Recognizing that I sleep better when I take a gummy before bed, I took these apple cider gummies for my recent bout with insomnia. Here’s how they hit.
As I have mentioned before, I’m a lightweight when it comes to weed. I only took about 5mg. This was my experience. TL;DR: reasonably priced and worth it.
Today’s review is for apple cider flavored gummies from The Botanist. Check out my other edible reviews.
Cannabis Type: The bottle doesn’t say, but I’m guessing Indica.
Price: $18
Dose: 10 mg
THC: 10 mg each gummy
Taste: Delicious apple flavor with no weedy aftertaste. So look out if good-tasting edibles are your weakness. Mindfulness of your THC consumption is a requirement for these edibles unless you like getting too high.
Not as chewy or sticky as some gummies. More of a dissolvable texture that doesn’t stick to your teeth. Quit pleasant, actually.
Overall High: 8/10
I only took half a gummy and woke up and needed to pee a little after midnight, the time the THC hit its peak. Getting to the toilet was fine, but I was dizzy and had to call my husband to help me get from the toilet back to bed. (I have balance issues and have taken a few falls, so I err on the side of caution due to anxiety.)
Time to Relief: I was asleep within 30 minutes. That’s good for an insomniac!
Duration of Relief: 9 hours
I slept pretty well, just got up the one time and otherwise out like a light. I didn’t wake up feeling groggy or hungover in the morning, but got dizzy and felt faint about 2 hours in.
Pain Relief: 8/10
I slept soundly when pain and discomfort were high, so this gummy had to be good. Giving it 8/10 is a best guess at how well it actually did though because I was not consciously aware of my pain. All I can say with certainty is that, like with the 1906 pills, I got 9 hours of sleep.
Munchies (Intensity): 0/10
I was asleep. I didn’t crave any food, and I wasn’t tempted to sabotage my non-flared IBS by eating more than my digestive tract could process.
Couchlock (Intensity): 0/10
I was asleep. So that feeling that I should get up and do something fighting the feeling that I can’t get up and do something wasn’t an issue again.
Time Dilation (Intensity) 6/10
When I woke up I thought it had to be at least 4 am, and when I told Dan I tried to wait out the dizzyness rather than wake him? There’s a solid chance I experienced 5 seconds as 5 minutes.
I randomly caught a glimpse of the label for the levothyroxine bottle my old primary doctor refilled, and in the field for the instructions on taking the medicine, it says “appointments required for refill.”
Not today, Satan. I’m done with you. Stop trying to piss me off.
Let’s try thinking happy thoughts instead.
Today it’s supposed to be cold and rainy, so I’m gonna blog about stuff that feels like sunshine and rainbows instead of the actual weather. Here’s a bunch of random happy-ish stuff you might like to know and I want to ruminate over instead of cancer stuff:
Site Stats Go Boom!
If anything good came out of my fundamalist upbringing, it’s that whole “ye have not because ye ask not” thing.
I have no way of tracking if or who shared links from this round-up post a few days ago, but based on site reports, I think more than a few of you did. I’m really grateful for the help.
My website traffic saw a boost this weekend. And then yesterday (Monday of all days) I hit an all-time record number of pageviews.
I usually see a spike in traffic on the weekend because of my cannabutter and weed posts, and then tank on Monday. But this is sustained, and I’m excited!
As you may or may not know, if this website pays for itself (or—even better—also covers a medical bill or two) my life will be less stressful.
It Was Agatha All Along
I got a purple upright walker a couple days ago that we have named Agatha, and it’s helping me walk around with better posture.
I’ll do a full review post on it in the future, but bottom line for now: I’m so grateful to have this stinking thing.
I Can Help People!
Dan has a new primary physician, too, because of an insurance change, and I got to research, switch providers, and schedule an appointment for him. I’m geeked that I can actually do things for other people. I feel like I’m always asking for stuff, and that’s depressing. Go me!
Ramping Happy Things Up
There’s a new accessibility ramp in the garage that I haven’t used yet but is mostly complete. Here’s a picture of it in progress:
Anything that makes going to a doctor’s appointment less traumatic for me is very much appreciated.
I voted!
I voted, and I don’t think there’s any question about who for. (Not a single Republican. Again.) It’s empowering to have a choice, though I could dream up a better choice than Trump easily.
Also? I wanted to be a part of this historical election and would have paid an illegal poll tax to vote. Seeing a woman as President is on my bucket list.
Pecan Snickers
Imagine if a Snickers and a Demet’s turtle had a love child. Yum. Dan came home with a couple of Pecan Snickers for me the other day, and I am hooked.
Mars, Incorporated if you’re listening: I would like to be an influencer. You can compensate me with free candy bars. Thank you.
Lemon Sugar Cookie Edible Review
The dispensary had a sale, and I bought a lot of edibles for reviewing on the blog. I wrote a review for some lemon sugar cookies on Sunday if you’re interested. Not surprisingly this kind of content gets a lot of traffic and I get to be high to boot, so I guess what I’m saying is expect more.
Anyway, tell me something good that happened to you recently.
My Betty’s Eddies Ache Away Review bottom line: worth it.
Thursday I experienced the kind of migraine that had me losing feeling in my arm, pulling window shades down to protect my eyes, smelling the hickory in bacon two thousand times stronger than the average human, and forgetting common words.
I tried relieving the monster headache part with caffeine and acetaminophen, but it didn’t help enough. So I asked Dan if he’d run to Cloud 9 for me and pick up what I’d picked out online.
I picked out two new-to-me edibles and tried one immediately yesterday. Thought I’d review the first—cherry chews edibles from Betty’s Eddies—today. There was no way I was typing up a coherent review while high yesterday.
And, girl, was I high. This review should be fun.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Product: Betty’s Eddies Ache Away Eddies cherry fruit chews
Taste: Surprisingly delicious. Reminiscent of a Now & Later in tartness and flavor, but much softer to chew. I could taste the weed, but I’ve yet to come across an edible that doesn’t have that distinctive flavor.
Maybe that’s on purpose.
Overall High: 13/10
Now, I am more sensitive to THC than some, what Dan calls a cheap date. So the fact that I took one chew and it melted my face probably boils down to two things: 1.) I hadn’t consumed an edible in a while, and 2.) a more conservative dose for me would be 5 mg.
But the chew was wrapped so cutely like saltwater taffy at 10 mg! Who was I to cut it in half?
Time to High: 30 minutes
I thought the “fast acting” bit on the package was probably overstated marketing baloney before I took one, but half an hour to kick in is faster than most of the other edibles I’ve tried. It usually takes me about 90 minutes to hit peak.
Duration of High: 2 hours
I was unable to stop smiling, repeatedly asking Dan to remind me I’d taken drugs in case I got scared (I was worried about me, d’aww), and generally euphoric for two hours.
Pain Relief: 9/10
I’m still running on reduced pain today. Yes, I know the pain is there, but it’s possible to get comfortable and forget about it for 30 minutes at a time this morning. I like that!
Munchies (Intensity): 4/10
What I ate during this period (a giant bowl of ice cream with strawberries) was exceptionally good, but my generalized desire to eat was shockingly mild.
Couchlock (Intensity): 8/10
Don’t make plans.
Time Dilation (Intensity) 9/10
I checked the clock at 12:42 pm convinced it was probably almost 7:00 pm.
Notes on CBC and Turmeric:
This was my first time trying anything labeled CBC along with the usual THC and CBD. It turns out CBC is something dispensaries and manufacturers are hyping for its anti-inflammatory properties.
Is it actually a thing, though? I don’t know.
From Wikipedia: “Cannabichromene (CBC), also called cannabichrome, cannanbichromene, pentylcannabichromene or cannabinochromene, exhibits anti-inflammatory properties in vitro, which may, theoretically, contribute to cannabis analgesic effects.”
This bag also notes that it contains turmeric. Which I’ve heard good things about, but again not scientific things.
Update 10/30/24: I’ve been taking half a cherry chew before bed for a couple of weeks during a flare of pain, and it is helping me sleep better and wake up in less pain.
I’m interrupting my usual blog post to bring you a brief griping hiatus. Starting with mentioning that my Mom bought a used LegXercise contraption that we saw advertised on TV, and it’s helping me rest more comfortably.
Hoo-freaking-ray! Let’s do a little review, shall we?
As you likely already know, I have no energy right now, but I still need to move and circulate my blood and stuff. Holy cow, this thing does almost all the work. All I have to do is sit upright for a few minutes at a time. (A challenge but an accomplishable one.)
Already today I feel that good “using muscles I didn’t know I had” feeling in my back. It’s been so long since I’ve felt like things were hopeful. But I’m getting to the toilet faster. Giddyup, bitches!
Mom is using it too so she can get the blood pumping without straining her cranky knee. So if you’re old, infirm, or both it might be something you want to try. I feel like it’s kind of pricey, but I have a much cheaper manual version and I’m too weak to make it go. So I’m genuinely lucky to have access to something like this.
Next up: my bruised rib pain. It no longer hurts for that rib to merely exist. Now it only hurts if I touch it. I mean, any time a pain lessens or stops, it’s a water-into-wine kind of miracle. That almost never happens for me, so when it does I take notice!
Let’s all take a moment to acknowledge that a pain is going away (and forget about how it happened).
Insert prayer hands emoji here.
The weather in the Metro East is cold and rainy, which would usually mean I’m sore and grouchy. So also take advantage of me not griping right now.
