withdrawal from smoking weed

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i used to smoke weed everday for years i would say it is not physicly addicting i would wake and bake with my friends sometimes smoke up to a 1/4 to 1/2 OZ a day all day long. all though some pot is laced with other typs of drugs that may be physicly addicting it was tough to stop meantly though took a long time and was quite a fight. never had withdrawls but i never had laced weed with any consistany either. more the likely she have it in her head. but hey im not a dr. so could be wrong

TryingHard · Posted: 03/10/07 - 18:53 Post subject: marijuana withdrawals

To the people that say that marijuana is not addictive or that is has no withdrawal symptoms, you are full of *** or just really have no idea what you are talking about. I have smoked for about 9 or so years everyday, at every chance I got and now I'm about 5 days clean. Just so people don't think that I'm just a *** who is crying because him and his precious Mary Jane have split, I have quit cigarettes with no problem, coke with little problem, and have helped a few friends do the same. I consider myself to be a strong person but this is kicking my ***. Currently as we speak I have a headache, palms are sweating perfusely, my heart feels like it is gonna beat out of my chest, can't keep my mind on anything for more than 30 seconds (with the exception of going and taking a nice fat bonghit), my feet are freezing, depression, and mood swings. To me or any other half educated person this sounds like a quite physical, quite real withdrawal. I have been doing research on the subject today to try to find some tips to help me get this monkey off of my back and I have read that it has been documented that people who have smoked frequently and for long periods of time have actually had heart attacks after giving up the habit. What is said to happen in these cases is that the THC creates a calming sensation throughout the body (duh) and when the person quits the body is so used to being calmed and soothed that the heart doesn't know what to do so, for lack of a better phrase, it freaks out and the person goes into cardiac arrest. Now once again, this sounds like a pretty serious withdrawal symptom doesn't it?? I wish I would have known this because I was expecting to have it easy since marijuana isn't physically addictive and doesn't cause withdrawals, or atleast that is the common belief. So spread the word, we ain't talking about your momma's high school smoke out anymore, the weed of today is a whole different animal.

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tryinaquit2 · Newbie Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 2

Of course it's addictive. It's a DRUG. It alerts your brain. It's ILLEGAL for a reason.

Femme_DeMortis · Newbie Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

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ive been smoking weed off and on for over 20year EVERYONE ALWAYS SAYS WEED IS NOT ADDICTING BUT WHAT IVE NOTICE IS OVER THE YEARS IS IT GETS WAY HARDERTO QUIT THEN IT USED TO BE IT USED TO ONLY TAKE LIKE 2 DAYS NOW ITS LIKE A WEEK PLUSMY NERVESARE SHOT ANYMOREBUT THEN A MONTH OR SO GOES BY ANDI FEEL BETTWER THEN I EVER DID THE ONLY REASON I EVER STARTEDWAS I HAVE PROBLEMS CALMING DOWN VERY VERY HYPERAND WEED CALMED ME DOWN IT USED TO MAKE ME REALLY REALLY HAPPY BUT I ENDED UP SPENDING ALOT OF MONEY BLOWING IT WAY OUT OF PAPORTION LIKE SPENDING 600TO 800 A MONTH IAM NOW MARRIED AND HAVE A GREAT LIFEHOUSE AND KIDS I THINK IM GOING TO HANG IT UP FOR GOOD IM TIRED OF THE COME DOWN THE SWEATING THE POT LUNGS AS GOOD ASIT IS ITS THAT BADITS NOT FOR ME ANY MORE WISH ME LUCK IWIIL NEED IT

coolidge · Newbie Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 9

good luck, "Guest"!

hmac · Newbie Joined: 21 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

I just quit smoking weed about a month ago. I don't think it's psyically adictive but I do know that if you are around people that do smoke it's a little more challenging to stop. Since I have quit I have noticed some things that are different with me, I don't know if it has anything to do with quiting. One of the things that really bothers me is my sleeping, it is very hard for me to go to sleep at nigh ( I mainly smoked at night) and didn't have that much of a problem going to sleep. I want to sleep a lot during the day. My stomach has been hurting more than normal as well, like I said I don't know if this is the why. I have been more depressed also. I haven't had a "slip up". I am very proud of myself and know that what I am doing is going to help me in the long run with my life....

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Someone here said "It's a DRUG, it's illegal for a reason" Have you ever investigated the reason pot is illegal, or wondered why alcohol (another DRUG) and even worse cigarettes (yet another even more deadly drug), are both legal? I'd rather exist in a world full of pot smokers, thank you!
But I do wish anyone who desires to quit the best of luck. No one wants to be a slave to anything, and you don't HAVE to be.
There's a wonderful book by Allen Carr HOW TO QUIT SMOKING - it's for ciggy smokers, but it might be a help. This book is more successful than ANY nicotine replacement.
Cheers!

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ive been smoking weed for now over 8 years ... ive just stopped over 15 days ago ... yes u do have wit drawls and they last for a long time depending on how long you smoked for ... ive been getting nausea, headaches, all sorts of stuff .. all though they have been slowing down past couple days ... its an chemical imbalance in your immune system and also brain .. your body is just so used to having all this weed and thc in the system that it thinks its normal and now that i have stopped it thinks im lacking something .. its very hard to deal with this stuff but none the less .. i don't smoke no more and thank god ... i now see how much i screwed up my life and the amount of money ive lost ... only uneducated people smoke for no reason... im not talking about people with medical reasons .. thats fine i believe pot can help .. but if your not ill u should not be smoking ... so step back and educate yourself about marijuana because the people that say Maryjane don't affect you .. i just laugh at u and pity you your uneducated !!!!

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I am 50 years old and have smoked cigs since I was 13 and weed since 18 on a VERY regular basis (every day, all day). POT is not physically addictive trust me on this! It does put you in a deeper sleep mode where you don't dream hardly at all so expect to have dreams again once you quit (this is not a bad thing).
I recently had my first physical in 30 years, they found a 6cm lump in my left lung 99% sure it was cancer. I was lucky after the lung biopsy it turned out to be pneumonia of which I showed absolutely no symptoms of having (you tell me? taking antibiotics for that now). The man upstairs must have been looking out for me. The day I received notification of the lump I threw away the smoking cessation pills I was taking and stopped smoking everything. That was a little over 3 weeks ago.
The lack of nicotine has given me a few bouts of insomnia which my Dr said was normal as well as a slight cough from my lungs trying to repair themselves. I have had zero withdrawl symptoms from the weed if anything it would be helping me sleep better at night. I will say it's a mental addiction but it's really no different than having a nightly beer or two with a buddy.
Those that are against it will tell you all sorts of things but the truth be known it has some great medicinal purposes just ask the cancer patients that use it after chemo to help them cope, or the glocoma patients that use it to keep from going blind.
What it will do if used in excess is cause lung damage just like cigarettes. Kicking both habits at once has not been that tough, when they tell you that you have lung cancer it sort of gets your attention. It's all mental people, so do yourselves a favor and keep those habits under control.

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