Harlequin reviews
Read people’s experiences with the cannabis strain Harlequin.
This strain has a higher CBD content than THC so its very mild yet energizing. More of a body high for me but hey everyone reacts differently. I have found Harlequin is hard to track down when I visit Colorado so I can’t be the only one who digs it. It’s my favorite. As I get older I can’t handle high THC strains. I’ve heard many stories from others about this happening as they age so ya been warned.
This is my go-to for anxiety and pain. I use it in a Pax Era cartridge and when I am feeling panicked, one or two hits and I calm down. It’s the second-best substance for panic attacks (#1 would be bentos, but due to people abusing them it is hard to get, and lots of people don’t like side effects) I have taken. I relax, but can focus and finish my sentences. It’s more of a calm high, but have never experienced anything remotely like couch-lock. I have also just smoked a joint and had the same effect, but it is a little harder to focus. Never has caused munchies or dry mouth or red eyes. I wouldn’t recommend it to people who want to get REALLY effed up ASAP, there’s not enough THC in it for that. Have recommended it to friends who also suffer anxiety and stress (like me) and they really liked it. If you want a more subtle high and anxiety relief I highly recommend this... also works well for pain and has knocked out headaches a few times for me, so that’s a bonus!
Let me just begin by saying due to PTSD, I do not like being intoxicated. I have degenerative disc disease: 16 bulging discs, 11 dessicated discs, 5 torn discs leaking inflamatory protein throughout & wake up with a fever daily. I am a mom of 4 and when it comes to pain limiting..."if I feel like I can, I do". When I feel better I do more without thinking about it.
After research I knew I needed high CBD, Maryland is limited in CBD strains available, but I hunted down prerolls & vape cartridges in ACDC which helps me a good amount. I was doing a lot more...we are selling our house and a lot needs done before photographers come. I used a swiffer on my kitchen ceiling, washed the top half of a 18 foot chalkboard wall...couldn't do that before ACDC.
I over did it reaching for something 4 days ago & broke off a piece of disc and it is touching a nerve. My sterhoid injection is not for 5 more days & I'm in bad shape bed ridden. The slightest movement in my hips makes me scream in pain. ACDC wasn't doing much to help with the intensity. I have been in bed for 4 days, unable to stand from sitting without someone lifting me or rolling onto the floor to my knees and pulling myself to standing with a door frame.
With nothing else to do, I searched cbd strains on leafly and decided to try Harlequin. I called dispensaries starting with the closest to me and hunted down a Harlequin vape cartridge by PRIME.
I had a friend drive me to get it.
I took 4 draws of the Harlequin vape and 30 mins later I didn't feel like sitting down, I was up walking and made dinner for my husband and kids having my kids bend for me. After hour I found myself bending to get ice from my freezer drawer myself, felt pain if I moved to fast but I felt like I could do it myself, & did. I feelt motivated to get things done.
Like ACDC I will have to be really careful not to overdo it and injure myself because both kill pain and gives you more range of motion, Harlequin is definately good for more intense pain, gives you added motivation too.
I felt like I could clean the house & really wanted to.
I vaped Harlequin again before bed (pain usually keeps me up) and fell asleep fine.
I just woke up after sleeping 7 hours undisturbed, can barely move...I tried to roll over but it's not happening. Harlequin to the rescue.
I need to remind myself "even though you are feeling less pain, you still need to take it easy because you can reinjure yourself by doing to much".
Hope this helps others.
I got this as a live liquid concentrate vape pen and it was amazing. It was my first real cannabis experience after I got my medical card. All the tension in my shoulders and back just melted away. The pain, stress, anxiety, depression, muscle tension, etc was lifted in a way; the muscle relaxant quality allowed me to stop certain pain before it could start. I caught myself actually smiling, feeling calm and relaxed and I forgot about the debilitating depression and anxiety, I fired big pharma’s social experiment of keeping people sick, creating conditions for their new shiny pill. I was on so many medications, many of which were only there because of side effects from meds that never helped me. My mind and memory is so much clearer now that those chemicals are clearing out of my system, I’ve tried multiple strains since and this is one of the few that doesn’t make me paranoid which is a struggle because of my baseline anxious hyper vigilance. This is a great medicinal strain because it allows me to be functional, I can accomplish stuff pain free, not terrified of people, can authentically smile and laugh - enjoy life and think about what is really important.
I loved it. It gave me that constant burst of pick-up feeling that I wasn't getting while on Adderall. This replaced my Adderall. I loved this strain so much, I named my cat after it.
So far so good. I have had the unfortunate experience of cannabis ramping up my anxiety. Thinking over it I really get in my head after smoking and this is a nice clear headed body high that stops my anxiety not to mention any aches and pains I have . I’m glad I am able to smoke without freaking out. This shall be my go to for a bit I’m sure.
Ohkayyyyy, not big on flower but this one is really helping me. I just smoked it for my first time and my pain and headache is starting to fade away and my anxiety and paranoia is gone. I hit it 3 times and it doesn't make me sleepy which is good! I do feel a little head high and spacy but its prob because I don't smoke often. I usually rely on CBD but that stopped working.
Ultra low THC strains have changed my life. Harlequin is right up near the top for me in both effect and taste.
I used to smoke a LOT. Then I became a parent and gave it up for a long time. Upon trying it again I found myself totally unable to cope with the crippling paranoia and anxiety. So I said goodbye to weed again, somewhat bummed out but at peace with my decision.
Then one day getting ready to leave for Church I sneezed so hard that I slipped a disc in my lower back. That set in motion a course of events that led me to seek out any kind of weed that would be weak enough for me to measure dosage carefully and avoid crippling paranoia and remorse. I had never heard of CBD. All I knew was that I needed a strain of super weak weed that would allow me to carefully titrate my dosage.
I first tried Cashey's Honey. That was really good. It's awfully hard to find. Then I tried Harley-Tsu. That was much better... but the musky Indica side from the Sour Tsunami parentage bothered me aesthetically. I've never been into Indicas.
Then I tried two strains that I rank right up there with the Cashey's Honey: Lion's Quibit and Harlequin.
No surprise that these three are the most Sativa dominant CBD strains that are widely available.
What I love about Harlequin is just how unbelievably stable its CBD:THC ratio is. For someone who has to carefully measure their dosage to avoid paranoia, the confidence in the stability of the strain's strength is one of the biggest selling points a strain can have.
5:2 does occasionally result in a slightly stronger dose than I'd like, and the nugs are structurally a little tighter than I prefer, since I'm a joint guy and don't use a grinder. But those are very minor gripes.
I will be using Harlequin as a breeding parent in my quest to nail down a stable low THC sativa.
Absolutely recommend it to anyone looking to enjoy good old school pot without too much intoxication.