Hi there lovely people. Firstly, let me give you a bit of an insight into what's happened here, and why I'm so pissed.

I've done my fair share of drugs 20 years ago, since then - nothing.

I suffer from complex PTSD (due to severe childhood trauma and abuse), severe anxiety and horrendous physical pain and am on a disability pension.

It was to my surprise when I saw "KUSH CLINICS" opened up down the road from where I live, so I phoned them up and asked them what the deal was.

The lady was very nice, told me that given the small amount that I'd told her, cannabis oils (THC and CBD) would be the best bet for me, so they made an appointment with a "doctor" to speak with me on the phone the next day.

$89 gone.

Ok, after some mix ups with Medicare, I was finally written out a prescription for the following items from SUMMIT PHARMACY:

CBD oil 100mg/mL - 25mL compounded oil (25 repeats) $189

THC oil 50mg/mL - 25mL compounded oil (25 repeats) $210

Postage - $18.95 TOTAL - $417.95

Inc Kush - $506.95!!!

Now.... This is where it gets difficult for me to write, as it's upsetting for many various reasons.

The cost - for someone who's on a pension due to their disability and just wanted to get some form of relief and sleep at night - over half a grand is a lot.

But that's ok (sort of), I'll hope that it works and pays for itself in that regard.

My oils arrived pretty much in two days time, which I was very excited about but the instructions on the label said - "take 5-15 drops daily" on each of the bottles. Huh???

Ok well I started with 5 of each to see what would happen and trial it out.

Absolutely nothing.....

No pain relief, not even mild, nightmares and flashbacks still there as they have always been etc.

Ok let's try 8-10 drops of each , see if we can kick this shit in the ass.

My god. I've never had such a messed up and sickening drug experience in my life!!

It took about 8 hours to kick in after I took the oil and went to bed - I began sweating extremely hard, every time I closed my eyes I felt like the whole room was spinning, and I wanted to throw up.

This lasted a whole night and half of the next day, and I can honestly tell you that the effects were not nice.

Again, no pain relief, obviously nightmares and flashbacks we're still there but now also with the added bonus of Summit Pharmacy's dodgy oil side effects. (The oil and THC also taste extremely off, I mean I know it's not meant to taste good, but this is absolutely foul).

I don't know the pedigree or history of Summit Pharmacy, or why Kush Clinics in Melbourne chooses to use them as opposed to someone locally in Victoria who charges less.

That's probably Kush Clinics fault, but Summit are charging so much money for this product which does not work for me at all (I don't even get any kind of high from it).

I'm would avoid both Kush Clinics and Summit Pharmacy like the plague if I were you - if you're like me and struggle with pain or disability - save you money and go somewhere else local to you and do your research first.

I am now over $500 out of pocket, have two bottles of useless CBD and THC sitting here collecting dust, and still experiencing severe pain and trauma.

I knew that it wouldn't have made anything "go away", but I just wanted som form of relief, and I feel I've been robbed of that really.

I want to go to AHPRA etc but not sure where to go, if anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. X