Entourage effect?
I've been a medical weed user for a couple of years. My tolerance is low, I use very little. I've had various strains of flower prescribed. It works for my pain. Like street weed, which I haven't touched for a long time, the stuff I'm prescribed just makes me feel uneasy if I overdo it. So I don't. Also like street weed, it's given me anxiety verging on panic attacks if I really overdo it.
I usually get a high CBD/ relatively low THC strain from my pharmacy now which works well for the pain I have. Like street weed, there's little no recreational value in it for me.
Recently I went to a party at a friend's house and had some high grade Moroccan hash. I haven't smoked hash for a while. Weed started off for me with smoking hash in the late 90's early 00's. The quality varied from soap bar to really nice Polm (admittedly, less so 😆). But the end game was alway a really nice, mellow feeling. Almost like a sedative but without feeling sleepy. I could get really stoned but I never felt anxious. At first, when 'Skunk' grew in popularity, I enjoyed it. It got us mega stoned with a fraction of the effort. But soon enough I started having anxiety attacks from it. I became wary of cannabis generally. Everyone I knew had stopped smoking hash and it had not only became hard to come by, but the quality had became nearly always nearly rock bottom. I live in a place where good hash, at least for me, soon became almost non existent. I've had bits and pieces over the years but never a regular source. I still loved being stoned as it offered me insight, helped me process things. It helped me focus on creative things and relax in a way I've never got from anything else. Unfortunately I have a troublesome relationship with Alcohol and would describe myself as a boarder line, high functioning alcoholic. I'm not Physically addicted to alcohol, I often binge and have a very high tolerance. Usually it's moderate but often. I don't drink in the day or anything and I can go for days without a drink.when required. I found that if I wasn't a bit pissed beforehand, I felt shitty after smoking the street weed available to me, or at worst, I'd end up having a full blown anxiety attack. But the combination of alcohol and weed got me near enough to where I wanted to be.
So I carried on like that for years, drinking most nights and if I really fancied chilling, I'd smoke a bit of weed on top, maybe once or twice a week. A job where they carry out random drug testing further dampened my enthusiasm.
My tolerance to weed grew tiny, to the point where a match head size bit of bud was all I needed to feel it.
Eventually, even though I'd always found cannabis enjoyable and beneficial, I did it less and less, until it was one in a blue moon.
Fast forward a few more years, I get an injury which after 2 surgeries still gives me fairly severe pain. I find weed works extremely well for pain relief.
I'd always attributed the unpleasant effects I experience from cannabis flower to the high THC to CBD ratio in street weed. So I selected my medical flower strains with care. Unfortunately it still makes me anxious if I vape even a little too much.
The hash I smoked recently on the other hand was the same as it ever was. A feeling of pure relaxation, pure positivity, no alcohol needed. I had quite a lot, and the more I had, the more mellow and relaxed I felt.
So why doesn't street weed/medical flower ever feel like that? I've tried loads of types, different terpine profiles, varying ratios of CBD/THC...
It just has nowhere near the same effect as hash.
I always imagined that when a time came where we could choose strains from a pharmacy (ok, I always imagined/hoped/dreamed it would be a 'coffee shop'.... 😆), we'd be able do choose something which dialed in the effects we want. I haven't found that yet.
Anyone have similar experiences?
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Mashpal
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I cant lie, that is a big wall of text and my adhd cannot but yeah I absolutely love hash an I'm still buying it on the black market.
I use it specifically to help me to get to sleep where I use flower in the day time to help manage other issues.
I know they have just started prescribing hash in Aus, so hopefully we follow suit soon!
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Toad
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Pretty similar experience to myself with hash in early 2000’s. I then started using alcohol a lot more as the grass was making me too anxious. Fast forward to about a year ago, and failed medications for anxiety and depression and alcohol use was becoming a bit too frequent to “cope”, mainly blackout binges once or
Twice a week which would just send me into an anxiety hell hole for 2-3 days after. Couldn’t carry on like that, and decided to give MC a go but was very nervous about it making anxiety worse. After about 3 months of testing, I use low temps(180 or less) and small amounts, like 0.1g or less every 3-5 hours or so and that seems to be my sweet spot. Maybe put it a bit higher temp for sleep. Now it doesn’t matter what strain I use, just as long as I follow that rule. In the best place I have been in over 20 years and no more blackout binges. Still would love a nice bit of mc hash!
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Ellisahen
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Maybe you’d benefit from edibles?
Its not the first time I’ve heard people say flower makes them anxious but hash and edibles gives them desired effects
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Ilona
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To put it bluntly you want a sativa.
I recommend French Cookies it will tick all your boxes.
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SitterBuilds
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Ivano
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What the other guy said, wall of text + adhd = not reading.
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