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⚠️ Please read with care: This blog shares personal, sometimes painful experiences. My intention is to support and speak honestly not to harm. I’m not a professional, just someone who understands how hard it can get. If you're struggling, you're not alone please reach out for professional help.
Multiple sclerosis is the chronic gift that never stops giving spasms, fatigue, bladder tantrums, and a brain that forgets where it left itself. Doctors offer drugs that come with side effects nastier than the disease itself. The wellness industry, meanwhile, will happily sell you unicorn dust in a capsule. Somewhere between those extremes lies a handful of vitamins, minerals, supplements and yes, cannabis that might actually help.
Notice the word might. Nothing here is a cure. But if you’re already a walking pharmacy, a few more capsules, drops, or puffs won’t tip the scales much further.
Vitamin D: The Sun in a Capsule
Low vitamin D is practically MS’s favourite sidekick. Get your levels checked; if they’re low, you’ll need more than a weekend in Brighton. Supplement with 600–800 IU daily if you’re average, 2000–5000 IU if you’re basically a mushroom.
Vitamin B12: Batteries for Your Nervous System
B12 keeps your nerves from turning into frayed Christmas lights. Deficiency means more fatigue, confusion, and neurological chaos. Recommended: 2.4 µg daily. Many of us end up with injections because our stomachs laugh at tablets.
Antioxidant Vitamins A, C, E: The Shiny Knights
In theory, they reduce oxidative stress. In reality, they either help a bit or do sod all. Don’t mega-dose—they can mess with MS treatments. Stick to carrots, oranges, and almonds. Food still exists, you know.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Fishy Business
1–2 grams of fish oil daily may calm inflammation and protect your scrambled-egg nervous system. Warning: burps taste like the North Sea.
Magnesium: The Spasm Whisperer
Spasms and cramps? Magnesium can help relax the rebellion. 310–420 mg daily. Magnesium glycinate is easier on your gut than magnesium oxide, which basically works like a laxative grenade.
Selenium: The Spark Plug
Tiny but mighty—supports thyroid and immune function. 55 µg daily. More is not better unless you enjoy garlic breath and brittle nails.
Zinc: The Balancing Act
Supports immune health, but too much robs you of copper. 8–11 mg daily. More zinc ≠ more health.
Ginkgo Biloba: The Brain Leaf
Supposed to help memory and brain fog. Maybe. Or maybe you’re just paying to chew tree leaves. 120–240 mg daily. Avoid if you’re on blood thinners unless you want internal fireworks.
Coenzyme Q10: Cellular Coffee
100–300 mg a day may help with energy. Or it may just make your urine pricier.
Lion’s Mane Mushroom: Mop-Head Medicine
Looks like a fungus mop, promises nerve regeneration. Studies on mice and people with dementia show promise. MS patients? Jury’s still out. Best case: your brain cells throw a tiny party. Worst case: you’ve paid good money to eat something that looks like it belongs under the sink.
Cannabis, THC Oil, and CBD: The Plant That Launched a Thousand Debates
Medical Marijuana / THC Oil
Benefits: Reduces spasticity, pain, and helps with sleep. For some, it’s the only thing that takes the edge off nerve pain without turning them into pharmaceutical zombies.
Risks: Brain fog, dependency, paranoia if you overdo it. Oh, and the law, if you live somewhere backward.
Reality: It won’t cure MS, but it can make daily torment tolerable. And tolerable is a miracle in itself.
CBD Oil (Cannabidiol)
Benefits: Weed’s non-psychoactive cousin. May calm spasms, anxiety, and inflammation. You won’t get high, but you might get relief.
Risks: Wildly inconsistent quality. Some bottles contain less CBD than a lettuce leaf.
Reality: For some, it works. For others, it’s just expensive snake oil. Buyer beware.
Dark Wrap-Up: If Big Pharma could patent cannabis, it would already be in blister packs with a four-figure price tag. Instead, they’re terrified of a plant doing their job better. If it’s legal where you are, explore it. If it isn’t—well, let’s just say people have been more resourceful than clinical trials for a very long time.
Other Bits and Bobs Worth Mentioning
Curcumin: Turmeric’s golden child. Needs black pepper for absorption. Anti-inflammatory, allegedly.
Probiotics: Gut health influences immune health. Translation: your sh*t matters.
Alpha-Lipoic Acid: Antioxidant that might help nerves. Or might just be another pill.
Acetyl-L-Carnitine: May fight MS fatigue. Or may just add to the capsule pile.
Vitamin K2: Good for bones and blood vessels. Sounds like a Star Wars droid.
Lifestyle Stuff: Exercise, diet, stress management, and sleep. Yes, the boring basics. No supplement makes up for neglecting them.
The Unvarnished Conclusion
Supplements won’t cure MS. Weed won’t cure MS. Nothing cures MS. But some things might take the edge off, soften the blow, or make life slightly less hellish. That’s worth something. The trick is balance, caution, and not being conned by glittery wellness promises. Swallow what helps, laugh at what doesn’t, and remember: you’re still alive, and that’s the real victory.
I write in ink and fury, in breath and broken bone.
Through storm and silence, I survive. That is the crime and the miracle.
𒀭𒊩𒆳 ᛗᛁᛋᛏ ✦ ᚷᚾᛟᛋ
