Are you trying to quit and going through Marijuana withdrawal?
You are not alone. Many heavy weed smokers go through some form of withdrawal when they haven’t smoked recently. This page describes the physical and psychological symptoms of withdrawal from marijuana. I should know – I smoked weed for close to 10 years before I learned how to kick my addiction to marijuana. Knowing what to expect will help you succeed!
How Long Does Marijuana Withdrawal Take?
Most people who experience marijuana withdrawal symptoms get them between the second and tenth day of quitting weed. Symptoms can last for up to a month in some people. The most intense withdrawal period will be the first week to ten days after you quit smoking marijuana. Different symptoms will resolve themselves at different rates.
Remember that each day the negative symptoms will decrease until you are physically and mentally free from THC! When you know what to expect, you will be well equipped to deal with it!
Marijuana Withdrawal Anxiety
The most common symptom of withdrawal is a low grade anxiety. Although not severe, this feeling is not easily remedied by through distraction or just thinking happy thoughts. In my opinion, the anxiety felt when detoxing from weed is a combination of fear of being sober, and desire to return to a stoned state of mind. It’s almost like your mind is saying “Things aren’t normal, I don’t like this new state”. As you become accustomed to not smoking and the new state of mind, the anxiety will fade.\
Insomnia, Sleeping, and Dreaming
Whenever I quit smoking weed, I would always have disturbances in my sleep. In the beginning the insomnia can be quite severe. The worst for me was about 4 hours sleep in 60 hours. I have heard of some people sleeping less than 5 hours every night, but the worst of the insomnia symptoms tend to disappear about a week after quitting.
The dreams that you experience during marijuana withdrawal can be very intense and vivid, and many people (myself included) have had crazy end-of-the-world nightmares. When you smoke a lot of pot, you tend not to dream as much, or at least not remember them, so getting used to dreaming and interpreting dreams takes some time. I have found that my dreams stabilize after about a month, and the bad dreams subside within the first couple weeks.
Change of Appetite and Weight Loss
Another common marijuana detox symptom is the lack of an appetite. I have met a couple people who need to smoke before they eat. When they quit smoking, they don’t have the desire to eat. It’s almost like they needed the munchies to eat food.Let’s face it, marijuana withdrawal stresses the body out, and when you get stressed, you can lose your appetite and lose weight. The weight loss has got to be the best benefit of detox!
Cures for Marijuana Withdrawal Symptoms
The best cure for Marijuana Withdrawal Symptoms is time and patience. Having a plan to get through the withdrawal and avoid relapse is also one the keys in learning how to quit smoking marijuana. One thing that really helped me get through the withdrawal and cravings was the Cannabis Coach Easy Quit Audio series by Gary Evans. It guided me through first couple of weeks and gave me exercises to remove some of the stress from quitting.
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I don’t have the intention to quit smoking completely, I plan to take a week off to prove to myself that I am the possessor and not the possessed. The key to enjoying anything is experiencing it in moderation, this is especially the case with ganj. The trouble is that it is an enhancer, things that you naturally enjoy become even more enjoyable thanks to the drug, and that is totally fine. You just have to avoid abusing the tool of miracles. Smoke it for what it’s worth, not until it becomes worthless. Personally, I smoke way too much and am in denial regarding the effect it is having on me. It can take over if you don’t monitor what you are doing. Don’t be oblivious and take decisive action in order to find the reason why you started smoking in the first place. Easier said than done, but it will be the most rewarding conscious choice you ever make, that’s what I keep telling myself anyway. Peace
Okay so, I smoked around a gram of weed every day for about.. 8 months or so? Near the end of it my mind started being in a stoned state even when I was sober, so I’d smoke more weed to mask it which only exacerbated it. I had enough of feeling like shit, it hardly affected me anymore plus it made me seriously more and more paranoid everytime I had it, to the point I’d be scared to hear my heart beat coz I thought I was gonna die.. I’m on my 4th day of being sober and I have to say I’m feeling a lot better. My mind still isn’t right, at times I thought I was going actually mentally insane! Broke down in tears for no reason, lashing out at my brother, major uncontrollable depression, aniexty and the weirdest one of all.. Hypercondriact! (Apologies if I spelt that wrong). I went for a bath tonight and it hit me like a ton of bricks, all of a sudden I lost all control of reality and felt like I was actually doing to die! But I got some air and it gradually went.. I’m getting better though, feeling more sober as times goes by. I can’t believe weed could do this to you, I guess everything has a darker side to it but this is truly a side I never thought existed. Love is blind, and I loved weed so much, so I totally ignored the fact of what it was doing to me.. it was fucking me up mentally, physically, socially and the rest. I gained weight, lost friends, dropped out of college, all due to marijuana I believe. I don’t have any problems getting off it, as I’m going cold turkey but I miss smashing a gram after a stressful day, having a laugh with my mates and listening to tunes.. But its a small price to pay to get off this damn thing. I still believe it has its benefits if used under considerable moderation but I can assure you I won’t be using it again for a very very long time!
Today is my first full day without MJ. I am 35 and have been a heavy smoker since I was 20/21. MJ has been my best friend ever since. I always suffered from anxiety and some depression since childhood and when I first tried MJ it was as if something I had been missing was suddenly there. Fast forward 15 years and I feel like I have to stop now. I have slowly pulled away from everyone including friends and family over the years, and I basically only smoke alone. Well, for the past 6 months I have been using a vaporizer. Even though I am an intelligent, caring, and by most accounts, handsome man, I have nothing in life. I have had good jobs, even a career in banking, but I never reached my full potential because all I cared about was gettting high. It killed my motivation and I am pretty sure it has sabotaged my self-esteem and confidence. At this point I am living at home with my parents(god bless them),had my car reposessed, boat reposessed, lost my girlfriend of three years, and had it out with my friends and no longer talk to any of them. All of this happened over a span of 2-3 months and I have not fully recovered. Unemployed for the last 2 years, and MJ made it seem ok..It’s been the roughest year and a half I could have ever imagined living through. I have only quit once, in 2009 when my grandmother died, and it lasted two months till I relapsed. I want to be able to enjoy life the way I used to without MJ. I want to know I can still laugh, enjoy movies, etc without MJ. I am at a point in life where I dont know if my problems are because of MJ or MJ has just been a way for me to cope. It’s only day one so I feel fine, but I think I know whats coming my way, and its not fun. What has me more hopeful this time is that I no longer associate with anyone that smokes, I have no dealer, and lately I have almost been bored with MJ. It doesnt get me high anymore really, at least not like it did when I fell in love with it. I want kids, and everything that I deserve in life, and I know that being obsessed with MJ will make that impossible. I hope I can figure my life out. Stay strong guys… I know this can be done! Sorry if I don’t have more advice, I sort of need it myself, but the best thing I can tell you is to keep reminding yourself that how you feel is temporary. Its only temporary..
I just turned age 50 on January first and told myself I would stop. My headache and neck hurts and I can’t sleep. It’s the third day of no usage and my body sweats with discomfort. At age 25 I began my pot journey,I experienced many years of goodness and i just seemed to be tired of the whole thing. It’s illegal and that bothered me the last 25 years. It helped me more than it affected me until I wanted to stop. The rising cost of it became more real after my son was born three years ago. As I think about burning money during this global and being late on my mortgage three months in a row, I decided to stop. I’m not interested in a 12 step program, I don’t have time for that, but it does seem to be a way of support against smoking again. As I continue to make a change I found that jogging on the beach is very helpful and my normal endorphins seems to be a worth while trade for the burning money. I feel clear and capable of normal activities again, this feeling of normalness is empowering and worth the discomfort of withdraw. After one week I have saved 100 dollars for my kids college fund and look forward to the next weeks savings as well. Let it go and let the next generation succeed is my motivation to continue the battle of stopping. It’s a tough road of mental change. Can anyone else relate.? Happy New Year 2012
I smoke every single night before bed but this past year I’ve started smoking bongs during the day as well. I smoke about 10 cones a day as well as 3-4 joints before bed every day. I don’t think many people match the amounts my friends and I smoke. I’m currently on a family holiday for a week and I’ve decided to not even attempt to find weed this week to assess how my addiction ranks. Its 6am here and I’ve been in bed since about 12am and still can’t sleep. This has been the same story the past 4 days so I’ve decided to read up about it and its led me here. I ordinarily have a large appetite yet now my appetite has decreased immensly. Moral of the story don’t smoke as much as I do
I have been using marijuana for over 35 years, at least one to three j’s a day. It has compromised my ability to be a completely present parent and person. Guilt over this is deep and yet I adore the buzz. Many I engage with on a daily basis smoke mother nature as I do. Soon, I will be retiring from working full time for over 32 years. I will no longer be able to afford marijuana, financially, nor emotionally. It is time for me to embrace life fully and to be completely present for my family. At one time, I justified smoking because I have endured tragedy and much pain in life and it afforded me a level of numbness. Wish me luck in this goal of quiting marijuana. THANK YOU FOR THIS OUTSTANDING WEBSITE!!!!!!!!
First, I want to thank all of you for sharing what you experienced after you quit. I had been smoking with my husband for 7 years. Because we both need to get new jobs we decided it was time to take a break. It’s been 14 days now, and I feel so depressed even though he hasn’t experienced any withdrawal symptoms other than crazy dreams. I have so much to be happy about, but I can’t seem to get weed out of my head. I miss the way it made me feel when I was stressed about either work or school. Reading that other people are experiencing the same things, I feel so much better. I know I can get through this! Thanks again for all of your feedback.
I have been smoking for 20 years, daily for the last 15 or so.
Recently I have found out the bones in my teeth are deteriorating as a result of heavy marajuana use. Very scary. I’m also sick of being chubby from munching out on sweets all the time. As a heavy pot user, I have ignored phone calls from friends ( too high to talk), avoided going out (too high to care), and just generally missed out on life. I should be a lot further ahead than I am right now and at 39 it’s time to stop fucking around and get serious.
Yesterday I stopped smoking, as of yet no real symptoms other than the desire to smoke and feeling bored. My head feels foggy and I don’t have much motivation, but I am determined to get to the 30 day mark to see what normal feels like.
Ive been smoking about an 8th a week for the past 6 years. I’m on day three with no weed and things are going ok. When I’m busy doing things I don’t even notice. The biggest trouble is dealing with stress and anger. Before if I was stressed or angry I would just smoke a bowl and everything would be fine, the problem is I have no outlet for all of my pent up aggression and stress. I’ve been smoking cigs like crazy that’s kind of helping but I’m hoping just typing about it and telling all of you how I’m feeling will help.
I want to also say that I think weed is great and I plan on smoking again in 6 months or so, I’m just quitting to pass a drug test. What I’ve realized tho is that I really shouldn’t smoke to cope with everyday life, I should only smoke recreationally, like having a beer and watching a football game. When you use weed, alcohol, tabacco to solve your problems you make yourself a lot more dependent on it I’m finding.
It’s not weeds fault you abused it, smoke, but smoke for fun not for depression, or anger.
Legalize it
Rabbit, take ur heroin and shove it dude. Why are you commenting at all? People are on here for a reason and as someone who apparently had a serious issue you shouldn’t be making comparisons or making light of what you consider to be a small matter.
Suck it up is the right mentality and is the way I’ve approached my own pot withdrawal, but who the Fuck are you to comment in this forum at all? Just because you chose to do one of the most powerful narcotics doesn’t give you the right to even comment in this forum let alone say what you said.
We are all tryin to clean our lives up, something you seem to have experience with; f you don’t have advice to offer just keep your mouth shut and say nothing!
I’m 34, been smoking daily since 16, and with greater frequency and stronger grass since my early 20′s. I’m trying to quit now and clean my system for various reasons. My w/d symptoms include headaches, hot and cold flashes, shivering, and sweaty palms. No crazy dreams, maybe slightly diminished appetite, bust mostly just not snacking so much.
It is not easy, especially since I work and deal with clients a lot, gets hard to hide a shaky hand. I’m on day 4 now, so I’ve got a way to go before my system is clean. I’d like to think that once I’m back to normal I can return to the grass with serious moderation, but not sure how good I’d be … Kinda an all or nothing
Good luck fellow tokers
Hey guys my name is Jeff, i recently quit smoking about 6 days ago, my symptoms include anxiety, sleeplisness, body shaking, muscle spasms in the lower abdomen, after the second day i had slight thoughts of suicide from anxiety. i never got into any heavy drugs just pot and its been hell so far. i have found that keeping your mind occupied works, and drinking a liquid called Mona.vie ( the premier acai blend) has helped significantly with flushing out some of the chemical imbalances within your body
I remember when I quit I was a heavy weed smoker I started smoking it when I was 13 now im 28. when I quit I had some heavy heavy anxiety that lasted for about 2 months I thought I was going to feel these anxiety feelings for life. But I have also been a very athletic guy as well as a weed smoker.
So I ran everyday bleeding the weed smoke and THC out of my system and eventually the anxiety feelings went away. I think I was a bad case worst than most people. Exercise is one of the best things you can do to kill most feelings of withdraw, depression and anxiety. You can almost destroy all 3 of those demons of drug or weed addiction by doing exercise.
The first 2 weeks of quiting weed might be hard but the more time you stay away the less these negative feelings will come.
This will be short and sweet because Im beyond irritated. Smoked for 2 decades, Im 34, an 8th every other day, spent 600-1000 a month on weed. I have weed license and in CA.
Im on day 9 of not smoking
Withdrawal symptoms:
*Loss of appetite – weight loss
*Irritated and agitated
*Vivid dreams about people I shouldnt be dreaming about(no nightmares. I never had a nightmare in my life).
*Ive always had sleeping problems(insomnia), now Im tired and my eyes sting from being so tired and light headed to the point I fall asleep. This has been going on the last 3 days
*Hotflashes
*Slight Headaches
My 16yr is irritating me. Reading some of y’all long answers is making me so agitated! LOL..Dont take it personal. Im withdrawing from smoking for 20years on a daily.
Thats all I can manage to type right now because Im just tired and havent eaten and hungry but can eat and I dont know. lol
Goodluck with the struggle and God Bless!
I started smoking marijuana at the age of 14, in 1972, I’m now 54. I would smoke anywhere from a joint or 2 up to a quarter ounce a day. I started growing about 3 years ago. I was growing some of the best pot I had ever smoked. My daughter had a falling out with her boy friend, and he decided to let the state police know that I was growing. I was arrested , and now I have been forced to quit everything to do with pot. Withdrawal was very hard on me. I was a very angry person for awhile. Went through the night sweats, could not get to sleep, woke up after couple hours, lost ten pounds, nightmares, dreams that I had not had in years, maybe decades. It has been 6 weeks now, and I get headaches almost everyday. I have been court order to take rehab class every week. I wish I had never started smoking now. Have more energy, can breath better, and not as lazy. If you read this and you smoke take from me after 40 years as a pothead quit now. You will become a better person, and will do better career wise,and you will find out who your true friends are.
well this is my first day of trying to kick the weed i have been at it for 20yrs now and its stuffing my life i dont want to go out with friends cant be bothered around house etc and its costing a shit load now and getting less for your cash.so here goes time to get my life back and my family. why should i keep some prat in a good life with my cash thats the way im thinking. will keep you all posted on how its going.
You know guys, I have stopped using after smoking daily for over a year and I have gone through the symptoms you guys are whining about and you know what? The ENJOYMENT I had was many times worth putting up with these minor symptoms. Gawd quit whining. This is NOT like quitting smoking cigarettes, alcohol (which I have done) or even coffee. Will I start again YES but not for a few months.
Ok…so Ive decided to do a temporary cleanse of weed because i honeatly dont see anything wrong with it. I write verses for rappers and i have written some of my best stuff high. I am just doing this cleanse for myself. I am the pits. I cant eat…i cant sleep…my body hurts…this is some bs. Im not even craving the weed because i want it…im want it at this point so i can get some sleep and eat something…but im definitely gonna take a few pointers from here…i think working out sounded the most logical to me. Hopefully i can stay with this because i need to reiterate that this is some BS
Oh and i guess ill put my weed stats up here…ive smoked about 15 grams a week for the past 4 years but ive been smoking for about 8 years total…so i guess u can understand y this is some BS
I’m Jon, I am 28 years old and have been smoking marijuana every day since I was 10 years old. Yes, 18 full years non stop. I’m posting my life story because I want anyone that reads this to realize the negative effects it can have on your life. It is a pretty dramatic story and I’m happy to share it.
I am a chronic marijuana user. By chronic I mean one ounce per week or more, from 14yrs old – 28. From 10yrs old – 14yrs old it was a half ounce per week. Read on to discover how I was able to afford this. I smoke between 7 – 10 joints a day. This is because every time I have someone over I feel I need to get them high so we can be on the same level.
When I was 10 I used to receive a 10 dollar a week allowance and my best friend would sell me a half ounce a week for 5 bucks. His step dad was a dealer and he used to steal it. He would steal himself the same amount and match me all week long. This lasted until high school. In high school I was unable to get this hook up anymore when his parents broke off their relationship so I started to sell drugs. This allowed me to support my habit. I was high all day everyday, smoked joints on the way to school, on breaks, on lunches, and after school. I was high so often that when I went home sober (which was very rare) my parents would accuse me of being high. No joke.
Eventually I got caught and went to jail. I was a minor and got lucky, it was 2 weeks before my 18th birthday. I spent 3 months in jail and finished high school there. No prom, no graduation, no final trip with everyone, nothing. I lost contact with almost all my friends and my gf dumped my ass, as expected. When I got out I was an adult and no longer allowed to live with my parents.
I went back to selling pot and smoking all the time, it’s all I knew. I went to college and took business, this allowed me to network to sell more pot and also get a better job because I knew selling drugs was a terrible idea(from spending time in jail and never wanting to go back), however it was all I knew at the time. One thing I will never forget about that experience is seeing my parents share one phone to talk to me through 2 inchs of bulletproof plexiglass. It was the only time I have ever saw my father cry. After college, I landed a decent job that allowed me to quit selling and still maintain my heavy smoking habit. I had started to gain wait from laziness and lacked the motivation to do regular house hold chores. I ate very poorly, mostly fast food and did not exercise.
On Oct 20th 2011 I had a life changing experience. I had an intense amount of pain in my stomach and back and had no idea what it was. Turns out from all the shitty food I have eaten in the past 10 yrs, I destroyed my gall bladder. I have surgery coming up in Feb to have it removed. This news was so shocking to me that on Nov 1, I started a new me. I quit drinking alcohol, quit eating red meat, switched over to a low fat diet and had intentions of eventually quitting the marijuana. In the first two months I lost 23 lbs from just the diet alone, no exercise. I still smoked 7-10 joints a day.
It’s now Jan 24th and I have not smoked marijuana in 18 days. For me this is record breaking, I have probably only had 18 days off total in the full 18 years, other then the jail time of course. BUT, I finally did it and quit. I quit cold turkey. However, there are definitely a lot of withdrawal symptoms and other things I have begun to realize were all adverse affects of long term marijuana use.
Here’s a list of the good things I have noticed.
1) I consume MORE food now then when I was smoking but am losing MORE weight because I am now exercising. I also enjoy cooking and making my own meals now. I’m at a healthy weight for my size and get complimented on how I look now.
2)All my household chores and such are done on time, my place is spotless. Before it was a dump and I was too stoned to care.
3)Girls are showing way more interest in me then ever before. This is because I can hold an intellectual conversation now and don’t drift off into la la land. I also am more witty and remember their name the first time they tell me. I also can tell them, I’m not a drug user.
4) Significant memory improvements. The only way I can describe this one is by saying that I had no long term memory before. I barely remember things that have happened in the past 18yrs. When people tell me stories of things from high school, I just don’t remember.
5)Old acquaintances from high school that I run into actually enjoy my company now and I have started to have a social life again.
These are the factors that motivate me to continue on.
Here is a list of the negative effects and issues I have been dealing with:
1) I can’t sleep well, some nights I fall asleep immediately for 10-12hrs when I go to bed. Other nights I toss and turn until the alarm goes off and I head out to work with no sleep. In the past 3 nights I have a combined 8hrs of sleep. This has been ongoing since I stopped smoking.
2)My dreams are insane. They are so vivid and sensational it seems real. I dream about smoking weed and wake up in a panic that I broke my streak. I have had lots of insane dreams but am not going to explain them all. Just know that they are very realistic, almost life like and you almost cannot tell the difference if they are fake or not.
3)Hot cold sweats. I have been constantly adjusting the temperature in my house to compensate for this. It’s every day, all day and hasn’t stopped yet.
4)Depression. I feel very lonely at times and feel like I cannot hang out with any of my “best friends” which are also all chronic users. I am finding it very hard to disassociate myself from them in an effort to quit. They understand and support me, but it’s extremely hard because if I go hang out with them, I will smoke.
These symptoms are far from over, it’s tough to deal with but I will manage. My willpower and desire to succeed in life is now more intense then ever. I’m stronger, healthier, smarter and feel more motivated then ever before. I hope this story can inspire someone or at least help someone else out there. Please don’t let yourself go as long as I did before realizing the consequences. Don’t let a life changing experience be your story, use my life changing experience as your personal motivation. If you wish to contact me to discuss your story or need motivation, email me. I won’t hesitate to respond, it will help keep me motivated to reach my personal goal. Good luck to everyone. jonny_sweets@live.ca
So it’s my third day not smoking… I’m only 17 but i’ve been smoking since I was about 12, first tried it when I was about 10ish! . I’m a senior in high school & I can honesly say I smoked my whollllllleeeee way through high school, as well junior high. But unlike my fellow stoner friends I’ve let it take over my life, it is my life. Everyday as I wake, my first thought is MARYJANE ! My everyday goal, is ultimately to get high one way or another. & as i’m typing this & realizing it even more so…I just wanna hit the bong. lol.
I’m a couple of months away from graduation and i’m getting kicked out school for both poss. of marijuana/ my multiple absenses. I guess, what’s kind of hurting me now is that ALL of my friends are graduating from high school and I won’t be all because all I wanted to do was get high and it still is all I want to do.
but I mean when my mom throws it away for example, or goes through my things looking for it! What she’s throwing away is my fucking medicine and she just doesn’t get that… I mean, why even go looking for something you don’t want to find in the first place?
What makes it even harder, i’m still under my mothers roof and my pothead lifestyle is not acceptable what-so-ever. I feel so possesive when it comes to it to my weed, not greedy though, don’t get me wrong i smoke almost everyone out
*Thank god i’m almost eighteen that way I can get my medi move out of this hell hole and smoke AS MUCH AS I PLEASE. But for now, i’m feel like i’m suffering w/out it. But then again, if I didn’t smoke and was just a normal sober teen i wouldn’t think home was such an awful place. I guess it’s because i’m not allowed to be myself.
& I know you probably assume i’m young so I don’t know what it’s like for you as adults, (who some have been addicted for longer than i’ve even been alive) but I do.!!!!! Not to boast or brag, but my supply is usually free so it makes it even easier for me to get. I’m sure i’ll be dead broke all because of it one day. I smoke about 7-11 g’s a week not includng my weekends because on the weekends it’s just non stop. & as you can tell i’m still saying all of this in present tense as if i havent even stopped.
I know it’s only been three days, but I can honestly say it’s been the WORST three days of my life. I’m just not motivated, not able (well not WANTING) to do shit. I feel as if I haven’t showered for the day so i’m unable to expose myself to the world. (if that makes any sense) haha……. you are all probably confused by my whole “story” but I’m just here trying to express not impress. Basically i’m here, not able to sleep trying to find people to relate to since my family consider me to “be on drugs”
the only SYMPTOMS i’m really suffering from is my lack of confidence/ apetite, minor headaches & most of all my trouble sleeping.
As for dreaming, I’d even dream when I was high.. but for the past three days I remember every single detail..every single moment of my nightmares. and my headaches have been nonstop plus I haven’t ate because food just doesn’t taste the same. As someone said in an article above me they new a couple that ate before eating, and well that’s me….but I smoke before doing ANYTHING.
another reason I smoke regurally is to keep me away from other bad habits I have. I smoke stoggs, casually pop, whatever prescript. I get my hands on, and i’ve tried a few other things…
that i’m not too proud of and of course I l-o-v-e alcohol.
Basically, just like you guys weed evens me out and blocks out all negative, outrageous urges/ thoughts
“I be getting high just to balance out my lows” hahaha.
Who knows, maybe it’s just the fucked up generation i’ve been born into,
alll in alll, i need help- i’m mentally unstable and weak when it comes to things like this. Even though I KNOW I should stop (as we all should) I can’t…………….or I won’t
well here’s my email if anyone has any advice please feel free to let me in on it, I need it, or more than anything just someone to relate too .
” alllatonce_xo@yahoo.com ”
and enough about my boring life, I wish ALL of you the very best in life.
May you alll have happy, fullfilling lives with or without weed. : )
I hate not being high!! I haven’t smoked in a few days & its driving me crazy!! I can tell that there’s something wrong. I feel bipolar.. I yell one min then feel,like crying the next! …I need help!
Zack
Dhritman
And all others who i have failed to mention.
My name is moh
I have been smoking for about 2 years everyday straight i know that has nothing in comprasion to what any of you have been through. Today is day three of my withdrawel from weed. I had a moment in my room where i saw it as a moment of weakness i was close to kneeling and asking for help from a higher cause or belief whatever you may call it. But all my life ive never asked for his help so i held back tears and sweat and gritted my teeth in my cold sweaty bed.
After reading all your posts i will put aside my pride and emotion and pray for all of you! Tonight i will pray. Ive never prayed before thid should be intresring lol reading zacks and dhritmans and so many others posts has made me feel pain in my heart no drug has ever made me feel.
I hope it works.
I pray for all of you.
And one day i hope you will all be happy.
Moh.
Hello all, I am 46 and been actively smoking pot off and on for the past 25 years, I quit about 10 years back and did not experience any type of withdraw symptoms at that time. I was in a new relationship with a Women who did not smoke and I started a new job back then that required me to take a Urine test prior to employment, so I gave up smoking pot and cigarettes as well as drinking. Well’ In 2009 I was laid off from My job and broke up with My Girlfriend and decided to start smoking pot again. I got to the point where I was smoking 1 or 2 joints a day of crippie, most people know how powerful it is.” and just recently for the new year I decided to quit again because I am getting older and want to be able to focus on living a long and healthy life with my family and not be bogged down by some of the side effects from smoking. We can all face two facts with smoking pot, People are either a productive and active pot smoker or they are just flat out lazy and don’t do much when they are stoned. I was the latter of the two” This time when I quit I am going though some of the (THC) Withdraws that many people have experienced, Bad vivid Dreams, Restless Sleep, Massive Headaches, Nausea, Skin Crawling, upset Stomach and a few other things. I would have never guessed in a million years this would happen from just smoking pot, I was always told that marijuana was not an addictive drug and I would not experience any side effects outside of having the munchies or an occasional headache. What I did not know or was ever told is that our bodies build and store (THC) Levels within itself the more we smoke. We may not have the same experiences as a heroin addict or even an alcoholic when they go though the withdraw stages but, You will have some effects at some point weather they are Physical or Psychology to deal with if you have been smoking pot for several years. As for Me’ I am in the 15th Day of quitting and it has been one of the roughest rides I have even been on. It is not worth me having to go though these feelings and experiences ever again.
Good luck to everyone and Godspeed in all your journeys,
Ray.
So i have been smoking weed since i was 18 heavy. sometimes a hq a day. I am 31 now and for the last 3 years have been trying to quit. i kept telling myself that this will be my last bag. then i would go for about 8 hours and find myself so restless that i would find the money somewhere to get another bag. I tried all the tricks ie. splitting jy bag to last a week and portioning out my bud but i felt that if i couldnt be good and high, what was the fukn point. i almost died from pneumonia about two years ago and was diagnosed with epilepsy. due to the fact i was having seizures in my sleep. I want nothing more than to move on with my life without this demon on my shoulder. i know its not heroin but ive never done heroin so anyone hating on weed smokers for trying to quit should just shut the hell up. i feel what i feel. so as i write this i am smoking what i want to be my last bowl. i noticed that my withdrawal symptoms are the same as alot of the ones described by you heavy smokers. (cant sleep, vivid dreams, mad all day, sit alone in living room and dont say a word. restless, i know i should be doing something with my day off but feel extremely guilty for sitting around. hands clammy) not hungry because after i eat is one of my favourite times to smoke. I mix my weed with tobbacco so its hard. i hope this is my last bowl and i can start saving money. I manage a grocery store right now and i am going to be quitting to go mining. this is a huge step and i dont weed to be hindering me anylonger. im just done. ……..I hope thanks everyone
Wats up shawdy. I have stopped smoking weed now for 5days I ju
Hello everyone, I am 26, I have been smoking daily for a decade; not that much anywhere from a quarter to half ounce weekly. I quit on January 17, 2012. The first nine days were a breeze no withdrawal what so ever however, the last two days have been a bitch. I thought you were supposed to get the worst of the symptoms between four and ten days. I am craving all day,up till 5 a.m. can’t sleep and the day seems twice as long. I am trying to keep myself busy hockey,running,movies whatever. But I don’t drink alcohol,smoke cigs or take pills, shit, how do these completely sober people do it. Life blows, I think the only thing keeping me sane is watching my baby niece she has become my pride and joy,her smile makes me relies what life is truly about. Alright now that I have given you the shitty part of quitting I am going to give you the good things about quitting,not only am I saving a hell of alot of money,which I can blow on my family and myself. but I am thinking clearly, lost weight and feel more confident in myself physically and mentally. Even though I have had a couple of rough days it does not mean I will cave, I have put to much effort in this and the bottom line is If you really want to quit you can do it. What ever your reason for quitting is(mine is medical doctor says I have Cannabis Hyperemesis syndrome.) stay strong and stay sober. I will continue to check up on this site, It helps to hear what other people are going through when I am feeling weak. In closing, I would like to wish everyone good luck in their misadventures.
I don’t know how you people do it. I think my body must be different.
I am 5’3″ and normally weight about 100 pounds. I quit smoking 3 days ago and haven’t slept at all since. I’ve even tried over the counter sleep aids. It has no effect. I try to eat at least once a day, but it’s hard. I have no appetite and when i put food in my mouth it’s hard to chew, and when I try to swallow I feel like I’m choking. I can’t afford to lose any weight. I’m so tiny as it is, if I lose any weight I’ll look like a holocaust victim. I’ve been really sweaty since I quit also. I sweat all the time, especially in my sleep. I wake up drenched. I’m dehydrated all the time. I can’t concentrate. I’ve been trying to type this for about 7 minutes. It’s hard to hold a thought. My mind keeps racing. It’s like my mind is a television and someone dude has the remote and just keeps switching through channels. Thoughts just fly through my head and then are gone. Time feels like it’s going by sooooo slow. Every day is an eternity. I try to keep myself busy, and I think I’ve been doing good, and it’s been hours, and then I check the clock and it’s been minutes. I’m so nervous. I feel like I wanna rip my skin off. I don’t know what to do with myself. I can’t even watch T.V. I can’t sit still.
This seriously sucks. What’s the point? I mean, what could the pot be doing to me that’s so much worse than how I feel right now? I’m not being rhetorical, I’m serious. I’d like to know what pot actually does to you that is bad for you. I know that it can permanantly change your brain chemistry if you smoke before your brain is fully developed (roughly around age 21), but I’m in my early 30′s. I know that inhaling any smoke can contribute to cancer. Burning anything releases carcinogens. I know it has temporary effects on your short term memory, i.e. while under the effects of marijuana your brain will retain less information than when you are sober. But these are the only side effects that I am aware of. I kinda just wanna smoke again. I can afford it, and I don’t see that it is having any more of a negative effect than the withdrawals are.
Any thoughts?
@Zack
Honey, it really seems to me like you’ve been self medicating with marijuana, and quitting has just made your original symptoms worse. I would see a professional psychologist and see if they recommend prescription medications. it can take a long time for doctors to get your prescription right for you. If medication is something they choose, there will be a long period of trial and error until they get the proper medication for you, because everyone is different. But I think you will find you feel a lot better than you would just smoking pot. I also recommend quitting the pot. You don’t know what type of side effects there could be from mixing with prescription medications. You should never take any other illegal drugs for any reason at any time anyways.
Also, on another note. I would not recommend telling your doctor about the pot. I have a friend who went in for treatment and told her psychologist about her addiction, and now they only want to treat the addiction and refuse to consider that perhaps she has symptoms which are completely unrelated to her drug problem.
If you feel you need professional help with quitting pot you can seek that elsewhere, at a separate facility. If your psychologist prescribes medication make sure to inform the doctors at the drug treatment facility.
I hope you feel better soon.
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