If you start to feel anxious, some paranoia, panic attack or a negative thought loop starting, reach for the black peppercorn!

Disclaimer: This is when you take a little too much and start to get some anxiety or start panicking. Most people shouldn’t feel this when taking the right amount of a microdose that you feel comfortable on, but still it may help those that have a predisposition to anxiety.

While recently taking a little more than my normal microdose of mushrooms and trying the lemon tek (on purpose), I started feeling a little anxious and then got stuck in this thought loop in my head. I had prepared for the day and whatever may come, just in case and so I remembered reading this article about how black peppercorn can calm anxiety and paranoia when smoking cannabis so I figured I’d try it. I sniffed the black peppercorn and put one inside of my cheek for few seconds and then chewed it up and boom! 🤯 Within a minute it got me out of the negative thought loop and anxious feeling. I was then able to refocus on positive thoughts and stay calm and at peace. Did a little meditation afterwards and had one of the best days ever!

Black peppercorn contains this terpene called beta-Caryophyllene which binds to the CB2 receptors in your brain. According to Wikipedia it's also found in higher amounts in essential oils like clove, rosemary, hops or even a cannabis sativa or CBD oil, so you might have better results from those. I didn’t have any of those around to try except for CBD, but I don’t have the most potent kind and takes longer to get into my system and to the brain.

I plan on getting some of those essential oils to stack while doing my normal microdosing routine for added anti-anxiety benefits.

Has anyone else ever tried any of those or the black pepper?

Here are some other references if you find this beta-Caryophyllene or CB2 receptors science interesting and want to go down the rabbit hole.-

Science Direct research info on Caryophyllene

Just a Pinch of Black Pepper

The Spicy Science of Why Black Pepper Makes You Feel Less High

Leafly - Try these caryophyllene cannabis strains for pain & inflammation relief

Gertsch Group Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland

CBD & THE PSYCHEDELIC RECEPTOR

Science Direct-The cannabinoid CB2 receptor-selective phytocannabinoid beta-caryophyllene exerts analgesic effects in mouse models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain

Edit: That day I microdosed mushrooms. Edit: Grammar