I'm curious if anyone has tried this and if so what sort of benefits you've noticed.
Specifically I am talking about microdosing psychoactive cannabinoids in sub-psychoactive doses. Oral dosing <1.5mg or so.
Did you notice any benefits in sleep, pain, stress?
100% I noticed benefits and I’ve been microdosing with edibles around 1.25 - 3mg of D-9 THC , generally a minimum of once daily. The average is probably **2mg**, which I still technically think falls into microdose as it’s under 3mg lol. I generally only use the weekends for say a 5mg nice buzzy amount of THC, and my limit is around 10-12mg mark (that’s about the most I can handle without significant side effects lol).
A few things to note. I am quite sensitive to THC, but thankfully not hypersensitivity like I used to be. Also, I generally take a light to moderate dose of CBD (example 5:1 CBD:THC) as this dramatically increases certain non-intoxicating therapeutic effects). While I generally prefer D-9 for microdosing, I will on occasion use D-8 and HHC, due to subtle effect differences, usually around 3-6mg). Microdosing D-8 is good for long sleep and HHC is good for high-task days lol. Onto D-9.
I find ~2mg of D-9 THC is basically like s daily supplement for me, because I definitely feel better with it and notice on days without the missing positives. The #1 reason I use it is to supplement the pain relief achieved through prescribed low-dose opioids. It def helps and I credit it for helping keep me on lower dosing (7.5mcg Butrans, 5mg Percocet as needed). It also helps with improving my mood and slowing down my thoughts a little. The subtle relaxation properties also help with stress and help me to be a bit more social.
So the benefits are on the mild side, but there’s multiple benefits, and the combination of them make this a game changer for me.
PS- sometimes I microdose smokables as well and will do another response later to discuss that lol.