still feeling awkward 4 weeks after smoking marijuana

yerrrrr ive had this weird ass high fealing for about a year now. i was scared at first and i never wanted 2 go out but now i learnd 2 just man up and deal with it im 17 years old so for all you kids goin through what i went through that sh*t is with you forever. the only thing you guys can do is just deal with it its all in your dam mind ya diggs?

What you are feeling is depersonalization.
It is usually the aftermath of sever anxiety/panic, and/or depression.
It is sortof like your brain protecting itself from stress/trauma, etc.
I've had this since the age of 14, and am currently 16.
Of course, it was also brought on by marijuana. Wasn't laced at all as I went through drug tests, and other sh*t.
It hasn't improved, yet I haven't made a great amount of effort.
You need to put a lot in to wanting to get better (going out to all of you reading this)
and since you are feeling better, and that it is lifting, try NOT to think about the why's and how's of it.
It could very well possibly result in you going back in to this dreadful state.
You need to learn to accept it, stay away from drugs & alcohol, and do things!
Exersice, eat right, and look at vitamins and natural substances for depression and anxiety (less likely to cause your depersonalization to get even worse)
I have learned to accept it, but cannot stay away from drugs & alcohol.
I still don't smoke weed anymore. I have tried not too long ago, and ended horribly. Do not even TRY it, especially if you're better and you think that nothing bad will happen since your feelings are gone. Believe me, it is so possible for it to come back, even worse.
Message me if you need to talk. I may only be a sixteen year old girl, but I know a hell of a lot about this disorder. :-D

I am 23 year old male. one month ago I got high and then the next morning when I woke up , I freaking out my heart was speeding, I thought like I'am going to pass out or die about 6 hours later I took a nap, I woke up I felt a high like feeling. I have been feeling like this for about month or two . It feels like I'am getting better but getting really bad anxiety or panic attacks the feeling fades in and out through the day,my head feeling to heavy can't think at all but not loosing my mind,2 month getting super tired. I went to doctor he said everything normal , no brain problems and breathing organs func. normal.But my head still feeling heavy like I'am little high can't sleep at all !
please help !

If anyone out there is reading this and is worried that they have done permanent damage by smoking weed...You have not. You are perfectly fine...Believe me. I had this happen to me. Here's my story...4 years ago, when I was 14, I started smoking weed. I would only take a few hits the first few times and get a little giggly and not much else. One time, however, my friend got some blueberry haze and we smoked A LOT of it at once, and I got baked out of my mind. I liked it, oddly enough. My arms felt heavy and I didn't care about anything lol...However, even though I enjoyed the high, I noticed that for the following 3 weeks I felt different. My memory was slower and overall I felt dumber. Anyways, being a foolish youth, I kept smoking here and there over the next 2 years...My problem arose when I began smoking in the summer of 2007 through winter of 2008. I would smoke at least 3 or 4 times a week, sometimes more, sometimes less...Let me cut to the chase though. One day I smoked close to a gram of some really good pot all by myself. It was creeper weed so I didn't feel the effects for over 10 mins. I went to sit down at my computer, and I looked at the icons and all of a sudden I felt an INSANE rush of sensations. It scared the hell out of me. For the next 6 hours I was in the worst panic attack of my life. I began to believe I had smoked PCP and I might die. I didn't call 911 or anything because I literally believed I would die before they could get here. I laid in my bed like that for hours, and of course the weed made time feel like it was going much slower. After that day, I suffered from really bad anxiety for MONTHS...I'm talking a good 6 months of not feeling like myself. I would constantly obsess and worry about my mistake of smoking too much weed until finally I reached a point where I didn't have the mental energy to care any more. I would tell myself "You know what, you only get 80 years (if you're lucky) and then you die...that's it. Why waste this precious time worrying about the past?" I kept ingraining positive thoughts into my mind and slowly they took hold. After about 10 months, I felt completely normal again. Once in a while I would waver back into anxiousness, but it became easier and easier to control in time.

In short, if you don't want to read my whole story, all's you have to do is be positive. The thing about this situation is that it will seem like NOTHING can help, but simply thinking positive will help you. It makes perfect sense, too. The reason you guys feel so weird is because you are thinking negatively "Oh I've fried my brain" "I shouldn't have smoked! I wish I never smoked!" "I'll never feel normal again..." These types of thoughts will keep you feeling crappy. You need to believe that you will be ok, and in time you will be fine...I recommend exercising a lot to help burn any residual THC out of your body and to clear your head. Good luck guys. I went through this once and I'm fine now...And even if you never did feel the same again, it's not so bad, is it? You can still see, hear, feel, touch, experience, live, laugh...You just need to let go of the negativity. Peace. :-)

Similar symptoms here. I started smoking weed a few weeks ago, about once every other day or so. At first the effects were normal, and would fade within 4-5 hours. However it's been 1 week since I last smoked, and ever since then I'm having mild dizziness, vertigo, and tinnitus (loud noises make my head vibrate & hurt). The dizzy sensations lasts all day long, and it's really effecting my daily life.

I keep hearing that marijuana has nothing to do with it, that I have some other condition. However I visited the doctor and got checked out. He seems to think I am in good shape. Nothing else changed in my life except that I had smoked pot. I think it's having some long-term residual effects in my system, and am pretty worried.

Hey peeps, you are not permanently disabled from one time smoking pot, that wouldn't even happen from 50 times smoking pot. I have smoked more than 400 times in the past year, and I don't doubt I'm heads and shoulders above the majority of people on this site in intelligence. Do a little bit of research (no that doesn't mean going onto above the influences terribly misleading and propaganda filled joke of a site) and you will find that mary jane is not the demon drug people like to make it out to be. Yes it has consequences if used irresponsibly, but what the f*ck doesn't?
If there has been one thing I have learned over the past year it's how powerful the brain can be, in making things you believe to be true actually be true. A personal example being the first 8 months of my medium-heavy smoking, I had convinced myself that the after effects from weed lasted for days, by that I mean I would "feel" mildly high for half a week after smoking. Eventually that led me to quit for about 3 months (yea that's right after smoking for 8 months daily) without a problem besides some mild cravings initially. When I finally got over my BS preconceived beliefs and realized that I was spending too much time dwelling on these thoughts and being stuck inside my head I started smoking again. And by god I am happier than I have ever been in my life, and I've actually learned how to use the placebo effect to my advantage, I have managed to get rid of almost all of my social anxiety by believing that I'm getting better and that it will be gone soon. How's that for the power of the mind!!!!

I'm not trying to come and start sh*t, I'm just providing a counter argument and if you think about it a bit of hope for those stuck in the "permastoned" predicament. Good luck to you all!!! :-)

I smoked pot. It was awsome. Me and my girl got real turned on and banged. Never smoking weed again man.

history of anxiety either directly or in the family, marijuana is not for everyone

yo u guys i had the same thing u guys are all talking about.........i toked the night before and woke up feeling weird....im always spacing out. i walked into a pole the other day seriously. and i went to the docter and they said i might have seizure.....but seriously can weed give u those. i cant drive any more either because ill forget that im even driver. and its to risky.....so my symtoms are that i space out 24/7 and and im always thinking to my self in my head its really wierd. its like reality just switched up. but if u guys need advice.. its gradul.lly getting better i sudjest dont smoke cigs. or drink. its makes u relapse and ur progress for healing starts all over again.. learn from my expireence seriously!!!

Same thing happened to me took me a while but it does go away I promise just stay active and try not to think about it. If u really start to freak out u can do some type of cleanse which might help. Hang in there ull get through it I promise

I am really sorry to hear of the anxiety troubles you guys have. However you can avoid it. I have smoked weed everyday for the past 3 yrs. I am a proud habitual toker. Here is the answer to your sleepless nights and anxiety issues. SMOKE IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT! Too many people smoke with the wrong intentions. The fear you have about how strongly this drug affects you gets exponentially multiplied when you are in an induced state. Just put on some music that you would like to relax too, or watch an old cartoon from childhood. CHALLENGE YOUR MIND TO GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL. Smoking weed is like manning the helm of a huge vessel at sea. You cannot let the wheel flow freely! You must steer your mind into positive places, ad the profound new insight you will gain on the most mundane of things will impress you and keep you in awe and wonder at how you can view the world from a completely differnt perspective. Sometimes i think of it as my secret place i can go to when i need to get create. (I work in the creative ad industry so its necessary to be open minded lol). I have a beautiful wife and a loving relationship because i never change who i am while im high, or when im sober. I may notice thigns differently but i still show the same emotion and general happiness to my loved ones. Open your mind and just enjoy it. :-D

I have had the same problem for a LONG TIME about 6 months I never felt myself, but I started going to the gym alot and today I got a new preworkout (jack3d) and 4 hours later I got only a little high, enjoyed myself and now that im down Im just filled with happiness and zero anxioty, I think just getting over the weed causing the anxioty and talking aabout it makes me fell 1000% refresed and I just see everything in a new way, its amazing

hey guys, I had the same thing. I think I had a panic attack while getting high, and i was almost in a daze for about one month after this, for me it went away once all the weed was out of my system. I also heard that if this happens to you, almost being in a daze or "zoned out" unaware of everything going on around you. Weed can cause something called Depersonalization, and if this happens for short periods of time and you continue smoking it can become perminant, I strongly suggest not to continue smoking weed. And if you have only done weed a couple times drink lots of water and try to get the weed out of your system as fast as you can.Now this can be very scary, sometimes it goes away so just wait it out a bit, but if it does go away do not smoke weed again.

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so check these out, read a bit and draw your own conclusion weither or not this might be the case.

best of luck, it can be scary but it can go away.

depersonalization or derealization google it and search around :)

Bro I got this once and It felt like I couldn't catch my breath and my brain was going through Minnie cesuras (sp) I didn't know what to do so I smoked a bowl of dank weed and watched a really good movie. The next morning I was totally fine and I haven't felt like that sins and i smoke daily. It's like your brain gets stuck and you need a new high to refresh your brain. If you don't feel comfortable smoking again I suggest going to a doctor immediately.