I find that I build a tolerance up to a certain strain and in the future that's strain of cannabis is no longer as effective as it was once before.
However I do have a few that seem to benefit me the most regardless of the amount of times that I smoke them.
But I also find it very helpful to take a break because there comes a point where no amount of indica or hybrid or sativa or even CBD can help.
Please chime in with your experiences.
I think what you are pointing out is a genetic deficiency, due to the methods used to breed the flavor of the month varieties.
No matter how many people like a plant I have, if it's got a ceiling, it goes.
I'm always trying the plants everyone raves about, but when you compare them to the clean, uplifting high of a 100% Sativa, they are lacking.
Strains start to look like car brands to me. Bred for looks and speed.
Not plants that represent why I started smoking years ago.
First time I smoked Gorilla Glue, I thought the guy was playing a joke on me.
I asked him "Are you serious? It tastes like plastic!"
After he smoked a joint and was acting all high, I lit a fat joint of Golden Tiger and made him puke. Had him sweating, standing in front of a fan for 20 minutes, trying not to puke again.
In my experience, nothing beats an indica for pain relief, but for that headspace buzz, keep a sativa around to straighten you out when the hybrids get you all out of sorts.
I never get a tolerance to my Sativas. No ceiling either, so greedy people get laid low. Hit it too hard, cause a run in the joint, and I get to watch you turn green.
I can feel toe up from smoking hybrids all day and perk right up after two tokes of a real haze.
But to address your final point:
I also think it's good to take a break.
Use is not the same as abuse.
After an obsession with Cannabis for decades, I now treat it like a medicine.
I sometimes don't smoke for days. Depends upon my medical needs.
And that way it's always like a sit down with an old friend.
But for those long stretches where I MUST consume, I keep a couple different 100% sativas around to break the monotony.
They are the plants that encouraged and built the community, if not the industry.
