Marijuana anxiety withdrawal

Wow, I'm so glad to hear people experiencing the same things I am! UH, reality check! I've had the worst time these last few days--horrible fights with my b/f (who's--surprise!--quitting, too!), bitchy at work, stomach aches, ANXIETY, diarrhea, the sweats, and that all-too-familiar-everything-sucks-feeling. Same exact things that happened the last few times I 'quit'. DUH!! I wonder if I'll stop bein such a b***h now that I realize ... no, prolly not
I've smoked for around 5 years now. More and more until it was before work, on my lunch, and all night after work. I'm 'quitting' again for like the 3rd, maybe 4th time cause it makes me a loser. Bud is such a sneak! I'll get through the cravings (and other symptoms I didn't realize I was having) and feel great and wonder why I ever wanted to smoke like I did and then all of a sudden I'm smoking like I did again! So frustrating! It just that it's so harmless if not abused ... :-) That rationale gets me everytime! What can I say? I'm a super rational person ...
Quitting sure seems a lot harder this time ... I haven't really been taking care of myself like I did the last time, I guess. I was exercising--I think that wards off a lot of anxiety (which is killer right now, btw). And breakfast helps with my stomach probs. Praying too, if that's your bag ...The edge does eventually wear off. "Eventually" is different for everyone, though (it seems) :-)

Hi, I have smoked for about twenty years on and off. The past several years daily. Just a toke a few times a day.

I married a fine upstanding citizen that tortured me and stole my money, leaving me, and my two young children stranded in the US (I am not American) with no supports and ultimately no home. Needless to say it was a stressful time. Over the years, inch by inch, I built a life for us. Then I went to university as a full time mom, working part time/school full time. I had a surgery to correct a hernia from the abuse and then ended up with pneumonia. I went to Doctors, who decided I was suffering from depression. I had all kinds of body pain and exhaustion. I did however get top marks in school. I was put on tricyclics, prozac, zoloft, trazadone, and effexor over the years. Most made me feel terrible. I was never classically depressed. Sad and upset for sure but still had some zip and could share a good laugh etc. About 13 years ago I became overwhelmed by intense incapacitating migraines, and body pain and exhaustion. This was about 5 years after the abuse and this is when they started pumping me full of pharmaceuticals. Pt was the only thing that helped.

Recently, I did my own scientific research and discovered a lot of chemical links etc. that had me know that the anti-depressants were way off the mark. Doctors now know that I have always had ADD which has caused additional stresses for all functioning in normal activities and especially the extra challenges.

I stopped smoking pot over a month ago. I am down to the lowest dose of Effexor and two days ago decided to throw out the Trazadone. I am not sleeping, and have the anxious feeling which I know is my decision to stop the trazadone which was to help me sleep. Apparently I have some sort of sleep disorder.

I've had no trouble not smoking other than the night sweats, irritability etc. The trazadone withdrawal is worse. I am not going back on it. The Effexor will be next. Once I am clean of all of it I am going to see where I am at.

My observations so far is that the drug out of all of these that eased my pain, and thereby helped my sleep is the pot. The others have been absolutely useless. The only antidepressants that didn't make me feel so much worse were the effexor and the tricyclics.

I thank you all for your posts and the hints regarding helping with symptoms of withdrawal. I just got some water and lemon and I am sucking it back.

Does anyone have info on marijuana and fibromyalgia? I am really sick of oiling the wheels of the medical and pharmaceutical industries while having to struggle so hard to raise my children with so many physical challenges etc., with no help or relief from them.

I don't have time to keep running to Doctors appointments and pharmacies. Pot is not easy to come by either, but if it works I will find a way.

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

p.s. My kids are now grown and very happy and successful in live, career, friendship and love. Thank God!!!

I am not sure where this is going to take me

im 20 and ive been smoking on and off since i was 16, and just about everyday for the past 14 months. this is my second attempt to quit weed for good. the last time i tried to quit, i lasted a work week without smoking but as soon as the weekend rolled around i told myself i could smoke, just in moderation. low and behold, as it is with most smokers, i didnt have enough self-control to keep it to the weekends and before i knew it, i was a daily smoker again. so far i am 4 days clean and i must say that the withdrawals this time are 10x more pronounced and noticeable then they were last time i tried to quit. the first 2 days i was severely depressed and i still have insane anxiety, insomnia, decrease in appetite and mood,a very clouded mind, hotflashes, etc.

the first attempt at quitting failed because i didnt have my heart set on it, but this time is different. the last time i smoked i had the worst anxiety/panic attack ive ever experienced. needles to say it scared me from wanting to smoke anymore and thats where im at right now.

as far as combating the withdrawals goes, ive been drinking loads of water and detox tea, taking vitamins, exercising at least 30 minutes a day, taking hot baths, eating healthy and trying to think positive thoughts.


i cant put into words how beneficial and reassuring these posts have been to me. to anyone trying to quit, i wish you the best, just think positive and keep with it!

listen! its all a perception you've got to understand this when dealing with any kind of drug. marijuana its self my not be addictive but you can grow a dependency on the chemicals they us to fertilize the plants plus humans are creatures of habit. so something out of the ordinary like that will cause you anxiety no matter if your addicted to it or not.

Just wanted to throw out my story along with what I have been dealing with since quitting cold turkey 12 days ago. I smoked a 1/4oz per week for 15 years, I am 35 now. A bowl in the morning, a couple at lunch, then 5-6 bowls every night before bed. I am quitting because I want to, I was ashamed of what I saw in the mirror! The pot made me dull, un-interested in life and for the most part a recluse. I had distanced myself from family and friends because I was more interested in getting high and sitting on my couch watching TV..yeah .. loser!
It has been 12 long sleepless days and nights, hot and cold flashes followed by intense sweating and stomach irritation. The diarrhea is relentless, as is the nausea and dizziness. I have never been so tired in my life. My appetite is gone and so is 3 inches off my waist(not that I needed to lose weight). The anxiety is not too bad.. it actually seemed worse the last few weeks of smoking. I am drinking roughly a gallon of water a day but I don't think it helps. I must add that the problems and issues seem to be getting better into day 11 and 12 but this will be a long haul to normal.
I prepared for this step to sober by taking 10 days off work and removing all commitments from my schedule. I have a few days before I return to work and feel I am ready. It will be tough but I will make it. I fear the symptoms will be fading for the next couple of weeks... maybe a month but who cares!! I am clean for the first time in 15 years..my brain feels like it is supercharged. My intelligence and cognitive function is remarkable compared to the bummed out m***n I was 12 days ago. My memory is returning and details from dreams are present when I wake from whatever sleep I get.
I feel so much better!! I really do.. I will never smoke weed again in my life.. it already stole 15 years from me that I can barely remember.

I just want to let people know that it is worth it! Quit now before the bud robs your quality of life. Quit now before your health does. It is not easy by any means.. but reading these forums made me stronger and more prepared for the best thing I have done for myself in this life.

Good luck to all and hang in there.

I've only found one other story like mine, and I don't mean that in a + or - way.

I went from not smoking AT ALL to smoking about 3-5 grams a day of some VERY potent ganja for about two months. I was caught by the police with a grinder and a glass elephant pipe, charged with Paraphernalia and thrown into a holding cell. I somehow managed to escape prison (f*****g Texas will throw you in jail for just having what I had!) probably because i told the officer (fellow college student) that I'd lose my scholarships and aid if this happened.

Anyway, I quit cold turkey and was fine for about 2 days. On the morning of the third day I woke up at 6am throwing up my guts until about 8:30am. For the next four days I was living in hell. I had EXTREME nausea and stomach related problems. I lost about 10 pounds during these four days because I just couldn't keep food down.

I also experienced some pretty insane mood swings. I would switch form completely normal to really depressed every 3 hours or so. This was a strange type of depression because it made me feel so hopeless, usually when I'm depressed i just think about whats depressing me, but this time i just though about stupid things like death and everything in my life that's going wrong.

Anxiety was there towards he beginning and end of the journey, and I would like to say it was bad, but i'd never experienced it before so i couldn't say. I would be so frustrated and restless i didn't know what to do with myself. That coupled with the depression led me to random boughs of crying. not sobbing, but CRYING. Hand over face, tears rolling down my eyes crying. That has NEVER happened to me before. Not when my girlfriend left me or death in the family. Im a pretty stoic person, so all this was just an insane trip for me.

Other symptoms that were there but not as prevalent as the previous three included Nightmares, Fatigue, and dizzyness.

Other interesting things that i found was that fatty food and grease in general tasted disgusting, but i had an IMMENSE craving for carrots and other fruits and vegetables. I like carrots and all but this craving was really strange.

Also, i would take walks during my anxiety and found that if i started sprinting, the pain was lessened. I think that has a lot to do with THC being so lipid soluble. burning fat probably released some THC stored in my fat cells.

ALSO, the most curious thing of all is that during this time, i did not crave Marijuana AT ALL. In fact, I didn't want to smoke. Cannabis is a strange thing indeed.

Im also adding that I've continued smoking as a weekend type thing, and have not had any of these symptoms repeat themselves. I've since concluded that Marijuana is like a lot of other pleasures. They can be very good, if they're not abused.

Hi,

I have just stopped smoking weed, my reason was the money. I used to grow my own. However i can no longer do this discretely and so have been buying it for the last few weeks.

My habit was about 3-5g a day with my last two bowls being an indica and honey oils mix.Mainly because my favourite time to get smashed is a few minutes before sleep as i liked the feeling of falling asleep still buzzing.

Eight days ago i decided to cut it down to 3g every other saturday. The only problem i seem to be having is the sleeplessness and vivid dreams that make me swaet badly. Except for this i am going strong (no cravings, which has surprised me) and loving my heightened clarity.

I was wondering if anyone knows if i will be ok to do the two week thing? I am just a little concerned that i will dramatically prolong the period of vivid dreams by doing this? eg if it takes me 4 weeks to settle down, will a little top up every 14 days prolong this to say two months?

I have been smoking about 5 times a day for 2 years. Some days I would only smoke a couple time but know its getting to a point where i dont know if i could stop. Sports just started and after my two practices i threw up in the washrooms. I thought that this was just because i was running too hard but the next day iw as feeling nausious and i threw up without any exilleration. I feel alot better when i smoke but i want to cut down...eventually to a stop. What are some good tips and things that could help me quit?

I have been a pot-smoker (avg one J per day ending in y) for about 15 years. Sometimes no smoke for a day or 2, someimes 3 J's on a day off. I stopped almost 2 weeks ago simply bc I couldn't find any for a few days. I'm a very mild asthma sufferer (need a puff of my inhaler once a while when pet or pollen allergies trigger it). The symptoms were different from my usual asthma, which generally includes weezing. Two days after my last smoke, I had trouble constant trouble breathing that my puffer did not help with. I also had extremely tight muscles in my back. I went to a walk-in and got a new puffer: still no symptom relief. One week later, it was a little worse and after talking with someone who has a family member with respiratory problems, I decided to go to Emerency to get checked out. They pumped me with Ventolin, a steroid, a some muscle-relaxers for my back. After 3 days, i was feeling a little better. That night, I had a nice relaxing dier, a little beer, and I smoked a little pot. Ten minutes after smoking, I felt better than I had felt in weeks! This led me to believe that I may have been suffering from withdrawl. The next morning, I felt about the same as before my dinner and smoke Then, as it was getting close to time to leave for work, my breathing got worse and I had an anxiety attack! I went back to emerg and they couldn't find anything physically wrong like asthma or pneumonia, and suggested that it was probably anxiety-related. That was yesterday. They suggested follow up with my family doctor (which I'm going to do when my app't comes up in 11 days. I'm considering smoking some again to try to keep balanced until then. I would like to wean myself off of the pot (or at least off of daily smoking), but think I need some outside help that I hope my doctor can provide. Thanks for the helpful info, THC. And to anyone who believes that there is no withdrawl from half a lifetime of smoking pot, stop making fun of those who do suffer please. Anxiety can be ery dibillitating anf having people tell yo it's all in your head is not helpful. Anyone with similar experiences?

I've been smoking canabis since i was 14 and i'm now 31 ! I've been off it now for a week and the 1st few days didnt seem to bother me apart from not being able to sleep very well, but as the week has gone on i've become irritable, angry, confused about my life, restless, very tearfull, extreemly constipated and short tempered amongst other things. Sometimes i feel positive about my future without weed and really energetic and high on life and then other times i feel really low and weak, almost like no-one understands what i'm going through. My mums been an angel, but the more nicer she is to me the more nastier i become with her and i feel awful for feeling like this about her, the tiniest things annoy me to the point where i could pull my hair out or scream at the top of my lungs. Is all this normal behavoiur or am i loosing the plot ? If it is normal then PLEASE PLEASE tell me how longs it going to last ?????? The hot sweats at night and not being able to sleep and when i do doze off the wierd dreams i have are all bad enough without feeling like this too !! All these mixed feelings and emotions make my head feel like its gonna expload ! Please reply asap !! Thanks Dawn x

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Guest wrote:

I HAVE A Q???? ME AND MY BOYFREIND ARE TRYING TO HAVE A BABY BUT THE THING IS HE SMOKES WEED WOULD THAT EFFECT THE BABY OR MAKE IT HARDER FOR ME TO GET PRGNANT????

AND HOWWHOULD I KNOW IF IM PREGNANT RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT HOW LONG DO I WAIT TILL I CAN TAKE A PREGNANCY TEST?????

I really think you should wait for your boyfriend to quit, there are so many things that we don't know about pot, for all we know it could not have an effect untill 20 years from now but we don't, if you both really want a kid, your man should try to take a good look at himself, i know it's hard as i am also in the position of having to quit..... it's worth it in the long run, be patient, it takes time

My husband and I have been smoking weed everyday for 11 years now. I had no problem getting pregnant I have 3 healthy boys! I smoke because it helps my nerves helps me sleep at night and helps my stomach and more! There is nothing wrong with weed soon enough it will be legal. I would much rather smoke than drink or do any pills which it seems like almost everyone has a problem with and dying from! (drinking killed my dads liver and my mom is trying to get off of suboxone! great ha?) At least weed isn't made in a lab!

I recently quit smoking weed for the first time in about 10 years. I used to smoke an average of about 1 to 2 grams a day. I found myself having similar symptoms ranging from thinking I'm having a heart attack to feeling like I was going to die. My lleft arm/leg tingling and insomnia. I even went to the emergency room thinking I was having a stroke but I was actually having a panic attack and hyperventilating. Both of my arms went totally numb and my hands were clenching shut/lips quivering etc. I seriously thought I was having a heart attack but they told my it was just a sever anxiety attack. I went a whole week with symptoms such as the limbs going numb and tingling etc. I just got out of the ER yet again because my left leg was going numb/asleep and it led me to believe that I was having heart problems. The doctor told me everything is fine and that anxiety causes all of these symptoms. He prescribed me some xanax and sent me on my way. I could'nt even focus at work/communicate with people like a normal human being. He explained how It's just your mind playing tricks on you etc. I always thought this was the case but the tingling/numbing of the limbs really frightened me. I read several forums online that convinced me I had a heart disease of some sort. In fact the truth is that anxiety/stress can cause some really frightening symptoms. Just remember that your still alive and everything will be ok. ;-)

I am on day 23 after smoking daily for 25+ years. The worst for me have been the dreams. They are not as scary as they were, but still occur every night. I went to library and got a book on dreams. Basically, all the instances I blew off in the last 25 years because I was high and didn't care are coming back in my dreams. 25 years of not caring is a long time!! The anxiety and sleeplessness is the worst for me. I have not slipped even once in the 23 days. Each dream I have and each day that goes by makes me more sure I will never be a pothead again. Fortunately I live by the ocean and can go for long walks when it gets really bad. I have also found that drinking a lot of cold cold water helps. Some days I feel dizzy but it will usually go away if I find something to concentrate on. Watching TV and reading books is hard as my concentration is not what it should be. From all the chat rooms I have been in, it will probably be a few more weeks before the dreams and anxiety subside. I have not questioned my decision to quit. Every day that I go though this is more reason to not start again. peace out everyone - we can do this!!!!

Hello everyone,
I've been a heavy smoker of weed for about 7 years now (I am 27.) I was big on alchol and became alcholic and had to go to a 12-step program (AA) to stop. Unfortunatly, I didn't stop weed and it is killing me. AA helped me a lot with putting my life into order so I don't feel like I am not loved, at least not anymore than my alcholism is making me feel. Basically, as someone metntions earlier it is all about fear and about me. I'm in fear that I won't eat, I am in fear I won't sleep, sheesh, when I stopped drinking I was in fear I will never get a girl again as every girl I ever got to that point has been either drunk or drunk and high. I feel wortless, and every time I try to stop something major happens and I just give up because weed is like my mama, I run to it about everything :-)
The way I've been tought is that alcholics/addicts are physically mentally different than normal folks. Normal folks are the one that say they can just do a little bit here and there. I can't. My excuse to smoke today usually works like a charm tommorow as well, and the day after and the day after and the day after ad infinium.
So, as my program helped me with alchol, I am fighting the weed too and aside from physical c**p I can deal with anxiety, feelings of worthlessness, living in the past, scared of the future, not even knowing what my place is in this life. Weed has become my mommy for real, because it helped with the emotions, it helped with everything, all I need to do is roll and puff. But then it turned on me, it locked me up, and it took my friends, it took my love for life, I mean no matter how bad it was before I started I had love for life, I wanted to push obstacles, but weed just made me disregard them.
Being broke all the time, in constant fear of not having money for more, or when I am low(which is most of the time) I become paralyzed until I get my baggie. I can let anything happen to me, jails, institutions, and possibly death from lung cancer but not running out of weed. It is Hell. I am not sure what the real Hell is like but it almost looks good compared to the way I feel right now.

hello guys!
well my names luke im 20 and been smoking weed for only about 1-2years never fort much of it to be honest just enjoyed smoking with my mates, i then one day got sharp pains in my left side liek i hear a few of you gusy have and went straight to A.E.
had all the tests and that done and was told everythinks ok and fine.
which at the tiem kind aput my mind at rest i then was still getiing the pains and still smokign weed but alot less, so i decided to stop 3 days ago!
its been so hard that its had me in tears the anxiety is so bad tht i think im going to die and i tell myself im not but still i think i do, im sure you kno the feeling, you guys have posted such amazing threads which have really helped me get by 2day, so i would liek to say THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO MUCH! you all really are great people, and we will beat this pathetic addiction, the docs have given me anti-depression tablets which do kinda space me out, which i wasnt enjooyign atal because i still felt liek it was a cover up, i didnt eat for 3days straight and was so weak, im not normally like this im a 6ft3 man who enjoys the gym and plently of socialising! but now the anxiety and fear has evens toped me from going out, it seemed that it was so muche aiser when i did smoke, but i kno that i need to stop as its only goign to be double this in a few years time, i have looked and taken ina ll of the advice.
i think the worst thing is about a panic and anxiety attack is that you feel your the only one like this and that your goign mad in your head, but reading that people have slowerly got better over time has honestly made my day, i get very itchy when i try and sleep which is easy for me to deal with atm but the anxiety is what i cant deal with as my nans abit of a "fruit-loop" as the family say which made me scared i was turning out liek that, which isnt the case, im just dealing with the W/D from the weed and i will beat this 100% i remember the days when i used to love and laugh with friends and family, now i shake and worry about things which once seemed like nothink to me, like going out with mates even if its just a walk to the shops, any advice on speeding or helping the recovery would be amazing and you would be giving em the best xmas present ever! thanks for you time and effort guys, WE ARE STRONGER than this x :-)