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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First of all id like to say how happy I am blogs such as this on exist.
I have smoked weed habitually for around four years, it may not seem alot but I have isolated the fact it is making my life harder to live. This is my fifth day without weed and Id say im in the middle of the storm right now. I had insane dreams last night but it certainly wasnt to distressing. Insomia is slowly calming off. I feel more and more each day my personality coming back, cannabis robbed me of my character and left me quite introverted.
However anxiety remains, I keep having a reccuring fear that my concentration will never return. I have exams in two months and I really desire to study hard. But in the puddle of shit I have to call a mind set, I feel this will be impossible.
Thanks for providing somewhere to vent these thoughts, writing them down on paper just hasnt seemed to help me.
I’ve been a pot smoker since the age of 14. Now I’m 41 with one heck of an addiction. I want to quit for a few reasons; all jobs drug test and mental and physical health. It’s only been two days and I already feel so much discomfort, mental and physical. I love the whole ritual in getting stoned. I love to detach and relax. I hope that some day soon I will feel the positive effect of self awareness and feel empowered and confident. I started going to a group and seeing a councilor 1 on 1. It costs a pretty penny and further more I feel like I know the right answers and know I should stop. I’m going to see the councilor today for the second time, well see if she can enlighten me with things I don’t know. Good luck with your journey people…
The worst mj withdrawal symptom for me is zeal. I work like a maniac, don’t stop to eat, expend all of my mental and physical energies on my job, I don’t stop to look inside myself, I feel as if I have no time for anything but tangible progress, including communicating with friends and family, and I nearly kill myself with it. I realize the problem but can’t temper it because I get anxious and give in to utilitarian allocations of my time and energy. I suffer to make and save money. Can’t shake it. Obviously, by taking the time to write this I have regressed, but I regularly go a week to a week and a half sober as a frog and run everyday when I smoke (usually afterwards), but can’t make the time sober.
I have been smoking cannabis for over a 2 years know and as much as i loved it, it was time to say goodbye. Cannabis is a very opinionated subject some people say cannabis is totally fine some say its wrong. I’m only 16 years old and have been smoking at least a gram every day for the last 2 years in moderation. I feel i have drifted from family, friends, even best friends, and it has ruined my social life but i wasn’t thinking this at the time. I thought weed was the best thing that has ever happened to me, me and my mates would get high everyday, smoke zoot after zoot, hit the bong, pipes and what not. But in my later years of smoking ive started to forget things i suffer from bad anxiety and depression, sometimes i feel like i am going to die where my heart beats so fast and even paranoia has kicked in. It’s not the drug that messes you up it’s the mind that takes over, the mind is a very powerful thing and sometimes you can’t control your mind and bad things can happen, and as soon as your mind takes over absolutely anything can happen. I suffer from bad panic attacks, and know i have quit, i hallucinate a lot which is very scary in my opinion. Now im finally getting my life back on track, i have a job, i have started to socialise with more friends and made many friends and i think i’m a changed person, you don’t need to be stoned to have a good time. Instead have a drink know and then, have a laugh, and in your mind you will feel happy and proud of what you have achieved. Now i can look forward to the future and what it brings, wether it’s good or bad, we deal with it but not under the influence of drugs. When i grow up i won’t kids, a family and i won’t to make the most out of life doing the things i love. so their you go guys, peace out motherfucker’s
xxxx
i smoked since i was 16 i am now 55 i loved smoking weed in 2008 i lost my job of 25 years and quit smoking to get my truckers license that was no big deal – i was clean for almost a year but i quit driving and came home to find other employment. long story short i started smoking again as i was now unemployed and living off of my 401k and unemployment insurance.
well a job opportunity with a local trucking company came up and they hired me right away – i could not believe it but i was dirty as i thought i could pass the drug test with some over the counter cleansing product.i worked for almost a week and it was a perfect situation but my test came back positive so i was let go.
i had to tell my wife who had been happy for that week that i got fired for the fucking pot i am so pissed that i could not stay away from the damn stuff.the worst part is that she is addicted and has been smoking most of her like as well she even has a pot card.now i am enrolled in a return to work program for substance abuse and hopefully i can get back to driving the truck that i really enjoy.my bottom line is i am through with that shit and i will never smoke again – it has caused nothing but touble for me if i had stayed clean i would be out working and supporting my family but no i had to have a few puffs and now i am at home hating life. i am done with weed and am starting a new phase in life
LMAO good luck to you ^ trying to quit while sleeping a grow room? no chance.
im turning 20 in october and having trouble quitting weed here. ive been smoking for 2 years straight basically. I smoke about an 1/8 a week so not that bad of a problem i guess but still i was up to about a g a day at one point. reason im quitting is that i honestly don’t know where time has gone. im working a dead-end part time job and that’s part of it. Ive had a lot of setbacks in life so far that weren’t my fault. crashed a car i had just bought with a deer(fml) i only had it a month. I started down this path of distruction end of 8th grade when i got drunk with my parents booze . I just decided to try it one day sat and stared at the liquor cabinet for like 30 minutes and finally did it. at first i liked it but then i had a couple of stupid kid fuck ups. got so drunk i passed out in the yard on new years didn’t drink again for like 6 months i was hungover for about 3 days. didn’t like myself much and tried some of my moms oxy cotins freshman year of high-school. jacked a bunch of those from her. it made me feel like a piece of shit. all i thought about was when i could take another one of those without her noticing. i got off those. anyway back to weed i started smoking weed just before graduation of high school lol i graduated a year early somehow. i really hated highschool. i got a car that i paid 2500 bucks of my hard-earned money for and then crashed with the deer a month and a half later. thats where my downslide really started i could have gone to any college i wanted i got a 30 on the act but even still i felt depressed and lost a good friend i had for 3 years he was with me in the car and seemed to think i tried to kill him or something idk deer leaping out is a pretty screwy way to try and kill someone. i was sober at the time too so it wasn’t like i could blame it on that. anyway lucky to make it out of that alive i was doing like 50mph aka the speed limit. 3 tires came off and we hit 2 trees completly totaled and i had only bought liability insurance so it basically wiped out all the hard work from my shitty part time job. after that point i felt so sorry for myself that i started smoking everyday instead of just recreationaly. lets face it anything is better high. from walking to 7 eleven to getting over someone dying. i had become comfortably numb. i started hanging out with other people that smoked and not just smoked but heavy hitters that smoked all day every day. before i knew it i was selling some green to my “friends”. i didn’t think it was so bad. it was fast easy money and i didn’t need to spend my whole paycheck on weed but guess what? I just smoked more. I got pulled over a couple times with shit on me. The cops either knew i was dealing somehow or i am a statistical miracle because i got pulled over 11 times in a year and im a perfect driver. I got out of it all. I didn’t talk my way into jail like everyone else seems to do. i got shaken down at the local grocery store the one time. i was sitting in the parking lot not 10 minutes and 2 cop cars rolled up and started asking about weed and if i minded if they searched my car. not even my car(moms car) i said no and finally after they tried every trick in the book to get me to let them search it they finally gave up and let me go but it could have ended badly i had a bong and about a half o on me at the time(out of plain site and smell proof duh.) after that i stopped selling it just freaked me out too much. right after they shook me down i went out of state and smoked the half o and tried lsd for the first time. it was incredible just the colors were awesome and every movement felt like it had purpose and i was so high too the trip lasted a long time i got good shit first time doing it. after that i did acid about 3 more times and drank occasionally and smoked weed about every day. I quit everything for about 2 months at one point cause i was looking for a good job that drug tests. i don’t get tested where i work so it’s so hard. im 3 days sober at this point and i feel like it’s like quiting pop or something because the withdrawal isn’t bad i just miss being high and im afraid im going to backslide again. it’s just too easy to get and there aren’t many down sides to using at all. you come down and it’s not like booze where you get a hangover or something . I want to quit because once again im seriosuly looking for a decent job, im taking a class at the local community college and i have a new girlfriend thats completly against drugs but i think i might love her. This time is the first time i have any real incentive to quit for good but for me smoking weed is like getting a warm hug from somebody you love and im afraid im going to be tempted to go in for just one more hug. what am i going to do if I get a good job that doesn’t test and even if i do backslide the immediate results aren’t that bad.im really afraid of that and the fact that it takes like a month to get it out of your system doesn’t help.i have been down that road before and i always end up rationalizing my backslide by saying well i gotta finish this 1/8 i just bought because what else am i going to do flush my money? and then at that point your back at square zero and u sit at home and want to get high again. smoking after a long break is the best you get absolutly fucked up and thats what i want or wanted anyway.ive been a miserable person for too long and i hate where im at in life i haven’t spent 20 years smoking like some people but, before i knew it one summer turned into the next and i got high- no i got baked every day or almost every day. when i was selling i did get high every day for 9 months straight and after i woke up from my 9 month bake session i was freaked out by how much time had gone by and what little id accomplished. I have bills and pay rent and shit and ive never just like blown my rent money on drugs or anything but even still all my extra cash has been going to buying more weed. Ive been using it as a crutch for too long and not just that. it makes everything more fun thats the problem. your bored and you get high, your sad and you get high, your happy and you get high because if you get high enough you never have to feel the emotinal uncertianty of sobriety and thats what really scares the shit out of me. all my friends the good ones that i don’t just get high with and actually have been there for me still smoke mostly. I stopped hanging out with straight edged people and it’s the lifesytle that gets me everytime i try and quit for a while.idk if i can quit forever i just feel like one moment of weakness or temptation and i could easily fall back into it. just one more hug… just one more hug
Hey guys i wanted to thank you all for sharing your stories it has really helped me out through this rought time, i recently quit smoking weed after smoking everyday for a about 10 yrs , recently i been getting panic attacks anxiety attacks from smoking weed and i kept smoking beacuse i love it so much, but after the last serious panic attack i had i decided to quit i thought i was going to die and weed has now made me feel paranoid shaky always anxiouse i no longer felt good from smoking , after that panic attack i felt messed up weeks after i coudnt even wrk out feeling like my heart was gonna fail my blood preassure went up from it , it has now been 7 days since my last joint and i actually cried today i felt like this isnt reality i feel like im on the verge of losing my mind , its a really scary feeling, i want nothing to do with weed , clear you head , weed is a life ruiner it holds yoou back from your goals, i hope im on the verge to mine , ps im 26 yrs old so luckily i stopped in time to accomplish what i wanna do.
Peace.
after reading alot of post of here. i thought i would put a comment on myself. its my first week in quiting weed. and guys let me tell you something. i use to enjoy a fat joint untill one day last week. i was out just on a walk with my girlfriend, i rolled a fat one, thats a joint, to take with me. we was just walking around the park, and suddley after i smoked it. i got really panicy, guys i could not calm myself down. its like the drug took over my body my heart was pumping so hard, i was shaking, like mad. i thought i was gonna die. REALLY i did. my girlfriend who was with me, was really scared. i was too. because i could not control it. i try using a paper brown bag. didnt work, i try everything. still noting. so after 2 hour, my girl looked at me and said im ringing 999. I SAID NOOOO. and she said its not going away. i shit myself. anyhow the ambalance came i was still worked up at this point. he asked me whats up. and i said i couldnt not calm down. he said joshua, thats me. you need to calm yourself down. he did a few test on me, like heart, blood etc. he said your taking in too much air. and he cant give me anything, i LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID WTF ARE YOU DOING HERE IF YOU CANT help me…. anyhow took me to A and E. by now i have started to come down… god i REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS THE END FOR ME. after smoking for 15 years, i just knock it on the head, as it scared the living day light out of me… im scared to do things now. i cant b around alot of ppl. i cant train anymore at the gym because of this. and i have been training like 5 year, i have a good body but now im gonna lose it, all because i have a weak mind. i really wish i could turn back the clock. i would of never done any drugs. in the long run they mess you up. your life. your family, your friends. im now taking it step by step to build up my life. hear me guys because one day you WILL KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. just though i would share this.
It’s been 10 days since I quit, which I never thought I would in the first place. Now i’m beginning to think it was all mental for me, because once I put it in my head the first day that I would never smoke again, I haven’t had any withdraw symptoms at all… Not like I used to when my mind was half thinking I was going to quit. I don’t really think about smoking, and when I do, it’s not thoughts that I want to start back up. I’m really happy I quit, and am not going back. Good Luck everyone!
Hey everyone,
I am currently 23 and have been smoking a half ounce a week to my face for the past 6 years. I have never felt strong enough by myself and have always had a girlfriend to provide me with the extra confidence ive needed to do anything. I have recently quit smoking chronic(3 days) and my withdrawal symptoms are intense. I just pour sweat anytime i have to talk to any person outside my comfort zone.(which is basically everyone… i cant even deposit a cheque at the teller anymore). I was still sweating like this for the last couple months of my smoking.. my girlfriend of 3 years also gave up on trying to help my stubborn ass lifestyle and left me. I have zero ambition to do anything with my life. I have been given a family job where i do absolutely nothing and make good money. I have no idea what to do from here. Or how to even think anymore… seems like my last option is PROZAC to zombiefy myself.
I drink like a fish aswell.. and have had alcohol poisoning 3 times before i was even legal to drink.
Im 6″3 and 190 pounds and in decent shape… but always feel like im on fire.
My entire family has addiction issues.
Wish me luck… headed down this lonely ass road to soberness.
Woot.
Omg..i was watchin youtube wastefully when is saw a link saying the bad effects of smoking..i checked and finally lead me here..i have been smoking grass for last 2 ,3 yrs or so..i actually cant remember..it always makes me happy..i really neeed it after my life took a big turn for the worse..i am a college drop out..after reading all what people r going through quitting and trying to,it struk me..its time to quit..i have been smoking to get away from all the worries in my life..its keeps me distracted all the time..and if i continue to go like this i will have no life..
It has to get better as the days go by.
I give you all credit for even trying to quit. It was a hard decision to make and so far I am regretting quitting. But have no choice.
Good luck to all!
My name is Sondra, I am 24 years old and I have been smoking pot for about 5 months non-stop. My husband and I would spend about $1000 a month on it. Before my husband and I had started smoking pot, I had only smoked 2 times in my life. I’ve never done any other drugs. We decided to stop about a week ago and since then I’ve lost 10 pounds, experienced hot flashes and cold sweats DAILY, headaches, irritability, and I’m talking EXTREME bitchiness. The biggest withdrawal symptom I’ve experienced is restlessness. It’s like all the laziness I experience when smoking pot got all pent up in my body and now that I’m not smoking it’s being released all at once. It’s frustrating. Racing mind.
Hi All
I am on day three of not smoking. This is not the first time I have tried to quit. I can relate to not sleeping, no appetite, headache, anxiety, feeling low and I have also been feeling really sick and have had a real upset tummy. I have been smoking for 8 years every day. I guess I am one of the lucky ones who had managed to hold down a job and a good relationship. Having said that it I am JUST holding on. I have smoked so much that my memory sucks and trying to learn new things at work is really difficult I also have a poor sickness record due to lack of motivation. I know I could do so much better in life with a clear head. Although my partner smokes too my addiction has become worse. He only smokes in the evening and I smoke as soon as I wake otherwise im not sure how to get through the working day. When im off I smoke all day long and somtimes take days off just to sit and smoke. I am 33 and my lungs are bad I can hardly walk up the stairs without my heart racing and being really out of breath. Im afraid I will die of lung cancer or lung disese. My partner thinks I love weed more that him and this causes us problems. I had a tough childhood with lots of abuse issues and when I discovered pot it was my saviour. I could sleep again, I enjoyed food and sex and felt happy when I was smoking. I felt that it was helping with my anxiety but I know I have just been self medicating. I am sad now I feel like I have sufferd a loss and I long to have a joint and feel the past slipping away again. I want to sleep and I want to feel happy. Reading your posts has helped me to see that these symptoms will go away, but it will be tough in the meantime. Pot was my best friend. Good luck to you all I hope you get what you want from life xxx
Going on day 5 for me. Im 26 years old and have been smoking for almost 3 years on the daily. Started when I lost my job at the bank. Me and my husband are trying for a baby so i figured its a good time to quit. Its sooo hard though! Everytime i force myself to eat something, it just doesnt taste the same. Im hoping that goes away. Also, I use to always fall asleep first, and now my husband will fall asleep and i will lay there for 2 hours, just trying to clear my mind!! ugh. Glad to see im not alone. Good luck to all of you!!
Hi Everyone,
I am 42 years old and have been smoking on and off since senior year in high school. My older brother introduced it to me when I visited him in college. I don’t know if it was the result of pot, LSD, or genetic predisposition but, he later developed extreme schizophrenia ( hearing voices) and thought the world was out for him. He later took his own life.
I am a professional musician and now married with two beautiful boys. In graduate school, I met my wife and she knew I was a pot head; I married her thinking that she would keep me straight. –It hasn’t; I’d smoke behind her back. Anytime I was home alone, out at the gym, vacations, I’d get high. The thing I realized was, pot was something I used to become more insulated. I’ve always been more of a homeboy to begin with, pot was increasing this side of me tenfold.
I spend 250 -300 on a quarter ounce and, will smoke it daily until its gone. – I feel guilty like I’m depriving my family in some way and feel as if I am isolating myself from my kid’s experience with me. I need to quit, it isn’t good for my lungs or brain. I quit ten days ago; the first night, I was drenched with sweat. Restlessness, like I need to clean, or fix or do something keeps me from really relaxing, being present. – My wife and kids think I am stressed; short tempered and irritable. Yesterday, I had enough and decided to toke ( folks, don’t smoke-vaporize; it’s far less damaging and your pot goes farther). Suddenly, I felt more myself; took my time making dinner, had enjoyable teaching experience and restful sleep. I know that I need to give it up but, shit it is hard. I want to say that pot isnt evil but addiction is. – I,..am an addict. I will pick up and keep pressing.
Nice to hear benefits of quitting. Me and my children are all heads and being a user for 40 yrs, I became very successful in business and raised 5 kids. Not that I recommend for all, but no alcohol or other dangerous drugs are in the family which makes pot a good alternative to the daily stresses of society for us. Quit for a few days and did not enjoy it so I quit quitting.
I am a 21 years old and have been smoking weed everyday since the age of 15. I have decided to give up as all I do is wake up, smoke, go to work, smoke and then go to sleep. This is now my third day without smoking and my symptoms are, constantly feeling tired, lack of appetite, shaking and going from hot to cold. From reading these posts i can see that these feelings may last for the next few weeks which means i am dreading it. I am used to smoking very strong strains of the drug (mainly skunk) and smoking it alot (from 1gram to 3 grams a day). If anyone can give me any tips on how to get rid of these shakes or hot and cold flushes it would be greatly appreciated!
hey jesus
your stupid remark to my post has made me more than determined to get back on top where i belong
you are nothing but a g/d troll e/s you asshole you dont deserve your name go back to your mamas basement and bong yourself to death
The world doesn’t know what serious withdrawal simptoms exist. All the ppl say: it’s mental, not physic, but i don’t give a s**t how do you call it, its pain and suffering.
The longest period i was off, was one year. Through ALL this year i had a serious weakness and fatigue which did not stop. So practically i can’t quit, cos i know, THAT suffering won’t end. All i can do is smoke less.
Hi my name Phil and I’m addicted to pot. Even saying that makes me feel so embarrassed. When I came upon this site and read a few of other peoples experiences I realized that I’m not alone. Thank you.
I’m 24 and have been smoking on and off for four years. I’ve never considered myself addicted, but every time I try to stop smoking weed, which I come to realize that I should because I sometimes have minor panic attacks and trips when I smoke and think I’m ganna die – so every time I try to quit I start to feel a lot of anxiety and cravings. So I guess I’m kind of addicted…?
Sometimes I don’t even want to say I’m ganna stop smoking pot, because I feel like every time I say that I just go back to smoking it a week after or even that same day. I convince myself its no big deal – its just a joint, its not a heavy drug, if people knew how serious you made this all out to be they’d laugh at you and say that there are way worse addictions out there and that I should just enjoy life. But even if I do have a good high sometimes, over all its making me a more lazy, and depressed and unmotivated person. I’m also an artist, so pot sometimes helps me write or create – which feels good sometimes and so I find ways to justify it – but over all the creativity can become obsessive and compulsive that I forget to relax or be in the moment. My mind is so loud! Sometimes I think I’m a genius and then when I’m sober I realized that I just thought that because I was high. haha. But I really hope that I can quit smoking pot. Whenever I have tried before it was hard but when I went to be sober and woke up the next morning – I always felt proud of myself. Its just those darn night. But maybe tonight will be different. I don’t know yet. But I do know that I have to quit soon. I know thats for sure. Thanks for the support, I wish that you all may be strong, persistent and patient.
First off, I think that this forum is a great comfort for those determined to beat their pot addiction and the withdrawal symptoms. I started my chronic marijuana use 5 years ago and was blind to all the sneaky negative effects it had on me. I withdrew from lifelong friends and avoided family functions. I dropped out of college and now work at a dead end job which had only served to support my addiction. I smoked every night after work and my days off were consumed by pot and surrounding myself with pothead friends. I finally got tired of the lifestyle and got fed up with saying that I would quit and not following through. I set a date on the calendar and finally put my desires into action. I haven’t smoked in 10 days and don’t intend on ever lighting up again. There is so much more to be had out of life. The first few nights were restless and stressful. It is day 10 and I feel anxious, my stomach is nauseous and I am constantly tense. I’ve experienced cold like symptoms and I’m relearning to enjoy life. Dont accept the mediocrity that pot brings you. Set a date and power through. The symptoms will pass and the sobriety will no longer scare you. You can do it!
Today is my fifth day sober from weed, I’ve barely slept and have thrown up twice. My headaches are non stop but I’m feeling better and better as the days go on. My personality is coming back and I can finally enjoy things without smoking! The key is to keep yourself busy and buy some melatonin for sleeping. I was and everyday smoker and I mean non stop wake and bake, smoke on both breaks at school and on lunch and nonstop when I got home. The best part so far is the weight loss since I can’t eat anything! But if I can do it so can you!
I have been smoking pot since i was 17 I am now 30. I never thought it would be this hard to quit, the idea of it is scary in it self. I used to be a very active person i did all sorts of sport and was in all sorts of clubs. Now my life revolves around the same people and all we do is smoke pot.
I am a decent looking fella and I have been single for 5 years manly because I find it hard to tell a new girl that i smoke, and if she didn’t i used to just stay at home and say i had to go out so i could get high. I get paranoid being around non-smokers cause i think they look down on me and there for don’t try to talk to new people.
I have a son and i relies now that I am not the dad i should be to him cause all time i wanna smoke or wasted my cash on smoke so i cant take him anywhere meaningful.
This site is very helpful, has my friends will tell me pot is easy to get off but I have been really struggling. I am going to do this I have the right mindset and it need to happen I wont my LIFE back. Hopefully i find new friends in the process and maybe stick to a relationship
Sounds like you all have had issues before you ever took a toke.
Marijuana was just a crutch in your desire to avoid your private problems, which grew progressively worse over time. If it wasn’t weed, it could have been Twinkies. Some people add tobacco to take the edge off of the weed while smoking, not a good idea. This creates respiratory problems. Don’t blame something else for your own lack of confidence in taking charge of your life.
P.S.
In the writings i’ve read, I see extreme behavior. The levels of smoking are a dead giveaway. Like I said, it could’ve been Twinkies instead. You all seem to have issues before ever taking a toke. That became progressively worse over time.
As it turns out, you cant kill yourself with Weed but you certainly can kill yourself with a legal drug, Tobacco. The most deadliest consumer product known to man, is legal. In the history of Cannabis, not one human being has ever died, but Tobacco is legal?
to everyone out there trying to kick the habit – hang in there you can do it i have been clean now for three weeks and i aint never goin back to the mind fuck. i had to attend a counseling session and learning some very disturbing facts about pot – did you know that after a period of time it can literally coat your brain with spots of thc and blocks your receptors that allow your brain to function properly – thats why they call it dope – stay strong – its just a g/d weed
Been a smoker off and on for over 30 years, but consistently to help me sleep and through the “rough spots” since finding out my father had terminal cancer almost 3 years ago. I never thought I was addicted, I could go without for a day or two and had no issues so of course, I was not addicted. I decided to quit and literally on the 10th day my shoulders and neck were so tense and knotted up that I could barely stand it. The migraines accompanying the tenseness in my body took me to my knees. I believed these physical pains to be a symptom of the stress that was going on in my life until I researched and actually counted the number of days it had been that I had stopped smoking…it had been exactly 10 and I am a huge believer NOW that these side effects are from the withdrawal. I am not on the 15th day and though the body pains are subsiding a bit…I still cannot sleep. Once I lay down, my mind will not quit, my throat closes up and my body gets so tense. I’m trying Melatonin but it’s 4am now so obviously that is not the best medicine to get me to normal sleeping patterns again. Before I quit, I would have never believed it and I also (like the people below…) would have thought it was in my head…but these symptoms are REAL….massages and meditation CD’s have not helped either. If it was only phycological, I would have been passed this weeks ago. Ughhh…need sleep.
Right away i thought “its just weed”. not a big deal right. well maybe not for some people. but everyone is different. for the past year it started as a stress reliever, then it became habit, and then there i was, a stoner. gooood damn hah. in a way i had always admired how care free stoners seemed to be so i diddnt think much of doing it myself. it diddnt occur to me untill lately that the reason they always seemd so care free is that the green just cloaks anything wrong things going on in life, it puts a happy mask on your problems. recently i decided due to the anxiety that i would take some days off, thats when my withdrawl symptoms started. anxiety caused me to faint a few times in public where i woudnt want to be in public places for fear of fainting again. i woudl get anxiety about getting anxiety, what a cycle. my anxiety caused me to break down, i became depressed, racing thoughts, paranoid about stupid things, a 101.4 temp, and rediculous sweating. whats helping me the most is my support system, my family and amazing girlfriend are pullin me through. its not a “not a big deal” drug. it messes with your mind. when you come off it all the problems that it cloaks come tumbling down on you like an avalnche and you have to keep a hand up so loved ones can pull you out. dont be afraid to tell anyone about your problem. honesty is a first step to getting better. you cant fix a problem untill it is acknowledged. keep the chins up, theres way more to life then the green.
I’m on day 9 and I must say its been a roller coaster ride. For a lengthy period of time me and my college buds have smoked some of the dankest green in America, including strains like girl scout cookies, and Las Vegas Purple Kush, just to name a few. I decided to quit so that I can overcome mediocrity and become the man I know I have the capability of being.
-My symptoms have :
1) Pain and pressure behind my eyes
2) irregular bathroom use
3) stomache pain
4) Anger, Irritation
5)lots of anxiety
6) depressed …
-with crazy thoughts that are definitely uncharacteristic of me.
-I’ve gradually overcome these thoughts by being more aware of them and guiding them. While on green i would allow my mind to wind and turn any way it wanted.
7) Insomnia, dreams that are nuts
overall just like must of the previous statements I have just felt like shit.
-its almost odd because I’ve smoked so long, since freshman year everyday , and the dankest, so getting back into the regularities of life has been extremely odd but at the same time a very awakening and new experience.
-Smoking so much weed I’ve lost touch with my inner self, lose track of what I truly like doing and feeling.
-To compensate for the artificial joy that green has brought me, I have begun hitting them gym with much more regularity. I have mainly emphasized lifting weights , but know I’ve incorporated more running…which has been a bitch and has resulted in shortness of breath and extra fatigue.
-The benefit of the fatigue is that sleeping has not been to much of a bad thing. Sure waking up 4 to 3 times sucks, but its been worth it.
-I’ve incorporated music and entertainment into my life, musicians that I once enjoyed have found their ways back into my life. Which has been nice and nostalgic. Nuts how some of them have evolved so much since I last acknowledged them.
-My goal is to stop smoking for 1 month …then to go on from there, I honestly expect to completely kick the habit after this hell, and couldn’t really see why anyone would want to go back to the bonds that weed wroughts on the mind.
-My roomates still smoke everyday and its truly tempting at times, but because I’ve made it this long with their influence and presence, i know there are no worries.
-If i can quit smoking with the presence right in my face , then anybody can, you just have to believe in yourself.
-Oh yeah and to those who say that withdrawals are b.s and that there are no physical manifestations…your full of b.s.
-What occurs on a psychologically oftentimes manifests itself physically.
-Neurons have the ability to downregulate and upregulate their receptors based on the chemical balance surrounding them. When one smokes a lot of weed, your brains neurons reduce the amount of receptors they have for anandamide, which is the neurochemical that THC mimic . With less receptors the tolerance for green also increases , causing smokers to have to smoke more to attain a similar high to their previous times. Downregulation of the neurons occurs at differents rates in different people, based on genetics, quantity of weed smoked, and quality of weed smoked. If you are responsible with how much you smoke downregulation will not occur at a high rate.
-Those who smoke lower quality green(mids..ect) , and those who dont everyday…essentially will have less dramatic withdrawal symptoms
-Those who smoke high quality green(dank…ect) , and or those who smoke every day are more likely to feel withdrawal symptoms with a vengeance.
-Downregulation is your bodys way of not wasting resources on creating a natural chemical that it receives synthethically (anandamide—Thc), and to prevent too much of an uneeded substance.
-Down regulation occurs in nicotine users and most drugs used by humans.
The amount of downregulation ones neurons have experienced are proportional to the degree of withdrawal one is likely to feel.
—anywhooo….without the marijuana that causes the downregulation , neurons for the neurochemical anandamide begin to upregulate and develop more receptors for anandamide over time.
Without an abundance of anandamide to satiate the neurons upregulation…the body becomes stressed, and the body is informed of the sudden rollercoaster like chemical imbalances and in facts wants you to increase you intake of the chemical…but dont give in.
-Over time your body will naturally adjust and your body will no longer fell stressed.
Hi all
I am glad to see I am not alone in this fight. I started smoking when I was 15 and am now 33 I have quit a few times in the past usualy for drug test and for me it usualy ment 6 to 8 days of being sober after I would piss I usualy would go get high asap!! I am now on day 8 and I have not had a good night sleep yet. I also have been having hot flashes in my semi-sleep mode witch will hopfully be gone soon I am what u would consider a chronic user I the cost was of no relevence I would start my days with a puff and smoke all day every day, after a whille i would not even feel stonned that was just my state of being..permastone i guess. I recently went out of country for a week and could not smoke so i ended up drinking insted when i got back i felt really sick untill i had my first puff that is when i realised the extent of my addiction. After this realisation i made a plan to stop, not cold turkey but i cut my doses down gradualy over a few weeks untill i felt i could stop completely. I am starting to feel better, i lost 15lbs and am gradualy getting my appetite back. I hope that i will be able to stick with it this time around, the fact that most people think its not addictive makes it harder to quit. One day at the time there is no tomorrow or yesterday there is only the present try to see this thru sober eyes
It’s sooo nice to know that there are other people out there that KNOW pot is addictive. I’m so tired of people saying it’s not & that i’m just weak because I feel like I have to depend on it.
I’ve been addicted to weed for about 5 years now and I am a complete mess. I’m completely introverted, withdraw from my VERY few friends I have, and I’m constantly in a spiritual battle with myself. Two years ago I became a Christian and it’s been such a hard battle with myself to overcome smoking & not make it such an important necessity in my life when I should be focusing on other stuff. Weed has robbed me of my confidence & character. I just hate being so antisocial! Especially now that summer is coming up, everyone is going to be partying & doing more drugs & going to clubs and i’m going to be stuck at home feeling sorry for myself over how much torment & suffering I go through.
I’ve been diagnosed with PTSD & depression and i know i also have social anxiety problems. Recently I even think that i’ve started having OCD. Honestly, I think all of these issues are because of my addiction to marijuana. Maybe it doesn’t *directly* cause it, but it doesn’t let me find healthier ways of coping with my problems.
Of course, I’m high as I’m typing this & even when I’m high my mind wanders and I feel horrible. I can’t be happy unless I’m completely detached from the world, which is when I’m smoking, listening to music & walking my dogs in the woods. That is the only time I truly feel happy.
I just want to be normal & have good friends that I hang out with on the weekends and watch movies, have sleepovers, go to the beach or go out to eat…something! I also feel so lonely without a guy and I hate feeling that I’m so desperate for a relationship. It’s so LONELLYYYY!!! I have a few friends but one is a devout Christian and I can’t let her know what my addiction & I’m so introverted & withdrawn.
I have so many dreams in life. I want to move to Europe as soon as I’m done with college (i’m 21) which will be in a year and a half. I can’t wait to get out of the US! I’m just so eager to start over, find a man, QUIT MARIJUANA (this evil drug), have a farm house in the country, & have a bunch of horses and animals.
Saturday is going to be my last day smoking (today is fri) so wish me luck. I hope this works out.
-E
@chris you only smoke 2-3 blunts a day maybe thats why..but dont get me wrong your prolly a champ for not havin any withdralws….im 21 been smokin since 13 i stoped yesterday..n i damn near smoke anywhere from 10-20 blunts a day..we spending big money out here in the bay. on 4/20 i smoke 65 blunts with 3 other ppl. so my withdrawls rite now is intense lmao fuck
Hi everyone! I was both happy and sad to see so many people with my exact same problem. I have been smoking weed every single day for the past 5 years. I wake up- get high, if I go out- get high, before I eat- get high, if I have a date- get high, I was high all day everyday and only didn’t smoke if I was at work. I’m also very secretive about it because I’m so ashamed that I need to get high every day in order to be a part of the world. I’ve tried a few times to quit and it is so hard for me. I know some people have said that they don’t get withdrawal and its all in your head and you have a weak mind for not being able to quit. Maybe that’s true, so what? Some people are stronger or luckier than others. That doesn’t change the fact that since I haven’t gotten high I haven’t been able to eat a thing and I cry all the time. I have bad depression, anxiety, and am a recovering anoretic so all the withdrawal symptoms amplify my already existent mental illness. I used it a lot in order to recover from my eating disorder and now that I am not using I can’t eat anything! Its only been two days but I feel awful. The longest I’ve been able to go is only a week. I wish I lived in a medical marijuana state. Maybe then I could actually use it as a medicine and get help to stop abusing it. I feel too ashamed to go to any kind of group meeting. All I can do is keep reading other people’s stories and just cry it out I guess. I’m so afraid that I will always feel like this.
Sweating like crazy in my sleep. My circulation has improved drastically, and I wake up feeling great. Loss of appetite is helping me shed the winter coat. With some exercise and a healthy diet I hope to make up for lost time and brain cells. My motivation is returning and sex drive has decreased drastically. If I have any advice to give it is to exercise and think big. Explore yourself and do the things you’ve always wanted to do. Keep trying new things and If you find something you really love you will never need weed.
Yeah so ive been smoking sence i was like 9 and here i am 22 and im quitting and i get all of this i get very edgey and nervous and i want to freak out and all that goes threw my head is smoking and ive got to stop. im just wasteing money i just wish i had some help with going threw this stuff. ill be sure to post more…today is day one.
I have been smoking for just about 9 years now, on and off. Over the last year I was smoking extremely heavily while in graduate school and now that I have my masters degree it’s time to put childish habits aside. I just hit 27 hours without smoking and I feel horrible. I am extremely anxious and irritable, and I have broken down in tears about 5 times today just thinking that I am not going to smoke anymore. I go from feeling really cold to very hot. Anyone who says there are no physical withdrawals can suck it. I don’t care what any doctor or empirical research has “concluded”…THERE ARE PHYSICAL WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS!!!!! We can do it guys…we are in this together!! Thanks for your comments, there are comforting and supportive.
My names Melissa im 22 years old and have been smoking weed daily for just over 2 years. i never used to smoke much before that i would maybe once a month, i would never think to ever spend $20 on a tinny! Soon i started getting depressed about my life i had a lot of emotional stuff going on with my family, friends, my relationship and i had no job. Weed was like an escape for me from all the pain i didn’t want to face reality it soon turned into a daily thing and i was smoking a hell of a lot everyday i lost motivation, energy, confidence, my self esteem hit a low i tried to quit and started experiencing severe withdrawal symptoms i had bad tummy aches, hot and cold sweats, would take hours to go to sleep and was nauseous almost everyday i couldn’t hold any food down not even water i would just throw it up it was really bad and terrible to go through so i ended up smoking just to feel better i would have one cone and start to feel better start to feel “normal” i didn’t feel nausea, i could sleep again and health wise felt a whole lot better i was able to function again. After a long time my weed high was never as great as it was at the beginning i didn’t feel normal not smoking or being high. Its hard at work i got a new job and find it really affecting me there i don’t want to let this rule my life! this site has been helpful and nice to know others are going through these symptoms too and that i can control my weed addiction and do it!
Iv been smoking for 7 years now. Last two years Iv been pretty much smoking everday. Most of my friends smoke and have absolutely no intention on every quitting. I’m happy to know that there’s people out there that wanna quit. I don’t feel so alone. My girlfriend is a former pot head. She kicked the habit like it was nothing so she’s good support. I just smoked my last bowl! Day 1 starts tomorrow!!
Oh man, you guys have it rough, I think this is all in your head, stop blaming the marijuana for your behaviors. Im taking just a couple weeks/month break, the only prob i have is loss of appetite…i mean seriously..you guys are crying over a joint? get a hold of yourself. I would hate to see what you guys would be like if you withdrawing from an actual drug
Oh man you guys got it rough, the only thing i got going on is loss of appetite…Stop blaming the marijuana for your depression and lack of going out. Just because it helps you relax a bit doesn’t mean you gotta get over your head. I would hate to see what you guys would be like if you withdrawing from something hardcore
Thank you all for these comments, they have helped calm me down as well. I am 5 days from my 18th bday, and have been smoking for two years straight, from periods of .5g-1.5g per day, and I got into a nasty habit of hitting molars(weed and tobacco in a bong). My self confidence has only dropped, and my depression seemed endless. I always wanted to quit eventually, but kept putting it off because it was the only thing that would make me feel any better. However, the last week of my habits I’ve been getting semi panic attacks after smoking and shooting a basketball around- my heart would beat rapidly/ pulse and I was unsure if it was the weed or my health. I assumed it was because of my horrible lung capacity, so I swore to never smoke again. However, three days ago (three hours after my final smoke)I was forced to leave my school film show b/c extreme anxiety and sweating. I was able to calm myself by laying down outside and breathing normally. The next two days I was unable to sleep, and had
literally zero appetite to the point where I felt like throwing up at the
taste of food. Yesterday I lay on my bed sweating, with next to zero energy and the thought of imminent death. After going to doctors on duty, my blood pressure dropping caused me to be taken to the er in an ambulance. I received a pill that calmed me down immensely, and eased my jittering. I was told to force eat and drink, and that it would get better with time. Food still tastes like shit and I still don’t have an appetite, but I feel amazing. I am so glad I quit, when I did, and I strongly encourage others to follow suit. I feel better now than I have in years, and although I still have a long way to go, it’s amazing. I have such an appreciation for my family around me now I actually teared up talking to my mom over the phone. Life is precious, and smoking weed I now realize is the biggest waste of time in existence. You don’t know how much time you have in this world, and people matter above all else. Love, not drugs. Mayb the occasional drink but that’s it, I’ve had my acid trip. My recommendation: 1 and done. Good luck to all
First off, great job on starting a forum like this, I imagine it’ll save some lives.
To everyone who says that there’s no withdraw symptoms for bud, I regret to inform you that you were either a non-committed pothead or just you just live in an area with shitty weed. Any who, I was a heavy smoker for about 6 years (I smoked from the minute I get out of bed to the minute right before i get back into bed) off some of the highest grade of medical mj available in Cali and i hate to admit, just thinking about it gives me the cravings. It’s day 2 now of my detox and i feel like a used condom, dirty sluggish and unwanted. Some of the symptoms are anxiety – it took hours to fall asleep even after taking 5htp and other sleep-aid supplements. Loss of apetite – Besides protein shakes I’ve maybe had 1 real meal in the past 2 days. Lack of motivation – this was part of the reason I quit smoking so it’s kind of disheartening to feel even more lethargic and moody. A lot like others who posted previously, I will take this one step at a time and hopefully shake this habit completely and for good. Cheers to those of you who made the same decision, i know it seems impossible, but believe in yourselves! God speed on your detox and recovery.
I have smoked every day from the time I was 16…. now I am 36. I have also spent the past fifteen years working in a health food store… your typical vitamin loving pot smoking granola girl. It is well known in my industry that pot affects your serotonin levels… serotonin is that feel-good substance created by your body that helps you deal with mood. Serotonin is converted to melatonin at night to help you sleep. There are a few supplements available to help combat the changes we are going through with our brain chemistry as we flush our systems… I am now two weeks into being free of pot. I do feel the headaches and sweats… but feel like I have been able tocombat the irritability with a few supplements. My favorite is GABA.. this helps with your serotonin production and also helps with anxiety. There are plenty at your local health store, but I would def get the one called pharma Gaba… it works better than regular GA a which can make you tired, and a few companies make it. Some people do better with tryptophane or 5htp… or the mineral lithium is especially helpful when withdrawing from any addiction including cigs or alcohol. That’s the mineral lithium, not the high dose prescription most people are familiar with. I am so glad it has been two weeks and I am getting used to not being stoned all day… its a big adjustment but I love the feeling of constant clarity now. If you are curious about any of these supolements, just go to your local health store… there is sure to be a pothead there to answer your questions… hahaha
Hi I absolutey love all the stories Iam reading because I felt alone…I’ve smoked weed all day everyday for the past 7 years……set a date and quit…that’s what I did and it’s not an easy process but you can get through it….besides extreme insomnia and fevers I’m doing ok…….get ur life back it feels so great to not be in a cloud all day:) stay strong and do it……….in the long run you’ll be happy you quit….smoking only gives you short term gratification and u have to stay high to feel normal….well let me tell u it feels great being sober!
If your a super heavy duty smoker chances are your gonna get night sweats when you quit, wich in turn will give you low potassium and low potassium means even worse side effects so get yourself a bottle of pottasium vitamins and take one a day for a week or 2 when you quit helps out alot! i always smoke heave for a few months then quit for a few ill blaze till the day i die
I started smoking weed when I was 12. It turned into an everyday habit at 14, smoking from at least 1g to an 8th of the super dank. I am now 26 (about to be 27 in July). I don’t even want to think about how much money I’ve burned. For years I have rationalized my use due to my academic and professional successes: I graduated HS top 10 in my class (a class of 700 mind you), finished my bachelors in three years, worked as a non-profit consultant, finished my masters last May, and now I’m working on my PhD. Three days ago I was offered a very high paying job. More money than I have ever made. Obviously, a UA is required (random drug tests are apart of the job description too). I have failed UAs in the past using detox products, so it seems that quitting is my only option. Today is my second day and I’m about to lose my mind!!!
What’s ironic is that I was addicted to meth for a little over a year. Quiting that shit was cake. Marijuana withdraw is supposed to be purely psychological, right? Such a lie. My joints ache, my head is pounding, and I can’t keep food down. My mind is racing and all I can think of is loading a bowl and smoking it. I never anticipated this struggle (did I mention my degrees are in psychology). Friends have told me these are short term symptoms. I really hope so!!
The worst part of this whole thing is that I don’t want to quit. Like I said, I have never experienced negative effects from weed – I’m productive, healthy, and physically fit. I suppose life is telling me it’s time. This job and my future are important. I’m sticking this out!
Hmm…I feel a little better. Thanks to whomever for this blog. Reading everyone’s entries and writing my own has been therapeutic. Best of luck to all!!!
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