marijuana recovery length

I'm 3+ years clean from marijuana. It took me about 2 months to start feeling clear-headed. You know, the grogginess and general dis-ease with life? My recovery was helped by attending AA meetings. I over-did alcohol, too. I still feel depression some days, but know I have a set of tools I use to just move through it. Also, I started practicing yoga in Month 1 of recovery. It really helped a lot. I've been doing it ever since. Let us know how it's going!

ive been wondering the same thing.....i was clean for about a month, then i smoked and had kind of a bad high.

i felt guilty and just stupid. ive been clean for 2 weeks since.....and i do not feel normal at all.....

but i "heard" i dunno if its true but....

after smoking for so long then quitting, you get your oxygen level back up in your system, making you feel high(light headed & jus feeling like your not all there) i mainly feel depression, anxiety, and a sh*t load of regret. i feel like everything is going on around me and im just sitting there. lol .....pot is way more potent than i thought it was, itshard to let go....its like breaking up with a girl you love...

It's been just under 2 months now since I quit and I still get random bouts of depression / anxiety ( especially around the times I used to smoke )... And still do not feel like myself.. It is a long recovery process I hear 3-6 month for full complete recovery. Time is a healer.

thanks alot for the info, can u tell me where u heard 3 to 6 month?

I would greatley appricate your feed back.

anyone 3 -6 months???? is this true?

It"s been five months for me and time is a healer. The best thing to do is to stay busy and don't dwell on it, move on. What the big thing is you don"t have to chase it , you don't care if you have it, and It dosen't control your life anymore. I've smoked for over 30 years and Im releaved life can still go on with out it. The first three months are hard and eurges passes in time. It"s all what you want. Mood swings still come and go. Just try to do somthing constructive. Keeping your mind busy is the best thing.

i have heard similar time frames... but i am starting to doubt that the symptoms will go away even in this time period. I just quit... again, this time for good. The first time i quit i would still get anxiety attacks even weeks after i quit. What i have learned though is to try and relax, and just know that i am not dying. I think that the my 2 years of smoking pot wont be forgotten ever, and that is the problem... i am compulsive like that. I just hope that i can have enough will power to quit forever, pot is a lot worse than people say it is.

Can that person reply about the "tools" they use to overcome the depression and anxiety...pls.

there is a surge of interest in the '3-6 months' length of marijuana withdrawal. I've heard it before, and believe it is true. What I think is a central problem in the mental process of quitting pot that we see people smoke weed casually, and the idea of that is so alluring. So we decide to test quitting or 'take a break'. Get this monkey of anxiety of our back and lower our tolerance while we're at it. When we're in the 'take a break' mentality we get impatient, so impatient we relapse out of dissatisfaction with quitting; what's the point if we don't feel better within a couple weeks? No one understands enough about THC. A small part of what is known is that this baby lasts. THC is stored so thoroughly in our fat that it actually can take months, if not half a year!, to start feeling better. So the main thing to remember is stick it out.

ive been of it for 3 months , its not the whole urge to smoke agian, infact i dont ever wanna smoke agian in my life, and i dont feel tempted to agian, but the problem that still lingers is my mood, when does your mood return to normal agian?, somedays i feel enegertic and some days i dont care about anything. Mind you its not nearly as bad as it was during the 1 or 1/2 month stage, or even 2months, anyone know about this, like when your mood and emotional feelings return?

I have just quit smoking pot (7 days!) I will try to add to this forum as often as possible with the hope that this information may be of value to others out there. I smoked pot for about 15 years, in the last 3 years I smoked at least 2-3 decent size joints everyday. About a quarter ounce per week. About a year ago I quit smoking cigarettes after reading: "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking" By Allen Carr. God bless the man. Quitting smoking was a piece of cake even after 20 years. I now know though that I can never again smoke another cigarette! After quitting cigarettes my dependancy on pot increased, as obvious as that is now it wasn't then, such is the power of the mind. After a month or so I decided to quit pot. Wow! What followed brought me too my knees. Anxiety attacks, thinking my time was up! Violent mood swings, lack of sleep, intense dreams like never before, nervous energy combined with a sheer lack of motivation, the list goes on. I quickly folded and resumed smoking pot thinking that I could wean myself off pot. Mistake! One puff and I thought my number was up as what followed was a huge anxiety attack which left me in hospital and on Atavan (Anti-anxiety medication). I still kept smoking pot always fearing the worst but welcomed the dreary bliss of the pot buzz. I have now quit for good I hope, it has been a little easier this time. I still have trouble sleeping and dreams are way intense but I am back in school and need as many brain cells as I have remaining. I look forward to being confident and strong once again but believe that it is going to be a long battle. One thing of interest is the storage of THC in fat cells, I am thinking that an increased level of exercise will have two effects, 1. Burn off fat and THC and 2. increase the level of endorphins in my systems hopefully helping me to cope a little better. We shall see. Until then my belief in the Good Lord is of great comfort and help. On the positive side I have already noticed an increase in my cognitive abilities and my lungs feel bigger! More soon....

Lots of factors will play a role in how long the withdrawal persists. Some people are just slower at rehabilitation for a ton of reasons.

exercise will help keep levels of all hormones and bodily cycles stabilized as much as possible.

Also, cannabinoids (like THC) are fat soluble, so if you are overweight the withdrawal may last longer on account of there being more stored chemicals in the fat tissue.

eat healthy, get all your vitamins and minerals, exercise (especially aerobically.. its good to sweat) and hold on and stay tough!

detoxing isn't fun nor easy... takes a strong person to do it, and you gotta put your mind to it. Good luck!

BR

Well i quit on Dec 19. So i'm just approaching the 3 month mark now and I'm still going through recovery. Some days I feel fine, some days i feel depressed and anxious. Still on sort of an emotional rollercoaster, although much better than I was during the first month. It takes time. I'm never going back to the stuff and this forum has really helped me ever since I found it in Jan. I tend to get more depressed in the evening as well if that matters, such as before bed ( I always used to smoke before bed ). But during the day i am almost always fine. Tough it out is my advice, i'm gonna keep on truckin as it's only getting better with the occasional relapse of depression / anxiety occuring less and less often.

Cheers

hey guys, im 16 and have been smoking for 2 years and it has basically killed my old self and took over my life and my body. it really sucks and im becoming a dysfunctional human being. about a year ago i would get panic attacks when smoking large amounts then, they stopped and i was good until yesterday. 4days ago i started taking zoloft for depression and anziety(i hate you weed). so just to be sure i looked up online if it would be ok to smoke while on it. there was no solid answer but, i read about some bad experiances so i was a little skeptical but, of course i smoked and had a severe panic attack. its time for me to quit before im too burntout to leave my room. how will i be able to deal with the cravings for weed that iknow i will encounter in the 1st few weeks?. and also thankyou people for posting these threads.. it really is comforting to know that other people have gone through and made it through these situations
-dave

hey guys, im 16 and have been smoking for 2 years and it has basically killed my old self and took over my life and my body. it really sucks and im becoming a dysfunctional human being. about a year ago i would get panic attacks when smoking large amounts then, they stopped and i was good until yesterday. 4days ago i started taking zoloft for depression and anziety(i hate you weed). so just to be sure i looked up online if it would be ok to smoke while on it. there was no solid answer but, i read about some bad experiances so i was a little skeptical but, of course i smoked and had a severe panic attack. its time for me to quit before im too burntout to leave my room. how will i be able to deal with the cravings for weed that iknow i will encounter in the 1st few weeks?. and also thankyou people for posting these threads.. it really is comforting to know that other people have gone through and made it through these situations
-dave