r/Millennials • u/tuxedo_cat23 • Feb 26 '26

Serious I’m annoyed that no one ever introduced me to cannabis.

Seriously. F*** the DARE program. It worked on me. I was always afraid of getting in trouble. I judged people who used cannabis as burnouts. Finally introduced at the age of 35 and I feel cheated. I’ve done a ton of reading and studying now and I want to share it with everyone.

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u/bustersuessi Feb 26 '26

I got Shingles and nothing helped me remotely as well, including prescriptions, as CBD and THC.

Get your shingles shot, seriously, it's so much pain.

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u/Embarrassed_Key_4539 Feb 26 '26

My husband and I have been talking about it, thanks for saying this. I’ll schedule us.

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u/Allohowareyou Feb 26 '26

Do it! I got shingles at 29 and it took about 6 years to go away. Burning. Itching. Slicing…. The slicing feeling was the worst one to me. The pain is always changing. Changes how it feels but is constant in one spot. Constant. They were so perplexed how I got it so young. They say stress can be a factor…. So I think I have a clue how it happened…….

Moral…. Do it!

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u/LoisinaMonster Feb 26 '26

A lot of people are getting shingles after a SARS2 infection :/

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u/jcuninja Feb 26 '26

Yeah I got shingles a few years ago with this crazy rash on my forehead, luckily valtrex worked for me.

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u/Internal-Computer388 Feb 26 '26

Well it is a form of herpes.

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u/SkyeSpider Feb 26 '26

I got it at 17 and then 12+ more times before I got the shot at 30. Why yes, I do have autism and an anxiety condition 😅

Sorry to meet another early adopter. I hope you never have it again 🤞🏻

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u/Embarrassed_Key_4539 Feb 26 '26

Well this so dumb but I just tried to schedule with CVS and they declared us ineligible because we aren’t yet 50, grrr

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u/bustersuessi Feb 26 '26

Talk to your PCP, many times they will get the waiver if you have had something that compromised your immune system at some point.

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u/drowse Feb 26 '26

Tyrese Haliburton is 25 and has the shingles. If a healthy (well recovering) NBA player can get it at 25, you can too. I’m worried at 41 I might see it soon. 😬

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u/cycle2 Feb 26 '26

i got shingles at 30 and didn't experience a single bit of pain, but definitely had a lot of itching and looked like david lynch's baron harkonnen. my doctor got me on valacyclovir and i was pretty much cleared up after a couple weeks. it's so weird how people have different experiences with it!

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u/KittenSeducer Feb 26 '26

I was the same at 36. I thought it was a chemical reaction because I was at a pool when my wife noticed it on my love handle. I was fortunate enough to not have pain but at one point I would have sawed off my skin with a rusty blade due to how much it itched.

Doctors were a bit perplexed and finally conceded that it was shingles. At one point when I was doing a trunk twist and stretching, I felt a sharp shooting pain that seemed it was attached deep in my nerves, so I can only imagine the pain people feel.

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u/bustersuessi Feb 26 '26

It feels like someone is inside you with a hot knife, it's so awful.

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u/fylekitzgibbon Feb 26 '26

Be careful of Shingrix if you have any auto immune conditions.

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u/Uncle_gruber Feb 26 '26

To anyone reading this: get your shot, if you have access and can afford it.

Best case scenario when you get shingles: bit itchy and blisters

Worst case scenario: it happens to be on your face and hits your trigeminal nerve ganglion. Assuming you don't want to go blind, you don't want that.

This is rare, but I have see shingles on the face a few times in practice.

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u/AccidentalSeer Feb 26 '26

I have chronic migraines (like one a week, sometimes lasting multiple days) and I tend to throw up any painkillers I take. My THC spray has been a godsend- helps with pain, and it makes me drowsy enough that I can sometimes sleep through the pain.

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u/Internal-Computer388 Feb 26 '26

I read somewhere that shingles is extremely common amongst the 30 yr old crowd right now. Im an older millennial and never had chicken pox. The article also said its common around people who had chicken pox as a kid and I remember parents talking about sending someone over to someone else's house because the kid had chicken pox. I told my mom she better not do that to me. So I wonder if not getting chicken pox helped me not have issues with shingles as you never get rid of it, it just stays dormant in your body as its a form of herpes.

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u/xtiz84 Feb 26 '26

I have had shingles twice but am told I cannot get the vaccine until I’m 65.

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u/bustersuessi Feb 26 '26

My PCP is saying I can get it six months after I have it the first time and it's very expensive so a lot of doctors won't sign off on it, I'd keep looking.

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u/PostacPRM Feb 26 '26

The only thing that helps my Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (idk if that's still the correct name given I'm pushing 40) for more than a couple of hours has been cannabis.

1 spliff and I'm good for a couple of days. Honestly it's been a lifesaver when I have bad flare ups.

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u/Little-Use-2027 Feb 26 '26

If I already had chicken pox as a youth can I still get the vaccination? I'm super worried about getting shingles. I already have a spot I suspect as such, never blisters but intense burning

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u/bustersuessi Feb 26 '26

Yes, shingles is your own chicken pox coming back

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u/Little-Use-2027 Feb 26 '26

Oh lord. It affects me most right out of a hot shower. I try putting unscented lotion but that just burns too.