Thankyou so much for this post. I've saved it and will be sharing it with my boyfriend. He's been smoking daily for about 10 years. He also has chronic back pain from scoliosis and associated sciatica. I'm a naturopathy student and extremely interested in medicinal cannibis but smoking the herb is not the solution in this case. I would love to get my hands on some clinical range CBD but it's not accessible where I live. I have a whole bunch of natural supplements to combat withdrawal symptoms and will research the ones you suggested further!
Luckily, my partner is extremely open minded and does want to quit, he just lacks the motivation and determination to do so without help but is waiting for "the switch to flick" to go cold turkey.
I think your comment here will contribute to the push he needs for the flick! You have the medical qualifications as well as the 25 years using experience making you a very influential person regarding this issue, you should consider educating other addicts in the exact manner that you have communicated here. Emphasising "choice" and encouraging people to take charge of their own treatment really is key.
Thankyou.
This happened to you because you started smoking way too early. Weed interferes with your cognitive functions only when you smoke during a time when your brain is developing. Your brain doesn't finishing developing until you are 24 to 25 years old. So since you smoked when you were 12 you really messed with the development of your brain which is why the past years is such a blur to you.
Hey Wes, I realize this post is from over a year ago so hopefully you fully recovered and are now happy and healthy. But I just wanted to say I've been burping a lot too and it started even before I quit. It would get so bad I would worry about burping in public in case I vomited. I'm just wondering if you ever found out the cause or if it just went away? Thank you so much
Did u figure out what's causing ur burping? I smoke all day but when I try to cut down or in the mornings I start burping up bile, sometimes I vomit too.. also I've been smoking so long that I don't crave anymore so dont generally eat much food