The dose makes the poison. Weed is not a panacea but it sure as hell isn’t the devil. If you are getting F’d up you need to cut back the dose or switch to edibles; you don’t get as functionally high, but it’s more intense and lasts longer. Also know your weed: Indicas are more of a “body high” (Sleepy, pain reduction, relaxation, “vibes”) where as Sativas are more of a “mental high” (mental “buzz,” creativity, giggles, anxiety reduction) get a good hybrid that focuses more on the thing you want to fix. If you are in a funk, a Sativa dominant strain is what you need, if you are burnt out, you need an indica dominant one.
Terpenes are where the health effects are, but they don’t line up neatly with the indica / sativa dichotomy. I love a good hybrid with limonene and pinene but it’s kind of hard to find both in the same flower out here
we really need to properly decriminalize so we can study these compounds. There was a study using some naturally derived psychotropics done in Brazil some years ago that showed promising benefits in reducing the mechanisms that activate PTSD triggers, for instance, but nothing ever really came of it, because of stigma surrounding the “recreational” uses.
Basically the study found that if you take a psychotropic shortly after the traumatizing event, it disrupts the amygdala’s ability to parse and store the memory in a way that becomes malignant. This makes it FAR easier to process the event through therapy, and outcomes were greatly improved.
Coffee makes me sleepy. Weed makes me anxious. Focalin is like walking through a peaceful meadow with a god holding my hand and a muse whispering in my ear.
Sorry I couldn’t find it, but caffeine and coffee can have opposite effects on a person. Iirc caffeine making you sleepy is a symptom of ADHD or autism(it could be something else entirely, it was a long time ago I read the article) but was a very strong indicator of the thing in the article. This assumes it wasn’t a junk article, the acidity of the coffee apparently can have an effect on your metabolism depending on what else you put in it. Cinnamon apparently had a noticeable effect on the results.
Again apologies for not being able to locate it, but Ill update this if I do manage to find the one I remember. It was pre covid when I read it if that matters
In my late 40s, hippie speed balls every morning. Bad(?) habit I picked up (again) within the past five years. Like a few other have said, it really levels me out, giving me the ability to fine tune my focus first thing in the morning. The absurdities at work nearly require marijuana consumption. Being a midday slug has been the only downside.
I’m 43 and TIL about a hippy speedball. I’ve been doing this shit for over half my life lol.
I was a little bummed to see so much half tobacco/half marijuana when i went to Amsterdam this spring. My lungs weren’t thrilled but the nicotine was surprisingly nice especially after day drinking and walking literally all day.
Unrelated to the post content but does your username have anything to do with giraffes?
I thought the lower was some kind of spanking paddle and i felt attacked.
No, spanking paddles for adhd is still allowed
I can drink a pot of coffee and go right to bed. Now meth? Way more effective.
