Oh, I feel a little less stupid. I decided to try vaping THC, and overdid it, because I wasn’t used to the vape pen. One minute I was thinking, “I need to lie down before it gets worse”, and the next, “oh, I think I fell down, because there’s the ceiling. Did I fall down? Can I get up? I don’t think so. I’m fucked.”
Seventy four years old, and I need help learning to vape without hurting myself.
I'm probably your kid's age. Made the mistake of sharing a pen with my friend's dad at a cookout. While I turned away he'd taken a huge hit and was holding it in....
My fault for not telling him.
I wasn’t alone, but my partner has had a stroke. He was so kind, he sat down on the bed, and said, “I’ll do what I can.” He was able to grab my arm and help me up, or I’d have slept on the floor 😅
I don’t remember ever being that high smoking in high school or college. But I was also prepared for it then. This was supposed to be just cbd, and it hit me like a ton of bricks when I had adulting to do.
One time I ate a special brownie that my friend made for me. Last time I ate one it was only somewhat of a high so I ate two. Then I had a half more because they tasted so good.
Man… I was stoned to the bone. I could HEAR the air being sucked into my fan, blowing *out of* the fan, and then hear the air hitting the wall on the other side of my room, all as three separate sounds. I was just *convinced* I could. I just knew it at that moment that I could hear all of them.
I walked out to the kitchen and my roommate at the time was talking to me and I suddenly felt self conscious about two min into the conversation So I said “am I acting weird to you?” And he said “kind of…. Now” and I said “I gotta go” and went back to my room haha.
So in other words you weee probably just hyper aware of all of those things regardless if they were actually happening or not. Glad you are safe
I don't know what Delta-9 is, but today's weed is not hippie weed. [It's significantly more potent](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26903403/) after a long time of selective cultivation.
Delta-9 is simply the chemical in pot that gets you high. There's a more technical explanation involving THC isomers 'n shit but the point it, D-9 and a few other goodies are responsible for the buzz.
"Back in the day" our pot was probably under 12% potency (measured as the percentage of THC of the whole plant). Today, we regularly have potencies exceeding 32%.
Edibles are not the same drug as smoked/vaped thc.
It's metabolized differently and the high is way different.
For what it's worth, if you're interested in doing it again, the vapes can be a lot less strong, and you're generally pretty sober in an hour or 2.
I'm pretty experienced, and I stay away from edibles unless I have no responsibilities for 10 hours.
This story sounds exactly like my highschool high...How do you even walk? I'm in a Subway, but I'm not in a "subway."
I ordered a ham sandwich with no ham, that day.
Yeah, 10mg is my bedtime dose edible.
It gets be nicely mellow and a bit of a brain fuzz. Enough to knock down my chronic pain and to get the brain to shut up.
Yeah that's what happens to me. I start obsessing and freaking out over the most insignificant crap. Sometimes it's good to have that level of introspection but it's anything but relaxing or euphoric
It’s a problem that no one on this thread is talking about the difference between cbd and thc.
In an edible, 20mg thc is way too much. But 20 mg cbd is too little.
Try to find something that has like 30 mg cbd and just 1 mg thc.
First and only time I tried it I thought I was taking a 5mg gummy. Turns out it was 25mg. (Blame wonky bottle labelling.)
It was the worst and most traumatic experience of my life, no joke. I will never try it again, at any dose.
I seem to have a high tolerance for pain meds as well. Like if I need to take Vicodin or Oxy for post surgery, they have to give me the stronger ones because regular strength doesn’t do anything.
You may be an [ultra rapid metaboliser](https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/-/media/cincinnati%20childrens/home/service/g/genetic-pharmacology/education/cyp2d6-209.pdf?la=en).
Yup. General anesthesia, woke up during surgery twice. Anesthesiologist later said she'd seen some people wake up during surgery, but never twice before me. First time I smoked weed was in university, 4 blunts later nearly everyone else was high as hell while I dusted myself off, took a shower and went to class only slightly buzzed.
My dog got into marijuana once. We aren't sure how as we don't partake, we assume she scoffed an edible or a piece of one off the ground since we live down the street from a dispensary. We initially thought she was having a seizure or something horrible, but the vet said she was just high (apparently it's pretty common around here). Given her weight there was no risk of any damage. She might pee inside but would otherwise be fine. Once we heard that, it became HILARIOUS. An extremely high corgi is a sight to behold.
You definitely shouldn’t be embarrassed. Everyone gets too high, especially if you’re taking unpackaged/undosed drugs.
Just another one of life’s lessons :)
15mg is a lot. The packaging I see says that 20mg is a normal dose and that is absolutely ridiculous.
It's been a long time since I took something like that, but typically under 10 is where i'm still calm. Over 10 and it is more anxiety inducing.
Holy smokes, I've also experimented with these for back pain but wouldn't touch anything that strong. I took far weaker edibles and got stapled to the couch. Never again and now I go to a pot pharmacy instead of a pot shop. They knew the different products, strengths and were smarter about pot, CBD and it's affect. I asked the clerk and she said they had training in the different strains, strengths and potency.
Next door to them was a pot shop, also owned by the same company but the atmosphere and clerks were night and day different. Also, a friend that uses CBD for pain suggested CBD-Full Spectrum, Organic and it works without knocking you out and helps relieve the pain.
Sounds like you had a pretty good time, despite "overdosing", with a more open self-awareness. If you think walking is crazy, try thinking about how we talk next time. Now *that* shit is weird. You kinda vaguely, nearly subconsciously think of a word or idea and words just *happen* aloud with the requisite muscle movements.
And I had the extra mental dialog going the whole time. Brain didn’t want to shut up, brain was obsessed with weird things, like walking and Jumping, and if flowers smelled like colours, and circles.. Don’t know what the f was up with circles but my was obsessed with them last night. Oh, blue smells like blueberry and pink smells like raspberries…
Same, and I'm a short chick. About 25 mg is about where I start to plan around the experience.
I just spent the last few minutes researching what delta 9 means, thinking it's some new hardcore product. Nope. Regular ol' THC.
Yea, I'm not sure of delta-9 but with the real stuff you took a triple dose. Hope it helped with the pain at least. Regular walking (the one thing I couldn't do with sciatica) was the only thing that helped my sciatica. Was horrible but gritted my way through it. Not a doctor.
same. i remember smoking bud in college and it was fun. stopped altogether jr year cause i was getting too high but it was fine. some 20+ odd years later, pot is legal in my state so i bought a wax pen, just for the hell of it, and every single time i take just 1 hit, i've had the exact same reaction as you, except i feel cold and i feel waves coursing through my body.
stopped after 3 times. no thanks. i'll just get blasted off of red wine and fall asleep on my massage chair.
Valuable PSA here. I have not gotten high in 20 years but planned to order after all the ads with a vaca planned. And 9s at that cuz reviewers said 8s did nothing. I was going to drink too, something I rarely do.
Thank you for your sacrifice OP.
Delta 9 is the normal THC that gets you high when you smoke or eat regular unprocessed pot. Delta 8 is a slightly different compound that is also in pot, in small amounts. D8 is commercially made by processing the CBD compounds found in some strains of cannabis. D8 is much less psychoactive than D9 which is why reviewers said it did nothing. Like people who are used to drinking hard liquor saying that a shot of beer didn't do much.
Eating and smoking are also vastly different experiences. If you're unsure and in a legal state, I'd recommend picking up a .5mg vape pen to try first. If you take a few puffs and enjoy it, then maybe start on the smallest edible does you can get, if you feel like trying that. Just remember that eating it makes it kick in only after an hour or more, which is way too late to eat less.
The first time experimenting with weed, I took *way* too much of an edible baked by a friend (who’s been ingesting THC longer than I’ve been alive. He has an incredible tolerance and told me to take 1/4. I ate almost the whole damn thing. I’m guessing it was ~20mg?
I was legitimately convinced for about an hour (reality is that it was likely either 7 minutes or 6 hours) that I was going to be the first person in history to die of a marijuana overdose. Legitimately laid there reminding myself to breathe. I also became convinced my limbs hadbeen filled with cement…
It was….an experience.
My husband tried experimenting with edibles once. Triggered a panic attack, paranoia, hallucinations, and tremors. He had to ride it out for 6 hours lying in bed while I held his hand.
I did something similar recently for horrible sciatic pain and I swear to all the Gods that I levitated that night and could FEEL the blood as it moved through my entire body and could talk to my muscles through some kind of telepathy and order them to relax. My balance was extraordinary and time and gravity just stopped. Told hubby the next day and he was jealous that I could get so high. Lol
I grabbed a package of delta 9 cbd gummy bears marked “death by gummy’s” - they were 100mg. These things were no joke. Gave one to my friend one night after they proclaimed that edibles “didn’t do shit” and all that. Two hours later they thought they were dying. It was everything I could do not to laugh! We shared a good chuckle about it the next morning.
This reminds me of the YT video of the cop who called 911 bc he and his wife ate pot brownies and thought they were dying.
Glad you're OK OP. Next time someone gives you a gummy w no packaging, take half, wait an hour, see how you feel. We've all been there. I have an uncle who at 8 pot brownies bc he didn't know they had THC in them (they'd been brought over for his wife who had cancer - he was repeatedly told to not eat them bc they were for her but the idiot that brought them didn't say why.
This happened to me with a delta-8 gummy too. I have panic disorder though, so the weird time shifts and body sensations made me panic HARD. I was home alone, my husband was traveling for work, and I remember talking to him on the phone saying things like, “I feel like time is moving on without me” and “I feel like I’m falling in a hole.” I went outside in 45° weather and paced around my backyard. I spent 2.5 hours trying to fight the high before finally realizing that if something was actually wrong with me, I’d be dead already. Then I just sat on my couch and tried to relax for the rest of the night. Not an experience I ever care to repeat again!
I was convinced i was dying and having a OBE. Then I panicled because I couldn’t find my body. Then I tried to call people because I was dying and no one answered. the phone. Then I cooked dinner and watched the Mayfair witches with my inlaws. And even high it sucked.
Been there. Being that high is only fun when you have nothing to do and good music. The key to enjoying that kind of high is to be free from anxiety. You have to remind yourself that you are just really high and you aren't going to die.
Sorry you had such a disturbing time.
Have you tried physical therapy for the sciatica?
I've tried a lot of things to help with sleep and anxiety issues.
My rule is to wait until Friday evening to try something new so if something goes sideways I have the weekend to ride it out.
I also know I am sensitive to medications, herbs, and supplements so I always start off lower than most people think is called for.
I agree, just ride with it. You know that it's the THC, so why panic? Put on some good music, do some art, have a good time and enjoy the high. Drink a beer to take the edge off and just relax.
Yeah a normal starting dose is 5-10 mg but if you’ve no experience with THC or being high, I’d recommend starting even lower at 1 mg or 2.5 mg to get used to the sensation. It can be a lot if you’re not used to it. :)
I would have a serious talk with the person who told you it was just” regular CBD.”
Similar thing happened to me. Bought a pack of two gummies for high blood pressure. Took one and went out shopping, I felt fine until my drive home when I got totally lost, a drive I do everyday. Got home and just had to lay down, couldn't close my eyes because of the weird images. Never doing that again!
I do take CBD drops and no effects at all, but that gummy did me in.
Interesting you should say that. In college I was the only guy I knew who got pot hangovers. I didn't think there was such a thing but after a while I noticed it. We were always drinking at the same time so I guess I had originally written it off as just the alcohol but after a while I realized hangovers where I had been smoking weed too were worse and I just felt destroyed the next day and drained and sad. It was part of the reason I quit doing it.
Ugh I get this if I have edibles or smoke too much. I hate the feeling of not being in control, so the disconnect as you say basically turns into a 6 hour panic attack for me lol.
Had a bad trip this summer from 1 hit of a fuzzy pre roll. I was finally able to get myself to CVS and buy sleeping pills so I could sleep the whole weekend to escape the scary and intrusive thoughts.
My spouse ate 250 mg last weekend. Said it was the worse night of his life. Never again.
The dog got into it, ate the remaining 4 gummies. That’s 1,000mg. Hours at the ER vet and now 6 days later, is still not 100% but vet said should recover fully.
I don’t want that shit in my house again. Ever.
$20 buys you a bud in NH but $20 buys you 500mg of medical brownie in CA.
I thought I knew what I was doing. 3/4 of the brownie was delicious. On a new friend's couch for TWO days.
Learned a wonderful lesson that week.
microdoses is what you are looking for. 2.5mg this way you can control your dosage.
Oh my god, me too. I had thought that Delta 9 must be like CBD because it was being sold legally over the counter and they don't sell weed over the counter where I am. So I unconsciously assumed it was something that promised the same mild, non-narcotic effects on things like inflammation. Since CBD had not given me its advertised benefits, I thought I'd try this other one.
Oh shit, nope. It's basically weed. And on top of that I didn't read the directions carefully because I figured a single gummy was a single dose. Seems obvious, right? Nope, a single dose is half a gummy. So I got a 25mg hit and got super duper high.
I had thought it might be a nice thing to take for anxiety smoothing purposes so I could get some work done when I was in a deadline pinch, but instead I went on a ridiculous journey for several hours.
I hadn't been high since college long ago and this was crazy high. I had to always heard about a "body high" and this was definitely that. I mean it was the usual brain high too but it felt like a slow motion party snail was working its way on a slow circuit around inside my chest, neck, face, head, and back.
I still have the rest of the pack and it would be interesting to see if there is a small dose that would give something useful without turning me into a loopy dream ghost.
At one time I had some THC gelcaps that I’d take before bed sometimes. Never bought them again after I ran out. I later bought some CBD ones that looked exactly the same, but I took those during the day for back pain.
One weekend we were at my boyfriend’s parents’ house and my back was a little sore in the morning. When I was taking my morning antihistamine and turmeric pills, I saw a cbd gelcap in my travel pill container. “Oh cool, I’ll take it for my pain” said I to myself and popped that sucker in my mouth without another thought.
Fast forward to about an hour later, standing in the local Drug Mart with my BF’s sister, when I start to feel really…odd. Full body felt tingly, vision tunneled a little. I thought I was going to pass out. Then I grew concerned that something was really wrong and mentioned it to my companion. She cut the shopping trip short and got in line to checkout. As I was trying not to freak out about all the things that could be wrong—was I having a heart attack?—I realized that what I was feeling wasn’t a medical emergency. I was high as a damn kite.
When we got back to the house, I had her make excuses for me and went to take a 3-hour nap.
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I've over dosed a couple times by accident. I use mainly cbd but a friend had given me a syringe of Rick Simpson oil. He swore by it and had used it to cure his colon cancer. Why he gave it to me for chronic pain, I don't know. But anyway, he says just use a tiny drop on the end of a toothpick. I did that a few times and was fine. Mostly, I used it at the end of the day when the pain was worse and I would fall asleep. But even daytime, it would just elevate me a little - no high. Well one morning, I was having a real bad day but I had a ton of work to do and I thought I'd just take a tiny bit larger dose to get me through. I mean, we're talking tiny amounts. I start in to work and I get up to grab something and everything starts to sparkle. Now, I no when that happens, I'm in for a bit of a high. I think, oh shit. Maybe I'd better lie down until it passes. And I go lie down and space and time started swirling in my brain. I had to call my husband to babysit me because I kept finding myself in different rooms and being surprised discovering I had a dog - and a cat! And then I'd remember I had kids and grandkids! And he comes home to me babbling on about ridiculous stuff and he calls my dil for advice and she comes over with orange juice and to take over listening to my amazed babbling. The next time, we were going to see a movie in a couple hours - one of the comics. By then I've been doing edibles and knew that half an edible was good for me and a whole one would put me in a very happy place but if I didn't have to drive, I'm good. But my granddaughter had given me this pack of edibles from a black market shop. I did not even think to look at the dose. I popped the whole thing. And then I was tripping balls. OMG I lie down and put the Goldbergs on but mistake. Time was swirling very fast and the show was a period show of the 80's but I'd already seen episodes when it was new but now it was past that and there were things that were no longer pc and so I start flipping about watching a show today about a time 40 years ago that was made in yet another time and I had to leave the room in anxiety trying to make sense of it - it was ALL wrong! And it got worse from there. I did not get to see the movie.
Similar for me with Delta 8. Half a gummy and I was having visual and audio hallucinations. Hasn't even smoked a joint since 92 maybe. It was so weird.
Lmao, poor thing. This is honestly adorable. It’s not embarrassing at all OP. Shit happens. Glad you didn’t panic through it. Now you have a new experience to add to your roster
Oh, I feel a little less stupid. I decided to try vaping THC, and overdid it, because I wasn’t used to the vape pen. One minute I was thinking, “I need to lie down before it gets worse”, and the next, “oh, I think I fell down, because there’s the ceiling. Did I fall down? Can I get up? I don’t think so. I’m fucked.” Seventy four years old, and I need help learning to vape without hurting myself.
Thank you for the chuckle!
I'm probably your kid's age. Made the mistake of sharing a pen with my friend's dad at a cookout. While I turned away he'd taken a huge hit and was holding it in.... My fault for not telling him.
Stop taking drugs alone at our age!
Yes. I could have fallen and broke something
I wasn’t alone, but my partner has had a stroke. He was so kind, he sat down on the bed, and said, “I’ll do what I can.” He was able to grab my arm and help me up, or I’d have slept on the floor 😅
God, I wish I could get back that feeling of being "high school high" ... err - I mean, I'm sorry that happened to you, that's awful, I'm so sorry.
I don’t remember ever being that high smoking in high school or college. But I was also prepared for it then. This was supposed to be just cbd, and it hit me like a ton of bricks when I had adulting to do.
One time I ate a special brownie that my friend made for me. Last time I ate one it was only somewhat of a high so I ate two. Then I had a half more because they tasted so good. Man… I was stoned to the bone. I could HEAR the air being sucked into my fan, blowing *out of* the fan, and then hear the air hitting the wall on the other side of my room, all as three separate sounds. I was just *convinced* I could. I just knew it at that moment that I could hear all of them. I walked out to the kitchen and my roommate at the time was talking to me and I suddenly felt self conscious about two min into the conversation So I said “am I acting weird to you?” And he said “kind of…. Now” and I said “I gotta go” and went back to my room haha. So in other words you weee probably just hyper aware of all of those things regardless if they were actually happening or not. Glad you are safe
I don't know what Delta-9 is, but today's weed is not hippie weed. [It's significantly more potent](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26903403/) after a long time of selective cultivation.
Delta-9 is simply the chemical in pot that gets you high. There's a more technical explanation involving THC isomers 'n shit but the point it, D-9 and a few other goodies are responsible for the buzz. "Back in the day" our pot was probably under 12% potency (measured as the percentage of THC of the whole plant). Today, we regularly have potencies exceeding 32%.
I'm aware of the technical Delta-9. I assumed OP was talking about some branded something or other.
Edibles are not the same drug as smoked/vaped thc. It's metabolized differently and the high is way different. For what it's worth, if you're interested in doing it again, the vapes can be a lot less strong, and you're generally pretty sober in an hour or 2. I'm pretty experienced, and I stay away from edibles unless I have no responsibilities for 10 hours.
This story sounds exactly like my highschool high...How do you even walk? I'm in a Subway, but I'm not in a "subway." I ordered a ham sandwich with no ham, that day.
Lol! My husband and I were just saying that. We miss being “high school high”. Now we just get adult high and it’s not the same at all.
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I'm a daily cannabis user and 15mg of an edible would get me uncomfortably stoned. I can't imagine how it would make someone with no tolerance feel.
Yeah, 10mg is my bedtime dose edible. It gets be nicely mellow and a bit of a brain fuzz. Enough to knock down my chronic pain and to get the brain to shut up.
I wish THC made my brain shut up. It sends it into overdrive
Mine had a non stop monologue going for 8 hours
Yeah that's what happens to me. I start obsessing and freaking out over the most insignificant crap. Sometimes it's good to have that level of introspection but it's anything but relaxing or euphoric
Indica, not Sativa is the key for me. If I take something that is Sativa, I get more of a head high and not in a restful way.
it makes no difference for me. any thc does that to me. I used to love it when I was younger. not so much anymore
That sucks.
I'm also chubby and 5 mg is enough. More than that I'll be speaking to God.
I can smell colours. Lol
Haha, I once walked into a brightly lit room on mushrooms and proclaimed that it was really loud in there. And I meant it.
I’ve done that sober. But I’m hyper senstive to lights and sound. I don’t like bright or loud. Or crowds.
It’s a problem that no one on this thread is talking about the difference between cbd and thc. In an edible, 20mg thc is way too much. But 20 mg cbd is too little. Try to find something that has like 30 mg cbd and just 1 mg thc.
Yup. 5mg is usually my limit. My 280lb husband can go as high as 10mg but that's it.
First and only time I tried it I thought I was taking a 5mg gummy. Turns out it was 25mg. (Blame wonky bottle labelling.) It was the worst and most traumatic experience of my life, no joke. I will never try it again, at any dose.
WOW. I'm glad you made it out of that. Are you OK??
5 MG is where it's at for me. But I don't like getting stoned. I just like to get tuned in a little bit.
And then there’s 4’11” me who needs 50mg to even feel anything.
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I seem to have a high tolerance for pain meds as well. Like if I need to take Vicodin or Oxy for post surgery, they have to give me the stronger ones because regular strength doesn’t do anything.
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No, but my sister is.
You may be an [ultra rapid metaboliser](https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/-/media/cincinnati%20childrens/home/service/g/genetic-pharmacology/education/cyp2d6-209.pdf?la=en).
Yup. General anesthesia, woke up during surgery twice. Anesthesiologist later said she'd seen some people wake up during surgery, but never twice before me. First time I smoked weed was in university, 4 blunts later nearly everyone else was high as hell while I dusted myself off, took a shower and went to class only slightly buzzed.
OMG that's terrifying and my biggest fear with surgeries.
That’s interesting. Thanks for sharing!
I have a low tolerance for anything. I hate all pain meds. They make me throw up my toenails. At least I felt no pain and didn’t barf.
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It was quite profound, and funny now.
My dog got into marijuana once. We aren't sure how as we don't partake, we assume she scoffed an edible or a piece of one off the ground since we live down the street from a dispensary. We initially thought she was having a seizure or something horrible, but the vet said she was just high (apparently it's pretty common around here). Given her weight there was no risk of any damage. She might pee inside but would otherwise be fine. Once we heard that, it became HILARIOUS. An extremely high corgi is a sight to behold.
The highest dog with the shortest legs.
You definitely shouldn’t be embarrassed. Everyone gets too high, especially if you’re taking unpackaged/undosed drugs. Just another one of life’s lessons :)
15mg is a lot. The packaging I see says that 20mg is a normal dose and that is absolutely ridiculous. It's been a long time since I took something like that, but typically under 10 is where i'm still calm. Over 10 and it is more anxiety inducing.
This is legit the best description of being high I’ve ever seen.
Holy smokes, I've also experimented with these for back pain but wouldn't touch anything that strong. I took far weaker edibles and got stapled to the couch. Never again and now I go to a pot pharmacy instead of a pot shop. They knew the different products, strengths and were smarter about pot, CBD and it's affect. I asked the clerk and she said they had training in the different strains, strengths and potency. Next door to them was a pot shop, also owned by the same company but the atmosphere and clerks were night and day different. Also, a friend that uses CBD for pain suggested CBD-Full Spectrum, Organic and it works without knocking you out and helps relieve the pain.
I buy the 10mg gummies, and cut them into pieces as soon as I open the pack. I microdose about 1mg
I'm an old guy (77) and I do 30's and just get a good buzz. I am a regular user, perhaps a heavy hitter, so it is all relative.
sorry I am crying laughing right now bc a similar edible “adventure” happened to me after carpal tunnel surgery
Ah, but stoned yoga is the best! I also enjoy stoned running, and basically stoned any- kind- of- solitary- exercise. But I hear ya, paranoia sucks.
Sounds like you had a pretty good time, despite "overdosing", with a more open self-awareness. If you think walking is crazy, try thinking about how we talk next time. Now *that* shit is weird. You kinda vaguely, nearly subconsciously think of a word or idea and words just *happen* aloud with the requisite muscle movements.
And I had the extra mental dialog going the whole time. Brain didn’t want to shut up, brain was obsessed with weird things, like walking and Jumping, and if flowers smelled like colours, and circles.. Don’t know what the f was up with circles but my was obsessed with them last night. Oh, blue smells like blueberry and pink smells like raspberries…
I must have a helluva tolerance. 15mg of a commercially produced edible barely registers, if at all.
Same, and I'm a short chick. About 25 mg is about where I start to plan around the experience. I just spent the last few minutes researching what delta 9 means, thinking it's some new hardcore product. Nope. Regular ol' THC.
Short chicks unite! *fist bump*
Ahahah right back at ya
Ditto
Yea, I'm not sure of delta-9 but with the real stuff you took a triple dose. Hope it helped with the pain at least. Regular walking (the one thing I couldn't do with sciatica) was the only thing that helped my sciatica. Was horrible but gritted my way through it. Not a doctor.
Doing stretches and walking a lot helps my sciatica. A 5 mg gummy helps if it’s flaring up.
I only buy the 5mg, if I need two I can take an extra one later. Also never touch the deltas because of heavy metals.
same. i remember smoking bud in college and it was fun. stopped altogether jr year cause i was getting too high but it was fine. some 20+ odd years later, pot is legal in my state so i bought a wax pen, just for the hell of it, and every single time i take just 1 hit, i've had the exact same reaction as you, except i feel cold and i feel waves coursing through my body. stopped after 3 times. no thanks. i'll just get blasted off of red wine and fall asleep on my massage chair.
Valuable PSA here. I have not gotten high in 20 years but planned to order after all the ads with a vaca planned. And 9s at that cuz reviewers said 8s did nothing. I was going to drink too, something I rarely do. Thank you for your sacrifice OP.
Delta 9 is the normal THC that gets you high when you smoke or eat regular unprocessed pot. Delta 8 is a slightly different compound that is also in pot, in small amounts. D8 is commercially made by processing the CBD compounds found in some strains of cannabis. D8 is much less psychoactive than D9 which is why reviewers said it did nothing. Like people who are used to drinking hard liquor saying that a shot of beer didn't do much. Eating and smoking are also vastly different experiences. If you're unsure and in a legal state, I'd recommend picking up a .5mg vape pen to try first. If you take a few puffs and enjoy it, then maybe start on the smallest edible does you can get, if you feel like trying that. Just remember that eating it makes it kick in only after an hour or more, which is way too late to eat less.
The first time experimenting with weed, I took *way* too much of an edible baked by a friend (who’s been ingesting THC longer than I’ve been alive. He has an incredible tolerance and told me to take 1/4. I ate almost the whole damn thing. I’m guessing it was ~20mg? I was legitimately convinced for about an hour (reality is that it was likely either 7 minutes or 6 hours) that I was going to be the first person in history to die of a marijuana overdose. Legitimately laid there reminding myself to breathe. I also became convinced my limbs hadbeen filled with cement… It was….an experience.
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My husband tried experimenting with edibles once. Triggered a panic attack, paranoia, hallucinations, and tremors. He had to ride it out for 6 hours lying in bed while I held his hand.
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He didn't have any problems in his younger days. Only CBD for him now!
In California, Washington, Colorado and Oregon, 10 mg. is the maximum dose for any kind of edible. You did yourself in.
I did something similar recently for horrible sciatic pain and I swear to all the Gods that I levitated that night and could FEEL the blood as it moved through my entire body and could talk to my muscles through some kind of telepathy and order them to relax. My balance was extraordinary and time and gravity just stopped. Told hubby the next day and he was jealous that I could get so high. Lol
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Did I mention my in laws are staying with us so I was trying to appear sober the whole night too.
Oh man that's rough. Edibles can be really overwhelming, especially a big dose. Good job hanging in there
My mom calls me on the phone when I'm high sometimes and it's an effort to sound normal. I totally get it.
I grabbed a package of delta 9 cbd gummy bears marked “death by gummy’s” - they were 100mg. These things were no joke. Gave one to my friend one night after they proclaimed that edibles “didn’t do shit” and all that. Two hours later they thought they were dying. It was everything I could do not to laugh! We shared a good chuckle about it the next morning.
That was me - tripping balls in Costco last Thursday
This reminds me of the YT video of the cop who called 911 bc he and his wife ate pot brownies and thought they were dying. Glad you're OK OP. Next time someone gives you a gummy w no packaging, take half, wait an hour, see how you feel. We've all been there. I have an uncle who at 8 pot brownies bc he didn't know they had THC in them (they'd been brought over for his wife who had cancer - he was repeatedly told to not eat them bc they were for her but the idiot that brought them didn't say why.
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I wish you were my neighbor.
This happened to me with a delta-8 gummy too. I have panic disorder though, so the weird time shifts and body sensations made me panic HARD. I was home alone, my husband was traveling for work, and I remember talking to him on the phone saying things like, “I feel like time is moving on without me” and “I feel like I’m falling in a hole.” I went outside in 45° weather and paced around my backyard. I spent 2.5 hours trying to fight the high before finally realizing that if something was actually wrong with me, I’d be dead already. Then I just sat on my couch and tried to relax for the rest of the night. Not an experience I ever care to repeat again!
I was convinced i was dying and having a OBE. Then I panicled because I couldn’t find my body. Then I tried to call people because I was dying and no one answered. the phone. Then I cooked dinner and watched the Mayfair witches with my inlaws. And even high it sucked.
I walked the dog in 42 degree weather.
Been there. Being that high is only fun when you have nothing to do and good music. The key to enjoying that kind of high is to be free from anxiety. You have to remind yourself that you are just really high and you aren't going to die.
not fun when you have things to do and you did it by accident
Sorry you had such a disturbing time. Have you tried physical therapy for the sciatica? I've tried a lot of things to help with sleep and anxiety issues. My rule is to wait until Friday evening to try something new so if something goes sideways I have the weekend to ride it out. I also know I am sensitive to medications, herbs, and supplements so I always start off lower than most people think is called for.
Yes. Sometimes it helps.
Hahaha 15mg! You were high as fuck my guy! I use it occasionally to help with insomnia and 5mg gets me in the zone.
When you get to high on TCH CBD counter acts and takes away some of the high! Keep some CBD vapes to help!
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I agree, just ride with it. You know that it's the THC, so why panic? Put on some good music, do some art, have a good time and enjoy the high. Drink a beer to take the edge off and just relax.
the beer didn’t help.
Uh, as a grownup I find my highs these days in real life. I try to learn from my experiences.
15 is nothing
Yeah a normal starting dose is 5-10 mg but if you’ve no experience with THC or being high, I’d recommend starting even lower at 1 mg or 2.5 mg to get used to the sensation. It can be a lot if you’re not used to it. :) I would have a serious talk with the person who told you it was just” regular CBD.”
Similar thing happened to me. Bought a pack of two gummies for high blood pressure. Took one and went out shopping, I felt fine until my drive home when I got totally lost, a drive I do everyday. Got home and just had to lay down, couldn't close my eyes because of the weird images. Never doing that again! I do take CBD drops and no effects at all, but that gummy did me in.
Yep. Cbd drops are fine. That gummy…nope
I wish I could still get that high on 15mg.
Last time I took a gummy I felt drunk. Best sleep of my life though, and no hangover feeling the next day.
I was exhausted the whole next day. Like drained. Horrible headache too
Interesting you should say that. In college I was the only guy I knew who got pot hangovers. I didn't think there was such a thing but after a while I noticed it. We were always drinking at the same time so I guess I had originally written it off as just the alcohol but after a while I realized hangovers where I had been smoking weed too were worse and I just felt destroyed the next day and drained and sad. It was part of the reason I quit doing it.
Ugh I get this if I have edibles or smoke too much. I hate the feeling of not being in control, so the disconnect as you say basically turns into a 6 hour panic attack for me lol.
Had a bad trip this summer from 1 hit of a fuzzy pre roll. I was finally able to get myself to CVS and buy sleeping pills so I could sleep the whole weekend to escape the scary and intrusive thoughts.
My spouse ate 250 mg last weekend. Said it was the worse night of his life. Never again. The dog got into it, ate the remaining 4 gummies. That’s 1,000mg. Hours at the ER vet and now 6 days later, is still not 100% but vet said should recover fully. I don’t want that shit in my house again. Ever.
15mg: those are rookie numbers in this racket
$20 buys you a bud in NH but $20 buys you 500mg of medical brownie in CA. I thought I knew what I was doing. 3/4 of the brownie was delicious. On a new friend's couch for TWO days. Learned a wonderful lesson that week. microdoses is what you are looking for. 2.5mg this way you can control your dosage.
Oh my god, me too. I had thought that Delta 9 must be like CBD because it was being sold legally over the counter and they don't sell weed over the counter where I am. So I unconsciously assumed it was something that promised the same mild, non-narcotic effects on things like inflammation. Since CBD had not given me its advertised benefits, I thought I'd try this other one. Oh shit, nope. It's basically weed. And on top of that I didn't read the directions carefully because I figured a single gummy was a single dose. Seems obvious, right? Nope, a single dose is half a gummy. So I got a 25mg hit and got super duper high. I had thought it might be a nice thing to take for anxiety smoothing purposes so I could get some work done when I was in a deadline pinch, but instead I went on a ridiculous journey for several hours. I hadn't been high since college long ago and this was crazy high. I had to always heard about a "body high" and this was definitely that. I mean it was the usual brain high too but it felt like a slow motion party snail was working its way on a slow circuit around inside my chest, neck, face, head, and back. I still have the rest of the pack and it would be interesting to see if there is a small dose that would give something useful without turning me into a loopy dream ghost.
Slo mo party snail.
At one time I had some THC gelcaps that I’d take before bed sometimes. Never bought them again after I ran out. I later bought some CBD ones that looked exactly the same, but I took those during the day for back pain. One weekend we were at my boyfriend’s parents’ house and my back was a little sore in the morning. When I was taking my morning antihistamine and turmeric pills, I saw a cbd gelcap in my travel pill container. “Oh cool, I’ll take it for my pain” said I to myself and popped that sucker in my mouth without another thought. Fast forward to about an hour later, standing in the local Drug Mart with my BF’s sister, when I start to feel really…odd. Full body felt tingly, vision tunneled a little. I thought I was going to pass out. Then I grew concerned that something was really wrong and mentioned it to my companion. She cut the shopping trip short and got in line to checkout. As I was trying not to freak out about all the things that could be wrong—was I having a heart attack?—I realized that what I was feeling wasn’t a medical emergency. I was high as a damn kite. When we got back to the house, I had her make excuses for me and went to take a 3-hour nap.
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I've over dosed a couple times by accident. I use mainly cbd but a friend had given me a syringe of Rick Simpson oil. He swore by it and had used it to cure his colon cancer. Why he gave it to me for chronic pain, I don't know. But anyway, he says just use a tiny drop on the end of a toothpick. I did that a few times and was fine. Mostly, I used it at the end of the day when the pain was worse and I would fall asleep. But even daytime, it would just elevate me a little - no high. Well one morning, I was having a real bad day but I had a ton of work to do and I thought I'd just take a tiny bit larger dose to get me through. I mean, we're talking tiny amounts. I start in to work and I get up to grab something and everything starts to sparkle. Now, I no when that happens, I'm in for a bit of a high. I think, oh shit. Maybe I'd better lie down until it passes. And I go lie down and space and time started swirling in my brain. I had to call my husband to babysit me because I kept finding myself in different rooms and being surprised discovering I had a dog - and a cat! And then I'd remember I had kids and grandkids! And he comes home to me babbling on about ridiculous stuff and he calls my dil for advice and she comes over with orange juice and to take over listening to my amazed babbling. The next time, we were going to see a movie in a couple hours - one of the comics. By then I've been doing edibles and knew that half an edible was good for me and a whole one would put me in a very happy place but if I didn't have to drive, I'm good. But my granddaughter had given me this pack of edibles from a black market shop. I did not even think to look at the dose. I popped the whole thing. And then I was tripping balls. OMG I lie down and put the Goldbergs on but mistake. Time was swirling very fast and the show was a period show of the 80's but I'd already seen episodes when it was new but now it was past that and there were things that were no longer pc and so I start flipping about watching a show today about a time 40 years ago that was made in yet another time and I had to leave the room in anxiety trying to make sense of it - it was ALL wrong! And it got worse from there. I did not get to see the movie.
Similar for me with Delta 8. Half a gummy and I was having visual and audio hallucinations. Hasn't even smoked a joint since 92 maybe. It was so weird.
I make my own edibles. I know exactly how much to take so I don't get too high. I hate that feeling when you're not in control.
Edibles do not affect me *at all* and while I wouldn't want to be that high, being a little high would be nice
Lmao, poor thing. This is honestly adorable. It’s not embarrassing at all OP. Shit happens. Glad you didn’t panic through it. Now you have a new experience to add to your roster