strains that won't cause heart racing?

lol. Your heart beats faster when you get high, it has nothing to do with the strain you're smoking.
Usually this happens to people who start smoking. You can practically hear your heart beat then you get overwhelmed and panic. Give it some time. Start smoking more and after a while you'll see that it will quickly fade away.

 

How much are you smoking each time? Did you just start smoking?
Is the rapid heartbeat in any way related to the condition you are attempting to treat with Cannabis?

I just started smoking again a couple months ago. I was all worked up when I took my first few hits. My heart was racing too. But it was because I was already all worked up about it. I found that when I relaxed before smoking, that it relaxed me further. I also toned down the amount I smoked. I took a good 6 or 7 rips after not smoking for about 12 years on some pretty good quality stuff that was more potent than what I used to smoke. Turned out that maybe 2 hits was enough. Sometimes just one. (Low tolerance, what can I say.)

 

smoke a nice sativa, they sometimes prescribe it in cali for anxiety problems

 

Huh? I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, CBD is good for anxiety, CBD is found more in indicas. Sativas have more THC, THC is what increases heartrate, CBD slows it so indicas should be better for less increase. Just ask for a strain that won't increase heartrate as much.

 

Has it helped with your chronic pain? I bought some for my back pain but haven't smoked much of it.

 

If you truly want this ratio, then ask for early harvests, or strains with no amber in the trichs. The CBD to THC ratio will be higher, but it may also not be what you are looking for.

It sounds to me like you would greatly benefit from using edibles, since smoking is whats bothering you. Have you ever tried it?

The onset is much slower, less heart racing, longer lasting analgesic effects, just try a little bite of a med grade brownie, and see if you don't like it better.

 

You can also use a vaporizer and target CBD's rather then THC via temperature setting. Anything lower then 175-180C (around 155-170C) Will yield you mostly CBD's and leave that bothersome THC in the DUFF.

 

really? i thought indicas were more likely to cause paranoia, which i didn't think would be too good for anxiety

 

I'm almost certain indicas wouldn't cause paranoia seeing its high in CBD - which increases buds depressant effects ...

A heady sativa would get your heart racing, get you all hyper, which sounds like it would increase a persons anxiety

I'd definitely go for an indica - and seeing I'm currently tokin' on it I'd suggest purple kush

 

The reason your heart starts to race is because of general anxiety. If you are a new smoker you become anxious because it is a completely new experience for you to understand and comprehend. THC alone does not directly cause the heart rate to increase. Rather it's just your mind telling you, "whoa, I'm a bit overwhelmed by this feeling."

The reason you are overwhelmed is because being high is sort of like sensory overload for your entire nervous system. Everything is enhanced; sounds, sight, touch, smell, taste, your senses are overloaded with more than it can normally handle while totally sober. As a result, you start to feel anxious and uneasy because you are not used to it. Instead of being afraid of it, accept it. Know that this is what THC does: enhance the senses. And instead of fearing it, enjoy it. Smoke on a beautiful sunny day with your favorite music. Nothing too fast or upbeat, something very mellow and chill. Once you start sccepting the feeling of being high, the less you get anxious and the less your heart starts to beat. My heart never really beats fast anymore unless I smoke really good shit and I get way too high, because my mind is not used to being that high.

 

If your heart is healthy, then you have nothing to worry about. Like alice said, just start to accept it. There's something called EFT (emotional freedom technique) might want to youtube it, it has definitely helped with anxiety for me.

The sensory overload is what makes me nervous. I feal like I'm losing control and getting to sensative, which makes me anxious. Just stay positive, accept it, you will get used to it and probably start to enjoy it. Plus building up the high the dose over time can help, get more high each time you are confortable with how you previously were.

Lol thanks, I made the logo long time ago, you can see the top three leaves are just a stretched part of the original, but all my cloths are 100% hemp unlike addidas. lol

TokinJ: Purple kush is awesome, actually that's what strain I have in my sig. haha

 

Interesting, can you provide a link to wherever it talks about this?

 

Sorry for triple post, couldn't edit.

Are you positive about this? I mean it does kinda make sense that when you go into sensory overload you're heartrate may go up from being overwhelmed, and that when you have been high many times for a while, it doesn't increase(as much) because you are used to it, but I also have trouble believing that. I thought that THC does something in the autonomic nervous system that makes it increase heartrate, therefore not mattering how overwhelmed you are, but being anxious will add to it's heartrate increasing effects. That would be nice to know if it increased just from being overwhelmed but is there evidence?

 

Completely wrong. Indica's are the strain that calm you down, Sativa's are the head high buds that work you up, etc. You've got it backwards

There was a post I made about 5 mintues ago in someone else's topic.. Here's the qutoe of my post since it directly applies to you also: