What Cannabis Strains Work Best for Anxiety and ADHD?
Limited research can make it difficult to know how to best medicate with cannabis. Your doctor or budtender will often make suggestions based on anecdotal evidence from other patients or their own experience. Millions are using medical marijuana to treat anxiety, ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, and dozens of other mental health conditions. Finding the best strains for treating anxiety can be difficult and you likely won’t have the same experience as someone else.
Trying different strains is the only way to know for sure what works for you. But here are a few tips to help you find the best strain for your needs quickly.
Are Indica or Sativa the Best Strains of Cannabis for Anxiety and ADHD?
The natural starting place when choosing a strain of cannabis is knowing if you want an indica, sativa or a hybrid. If you already know the differences between each, it will be that much easier to find the best strains for anxiety and focus. Sometimes, it’s all a matter of personal preference – but there are certainly some benefits to choosing one strain over the other.
Indica strains are often known to be relaxing, calming, and sedating – which makes them an excellent option for people with anxiety. Sativa strains, while creating euphoric and often calming effects, also have the potential for paranoia, which is the opposite of what an anxious person needs. Often, a hybrid is the best strain of weed for anxiety – offering the calming indica effects, with the sativa energy.
Indica Strains to Fight Anxiety
Finding the best strain of weed for anxiety can be a difficult journey. Most patients find that indica strains are the most powerful and fast-acting relief. With calming and sedating effects, prepare to fight couchlock and the munchies instead of stress and fears. Here are our picks for best indica strains to fight anxiety.
Purple Urkle
This strains origins go back to California and is believed to be a child strain of Mendocino Purps. This skunky smelling and berry tasting strain is known to be extremely relaxing, sleep-inducing and provides full-body pain relief. With a THC average of 16%, this is a perfect strain when your anxiety leads into insomnia.
Plum Crazy
An indica dominant hybrid and descendant of Granddaddy Purple, this Fleur Brand organic strain has a fruity and floral aroma and flavor. The mildly euphoric and relaxing buzz will leave you still clear enough to go about your day but expect waves of relaxation and heaviness. With a THC average of 17-22%, this strain is best enjoyed in the evening hours.
Sativa Strains to Fight ADHD
When it comes to keeping your focus, a sativa strain is likely your first stop. These strains are known for their uplifting feelings and boosts in creativity and most importantly, focus. Anyone who has smoked a little and found themselves lost in something for hours can tell you, it works.
Sour Diesel
A popular sativa, Sour Diesel is also known as Sour D and Sour Deez and is a product breeding of Chemdawg and Super Skunk. The effects are fast acting, energizing and very focused on the mind rather than body. It is known for helping fight depression, pain, and stress as well as ADHD with it’s THC average of 18%.
Tangie
A sativa dominant hybrid, Tangie is a Fleur Brand organic strain has a citrus aroma with a dash of skunky goodness, the perfect combination of parent strains Skunk and California Orange. This strain is known for it’s uplifting and euphoric effects and feelings of happiness and focused energy. An average THC content of 17-22% make this a popular choice for stress, anxiety and ADHD.
Hybrid Strains to Fight Anxiety and ADHD
When you’re dealing with mental health, you’re often dealing with more than one condition. The truth is, people with depression become anxious, people who are anxious become depressed. It’s a vicious rabbit hole to fall into. But these hybrid strains can help you find relief from all your symptoms, without the couchlock.
Black Jack
This strain is a cross of Black Domina and the consumer favorite Jack Herer. The hybrid offers long lasting, calming effects that leave you feeling focused and able to take on the day. Perfect for daytime anxiety relief, this strains average THC content is 18%.
Glue on Fire
A Fleur Brand organic stain, Glue on Fire is a hybrid cross of Gorilla Glue (aka Original Glue, aka GG4, etc.) and another Fleur strain, Face on Fire. A balanced hybrid it provides a relaxed mind and body and does so without putting you down for the count. An average THC content of 22-25%, it is potent with calming effects that come on quickly.
Why Choose Fleur Brand Organic Cannabis?
Fleur Brand cannabis flower is 100 percent organically grown and is Clean Green Certified. We never use synthetic fertilizers or toxic additives. Our cannabis is completely natural, unlike others who use pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, and other toxins in the cultivation process. Our talented team of scientists and cannabis experts have helped us bring our vision of a truly organic cannabis to dispensaries near you.