I had never touched THC/CBD until a month ago. Then, I bought (legally! from a licensed pharmacy) some THC capsules and some CBD capsules. I took a THC capsule around 4pm and waited to feel its effects ("around two hours after ingestion"). Sure enough, 1h50min after I started to feel different - but it wasn't AT ALL what I was expecting: the sensations were 100% physical and extremely unpleasant. I had very specific paresthesias, that I could only describe as icy-cold(!) electric discharges through my arms, forearms and ring fingers, behind my knees and, the strangest of them all, inside my stomach. There was nothing even resembling euphoria (or anxiety), just physical sensations. At one point I got up (I was lying on the couch, watching something on TV) and went to the bathroom, because I was feeling nauseous and I was afraid I was going to throw up. I felt dizzy and I had trouble with my equilibrium. I didn't throw up and I returned on the couch and closed my eyes, trying to fall asleep. It didn't happen and I had to soldier on through three more hours of very unpleasant, exclusively physical sensations. Honestly, it felt like I was terminally ill and I was about to expire (again: I knew it was not going to happen, I wasn't anxious or anything, just enduring a maximal physical discomfort).<p>The next day I tried to find similar experience on the web. I wasn't able to. Hence, my puzzlement: what DID happen to me? was it me? was it the substance I put into my organism (contaminated?).<p>Anyone have a similar experience?<p>PS CBD was an ever bigger letdown: I'm a lifelong migraine sufferer and I was hoping I could use CBD instead of medication (multiple studies confirmed its usefulness). To my dismay, CBD induced migraines in yours truly! (took it three times, three migraines ensued like clockwork, 12 hours after ingestion).<p>Your comments are much appreciated!
There are many different strains, with different potency, which have differing terpenes, which may or may not change how it affects your body.<p><i>Your absolute best bet is to talk to a doctor experienced in prescribing medical marijuana - and work with them.</i> When using medicinally, marijuana is similar to other prescriptions in the sense that you need to find the "correct" dosage and mixture that works for your body and your issues. This also includes experimenting with different forms of delivery (vape, food, oils, sprays, capsules, etc.) My dear mother spent close to a year visiting with her doctor to narrow down a strain, dosage, and delivery method to help cope with her RLS.<p>Anecdotally speaking, I have not had the experiences you described. In my non-medical opinion, it sounds like you may have taking too strong of a dosage, and may have had a predominately body-high focused strain. In general, Sativa's are more head-focused while Indica's are more body-focused. This is not set in stone, however; there are Indica's with a strong head-high and Sativa's with a strong body-buzz. And with cross-breeding and all of the resulting strains, it's not nearly as useful to think in purely Sativa vs. Indica anymore. But, the general rule may help you narrow down to a more palatable strain if you choose to keep experimenting.<p>Combining your two experiences (weird high, and CBD induced migraines), it may be that you, unfortunately, do not react well to marijuana.
It is notorious that first time pot users often don't get high.<p>Oral THC takes a long time to hit which makes controlling the dose a lot harder. People get more reliable results using pot the old fashioned way, e.g. Smoking it or gaping it.