I’ve been eating edibles for a few weeks and I find myself needing more and more to get the same effect. If I switched back to smoking or vaping, would I still have a high tolerance and this need more? Should I plan on taking a 30-day T break?
30 days seems excessive.
Good luck
Well, it’s a biological fact that the human organism adapts to its environment. I know, for example, that my tolerance for caffeine is very high simply because I drink a lot of coffee every day. With that in mind, my opinion is that you have built up a tolerance over time.
When you say “for a few weeks”, do you mean every day?!
Yes, every day.
Try switching up what you’re using. If it’s D9THC, try D8 or D10 or HHC etc.
It’s not. THC typically takes about a month to cycle out of your system. Ask anyone that had to quit to pass a drug test.
Good Lord! I’d be incapacitated as a functioning human being! LOL
I can do 1/2 of one gummie. That’s it, and I wouldn’t do that more than every month or two. If I do one in the evening, I pretty much stay at home in my night shirt the next day. Either the stuff you do is weak, or you have the constitution of a bull elephant.
The latter. I’m a heavy user on two levels. 1) I use a lot, every day; and 2) I’m a very large man (150k).
The liver metabolizes THC into a slightly different molecule (11-hydroxy THC). I’m not sure how much cross-tolerance there is between that and delta-9 you get from smoking, but they’re different substances with different levels of activity.
Edible tolerance is no joke. If you keep increasing and don’t take breaks, you can easily get well north of 200mg/day. That’s a waste of money and also bad for your liver, so you need to work out a schedule of tolerance breaks. It’s really subjective but try taking every 6th week off, and if that doesn’t work, take the 5th and 6th week off. That’s just a ballpark, figure out what works for you.
Thank you, this seems like helpful advice. I eat firecrackers, which are little sandwiches made from graham crackers and peanut butter (or Nutella, depending on user preference). The guy who taught me to make them had me start with .5 grams of flower, but as of Sunday I was going through 1.5 grams and getting basically nowhere. I’m on my way to my dispensary to buy a vape cartridge while I take a break from edibles.
Also, is there an equation that will tell me roughly how much THC I get from so much (say, a gram of) flower?
Ok. Then. That fought my ignorance.
From that article:
the study did not control for what specific cannabis products subjects used or their diet, body mass index, or lifestyle factors and contained only one woman in the edible group
Doesn’t seem that useful a study if that is accurate.
That doesn’t mean it should be ignored. I loved smoking when I was in college and as recently as 5 years ago. At age 61 now, I am concerned about the effects of the actual smoke, and I don’t really like the dosing of current edibles (or the high). But I’m also worried about how it could affect my heart arrhythmia or the beta blockers I take to keep it under control. The study reinforced my weariness of cannabis today, even though I have a stash of weed and edibles.
A 10mg gummy appears to be the right dosage for me, a comfortable and happy buzz for 2-3 hours.
I have to be very cautious smoking modern flower; just overdoing it a little can render me catatonic.
After years of experimentation, I’ve settled on disposable vape pens as my vector of choice. A few specific strains, to be exact. One good hit of Habibi and I’m good for the evening.
I can give you a factual answer here based on the experience of myself and one other. I have done several controlled studies on this with very consistent results. There is a certain level you can do everyday without building up any tolerance as long as you don’t go over it. It does not matter how you ingest the pot, smoking or eating. Gummies are not very consistent when it comes to strength matching what is advertised. Sometimes you may think they are weak when in reality they are too strong and you need to reduce your dose. For me 1/2 gummy is the right amount. If when I am first testing a new bottle I notice I get extra high I cut it back to a 1/4 of a gummy. If I took a whole gummy today tomorrow it would take a whole one just to get a few hours of a very mild buzz. If I find pot is not working I take anywhere from one to 3 days off depending on how long I had been over doing it and I get right back to square one. It just will not allow you to be greedy! ick the time of day you want to enjoy it and just do it once, never twice in the same day. If you get greedy it will loose all of it’s affects.
Quoted for truth. You have to take a pause as soon as you perceive diminishing returns. The longer you delay, the longer the pause you need, and the more uncomfortable it is, and all you get out of it is liver stress and product waste. Tolerance discipline is really important.