@braindead911 I'm sorry that you experience that, Wishing you all the best.
I sometimes have a tough time with it mentally ever since my health plummeted. It's super important now to find the right strains, grown the right way, with the right effects. There used to be a time when I could smoke as much as I liked of any variety, and always thoroughly enjoy it. These days I need to be careful.
No two plants are the same, there's hundreds of different active chemicals naturally found in Cannabis, in different amounts. The difference between the effects of some plants is
enormous. Some will put you into an intense edgy psychedelic head trip that can be very overwhelming, and produce anxiety. Some will actually do nothing but make you sleepy and provide pain relief.
The 'high' that recreational users value, is often an unwanted side effect for people using it medicinally. There's plants out there that don't produce the 'high' at all, or are CBD dominant and relieve pain, inflammation, help sleep and appetite but without the mental effects. Maybe you could look into those, but you generally won't find them for sale from your average weed dealer. 99% of weed that gets sold is super strong and potent very high THC- this is what appeals to the average smoker.
The biggest factors I've found in relation to effects, are genetics, harvest time including drying and curing method, and the lights used.
Indica is more physical, with relaxing and 'couchlock' effects. Sativa is cerebral, with stimulating and 'mental' effects. The common plant grown for sale is a hybrid of both, with red-eye-munchies effects together with the intense trippy cerebral ones.
Strong lights produce more potent plants. The sticky resin that is the drug, is thought to protect the flowers from UV light; therefore plants that receive more light produce fatter more potent and resinous buds. This is ideal, but there's some people that grow plants under less intense light in order to get buds that are milder. One thing is for sure, with breeding, the invention of hydroponics and powerful indoor grow light tech getting brighter every day, the potency of weed is increasing dramatically, which I believe is partially responsible for some adverse effects people get. Back in the 60's when weed was only grown outside, plants were usually around 3-8% THC. Now we see plants with up to 26% THC and higher- watch out!
Harvest time plays a very important role too. The same plant can produce two entirely different effects depending on when it's harvested and how it's dried and cured. When trichomes are still clear or milky, the plant produces more edgy and stimulating effects. If left to mature until the trichs turn a honey or amber colour, this converts a lot of the THC into other things like CBD and CBN. *See diagram* So those looking for more medicinal and less edgy and mental buds, even with indica dominant plants, will be wise to make sure their plants are quite mature before cutting them down.
You can also grow a prize winning strain, with all the most expensive lights and nutrients, but if you clip the fresh buds off and dry them in the microwave, you will end up with bad effects, and a very shitty smoke that tastes like grass n moldy hay. The final crucial step to producing amazing weed is to dry it slowly and carefully, and cure the buds properly. This is a skill that many don't bother to learn.
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Diagram is for visual reference only, I actually believe that 100% amber trichs is best and most medicinal + pain relieving.
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now I love it and it really helps me at times
That's definitely true, I had to learn the hard way over years getting way too baked in social settings and staring at my shoes for hours! When done right, edibles are the perfect companion.
