Micro-dosing

[stressed]

these days, i only micro vape if i'm going somewhere. when i'm home, i go through a couple grams a day. i should probably dry out a bit as i really love a nice high from one bowl. but like good chips, i can't eat just one.

 

[stressed]

these days, i only micro vape if i'm going somewhere. when i'm home, i go through a couple grams a day. i should probably dry out a bit as i really love a nice high from one bowl. but like good chips, i can't eat just one.

while wandering down memory road with this thread, i've decided that i'm going to do some micro dosing on a regular basis.

the oddest and most cruel of problems has happened to me. after decades of using, selling and growing weed, about a year ago i took an over the counter med called zertec for a few days and then one day, from the time it took to make a sandwich, i couldn't stand up without holding on to something. in the next few days, i fell a few times from dizzyness but only after i got high. took me 4 or 5 days to figure out what had changed in my life and zertec was it. i'm kind of used to it now and getting high only makes me a little dizzy and i'm used to it, getting stoned still makes me dangerously dizzy. i'm not talking a little dizzy, i'm talking - don't turn your head too fast or you will start to fall in that direction dizzy. i bought a very cool cane for when i get stoned and use it just in case. if i bend over to pick something up I continue going forward until i'm on the floor. dogs find it amusing.

anyway, i love weed, i have since the second time i smoked it. this is a cruel joke on me but i thank god that i can still get stoned, i just better be at home and not moving around. everytime i think things might be back to normal, i'm clinging to the counter again.

 

[Polarbearboy]

while wandering down memory road with this thread, i've decided that i'm going to do some micro dosing on a regular basis.

the oddest and most cruel of problems has happened to me. after decades of using, selling and growing weed, about a year ago i took an over the counter med called zertec for a few days and then one day, from the time it took to make a sandwich, i couldn't stand up without holding on to something. in the next few days, i fell a few times from dizzyness but only after i got high. took me 4 or 5 days to figure out what had changed in my life and zertec was it. i'm kind of used to it now and getting high only makes me a little dizzy and i'm used to it, getting stoned still makes me dangerously dizzy. i'm not talking a little dizzy, i'm talking - don't turn your head too fast or you will start to fall in that direction dizzy. i bought a very cool cane for when i get stoned and use it just in case. if i bend over to pick something up I continue going forward until i'm on the floor. dogs find it amusing.

anyway, i love weed, i have since the second time i smoked it. this is a cruel joke on me but i thank god that i can still get stoned, i just better be at home and not moving around. everytime i think things might be back to normal, i'm clinging to the counter again.

There are a couple of other effective second generation antihistamines that are less likely to cause drowsiness and/or dizziness: Allegra and Claratin and their generic versions. If I were you, I'd give 'em a try. Please consider talking to your doctor. Most doctors, at least where I live surrounded by legal states, want to help, not judge your cannabis use. Please be careful and take care of yourself.

 

[CANtalk]

How does the microdosing journey go? Hope all is well & keep sharing.

I'm still chugging along here, vaping 50 mg in a bowl & 4-5 bowls in a weekend, followed by a workweek break. And doing some variation of this for years. I dry vape as it gives me the best experiences & much easier cleaning. And I temp step too, luv the cerebral & entourage f/x from low temp vaping. My tolerance is very low & I get very high vaping (which I often show in vaping appreciation posts on FC ). Over the Christmas - New Years holidays, I vaped more often but it didn't affect my tolerance very much, in fact I greened out a number of times .

I recently visited MX & enjoyed some of their amazing sativa cannabis. I combusted since vapes are complicated in MX. Picked up 2-3 grams, probably lost half a gram realizing I can't roll worth shit , switched to pre-rolls & never looked back. I combust microdosed & it was so awesome . Light it up, take a few puffs & that's it, hold on . Very potent & uplifting. Super sticky nugs. Lasted about two weeks with some sharing.

I came home into a weekend & vaped a few days more, went well but didn't hit as hard as normal. Not unexpected since I had thrown out weekly breaks over that MX visit. Now after the first workweek break since visiting MX, the first bowl of 50 mg of my #1 favorite strain atm, Super Lemon Haze, brought me to my knees . Very potent, even got some visual disturbances from near wooziness. The first draw at 320 F lasted me 3 hrs, the second 320 F draw still produced a cloud & lasted me 2.5 hrs more & then I finished the bowl with two shorter medium temp (395 F) draws. One bowl was all I needed for >7 hrs of power after break already. I'm stoked that my tolerance remained quite low & further adjusted with even a 5 day break. Success with long term microdosing

My vaping routine is pretty regimented. I account for dose (amount), temp, draw time & hold time. It all combines with a premium desktop vape to give excellent extraction, while also temp stepping. Over the years, I've done single variable testing of all aspects of vaping to get dialed into current activities, so to speak.

Still vaping exclusively sativas, this weekend Super Lemon Haze, Durban Poison, Ghost Train Haze, Maui Wowie & (expected) Strawberry Cough . My favorite strains & I've shared pictures of these great batches I've received on FC in the sativa & what's in your vape right now threads

Enjoy the microdosing journey & have a great Sunday

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

Super Lemon Haze, brought me to my knees . Very potent, even got some visual disturbances from near wooziness.

I can attest that from all the strains I have tasted, Super Lemon Haze was the most visually disturbed experience ever.
I never had straight hallucinations but a slight twist in perception that, for a moment, convince your mind that you're looking at the sea where it was a windy wheat field a moment earlier.
It was a warm night of summer in the 00's, south of France, a musician friend was back from Amsterdam and microdosing wasn't a thing back then...
Quite hard to explain but unforgettable memories. Thanks for bringing them back to me @CANtalk

And sorry for the OT

 

[Bologna]

I guess I wonder what "microdosing" is exactly....? I mean, if you do the same amount time and time again for years, isn't that really just dosing at that point? And when you break from your regimen with a smaller amount, that's when it becomes a "microdose"...?

 

[cptofnthng]

We can vote for an internal defintion here. Like everything under 0.1g is a microdose. Just for sake of the argument.

 

[Sandrider1962]

We can vote for an internal defintion here. Like everything under 0.1g is a microdose. Just for sake of the argument.

Thats a good point.... Done a little research, and in the MMJ community, seems to be not fixed per se.
Where I am, we don't have medical.

Generally speaking, looks like less than 30mg/pd THC in one school of thought, or .15 g's of 20%, assuming 100% extraction.
100% extraction, which is unrealistic in vaping.
Medical Dosing 30mgs - 50mgs seems to be a starting point. (I have little or no confidence in the accuracy of these values)

My personal opinion.... less than 20mgs or .1g's of 20% p/d, I consider microdosing.
Feedback is welcome....

 

[Bologna]

The problem is that it's relatively hard to dose thc directly from plant material, especially vaping. WAAAAAAY too many variables to effectively determine exactly how much thc is reaching your blood/brain and endocannabinoid system. We aint poppin pillz.

See, it's also just as easy to say, or flex, that someone who meets their needs with say .1 gm is nothing more than a lightweight.

and .1 gram of WHAT exactly...? and tested by WHOM? Nah. A "dose" administered this way is very personal and can't effectively be dosed for all, imo

To me a dose is what gets you where you need to be by being administered only once, whatever the amount. And a microdose would be much smaller and overall less effective as a one shot deal, so therefor needs to be administered in intervals to maintain only the minimum effects needed...?

 

[CANtalk]

All quiet on the microdosing front here, how's everyone? It's still going well with me. After my MX trip & cannabis, it didn't take long at all to get back to my baseline vaping routine with great f/x .

I'm doing one 0.050 g bowl on Friday after a weekly break & it hits like a freight train . This one small lbowl brings 8-10 hrs of power . Saturday is another similar bowl or two over the day & evening (in the last three weeks I've decreased any second bowls to 0.030 grams or so). On Sunday, the goal is another similar 0.050 bowl, though I still add a second bowl a fair amount of time (again, if so lately I'm doing a smaller amount like Saturday). That puts me in the range of vaping ~0.2 grams cannabis a week, ~10.5 grams cannabis a year . Taking workweek cannabis breaks keeps tolerance extremely low & I get super high from this vaping routine .

I've been meaning to mention one of the things I love most from microdosing how much nuance in f/x becomes apparent. Different strains definitely bring different f/x & quality batches help . Different vaping temps bring different f/x too .

 

[NYC_Frank]

René came through and created an Ebony Pure Swiss Vapman for me. Shipped today. I'm so excited as I received my Italian Olivewood Pure last year for Father's Day and it's become my daily driver. Love the ritual, keeps me high and super effective at microdosing. I'm amazed at the hit such a small of weed will deliver in these tiny devices. This one will again be a Father's Day present from my wife & son ... cant wait for my first flight with it ...

 

[maskedcorrespondent]

Been using a TI Dynavap tip with a low temp cap and a TI half bowl converter with the wand, run through a nice short churchwarden pipe that makes for great filtering and clouds. Running it all so low temp I can nurse a .05g load for quite a bit and enjoy the flavor.

 

[maskedcorrespondent]

Loaded up some terpy Sour Tsunami in the Dynawarden half bowl setup-- while by volume it's a (relative) microdose, the effect has real legs. Not a strain to game with, I was reminded!

 

[TrichomeTheatre]

i'm retired and i like to stay medicated all day long. i have to go do some stuff later today and after staring at my vaporizer (i could tell that it missed me), i decided to just do a tiny dose. i typically start the day with .1 vaped out of a bag. today i went with .05 of girl scout cookies (LOVE this genetic). i'm surprised at what a nice buzz i got off of it. it's an hour later and i can still feel it.

i'm now curious about these smaller doses and will be experimenting. if .05 got me buzzed, will half of that do it for me? i'll find out tomorrow morning.

do you guys ever go for real small doses. like one hit off a joint instead of 1/2 the joint?

at $300 an oz, the less i use, the more money i have to piss away on chinese and mexican food.

Dude, you just explains exactly what I do. Sometimes I will pack a bar or roll a joint and a perfect example would just be last night. I wrote something up and I took a couple hits off it put it out. I think I picked it up four hours later And then finished it this morning. I’m not retired. I wish I could find a job that I could work that I could actually retire from but anyway I don’t know why you’re paying 300 for it but I understand it is what it is and people will pay higher prices for quality medicine , I mean I would rather pay $300 for really good meds but some people just like that work but I have no idea why but I am 41 and I find what I personally cultivate as well as what comes from certain dispensaries in Maine and a few in Massachusetts, I can’t smoke how I used to And I don’t have any desire to either. I do miss being able to sit down like I would during high school years and just put an ounce in the dirt but then again numbers weren’t coming up at 27% THC and in just a few years, those numbers are going to be petty Sometime when I my concentrates, I tell myself this is way too strong, but I just hate the fact that I am combusting so much that doesn’t need to be as well as essentially degrading the real Medicine in the real benefits before they even have a chance to enter my body in the correct way I believe it’s 75% or 70% of the Turpines in cannabinoids are disintegrated when combusted so you’re really only getting about 15% of the benefit of whatever medicine you are combusting just using a lighter didn’t wanna believe that for the longest time, but if you believe in science Which I hope to God you do it sounds like you do you can’t argue

 

[hillbill]

Herb defends me against back spasms and mood swings so I use often. A great vape to micro with is Underdog. Don’t even know when I bought it. Was updated before Paradise. Convection, all convection. Plugs in.

 

[NYC_Frank]

I'm stunned by the small amount of marijuana I go through with my vapman.

Took a before and after shot of my 15 min session last night with some "Blue Lobster" finely ground in my mflb finishing grinder and slow cooked to a nice dark roast