One thing that I think I have figured out is that the stuff I have grown is much less likely to trigger my anxiety than the stuff I buy.
For example, the CBD Dream that I grew is about 6% THC and 6% CBD - With that stuff, I might feel “slightly uneasy” for a few minutes but then I feel really nice shortly afterwards. On the other hand, I bought another high CBD strain with like 3.4% THC and 12% CBD - and it can easily give my my 15-20 minutes of hell if I am not careful. This doesn’t make sense to me and means there is a lot more going on here than I realize.
Furthermore, my home grown White Widow (which has very little CBD, if any) makes me giggle like a school girl and not really give a crap about anything. I don’t think I have ever really felt crappy from it (although, I am careful with it).
I suspect my body chemistry and my life stressors have a lot to do with all this, but I also suspect there is something significantly different about the “store bought” weed. I dunno. But some time in January or early February I will have 4 new home grown strains to try so I will have more data to go on.
One thing I am going to try soon is a pure CBD strain. Something with only trace amounts of THC. If that still puts me in a shitty place then I need to completely start from scratch.
Oh, I forgot to mention that I also tried (store bought) Sensi Star for the first time recently and the anxiety factor on that one was extremely low as well - despite not having much CBD in it at all. I’ll have to try it again and see if it is consistent.
I am wondering how far off topic we can go before someone merges this and other posts with the “Anxiety Strains” thread…