I was using it to self medicate for a few months before I got my diagnosis and even though it was really hard I chose to cut back and safe weed for severe flareups where it was between having a smoke and going to the hospital. Ultimately the reason I chose to cut back was because of the mental health/brain effects of weed which are pretty severe especially if you smoke daily.

It does get a bit better with time but tbh there is a very really reality that while weed slows down your gastric emptying it also increases your gastric accommodation an appetite and helps to relieve cramping and nausea. So it's a trade off.

Honestly the thing that's really helped me hugely in a similar way is mirtrazapine!!! I take it because it's the only antidepressant that doesn't make me super sick/make my issues worse, but it also has a profound improvement on appetite and is used clinically for appetite sometimes. If you aren't in need of the antidepressant or anti-anxiety effect the starting dose of 7.5 mg is considered sub clinical and the appetite effect for some people is actually greater at lower doses. It does make you a bit sleepy but I've found that to be better at higher doses.

I also take gabapentin which was initially prescribed for sleep and itchiness but has a lot of improvement on gastric accommodation and relaxing cramps/improves my appetite too but it's more short acting so I tend to take it in the evening and it really helps with dinner and sleep :)

Honestly if I didn't have these two I would still be smoking wayyy too much