You have to be careful with dosing THC in certain cannabis edibles
You should always be careful when you’re trying new medications.
- If it’s something that could potentially give you a negative side effect, it might be a good idea to take a small dose the very first time.
I’ll never forget the day when I saw a psychiatrist for the first time ever after failing to keep my anxieties under control and struggling to function through my busy workdays. I didn’t go to the psychiatrist to get medication, it was simply the first step the therapy center told me to take before deciding what kind of in person therapy would be best for me with whatever my unique needs might be. Instead of giving me a benzodiazepine, he told me to try this drug called Buspar. I was told that it wasn’t as strong as something like xanax and much safer, but that was far from the truth. I took it before work one morning and started feeling uncomfortably intoxicated towards the end of my car ride on the way to the office. It was absolutely terrifying because I thought I was going to have to pull the car off the road. Moments later I saw the sign for the side street that leads to my office and I breathed a sigh of relief. By lunch the Buspar pill had worn off and I decided to never take the medication again. The same thing happened when I got a medical marijuana card and started taking cannabis edibles for anxiety. No one told me about how much THC I should take at once and I ended up eating 100mg of THC without realizing how insanely high that is for a first timer. It was four hours of a scary nightmare that ended with me passing out on my couch until the next morning.