Help please am i going through withdrawal?

Weed withdrawal is a very real thing, I was smoking it religiously for about a year dropping a 40 bag almost daily, finally i said alright time to stop... well my body didn't agree with me... the first couple of days were not so bad, I was confident and strong and thought "that's right i did it! i don't need that c**p, that was simple" The next morning I awoke with the most tense feeling inside my chest and stomach, as if someone was ramming there fist into it and not stopping. I was so scared and didn't know what was happening, My heart was racing and my knees were weak, I ran to the bathroom and tried to throw up thinking maybe I ate something that had gone bad, After dry heaving for about 15 mins i still felt the same. I curled up on the floor and felt like i was going to die. The feeling subsided slightly after awhile but it remained there all day.  Then the night came, I was scared, cold and paranoid, i curled up in my blankets and tried to go to sleep "bad idea" The longer i lay there with my eyes shut the more i worried and gathered the most negative and depressing thoughts, I was still so scared. Naturally I thought to myself... I need to have a toke cause im obviously stressed out about something... So i smoke a bowl of the little weed i had left... and peace came over me, i slept just fine that night. The next morning i awoke feeling slightly haggard from the day before but generally better than before. I again said ok, well that was screwed up i must have had food poisoning or something. So again i smoked it up for the day to finish off the little bit of weed that was left. I went to bed again saying goodnight world "that was my last bowl ill ever smoke" 2 days go by.... I wake up in the morning and guess what? "the invisible man has his fist in my chest again and he means friggen business" I repeat the same scary ordeal as the first time it happened. but this time im outta weed! no weed to help take that awful away. I start thinking to myself... how come weed made me feel better and now that im out i feel sick again?.... I started researching "THC" the main ingredient in marijuana!... I discovered that many many many people become addicted "YES ADDICTED AND DEPENDENT" on this substance when they over abuse it daily in their lives. At first I laughed and thought... "haha yea right what kind of a sissy gets withdrawals from weed?... this stuff aint cocaine or heroin"... weed the drug that makes you happy and at peace and makes everyone great people PSSSSSH BULL... you can shove your hippy loving flower power smoke and mirror stories right up your.........anyhow, yes this "Beautiful" drug that i had believed to be completely harmless had now become so embedded in my system that when i tried to evict it there was no way it was leaving without taking me with it. I guess after blocking all my nerve sensors for a solid year with this c**p was quite a shock to my body when all the sudden i took the clouds off and let them start sparking again.So what what was this feeling I was going through??? 

-----------------------------------------------------------------WITHDRAWALS !!! DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER!Included with this amazing package was the following Symptoms Extreme Anxiety

Complete Loss of Appetite 

Freezing Chills + Shaking

Hot Flashes + Sweating 

Depression (Terrifying thoughts) 

Insomnia 

Severe Acid Re-flux 

No control of emotional state 

Frightening long lasting PANIC ATTACKS 

The fear of leaving my apartment.... ----------------------------------------------------

So basically I lived in my apartment for the next 6 days without leaving except to run out and buy (antacid meds)

during which leaving the house or talking to people would cause bad anxiety and panic attacks. I drank Gatorade and ate sodium crackers... I watched movies alone and cried and laughed and had panic attacks every morning and every night. I didn't honestly think it would ever end. after the 6th or 7th day (can't recall forsure) I woke up without going into a full blown anxiety attack, I was shocked and almost scared that it was gonna be coming anytime soon. I waited anxiously as I did the previous days, just waiting for it to kick in, but it didn't. Don't get me wrong i didn't feel good at all but i felt about 40% better then the previous days.My attacks started dwindling and becoming less frequent, by then end of the second week i only had slight anxiety and minor flu like symptoms. skip ahead about 3 months later, i was back out among the living with a fulltime job and a smile, everything was back to normal. ok now I didn't plan typing this much but i just kept going so ill stop here with a few notes to people who are reading this. NOTE 1: ....YES this c**p (weed, THX, Marijuana) can be addictive and habit forming and give you withdrawal 

NOTE 2: Anyone who disagrees and says "bull, Marijuana can't make you withdrawal...  well maybe your right, you didn't take enough for your system to withdrawal but some of us did and some of us are suffering so SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

NOTE 3: If you are suffering with withdrawal don't worry, it doesn't last forever, 2 weeks max are your worst after that you'll be just fine. Stay strong and do anything to take your mind off of the fear and feelings, watch movies, EXERCISE is a great one, Sort things, become OCD and clean your house until its spotless. Try to fight those feelings with actions that divert that energy. NOTE 4: I am in no way a spiritual/naturalist person, I didn't turn to god or herbal (all natural medicine c**p) to kick this feeling, Im simply someone who fell into a cycle with drugs and thought it was harmless. I decided to turn my life around and you can too, just hang in there and you'll be fine.