it's a treat to get sativa around here, usually it's more of an indica type high from what i get. good mixes of both are the shit though. a taste of each world.
Pretty much all we get around here is sativa. I like it alot. I'm sure I've smoked indica because it's too slim of a chance that all the pot I've ever smoked is sativa. I don't really think I could tell the difference though.
I keep a supply of both kinds, for different circumstances. When I'm out and about, like in town or visiting friends, I like the active high of sativa's. Sativa's give me a "clear" high. It seems to improve my vision, intensify colors and makes me laugh more than indica's. But the downside is that sativa's tend to make me paranoid. This used to bother me ("omg everybody's looking at me and they all know I'm stoned") but then I realized there's no law against being high. At home I prefer indica's. I live deep deep in the woods full of lions and bears, and it's not a good place to be paranoid.
ok does anyone really know how to tell the difference because now i am curious! i get from a dealer. and i've actually asked him if he has any different types, but he doesnt, which sucks ass. sometimes it makes me paranoid. sometimes not. but i enjoy it either way.
What I've heard (and experienced) is that sativa dominant strains are more leafy in the buds. Paranoia isn't always the best way to determine. With sativa, you'll feel like your head is partying and your body almost feels normal. With indica, your body feels like its yawning, a sensation of the body, not so much in the head. It's interesting when you find a strain that is a balanced mix of both.
Both have their benefits. It really depends on the mood I'm in. Sometimes I just feel like lying back and relaxing, so a nice indica is good. But then other times I want to get high and go out or write or something so I'll prefer a sativa. I like to keep a bit of both at all times so I have the choice. Indicas do feel so nice on your body though. Really warm and fuzzy and just really nice.
for me, ive noticed that whichever i smoke, i get mashed...but there's two different types of "mashed". There's the brain dead, sitting in a chair, staring at the telly while digging your hand into an empty bag of munch...and there's the "dead" effect, but kinda trippy...tis hard to explain, but i have racing thoughts, mad ideas/thoughts, in a v.comical mood...lol so yeah, thats me, if that made sense? d: x
Every strain I grow is a perfect balance of either 70% sativa 30% indica, or 50% - 50%. I really try to stay away from pure indica. It does absolutely nothing for my pain. It is nice to throw my tolerance off balance every now and again though, but between the two..if I had to choose..it'd be sativa hands down.
what type of pain do you have? indica is commonly used for pain management in the medical marijuana community.
most of the weed i've smoked since i've started has been the indica kind, but there are times when i smoke the sativa kind and loved it. so i'd say i like both.
Indica's usually do absolutely nothing for my pain where as sativa's kill it for hours. I have a degenerating bone disorder, orthoarthritis, a few bone spurs on my spinal cord and suffer from relentless pain that never subsides. Indica's help me to relax, but do nothing to aide in pain management...for me. At one point I had a series of epidurals to try to aide in the pain. It didn't work. I'm one of those special case studies where nothing works on me I guess. lol