nonetheless.
Recommended for: muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Cinderella 99
Lineage: ShivaSkunk x [sensi Jack Herer x Jack Herer]
Breeder: Brothers Grimm, several knockoffs
Flowering period: 60 days
Yield: Good
If you want a sativa high but don’t have the room or the time to do it, C99 is for you. The high is all sativa—heady and racy. But it flowers very quickly, and though it’s stretchy, it’s nothing like growing a full sativa. The taste and smell are a combination of citrus and floral, very refreshing.
Recommended for: epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses

F-13
Lineage: Juicy Fruit(highland) Thai x Afghani male x Chocolate Thai x Highland Oaxacan Gold
Breeder: DJ Short
Flowering period: 49-63 days
Yield: Average to good
The most outstanding characteristic of F-13 is its amazing, powerful, and clear high. The second is that the plant turns purple, sometimes fully so but usually only partially. It grows like a stretchy sativa, but it’s nowhere near as bad as a landrace and its short flower time keep its stature in check. The smell and taste are a combination of earthy and vanilla-y.
Recommended for: epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses

Haze
Lineage: Thai x Columbian x Mexican x Vietnamese
Breeder: The Flying Dutchman
Flowering Period: 12-16 weeks
Yield: Low to Average
Haze is an interesting plant in that it actually makes a better breeder than it does a grower. It passes on its best characteristics, but alone, it's hard to grow and not worth the trouble. It has a sweet, sandalwood, spicy taste, and a very up, sativa, energetic high. It takes forever to flower, needs a ton of headroom, and is very sensitive to nutrients, so it’s not recommended for beginners.
Recommended for: Crohn’s Disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses

Hindu Kush
Lineage: Landrace
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 45-50 days
Yield: Average to Good
Hindu Kush is a short, single-cola dominant indica that produces fat, sweet buds with a heavy stone. It is remarkably easy to grow, and has a very short flowering period. Pefect for SOG.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

HOG
Lineage: Kush x Afghani
Breeder: T.H. seeds
Flowering Period: 56-63 days
Yield: Good
Strong, skunky smell and a knockout indica high combined with being easy to grow and a good yielder make this both a grower’s and a smoker’s favorite. Its short stature and big, fat, greasy colas make it perfectly suited to a SOG.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Jack Herer
Lineage: Skunk #1 x Northern Lights #5 x Haze
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 50-70 days
Yield: Average to Great
Jack Herer’s sativa phenotypes are average-yielding and Haze-dominant, while the indica dominant phenos look more like NL#5 and yield excellently. Both phenos have an up, energetic, sativa high, and are completely covered in trichomes. Jack Herer tends to be a stretchy plant, so be sure you have enough headroom, especially if you have the sativa phenotype.
Recommended for (sativa phenos): epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses
Recommended for (indica phenos): chronic pain, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Kali Mist
Lineage: Haze x Skunk hybrid / Cambodian sativa x Silver Haze
Breeder: Serious seeds
Flowering Period: 70-90 days
Yield: Average to good
Kali Mist is a nearly pure sativa with a potent, up, energetic high and a hazy, pine taste. It stretches dramatically, so make sure you have room to grow it. It’s very mold resistant. Great headstash but not for beginners.
Recommended for: Crohn’s Disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses

Lavender
Lineage: Super Skunk x Big Skunk Korean x Afghani-Hawaiian
Breeder: SOMA seeds
Flowering Period: 56-63 days
Yield: Average to good
Lavender turns a very pretty purple color, and has a sweet, herbal, spicy candy taste. It has a classic, heavy indica stone—not daytime medicine. It’s fairly easy to grow, and can be a very good yielder if given the right care.
Recommended for: chronic pain, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Legends Ultimate Indica
Lineage: Ortega x Sweet Tooth #2
Breeder: Legends Seed Co.
Flowering Period: 49-63 days
Yield: Great
LUI is a great indoor plant—potent, good yielding, and easy to grow. It tastes like candy, and certain specimens can even change colors. Tight, compact buds and a heavy indica stone, as the name suggests. Short, compact stature.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Mazar
Lineage: Afghani x Skunk #1
Breeder: Dutch Passion
Flowering Period: 56-63 days
Yield: Good
Mazar has a nicely balanced indica/sativa high and is an exceptionally easy, forgiving plant to grow. It is compact in stature and there is little phenotypic variation.
Recommended for: anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Maple Leaf Indica
Lineage: Afghani
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 45-50 days
Yield: Good
Maple Leaf Indica is a knockout indica from Sensi’s vintage Afghanica stock. Abundant resin production makes it great for hash making. The taste is syrupy sweet with some citrus. Expect little stretch and dense nuggets.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Mr. Nice
Lineage: G-13 x Hash Plant
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 60 days
Yield: Good
Mr. Nice is a knock-down, drag-out indica to rival any. It has a hashy, earthy taste, and its resin production is out of this world—great for making hash or other extracts. Its high is extremely munchie-inducing and put-you-to-bed potent, and it’s fairly forgiving to grow.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Neville's Haze
Lineage: Thai x Colombian with a 1/4 NL#5
Breeder: Greenhouse Seed Co, Mr. Nice
Flowering Period: 12-14 weeks
Yield: Good
Neville’s Haze is an almost pure haze with some Northern Lights bred into it to tame it somewhat for indoor growing. However, it is still not a plant for the novice or impatient. It will wrap itself around the lights very quickly, and it takes forever to flower. But if you’re looking for the classic haze high and taste, look no further.
Recommended for: Crohn’s Disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses

New York City Diesel
Lineage: Mexican Sativa x Afghani
Breeder: SOMA seeds
Flowering Period: 70 days
Yield: Good
NYC Diesel is best known for its citrus-grapefruit-lemon-fuel stench. It’s not quite as potent as Sour Diesel, but it packs quite a punch. The high is powerful and sometimes overwhelming, with both sativa and indica effects. Be sure you have enough odor control when growing this.
Recommended for: anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Northern Lights #5
Lineage: Afghani x Skunk #1 x Haze
Breeder: Varied
Flowering Period: 45-55 days
Yield: Great
One of the first successful hybrids of sativa and indica, Northern Lights changed the world of indoor growing. It combined a short flower period, a very high yield, good potency, a short, bushy profile, and ease of growing—a perfect indoor plant. The high is a classic indica couchlock, and the taste is hashy and earthy. It’s more of a grower’s plant than a smoker’s plant, but it’s always a safe bet.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Romulan
Lineage: California X [White Rhino X White Rhino]
Breeder: Federation Seed Co
Flowering Period: 55-60 days
Yield: Average
Romulan is a very strong mostly indica that tastes and smells like rotten fruit and black pepper. It is a striking dark green mottled with dark purple. Short plants and dense buds make this a good choice for a SOG setup.
Recommended for: chronic pain, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Shiva Skunk
Lineage: NL #5 x Skunk #1 [male]
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 45-55 days
Yield: Good
Shiva Skunk has a musky, skunky smell and a heavy smoke with mixed sativa and indica effects. It grows with indica dominant traits, and is remarkably hardy.

Silver Haze
Lineage: NL x Haze
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 65-75 days
Yield: Average to good
Though the haze is brought under control somewhat by the NL influence, this is still very much a sativa dominant plant. It stretches dramatically, the buds are airy and elongated, and the high is pure psychedelic sativa. Outrageous resin production makes this great for making kief or hash.
Recommended for: epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses

Skunk #1
Lineage: 25% afghani, 25% Acapulco Gold, 50% Colombian Gold
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 45-50 days
Yield: Good
Skunk #1 is the classic from back in the ‘90s. Remember the stuff that made you think you’d just hit a skunk when you opened the bag? This is it. Easy to grow with consistently good yields, but if you smoke too much the high can get uncomfortably racy.
Recommended for: appetite stimulant

Sour Diesel
Lineage: [(SensiNL X MassSuperSkunk) X Dawg/Chem] X DNL
Breeder: Reservoir seeds
Flowering Period: 75 days
Yield: Good
Sour Diesel has a stench like no other: citrus sour with ammonia, diesel fuel and skunk. It punches you in the face with an extremely powerful high and doesn’t let go. Sour Diesel is very sensitive to light leaks, but if treated well it will give you some of the best smoke you’ve ever tasted. Expect significant stretch.
Recommended for: chronic pain, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Strawberry Cough
Lineage: Strawberry Fields x Haze
Breeder: Dutch Passion
Flowering Period: 63 days
Yield: Average
A sweet, strawberry smell and taste and a comfortable, dreamy, euphoric high make this a nice smoke, but it is a relatively low yielder and produces leafy, airy buds that are hard to trim. Don’t expect every example to smell like strawberries, either—it may take a little imagination with some.
Recommended for: Recommended for: anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Super Silver Haze
Lineage: [NL x Nevilles Haze] x [Skunk x Nevilles Haze]
Breeder: Mr. Nice
Flowering Period: 56-70 days
Yield: Average to great
Super Silver Haze is one of the most revered strains in cannabis lore. It won the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Cannabis Cups in a row, and for good reason—its soaring, euphoric high and floral, sweet taste and smell are truly unique. The more indica phenotypes have the potential to be monster yielders, but the sativa phenotypes are generally more potent.
Recommended for (sativa phenos): epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses
Recommended for (indica phenos): chronic pain, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Super Skunk
Lineage: Afghani x Skunk #1
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 45-50 days
Yield: Good
Super Skunk is a great first plant to grow. It’s hearty and hard to kill, it yields well, and its smell harkens back to the skunky, pungent stench that pot smelled like before all of the berry and diesel strains took over. Though its sativa parentage means it stretches more than your average indica, it makes a great indoor plant that will reward hard work with giant colas.

Sweet Tooth #3
Lineage: Sweetpink Grapefruit x Blueberry x Grapefruit f1
Breeder: Spice of Life
Flowering Period: 56 days
Yield: Great
Sweet Tooth is a favorite of commercial growers in Canada. Hearty, easy to grow and a great yielder combine with a heavy, sedative stone and an almost cloyingly sweet taste to make this a prizewinner several times over.
Recommended for: chronic pain, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

Trainwreck
Lineage: Afghani x [Lowland Thai x Mexican/columbian]
Breeder: Clone only, Greenhouse Seed Co has a ripoff
Flowering Period: 60-70 days
Yield: Average
Trainwreck is a mostly sativa plant from Humboldt County, California that is famous for its pepper/lemon/catpiss smell and its powerful, up high.

Ultimate Afghan Kush
Lineage: (Pure Afghani x Unknown Kush, F4) x Legends Ultimate Indica
Breeder: Private
Flowering Period: 55-60 days, some variation
Yield: Good
Expect big, fat colas with a pungent pine-lemon-sweet aroma. Hearty plants with good mold resistance make this a good choice for beginners. Some stretch, but minimal. The high is on the psychedelic side of indica, but less so in the phenotypes that lean toward LUI.
Recommended for: chronic pain, muscle spasms, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

White Rhino
Lineage: White widow x Afghani
Breeder: Greenhouse, Nirvana
Flowering Period: 56-63 days
Yield: Good
A spicy strong smell, killer resin production, and a knockout high combine to make this super-potent indica a famous one. The high can actually be too intense for some, so beware. White Rhino’s particularly forgiving to grow, though it can be susceptible to mold.
Recommended for: chronic pain, anti-nausea, anti-emetic, and appetite stimulant

White Russian
Lineage: AK-47 x White Widow
Breeder: Serious seeds
Flowering Period: 53-63 days
Yield: Good
This is an F1 cross that results in stable, medium height plants with dense, resin-covered tops. The potency is in line with what you would expect from a cross between two legends such as these.

White Widow
Lineage: Brazilian x Indian
Breeder: Sensi seeds
Flowering Period: 50-65 days
Yield: Average
White Widow can be too potent of a smoke for some, but those who can handle the intensity of the high get to enjoy one of the most legendary plants of the 1990s. A combination of high resin production and a pale shade of green makes the buds appear “white”, hence the name.
Recommended for: epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and other seizure-related illnesses.

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I see a few for asthma, can you verify these strains or any more info? I cant make my mind up on what to grow atm, as im a more of a conisuer im usually interested in taste but I suffer from asthma as tho its not extreme these strains caught my eye. Ill be forwarding this page to a friend of mine hes in a wheelchair and uses marijuana medicinally for pain in his legs, im not exactly sure of his illness but i think its along the lines of a problem with joints so hopefully he'll find this thread usefull. + rep

Originally Posted by mtncaregiver

My husband was diagosed with epilepsy last June. He has grand mal and partial complex seizures. Cannabis has been of great assistance for a variety of reasons. When it comes to seizure control, the only way it has particularly helped him is with stress reduction. Stress is a trigger for him and he's usually able to relax and calm himself with indica-heavy strains.
He also uses it so that he can stomach all his medications. He's currently on carbamazepine, Lamictal and Keppra. Really hard on the body.
One of the most helpful benefits is pain relief and appetite stimulation following his grand mals. He usually strains the majority of muscles in his body and the following three days are agonizing. Edibles and tinctures give him exceptional relief- allowing him to sleep without Vicodan or Percoset- more liver damage with those.
He also loses his ability to taste or smell for a week or more after grand mals. He has to eat regularly- low blood sugar is another trigger-but everything tastes like "burning metal". Thanks to pot for giving him enough appetite to ingest food even when he doesn't want to.
I read an article that identified a strain called Green Queen for medicinal use in epilepsy. We've been putting in a lot of effort to track it down but haven't found it in Colorado. We've been trying to find additional information about epilepsy appropriate strains, too.
Hope our experience helps you.

Thanks for the reply. My situation is similar to your husband's; the more stressed out I am, the more prone to seizures I am. I'm currently on carbamazepine (a generic called Epitol), and am shopping around right now for a secondary medication, or to switch away from carbamazepine altogether, as it isn't working at all anymore, and I'm already at my maximum dosage. I used to take Lamictal, but had severe stomach pains and a burn-like rash that appeared after only a week or so of use, and I took Keppra for a few years until it stopped working completely.

I'll check around for that Green Queen strain, and if I come across anything, I'll let you know.

Take care

ive been diagnosed with grand maul/and complex partial seizures since i was 12 and im 26 now i started taking medical mj 2 years ago. it has helped me reduce my number of seziures 10 fold but i found it helps the best counteracting a lot of the side effects you get from the medications they doctors prescribe (if you havnt been able to control them completly with meds), such as mood swings, depression, and all of the physcological reactions. but it has helped me the best on gaining weight. im 6'3" and for about a year i was only 115 pounds and i always felt sickly from the lamigtol, they had me on but the marijuana was the only thing that helped with my appetite even the doctor was suprised (and a little pissed cuz she didnt agree) but after being on every single med known to science for epilepsy and not having my quality of life improve (most of the meds made it worse). Its pretty sad the only help i found was from a medicine the federal government doesnt even consider to have any medicinal properties. i smoke white and black widow, purple strains for help with sleeping and appetite and a SShaze+ak 47 i bred for the daytime cuz it sits light doesnt knock u down but get rid of the nasty stomach cramps i get. hope this helps but remember alot of strains affect people based on metabolism, sensitivity and varying other things so the best thing ive found is to just sample different strains and see what works out best for you.