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Tolerance and edibles

Discussion in 'Weed Edibles' started by jamesnb, Jan 9, 2014.

  1. #1 jamesnb, Jan 9, 2014
    I've been having a special cookie most every evening for the past four months to help with my insomnia. The current dosage is 0.4 grams of bud per cookie. I make coconut oil with the bud then make cookies with the oil so the dose should be pretty uniform.
    I usually get a pretty good buzz if I eat a whole cookie so a lot of evenings I just have half a cookie. Starting about a month ago, sometimes, I wouldn't get a buzz at all. The past few nights I haven't felt much of anything and I'm starting to have trouble falling asleep again.
    Does anybody who uses edibles on a regular basis experience this? The most obvious answer seems to be I'm building up tolerance. Would it happen that fast? If it is increased tolerance, I can up the dose or take a tolerance break. If I take a break, how long should the break be?
    I've had insomnia since I was a kid and I've tried everything. Ambien worked great for about 10 years then it quit working. The cookies had been working really well and I had been sleeping really well. I don't want to push the dosage too high because I don't want to be in a fog in the morning. I need to be really clear-headed for my job. I was hoping the pot would work for a few years then if I needed to, I could try Ambien again. Any thoughts?
     
  2. #2 juke52, Jan 9, 2014
    I know it's different for everyone due to lots of variables, but I just took a little over a week off after about a year of daily use, and when I came back I ate what would normally be a fairly mellow dose, and it kicked my ass. Tolerance is still lower than before, so I'd say a little time off couldn't hurt.

    I'd also recommend switching up strains if you're not doing so already. I find that using the same strain after a while seems to build a tolerance to that strain, but another strain or batch will feel more potent.

    Good luck.
     
  3. #3 jamesnb, Jan 10, 2014
    Thanks. I'll try a different strain and see how that works.
     

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