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I think more important than that is capping the THC/CBD ratio. The first time I took an edible it was pure THC, and even at 15mg it almost gave me a panic attac

I think more important than that is capping the THC/CBD ratio. The first time I took an edible it was pure THC, and even at 15mg it almost gave me a panic attack. For a long time I was baffled that anyone could actually enjoy marijuana, until I tried something with three times as much CBD as THC, and then I got the same enjoyable experience as others seem to. Which makes sense: biologically, THC is the psychosis agonist and CBD is the modulating antipsychotic. I have high confidence that it's the widespread use of THC-without-CBD strains that's driving most of the psychosis risk.

Traubenfuchs 4y ago
Both times I tried edibles I had a horrible time, the second time I locked myself in the toilet for 2 hours. I had an overwhelming, pure sense of (impending) doom not based on any expressable thought. When smoking normally, it‘s easier to stop when things become overwhelming.
yieldcrv 4y ago
15mg THC is 3x as much as I’d suggest to someone that doesn't use edibles no matter how familiar they are with smoking
- sosodev 4y ago
  Agreed, it's surprising to me that I've met many people who claim that edibles are terrible/terrifying. They often don't know how much they took and if they do it's usually way too much for the first time. I suspect it's a combination of bad design (a single gummy being >=10mg) and the fact that most people just don't read and comprehend the labels.
  - int_19h 4y ago
    Many people's experience with edibles - especially if it was before legalization - is from homemade stuff, where both the amounts and their distribution throughout the food can be very imprecise.
    - sosodev 4y ago
      That’s a good point. Though most of the people I’ve talked to about edibles are young people in California. So I suspect their experiences have been with legal edibles bought at dispensaries.
  - yieldcrv 4y ago
    the labels exacerbate the bad design, switching between grams and ounces throughout, with THC content being in mg, and the product itself needing to be broken up to the actual serving size of half a gummy
- projectazorian 4y ago
  I’m used to edibles and 2.5g is my max these days. Anything more, my sleep gets compromised and I’m useless the next day. The Kiva mints are a good go-to if you’re in CA and looking for lower dose edibles.
simulator5g 4y ago
Just because you had a low tolerance and got too high doesn't mean you need to take weed away from other people. Settle down bud.
- phil-m 4y ago
  Huh? They never said that, just warned that the THC/CBD ratio is important to avoid schizophrenia or other psychiatric conditions (which is scientifically backed btw.)
yamtaddle 4y ago
15mg is pretty high (LOL) to start. I take edibles daily, mostly as a sleep aid but occasionally recreationally, and have been at it for a couple years, and my tolerance has crept up a bit in that time (damnit), and I'm a big dude, and still, 15mg is like the top of what I ever take. 15mg gets me really high. 8-12mg is where I try to stay most of the time, and that used to be ~5mg. You don't have to eat the whole edible. The higher-dose ones are a lot cheaper per mg, and I just split 'em. [EDIT] Oh but you are correct that ones with more of the other compounds from MJ can have very different effects. I never, ever get giggly on straight THC gummies (mostly just tired) but will on some full-spectrum (that is, that went through a process that focused on extracting more than just THC) gummies or vapes. That's the stuff I stick to if I'm aiming for recreational use—for sleepy time, straight THC is fine, though I have found that full spectrum indica extracts can have a better effect on that front at lower THC doses (but availability's spotty and they're more expensive, so I don't usually bother to track down the Good Stuff)
- progmetaldev 4y ago
  The full spectrum definitely gives entirely different effects. The first time I took an edible, I split a 75mg gummy with a friend, and had a great time out in the woods. The second time, I took 15mg of almost pure THC gummies, and felt like I was going to have a complete meltdown (while still being out in nature, similar environment with the same friend).
progmetaldev 4y ago
I will actually rip a 5mg THC gummy in half, and then divide the half into thirds and take a third over time. This has helped to reduce my anxiety significantly. If I start to feel anxiety, I will actually eat a pure CBD gummy to counteract some of the effects of a THC strain that causes me anxiety.

Traubenfuchs 4y ago

Both times I tried edibles I had a horrible time, the second time I locked myself in the toilet for 2 hours. I had an overwhelming, pure sense of (impending) doom not based on any expressable thought. When smoking normally, it‘s easier to stop when things become overwhelming.

yieldcrv 4y ago

15mg THC is 3x as much as I’d suggest to someone that doesn't use edibles no matter how familiar they are with smoking

sosodev 4y ago
Agreed, it's surprising to me that I've met many people who claim that edibles are terrible/terrifying. They often don't know how much they took and if they do it's usually way too much for the first time. I suspect it's a combination of bad design (a single gummy being >=10mg) and the fact that most people just don't read and comprehend the labels.
- int_19h 4y ago
  Many people's experience with edibles - especially if it was before legalization - is from homemade stuff, where both the amounts and their distribution throughout the food can be very imprecise.
  - sosodev 4y ago
    That’s a good point. Though most of the people I’ve talked to about edibles are young people in California. So I suspect their experiences have been with legal edibles bought at dispensaries.
- yieldcrv 4y ago
  the labels exacerbate the bad design, switching between grams and ounces throughout, with THC content being in mg, and the product itself needing to be broken up to the actual serving size of half a gummy
projectazorian 4y ago
I’m used to edibles and 2.5g is my max these days. Anything more, my sleep gets compromised and I’m useless the next day. The Kiva mints are a good go-to if you’re in CA and looking for lower dose edibles.

simulator5g 4y ago

Just because you had a low tolerance and got too high doesn't mean you need to take weed away from other people. Settle down bud.

phil-m 4y ago
Huh? They never said that, just warned that the THC/CBD ratio is important to avoid schizophrenia or other psychiatric conditions (which is scientifically backed btw.)

yamtaddle 4y ago

15mg is pretty high (LOL) to start. I take edibles daily, mostly as a sleep aid but occasionally recreationally, and have been at it for a couple years, and my tolerance has crept up a bit in that time (damnit), and I'm a big dude, and still, 15mg is like the top of what I ever take. 15mg gets me really high. 8-12mg is where I try to stay most of the time, and that used to be ~5mg. You don't have to eat the whole edible. The higher-dose ones are a lot cheaper per mg, and I just split 'em. [EDIT] Oh but you are correct that ones with more of the other compounds from MJ can have very different effects. I never, ever get giggly on straight THC gummies (mostly just tired) but will on some full-spectrum (that is, that went through a process that focused on extracting more than just THC) gummies or vapes. That's the stuff I stick to if I'm aiming for recreational use—for sleepy time, straight THC is fine, though I have found that full spectrum indica extracts can have a better effect on that front at lower THC doses (but availability's spotty and they're more expensive, so I don't usually bother to track down the Good Stuff)

progmetaldev 4y ago
The full spectrum definitely gives entirely different effects. The first time I took an edible, I split a 75mg gummy with a friend, and had a great time out in the woods. The second time, I took 15mg of almost pure THC gummies, and felt like I was going to have a complete meltdown (while still being out in nature, similar environment with the same friend).

progmetaldev 4y ago

I will actually rip a 5mg THC gummy in half, and then divide the half into thirds and take a third over time. This has helped to reduce my anxiety significantly. If I start to feel anxiety, I will actually eat a pure CBD gummy to counteract some of the effects of a THC strain that causes me anxiety.