Hi bro. As someone who has personal experience of this. Don’t smoke weed all day and night it makes it worse after a few weeks.

When I fall in the “hole”, weed can be so beneficial, the insomnia is taken out straight away. I don’t dream when I smoke weed too, so the nightmares fuck right off too. The aggression goes away as well.

But.... (and I appreciate you other half isn’t me)... if I keep going at it day and night, my tolerance goes through the roof and I don’t get stoned really. It costs £ and the worse part... when I run out... well... I’m a cunt. I can’t put it another way. An absolutely horrible cunt.

amnesia is a strain that I find effective or blue cheese, for insomnia and anxiety.

Wish you and your other half all the best brother

Again good advice there also Gen.

Cheers bro, really appreciate it!

Sativa in the day and indica at night is a straight vector to dependency. You will have zero energy without weed. Exercise and nutrition form a good core regimen for the conditions you described. Forgive me if you are already there.

When that doesn't work hit the sativa for an anti depression boost - start super small or the anxiety will take over. For natural anxiety hit the cbd with a little bit of indica. Have a powerful indica as your ace in the hole.

50% cbd and 50% thc mix should work for depression well.
In my experience weed and excercise combo works well for beating depression. I would sugest start with excercising every day. Only doing weed will work only when high, rest of the time will be the same or worse. You can get hooked on weed very quickly when you have depression and that can be expensive. Don t jump from one pithole to onother.
Magic mushrooms can help alot but that should be done by someone experienced in the field.
In essence, I would recomend research as much as possible about it and only then use substances.
Good luck with getting better.

Thanks so much for your reply! :)

Hey! I self-medicate for PTSD, specifically the crippling insomnia aspect.

Wouldn't personally recommend weed with depression, not daytime use anyway - but if she absolutely can't get through the day at the moment, then investing in a dry herb vape is probably a good idea (she can save the vaped bud (AVB) in a little pot, take a tiny pinch in the morning, and it will hopefully keep her fairly mellow without fogging her brain too much). THC can be a nightmare with anxiety (as you've probably gathered from your research), so take it really really slowly for the first few days/ weeks. As for which strain - with my PTSD, I just go for any strong indica and vape small amounts at night. If, 2-3 hours after going to bed, I'm still wide awake and flooded with adrenaline, I go vape a little more, and the second time normally allows me to drift off.

Hope the therapy goes well. Some therapists are awful, some are amazing - hope your other half gets the latter.

Hey, thanks for sharing your experience, I really appreciate it. Which dry herb vape would you recommend? I’ve been looking into full convection ones and I’m leaning towards the Boundless Tera, seems pretty good, but I’d like to hear your thoughts.
And yes, fingers crossed she gets a good therapist.. we are still waiting to hear from the NHS.
Cheers.

Might be worth trying some CBD flower (high cbd and THC under 1%), can buy it legally online in a lot of countries. It's a bit odd because if you smoke or vape it you don't feel like you expect but you might notice that you are just relaxed and calm. You can also mix it with higher THC weed to get whatever balance of CBD/THC you want.

I'd also recommend speaking to a doctor and seeking therapy if your other half hasn't already, weed is good but it doesn't solve everything, I find that the benefits are often short term and it's not normally realistic to be stoned 24/7.

Thanks for replying to me, much appreciated.
I have looked into CBD flowers too actually and I got a CBD vape juice that she's also going to try. Would the flowers be better? would you recommend any website in particular?
And yes, I know weed is not the ultimate answer, she's already on a waiting list to receive therapy, I am just looking for something to help her cope during particularly difficult days. Her meds are not doing much anymore also.
Thank you.

I use Hemphash (UK) and they are reliable and sell well priced cbd flowers. I haven't tried cbd vape juice, I buy flowers because I have a herbal vapouriser so it's easier to use, also because I can mix it up with THC bud.

Hope your other half gets into therapy soon, the waiting lists are all too often ridiculously long and governments should put a lot more emphasis on mental health in my opinion.

Thank you so much! Yeah I know, I wish it would be taken more seriously.
How are you finding the herbal vaporiser? I’ve never used one but it sounds interesting.

Wow, thank you so much, this is very insightful. What kind of dry herb vape do you use? I have been doing some research and it seems like a very good option, although a tad expensive. I’d be willing to spend on a good convection vape, but not sure on which to go for.
Any recommendations?
Appreciate it!

Thanks so much, very helpful.
I don’t mind spending around 100 quid or little more if it’s worth it. I’ll look into those :)
And yeah, I knew about the volcano but I’d rather have something portable and not so expensive.
Thanks again!

Agreed with greencigar below, don’t discount thc just yet, plays a very important role also, it’s down to dose and strain.... weed isn’t just weed anymore, you hit her with a heady sativa in a decent dose and she’ll likely be a wreck and put her off for good, research strains like Northern Lights, Grandaddy Purp, my current fave Slimer OG, all I find help hugely with my PTSD, anxiety and depression, it’s no cure but a band aid is enough sometimes.

Micro doses of THC can work wonders for depression. Also, a daily dose of whole plant extract CBD really brings things down to earth. It can be very difficult to manage, but strain research will always be beneficial. Getting the balance between calming and depression beating effects is not easy. Initially focus on lower doses of THC and combining this with exercise as someone else mentioned. I find that moderate doses of CBD and THC, combined with walks and time in nature bring the best results. I have also found that decarbed bud in capsules can offer a rather balanced and not too heavy effect throughout the day. The best of luck to you and yours. GC

Thank you for your input, much appreciated.

Could check out MJ concentrates. They’ve got full spectrum cbd/thc tinctures that you drop under your tongue.

Thanks mate, I’ll check them out too.
Cheers.

As someone suggested, MJ Concentrates do a thc / cbd oil which has been a game changer for me. Can get Indica, sativa or hybrid.

Hash is usually a better all round balanced blend of cannabinoids where the effects I find are more relaxing for ptsd, more of a tranquil chilled out mellow vibe

Some weed wires you up I think

Yeah, I guess it all depends on the indica/sativa ratio. We have smoked hash in the past and didn’t have good memories of it, but I guess with time quality might have improved also.
Thanks for your input.

I have to say if there is one strain I've had on here which made me really 'get up and go', that was nice and tasty, RB's Super Silver Haze. To be fair you have said you have some haze. But i just had to big up that strain. I've never been so handy with housework haha.

Gods Connect have some Jamaican Sess, I had a small sample. Nice smoke, nice earthy smell. Looks a bit like Thai but I think its Indica strain.

Don't think it's listed now though as they are taking a break until Monday 22nd May

I got an eighth of this to try it and it was much better than I expected. Obviously it's not the strongest but it tasted great and was nice and mellow. Definitely a good daytime smoke. Initially a bit shocked by how small it was but on weighing it was closer to 4 than 3.5.

Have a look at the dust from RB and the one from mix from TGT, they shall be lighter....

Thai stick will do the trick

I have some amnesia shake available, youre welcome to buy a sample, see If that does the job!

This looks nice...

A nice Thai should do the trick. A lot of the bud on here is on the stronger side unless it’s stated as lower grade. Have you tried smoking a smaller amount of the stronger stuff. I smoke a skinny small skin if i want to be functional and not mashed!

Thanks, yeah I still end up pretty baked though :)

Swazi high grade, thegreenteam. Similar to thai, sativa dominant.

What about Hash? Any recommendations?