Don’t Get “High”……Get “Well”

I’d like to talk about the use of cannabis in a dose and manner consistent with feeling well but not “high”. In this blog, I’ll explore tincture usage and in my next blog I’ll talk about strains that don’t make you feel “high”. These strains are intended for patients who are in need of treating pain, anxiety, depression or other symptoms that make them feel ill during the day and therefore must be treated during the day. So, how do we use cannabis during the day at therapeutic doses but without getting high? Today I will speak about using daytime sativa tinctures. By the way, how many of us have used prescriptions for pain/anxiety/ADD that clearly make us quite “high” but are socially and legally permissive?

During follow up visits, I have been collaborating with patients on how to assess their tincture dosage. Then we work together to improve the results by modifying how they take the tincture. I tell them to slowly increase the number of “spritzs” under their tongue until they feel a little buzz. Then I ask them to decrease their dose to 50% from that amount and use that dosage as their daytime Sativa dose. The results have been that they do not feel high, in fact they really don’t “feel” anything. They just feel well with the ability to handle their pain or anxiety much better.

Additionally, with this method, many patients sleep through the night with much less cannabis or other medication.

Thoughts?

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