Hi comoxguy,
Thank you for answering my questions. Now I understand why your having issues. First off, unless I made a typo I never recommend drinking hot beverages when dosing oil, it will carry it down to the belly faster before it can adsorb on the gums. Now to the other issue, its your Indica strain. I know, its what you have read. I only use Indica for nighttime sleep. Why? You cannot function during the day. It puts you on couch lock, is a total depression enhancer. You could be tacking properly and wouldn't know it. There is a fine line between euphoria and being totally relaxed from the indica strain. Many people think they are stoned but the experienced on the oil know they are just super relaxed which by the way is what the purpose is for, sleep.
Here is the deal comoxguy, the web is full of peeps opinions and there are many. Finding what is true and what is false is like winning the lotto. I know you used Iso to make your concentrate but don't know what method you used. I've seen oil that was so green it looked like it had florescent glows in it. The oil I seen was called green dragon. It gets that green because of the method its made, soaking bud in alcohol or other carries from anywhere from a day to a couple of weeks. It draws everything from the MJ, chlorophyll, plant waxes, sugars, etc. So it is less potent because of the other fillers in it. Treating cancer you want the most potent oil you can make. I've raised my standard from 20% to 25% minimum THC. I do this to make sure it is not right around 20%. Bottom line, you want the most potent concentrate you can make. Here is a simple test to do. Take a small amount of your oil and apply it to a rolling paper. Flatten out the oil with a toothpick or something, spreading it thinner and thinner on the paper. What color is it now? When the oil is made and syringed it looks black/brown because it is not translucent. A thin line shows its true colors. Also different strains make darker oil.
You have your oil made now so lets use it. What you need to do is find as high as a pure sativa as you can get (as high in THC as well). Then you can blend some of your Indica with the sativa so you can use up your Indica.
Also there is a build up period to take a gram a day. You need to start over, forget what you have learned and start correctly. If you follow the dosing tutorial and the oil tutorial, read the post you will learn a boat load of what to do and what not to do. This would be my recommendation to get you started the correct way. When first starting the concentrate is the most important learning time, to do it correctly. If you had sativa daytime oil you would feel energetic, alert with a great attitude and absolutely no euphoria. How you started is you are getting ripped. Now if you take your daytime oil correctly you will not think its working because you don't feel much of anything. Keep doing the correct way and soon you will feel the magic happen.
Pay attention to these threads and your learning will accelerate, soon you will be feeling much much better while healing. Look for these strains; a high cbd strain, a sativa strain with high THC and you already have the Indica. 4-5 grams of Indica will last you all the way through the heal for nighttime sleep. Hopes this helps buddy.
Thanks for getting back to me Motoco. I will slow down and try it again. I think drying my gums off might help and I think drinking some warm fluids will too. I am still having a hard time with the idea of taking almost a gram a day but I will just take it a day at a time and I'm sure it will be all good.
I am using an Indica strain. I used premium buds and made it myself with isopropyl alcohol.It is very potent when I smoke it. I saw a video of Rick Simpson the other day condemning any oil that was not honey coloured but I have read that green is just fine. Do you think it matters if it is green and created properly? Thanks again!
Steve
