My experiences with Cannabis
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 12:00 am
I have had insomnia in one form or another my entire life. Even as a child. I remember laying awake, reading a book with a flashlight in Jr High. Every day getting up for school was a drag. I took so much crap from my mother who called me lazy and every other name in the book. Truth be told, she was a very abusive narcissist.
Any job 9-5 type job I ever had has been an ordeal. Never able to sleep before 3 am and getting up at 7:30 for work took its toll on me. I started looking for jobs where I could work a midnight or evening shift and it made life so much better for me. That wasn't always an option.
In addition to my RLS I must have some other type of circadian rhythm disorder.
In my early 30s I had a fairly successful career in finance but of course, insomnia was a problem. Years of sleep deprivation was taking its toll. I starte having night terrors. Dreams in which I would physically act out what was happening. One night while having a dream that I was fighting with an intruder breaking into my house intent on harming me I woke up in the middle of it. I had my gf pinned down to the bed and was choking her, I thought I was choking my assailant. It was a huge wake up call. That morning I quit my job and started a business where early mornings were not a regular requirement. It definitely changed my life for the better.
Years later I still had trouble sleeping, and of course I had the RLS, so upon advice of a friend I tried smoking cannabis. I laughed like I hadn't laughed in years and had the best sleep of my life in decades. 9 glorious hours of unbroken sleep. Incredible. So I started smoking cannabis regularly for sleep and sometimes recreationaally.
About 10 years ago I started growing my own and making THC oil. I had chronic pain issues from injuries, plus the RLS and insomnia were getting worse. I had a very low tolerance to the oil. 20mgs THC made me uncomfortably high. However, I slept well and RLS was at a minimum. I needed to increase my dosage and tolerance to a higher level because I am at a very high risk for a particular type of cancer. It runs in my family, killed my mother and almost killed my father. What are the odds that BOTH parents would have the same genetic risk?
I felt I needed to get to at least 250 mgs THC per day in order to get that cancer mitigating effect. I firmly believe THC fights cancer, along with other cannabinoids. It took a year and lots of really uncomfortable highs to get there but I made it. Still couldn't have a normal sleep schedule but RLS wasn't bad and the insomnia was under control... as long as I kept the late morning sleep schedule. Average bedtime was 3am, and would rise 9-10 am. I was good for about 8 years or so.
Over the past two years the THC has not worked as well and now it doesn't seem to work at all. For the RLS or the insomnia. I am not sure if it just got worse on its own, as RLS seems to often do, or I maybe I augmented on the THC but if I did it took a very long time. I am inclined to think that it just got worse with age, and my tolerance to THC is so high that I don't really get high. Even at 500 mgs THC.
Right now I am taking a break from THC to clear my receptors. They say it takes a few days to regain so effect and 28 days for a complete reset back to your first tolerance level. I can't go back that far but I am taking a few days, microdosing, then taking a few days off again. Meanwhile I am in insomnia and RLS hell. I was there anyways so its not just withdrawal. It wasn't working anymore.
I have another thread on the go in the just joined section so I won't repeat myself. I just wanted to share my cannabis experience.
CBD did NOTHING for me. No benefit, no side effect. I have taken up to 1000 mgs at once. Nada. Probably because my CB1 receptors are so closed off, hence my cleanse. CBD did nothing for me in the early days either so I don't expect to try it again. Waste of my time.
In short, the THC worked very well for a very long time, but I will take breaks from it now to ensure my tolerance doesn't become a problem.
If anyone has questions about THC and its products, ask away. I am happy to help. I have amassed quite a store of knowledge on it. Growing, processing, usage.
I hope this helps anyone considering it as an option. Compared to any of these pharmaceuticals it is very benign. Note that death is NOT a side effect of cannabis even in extreme doses unless you are a dog an eat chocolate with it. Then its deadly to dogs.
Any job 9-5 type job I ever had has been an ordeal. Never able to sleep before 3 am and getting up at 7:30 for work took its toll on me. I started looking for jobs where I could work a midnight or evening shift and it made life so much better for me. That wasn't always an option.
In addition to my RLS I must have some other type of circadian rhythm disorder.
In my early 30s I had a fairly successful career in finance but of course, insomnia was a problem. Years of sleep deprivation was taking its toll. I starte having night terrors. Dreams in which I would physically act out what was happening. One night while having a dream that I was fighting with an intruder breaking into my house intent on harming me I woke up in the middle of it. I had my gf pinned down to the bed and was choking her, I thought I was choking my assailant. It was a huge wake up call. That morning I quit my job and started a business where early mornings were not a regular requirement. It definitely changed my life for the better.
Years later I still had trouble sleeping, and of course I had the RLS, so upon advice of a friend I tried smoking cannabis. I laughed like I hadn't laughed in years and had the best sleep of my life in decades. 9 glorious hours of unbroken sleep. Incredible. So I started smoking cannabis regularly for sleep and sometimes recreationaally.
About 10 years ago I started growing my own and making THC oil. I had chronic pain issues from injuries, plus the RLS and insomnia were getting worse. I had a very low tolerance to the oil. 20mgs THC made me uncomfortably high. However, I slept well and RLS was at a minimum. I needed to increase my dosage and tolerance to a higher level because I am at a very high risk for a particular type of cancer. It runs in my family, killed my mother and almost killed my father. What are the odds that BOTH parents would have the same genetic risk?
I felt I needed to get to at least 250 mgs THC per day in order to get that cancer mitigating effect. I firmly believe THC fights cancer, along with other cannabinoids. It took a year and lots of really uncomfortable highs to get there but I made it. Still couldn't have a normal sleep schedule but RLS wasn't bad and the insomnia was under control... as long as I kept the late morning sleep schedule. Average bedtime was 3am, and would rise 9-10 am. I was good for about 8 years or so.
Over the past two years the THC has not worked as well and now it doesn't seem to work at all. For the RLS or the insomnia. I am not sure if it just got worse on its own, as RLS seems to often do, or I maybe I augmented on the THC but if I did it took a very long time. I am inclined to think that it just got worse with age, and my tolerance to THC is so high that I don't really get high. Even at 500 mgs THC.
Right now I am taking a break from THC to clear my receptors. They say it takes a few days to regain so effect and 28 days for a complete reset back to your first tolerance level. I can't go back that far but I am taking a few days, microdosing, then taking a few days off again. Meanwhile I am in insomnia and RLS hell. I was there anyways so its not just withdrawal. It wasn't working anymore.
I have another thread on the go in the just joined section so I won't repeat myself. I just wanted to share my cannabis experience.
CBD did NOTHING for me. No benefit, no side effect. I have taken up to 1000 mgs at once. Nada. Probably because my CB1 receptors are so closed off, hence my cleanse. CBD did nothing for me in the early days either so I don't expect to try it again. Waste of my time.
In short, the THC worked very well for a very long time, but I will take breaks from it now to ensure my tolerance doesn't become a problem.
If anyone has questions about THC and its products, ask away. I am happy to help. I have amassed quite a store of knowledge on it. Growing, processing, usage.
I hope this helps anyone considering it as an option. Compared to any of these pharmaceuticals it is very benign. Note that death is NOT a side effect of cannabis even in extreme doses unless you are a dog an eat chocolate with it. Then its deadly to dogs.