After first time smoking, I was washing my hair in the shower with my eyes closed and I seriously thought I would open my eyes to see that I had 8 arms. 2nd time, stomach grumbling with hunger, my brain is tumbling with thoughts and I want to get up and do something. I love the sativa body buzz that sets in and sends a wave of tingles from my head to my toes.
Dull buzz. I think I got SIS (hybrid) instead of ISS. Bought thru delivery, delivered as "SIS" on label. I had confusion when I researched prior to purchase because there are some reviewers who wrote that ISS (Island Sweet Skunk) is different from SIS (Sweet Island Skunk) - w/ISS being the sativa & SIS being a hybrid w/more indica qualities. The same goes for an internet search outside leafly.com, although most reviewers say they are known as the same name and there is no difference. My delivery service said SIS (which I bought) is the same as ISS, but I DISAGREE. The "SIS", Sweet Island Skunk, in no way compared to the rave reviews and my expectations of what people are calling "ISS", Island Sweet Skunk, and the buds in my order were small and not as trichome-ie as the pictures of the longer, bigger buds of ISS -Island Sweet Skunk. The "SIS" that I got left a dull, functional buzz, but there was no creativity or energy as associated with what I feel is the real ISS, and how it is rated as such on leafly, etc. There was no 'get-up-and go' feeling and my brain never clicked into awesome thinking mode. Confused? So was I, as the SIS will make you forget what you got up from your chair to do, and you'll walk in circles until you remember, but other than that, all you feel is dull. No fun, no smiling, no happy, no thoughts. That's not what I smoke for. I smoke to get up and go, forget my pain, and work. Or in other cases, sit and write, or do an art project, which is why I like the creativity of the sativas. I am a long-time smoker and while I'm new at the medical level, I'm not new at the smokers level, and after smoking the "SIS" I felt it would have been one of private party pick-ups from years ago that I would have said 'man that shit sucks.' So medi-smokers beware: my thoughts are if you see this as "SIS" (Sweet Island Skunk), it's the hybrid, lower end of the true strain, ISS, Island Sweet Skunk. My delivery service has always provided top shelf, "A" grade meds, so the issue isn't with them switching something out on me. My issue is with someone messing up somewhere and making my delivery service believe they received the true ISS instead of of the indica dominant strain, SIS. I never complained to them. Just smoked it and waited until this dose ran out, but I do wonder if anyone else complained that SIS just didn't live up to the hype of ISS. Personally, for fear of getting SIS again, I won't buy this strain, which is unfortunate because I'd like to be able to try the real ISS and know that I'm actually getting the ISS and not SIS. Maybe I'm wrong and there is no difference, in which case go for the ISS or the SIS if you want to take the chance. I didn't believe the people who flouted the idea that there were 2 strains, but after smoking it myself, I believe that to be true. Unfortunately, I won't take the chance again.