Marijuana Withdrawal is Real.. going along with Teen marijuana use leads to dependency and mental il

mdc82070497 over a year ago

I Am A college athlete. I am in great physical shape and have been a user of marijuana since I was 16 years old. At age 16, I smoked once or twice a week for two years on and off quitting here and then. I stopped when I got to college for a year until age 20 where I then smoked every other day for about 3 months.. THen I quit again due to school athletic testing and would smoke in the summer. Currently, at age of 22 I began smoking a lot. I'd say every day for about a month. I have a tough school schedule but I have had worst in my previous years. I just quit about 3 weeks ago. T The First symptoms were serious of three panic attacks in three days. I had hot flashes,heart beating fast,dizzy, I wrote a death letter, shaking, trembling, and staying awake all night. After the third night i went to ER. NOthing wrong with EKG.My BP was 155/90 though at the ER. After I realized it was a panic atttack, I cooled off and symptoms got better. 2 weeks after these attacks, my left side of mybody always pulsating meaning my arm and hand almost all day. Alcohol triggers this even more. After I eat, the pulsating and heart racing begins. It is very hard to sleep too. Everyone keeps telling me it is just anxiety just relax, breathe in and everything will be fine. But nothing is giving. My heart races when I just just walk up the stairs and lay down but I am decent condition. very odd.? I play guitar and feel fine but when I stay still and go nothing the heart racing comes back. I think this is marijuana withdrawal symptoms. I have read all the posts and it seems like others have been having problems with this. Has anyone had these similar symptoms as me,problems?What about the throbbing in the arm.. I am edging and feel like i need to exercise all the time. How long does this last? It is very uncomfortable and is affecting the way I live:it is terrible. Anyone have any ideas to help ease the symptoms? THank you and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. It seems now that studies are coming out that lead to dependency and anxiety. I am glad to find this forum and hope someone can help?

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Simma63619 over a year ago

Hi, valerian root pills(herbs) helped me relax and sleep, I felt a lot like you, even though the doctor checked me and I was healthy, the way I was feeling made me think that the doctor didn't do some sort of test that he is not recodnizing my illness( this is also anxiety), excersize helped me so much, running, and yoga. The doc wanted to put me on antidepressands, however I wanted to do this on my own, not go from one addiction to another(if u feel like you can't handle it thats an option). Not to get you paranoid, but for me it took as long as 4 month to get well, like the physical pain went away in about 2-3 month, the anxiety i had to deal with for a little bit longer, like I would be fine at home, but if I would go to a store I would feel axiety(not even as close to the first ones in the beggining, just uncomfortable),. Now I am clean 6 month and yes this was the worst experiance that I ever had, and if I knew that this could happen from weed I wouldn't of touched it, however I guess it was my lesson in life I take it and learn from it, Just watch comedys, rest and don't worry! Good luck, you will feel much better once its out of your system.

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mdc82070497 over a year ago

Thanks for your help. Some days i feel fine then others my body and heart just race for no reason at all. I rememeber one presentation my heart went nuts, I was like why it never did. I have Relora with Bacopa but dont really know what it does for my anxiety. I just dont want to get addicted to that.My body like shakes and my left arm and heart pulse like throbbing its so annoying. I am glad your symptoms went away. 4 months is my whole summer so hopefully it will be gone by school. who would think weed would do this. I tried to tell me friends but they dont listen, they will still just smoke. Thanks for the encouragement it helps a lot.

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Simma63619 over a year ago

I told my friends and they keep on smoking also, they don't believe me I guess. Just want to add, that don't sit and wait untill you get better, do stuff, read( i read spiritual books that helped me), go for walks, help others, do not be inside your had, like just thinking of your withdrawal, exercise(the more the better), and stay positive( I know its hard with the pain and all, I know I was there). I also had pain in my left side I figured out with time that i also had acid reflux, i took pills for that,(its a heart burn, not too dangerous just makes you think your heart hearts, however its not the heart its the acid. I also never knew that weed has any withdrawals, well turns out it does, if i knew i wouldn't of smoked at all. It is also more harsh because we quit cold turkey. Good luck, do not give your self a time frame, I also think it took longer for me its because after I had a baby I started smoking weed and I think I had a postpartom depression, like its a hormonal imbalance, that i didnt notice and when i quit it came back up. So especcially if you are a guy it could be way faster.See other peolple on this sight who were well sooner, I saw 2 month, well good luck!

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mdc82070497 over a year ago

THanks a lot. Yeah I try to excerise a lot but it is tough because im so tired after work but I got to start running again. I try to pray to help me out a lot. YEah cold turkey sucks. A good thing about weed is going cold turkey you just have these symptoms that are painfull. with alcohol, if you go cold turkey, you can possible go into seizures called DMa nd die due to the ethanol build up so .Im thankful I am not an alcoholic. Thanks for helping me be positive and i look forward to coming to your mental and physical state soon.Yeah weed is stored in lipids which are produced more during pregnancy so that could be why it took longer after. yeah i believe its a chemical imbalance too because i have been way more stressed im my life but now it is terrible.

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Guest over a year ago

I need advice as have 2 teenage sons trying to quit pot having smoked for about 6 months daily for about 2 months and then 2 - 3 times a week for past 4 months. They have school and are trying to cope and they are in pain and aggressive and depressed. I dont know whether to slowly wean them off this dropping down dosage to twice and then once weekly and if this will even work but I also want to know what I can give them to help them get over the withdrawl. Have tried herbal medication but no reall effect as they cant sleep and feel terrible and very scared. I need some advice as to what prescription medication if closely supervised can be used short term. thanks for listening

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Guest over a year ago

Hi,

Im so happy to see that Im not alone feeling all this weirdness in life. It started 2.5 months back when I was almost planning to quit smoking hashish. I was smoking a joint while working in office and I had a weird panic attack, as if Im dying. Feeling of doom... I never thought that half smoked joint would be my last ever...

I got onto some medicines like Libirum 10, clonazepam .5 for a month, and now on clonotril .25 mg for the past 6 days. When I quit taking librium, anxiety came back full swing after 12 days, so had to go on something milder, I hope clonotril is milder :-)

Though, I would agree, exercise and meditation in any form, yoga or tai chi or whatever, really helps. I really wish to get over with this feeling, as Im not able to function in life.

I run an advertising company as the Creative Director, and its really sad I am not able to do what I do best, create and come up with ideas. I sometimes feel, im mentally going crazy, but Im glad I have my family supporting me.

I would love to know more ways to get over this weird feeling of random, shortness of breath, feeling of detachment and sadness, dizzy & blurry vision and other weird feelings in the sense department.

Thank you all for sharing your experience. And I really think, there needs to be more awareness about withdrawal than addiction of narcotics...

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charliebruce over a year ago

my friend just smoked some good stuff for her first timeas it was supposed to be a medical grade for her pains from her tmi and a nerve pushing against the brain etc. to relieve the pain as doctors and tests are dong nothing for her now she took maybe 5 good tokes for her first time and its been well over 24 hours and she is freaking out she needs reasured thatll itll pass ,i havent smoked weed for well over 20 years any comments on this she needs help shes flipping on this

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