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Can you mix  Cannabis and Coffee 

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Right now, we don’t’ see much of a connection between cannabis and coffee, but there is some suggestions which state that putting these two together can make a unique experience, different from what you get when you use them in an individual sense. 

You can take them at the same time, such as smoking as well while consuming coffee, but there is no solid evidence for this. However, mixing the pills that contain caffeine may be much different from mixing cannabis with coffee and teas directly, and it’s important to look at some of the other compounds. 

L-theanine may be good for those who are jittery to caffeine, and it’s found in tea, and that can combat the effects that happen with coffee. It also may help with reducing the memory and cognitive issues commonly associated with THC in most cases. 

Coffee as well also contains trigonelline which is basically a neuroprotective and anti-migraine and anti-tumor compound, and it may be good to mix with cannabis, as it can enhance this. 

What caffeine is 

Caffeine is a stimulant that’s psychoactive, and it’s in a lot of drinks.  It is also delivered in supplements, chocolate, and even some other plants. This stimulates your CNS, helping people feel more awake and alert, simply doing so through the binding of the receptors, preventing adenosine uptake, which is basically the chemical that makes you sleepy, and something that does naturally build throughout the day. 

Caffeine also does increase the levels of adrenaline in the body, boosting both dopamine and norepinephrine levels as well, helping you feel happy, focused, and alert. It does hit the system quite fast, about 20 minutes or so. It can help with memory concentration, reducing neurological disorders and risk for Alzheimer’s as well. It’s also naturally neuroprotective, and it is also from the chlorogenic acid that’s found in this, a natural antioxidant as well. 

Mixing cannabis with Caffeine 

Right now, there isn’t much research on whether or not that’s good or bad. Some evidence says that if you mix this together, it can affect the adenosine as well, since the cannabis is working directly with the endocannabinoid system as well. 

It also may improve how cognitively impaired the cannabis may make you feel, so you can get the benefits without feeling as high as well. The CBD inside cannabis may also be good as well, and it can impact the different depressive elements as well that come from some of the strains that are there. It also may not increase how much stimulant you’re getting either. 

There was a study that was done in 2011 that looked at how monkeys behave when they have cannabis, usually a small one milligram dose of this. It wsa found that though the monkeys didn’t have a ton of limiting to marijuana, they were consuming a bit less cannabis as well. 

There was another study that was done in 2017 that also did discover the caffeine along with the cannabis that wsa in there, increasing the levels of dopamine in there, and this is all through different mechanism. The authors decided, when they were taken together, caffeine and cannabis could create happiness and euphoria. 

It can also help with the shakiness that you experience as well. Some people noticed that the locomotion sensitivity that they had when they normally drank coffee was mitigated through the use of the CBD in cannabis. 

So yes, it can be something to consider, and it’s something that may be good to use, just note that there aren’t too many studies that validate these effects yet. 

When the PTSD Symptoms Won’t Go away 

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For a lot of people, mental health can be uncomfortable to talk about, but the truth is, a lot of people suffer from various mental health conditions. But a lot of people either go undiagnosed, or they have deeper conditions that are not fully diagnosed.  This can include PTSD. 

There are certain fears of this diagnosis, especially with what it might do, and in some cases, people will ignore the symptoms that are there, and it’s important to understand that coping with such, especially untreated, may not help. Some people think that the symptoms won’t go away, but with PTSD, they usually don’t, and if you’re not going to get help for it, it does put you at risk for self-harm, addiction, disordered eating, abuse of alcohol and drugs, and also diseases that happen chronically. 

What PTSD Is 

Some studies say that for every hundred people that experience some trauma, about a quarter of them will have PTSD, so about one in every four survivors get this. 

There is no reason why some are predisposed to this, but someone  with PTSD can have this happen when they get through a severe, or even moderately severe trauma that’s there. Basically, the memory is there, fully imprinted within your prefrontal cortex in the limbic system. The experience also creates a memory within your amygdala. 

This is the part of the brain that’s involved with learning and events, and when PTSD occurs, it causes a lot of adrenaline to push forward, and your brain basically hyper-remembers everything that’s there, and you start to remember all of the things that occurred. 

This is utilized as  a protective mechanism to prevent future injuries too. 

In cases of extreme trauma, you fully replay this, and your brain gets a memory of this. Those with PTSD do relieve the experience with all of the senses there, which is why this is not good for living daily. 

Some of the ways you can experience this include: 

  • Terrorism 
  • Violence 
  • Combat 
  • Physical and sexual assault 
  • Health crises 
  • Natural disasters 
  • The death of someone 

Can It Go away? 

This is something that can be difficult to understand. Lots of times, the feelings end up laying quite dormant, and lots of times, people think they’ve healed. But then it crops up. 

There are studies that have shown that it does not go away, and for some people, they can go years without feeling these sensations again, and lots of times, the root trauma is there, waiting to appear at any time. 

It can impact your health too. It can break down your health, and chronic health stress such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic disorders are rooted into PTSD. 

Plus, it impacts how you can form relationships with others. You push people away, and it can ruin marriages, relationships with your family, and even relationships with your friends. 

When to Seek Help 

If you find that it’s not going away, you should then go and seek help. 

Medical cannabis is becoming a new way to treat PTSD, with some people reporting that the amygdala activity does decrease, and it holds back the flashbacks and memory that come with this, and some veterans have found solace in treating their PTSD with this. 

In another study, it found that medical cannabis is great for reducing anxiety, as it can help with making it easier to cope with this. 

As we start to learn more about this, there might be other treatments which can aid with helping to cope with this condition.