Does marijuana treat migraines?

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Yes. I can say that in my case, on this particular day, that it did/does.

It started as a typical migraine with aura and since I have a MedMJ card, I'm legal and have been experimenting with what symptoms it relieves for me. I've read other reports that it works on migraines, but now I have my own experience.

As soon as I took some MJ, the aura immediately changed from the arc of flashing lights to the sensation of standing just outside of a door to a darkened room that is filled with fishtanks and blacklights--you know that sensation? You can detect, peripherally, that there is a glow coming from the right side. That's very different from the arcing flashing geometric shapes and lights that are typical at this stage.

Then, I could feel the pressure coming on. It wasn't painful, but I was aware of it. Normally, this sensation would have been perceived as pain, but now it was just a pressure, something that reminded me that I had a migraine even though I wasn't feeling the pain.

And then I thought: WOW! This is awesome! If only people who get migraines KNEW that they could possibly treat the pain with pot! Except maybe a pilot while he's flying a plane, or a surgeon who is performing surgery, then maybe they have to take Advil or something. (What *do* pilots do if they get a migraine mid-flight??)

The whole event lasted a couple of hours but without the excruciating pain and complete debilitation that usually accompanies a migraine for me.

Just sayin'.