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I am currently posting some information to my blog from American's for Safe Access site, in that post is something I felt might be useful to people who want to keep track of the effects of different oil strains and such. I'm going to work on trying to format this to a useable spreadsheet somehow.
Keeping a Cannabis Log
To establish an optimal treatment regime with cannabis, you will need to balance the effects of different strains, doses, and methods of ingestion. It may be helpful to record your therapeutic relationship with cannabis on an ongoing basis. One method is through keeping a cannabis-use log that captures your experience, including thoughts, feeling and behaviors. Periodically reviewing the log can help both you and your doctor make decisions about what works best.
To start, keep a detailed log, as described below, for at least one week. Once you've got a week's worth of information, complete the self-assessment worksheet that follows. This worksheet will help you better understand many things about yourself, including: your ailments and symptom patterns, your treatment behaviors, and the efficacy and side effects of the cannabis medicines you use.
In keeping a medication log, try to keep things standardized, and be as consistent as possible. Here are some logging tips on useful information to collect:
Date/Time: Record every time you consume cannabis with the current date and time of day.
Amount: The amount of cannabis used (gram estimate or other consistent measure).
Strain: The name, strain or variety of the cannabis strain or variety of cannabis medicine used. If you don't know the name, write a detailed description of the medicine.
Code: Strains are generally described as Indica, Sativa, or hybrid. You may want to code your entries: I=Indica, S=Sativa, S/I=Sativa-dominant Indica Cross, and I/S= Indica-dominant Sativa Cross.
Type is the form of cannabis consumed: dried bud flower (most common), concentrates, tincture/sprays, edibles/drinks or topical. You may want to use: F=flower, C=concentrate, T=tincture/spray, E=edible, TO=topical.
Cannabinoid Content: refers to the percent of THC, CBD and/or CBN. If you have this information available to you, write down percentages of each cannabinoid. If you're using edibles or similar, a description of potency and preparation is helpful.
Mode: Write down how you used your medication. Either inhale via S=smoke or V=vaporize, E=eat/digest, T=tincture or spray, TO=topical.
Therapeutic Effects: List any positive effects you experience (physical, mental, social, behavioral, etc).
Negative Side Effects: List your negative effects
Timing: How quickly did you experience the first therapeutic effects? When did you feel the peak of relief? When did it start to noticeably dissipate? How long until effects were gone?
What prompted your cannabis use? List the specific factors that told you it was time for medicine, as well as the general symptoms or conditions being treated (e.g. pain, nausea, anxiety, etc.
How did you feel (mindset)? Record your mood and feelings before and after you used cannabis.
Where were you (setting)? Were you at home, at a collective, in your office? Sitting, standing, lying down?
Who were you with? Were you by yourself, with a friend, a large group, among other cannabis consumers, etc?
What were you doing? Just before you used cannabis, what was going on? What were the activities or circumstances leading up to it?
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