High levels of stress can negatively impact your daily life and one might turn to antidepressants only to find they’re not helping. Common side effects can include nausea, fatigue, insomnia and more. Medical marijuana however, has very few side effects and more research is slowly being done to link the positive effects it can have on one suffering from chronic stress.
When we’re stressed, our brain has an increased amount of cortisol, a stress hormone, and low levels of serotonin, an important neurotransmitter that affects our overall well-being – how we think, feel, and act. Experiencing stress for long periods can actually kill brain cells and cause memory loss.
This is where medical marijuana plays an important role in helping you heal. Not only does the compounds found in cannabis oils react positively with our serotonin levels to improve our mood, but it can also have a positive impact on our memory, pain, and helping you to maintain a healthy weight, and improve your sleeping pattern.