Harlequin reviews
Read people’s experiences with the cannabis strain Harlequin.
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I started using this strain for medical purposes. Some of my medical history includes: major depression, anxiety, possible PTSD, mood disorder, sarcoidosis, hepatitis C (blood transfusion/birth), asthma, diverticulosis, possible Lupus, degenerative disc and joint disease, chronic widespread pain, inflammation, and swelling. I have tried almost every medication under the sun. Doctors have been at a loss on how to treat my symptoms. Marijuana typically just makes me feel weird. I don’t like feeling “high”. However, THIS STRAIN IS A GODSEND!!!!!! I do not feel high. I just feel BETTER! I’m in my 30s and usually feel like I’m dying! So THIS IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME! The taste is fantastic and smell is awesome! No skunky stench! No harsh hits either! Did not hurt my lungs or even make me cough....AND I HAVE 2 LUNG DISEASES! Quickly relaxes muscles, melts away pain (even severe menstrual cramps)! Almost NO SIDE EFFECTS! No extreme increased appetite. No dry eyes. No couch-lock. This is the best medicine I have ever taken! I no longer need prescription opiates. Thank you so much.
This particular batch I've had for a while , it was produced by Silver Sage Wellness-
THC: 7.4 % THCA : 8.3 % CBDA : 11.66 % CBD :10.24
The buds are kinda small but they are Super Solid !! Beautiful color - loads of orange hairs !
The taste is nothing special , but the effects are GOOD ! I feel better after smoking 3 bowls of this .... Than I have all week ! Feeling energized & wanting to do something !
I will definitely keep an eye out for more of this !
Typically I like to mix my CBD strains - with another more potent flavorful strain . But for review purposes I smoked this straight , and was actually pleasantly surprised !
February 12, 2015
Finally this wonderful strain showed up in the retail weed world in Washington state. The ratio was 5.75% thc and roughly 11% cbd. This particular cut did wonders on my knee and shoulder post op scar tissue, arthritis and general aches. It did possess a good enough sativa buzz to energize; which I assume is great for retail. All and all great strain!
This is, for me, a nearly perfect strain. The main issue for which I medicate with cannabis is chronic pain. A lot of strains, especially heavy indicas, will help me ignore the pain. Some other strains will transmute some of the pain, making me sense it as more of a tingling sensation. Very few strains actually get rid of the pain altogether. Harlequin is one of those strains. Using surprisingly little, my neck, back, joint, and arthritic pain just melt away for a bit. My muscles relax more than with harlequin they ever do when I take my prescribed muscle relaxant every night. As a high-CBD strain and a sativa-dominant hybrid, the head high, if there is any (more likely with concentrates than flower, in my experience) is light, clear, and energetic - I can still work without feeling at all impaired. Between the relaxed muscles and the reduced pain, I'm much more flexible and mobile than usual. It makes it easier to do chores around the house and work on various physically-intensive projects. While I'm loose, limber, and not hurting, my body tends to naturally re-align itself a bit better. By halfway through my high, my I'll often notice that my posture has gotten a bit better and my spine a bit straighter than is usually possible given how tense and spastic my muscles can get. Doing some stretching or yoga helps enhances this re-alignment (for lack of a better term). And the positive changes carry on for a few hours to a day after my high ends, before things start tensing up again.
This is a medicinal strain. I'd say it definitely has some recreational value, especially if you're sensitive to THC and tend to get anxious on cannabis (like me), if you use enough of it, but with all the CBD, it'd probably take some work to get blasted from this stuff. But mostly, it just does a remarkably job of making me and those I've shared it with functional and pain-free for a little while. If I'm using it at night for whatever reason, it'll absolutely mess with my sleep if I've used it within a couple hours of going to bed. So that's maybe something to watch out for. If only I could find a sleepy indica that worked this well for my pain.
My one "complaint" is that this stuff is ridiculously difficult to find, at least out where I live.
Harlequin is awesome for me. As someone with PTSD, major depression, seasonal affective disorder and anxiety; this strain is an absolute game changer for me. I am far less hyper vigilant and have more energy when I use this strain. It’s also very good for pain and helps me with some nausea. Not every strain works well for everyone, but this strain has impressed me from the moment I first tried it.
This is a great entry strain. Mine was tested 10/8 thc-cbd. Not supposed to get you "high" but it does for me. Keep in nind not many years ago 10% thc was cuting edge, and cbd was a usual byproduct of seeded commercial mj. I'm listing this as one of my favorites because I can actually smoke it without fear of psychosis as with higher potency strains. Btw the flavor is great as is the aroma and bud structure. Bottom line:it does get you high just mellowed down from the 30% crap over abundant on the market these days.
Great strain for anxiety and PTSD. Zero paranoid feeling. I am not a big smoker due to the paranoia, I have gotten in the past. Leafy has really helped me find strains that work for me.
I’ve been avoiding bud since I had to stop smoking in order to keep my CDL Drivers License in 1992. If it wasn’t a great Teamster job I probably would have just switched jobs, but trying to time the “Drug testing van” became too stressful. Now that I’m retired and disabled, I tried smoking again but the weed nowadays is so much stronger than back then from 1972-1992, I got so paranoid that I hated it. That is until I found HARLEQUIN! I smoked a half a J after starting out with one hit. It was like I was teleported back to 1978 and in HS. This strain is the ONLY strain I can say with 100% certainty will bring us older beings that had given up hope of that dream of retiring, kicking back and getting high. I’m in Heaven while still on earth…Thank you God for making my dream retirement years come true. Take my word for it to people like me…..Go for it. You will love it with no regrets!!!