Published on 12, July, 2020
Cannabis... Some do, some don't... I used to, but am really quite pleased with myself! Attempt 1.3m is now my longest period of cessation in about 3 or 4 years. Just a reminder... don't limit your resolve to NYE, you can make changes anytime. But make them for the right reason! :-)
Interesting to note everyone's different experiences. I've never felt able to smoke as, from the earliest days when i was trying to fit in with my peer group at school, it just made me turn green and vomit. Then, when I tried smoking weed at university, I felt really, really ill - instant surge of extreme nausea and an immediate dash to the loo needed.
Imagine my surprise then, much later on in life, when I discovered that cannabis oils and edibles really help me. The effects seem very different to me, although in my youth I admit I wasn't paying any attention to dosage or method of imbibing, I was just going with the crowd (and failing, badly).
So, whilst I'd encourage anyone to give up smoking, I'm still very keen on edibles and to me they've proved more beneficial than any of the drugs I've tried in the past (incl. SSRIs, betablockers, OTC meds, alternative remedies and self medicating with alcohol). I'm now using one of the many cannabis clinics around so my dosage is monitored and standardised. Not sure what my GP and consultant will make of it though, when I eventually get to see them that is.
Jenny Butterfly said: instant surge of extreme nausea and an immediate dash to the loo
Usually happens if you mix it with alcohol, it's called a 'whitey' as your body goes into shock trying to deal with multiple intoxicants too fast. It shuts you down so you can't poison yourself more.
I'm sure that can be either a cause or an effect of overconsumption. A large dose of cannabis on an inexperienced user is contraindicated.
Plinky, I'd like to offer my own alternative understanding of what a whitey is. Alcohol has rarely (if at all) been involved in the few I've personally experienced.
I believe the whiteness and lightheaded nausea is actually caused by an abrupt lowering of blood pressure which is reputed to accompany cannabis use. (And probably why I always "ace" blood pressure tests)
Yup. Alcohol was freely flowing too and I had no idea what I was doing or what it was called. Now that I'm using measured doses I do occasionally use alongside, say, a couple of glasses of wine and to good effect. The wine seems to intensify the effects of the oil so I need very little. But these days I'm very moderate and careful - no more than 1/10 ml of THC oil if I'm having wine. I really feel as though I'm "looking over a four leaf clover I overlooked before" (as the song goes).
Mind you, I'm only been experimenting with it for a couple of years, so I can't claim to be very experienced and who knows what the longer term will bring.