I noticed that my life is healthier and that I'm functioning much better now than before I started smoking a few years ago. I've been smoking a gram a day for a while now and dont get as much outerspacey from the same amount as I used to but I sure feel outerspace 24/7 sorta like hppd for weed which I enjoy.
That 24/7 feel is what alot of people dont like, stemming from a long half life/terminal half life..i cant smoke alot when im working, my work is mental for the most part and i really notice a difference. It makes you sluggish and almost in a dream. Then when you quit, bein sober almost feels like a high
Each of these concepts could be talked about in depth though
Im gonna take your quote and interject as thoughts pop, i wonder if this is due to the blunt i just smoked...
A gram a day...not much, but if your in a pipe i imagine you get 3-4 smokes off that..if its good.
Ive always thought i was fairly unbiased on the subject, im always in the medical sections and seem to make some people angry on occasion. I love weed, thats how i found riu.. does it make for a healthier life? It can, i know excessive use can cause delusional thoughts, maybe grandeur or schizo like effects. As well other effects.. This may only be noticeable to a spouse or someone really watching you im not saying its debilitating.
The cannabinoids themselves are antioxidants in your brain and kinda what hyroot was trying to say, cocaine is also a neuroprotectant..
of course there can be benefit,
At the same time. From a medical perspective, notice how i said it can...that will set the theme for most of my medical posts. Its rare to see something black and white in this industry at least
it does alter heart rate, blood sugar, blood flow to extremities, ion blocking properties and vision as well as other inherent affects, alters hormones, and altering a system in your brain has ever only been beneficial if "off" to begin with. Look into sigma 1, 5ht2a, serotonin in general, dopamine, gabba,nmda cb1,2,"3""4" etc.. we know it hits these sites and more, we know what these sites do when hit. Many organs are affected say your liver
Etc etc
However you imply you werent functioning well beforehand, requires further looks.
You could see how it may not be beneficial for certain people. Or possibly people whobare poor metabolizers, have altered receptor density due to disease mental or simple flu..And we really cant say how playing with this system over time affects you.
I dont wanna hear "people have been smoking it forever" yea thats great. But you really think large populations of wide ethnicity have been smoking grams of dank a day consistently? And if so could really understand the long term effects?
However I wonder if it seems as if cannabis helps your body heal yourself, than what would happen if I suddenly was able to smoke a whole ounce a day being so used to 1 gram/day, I wonder if I'd trip out psychedlically like it's my first time again and actually feels like a 'trip' and that I could heal to a more noticeable degree?
Cannabis really doesnt heal your body like your thinking,
And the trip would come from receptor activation which could inherently cause beneficial medical side effect. But these are more like reduced depression. When what you describe is occurring seizure threshold is reduced, theres alot of excitement in your brain and is really the danger zone if there was one as well as perhaps anxiety etc. And When a patient with say heart palpitations may want to slow down.
In general the lowest dose you can take should be taken, as with any drug
Also the high...you have to understand a little about the drug. Thc has relatively similar binding affinities to cb1 and cb2 sure it hits 5ht gabba opiate receptors etc. Cbd is more like an antagonist at cb sites but really just takes up space than being an antagonist...it doesnt cause opposite effect with most side effect, and is an agonist at other sites i mentioned.
The psychedelia,like music tripping you out or dodging objects on your tv, even just some effects like spinning when you close your eyes, loosing balance etc
only occurs in new users. Some you can still get especially when combined with other substances say alcohol or dxm and to a degree...
once you gain a tolerance, pop site density lowers to a level where thc- a partial agonist can take up more space reducing than it activates causing antagonism instead of agonism-biphasic...essentially . in new users it can act like the much more potent full agonist jwh018 we are familiar with. but even after prolonged tolerance break, this site density does not return to complete baseline. But you can get uncomfortably high sure lol. And cbd competes. Ever heard the phrase smoking yourself sober?
I'm honestly dieing to remember how absolutely blazed I'd get on such a little bit and how I still only smoke about a gram a day, can hardly wait for the days soon i get an 8th allowance
Youll get higher..but as i was saying, a weed "coma" may be in your future, but probly not a trip.
. I seriously had significantly improved with my nerve symptoms and so many other things on a tiny bit, gunna find me a trap so I can finally nap
Be careful with "nerve symptoms" and thc. Idk what you meant but whether anxiety or nervous pain it can be detrimental especially in low tolerance patients or those who jump dosage. That thc will kick again, these bi and triphasic properties make cannabis difficult to use effectively in a traditional medical setting
I simply couldn't smoke more than a couple hits after surgeries and nerve damage
