weed, panic attacks, withdrawl, depression and anxiety and restlessness

I dealt with this same exact situation.  My experience taught me that my anxiety and panic were from a different area of my life, and smoking weed amplified it.  I smoked for 6 years before I quit smoking because of panic and anxiety.  It took me 5 years to overcome my anxiety.  Once I finally did, I found that the panic attacks after smoking stopped.  If you are dealing with excess stress, fears about something, or are having issues with insecurities or low self esteem--try to work through them.  You might also be an overthinker--this can contribute to the problem.  Once they are no longer a problem in your life then try smoking again.   Once I had my anxiety under control-I could control how I felt while smoking weed.  I'm smoking weed again and have never been happier!

if you are smoking high grade stuff with low CBD, panic will get you one day, it´s a symptom of intoxication and withdrawal from THC. And it´s for everybody who smokes a lot o dank. This drug is weird. It controls our mind, the way our brain process information, so years can pass and you are very happy and feeling good, motivated than one day BOOM! Panic strikes!.Than you stop and after some days panic strikes again. You smoke to get better and it gets worse. So you go back smoking and try to think that it´s ok but it´s not like used to be. After some joints the panic gets better, you start feeling good but your life goes no where and your mind is screwed up. You try to stop again, slowing down and the withdrawals come in waves. This was my situation and I thought in the past that this was only happening to me but but today I know many people are in this situation. Who had panic before smoking will feel it faster. But for who never had anxiety or panic issues before start smoking the panic and anxiety crises can take years to begin. I´m saying this here because know that many people who will laugh about what i´m saying here will be in a situation like this in the future if keep the habit. So don´t believe in Holywood movies. They are great, but they are just movies, not real life.

I stopped smoking cigarettes on Jan 2 of this year, it's been almost 4 months. I quit marijuana on Feb 14 of this year. I've smoked for a good 20 years on and off. One year ago I moved to Oakland from the East Coast and got a ed mj card. Needless to say I've smoked some very very potent stuff from high grade flowers to hash oil to eating edibles. I expected the anxiety and insomnia because I've quit before and know the symptoms. This time was very very different. The insomnia and depression has been constant. I am now taking Ambien for the insomnia and just dealing with the depression. On April 1 I started a new job and that is when the headaches started. That first week (a month and a half after quitting mj) that I started my new job was one of the hardest weeks of my life! Cold sweats, extreme insomnia, anxiety, light headed and horrible headaches that felt like sinus pain. The jaw clenching was constant as well. I became paranoid. I never attributed this issue with mj withdrawal because it got worse a month and a half after I quit. I went to urgent care and doctor and they found nothing. I them self diagnosed myself with the flu, sleep apnea, brain tumor, parasites, sinus infection etc etc etc. Today I feel a little better but still get the headaches and still have issues staying asleep. The ambien helps but I do t want to take it anymore. I am incredibly depressed and feel soooo hopeless. at times I wish the doctor would tell me that I DO have something so that at least I know what is wrong with me. I want to know that it is 100% mj withdrawal but constantly I question even this. People keep telling me how incredible I'm going to feel.now that I'm detoxing. I have felt zero benefits and wish I'd never quit cigarettes or weed. My life has become a constant tragedy. I don't want my wife to worry anymore because she doesn't deserve this. She is am incredible person and I am the screw up that has to fix his life. These forums are the only hope I have. There is such a lack of information on this horrible subject. I never ever want to touch marijuana again. I feel hopeless and hate myself more everyday.

if anyone out there can help, please do... I don't know how much more of this I can take.

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Hey Stavstav2, how are you feeling now? were u able to stay away froom weed. I had very similar symptoms concerning anxiety and paranoia. If u stick it out you will start to feel bettr by week two or so. I think it depends on the length, strength, and how often you used to smoke that determines how bad your withdrawal symptoms will be. If ur not strong inur faith,then I wud suggest you look to God to help you thru this. that's wat I did,it mmmakes a big difference. jus work with your body and give it healthy thinks. fresh fruit and/or veggie juice. communicating how ur feeling usually helps as well. I pray that you have maintained sobriety an have quit smoking thosen cigarettes,by no means good for you. marijuana may be considered a drug, but it comes from the earth. it's not man made. God bless!

Hi Olskool,I feel your pain and understand what your goin through. just hang in there and b patient,it will get better. i only smoked joints,never touched a bong or anythng else. nor have I experimented with anything other than mj,as you call it:)Treasure your wife for being there an being supportive,talk to her about how your feeling and the thoughts that your having. that helps to relieve the stress and anxiety a lot. massages help too,even just to feel her hands on your body,nothing sexual. just to feel her touch,it soothes,atleast for me. I pray for you and pray that you will continue to be strong and stick to being mj free. god bless!

Thank you! Means a lot when others reach out. The headaches have pretty much stopped, but now I'm dealing with tough episodes of depression. They come and go in waves like the headaches and neck pains did. Some days it is based and some not so bad. My doctor tells me that it takes 30 days for the weed to leave the urine, about 90 days for it to leave the blood and up to a year for it to leave the fatty tissue. Today is day 90 for me and day 134 for cigarettes. I feel it getting better but it's been a very slow process that seems like eternity. I am determined to tough it out no matter what it takes. The acute withdrawal symptoms are gone, but the residual is just as tough. I am sleeping again, which is a relief! Here is another thread that I found that was really really helpful. It's funny when people say with so much confidence to others that in 2 weeks they will feel like new. As if they are doctors. If this is the case then they were NOT real smokers and smoked very weak stuff. I pray that they don't smoke enough to feel like this because it's devastating to one's life. Here is the thread:
https://www.steadyhealth.com/marijuana_recovery_length_t96212.html?page=7

and again thank you blessd39!!

ya i have the same some times i smoke a lot i get extremely restless nd think im gonna die only for part of the high thoughlast time i didnt stop walking in circles nd i shook my hands the whole time it felt so screwed up but then its grand

if ur so depressed cus u cant smoke weed take coke or something im seventeen nd tried coke recently nd u defenetly dont feel restless or anxious even though it increases ur heart rate a lot. u feel really good too its better than weed even i think personally

stavstav2, how are u right now? still depressed?  

:) You will be alright bro ! trust me Just stay relax and face that fear untill u realize its just an illusion(NOT TRUE)..

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Hi my name is mathew an im 21 with asthma I been smoking weedb since I was about 15 an sometimes when I do smoke I feel like I can an cant breath and my chest get tights but after fighting it Im ok an high as hell Should you think I should stop smoking ?

I totally understand!!! I recently went through the same thing!!! Nobody loved smoking as much as I did, but the key to that is to stick to your guns by being strong and don't smoke. I still miss is dearly, but I realize once I got over it I didn't miss it so much. I'm so much more productive, focused, and alert. It's been 5 months now, and im good. Once again I'm not going to lie I do miss it, but now it's become a challenge for me to see how long I can do without. I might try it out when I go to Jamaica next year for vacation...it is Jamaica!!!! Lol lol lol. Best of luck, and stay strong my friend P.S. drop the cigarette habit!!!

As a middle aged man now please listen to my advice. I too, enjoyed the maryjane until one day as you did. .major panic attack. I have read that marijuana can cause future issues. Take it from someone this very moment suffering from anxiety and feel like I cannot breathe...don't smoke anymore. I understand the effects can be very enjoyable but now I wish as I never indulged.

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there is nothing to be ashamed of brother. i myself have had a marijuana smoking problem for a few consistent years now.. i personally agree to the point where i neither can live without it. but maybe its just the thought of you wanting to keep smoking and smoking and smoking ... so i recommend smoking a more higher strain sativa (DRO) "blue dream" 

tht being said.. it relaxes the states of depression..anxiety..daytime workflow high.. which to where you still maintain your daily routine ... a single 1. gram going for 15 .. can roll yourself a good 2 (blunts) or however you prefer :) 

but a couple hits will do ya. best medicinal use that government is too lazy to start taxing on.

oh yeah and (god is good.. all the time) weed doesnt make me a non believer .. it just brings out my inner angel .. and makes me see earth as the way it was created. 

"smoking weed doesnt make me a bad person, just like going to church doesnt make you a good one"  

-charlie#BlueDream#ALL#DAY