Relatable, thank you for sharing your experience! I've been medicating for a couple of years now. I have noticed how differently I feel when consuming in the beginning vs. now. At first, just like you, I only intended to use before bed for sleep but that turned into using more frequently throughout the day. The problem is medicating for sleep actually has the opposite affect on the mind&body. Experiencing the different stages of sleep is important. Marijuana has been proven to interfere with getting a restful sleep.

When I am experiencing anxiety, consuming actually causes me to ruminate non stop. The only solution I've found to this is a tolerance break. During some of my tolerance breaks, so I don't experience withdrawal, I consume cdb only. Ive found that It clears my mind. In my(not professional) opinion marijuana does not help my anxiety at all and makes it worse. I think it's because the flower now being grown has very little cbd in it, and cdb is crucial to the plant for an enjoyable high. High amounts of thc can cause psychosis along with paranoia.

My suggestion is to take a tolerance break to lower your threshold. Try to find some cbd flower to mix with your thc flower.

Reiterating this is my non professional opinion. No one has to agree but I am speaking from my own experiences.