how long do marijuana withdrawal symptoms last

i stopped today i started when i was 12 and in now 29 years and except for feeling really sad im fine well i have not eaten a thing all day and fingers crossed i get to sleep but i find giving up the easy bit its the change in me i dont like

dude it sucks so bad i been smoking since 12 and I'm 20.. i can't sleep and throw everything uppp too.. talk about stomach cramps and headaches i can't control. it makes me wanna cry losing such a big part of my daily life .
I quit for 23 days once I never got passed easy stage

Hi there - I have smoked weed since I was 14 and I'm now 34. I have smoked pretty much everyday mainly in the evenings but sometimes in the day at weekends. My weed smoking has reduced over the years but I still crave that hit on a daily basis. I use a Volcano as gave up smoking fags a 3 years ago which I found easy. It was just the green I wanted.

I hold down a full time job and to the outside world most people would not know I love my weed. In January this year my first son was born and my life changed. During the first few months of his life I continued to smoke weed in the evenings but he would sometimes wake up and being stoned I found it very hard to deal with. It would stress me out and I'd lose that chilled feeling. So I decided to cut it out in the week and only smoke at weekends. 

Since then I have suffered from anxiety, mild depression and issues with sleeping. I can get to sleep but tend to wake up after about 4 hours, my mind racing with different thoughts and I become frustrated knowing the lack of sleep will make the day ahead that much harder. So I've decided I need to give up completly. I can't imagine my life without weed but perhaps that tells me I really do need to give up. I feel like I have lost the confident person I was when I was in my 20's and most of that would be down to the weed. Like most people, I tend to stay in and shy away from going out loads as I prefer to just smoke weed. 

I have got myself some multi vitamins, some St John's Wart and I'm going to speak to a councillor as I thinking speaking about what I'm going through will help me. 

If anyone can relate to this and can advise how long the symptoms last then please let me know.

Good luck to everyone quitting. :-)

Try taking melatonin . It really helps u get that natural sleep. I've noticed I only need 6 hours of sleep when I take it and wake up refreshed. It costs $3-$5 a bottle. Lifesaver!

You're a god damn m***n, there are no withdraw symptoms, its your addictive personality that is wanting the weed. But marijuana has no Withdraws, and that's a scientific fact. DO any real research, or ask anyone who actually knows something about cannabis and they will tell you the same thing. I smoke cigarettes as well as weed, and for me, it's just a smoking thing. I have a craving to have smoke in my lungs. Maybe that's what you're feeling.

Also, the fact that you're feeling depressed has nothing to do with the weed. Everyone watches their life and yerns for the younger days. But it's just a part of life, and weed isn't making you less of a person or taking away your motivation. I havn't smoked weed in almost a year or so now, and I promise you, I'm just as lazy and unmotivated as I was before I started smoking weed. It's a problem you face as a person, and you need to find something that makes you happy, and motivates you to want to get out and do something. Weed is probably the best thing you can smoke, it makes you hungry, expands you mind, and makes you hungry. That's about it, if you're having problems in your life, quit blaming weed, and start blaming the real reason, you.

Just moved into my brothers house where there's NO WEED ALLOWED, but I have all the booze I want. Wasn't that big on drinking till I moved in, but now I'm all about it before bed. Waking up is a different story, even when I pass out early i feel like i need to sleep till 2;00pm.

But bad sleep is better than no sleep :)

tried smoking cigs and that just makes me feel like shittttttt.

Damn... I am so sick of people saying that there's no withdrawals from smoking weed, you're not helping anyone here. Everybody is different, I don't care that you say that weed is not addictive and have no withdrawals, the facts are that some people are addicted and experienced withdrawals.

Cigarettes are proved to be addictive physically and mentally, but I stopped smoking cigarettes without any problems or even craving (I was smoking (at least one pack per day) since I had 16 and stopped at 20). However I was smoking weed, replacing a addiction from another is easy and will definitely help you to stop, but NEVER start something for ceasing addiction (I was already smoking weed when I decided to stop smoking cigarettes). 

And now I'm stopping weed, today is my fifth day without weed. I smoked for 6 years, and don't remember a day without any. 

 -First day I was experiencing cravings, extreme heat and some nausea. 

 -Second day was already better; cravings are gone, I had more energy and was feeling happy. 

 -Third day was weird; still feeling the heat, energy was gone, was emotionally unstable and my head was feeling numb; like a high. 

 -Fourth day was horrible; still no energy, depression started kicking-in, get angry about everything and was still feeling the high. 

  And finally today is weird, still experienced the withdrawals from yesterday but with the feeling of being sick like I am having an heavy flu. But surprisingly, I don't want to smoke and don't feel the need either, I still have to thoughts of smoking because I was used to, I smoked before doing ANYTHING.  

 The only craving I feel is to smash the faces of people who says that withdrawals are BS on their freaking computer screen. You probably just switch your addiction to another, denying the fact that you are addicted, or never really been addicted in the first place, and I don't care, but don't say that people are making-up stuffs or being weak. We ALL know that it's not like hard drugs which you can actually die from the withdrawals, but that's like saying that cutting your hand off wont kill you as if you would cut your head off, little bit radical... 

 As many others here I'm trying to help myself with the thoughts that all with get back to normal. All I want to live my life at its full, have a clear mind and friends that don't scam you for money to buy their drugs. I've lost a lot due to weed and I want it all back and I'm so determined to do so like much of the people here, otherwise we wouldn't be here. 

I'm wishing you all the better of the lucks and you will get through, your best tool is your willpower, exercises, willpower, healthy food, willpower, people to hang out who don't smoke and willpower.

I've been smoking for 42 years, pretty heavily (3+ times a day) for the past 15 years }The weed was very strong lately.   I exercise daily and keep a healthy diet.  I quit 23 days ago.  I've had night sweats pretty regularly, early awakening and vivid dreams thoughout this period.  Irritability and mood swings stopped about 7 days ago.  The worst symptoms at this point are a. craving for weed, b. night sweats and c. difficulty falling back asleep after I wake up to pee.  Based on previous attempts to quit, these symptoms should stop in the next week or two.  I hope.   

So you gave up smoking a year ago but you still say it's a great thing? Why give up then?

Weed may not be the main problem, but without stopping you will never find out what really is.

Same but I don't got stomach pains just feel a little down but you gotta love marry wannnaaaa

I have been smoking since i was fifteen and i am now thirty four. i stopped for 2 years about 10 years ago. i had trouble sleeping and was moody. Now i am trying to stop again because i am sick of being slowed down, lungs are heavy. I am on day four and i am withdrawaling bad. My palms sweat, i cant sleep, my stomach is upset, i have the sh**s, anxiety, ect. I had to get xannax from my doctor because i am losing it. I had back surgery, and was on alot of meds. but that was a month ago. these syptoms started after stopping weed. I know it will past, everything always works out. Its scary at first because i didnt think weed was addictive and you could withdrawal from it. I was wrong they are both true. So i am never going to smoke again because of these feelings. I wish i never started back up. Goodluck to anyone who is going through what i am.

Does anyone have any advice. I cant exercise because of surgery, and i have been eating fruits and veggies. I tried melatonin at night. Any other ideas?

Hey bostonladdie, I know what you're living, I have the exact same withdrawals, I used to play guitar but with my palms and my torso overheating it is almost impossible and frustrating. It is my 12th day sober and I'm already feeling better, I must say that the third and fourth day was amongst the hardest.My pharmacist recommended me omega-3 supplements for the mood and I started to drink green tea after breakfast and diner, it helps to calm and lower the anxiety.

Personally I try to do smooth things, like if I was sick; watching funny movies/shows, drinking a lot of water, "meditation" (I find it hard because my thoughts are spinning like crazy), trying to get as much as vitamins and proteins in my body for helping regenerate and reading after a good bath and a "hot"(not too hot though if you sweat during your sleep) milk with honey really help me to sleep.

I'm sorry I can't help you more, I am myself finding this hard due to the withdrawals but the hardest is done. I'm wishing you the best of the luck, it will only get better and better!

staryrbaby i have been smoking pot for 30 years and i started in grade 1 my parents had pot and i was smoking it then they killed them self it bothred them so much i was going to kill my self when i herd that until i went to jail because they thingk i killed my parents i cant eat or drink i take pot still it is the only way i will be i am able to eat i when to the doctor and they told me i will die ur the last person i will be talking to plz call my family if u dont hear back

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