[dkjaudyeqooe]

In my experience CBD relieves anxiety effectively (if you get the dose right) and THC, especially Sativa strains, can make you very anxious indeed.

Generally speaking as I've gotten older pot in general just makes me anxious. Most of that is likely because CBD and related components have been bred out of pot and today's strains are mainly for the hard core regular users who need the stronger stuff to get the effect they want.

Hopefully as legalisation takes hold the market will cater to casual and first time users, and offer a variety of experiences besides the fairly stupefying effect of strong pot.

I remember the first time I smoked pot, at at about age 13, well. My high school dealer who was the same age thoughtfully sold us what was mostly leaf, but it was the nicest, most interesting stone which gave the world a nice fury/fuzzy texture and made you laugh.

These days your first time is more likely to approximate being plugged into a mains socket, with no way to disconnect for a couple of hours.

[tayo42]

I had the same thing happen twice. Casual smoker, daily smoker, highs turned into like schizophrenic paranoid and anxiety and I stopped.

But I think there's something else going on besides just strength. The first time this happened to me was when it was illegal, about 15 years ago in my 20s. I was a daily smoker and and flower vape user.

About 7 or 8 years I moved to California, started smoking again. It was fun, turned into a daily smoker and started getting anxious about life. And just drifted away from it. I was taking dabs, and used a bong pretty regularly, all fairly strong. I'd take a few hits from a bowl and not enjoy it. The change was in the last few months and pretty sudden.

[grvdrm]

Curious about your experience finding right CBD dose. I’ve dabbled and don’t have conclusive evidence that it helps. But maybe I’m taking way less than is ideal to notice an effect. Any insights to share?

[stagas]

Solves all anxiety and focus problems for me right away. I have to smoke a lot however(maybe up to 2g of bud a day) and I'm trying to see if i can combine it with d8 edibles as they seem to enhance the CBD effect for longer. I think it's a matter of trial and error to get what's right for you. Try another brand or method (edible?). And yeah increase the dose, anxiety should go away like completely. CBD is the best.

[DiggyJohnson]

> And yeah increase the dose, anxiety should go away like completely.

Not to diminish your positive results, but this seems like an overstatement to me. We do not have a universal cure for anxiety, even if we have treatments that work for some.