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My experience is not lowered thinking abilities, but different thinking abilities. If you conceptualize thinking as traversing a graph of thoughts, 'uppers' enhance depth-first traversal, THC enhances breadth-first traversal. This can be a useful mode for generating ideas.

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> My experience is not lowered thinking abilities, but different thinking abilities.

And when I'm drunk I become an incredibly good singer.

... of course the people around me, strongly disagree. But I know better.

Might it be the same with your 'different' thinking?

What about dancing? I know for sure that I become an extreamly good dancer when I get drunk :) not to mention my irresistible charm. That's just until the next day when I'm told how pathetic the whole thing was :)

Yes, if I was waffling on about how like, socialism could totally work man.

But I'm talking about: - coming up with recursive solutions in software for simplicity gains - noticing and fixing inefficient item placement in my kitchen - understanding a conflict from the other person's perspective, to reduce my tension

Ha, that's exactly how I describe it to people!

And with psychedelics you can traverse the graph upwards, deconstructing all branches you pass on your way.

> traversing a graph of thoughts, 'uppers' enhance depth-first traversal,

Interesting characterisation.

I used to describe it to myself as "opening up 127.0.0.1" - i.e. it enabled a level of introspection that had never come naturally to me. I guess I was studying that stuff at the time so it was salient, and the metaphor was readily available.

What type of mix even is that?

Good one IMO. Well, depends on the strain of the weed. Indica opens up the localhost and I get to explore a lot and introspect. Sativa's focus me on one thing and I roll my brain all around that thing's area and can produce a ton of code. Other uppers get me thinking about something in depth. Uppers and electronic music in a crowd at 3-4 AM get me focused more than anything.

>Sativa's focus me on one thing and I roll my brain all around that thing's area and can produce a ton of code.

I can relate to this. Pure sativa and some sativa leaning hybrids have a very similar effect to adderall when treating my ADD.

That sort of question is highly personal. I've heard many, many people espousing the virtues of some strain of weed or other (eg claiming it helps you think and doesn't make you fall asleep so much) but I've never actually found one that doesn't primarily make me sleepy. I do have access to an enormous variety to try (and I've definitely done my due diligence, so to speak). This has led me to believe that for some people, some strains work differently than for others. This meshes well with my observation that everyone seems to have different recommendations.

I wonder if it could be a dosing issue? That said, everyone's brain is different.

I've tried it with tinctures as well as a host of other things. A tincture is nice because it allows for fairly exact dosing, but for me it appears to range from "0 effect" to "some effect, and that effect is drowsy" all the way up to "you're going to sleep now".

Combine with a coffee/soda?

Have you tried it with your morning coffee (or whatever your morning routine is)?

Yes, and it still makes me drowsy :)

Less is more in my opinion. Heavy indica strains will make you sleepy though

Have you ever tried a low dosage via vaporization?

Smoking itself, because of carcinogens and oxygenation, will lead you to the sluggishness many people associate with kush.

Fuck smoking. /rant

I've tried a low dosage via vaping yes. It still made me drowsy. I can't really smoke anything because my lungs respond poorly, so I generally use tinctures/edibles (if I use at all).

Awesome. Well, since we're all trying so hard, I'll throw out one last idea for you: the strain blue dream. One or two hits of that vapor is sufficient for me!

Wishing you the best.

Absolutely- if I smoke, I will be awake all night with my mind racing with ideas (and not anxious or paranoid ones). It's a wonderful thing, and it saddens me that it doesn't have the same effect for everyone.

Depends on the person, but for me combining them causes an important increase in anxiety, if you try cut in half the dose of both to be safe. Cannabis when coming down from amphetamines is a different story though.

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