SweetSue's Cannabis Oil Study Hall

[SL2222]

Well, I took a 2nd dose of Hemp Oil after I posted here, and it seems to me that it gave my anxiety a swift kick in the rear and I haven't had any issues today since.

Funny enough, I had just decided that I might be perfectly happy using this while I wait to go visit my practitioner, and in that instant, I received a message . I love that. So I should be getting my CBD cannabis in about a week.

Anyway, regardless, I'm thrilled that this hemp is not giving me the problems I had. I feel decent moving around, I feel decent sitting around, my heart isn't pounding. Of course, it's only day 2, things can change, but I'm deciding to be optimistically happy.

Between this and not having any coffee at all, I'm a little lethargic, and it may possibly have taken me 6 hours to do chores that should have taken 3, but if that's my compromise for relief, I'm happily taking it!

Goodnight, everyone.

 

[SweetSue]

Well, I took a 2nd dose of Hemp Oil after I posted here, and it seems to me that it gave my anxiety a swift kick in the rear and I haven't had any issues today since.

Funny enough, I had just decided that I might be perfectly happy using this while I wait to go visit my practitioner, and in that instant, I received a message . I love that. So I should be getting my CBD cannabis in about a week.

Anyway, regardless, I'm thrilled that this hemp is not giving me the problems I had. I feel decent moving around, I feel decent sitting around, my heart isn't pounding. Of course, it's only day 2, things can change, but I'm deciding to be optimistically happy.

Between this and not having any coffee at all, I'm a little lethargic, and it may possibly have taken me 6 hours to do chores that should have taken 3, but if that's my compromise for relief, I'm happily taking it!

Goodnight, everyone.

Good to hear. Goodnight Sara.

I'm not far behind you. Callanetics was wicked tonight. Wore me out.

 

[Dave Groomer]

Just ordered and 8oz bottle of Pharma Grade DMSO. I will let you know when the experiments begin.

 

[chadillac5580]

Has anyone considered using CCO mixed with sunflower lecithin as a sublingual administration?
Or would CCO/lecithin/olive oil capsules provide more bio-availability?

Sent from my 1975 Radio Shack walkie talkie.

 

[SweetSue]

Has anyone considered using CCO mixed with sunflower lecithin as a sublingual administration?
Or would CCO/lecithin/olive oil capsules provide more bio-availability?

Sent from my 1975 Radio Shack walkie talkie.

There's no reason why this wouldn't work Chad. Cajun once advised us to try a drop on a small piece of bread and place that under the tongue. You can also weigh the dose out on a small piece of rice paper, fold that up and place under the tongue.

Anything under the tongue will fire up the saliva in a huge way, so this has to be taken into consideration. If I were dosing CCO sublingually I'd absolutely assure there was liquid sunflower lecithin in the mix. I'd be looking for any way to speed absorbtion and utilization of the meds.

 

[SweetSue]

Just ordered and 8oz bottle of Pharma Grade DMSO. I will let you know when the experiments begin.

Oh supergroomer........ What a lab rat deluxe.

 

[SL2222]

So I can say with more certainty that the hemp does indeed help restless legs. I was getting it this afternoon - not enough good movement. I took a drop, and it went away.

The entry into my system was a little more uncomfortable this time - and last night as well. Before that it was a very smooth transition. But after 30 minutes, it felt good. I'd say after 1 hour I feel very good. So I think with this I need to be relaxing to take it. The other hemp I needed to be moving around. I took it today intending to exercise, but I had to sit until about now.

I think I may be able to safely say it is easing anxiety some and the restless leg type discomfort I get.

 

[SweetSue]

So I can say with more certainty that the hemp does indeed help restless legs. I was getting it this afternoon - not enough good movement. I took a drop, and it went away.

The entry into my system was a little more uncomfortable this time - and last night as well. Before that it was a very smooth transition. But after 30 minutes, it felt good. I'd say after 1 hour I feel very good. So I think with this I need to be relaxing to take it. The other hemp I needed to be moving around. I took it today intending to exercise, but I had to sit until about now.

I think I may be able to safely say it is easing anxiety some and the restless leg type discomfort I get.

They go hand-in-hand. The RLS creates anxiety which ramps up the RLS. They feed off each other. I'm thankful to hear you found a bit of relief. I'm also so thankful that you're paying such close attention and sharing it with us.

 

[chadillac5580]

So I can say with more certainty that the hemp does indeed help restless legs. I was getting it this afternoon - not enough good movement. I took a drop, and it went away.

The entry into my system was a little more uncomfortable this time - and last night as well. Before that it was a very smooth transition. But after 30 minutes, it felt good. I'd say after 1 hour I feel very good. So I think with this I need to be relaxing to take it. The other hemp I needed to be moving around. I took it today intending to exercise, but I had to sit until about now.

I think I may be able to safely say it is easing anxiety some and the restless leg type discomfort I get.

I'm curious, Sara, are you just using CBD oil?

 

[SL2222]

I'm curious, Sara, are you just using CBD oil?

Just Hemp CBD oil for now. I will be switching to a CBD only cannabis until I can slowly build a tolerance to THC - of which I apparently have absolutely none

 

[SL2222]

They go hand-in-hand. The RLS creates anxiety which ramps up the RLS. They feed off each other. I'm thankful to hear you found a bit of relief. I'm also so thankful that you're paying such close attention and sharing it with us.

I'm happy to share! It's good for me to do it, and I hope it helps somebody at some point . Otherwise, I'd just be having all these thoughts and wondering if I was crazy or what to do about it!

 

[SL2222]

So... a new insight that might be useful for anybody doing sublingual oils.

I use sticks exactly like the ones you'll see in the picture here: Calcium Therapy Institute - Calcium/Zinc Chips
It's actually from this very product, and I have NO clue what those little sticks are called.

I put the oil on one side of the rounded edge and then stick that under my tongue. I started doing this so I could control the oil, and not accidentally drop a billion drops in my mouth.

Earlier today I said the assimilation was a little more harsh - but I realized that I stuck the stick under my tongue and just left it there. No moving it around, nothing. Just letting sit there and absorb. I think the stick still being there prevents a lot of it from being washed away with saliva.

Normally I just swipe the stick on the bottom of my tongue and take it right out. I did that tonight and it was smoother again.


SO, for those who want MORE bang for your buck, something like this may help prevent you from losing some of the oil and allow it to penetrate faster.

 

[SweetSue]

I always find myself doing this after 1 AM. This is the last of my CBD strain. I won't be taking any myself until my next harvest. All of these go to my daughter.

It's time to get production under finer control. Running out isn't an option.

 

[Danolo]

Just ordered and 8oz bottle of Pharma Grade DMSO. I will let you know when the experiments begin.

DMSO is a carrier... it will absorb into your body through the skin and will carry anything that is mixed with it, into your system, so be careful with your preparation. I have a bottle sitting on my shelf and still haven't used it yet... how will you use it?

 

[SweetSue]

Thoughts on the ECS and deliberate thought

You guys have indulged my creative wanderings on the ECS for over a week now, I believe. Thank you for that. It helps me gain clarity if I can ramble about. Doing that in front of a group of lab rats means one of you might catch something significant that I missed.

I've been doing that deliberate waking up trick for a bit now, and it's having a profound effect on my emotional tone, and my ability to maintain that tone as close to joy at all times. If I weren't experiencing it myself I wouldn't believe it.

Mechoulam speculates that the ECS determines personality expression. That means that as the ECS becomes healthier it modifies personality response to maintain that balanced emotional tone. Can we agree that this is a sound theory? What I'm finding is that my self-destructive habits have begun falling away on their own, with no effort on my part, other than this filling my cells with joy at each waking moment.

We're talking some very significant habits. In April I stopped sucking my fingers, something I'd done since I was two. Within the time that I began deliberate waking I've noticed I stopped using q-tips to clean my ears and, out of the blue, stopped picking at the scalp psoriasis. I've been battling the scalp psoriasis for over two decades. And I stopped compulsively eating. Completely stopped that habit. I didn't realize this one had stopped for a couple days.

My compulsive behavior seems to be waning, and doing so at a surprisingly accelerated pace. Then there's the almost unbelievable ability to control my emotional response in a way that's never been possible before in my entire life. Someone should be looking into this.

It appears I've discovered a fast-track method to support the ECS. While all this change was going on I've actually had to cut my intake of CBD capsules to assure my daughter has an adequate supply. So I can't chalk all of this improvement that obviously is being caused by the ECS to my meds.

Any thoughts?

 

[SweetSue]

Starting the new year off with a fresh batch of oil.

I'm decarbing at 230 F for the full 110 minutes. Let's punch the potency up to maximum.

An interesting addition to my previous post: The chief reason I was running this batch of oil was to use it in healing the resistant patches of psoriasis on the backs of my hands. I'd managed to get them to heal almost entirely by layering CCO on like a bandaid, but I ran out of CCO before they'd healed entirely. Recently they'd been getting worse, and I was waiting for yesterday's jarring up of the last harvest before I was secure that I had enough on hand to risk making oil.

Can't run out, and I've lost one harvest to disaster. One must be cautious.

As I was preparing the bud for decarb I noticed something surprising. Apparently this method of deliberate waking is having more of a beneficial effect on my ECS than I thought. It's healing my skin.

The ridges of damaged skin have dramatically reduced in size, and the dryness that had been starting to spread to the palms, making them itch incessantly, has begun to heal as well. I saved the cheesecloth ball of plant material from the oil I made last night to rub into the palm. It's from a CBD Critical Mass, so the ratios are close to balanced. It occurred to me that it might be a good idea to keep it around for skin use. I can purchase more cheesecloth the next time I need it.

 

[Canna Montana]

Ok guys! Sue had mentioned to me a whole back that one of the members uses a car in the hot sun to really bake the liquid out of the oil. That got me to thinking about how I could replicate that in the winter, inside, and without a car. This is what I came up with. Oil slicks and a double boiler style setup with a hot plate. I only wish I had another matching pie plate to put over the other plate as a dome to keep the heat in, which would replicate a hot car better. This is what I have, and it will work marvelously!

Drumroll please. Lol!



Here is the oil scraped out of the pie plate and put on this silicon slick. It's not quite ready to smoke at this point. There is still a bunch of remaining solvent in it.

Here it is on the pie plate in the water bath.

She just had to take a selfie... smdh

And here she is after I took it out to check it. It cooled very quickly when I set the slick on the cold counter.

Baking again. It wasn't quite the desired consistency.

Now that it is more liquefied, I'll get it to spread over the mat to cool.

 

[SweetSue]

My theory:

Life is supposed to feel good. It's supposed to be fun. The ECS works at its best in the emotional tone closest to joy one can muster. The social admonition to think positive has a deep biological resonance.

The ECS runs on your emotional tone. At the tone of love up through appreciation and joy to gratitude, the efficiency increases.

The function of the ECS is your biological balance point, which has a direct impact on your sense of emotional and spiritual well-being. Vary from that balance point and you invite disease into your experience. This is not as big a concern as I used to think, because I now understand that the ECS is powerful enough, on its own, to heal any and all disease, based on your ability to support it with a healthy emotional tone and the inspiration that will present itself to you, or more precisely that you will now notice, that will assist you on your path to healing.

Life is meant to be approached at all times as though this were a game, and we know we'll win in the end. That basic assumption - that you're going to find the answers and guidance you seek - is fundemental to being able to fully see the opportunities staring you right in the face as you choose to worry and be frustrated.

Stop doing that, and find a way to laugh. I know it hurts. I know you're scared. No one discounts that. Find a way to laugh anyway. Keep laughing and help the body heal from the inside out. Keep laughing and see the answers materialize in the most surprising ways.

Everyone reacts. It's what follows that reaction that makes the difference. A healthy ECS re-establishes prompt control.

This theory gets more challenging when you consider that it suggests that the most intimidating of circumstances life presents to you would also benefit from this playful approach.

I can share that, looking back on my own life I've noticed that every major milestone or advancement I achieved followed a time when I'd stopped trying so hard to control the situation and worrying so much about the outcome I didn't want. I started playing again, at some creative venture or another, and inspiration came calling. Every time, without fail.

I'm not so delusional as to think I'm unique in this. The universe works on everyone's behalf. I was better trained by my grandfather as a young woman to expect more. This entire theory of mine has been presented to society most often couched in religious terms, accompanied by a fair amount of judgement and control. Not a good fit for homeostasis, in my opinion. Judgement is a roadblock to the ECS.


Sure it's out of left field. How's it feel? Put it on a minute like a new shirt and let it sit there for a while.

Cannabis is our backup teams. The plan all along was to use them until the ECS was strong enough to carry the load. As we bring in outside players we have some responsibility to improve the playground. Laughter and joy are the atmosphere that your ECS is hoping you'll learn to express.

 

[SL2222]

Starting the new year off with a fresh batch of oil.

I'm decarbing at 230 F for the full 110 minutes. Let's punch the potency up to maximum.

An interesting addition to my previous post: The chief reason I was running this batch of oil was to use it in healing the resistant patches of psoriasis on the backs of my hands. I'd managed to get them to heal almost entirely by layering CCO on like a bandaid, but I ran out of CCO before they'd healed entirely. Recently they'd been getting worse, and I was waiting for yesterday's jarring up of the last harvest before I was secure that I had enough on hand to risk making oil.

Can't run out, and I've lost one harvest to disaster. One must be cautious.

As I was preparing the bud for decarb I noticed something surprising. Apparently this method of deliberate waking is having more of a beneficial effect on my ECS than I thought. It's healing my skin.

The ridges of damaged skin have dramatically reduced in size, and the dryness that had been starting to spread to the palms, making them itch incessantly, has begun to heal as well. I saved the cheesecloth ball of plant material from the oil I made last night to rub into the palm. It's from a CBD Critical Mass, so the ratios are close to balanced. It occurred to me that it might be a good idea to keep it around for skin use. I can purchase more cheesecloth the next time I need it.

Brilliant!! I need to figure out a way to personalize your practice - I usually wake in the morning fearful and with anxious thoughts - not anxiety feelings - just thoughts. I will work from there and try to change that.

I pick at my scalp psoriasis, too. What is that? A very weird compulsion.

 

[SweetSue]

Brilliant!! I need to figure out a way to personalize your practice - I usually wake in the morning fearful and with anxious thoughts - not anxiety feelings - just thoughts. I will work from there and try to change that.

I pick at my scalp psoriasis, too. What is that? A very weird compulsion.

It's compulsive behavior that I now understand to be symptomatic of an ECS deficiency. Apparently, I've begun to heal my ECS in some accelerated way. This is all new to me too Sara.

My daughter had scalp psoriasis for years. One day, for some unknown reason, she simply stopped herself from picking and it worked. Understanding from a biological point what happened there makes it more amazing to me. In the midst of her sea of anxiety she decided this was something she couldn't tolerate any longer and made herself stop.