I'm curious about this too...
Indicas are a very body-oriented high, aren't they? Wouldn't that be WORSE than a head high?
So I smoked some Blue Dream about two weeks ago... much to my surprise, other than a slight awareness of something in my chest, I was fine... Mind you I was anxious BEFORE smoking it because of a bit too much methylone and was debating on benzos and alcohol or trying some jane. Buddy has his medical card so I figured why not - looked the strain up, was known good for anxiety.
Well Saturday night, I hung out with my bud and I'd been up for 72 hours (meph/methylone binge) so I was hoping the DJ Short Blueberry he picked up just for me would knock my ass out. Vaped three hits and felt phenomenal, even fell asleep for a bit.
Then I fucked up. Got ballsy as hell and decided Hashberry sounded and smelled friendly enough. Boy was I wrong... 3 hits of that joint and I went into quite possibly the WORST panic attack I've ever had - made my first weed induced panic attack look like child's play. I put my finger on my neck to check my pulse and was CERTAIN it was over 200, had the pains rolling through my body almost like the salvia pins and needles but they just wouldn't go away. 1mg sublingual Xanax made it WORSE... my bud took my pulse and BP twice for me with the machine and pulse was 65 at the highest (normal resting 84) and BP was 129/95 (normal is 110/90) so that wasn't out of control either but even with the two times he took it for me and showed it to me, I couldn't fight the feeling. The body high was just way too intense.
Basically, here's my thinking. My tolerance is zilch. I really shouldn't be fucking with MMJ with such a high THC content in the first place when it usually only takes a hit or two of shwag to get me stoned... But maybe doing small hits here and there til I build a tolerance again will get me past the cannabinoid sensitivity? Its obviously ENTIRELY mental... I used to be able to smoke bowls day in day out when I was younger but I quit for 9 months and it was never the same... then one day I was rolling and my friend decided it would be funny to play a joke on me - tell me he's smoking weak shit and so of course, I took a huge hit - was white widow. Second worst panic attack of my life only I didn't have benzos handy so I was awake for the whole 5 hours.
I should also mention... that panic attack while rolling was the first I ever had - and after that, I started having them daily, had to quit drinking caffeine products, had to cut back on sugars, then finally had to start xanax once every two weeks or so which quickly became a daily thing and now I take 2mg of Klonopin a day...