So some back history for you. I smoked weed for 2 years.. Smoked daily but had a low tolerance so didn't have to smoke a lot. Smoked between me and my friend a quarter a week on average. I quit May 2nd. I was originally going to quit the bag before but 420 made me decide to buy one last bag. Seemed like a good sending off party anyways. I smoked a quarter to myself in that week after 420 (so essentially double my standard dosage). So my tolerance was just raised twice as high as for the entirety of the last two years. Could raising my dosage that much and then immediately quitting cold turkey after cause extended and more severe issues? I was also very stressed by issues with my living situation and work. I had horrible withdrawals which was weird because I have quit several times before and usually have a headache and am irritable for the first two days and then i'm normal. I however had stopped running in this last binge. I think that may have helped me ease away from weed in the past. I was still working out an hour a night but no cardio like before when I was playing basketball every night. I had really horrible withdrawals the first three weeks. The worst of which was my anxiety and insomnia. I slept 3 hours the entire first week. Also had the horrible dreams (Hadn't dreamed for the entirety I smoked). I had bad stomach pains. I was really constipated and then would have bad diarrhea in the same day. Seemed like my system was screwed! My kidneys were really sore/tense off and on (figured this was due to the anxiety, also the pain would dart around different areas), as was my neck and it was tough to take deep breaths for a while (lump in the throat). Night was always worse than day. (I smoked primarily at night fyi). Things slowly began getting better. I decided I needed to cut out a lot of the stress. I quit what I was doing for work and moved to a less stressful environment. That was around the last week of May. Things have been improving. I now have no problems getting to sleep but I am waking up every 2 or 3 hours throughout the night. I'm forcing myself to still get 8 hours no matter how many times I'm getting woken up but i'm not getting deep sleep. Also when it's not dreams waking me up it's a little raspy feeling in my throat and a dry nose. (What makes this weird is that during the day I have loose phglem being coughed up and my nose is usually runny. Figured my lungs were regenerating but couldn't figure out the sore throat and dry nose at night thing?). Right around a month after quitting I started getting canker sores. I've had two doses of them and they were big ones. The second time I got them the top of my gums on the top and the bottom of my gums on the bottom were swollen and red and if I ran my tongue over them they had a metallic taste sort of. This went away both times within 2 days. What i'm really wondering is are these still marijuana withdrawals? I pushed myself really hard when I smoked. I worked 16-18 hours daily. Didn't eat the healthiest in the world and didn't keep a good social life. I know my body has an addictive tendency. It happened with caffeine two years ago and the anxiety was unbearable but now it's worse. I don't have insurance and even if I did don't know what type of doctor I'd even need to see for this. I am pretty certain it's nothing serious because of how it wanes and comes back and how this all started immediately after quitting.. There's nothing chronic other than the anxiety and the sleep disruptions. This is what is leading me to believe that it is what is causing these other symptoms and issues. The sleep problems are the most bothersome as they are affecting my immune system due to getting so little sleep over the past month. I do have a history of anxiety and a stressful life. That's actually why I smoked in the first place. What should I do??? What do you think is causing this? Thanks for any help, looking for some piece of mind and advice here!
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I strongly assure you to do some research on anxiety meds. If you have a chemical imbalance, I can understand their use. My anxiety condition is due to underlying stress. I have now beaten it twice. I think it sounds dumb to trade addictions don't you? There are many ways of getting the same result, you just need to be diligent in exploring your other options. I'm sure it would have made it easier if I had given in and went to the dr and said I need some anxiety meds, but that's an easy out and we already know our bodies have addictive tendencies don't we? Big change is created from within, not from a bottle.
This is coming from someone who has kicked anxiety twice, and I honestly haven't seen many people with it worse than what I had, my friends saw first hand. So it can be done, you just have to push yourself, and it's definitely not easy.
Does anyone know more about the stomach/digestive side of the withdrawal process? Like what sort of timeframe I can expect before things go back to normal? I don't want to have to smoke again to be happy or sane, but if I don't return to normal, let's be honest; life is short enough anyway, i'm not going to live the rest of my life living in pain from a simple learning experience.
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I think that the stomach issues should clear up for you. In the meantime, maybe try some Activia yogurt or something with some fiber cereal. I hope that you are doing well. Thanks for giving me the update!
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healthnfitnessguy wrote:
There's a misconception that some anxiety is caused by some medical, chemical imbalance while others are caused by stress. All anxiety is caused by stress, and you can resolve it using medication. Or you can resolve it using therapy. So long as you are doing fine, then that's what's important!
I think that the stomach issues should clear up for you. In the meantime, maybe try some Activia yogurt or something with some fiber cereal. I hope that you are doing well. Thanks for giving me the update!
Just to update. All of the withdrawals have gone. Well except for the mental ones. I'm starting to realize how valuable weed was for me at keeping me on an even keel and dealing with the massive amounts of stress I deal with on a daily level. I still am not smoking, as I'm hoping I don't need to, but if it gets bad enough for long enough this stress will do worse to me than mj ever could, so may have to cut some losses. But for now, physically i'm feeling fine. Sleeping great, energy is good, not very much anxiety, and the ridiculous stomach pains are gone. Took me about 40 days to be fully normal physically again.
I think that it's good that all your problems are by and large clearing up. My understanding is that it really takes a full 90 days to totally recover. In the meantime, maybe you could try searching for some support on dealing with anxiety. After all, it's stuff we've got to deal with for our lives and you'll find ways of coping that don't involve pot. In any case, thanks for keeping me posted.
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Have you tried some low thc, high cbd weed? I read some research that suggested cbd can help with withdrawal.
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He's stressed so you're all recomending he get on anxiety medication? Are you serious? Stress and depression can be serious mental illnesses, true, but they are more often than not an important and entirely natural healthy mental reaction to unpleasant changes and situations. You don't need to numb you're ability to feel and function with anixety medications that they unfortunately prescribe to anyone since mental issues can't be easily or accuarately measured. If you begin down that path you will numb your self and become a slow robot like I have witnessed so many "depressed" housewives do. What an awful awful forum to stumble across. Especially given the circumstance. You want to quit smoking weed. DO NOT go into something 20x worse. You don't stop taking anxiety medication. It's a life long crutch. "Here take these once or twice a day for the rest of forever."
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