Robert-in-YEG
Well-Known Member
When I first got into vaping, my initial thought was that I would need to vape more cannabis, to maintain the same psychoactive effect, so every time i vaped, I turned the heat as high as it could go, and tried ripping down as hard as I could. I then started researching and found lots of other ideas such as inhaling the vape for a certain number of seconds. There are lots of varied techniques to try.
After a couple of months of obsessive vaping, a voice in my head asked, "are you enjoying this?". The answer to the question was "No"; I was not enjoying obsessively vaping chasing the dragon. My decision was to take a break.
Things have changed now. When I want to vape, I vape. No one is saying how often and for now "when I want to" means a couple of times a day. That could be 2 times a day, or it could 6; I just relax. I treat it more like a cup of coffee. What is also different is having the first bowl at about 320, before turning it to 380. I haven't gone higher than 380 since my break.
I don't think about how I draw. Sometimes I just puff like a cigar or pipe. Sometimes I inhale like a cigarette, or sometimes I will have a very long deep draw. The point is that, I just do whatever feels natural and instinctive; I don't think. When I vape now it's a ritual, not an attempt to feel some psychoactive effects. Strange thins is, is that this more relaxed approach has some pretty effects that I never really explored before when I was so consumed with 'Chasing the dragon'.
A few minutes ago, I packed my Starry and ran one 4 minute session on 320. I tuned the heat to 380, and ran a second session at 380. Immediately, I started another , and got a few more puffs. The flavour was gone, and I turned it off.
I started writing this as soon as I was done vaping. I do not feel 'stoned', nor do I feel greatly intoxicated or medicated. I do feel tingles, and my legs feel something. I kind of get restless legs when I consume cannabis, but it isn't unpleasant. I find that my feet and legs just like to move.
So here is the question - "What's your style"? Do you use any specific way you inhale or use your vape? Are you a ripper or a sipper?
Robert-in-YEG
"And how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?"
- Homer Simpson
After a couple of months of obsessive vaping, a voice in my head asked, "are you enjoying this?". The answer to the question was "No"; I was not enjoying obsessively vaping chasing the dragon. My decision was to take a break.
Things have changed now. When I want to vape, I vape. No one is saying how often and for now "when I want to" means a couple of times a day. That could be 2 times a day, or it could 6; I just relax. I treat it more like a cup of coffee. What is also different is having the first bowl at about 320, before turning it to 380. I haven't gone higher than 380 since my break.
I don't think about how I draw. Sometimes I just puff like a cigar or pipe. Sometimes I inhale like a cigarette, or sometimes I will have a very long deep draw. The point is that, I just do whatever feels natural and instinctive; I don't think. When I vape now it's a ritual, not an attempt to feel some psychoactive effects. Strange thins is, is that this more relaxed approach has some pretty effects that I never really explored before when I was so consumed with 'Chasing the dragon'.
A few minutes ago, I packed my Starry and ran one 4 minute session on 320. I tuned the heat to 380, and ran a second session at 380. Immediately, I started another , and got a few more puffs. The flavour was gone, and I turned it off.
I started writing this as soon as I was done vaping. I do not feel 'stoned', nor do I feel greatly intoxicated or medicated. I do feel tingles, and my legs feel something. I kind of get restless legs when I consume cannabis, but it isn't unpleasant. I find that my feet and legs just like to move.
So here is the question - "What's your style"? Do you use any specific way you inhale or use your vape? Are you a ripper or a sipper?
Robert-in-YEG
"And how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?"
- Homer Simpson