Comments on: Does anything help to get 'un-high' off of legal medicinal marijuana and be more alertly functioning soon?

Question: Does anything help to get 'un-high' off of legal medicinal marijuana and be more alertly functioning soon?

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:02:14 -0800

Does anything help to get 'un-high' off of legal medicinal marijuana and be more alertly functioning soon?

By: anomie

anomie — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:27:23 -0800

I like to drink some coffee. A nap also works wonders. You might also want to think about abstaining if you have to be alert and functioning soon. (gasp!)

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:38:13 -0800

My inclination is to say no, not really.

By: Arch Stanton

Arch Stanton — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:40:21 -0800

Try and substitute with a really strong cigarette, smoke less, or just smoke some afterwards.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:43:38 -0800

I find food usually does it for me. Goes like this:

smoke weed
be stoned
get munchies
eat
be less stoned

lather, rinse, repeat.

And I wonder why I've been gaining weight...

By: Kleptophoria!

Kleptophoria! — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:56:34 -0800

Honestly, eat tons and tons. Then take a bit of a nap. Eat some more. Drink, I guess. Eat. Take a pee!

I mean, do all the things you clearly want to do.

Or don't smoke it unless you have lots of free time, really. It's a sort of relaxation sort of situation. You don't take a quick smoke of that before you run off and save the world.

By: Orrorin

Orrorin — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:39:34 -0800

eating and showering are the way to go.

By: muddgirl

muddgirl — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:37:10 -0800

Many people have found that they get sleepy after they eat. The order should be:

eyedrops (they really help)
eat
nap
shower

(also, don't try to act sober. They'll know!)

By: mr_roboto

mr_roboto — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:47:33 -0800

Have you tried tapering off your dosage slightly? There should be a tolerance effect if you're dosing regularly, and anecdotal reports, at least, indicate that the medicinal effects should kick in at lower doses than the psychoactive effects.

You're serious about the medicinal part, right?

By: geoff.

geoff. — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 23:18:41 -0800

Smoke more? Seriously, if you're smoking medicinal marijuana (which I always thought had high levels of THC around 21%) only once a week... no wonder you can't function. If you're doing it every two hours your ability to function greatly increases.

There is no way known to prevent the reception of THC by the cannaboid (sp?) receptors. It would be very interesting if someone could find a way to selectively block certain cannaboid receptors, the ones that create the stoned feeling. I'm highly doubting this is possible.

I have friends who swear by the dextra-amphetimine (sp? again) method, which I would not advocate. It makes sense that it would work. Actually it should equal itself out, with the energetic, ultra-focusing of d-amphetamines versus the lethargic, stonedness of marijuana.

Actually, you might ask the doctor for a prescription of Adderall if it doesn't interact with whatever condition you have. Of course amphetamines are somewhere in the range of 10000x more dangerous than anything a cannabis plant could muster. And balancing out your life with drugs is not a good cycle. It'd be interesting to see if any doctor would recommend this, or even if a grad student would study the effectiveness.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:37:30 -0800

Build up a tolerance by smoking more often. Also, by exposing yourself to it more, you'll get used to functioning while high. This reminds me of the joke, "The reason people get into drunk driving accidents is because people don't learn how to drive drunk."

By: LimePi

LimePi — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 01:11:07 -0800

CB1 Antagonist about to hit the market...

This is what you're looking for, really.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:13:52 -0800

My advice is to smoke lots, frequently. Always be stoned. Eventually, you will become used to being stoned and those around you will become acclimatized to the new you - slightly less focused, but more calm and pleasant. Works for me, anyways...

By: cmyr

cmyr — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 07:53:55 -0800

I'll second what people above are saying; it's a matter of being used to being stoned, I think. When you're high, you /think/ you're going to be incapable of functioning, but if you actually get down to it, you tend to be alright. Especially true with music and art, etc.

I guess it doesn't help, but trauma can really clear your head in a hurry. So if you can figure out some way to get your adrenaline moving, you'll be quite a bit more lucid.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:17:54 -0800

Overgrow has the most excellent forums for this sort of thing. The community has some very smart and informed people who can help you on any marijuana-related topic. The medical marijuana contingent will surely be able to provide invaluable advice.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:22:25 -0800

I strongly recommend Overgrow. Signup is free and secure: I have never heard of anyone having problems with spam, ratting-out, or etc. (It operates in Canada, so there's no real ability for any authorities to get private info from them.)

There is a strong medical-use community there, and there are some very smart and informed people who can help you on any marijuana-related topic. I am absolutely certain that you will receive far better information from them than you will from AskMe.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 09:23:10 -0800

Opps.

By: geoff.

geoff. — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:58:37 -0800

FFF, check mail.

By: baphomet

baphomet — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:15:18 -0800

Eating is really the key here. THC is fat soluble, so if you eat some high-fat foods (the kind of stuff you crave when you're high anyway, like Doritos and such) it will help your body process the THC faster. Napping/coffee are both excellent suggestions as well. And smoking more, well, that's just good advice no matter what.

By: pwb503

pwb503 — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 20:40:14 -0800

For some reason it looks like my earlier post was deleted... Not sure why or if I'm just imagining things. To answer your question though, do a google search for "vasopressin" - it'll do exactly what you're looking for. You might need to lie to your doctor to get some or but thru an online pharmacy, but I'd say it's safe.