Hi everyone, I've been off the weed for a week now and I was a very heavy smoker, only been smoking for about 2 years but it was everyday near enough, J after J and the only reason I stopped was because I came down with a bug and it completely put me off smoking while I was ill (thinking I would vomit) I was also begging to think awful thoughts like my heart was bad and I had many problems with my health and I was beginning to think I was really ill, I've been to my GP and had them listen to my heart and everything is fine, my paranoia is extreme and I feel like it won't get better, I'm and active 19 year old male and I have these moments of extreme intenseness where I burn up and I keep thinking I'm really ill but it passes after about 30 seconds, I never had these moments while I was smoking the dope, is this normal to have once you quite the weed? I just went cold turkey because like I said I became ill, so is this just my brain trying to get back to normal? I've been reading people's experiences on this site for the past few days as well and it does seem to help, like yesterday I was really happy and energetic but today when I woke up I felt really drained and haven't really wanted to talk to anyone even my big brother or friends, is this just the mood swings or what? Me and my friend have been staying up till about 3am each night due to the insomnia (he also is going cold turkey, 5 days clean)  and we wake up around 12 the next day so we are both getting enough sleep but I just want to know if this will pass, my main fear is these intense moments I have, I keep thinking I have something very wrong with me, can someone please relate to this? And please tell me how long these effects take to go? Or will they go? Btw I was smoking about 3.5gs of cheese a day, I know the more stronger the weed is the more of an impact it will have on my brain, I went from smoking 1G a day to 3.5g In just days due to my big brother coming over to visit, I really need someone to help me with my moments of intensness, I clearly have extreme paranoia. It's like I become dizzy and burn up and my heart rate increases and I'm like trying to focus on not dropping dead aha! I realized I should stay off the stuff and I feel like I won't get anywhere in life if I keep smoking it, somebody please tell me they have these intense moments just like I do, is it just a little anxiety attack or what? I don't want to be taking any anti depressents as they can also really f**k with your brain and I don't want to become more screwed than I am, please can someone get back to me asap, I need th the reassurance that I'm okay, I even went to get an STI check because I thought I had HIV or something serious like that, please please someone tell me they can relate! :/ :/ :/