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I have had insomnia since 2nd grade and I have tried many many different methods to help me sleep. I have been prescribed sleep aid such as ambien and lunesta; these put me to sleep but the side effects are intolerable( I experienced loss of memory of the night i take it and it made me suicidally depressed if I was under any sort of stress). I have tried warm milk before bed, hot soothing tea, hot showers before bed, rigorous exercise during the day, light exercise a few hours before bed(20 minute jog), herbal medicines and remedies, listening to soothing music and sounds, and anything people have suggested to me. Although some of these helped me sleep of them worked well enough to allow me to get a good nights sleep consistently. I just would lay in bed staring at my ceiling for hours and hours until sleep would come if it ever did. I eventually became so desperate that I took my friends advice to try smoking marijuana before I went to sleep. This is by far the best sleep aid I have experienced. I am now stuck between a rock and a hard place because I have to sleep but I do not want to have to resort to illegal self medication just to be able to get a good nights sleep. Another factor in this is that I have ADD and ADHD and I am prescribed vivanse( a more refined version of aderall) and it is the main reason I cant sleep. I sleep so so on the weekends when i dont take it and I would stop taking this medication if I could afford to. If I don't take it I cant get any work done in school. during my freshman year of high school I tried to do school without my medication and my report card had nothing higher than a C on it and I failed Spanish with a 13% grade.( My 10th 11th and 12th grade report cards were all a GPA of 3.5 or higher. I have 3 questions: does marinol( synthetic THC) work as well as Marijuana, can I get prescribed marinol for my insomnia, and if marinol doesn't work can I get a Marijuana card for insomnia. Also if you have any other suggestions for sleep aid please let me know.

Thanks

Where medical marijuana is legal, insomnia is generally not a condition where this drug can be used. Its possible that Marinol can be prescribed. You might consider talking to your doctor about an alternative to the Vyvanse – Wellbutrin is a good candidate – see if you can try out this med for a few weeks to see if it works.

Marinol is cannabinoid like marijuana,usually only prescribed for anorexia due to AIDs disease and nausea and vomiting due to chemotherapy for cancer patients.Insomnia is hardly indicate for legal prescriptions.Also many conditions should not use this drug such as seizure disorders,mental illness;depression,mania history drugs,substance abuse(including alcohol).If your insomnia is due to side effect of other drugs which you are taking talk to your doctor about this,they may adjust the dosage or change to other medicines.

I have insomnia and nothing seems to work except marijuana, can I get a prescription for MJ or marinol? ?

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