Trying to stop smoking pot but........I CAN"T SLEEP!

i can def relate to the no sleep when i haven't smoked before bed. i can also relate to the lack of food intake but the worst one for me which was mentioned above also is the waking up between 2-6 times in the night due to sweating like crazy even in this cold weather. im a 24 year old male and yes its a relitively young age but i should still no that smoking this is pretty much ruining me and the person i once was. i never want to go out and socialise with people. well i will if they head 2 mine but i aint ever got the energy or go in me to want to go see friends anymore.......how sad is that! its time 2 give it up but then again this no sleep situation just makes me crave it that much more. its most def a vicious circle. its 6:50am now and still no sleep. it crazes me. realising you have an addiction to it isn't the nicest feeling no matter how good you feel when uve smoked it. everyone on here has a good positive attitude though and i find it rather insperational. i wish u all the best with your giving up :-)

ok so i'm going through this right now, and you know what really helps? think about the people going through heroin withdrawal or even cocaine. I know it really helps me to think about other withdrawals that are way worse and to know that people still make it through. Weed withdrawal isn't that bad after all, just get yourself together and try to find a new activity you really enjoy to get your mind off it.

No offense to anybody here, but this is exactly why people think marijuana is so bad. It is people like you guys who smoke pot all day everyday which ruins the reputation marijuana could have. I smoked everyday for the last three years, but only after I was done all my daily tasks. I just decided to take abreak and only smoke occasionally,and I am having a little problem with getting a deep sleep. I get to sleep but i basically dream the whole night, which isnt all that bad. Its almost likei was in a fantasy world all night. I have never seen a drop in my school marks, (they have only increased alittle since I started) andI have good relationships with friends, God(whatever YOU want to call it) and I still am very active etc. Please people ,this is not an attempt to make anyone feel bad about themselves. I am just stating there is way to use pot and use it responsibly(less than a joint a day, let's say; a couple bong tokes, or a single bowl before bed). There are many people I know that are living proof that marijuana has the ability to make a person more productive and more positive in most all aspects of their lives. Pot is an amazing plant with huge potential to to save the planet(not just by smoking it, but the many uses of hemp)
anyways, I hope this gives you something to think about.
I also have some advice. from personal experience I would say don't smoke everyday, because your brain wont fry or aything like that. You just might not sleep very well without it. I know I used to not sleep well without at least a toke before bed.

hey everyone. i understand what you are saying. ive been off the chronic for 4 months now! considering that ive totally kicked the c**p out of it for over half my life (im 31) i never thought that i actually would stop!!

withdraw symptoms will varey big time from person to person, but it can be a mental issue. it was for me to a point, such as not doing anything without a reefer stuck out of my mouth. im still relativly sane thank god (in comparison to those ive seen who havent smoked anywhere near as much as me, and the're off their tree), im no academic, asi only study media and performing arts, but i feel if i hadnt started, id have obtained a phd in something by now!! it can/does demotivate you, and laze you out, as thats what its meant to do! but it does have benificial factors too, unless you abuse it the wayi did. in other serious cases, it can change you as a person, to the pointof your entire world revolving around weed or even futher progression to harder things. all possibilities. ive been through the half an ounce a day phase, now thats a fair bit of chronic peeps!! i reached a point when my tollerance was so bad id not even feel the effects of the stuff!! moderaton is the key i think, as it is pleasurable to blaze,i mean, i loved it!! im still tempted to just go out, get an 8th of niche thai weed and blaze away!!

congrats to those whove made a decision to actually quit, as im proof that it can be done. surround yourself with things to do, try and eat healthy and keep occupied. if your depressed then i dont think the stuff will help much. but the damn stuff was nearly controlling my life. wake up, blaze , during the day at night, through the night, all the time. i relised, that there is so much more to life, not to mention the amount of cash ive spent and time wasted!! jeeeez!! id be rich and accopmlished if i never started!!

stay strong people, and good luck and all the best

i have stopped for 3 days and cant stop thinkin about it but i was already thinkin about it all the time before. i cant sleep till around 2 am. during the day i feel like i dont need it and have the same energy as before even when i only get 4 to 5 hurs of sleep every day, time goes so much faster then when i smoked . i feel as if weed was making my life longer and now school goes by quicker then i rememberd. i onley feel the same symtoms as most of u at night and it sucks. the only reason im doin this is for my dad. life is not the same i want to feel happy all day again. i started steaing again witch was somthing i sed was wrong when i was stoned and started bulying people again, these thing i havnt done ever since i started smoking. i dont know if i should or not

i looked this up because its 3 am and i cant sleep i tried going to sleep at 12!! ive been smoking alot the past few months and moderate the past 2 years and its time to quit ive been abusing marijuana to the point where i smoke before class after class after after class and so on to the point that i smoke two joints in the morning i smoke two joints at night i smoke 2 joints in the after noon it made me feel alright but smoking so much weed makes you dependent to the point where you have to smoke all the time ive been off pot for 2 days ~~ Monday and Tuesday it sucks but when i think of how great im gonna feel once my dependency has gone away i feel that spark of happiness that somehow will help me move forward....

weed is great but anything in excess is bad moderate your CHRONIC CONSUMPTION and take breaks its easier typed than done but look foward to a better future without weed. also my friends which i have hung out with for years are heavy pot smokers and for me its going to be really hard to quit and hang out while they smoke weed all day im avoiding them now and im going to stick with my non smoking friends.....

ive seen weed turn people into fiends and drug dealers i love weed and i support it but writing this made me realize its not a good thing to be around. now im starting a new life a new reintegration to society....
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im 19 years old and marijuana has made me anxious, a fiend ( for weed ) its hurt me the people around me and it has taken from my esteem in a way it has made me depressed i only feel happy when i smoke the first time of the day then its just a blurr and a BURNT TRIP.... im going to take what i read today and remember it for a while. ....

thanks for the people who took the time to write comments ....



See you on the other side.....

Dont give up guys, it s been 16 days since I haven t touched the sh*t been smoking it for 17 years now and quit for a year 4 years ago.
When I quit 4 years ago it was very hard on my system, I coulden t eat nothing and lost 35 pounds (look like I was very sick and lasted about a month) for those who can t eat drink BOOST s or something like that because your system need something to keep going. And pray, I always had the urge to smoke and 4 days later walked in to church and asked the big guy for some help. when I left church the urges where all gone and didin t have any urges after to smoke. So there is someone up there who loves us.

Then slowly started again 1 year later with friends just a few tokes here and there and now since the past 3 years been smoking all day, I caused problems in my relationship and have a 21 month old daughter so I decided to quit again.

Been 16 days now and quit from one day to another and haven t even had a urge to smoke so I think the big guy is helping me again to do it and started praying again, when I started again I stoped praying because I thought I was deseponting him. But now I see he is always with us. I don t go to church every sunday but I know he is upthere looking down on us and helping those who want to help themselfs.

I started working out insanity workout (cardio and core) and feel great but the only problem these days is I have to much energy lol and get so much done every day and love working long hours now, and have problems sleeping, I get very hot and don t sleep much.
but the sleeping will fall into place I know last time I quit it took about 1 month and I was sleeping like a baby lol great feeling that I haven t had since I was 13-14 years old.

I don t know the people here but have one thing to say to you all " I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL AND DON T GIVE UP" life only gets better afterwards and pray to the big guy.

Here is a name of a book that could help you all out to see life in a different way and change the way you think, It has done it for me. And now love life so much

the book is written by SYD BANKS and the tittle is SECOND CHANCE, read it!!!

Good luck to all and never ever take one toke again because that s how we start up again.

:-D :-D :-D Life is so beautifull when we have a free mind and a lot less stress and so much more patience.

PS: sorry for the speeling i am french.

Hi i am 20 years old now i have been smoking for 4 years now, and if anyone still reads this forum, i am currently trying to quit as we speak, today marks the 2nd day of my quitting, there is a research done that says after 4 weeks the thc wil leave system and slowly return your brain function to normal, this is going to be the 8th time i am trying to quit, my 6th n 7th time was the closest where i stopped for 2 months, and 2 weeks respectively. Theres a reason why theres a commercial where a kid gets up from a couch and remove clothing. Weed gets you stuck. what do i mean by stuck? its kind of very literal, you aint doing sheeet with your life. Weed manifests and warps your thoughts into thinking that it is alright. Do you guys remember long ago, we, the people who abuse weed to the max, looked down at druggies and sworn to ourselves to never touch cigs, drugs, anything. I felt as if i lost 3 years of my life, it is scary....... to see everyone that you used to call friends, boys, gfs, turn their backs on you, and all this conspiracy thoughts that weed spawns. well im going to quit. See you all in soberville.

 This is an old thread, but obviously I can't sleep. It's 330 am, my 2 year old daughter is going to wake up in about 4 hours and I have to go spend Mothers day with my Mom tomorrow. Although you all gave me hope, I'm going to pick up the MJ so I can sleep and hopefully get a couple hours of sleep. However, tomorrow I'm going to make sure I have sleep meds and get a good workout in. Good luck to all! Moderation is key.

 

I Seriously need some advice. I have been an everyday smoker since I was 18 I will be 24 next month. I loved smoking it but did not like the way it ruled my world. I guess I am an all or nothing person and would never just go a day with out smoking. About 6 weeks ago my room mate and I both decided to quit for money issues. Since then I have been so much happier and more productive , It kind of makes me think I waisted alot of time and potential by distracting myself. Now money is not an issue so my room mate started smoking again. I have deeper motivations than money I dont want to be addicted to anything! Right now I am sitting in my room and I can smell the weed in his room. I am very tempted to go in there and take a hit. I tried talking to him about it but he said he would hide it and not smoke in front of me.  BUT I CAN SMELL IT . I know this would be a million times easy with out the temptation lurking in my own house. I have been drinking beer to subside the cravings. In a way its better because I used to smoke all day now I only drink at night but It has been every night. I dont want to be an alcoholic. I know that I have an addictive personality..Im only having between one and three beers just to curb the horrible nightime sober feeling. I am really at a loss this was so much easier before my room mate started smoking again. He is also my cousin and besides this our living situation has been pretty ideal. I cant tell him he cant smoke just like he cant tell me I cant drink beer. I cant afford to live in my house without him splitting the rent and dont really have any other roomate options..help ! what can i possibly do my will power is wearing.

honestly i dont mind the not sleepin and not eatin cuz i hate doin both. weed made me do those things and it really helped get my body in the right order. but i found God and i am starting my own ministry which is showing alot of progress(im only seventeen so its really cool). but ya dude if you of that belief than go to God. if your not you can always try! but the best way to do it (medically) is moderation. its cliche but when it comes to weed and you got time then just smoke less and less until you dont smoke at all! but the key is ONLY do it to eat and sleep. it sounds like dependence but if you do it it will help with not being so damn lazy during the day.

Quite smoking a couple of days ago because i am trying to land a new job and they require and drug test.  I consider myself and moderate smoker.  I usually smoke a lot more on my days off then when i have to work.  Kinda gives me some comfort that what i am feeling other people have done through the same: depressed, can't sleep, don't know what to do with all my time.  I sometimes lay awake and can't stop thinking.  I am drinking more, mainly to put my mind to rest, but that doesn't work so good.  I did quite for two months before but i wasn't a  big smoker at the time.  i know in the end it will be all worth it, but it is just getting to the point.  I even started thinking about not smoking even after the drug test (even if i pass).  idk anymore

Has anyone tried weening him/herself off of it?  

Here's the deal: marijuana affects serotonin and dopamine levels in the brain pretty dramatically.  Dopamine is a chemical produced in the brain when you smoke bud, eat ice cream, get laid - basically, it's what makes your mood positive when you do something pleasurable.  It literally regulates your happiness. Smoking weed floods your brain with dopamine - all drugs do this, including nicotine and caffeine.  That's why people like doing drugs so much.  Dopamine is what makes "being high" pleasurable.  So - guess what happens when you quit?  

major anxiety 2 months from withdrawal