Good strain for anxiety?

[Jimdamick]

My wife has a fellow teacher that would love to smoke herb to release stress, but usually gets hyper/paranoid smoking usual bud.
This is my question- Do you know a specific strain that is just really meloww, lasts awhile and in other words is just nice herb for casual smoker. I was thinking N. Lights?
Thanks

 

[hotrodharley]

If you have not used Leafly I suggest you try it. You can search for strains by desired effect. Paranoia and/or anxiety are listed as well.

https://www.leafly.com/start-exploring

Blue Dream is very good as is Gorilla Glue #4.

 

[Alienwidow]

Alien og. The flavors really smooth and it slows everything down in a nice way, no heart racer. Great medicinal quality and a decent yield.

 

[Brick Tamland]

I second the Blue Dream suggestion.
Also Green Crack in small amounts would be beneficial IMO.

 

[TheStickMan]

As @hotrodharley says, get on leafly, lots of great information.
My suggestion is Strawberry Cough. It is meant to be a no paranoia and no anxiety strain. I haven't grown it or smoked it myself but it is on the list. Google it.

 

[Neoangelo147]

What I have found works best for anxiety and smoking weed is to not smoke a lot. Start off with a hit or 2 and build up from there. If u notice u take 4 hits and get too baked than next time only take 2 or 3. I like to just pipe a hit or 2 to help with my anxiety and PTSD. If I smoke way too much I can have a panic attack.

 

[grapefruitmarmalade]

Smoking, especially the bong or pipe, always gets me more anxious than normal. My suggestion is blending cannabutter in the morning coffee. A little bit goes a very long way as far as anxiety is concerned.

 

[Neoangelo147]

Smoking, especially the bong or pipe, always gets me more anxious than normal. My suggestion is blending cannabutter in the morning coffee. A little bit goes a very long way as far as anxiety is concerned.

Bongs for me are a real negative for me also. They tend to get me really baked after a few bong rips but a pipe seems to work best for me.

 

[New Age United]

I was suffering from massive anxiety attacks after coming out of a psychotic episode and found that after just a week of smoking dakini kush my anxiety was calming down, after a month my anxiety was nill. I know for a fact it was the dope bc it had an instant affect as well.

 

[daloudpack]

even the most relaxing of strains can give u anxiety if plucked to early

 

[grapefruitmarmalade]

even the most relaxing of strains can give u anxiety if plucked to early

^^truth. Mistakes I've done in the past

 

[daloudpack]

ive smoked og that made me chill and og that had me in my window like a crack head

 

[whitebb2727]

I also say early picked does it. Even the pure sativas I've grown haven't done it to me. Every time I've had a panic attack on weed it was from an unknown source and probably early cut commercial.

 

[whitebb2727]

Hazes normally relax me. If cut at the right time.

 

[Jabrone]

Anything that has a high CBD ratio. Pennywise comes to mind. (probably because I have some in my head stash)

 

[selfmedicator462]

even the most relaxing of strains can give u anxiety if plucked to early

So true. I have been smoking pennywise for awhile now and every once in a while I'll grab one of the lower popcorn buds that weren't quite ready and I get really jittery.

 

[Jabrone]

So true. I have been smoking pennywise for awhile now and every once in a while I'll grab one of the lower popcorn buds that weren't quite ready and I get really jittery.

I find it to be a very relaxing strain, I also have a variation of it - Lemon Penny Wise.

 

[thewanderer718]

Pyramid auto blue relaxed me the best so far. taste good to.

 

[outlier]

A close friend of mine with anxiety smokes my homegrown leaf in a joint. She cannot handle any bud, no matter what the strain is (it's just all too strong). Even bud/sugar leaf is too much for her.

Your wife's friend needs to find their tolerance level. It's different for everyone. People are too spoiled here. Buds are not the only thing you can smoke. While leaf may not do much to me (I smoke about 1/4 per week of strong hydro), someone like my wife for example can get ripped off the first single green leaf on a seedling.

It's all relative. Good luck!

 

[TokerJayG]

As @hotrodharley says, get on leafly, lots of great information.
My suggestion is Strawberry Cough. It is meant to be a no paranoia and no anxiety strain. I haven't grown it or smoked it myself but it is on the list. Google it.

I have smoked the cough of strawberries, it's delicious. And yeah it was good smoke for going out and about or carrying on at your pace. It was potent, tasted super great, smell of strawberry funk(almost like a strawberry air fresher while in back of a taxi in panama), and it was overall just awesome.
@Jimdamick I might suggest FLO, to me, it's all around great smoke!!! Best of luck in your search, for this is a task I know you don't mind.