Hi all. I wasn't sure where to post this, so apologies if this is the wrong forum for it.
I'm a newbie at cannabis, both growing-wise and consumption-wise. Last year I grey my first plant and that was also the year I had my first experience smoking it. I've lived most of my life in a country where weed has been (semi) legal since I was a kid, yet I've never partaken. I've since moved to a country where the legal status has been a lot less free. You can't just walk into a coffee shop here and buy a joint, unlike in the country where I grew up.
And last year I finally wanted to give weed a try so I started growing plants from seeds and see what all the hype is about, hehe.
In this second year of growing my own plants I'm starting to get the hang of it, however what is for me still quite the learning curve is the consumption part, and I was curious to hear if anyone here might have had similar experiences.
The first time I tried weed (again, only last year) was after I grew a few autos indoors, and rolled a small joint out of the harvest. At first I felt a little buzzing in my head, which I would compare to getting mildly drunk. The next few hours after I had my first joint I didn't feel anything major except for experiencing short term memory loss, and being overly chatty. It felt kind of disappointing and from all the stories about people getting high I expected more. But I chalked it up to perhaps having harvested too soon and the buds not having been fully developed. Oh boy was I in for a surprise during my next attempt!
The second time I tried my own weed was a few days later. I again rolled a small joint, but this time used it in a (homemade) water bong. Again I felt a little buzzy in my head from the start, but then 10 to 15 minutes later the THC hit me.... hard.
I spent a few minutes feeling trippy and euphoric. "Wow, so this is what everyone is raving so much about!", I thought. "No wonder people love this stuff!", my mind wondered to myself. Unfortunately the good feeling didn't last long. Soon the good feeling turned into what I at the time could only describe as the most terrifying experience in my life. Negative thoughts started to creep into my head, which snowballed into feeling for fear very quickly. "Fuck, did I take too much?", I started to question. I started to loose touch with reality, not being able to remember what I did only a few seconds ago. The thought of losing control freaked me out and I wanted it to end.
But at this time it was out of my control, I could not pull myself out of it no matter how hard I tried. That in turn triggered panic, and my heart started racing, my body was sweating and I started thinking that it's spinning out of control and that I would die within a matter of minutes. Many times during this experience I thought to myself that I should call emergency services, but I kept remembering people saying that you can't overdose on weed, so I tried to fight the urge despite fears for my life.
About 30 minutes of agony later I was laying on the kitchen floor, having walked to there with the idea that I should eat and drink something to try to make the high go away faster, but not being able to open the fridge door. I spent the next hour on the kitchen floor, fearfull of getting up and hurting myself. Then the "cotton-mouth" set in, which was something I've also heard people talk about. My mouth went cork dry, and that combined with the feelings of fear and panic made me think that I was going to choke to death. I pictured my mouth closing and me not being able to open it anymore, meaning that I would run out of oxygen and die.
Of course nothing disastrous happened (well, not physically anyway) in the end as I'm here to tell about it, and after I sobered up I felt embarrassed that all of this was just basically in my head.
So that was quite the experience. Not the greatest way to be introduced to the world of cannabis, and it did make me fearful of trying it again after that. But not wanting to let that bad trip define it (plus, hating the idea of having spent many months carefully looking after my first growths only to have to chuck the remaining buds into the trash bin) I decided to keep on trying.
Over the following months some of my experiences were good, and some were difficult. Fortunately none nowhere near as bad as the one described above. Which I'm still hoping never to go through again.
Anyway, that's somewhat the gist of my first experiences using cannabis and I'm curious to hear if anyone here has had similar experiences and/or know people who did, and how many times?
And also if there are any tips anyone might have to improve the chances of getting a good high.
Sorry for the long, rambly post
PS. The plant in question that gave me the bad trips was BCN Critical XXL Auto from Seedstockers.
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I'm a newbie at cannabis, both growing-wise and consumption-wise. Last year I grey my first plant and that was also the year I had my first experience smoking it. I've lived most of my life in a country where weed has been (semi) legal since I was a kid, yet I've never partaken. I've since moved to a country where the legal status has been a lot less free. You can't just walk into a coffee shop here and buy a joint, unlike in the country where I grew up.
And last year I finally wanted to give weed a try so I started growing plants from seeds and see what all the hype is about, hehe.
In this second year of growing my own plants I'm starting to get the hang of it, however what is for me still quite the learning curve is the consumption part, and I was curious to hear if anyone here might have had similar experiences.
The first time I tried weed (again, only last year) was after I grew a few autos indoors, and rolled a small joint out of the harvest. At first I felt a little buzzing in my head, which I would compare to getting mildly drunk. The next few hours after I had my first joint I didn't feel anything major except for experiencing short term memory loss, and being overly chatty. It felt kind of disappointing and from all the stories about people getting high I expected more. But I chalked it up to perhaps having harvested too soon and the buds not having been fully developed. Oh boy was I in for a surprise during my next attempt!
The second time I tried my own weed was a few days later. I again rolled a small joint, but this time used it in a (homemade) water bong. Again I felt a little buzzy in my head from the start, but then 10 to 15 minutes later the THC hit me.... hard.
I spent a few minutes feeling trippy and euphoric. "Wow, so this is what everyone is raving so much about!", I thought. "No wonder people love this stuff!", my mind wondered to myself. Unfortunately the good feeling didn't last long. Soon the good feeling turned into what I at the time could only describe as the most terrifying experience in my life. Negative thoughts started to creep into my head, which snowballed into feeling for fear very quickly. "Fuck, did I take too much?", I started to question. I started to loose touch with reality, not being able to remember what I did only a few seconds ago. The thought of losing control freaked me out and I wanted it to end.
But at this time it was out of my control, I could not pull myself out of it no matter how hard I tried. That in turn triggered panic, and my heart started racing, my body was sweating and I started thinking that it's spinning out of control and that I would die within a matter of minutes. Many times during this experience I thought to myself that I should call emergency services, but I kept remembering people saying that you can't overdose on weed, so I tried to fight the urge despite fears for my life.
About 30 minutes of agony later I was laying on the kitchen floor, having walked to there with the idea that I should eat and drink something to try to make the high go away faster, but not being able to open the fridge door. I spent the next hour on the kitchen floor, fearfull of getting up and hurting myself. Then the "cotton-mouth" set in, which was something I've also heard people talk about. My mouth went cork dry, and that combined with the feelings of fear and panic made me think that I was going to choke to death. I pictured my mouth closing and me not being able to open it anymore, meaning that I would run out of oxygen and die.
Of course nothing disastrous happened (well, not physically anyway) in the end as I'm here to tell about it, and after I sobered up I felt embarrassed that all of this was just basically in my head.
So that was quite the experience. Not the greatest way to be introduced to the world of cannabis, and it did make me fearful of trying it again after that. But not wanting to let that bad trip define it (plus, hating the idea of having spent many months carefully looking after my first growths only to have to chuck the remaining buds into the trash bin) I decided to keep on trying.
Over the following months some of my experiences were good, and some were difficult. Fortunately none nowhere near as bad as the one described above. Which I'm still hoping never to go through again.
Anyway, that's somewhat the gist of my first experiences using cannabis and I'm curious to hear if anyone here has had similar experiences and/or know people who did, and how many times?
And also if there are any tips anyone might have to improve the chances of getting a good high.
Sorry for the long, rambly post
PS. The plant in question that gave me the bad trips was BCN Critical XXL Auto from Seedstockers.
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drug highs are not always pleasant rides across a rainbow slide with cotton unicorns guiding your way, and this goes for weed too.
