Definitely a matter of genetics with sativas... it's all about the "right" sativas for me. Wicked prone to anxiety and tweakishness so I can tell straight away whether or not the high is paranoid... but indicas tend to actually sort of depress me, probably because I also have some latent depression that I find sativas are better at battling as well. I'm on a mission to find my favorite sativas. I am working on some raspberry coughs right now because the coughs have a good reputation for combating anxiety.
I'm sure it's genetics with the indicas too, I'm sure there are some soaring indicas, but I have not found them yet... the jackberry is relatively light compared to the herijuana and anesthesia, but the sativa-dominant kolossus knocks the doors off all of them as far as buzz is concerned. I'm a bit of a buzz junky I guess. My perfect smoke is very high and buzzy but at the same time enough body high to keep me relaxed and not short-circuiting. I haven't found a lot of stuff that hits that on the nose yet, but I also haven't had a lot of opportunities to try different varieties. I am really looking forward to my next crop though, as it is two sativa-dominant strains.
I dunno, I like indicas, and if my tolerance is low I can get really high off an indica, but with tolerance it starts to feel like I'm just popping advil or something... I find that the head-effects of a sativa sort of "convince me" to acknowledge that I am altered. I like to feel altered, lol. I get a lot out of shifting perspectives. I appreciate pain-killers too but if the effects aren't prominent (from lack of tolerance) that doesn't always trigger a headshift. I needs my headshift.
This has been in my head a lot lately... going into this last crop i intentionally bought indicas because i thought I'd prefer them as they might not exacerbate my anxiety... but instead I've found them to be less stimulating in a fundamental way that leaves me feeling unsatisfied. Not anxious, but without the buzz I find myself feeling depressed. I'd rather just stay sober than smoke and feel depressed, so. Meh.
I dunno, I mean I definitely see the appeal of both. I really like smoking herijuana like an hour before bed when I'm already pretty tired, it helps me relax and I end up falling asleep watching TV before I even crawl into bed... and I really like the relaxing feeling I get from it, which actually triggers a sort of mood shift, but I do tend to wake up a few hours later anyway.
Anyway. When it comes to getting shit done, it's a million times easier with sativas in my experience. I can get things done on the indicas, I just don't really WANT to. The difference is in attitude... I am apathetic and indifferent about whether or not shit gets done when I'm really stoned out... sure, there's stuff that needs to get done, but I don't really feel like getting up, basically. There's nothing wrong with that, I just prefer to feel motivated to take action... it's not about getting stuff done, it's about feeling a drive and inspiration to do so... that's what sells me on sativas. Of course I CAN do stuff without that drive and inspiration, but it's simply not as fun. I like how sativas make me feel enthusiastic about tasks that I need to conquer, so that I hit the ground running and make a lot of progress fast to get the ball rolling.
if i didnt have a vac chamber, but of course i would probably be able to buy one at that point and would, so it wouldn't be so space consuming. i use about a case over the course of a week or 2 once a month. do a couple runs a day.
