Patient Voices
Real stories from medical cannabis patients sharing their treatment journeys, challenges, and how cannabis has impacted their health and wellbeing.
Real Patient Voices: Medical cannabis, menopause, and me
The menopause is an unfortunate, yet inevitable, reality for every person born with a womb. Sleepless and restless nights, joint and bone aches, mood swings, temperature fluctuations, and that all-encompassing, nail-biting anxiety accompany this hormonal change for many, making daily life not just difficult - sometimes, they make life feel down-right gruelling.
Real patient voices: Managing medical cannabis and work
This blog is the ninth in our Real Patient Voices series, spotlighting the stories of Releaf patients across the UK. In this edition, we explore how medical cannabis can be used while working, and how patients like Daisy, Lisa, and Ryan maintain employment, productivity, stigma, and self-advocacy with prescribed cannabis treatments.
Real Patient Voices: Never Give Up
In honour of Never Give Up Day, we share the inspiring voices of Releaf patients who have turned to medical cannabis to manage PTSD, depression, anxiety, and grief.
Real Patient Voices: Medical cannabis, fibromyalgia, and me
Welcome back to ‘Medical cannabis and me: Real Patient Voices’. In this edition, we’re shining the spotlight on three incredible women who turned to alternative treatments, in the hope of finding a solution to their fibromyalgia symptoms. Spoiler alert: they haven’t looked back since.
Real Patient Voices: With age comes wisdom - medical cannabis and me
Chronic pain, sleep difficulties, and reduced mobility often increase with age - but often, so does wisdom. In this latest edition of our Real Patient Voices series, we share the experiences of Peter, Mary, and Simon - Releaf patients in their 60s, 70s, and beyond - who turned to cannabis-based treatments later in life. From managing trigeminal neuralgia to regaining energy in the garden, their stories highlight how it’s never too late to explore new approaches to wellbeing.
Real patient voices: Treating ADHD with medical cannabis
If you’ve been following the Releaf blog, you’ll know our ‘Medical Cannabis and Me: Real Patient Voices’ series shares honest insights and lived experiences of from individuals here in the UK using cannabis-based treatments to help manage their health. For the sixth edition of this blog series, we’re paying special attention to those who’ve joined the Releaf community looking for additional ADHD support.
Real patient voices: Father’s Day focus for ‘Medical Cannabis and Me’
Yesterday, the 15th of June, was Father’s Day. So, for the fifth edition of our latest series, ‘Medical cannabis and me: Real patient voices’ we’re taking on the Father’s Day theme. Here we share insights from three fathers who recently embarked upon their medical cannabis journeys. Their main motivation? Getting healthier, and happier, so that they can benefit not only their wellbeing and quality of life - but their children’s too.
Real patient voices: Multiple sclerosis, medical cannabis, and me
Today marks the fourth instalment of our most recent series: ‘Medical cannabis and me: Real patient voices’, a space dedicated to highlighting first-hand accounts of Releaf patients using cannabis-based treatments to manage their health conditions. In this edition, we’re paying special attention to individuals who have turned to Releaf for MS symptom management.
Real patient voices: How medical cannabis has helped alleviate digestive discomfort
If you’re an avid Releaf reader, you’ll know we recently started to share our patient’s voices on our blog, in the form of their testimonials, in our latest series ‘Medical cannabis and me: Real patient voices’. And considering next Wednesday its World Digestive Health Day, we thought it would be particularly fitting to pay special attention to those who’ve found relief in this area this week.
Real patient voices: Stress awareness special - Releaf medical cannabis patient's real stories
Welcome to our second instalment of ‘Medical cannabis and me: Real patient voices’ our new blog series that shares real patient voices, their insights, and accounts of their experiences, with medical cannabis.
Medical cannabis and me: Real patient voices
Every month, we have the luxury of sitting down with real Releaf patients to hear their stories, from their struggles to their successes, to their experiences with medical cannabis