If you have used marijuana extensively for a long period of time, you are going to experience some withdrawal symptoms. For some individuals the withdrawals are more severe than for others. It depends on body chemistry, degree of abuse, and other factors like whether you were using the drug to cover up some other problem.
For people that use marijuana to make themselves more comfortable in social situations, they may experience extreme discomfort and anxiety coming off the drug. Similarly individuals that used it for other reasons like appetite boost or to help with insomnia generally will experience some sort of a crash while their physiology changes to adapt to life without the drug.
Factors that influence marijuana withdrawal include:
1. Time Span
Did you smoke marijuana for a week? A few months? A year? 5 years? 10 years?
2. Frequency
How often did you smoke marijuana? Was it daily? Twice a day? Thrice a day? All day everyday?
If you smoked marijuana heavily for the past decade and used it at a high frequency (i.e. 3x per day), chances are that your withdrawal symptoms are going to be more severe than someone who has only used this substance for a few months a couple times per week. In fact the person who only used the drug a couple times a week may not experience any withdrawal whatsoever, while the individual that was addicted for 10 years may not be able to cope without the drug.
Marijuana Withdrawal Symptoms:
- Anxiety – You may feel more anxious in social situations and develop some sort of generalized anxiety. This is the exact opposite of how relaxed you felt while using the drug – your brain is trying to compensate for the chemicals it received while you used marijuana.
- Appetite changes – If marijuana helped boost your appetite, you may not feel hungry at all while coming off of the drug. In some cases, people actually feel hungrier coming off marijuana – it totally depends on the case.
- Cramps – Some people notice stomach cramps and digestion problems. Others may feel achy.
- Cravings (for marijuana) – At some point in time, most people will experience a craving to use marijuana again. This is because you stimulated your brains pleasure center and kept feeding it chemicals to make you feel good. It wants its fix, and knows marijuana makes you feel good, so you will likely crave the drug.
- Depersonalization – You may feel like you are not the same person or are going crazy. This is usually a result of intense anxiety. You may have never felt this way before; your brain chemistry has been thrown out of whack.
- Depression – Many people experience some sort of depressive symptoms when coming off of the drug. You may feel sad and as though you have lost all zest for life.
- Dizziness – Some individuals report feeling dizzy. Try not to lose your cool if this is happening, just accept it as a symptom.
- Headaches – Another common withdrawal symptom is that of headaches.
- Insomnia – Not being able to sleep at night is a problem, but one that you need to tackle head on. Try learning some relaxation techniques or getting more exercise during the day to help tire yourself out at night.
- Irritability – You may experience anger or frustration with the world when coming off of the drug. No one wants to get mad at little things, but this will eventually pass with enough time.
- Mood swings – Some people experience extreme changes in mood when trying to quit this drug. You may feel alright one minute and then raging mad or depressed the next.
- Nausea – Feeling nauseated, especially before, during, or after eating is common.
- Sleep disturbances – You may experience crazy vivid dreams or have disrupted sleep where you wake up in the middle of the night.
- Sweating – Some people end up sweating more than they normally would during withdrawal.
Note: It is known that marijuana stays in your system along with cannabinoid metabolites for between 4 to 21 days after your final ingestion. Some speculate that once the THC and cannabinoids are fully excreted, discontinuation symptoms become more prominent.
When will the marijuana withdrawal symptoms subside?
Depending on the length of time and frequency that you used marijuana, time period for withdrawal varies from person to person. Most people will notice that they are completely symptom free after 90 days. It also depends if you tapered off slowly or just quit one day randomly in “cold turkey” fashion. I think cold turkey is the best way to quit, but probably the toughest for your body and brain to re-adjust to normalcy.
Don’t freak out if you don’t return to normal after 3 months of withdrawal. Keep pushing forward and accept all of the symptoms that you experience without freaking out. Engaging in healthy activities like socializing, exercising, eating healthy foods, and staying busy will help you make it through this difficult time.
Fortunately marijuana withdrawal is easier than many other drugs – so consider yourself lucky. If you aren’t able to withdraw on your own or deal with symptoms, you should consider consulting a professional. If symptoms are still too extreme to manage, you may want to look into a rehab facility. Most people can quit with the help of family and a good social network.
I have smoked pot since my 13th birthday, I am now 32. I have quit for a few month here and a few years there. The only withdrawal symptom I get is night sweats until it is out of my system. No other problems. It is silly that people are being assholes to others who haven’t smoked long. It doesn’t matter the time or frequency used, ALL OF YOU “veteran smokers” are forgetting everyone is different and we are all effected differently. Sounds like you are trying to make it into a competition and that is sad… For the people who are having mental imbalances and emotional problems, go to your local pharmacy/drug store/ etc.. and buy a supplement call 5HTP, it helps replenish seratonin and dopamine levels. As for stomach cramps and diarrhea invest in some Pepto.. There are easy remedies for most of the symptoms. Most addicts prefer to be miserable in there recovery though, so it is in your hands to embrace recovery, suck it up and deal with it or make yourself and your loved ones miserable… Good luck!
Wise words. Well said mate.
I’m 16 years old and i’m having severe (not extreme) withdrawal symptoms. I have been smoking for atleast 2 years now. I quit about 3 days ago and it’s unbearable to me. (I really wonder how meth/coke addicts get off that shit, wow.) I’m sweating, extreme stomach aches, nausea, irritation, anger, even more depressed than i already was , no hunger, even less motivation, severe anxiety and panic attacks (atleast that’s what it feels like). My family says the last 4 days i have been UNBEARABLE to live with. It gets me so furious to see comments about “Wussies, try meth then tell me what you think” this isn’t about meth or coke or whatever, it’s about WEED. GTFO, what are you even doing here? Anyways, i snap at people and the least they say to me, i’m irritated as hell. So WHOEVER ignorant person said you don’t have anger problems when quiting, you OBVIOUSLY haven’t been smoking ENOUGH or long enough. I smoked EVERYDAY atleast 2 grams, in 24 hours. Mind you, i was 14 at that time. I had to quit school because my memory loss was so extreme i could not remember ANYTHING i learned at school the day before. I went from grade A student to grade D. I’m going back to school after i have quit this toxic shit. Legalize weed? Are you people really that fucking stupid? Holland (Where i live) is FULL of psychiatric clinics FILLED with kids like me who’re now FUCKED UP and have disorders because of this. I wish i never started. Weed IS a gateaway drug, it IS. Due to smoking constantly everyday weed felt like a cigarette to me. I didn’t feel anything anymore, so i started taking EX to feel like that “first time”. Man, this drug fucked my life, but i’m happy i realized that not too late. Please, don’t let your kids end up like me.. Watch out when they go out with friends, watch them when they get back home, look at their eyes, their actions, their movement. Please, it may feel good at the moment an takes your depression away for 1-3 hours but in the end you won’t feel anything and get even more depressed.
really pleased to have found this information. Turns out my 20 year old son has been smoking daily for 3 years. Recently he has blacked out and had a kind of fit and the doctors could find nothing physically wrong with him so have suggested it is the dope. He immediately decided to give up (the fits were scary) and currently he seems to spend the whole time in tears and is struggling to go to work. it has been 5 days and we have assured him it is temporary and he’s doing the right thing. Just hope he sees some improvement soon!
T I am 20 years old as well and am going through the exact same thing as your son. Is he doing any better after quitting?
Good article. I’m on day 14… Biggest change for me is at work, I’m surprised by the amount of things I can do in a day just after 2 weeks of quitting. I think weed just set the bar too high for most other tasks to compete with so I never bothered doing anything else. Guess this is a similar concept for most drugs. Main downside to quitting is the grumpiness and sleep issues :-< hope the grumpiness isn't just me though. What made quitting a lot easier for me was I needed a catalyst I.e big change, in my case I moved into a new place.
I have been smoking the last 16 years of my life, I also been addicted to other drugs during that time but weed has been the most consistent.i managed to gave up when I was carrying but fell back into it once I gave birth, it is my 6th day of being clean and my insomnia is off the hook and my mood swings are just terrible, I gave up smoking nicotine the same day so smoke free for 6 days yay me! My partner still smokes and has no intention of gaving up which makes it twice as hard as my all my habits have to change I met him through mj), I feel like I’m going crazy tbh, I’m like a live wire I wil kick off at the slightest off things with my partner, the thing that’s gripping me the most is sleep deprivation, most of the comments on here have been inspiring to hear about people who have smoked for 10/20yrs + and have given up for more than 3 weeks knowing that there symptoms have faded, makes me determined to see out this phase, I do not want to be a stoned mother that is my motivation just suffering badly with side affects at the moment
Just keep doing what you’re doing. I also have to watch my other half smoke while I’m trying not to. Lets just hope they take inspiration from us! I hate the thought that either of my boys could find out I smoke weed. Drugs are drugs aren’t they!? I certainly dont want them following my stupid path.
Good luck, and if u fall off the wagon, it’ll hang on ’til you jump back on.
Just want to add this, I used to be addicted to heroin, but for reasons, maybe psychologically, maybe because its the last crutch i’m kicking free, I’m seriously struggling to quit smoking weed, the nausea is awful, the lack of appetite makes you feel a lot worse too, I recommend long walks to anyone whose quitting to flood your brain with the endocannabanoids its depleted, and good luck to everyone!
I have been smoking hashish for 9 years, I was smoking in the daily basis. I moved to USA, WA where is marijuana is legal. I smoked marijuana here for 2 years. Also I have been smoking regular nicotine for 12 years. I decided on 10 of march that I will not smoke again ever in my life. I bought quarter ounce that day and I smoked it for one week then I took vacation for week to Orlando. I was very busy. The nicotine withdrawal disappeared and when I get back to Seattle I didn’t feel any pain or headache. I changed my routine, I go to the gym everyday. I didn’t use any kind of medicine or drug. I know that I am going to miss my Mary Jan but I have to do it because I want to be healthy person who can leave until 100 years. I know marijuana has no harm to our body but the problem when I smoke it I may smoke nicotine back again. I almost forget to tell you one to two glass of wine before you go to bed it is good idea. It is about 2 months from the last joint I smoked and from the last nicotine cigarette and I will keep continue.
Hi, been smoking for about 20 years. I’m always after the best bud, smoke it everyday, moody and irritable if I don’t get a fix but hate myself for doing it when I’m stoned. I have two kids and a lovely wife . It has been a week since I quit and yes it’s bloody hard! I keep telling myself that I havnt quit and all I am doing Is taking a break to cut my intake down. Do you think this is wise ? I keep thinking I will smoke occasionally and not everyday like I used to?? Has anyone done this? I am really skinny and I’m glad that going to the gym has helped people. I guess I am just being a pot head by not wanting to give it up completely. I like getting stoned!! I am worried what the future holds for me. Help!!!
On my 2nd week of going cold turkey, Been smoking weed for around 20 years off and on but in the last 3 years I became a very heavy user (for me) doing around and ounce a week, on my days off I just sat playing xbox and smoking constantly till the early hours. My withdrawals have been bad. I have sharp pains in my head that come and go out of nowhere, my heart races for no reason on an evening when I’d usually be smoking the stuff, stomach cramps and have had 2 panic attacks (I just sat in the shower both times and it seemed to help). I want this to end, I just want to feel normal again and not like I’m on the verge of a heart attack. When I’m out walking (I live in Yorkshire, England and walk 20+miles a week in the countryside) everything’s fine, but when I’m alone it’s very scary. I’m a 38 year old man who will admit to shedding a tear or two in the last couple of weeks… I’m determined though but I hope the withdrawals decline soon, I’m no fun to be around right now and I hate feeling like this. I will also add I was a believer in the bullshit of it’s not addictive, that is total crap. This is the hardest thing I have ever done, but reading most the comments on this forum has really helped, I like all you guys am not alone, Thank you.
Keep up the good work. You will get better. We need others to share and discuss. This forum is great.
Ive smoked weed for 3 years now. I actually had no plans on quitting until I went on vacation to a country that prohibits any marijuana use. I was staying there for 3 weeks. A day before leaving, I ran out but I decided not to buy anymore because I was leaving anyways. I was in the airplane and OMG just only a day and a half without weed and I already have headaches, stomach cramps irritability while I was in the airplane. Imagine seating inside in a plane for 13 hrs. Straight with severe headaches plus 3 more hrs layover in an airport and another 2 more hrs. Of connected flight with constant motion of the plane. I was dying. Im on day 3 and headaches, nausea got severe. Im am glad i if found this website. Its tuff, though I didnt plan on quitting, but forsure I am now. Fuck this, im goin to ride this until I get better. I will get rid of my bong and start a healthy life. I feel that my brain is swollen. Not to mention muscle weakness and loss of appetite. Thank you all for sharing your experiences. Its an eye opener. Yeah weed is good but I love myself this has got to stop. My heart goes to all you. lets do this goodluck to us :)
Half of people on here are full of wind and piss…cant believe people that are finding it hard to stop after smoking it for only 2 3 month..u shouldnt be on here ..as for the guy who smokes an oz a day thats proper bullshit..youd be dead mate….ive been smoking it myself since I was 17, 18 im now 31 with three boys and a missus thats close to been a nurse..and now ive decided to stop cant believe im saying it but im fed up of been lazy (never been out work like) with the kids and what to do more for them and myself..also I was constantly pie eyed smoking bongs mainly 1st and odd joint.(preferred bongs for more stronger and quicker stone) and as I got older it started to be a shotti pipe..id smoke 1 to 2 grams a day and it got to at worst 2 to 3 grams a day in last 5 year.It was getting to a point where even the top graded stuff jak chronic blues etc all high in thc wasnt hardly stoneing me wasnt happy until I had 5 pipes on bounce then I was stoned and happy for 1 hour, then same again an hour later becoming a vicious circle…so ive decided enough is enough 7 day of stopping now and im experiencing digesting problems mood swings.nausea and proper mad dreams as well as problems sleeping.no headaches though as yet.im determined to do it and will for my kids and the moaning missus…ill not lie to you all I could murder a pipe…..lol
I quit smoking pot 4 days ago. I have anxiety and insomnia like no tomorrow. I smoked pot to help deal with anxiety, and in general to help deal with the stresses of life. I smoked pot for 21 years. This article is helpful because not only does it inform me of some symptoms to look out for, but also encourages me to keep going. I’m in therapy, and have learned some simple meditations. There is no looking back. :D
Hey i smoked marihuana for 5 years fairly intensively (3-10x per day) and realized it makes me do shit A LOT SLOWER like seriously. I was passing off homework to smoke grass like a dumb ass. and i am in art school now so thats fine and i picked up smokin again (smoking weed is fine) for a few months and just quit. and i am getting muscular tension all over my upper body esp. my back. i think marijuana is a more powerful medicine then many believe and although it may be fun it could be compared to masterbation when using it alone— all gain no pain. which as foreseeabley could become an issue. Rats in labs with dopamine inhibitors will literally keep pushing the same button until they die just because they get a ‘free rush’ from the button pushed. similar idea- marihuana is fine for you but an immense distraction. case and point i have lots of muscle tension after my 2nd day marijuana free.
Im only 23 years old and have been smoking since I was 14 when my mother gave me my first cone. My partner and I have decided to give it a break, mostly my partner. It is interesting reading your comments, people that have been smoking for 20years. Ive always known that I can easily quit, but my problem is that I really dont want to quit. When I got pregant I stopped cold turkey at age 20 after smoking everyday. I have now not had any for the last 2days due to mainly my partner wanting to quit. I did not think I would feel like this, I feel upset, short tempered, very aggitated and its effecting my daughter and my relationship, also my 16 year old brother that lives with me. This is difficult! But reading your comments has given me a little insignt that I do need to stop.
I’m into week 3 of yet another attempt to quit weed.
I’ve smoked for 20 years. Every single day, quit attempts aside. For some time, the paranoia and lethargy caused by smoking weed has been affecting my life terribly. Having to leave the house once stoned has become nigh on impossible, and the veil of respectability in holding a steady but dull accountancy job for 17 years began to slip.
I quit for 3 months in 2013. I was that determined, I didn’t notice many symptoms at all. Or maybe I’ve forgotten them already? Anyway, they were the best 3 months I’ve had in years. I was more outgoing, coherent thoughts, paranoia disappeared, reconciled with family I hadn’t seen in years.
But my partner continued to smoke. Every day, I knew if I wanted a J, I only had to look in her bag for a biy of weed and a packet of skins.
So I fell off the wagon, and all the old symptoms/problems came crashing down on me like a tonne of bricks. I want to blame her, but I can’t really can I? I can’t force my will on another person, it just gave me an excuse in a moment (leading to many more moments) of weakness.
This quit attempt feels much harder. Getting asleeps fine, but the quality’s awful. 4 – 5 hours a night maximum. Temper snaps at the drop of a hat, feelings of utter despondency. I know what the problem is. I’m waiting for a 2013 style miracle, while kicking myself for putting myself back here.
The only thing I know is that the only person who can help you is yourself.
I’ll sort it, I like a battle. Just a bit sick of setting myself up for the same fight. The war with weed, in my opinion, is mostly in the brain. Therefore, where there’s a will, there’s always a way.
That’s my moment on the psychologist’s couch over. Fight the fight people. We’ll win if we really want to.
Hi David. I’m on day 32 of clean living (but, hey – who’s counting :). I can relate to a lot of what you’re saying, having been a pretty serious smoker myself for the past 10+ years. My withdrawal symptoms have waned considerably since the first couple of weeks. Focus on today and your hopes/goals for the future, instead of feeling remorse or regret for the past. You can feel proud and strong about your new direction – that’s one way of reframing that has worked for me. Smoking pot does not reflect a lack of moral fortitude. I think many of us here on Gloom’s page would like to use pot in moderation, but for a variety of reasons find that difficult or impossible. As you have learned for your past experience – you can do this! I wish you luck & all the best.
Thanks for the kind words Razzle. I’ve had set-backs, but I’m getting there. Unfortunately, contrary to common perceptions, cannabis addiction is as real as any other, so just as an alcoholic can’t have just one drink, and a smoker can’t have one sly cigarette, so it is with us pot-heads (in my opinion anyway).
Just overcame a massive urge to chong with 30 minutes skipping in the garden. The neighbours think I’m mad, but it certainly helps.
Just gotta keep on keeping on. Good luck my friend, and thanks again.
Hi David! How is your journey going? I agree with your recent comments that for people like us weed seems to an all or nothing proposition. I, too, returned to my old familiar ways for the summer. It was a conscious decision – after exactly 10 weeks (on the final day of the school year) I began smoking again. I knew that having taken a long, healthy break once, I could do it again. Surprise, surprise – after 3+ months the physical and mental sludge was back. I don’t know about you, but the worst part of my complicated relationship with pot is the mindless eating! The 10 pounds I had lost without effort after quitting found their way back on my bones, and that, frankly, is a super bummer! I knew I would be stopping again when school resumed & my students came back. Not easy to commit to the mindset I require to look forward (and not behind me at the dispensary a few miles down the road). However, I bit the proverbial bullet & sweated through the first day (already several days ago). Is it a coincidence that my quitting this time is overlapping with the hottest days of the summer – today was 102 degrees! – or is it the universe emphasizing the lesson for me? Some kind of cosmic karma? I’m not trying to be flip or disrespectful – just attempting to laugh to keep from crying :) Anyway, the posts are great & I’m thinking/wondering about you & wishing you the best.
I’m totally going through this right now. My big scare is that I have this traveling dull pain in my chest/lungs that would come and go. Its been 11 days. Went to the doctor to get x rays and blood work. Waiting for results. Possibly a chest infection. Listen to your body people.
20yrs smoker-3 weeks clean and I have had these same scary symptoms ,also went to doctor -had an EKG-chest x ray-and blood work done -doc said I’m all good -still dealing with chest dicomfort around the heart and the pain seems to move around -I was given a script for ibuprofen -it seems to help -and ill tell you to keep your mind occupied and don’t dwell on the pain or it will magnify-time will heal you -be patient and good luck to you, your not alone or falling apart! ;)
I just put it together today, I thought I was going crazy but it all makes sense now. I’ve been smoking since I was 16 and I’m now 37, made the decision to go back to school full-time so I decided to quit for good. Didn’t think it was possible but wow o wow I have been having some major weed withdrawals: headaches everyday, sweating, shakes, decreased appetite and the biggest urge to take a puff. I know it’s going to take a while to get over this but I can do it. I had tried to quit in the past or just reduce it but as soon as the headaches began I would start up again. LOL….I don’t hate you mary jane!!
Oh, yeh, hope to achieve the piece of mind one day not to want to smoke weed at all. Step buy step I guess
Just finished reading all of the comments here. Was not sure what was going on with me the last few days. The comments and the article really helped. I myself have been an on and off user for the past 8years (on and of meaning that I would blaze for 6months non-stop then quit for month or two, feeling paranoid as shit…and start all over again)
AS for all the smokers the begining is the best- u feel awesome all the time and u get to a point where u dont and start asking is the pop culture lying?becauses government sure does…the answer – moderation. Should have realized it years ago.
weed is not magical its just a drug, a wonderful one, but u get dependant, the worst thing for me is getting up, I wake up affraid of…of something, of life of the shit i have to do and i just want to go back to bed to not feel anything. Exercising helps, but its so damn hard to make youre self do that, but when u do it, it feels great.
One thing i noticed, the longer period that u smoke the longer it takes for the withdrawal to start and longer to end (if u smoke for couple of months it can star a week or couple of days after), if u were realetively clean and smoked some, the withdrawal starts the next day, but passes in a couple of days (just for user who are or were dependant, not talking about people who can moderate themselves)
All in all two weeks sober, hving other mental problems besides weed, nees to clear my head if I want to get my bachelors, hope a bicycle trip with my friends wont ruin it for me, cause there will be some smokers…got to be strong.
Love and peace to all you wonderfull people!
P.S. want to be a moderate smoker, love those months when I can do it, hate the moments when i realize taht i just tricked myself…
I knew about some things stated but alot I didn’t. Some good info though. 10 points from me
My fiance’ just mentioned to me only minutes ago that it has been 1 month since she quit smoking pot, for myself I occasionally use my vaporizer but it seemed to quite a different story for her with marijuana. Marijuana always effected me differently, but it was after we would smoke and how she craved it that really set us part. She would become a monster without it and if I mentioned that to her she went into the most convicted state of denial you could ever imagine. So IMO it is physically addictive but the part that was a little unexpected and really defined to me exactly what psychological addiction is. To actually see this in front of me my face defined to me that drugs become a crunch that people get used to. Once you take that crutch away they are fine for awhile after the initial detox but in times of extreme stress revert back to that impulsive person or behaves in an uncontrolled way. This has been a very wild ride for and she happened to stop seeing psychologist for awhile in that time too, now that she made a new appointment she seems calmer and I think everything will be fine.
I smoked at least two or three grams a day of the best bud I could possibly find, for roughly two years nonstop. Although it isn’t as long as some on here I did do tons of concentrates as well. In one night at one point a buddy of mine and I took 3 hits of probably the best LSD I have ever had and smoked 5 grams of shatter. I am a little over a week into my cold turkey quitting of any marijuana related substances and I can say without a doubt this is the most mentally taxing thing I have ever been through. I experienced a hardcore valium and hydro withdrawal a few years back when I was prescribed them due to a crushed second lumbar(they cancelled my prescription without letting me know or lowing dosage.) Reading all of these comments has brought me so much more peace of mind. I was going crazy thinking something HAD to be wrong with me. I just need to keep my mind off the fact that I am no longer smoking. Thank you all for your helpful comments.
Everything said on here was very helpful. Im glad the struggle is real and not in my head….ive been an all day everyday smoker for 9 years now, and im trying to quit bc im pregnant. Ive been trying to quit for 3 months now, and today was the first full day without smoking, its been extremely hard, about half way through the day I would get the symptoms and break down and smoke. It just sucks because I used marijuana to help me eat sleep, and to stay calm and these are 3 very important things while pregnant, and I cant do any of them unless I get high :( I love smoking, probably above anything, but if I knew I would have to quit and how hard it was gunna be I would of never started.
Oh also you will start dreaming again (or remembering them or whatever), which I actually find really unpleasant.
Marijuana withdrawal is the real deal. For me it only lasts a few days and I’m a heavy pot smoker. Diarrhea is at the start and all the usual problems follow. You have to be aware of how angry you’ll get. For me withdrawal is only a few days though. But a couple weeks later I’m like this planet sucks and I like weed a lot. Also for the first time I have been experiencing a new withdrawl symptom where I guess all my nerves, and so my whole body more or less, sort of feels like it is crawling and itching and it is very uncomfortable. Cocaine user etc. withdrawal comments aren’t really all that relevant in this thread I would say.
Been smoking pretty regularly for the past year and I’m having issues with this withdrawal shit. I noticed weed started to affect my thoughts, or rather my thoughts on weed were not positive for me generally. After a couple of bad trips where i thought i would die of a heart attack or go insane I decided to call it quit, atleast for a while. Now it’s been two months and I still suffer from feeling disoriented mentally, mood swings (these fuck with my mind), and some anxiety.
Had a couple of panic attacks, sometimes I feel my mind is a mess and I’m scared of going insane. Some times I can’t seem to control my thoughts and this scares me the most. The mood swings are so shit, one moment i feel like all these bad feelings and thoughts are but a little bump, then an hour later I’m balls deep in negative thoughts I can’t shake out of my head.
But after reading this article I guess this is rather normal. I seriously hope so, because I’m in dire need of some convincing that this will pass, I’m scared I’ve fucked up my brain for the rest of my life and I’m only 18. I can’t really talk to anyone about this either which makes me feel even more shit since I keep thinking about these things and not getting any input from others or closing statements. I just hope my mind settles and this anxiety and fear of losing control of my mind will end.
I used to smoke like 3-4 days a week for a year, with some breaks. But this is the first time I’ve felt this at loss of control and scared. Anyone with some reassuring words or tips? I could really need them :( before I found this site i was starting to question these symptoms to my personality and my surroundings, which scares me, because I’ve never felt like this.
I know how you feel. I’m 19 going through the same stuff. Partially I think it has something to do with the fact that this is an extremely stressful time in our lives. Running around outside and lifting weights actually does help. It keeps your mind off of things. Just try your best to do something to keep your mind off of it. When you start to feel a heavy punch of withdrawal, just try to find a quiet place in your head. It might be hard at first but with some deep breaths and closing of your eyes it helps a lot. Just don’t psych yourself out, you can get through it. I dealt with a valium withdrawal and it felt like it would last forever. It didn’t. I hope I helped settle your mind. Seeing another person my age on here gives me a great deal of happiness knowing I am definitely not going at this alone.
I am 33 years old. I am ending week 3 after stopping cold turkey.
I smoked cigarettes and a LOT of joints of the best weed I could get my hands on. Half a pack of cigarettes a day and 15-20 joints for the last 18 years, about 3 ounces a month (or 100 grams a month) So I stopped smoking both in 1 day.
I have had minor mood swings and depression, however less than when I was smoking!!! I have a e-cig to maintain and build off gradually my nicotine addiction. I have been much more active and eating a lot more, however I have been losing weight, probably because my metabolism has gotten faster. The worst symptoms I am experiencing are now, starting week 4.
I have lots of flatulence and my digestion is slowing down. On week 1 I had minor flue symptoms as well. Sometimes I do wake up in the middle of the night sweating and it is difficult to go to sleep again. Today was such a day.
After 3 weeks my head still feels cloudy, I don’t think this will change in the next week. Withdrawal is real but mostly because your body needs to readjust at first, the brain, I see now ,will take even longer to adjust.
My advices. I am focusing on the good stuff. The smelling, the breathing, the vivid dreams, the energy after waking up, the taste of food, much of which had deteriorated strongly.
Drink a lot of water, before and after eating, move around as much as possible, don’t sit and think. Go into nature, smell it and taste good foods. Have 1 or 2 beers a day, it will make you hungry. Work out, but don’t overdo it. Ride a bicycle or go swimming. Most importantly, find love, tell people you love them, tell yourself when you love something or someone.
Jan thanks for you post. It really struck with me. I have been a long term smoker over 20 years and have MS. I have given up cold turkey and am happy and proud that I have so far gone 3 weeks. When it gets tough I’m going to read your post for strength. Thank you.
I smoke about an 1/8th a week or a little more and have been doing so for over 10 years. Recently, I took a trip to japan where I knew I would not be able to smoke. I experienced a lot of these withdrawal symptoms you’re all complaining of but I only had one to two days of them. This thread had me freaked out my trip would be ruined but it was only about a day and a half of symptoms. Im onn day 7 of my 9 day trip right now and have zero cravings. I will definitely continue to smoke when I get back but I wanted to point out that withdrawal from marijuana, in my experience, was pretty mild for a habitual user like myself.
I wish i would have saw this months ago. Its been 6months since i had a bad panic attack when i smoked weed out of a bong for the first time. Ive slowly been returning back to normal but not quite 100% yet. Im waiting to be 100%. I used to be so scared that i was going crazy. But ive embraced that its going to be a process now to getting back to my normal state mentally
hi people, firstly apologies for spelling and grammar. i started smoking weed when i was 15 and i liked it because it made me not care about the bullying and depression i went through during school (i was a short, shy,quiet kid, an easy target for arseholes) I just thought “yeah whatever, dont care now” but i turned out i have an addictive personality and i loved the “dont care” (still do/did) so i carried on smoking for another 12 years everyday all day. I decided to quit cold turkey a few days ago and its not nice. I never did get past the depression but now its worse and can’t see it getting better in the near future. pre-existing mood swings are even worse and insomnia has kicked in, its affecting relationships with family and the few friends i have. The tiniest little annoyance will send me into full rage mode and i feel that its just a matter of time before this rage is directed at someone i care about or someone higher up the ladder than me at work. I believe that people experience withdrawal at different levels of severity and that i’m at the bad end of the scale. Just thought i’d share all that with you guys
My 17 year old son is going through bad withdrawals does anyone know when I’ll get my son back. He can’t even carry on a normal conversation . And no sleep for either of us because of his anxiety doctor said use meletonan for sleep aide but it don’t work on him.he was acting like someone on meth at first so I drug tested him and only mj in his system. He only smoked for a year .hope this helps a mom out there who is up all hours of night, he’s only 3 days sober today
I’m glad a page like this does exist as I know I’m not going through this alone.
I started at 16 now i am 28 so 12 years. For first 5 years it was occasional but the last 7 years its been all day everyday. I’v wanted to quite for a while, however depression found me constantly lighting up at least everyday 2-3 times a day. I especially needed in the evening to relax. On day 7 and today The withdrawals seems to have slowed down, less irritated, appetite increasing but stil ll not able to sleep, im sleeping 1 hour a night if that which makes it hard for me not to get a joint. But i will be honest i have not stopped myself from will power but i came down with an awful virus which had me bed bound for 4 days, since getting better i have cravings but because i have not ever been free for more than maybe 12 hours before i had to take this opportunity to quit. Im scared of losing weight, suffering from insomnia, but i have tried to look at the positives. Oh and iv saved at least £200 since going smoke free.
Those of you who think u can not do it, i felt the same and i know i have not yet succeeded but i will try my very best by replacing my evenings going to the gym , reading or even cooking as that what i enjoy. i used to enjoy nothing but smoking , but recently have found new things to do.
Good luck people
I’m so grateful to have found this site. I’ve been a heavy user since 16 years old now 34 years old. I quit for one year in my early 20s but my stoner dad pressured me to smoke a joint which resulted in instantly starting up smoking 4 times a day. That was 11 years ago. I graduated high school and university with good grades and moved on to work in the office world. Waking and baking before work, no one had a clue. I got to the point that I was smoking to not deal with any personal stress/annoyances and realized I never travelled or did anything cool that straight people do. I’ve basically wasted the last 18 years of my life living a lie. So with a lot of procrastination I have finally got rid of all my stuff. It’s been 2 weeks sober and it sucks. The anxiety is gone but I’m sooo bitchy, and don’t enjoy anything anymore. And I miss my BFF Mary Jane. But I don’t want to be a loser like my dad so I’m hanging in there. Hoping it won’t take 3 months….god that seems like ages away. I have a beautiful life with a wonderful partner but I don’t appreciate him right now. One thing I noticed for sure is how emotionally immature I am since I never dealt with my emotions. I’m a whiner and don’t deal with stress at all. I’m not gonna take anti depressants or Valium since it’s still masking the problem. My goal is to come back in a few months to tell you all that life is really beautiful sober like my mother says. I’m still not a believer, but I want to believe.
User since 4 years. I’ve tried keeping dry periods (like a month or two of no pot smoking) ever since I began. Now those dry periods last in terms of days. The longest was in January this year for 3 days only. I’ve been high more or less since then. Its my first day quitting cold turkey. I filled up my fridge with food from the money that I would have used for weed. I have $20 to spend for the rest of the month and a carton of smokes. Paid the rent, bills, and any other commitment. And I haven’t slept in 30 hours. I hope I stay strong. If I relapse, I’m getting help.
Today is the day that I have decided to quit using marijuana. I have tried to ween off of it before, and experienced all the withdrawal symptoms within a few days. I have been a avid user for the past 2 years, almost 3, and smoked everyday 3+ times/day. In the moment, its really fun to spark up a joint. But once my high hits I’m always extremely paranoid, hungry (for junk food), and beyond exhausted. I also get into very dark moods when I smoke now. I am no longer liking what smoking weed has been doing to me.
Its nice to see that users that have been doing it for 20+ years can stop smoking cannabis. Truly makes me believe that I can stop too. Its literally been my life for the past 2 years now…
Its been 1 month since I quit. I’m still feeling like my memory sucks and ability to focus and problem solve is not there. I’m hoping things improve soon. I lost a lot of motivation and drive. I don’t want to be this person… I need to snap out of this funk.
Thank you for all of the informative articles, Gloom. I’ve especially appreciated the readers’ comments regarding mj withdrawal. I’m on day 8 of my detox journey, after 15+ years of smoking, with breaks taken during pregnancy and my kids’ early years. After a back injury two years ago I got a medical mj prescription (thank you, California) and never refilled the Vicodin prescription from Kaiser MD. While I’m grateful not to have fallen under the spell of that very addictive painkiller, I did end up using mj more than I had thought I would, smoking up to 4 grams per week, which I now know (after reading comments) is not super heavy usage (about a half gram per day). But it seemed like my little brass one-hitter was going from morning to night, every day, until all I felt was sluggish – I began avoiding normal tasks, like grocery shopping & regular errands, and some of my friendships were put on the back burner, as I became less social. I am 46, with a wonderful (straight-edge) husband and two beautiful kids. Yes, I missed out on some experiences with my family. But I have to credit mj for easing some of my stress & opening my mind to different ways of seeing things. I have a successful tutoring business that I’m thankful is still thriving, as I made sure to keep those hours of my day drug-free.
The first days of not using we’re tough – I was weepy and sweating like crazy, especially during the nights. When I couldn’t sleep I would pull up Gloom’s page and read and re-read everyone’s comments, and those gave me solace. I’ve been green juicing since my back injury, so I continued blasting my system with those phytochemicals, and added green smoothies to my regimen as well. I decided to detox from sugar and processed/artificial crap when I gave up the weed – I think this has mitigated some of the withdrawal symptoms – I’m just as thankful, if not more, to get that garbage out of me.
A saving grace for me has been playing tennis. Even during my many years of using, I kept tennis in my life – lessons & team play. Most of my tennis friends have no idea that they (and the sport) kept me tethered (albeit tenuously, at times) to non-drug life. Today I lost my 4.0 singles match in a 3rd set tie-break, but felt proud of my effort, knowing that I could not have achieved this result two weeks ago.
Here, at middle age, I make no judgments on others and am trying to be kind (no pun intended :) to myself. I saw firsthand how pot delivered enormous relief to one of my BFF tennis sisters (also 46, like me) & helped her survive chemo, radiation, & a double mastectomy. She’s back from the brink of stage 3b breast cancer, and mj continues to offer her relief. I will never regret or forget all of our afternoon smoke sessions during her shitty low times and literal bad hair days.
Thank you, everyone out there. Your comments are pulling me through this challenge. I’m checking every day for new posts; when there aren’t any, I re-read, which is just as helpful.
I’ve never posted a comment like this before. I’m sorry it’s long. Peace, Gloom. Peace all.
I’ll turn 60 this year and have been a fairly consistent abuser of the mighty green since the age of 13. Stopped once for 2-3 years, but for the most part don’t remember not smoking everyday, seemingly forever. So, I stopped cold turkey little over a week ago and generally feel like shit. But I’ve made a promise to myself…enough is enough…just want to give the straight and narrow a shot…so at least see what happens and hopefully remember the good times going forward….. Suggestion: Read “The Secret Addiction”
Hey DT615,
I`m writing to you because our age is just about the same ( I`m 58 ). My first high was @ 14 yrs in 1970. The only time since not having pot or hash or oil was when I could not find or afford it. I was busted ( ratted out ) for importing oil from Jamaica in 79 and got a 2.5 yr stint in a Fed P in Ont, Canada. Even in the Pen guards ( not all- just some ) were bringing it in and selling to the Pop. I should add that the sentence was lucky cause 1yr prior or so Min sentences were 7 yrs for importing. Enough said. Over the yrs addiction has helped kill a few of my friends and at least 3 family members + maybe my father as well. I think of those people a lot. Like you- want to try straight and narrow even though THC tends to take away a lot of the pain of life both physical and mental for me. Been Tobacco free 80 days, alcohol free 35 days ( not 1 ounce ) and now pot 5 days. I was a 20+ cigs, 2 drinks and 2 joint a day person for years and years. Light weight compared to others- for sure. However, that was a lot for my physiology. If I had more I`d be passing out or even barfing ( always had a sensitive stomach and system ). All has been cold turkey and this week been having some nightmares ( didn`t seem to dream for yrs ) and now getting some left side abdominal stabbing sensations and waking up a lot at nite. Kind of proud of myself cause always got very anxious when the erb was running low started making plans to get to the dealership if you know what I mean. Thanks for listening and write back if you wish with stories or if you need support.
later and take care
paul
Hey man, appreciate the comment that you left… your history is nostalgic as well as heartbreaking for me… to imagine how the world was in 1970s… you have a fascinating story.
Thank you for sharing, I truly wish you a sober future with ZERO weed,alcohol,tabocco
Honestly, this is such bullsh#t. I will admit that this article is more realistic than a lot of other ones, but “marijuana withdrawal” is almost entirely a mental construct. I’ve been getting stoned out of my mind every day (and often all day) for years and whenever I stop for a couple days, the only “side effect” I notice is that I am not high. Would I rather be high? Am I perhaps slightly agitated that I am not? Usually, the answer to both questions is yes, but I’m really no more agitated than I would be if a friend canceled dinner plans or if they didn’t have the film I wanted at the video store. This even with the caveat that I use marijuana to (quite effectively) self-medicate my bipolar disorder. If there is indeed a withdrawal, I’d rank it, in terms of overall effect, below even the withdrawal from caffeinated soft drinks. It is entirely insignificant if even extant.
And in my honest opinion, people who say otherwise are lying, misinformed, or, well, pansies and God help them should they ever start using alcohol or opiates or something that’s, you know, actually physically addictive.
Hey Lou Reeds Ghost,
Try using your real name when you want to pick on the weak or is this your other self that enjoys being a dick wad. Seriously- you came here to berate people? If you want to prove “yourselves”- Go do it in public and berate a person or person`s who are maybe just as tough or tougher than you or you two are. People are writing here because they have a weakness.
My apologies to the moderator of this site, I can`t stand bullies.
Paul Clark
I Have Pushed Two Babies From my Body Splitting My Flesh From End To End With No Meds.
I Have Repelled From Helicopters Into Wildland Fire, With 250 Foot Flame Links On My Crew And I’s Ass, Dug Line For 52 Hours Straight Up A Mountain WiTh 4 Quarts Of Water. I Have Cleaned Over 30 Dead Bodies (As A C.N.A) And Built A SuccesseFul Business..
A PANSIE….
I AM NOT, Little Ghost!!!
You Probably Also Think Being Gay Is A Choice And Global Warming Isnt Real Too? Lol!
How DARE You Minimize ANYONE!!! Im Sorry If You Have Been Doubted In Your Life And Perhaps Lie And Bully To Feel Vindicated. But, Dont Come Onto A koom~by~Ya Sight Where People Are Just Looking For Validation And Support And Jerk Your Ignorant Mouth off. Rush Limba Is Always Looking For More Supporters.
I Have Smoked The Best Weed And Concentrates Daily Since I Was 19 (Quitting Only When Preggo) , Now I Am 32. I Am On Day 4 Pot free again…Let Me Tell You Brothers And Sisters Of The World, Marijuanna Withdrawal Is Real For Some Including Myself.
Chills Then Sweats. Anxiety, Mental And Physical. Feel Like I Miss My Best Friend And Feel Overall Like Sh#T.
I Find Working Out And Tea To Help.
This Too Shall Pass My Friends, I Will Be Beaming My Love And Support Your Way. The Moment You Feel Like Giving Up, Remeber Why You Held On So Long…;)
The Mightiest Oak Tree In The Meadow Was Once A Little Accorn, Who STOOD His Ground!
Signing Out From The Emerald Triangle
P.s.Thank You So Much For Making This Forum!
If what you say you truly believe, then why are you even on this website…let alone taking the time to comment…
Using my old GrassCity forum name. Anyone?
9 years. Nine f*cking years. Up in smoke. I barely remember a thing. Time for repentance. Been a week now. Hard.
The hardest thing about this is the blatant skepticism offered up by my peers and environment. Liberals are gonna try to legalize. I support that motion, but I am scared for obvious reasons.
Will post back. You all have made my resolve and conviction stronger, tenfold. Thank you, you sufferers.
Smoked daily 1 gram up to 3.5 grams a day for 15 years have recently quit cold turkey I’m 2 months in and have had very intense crippling mental and phyiscal withdrawl. With strength prayer and focus on my family I am moving forward but the reality is this is a real topic. It’s a slow roll moving forward for a heavy long term user but it’s getting better slowly.
Major Pot use creates a life stile and quitting smoking is one of the harder things I have ever done. I quit doing cocaine after about a year of use because it took away from my true drug of choice, weed. It is very true the with drawls are on opposite sides of the spectrum. Weed creates a life dependance. I live in Colorado and can smoke a gram if CO2 hash a day (equaling anywhere from 750-950 milligrams of thc per gram of hash) and that amount is ,in my opinion, quite great. I never thought i would have withdraws but i am 3 weeks sober and ever day i miss the bliss weed gave me. I have been smoking sense i was 13, now i am almost 19 and i cant stand being stupid. Who I am I have never been able to create the middle ground to classify my use as “in moderation” so the ultimatum I am faced with is, be a retard or do something with my life. And in that prospective the choice is easy. But every night I cant sleep and every day I cant be around people with out feeling anxiety. If you read this information and don’t believe weed has withdrawals well then you will be learning a hard lesson in a few years. I hold nothing against the drug. Im not sure if i would be alive today with out its help calming me down when I lived with my crazy mother; and i do believe it has mental healing abilities but that belief created a dependence and my choices caused me a lot of problem solving skills. Any one who smokes needs to understand that they should never loose touch with the real world because we all need to grow up some day and if you use weed to be ignorant to life; life will come crashing down hard and the only way you will know to deal with it is to do dab after dab after dab… And in reality you never can learn what life puts in front of you if you just ignore it.
Control the world, don’t let the it be a haze
quitting weed totally depends on the person. it can also depend on your situation. i smoked everyday from 13 and when i was 20 went holiday for a month and did not even think about it for a second. i quit for three years. now i am 28 and been smoking for 5 years and have no holiday to go on and quitting is so much more hard. boredom leads me to think about it. for the people who are taking panic medication are too reliant anyway on substances to lead them in life and have to get a grip
I’ve smoked for probably a year now. Usually, I just would smoke 3-5 grams on the weekends. Depending on how much money I had at the time determined how much bud I could get and also how long I would have to make it last. I would take breaks from it here and there. Up until recently I never would experience withdrawal.
However, about a month ago, after saving up a lot of money, I bought 3 oz. I was relieved to finally have a decent amount (I usually only got my bud by the 1/4ths). I threw a kickback for me and a couple of my friends (we started on Friday at 4:20pm and smoked well into the morning). We smoked 1/2 oz of mine and then they matched me with 1/2 oz of their own. Combined, 4 of us tore through 2 oz. I probably smoked closer to 2/3 oz since one of my friends is better at limiting herself and was good after a short while. I, on the other hand, possess a very addictive personality. I also have a tendency to not watch/care about how much I had been smoking (having only realized later how much had been smoked that day/night).
Over the next 2 and a half weeks I finished off what I had left (~2.5 oz). I had tried to maintain my high, which resulted in just straight smoking for 2 & 1/2 weeks. I would wake up, pack a couple bowls, take a shower, go to class, and then come back and blaze some more. Then I would usually grab lunch somewhere or just get a big ass bag of chips and munch away while I watched some tv. Then I would blaze up again at 4:20 (I’m very observant of 4:20). I would packed a bowl or so more than I usually would consume. The high would last me well into the night, where I would pack a bowl to help me sleep (I have had troubles with sleeping for years). Then I would do it all over again. It was the best time of my life: I was high out of my mind, food tasted excellent, music sounded like it never had before, and I was happy 99% of the time (I did have a couple run-ins with an ex which would kill my vibe practically but I would remedy that with another bowl).
Then I ran out of weed.
I woke up a week ago and realized how much I had been consuming per day. Without any bud, I searched every inch of my containers for anything that could be used to pack a bowl. I came up with a less than packed bowl of what mostly was weed and the rest was stem (It’s a tradition for me to smoke the stems of the bud. I don’t smoke all of the stems, just when I come to the last bowl). With what little thc I had managed to salvaged, I only was fractionally as high as the day previous. Later that night I went and bought a pack of cigs (just to have something to smoke).
The next morning was hell. I woke up feeling very sluggish and I did what I could to pull through the day. I thought it would blow over in a matter of days.
And now here I am, a week and a half off of mj. I am experiencing extreme loss of appetite (I will only eat once every 3 or so days. Food looks disgusting most of the time). The cravings for more weed are almost unbearable. I often get a whiff of bud and it makes me go crazy almost. I am also experiencing sleepless nights, dizziness, and a few other things.
I am really tempted to spend what little I have to get more but I know it’ll only make it harder. I intend on being more observant on my amount of smoking and to limit myself so an episode like this won’t happen again.
And to those of you who have been smoking for years on end, please understand that I do not have as high of a tolerance as you do and the amount I had smoked was way beyond what I could handle. I coughed sometimes after a hit as I kept trying to push myself to bigger and bigger hits. My only drive here was to get as high as I could get while still being able to control myself.
Sorry for the long post. Potatoes
ive smoked weed for a long time and just quit because I just dont feel like myself anymore and felt like I was going crazy I still do but im quiting for a few months and hope to get back at it if i feel better. Theres other shit you can do then just smoke weed but it helps time go faster
just quit its easy I smoked everyday since high school so pretty much 2-3 years I mean in the mornings, nights, on break at work, after work, if I didnt have weed my friends did. I have been sober for about 2 weeks and I feel no symptoms anymore the first 3-4 days were badd! I would turn on the heater, then some seconds later the fan to cool down trippy right? my worst symptom was my appetite, I couldng really eat causr I would go crazy with munchies when high but when I got sober my body was like “dude this stuff isnt that good” so id eat a little and lay down like wtf is happening to.me!!!! but I started eating oatmeal in morning cause I was hungry but didnt want nothing at all like I had no cravings but a empty stomach, and fruits like cantelopes for the sweetness and a morning starter drink like breakfast essentials by carnation. after about 4-5 days I was eating back to normal. and it wouldnt be a bad idea to buy the detox kit from GNC called the 7 day detox kit it has vitamins n all the stuff other people want you to take, I didnt know this at first. if you really want to stop remember what you did before you ever smoked just do simple stuff like play a game, or cut some grass outside (not cut it down into a blunt lol) wash the car, and go to work, I missed 1 day cause u felt like shit in a can litteraly. if you smoke again remember how bad you feel, that should make you stop for a while. dont listen to people who say there are no symptoms they barely smoke, we smoked religiously all day everyday keep your mind up and active cause your body is trying to get you sober so you have to wake up bright and early, get sum grub as much as you can whatever it is, and drink as much water as you can, watet us like stomach lube it makes food slide down like nothing lol keep your will strong and your head up and dont “celebrate” by smoking a joint or blunt if your birthday is near no point at all, as soon as you quit you will feel your energy coming back then the next day you can remember stuff, then you can eat, then you can sleep easy. whatever you did a whole lot when high will be a little difficult in these 3 4 5 START days of being sober. remember everyday you dont smoke you not adding more THC so you gotta be coming down or “getting better”
Have been reading this and found it very interesting, about 8 years ago I had a nervous breakdown and was put on anti depressants. I carried on for the next 6 years having a couple of breakdowns and being heavily depressed. I found sleeping very hard so started to smoke weed to make me sleep, I had used weed every now and again socially but started using a small amount (only about 1/4 gram) to make me sleep. Life started getting better until about 8 months when I went away on holiday and had terrible anxiety and had to return home, I was diagnosed with a anxiety condition as well as my depression. I know that most people on here have been smoking large amounts for years and most people won’t appreciate my comments but I find that if I miss 1 night of weed then I start to suffer with most of the symptoms that have been outlined in this article, I’m not sure if this is because of my mental health problems or because of weed. I have tried all different ways to see if it is due to the weed like smoking only at weekends, every other day, not at all and nothing seems to help like smoking every night but this anxiety is killing me. Basically I just wondered if anyone else has any insight into my situation? Thanks
Hi Sarah, I appreciate your comments and I’m sure everyone else on here does too. If I read you correctly, you are worried about having to smoke every night to calm your anxiety and that might also adversely affect your overall health? In your case maybe you can try just a small vape hit at night. That way you get the medicinal without too much of the drawbacks with overusage and vapes are much cleaner and smoother. I mean it really does calm the nerves and has great purpose when used in moderation even just a little bit. I like a lot of peeps on here, may have over-used it a bit much.. (10+ years daily x multiples). Now I’m trying to really take an extended break until I get another Job. =) And trust me, I feel you on the anxiety…I’m almost scared even..to take long trips fearing the worst…but when I do take them things go fine.
Thanks for you reply Duc, I’m currently suffering pretty bad with anxiety, it really is a horrible state to be in. I get what you mean about the long trips, I literally can’t leave home unless I know I’ll be back in a few hours and I havnt stayed away over night anywhere for well over a year. I will think about using a vape but atm I think I will try to keep off it for as long as possible and see if that helps my mental health but sometimes smoking is the only enjoyment I have at all so its going to be really hard. Thanks again and good luck with the job hunt ;)
I’m so relieved I found this blog. I don’t feel so alone Thanks
i had the worst mood swings ever
Body chemistry along with your physical build will have an impact on your withdrawal period. I have been smoking for 5+ years, all day starting with wake & bake and then start the day. I smoke about 7-8 cones every day. But right now I am on the second day without it, the most challenging part for me is the irritation and inability to concentrate on anything. I have been told the first 2-3 weeks are the toughest. Let’s see how far can I last!!
I often said i’d never quit WEED,Wow holy withdrawl ! I can’t sleep, if i do, i awake in a PANIC . “Often”i could be yawning in the big chair,and go to bed only to realise the last thing my brain wants is SLEEP,One great big emotional trainwreck complete with tears and fears either real or perceived. Plus anger and aggression more than my usual contempt for mankind , I would be 1st to say NO MERCY for self infliction,relying on weed to cope with the stressors of life was just a piss poor plan. Its now day 5, i’ve smoked weed close to 40yrs , the Rockyroad untouched in the freezer still ! GOOD LUCK FOLKS
“weening” off the drug is by far the easiest for me.
I’ve quit several times after being a long-term, every day smoker.
Each time I quit it became easier to deal with, since I knew what was going to happen. Also knew the feeling of being without was more comfortable.
By slowly reducing intake, the withdrawral is not nearly as difficult to deal with.