Switching to edibles

I used to get that heavy feeling from edibles and I kinda chalked it up to the fact that it's hard to get a precise dosage right even if you make them yourself. And I agree about it not being 'good' but if you insist on a dose morning and night I would say smoke in the morning and then if you need it take a small edible at night. You might have to play around with types of eddies for a while until you find what works best with your body. I can also recommend gummies. Gummies helped me get through some rough patches with my arthritis pre pregnancy.

Also if you like coffee or tea in the mornings you can make a syrup but you're gonna wanna not have anything special or important to do while you figure out how much you need / can handle lol trust me

On the topic of vaping - have you tried a dry herb vape? My understanding is that vapes come in a couple of types and dry herb isn’t always the most common. I use one from Healthy Rips and for me, the effect can be similar to smoking depending on the temperature setting. I feel like I have a lot of control over the experience I want to have. Do I just want to mellow out my anxiety and get some body relaxation a bit without much of the mental effects? Low temp. Do I want full on giggly couch lock? High temp. Every body is different but I find I do get a body high with that.

@Natalie I have only tried dry herb vapes. My dad has one and my partner and neither are very effective for me.

@Alice I like the idea of a syrup. I'm going to ask them next time at the shop which variety would be good to attempt the recipe. It may be a good solution.

Edit: I also meant to say I have tried gummies, sublingual spray and chocolate. I have before attempted oils-- but I found I got toooo high.

I would think a tincture would be next as I haven't yet tried it.

They make flavored syrups too so you wouldn't inherently notice the taste of weed, at least not as strong as eddies, imo. My fave is blueberry in my blueberry tea 😂 I tried Tincture once and it hit me hard so I'm not a fan but you might be different! I wish you good luck in your pain management because phew I felt that x

ah gotcha!

Thanks everyone!

have you tried sativa based edibles?
smoking flower with papers is the best way to go smoking wise. and thc doesn’t damage your lungs the way tobacco does. tobacco is actually 5x more damaging to smoke than cannabis.
sadly, cannabis hasn’t been thoroughly studied because of racial bias and discrimination. so as of right now, we don’t have a ton of reliable and long term studies to support or dismiss claims about what cannabis use does to your lungs. and a lot of studies are not controlled well and many are tainted by people who smoke cannabis in tobacco products. like blunts/spliffs.
i also don’t recommend bongs or bubblers because bacteria thrives in the water and you breathe it in. and it can cause serious damage. so stick to joints (vibes papers are my fave. i don’t like raw papers at all) and hemp wraps. king palm cones.
edibles are tricky though because it truly depends on how your body metabolizes and processes thc

@aluna Sativa anything is really anxiety inducing for me, but its worth trying for edible to deal with the body feel.

I 💯 agree that cannabis is not as bad for lung health, this is even known by doctors as well. However, any plant material at all that is smoked will have stuff that isn't good for you.

As for joints vs. bongs, I used to smoke joints exclusively, however I found that I developed a cough that I don't have with using a bong. I do change my bong water at least once a day, and clean it thoroughly about twice a week. I also only smoke small amounts at a time so joints aren't ideal these days.

I'm not sure how flower is best for lung health as you say, since it has the excess plant material that concentrates don't have (ex. Some shatter is 85% thc). Do you have any more information about that? If you're right I'll be very glad as I prefer to smoke flower than anything.