marijuana recovery length

Iv smoked pot sence i was 9 im 14 now. i wana know, sence iv smoked pot iv lost more and more weight idk if that is good or bad %-) im thinking about queiting too im really fast, weed and sigerets are making me slow. Do i need help?

:-( i'm only 15 years old... and i've been smokin bud everyday for about 3 or 4 years... i feel like i've been making an effort to quit... but i don't know how i always end up with weed in my hand> i feel like a 30 year old or something... i'm always stressed out. i can hardly ever breath. i'm always late to class. i always get stepped out of class. my grades are in the toilet. i never know whats going on... its awful feelings :-( i just wish that i can get over this

Weed hs destroyed my life!!!! although I did enventually go back to college it ruined all my scholarships10 years of my life !! I used to sell large amounts and battleing a difficult battle with epilepsy and decompasitating migrains causing seizure I began smoking weed around 15 and it gave me a will to live the issue is I loved it more hen life its self!!!! pissed off going to any college I wanted instead got involved with the medical marijauna crew Dr Oval thomas Paul Stanford that crowed some how in my stoned stupper I managed to achive a degree in criminal justice can't do much with that as high as I was and the social ideas of some one who smokes pot are'nt nice my ex was a fed. sup. and its just a secret some people would never understand I became addicted at a time when my life was so bad I wanted to die!! Now that I am pain free AND HAVE'NT HAD ANY MEDICAL ISSUES FOR A FEW YEARS I decide I would quit in order to contribute finishing a BS in managment of criminal justice not many jobs I could get baked on purple-blueberry medical dank anyway to make a long story short I can't smoke and don't but every second of everyday I want to blaze out for me it got worse after 6 months!!!! first week was bad I have a good memory and it actually became hard on day 9-14 I want to shoot myself in the foot to take my mimn of the terrible anxiety even after 6 months I never stopped thinking about weed and now its like I quit so long it would be a waste thats the only reason why I dont is so I can help people and my family I want weed more then a fat stack of ca$sh every single second of everyday and sometime although never before I have notice depression from it but letting down the ones who love me and depend on me would hurt worse the only thing I could do to quit was to stop putting myself first and begin trying to put others before myself . sometime I think about my friends who grew and all the money and great easy life they have I know millionaires who do nothing other then stay home in comfort and sell but I would like to think that now I have more character and intergrity then to want t think only of my own need to feel good......PS i always want to get high and always will hey atleast Id never be suical and if my medical status goes to sh*t hey I still got my buddies

hi guys just posting on this topic in hope of reply for recovery etc etc.... i have quit now for 1 month.. i will never go back to smoking weed ever...

i took a break from smoking as my last high was not very pleasant.. more to do with the quality of the cannabis really. i have taken break before from smoking weed.. some of them would have been weeks etc etc
on my thrid week of not smoking i was subject to a anxiety attack afetr i had only 10 minuites sleep the night before.. i am now nearly five weeks but maily just still feel depressed and have very scattered thoughts.

can any uses post back in to let people know how there recovery went etc this would be a big help to people

many thanks

Hello! I've been clean for almost 4 month after daily use for five years, went trough horrible withdrawals similar to everybody's, the worst one was the anxiety attacks that began strong and with time started being lighter, where now are almost gone. The main thing to do is not to panic and scare your self by thinking there is something wrong with you, just keep on reminding yourself that this will all go away!
It gets much easyer after 3 month, just keep your self busy, don't dwell on it. Exercise does really help, makes me feel happy afterwards. Remember that the anxiety attacks are not deadly, as long as you know you are healthy, and do not scare yourself even if you have some you will be fine, they just tend to get stronger with fear! Don't run away, face your fear and it will have no chance and disapear. Good luck to all, you'll be fine. I am done with weed 4 good!

I quit about 3 months ago and I also get anxiety attacks, it helps knowing that other people get them too because they get really bad sometimes where I think I'm gonna die, my heart rate goes through the roof, I feel faint, just all around not good. What helps me is that when I do get the anxiety attacks, during the attack like you said I try not to make it worse by panicking, easier said than done but still. The only good thing that comes out of the panick attacks is they help me stay away from pot because when I do have an intence craving I try to think about how horrible those panick attacks are and how pot is the cause of it and if I don't smoke they'll eventually go away. Anyway, good luck to all of you trying to quit out there I hope this comforts those who have the same problems as I do.

Just wondering if the anxiety attacks got easier? For me the more time goes by the easier it gets, like it has been almost 5 month and i bearly get them, I just want to know that they will go away completly. I can't compare the first three month and now i am way better, i don't know if you have this but i get more uncofortable in tha mall or the supermarket, where there are a lot of people, then at home. I feel like it will all ga away with time, time is a healer, my good days are getting longer, and I will defenatly will never touch weed again!

jUST WANT TO SEE IF YOUR ANXIETY ATTACKS GOT ANY EASIER AS TO COMPARE TO THE BEGGINING OF THE WITHDRAWAL? MINE DID, I STILL HAVE THEM SOMETIMES, HOWEVER THA GOOD DAYS ARE GETTING LONGER, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT ONE DAY THIS WILL ALL GO AWAY AND I CAN ENJOY MY LIFE ALL THE WAY. I FOUND THAT I GET MORE UNCOMFORTABLE IN THE MALL OR THE SUPERMARKET, WHERE I FEEL VERY GOOD AT HOME, IT'S PROBABLY MY ANXIETY. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN U START FEELING100%? AND ABOUT SMOKING WEED, I HAVE NO CRAVING AND LIKE YOU SAID JUST THE THOUGHT OF ANXIETY MAKES ME NOT WANT IT AT ALL.

its all mental... i quit and never for a second thought it would be hard.. just think of the damage to your lungs.. the endurance i gained was motivation enough to stop. now i can run for 30 min without stopping easy.

Its been nearly 3 months since I last smoked after 7-8 years of daily use. The toughest withdrawl symptom I find is the disrupted sleep. After nearly 3 months my sleep still has not recovered.

The first couple months I was averaging 3-4hrs so I started taking perscription sleeping pills which eventually I grew an dependant on.

I've stopped all sleeping aids for a couple weeks now and I would get about 6-7 hours a night but I don't wake up feeling refreshed.

I miss the days where I sleep for 8-9 hours wake up completely energized and refreshed. I just hope those days will return, and if, soon.

It has been 6 month since I quit now, and I do feel really good, my anxiety went away and the reason why is because I started exercising a lot, even though I feel tired or lazy I make myself walk on a treadmill (that I recently purchased for this reason) and run for about an hour a day, I also took up Kundalini Yoga classes that I will go twice a week, which helps you mentally a lot, anf I took a belly dance class once a week. The exercise helps a lot with depression and anxiety, when it was about 4 month after I quit I woul just sit and wait untill I would get better, and I would get dissapoointed because I woul still be depressed and would feel some anxiety( it wasn't in a form of an anxiety attack, just feeling weird, or sick), after I became more active I am more positive and happy, I noticed I smile a lot more and do not want to stay home as much as before. This is the cure to all this, do not give up if it doesn't get better right away, it gets better after about 2 weeks. Good luck!

Hi I have quit for over 2 months i have not gotten anxiety attacks like some have. But i do form time to time get moods that i would want to smoke up. I could be for few weeks and not think of it. But the way i did it is I moved to a diffrent city. I really have no child hood friends around also, My pot smokin friends are all in another city. i use to do it all the time before after work avec min when i was off work. But since i quit i met new woman got promoted from my old job that i dearly hate and not miss. But since i quit i get those Intense dreams Reading this forums is putting stuff clear. But i do notice i get cranky for a few days when i'm home doing nothing. Cause i gots nowhere to go my gf has the car when i'm off so i can't take drives to ease the edge off. I do drink alot of pop. But I do miss it alot I think of it more at night when she works and i'm home alone. But right now i got nothing else to saw but thanks for the comments might help me not to smoke again for a while good luck to everyone.

First and FOREMOST- QUIT and stick to it!!!! I smoked well over a decade and the last few times experienced MAJOR ANXIETY AND episodes of Depression- I didn't realize it was the pot so I kept smoking and the Anxiety and Depression episodes would last longer and be much more stornger. When I finally quit I realized that was what it was. The Panic attacks eventually subsided (strongly recommend exercise and avoiding too much caffeine consumption)- I'm not going to lie that the panic attacks, general anxiety or even the episodes of depression were easy to overcome- my hands would tremble like an alcoholic (dad was) and i would have crazy hot and cold flushes (especially in the heat outside). I would get sooooo sad when family had to go to work and it even got soooo bad that I was affraid to ride the vanpool because I might have an attack in front of others. BUT guess what- my trick was to let it do its worst! it's not gonna kill you! I promise it won't! ignore the sadness by staying busy or listening to music REAL loud and when you feel a Panic attack coming then just try the best to relax in as secluded an area as possible and take some nice deep breaths (3 seconds in and 5 seconds out) to where your stomach goes up and then down- don't dwell on it, don't think about am I okay, don't think about am I breathing right, don't focus on your heart just project your mind to your own place (like the beach, or home, where ever and focus on the details). Once you have mastered the breathing and the relaxtion then you'll eventually be strong enough to just tell it to do its best and have its way with you- this frame of mind will help you defeat the attacks- because the problem is you! not anything but you! once you realize you're doing this to yourself then you'll know that you can NOT do it to yourself any longer! The depression episodes are tricky but they will pass- just ignore their silly thoughts and focus on the positives you have- start a hobby and exercising! my withdrawl was very tough but I love life now and am no longer prisoner in my own head! God will help you through this!

First, I want to say that these posts have helped out a lot. I would read them when I was going through withdrawl (still am) and it helps to know that there are others going through what I am going through. It takes a lot of courage to share your personal experiences and to make a recovery. THANK YOU GUYS. I smoked for only 5 years, but it was heavy smoking. I started to get "bad" highs and strange thoughts. My personality was changing, so I knew I had to quit. It has been tough. Sleepless nights, scattered thoughts, extreme anxiety, and slight depression. Things are getting better, but the 3-6 month recovery range sounds about right. You'll have good and bad days. But keep busy, hangout with good people, eat healthy, and exercise (Doctor said that puzzle games are good too). Most importantly, don't give up! Some days you'll think that it will never get better....but it does. Slowly but surely. I had to cut out the alcohol too because I wanted my brain to heal as fast as possible. If you feel like you need more help than that, try supplementation before medication. Neurolink is a natural supplement mix that you can order from Amen clinics on the net (Omega-3's are good too). Good Luck & God Bless!!

Hi guys,

thanks for the tips, I wondered what was happening to me. It's 3.22am and I'm wide awake. Just checked out of the hospital last night after having chest pain. Cardio all good but pain is due to quitting Dope. 41 Years old, started when I was 16 due to family reasons and have given up for 1 month now after using daily.

Definitely anxiety mood changes occure without being too aware of them. Particularly not feeling happy or sad just there. For me running and gymn has been my saviour. Definitely feel blah and just not motivated but when I start exercising all starts to come good after about 15mins. After sweating all good. Was overweight but pretty fit now, heart rate about 55 resting and mood swings not too bad. Insomnia the main problem.

It feels like I've just opened the can of worms. Don't have any desire to smoke, particularly after being in hospital but know I have at least another month or maybe 2 to get through the worst and feel normal. THat is experience highs without artificial drugs.

Good luck guys you've really helped me get a handle on the ride I'm taking. Look forward to reclaiming my life and making the most of the second half.

Take care out there dudes.
Cheers
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