I've just turned 65 and been a daily weed smoker for close to 50 years, aside from a few months of collective abstinence along the way. My preferred method has been bonging and mostly using my own produce, though while working overseas I was rarely without good quality hash, usually Afghani or Moroccan. Without going too deep, I've been a high-functioning consumer in a high-pressure long-term job, raised a family, maintained my health and basically stayed under the radar. Haven't enjoyed acid or shrooms in a decade so I'm really back to basics aside from some spirits of a night.
Now semi-retired, I've noticed increasing frequency of brain-fog events and wonder whether this is happening with other old-fart long-time weed users as well? I'm sure there are longitudinal studies on 'chronic' long-term cannabis use but that's a rabbit hole I don't want to go down just yet. In recent years I've made oils and edibles (to rest my lungs) that while being more immersive experiences seem to exacerbate the effect, especially during daylight hours when I'm working outside. Hits from the bong are of much shorter duration and more intense, but the brain-fog is still there on the comedown. I'll catch myself out doing the 'thousand-yard stare' and struggling to remember what my mission was. Worse yet, I often battle to recall exactly what I've done throughout the day if asked, despite having been constantly on the go. I live rurally so there are always chores to do. Things get done, just not in a structured kind of way anymore. My situational awareness is still sharp when I have to be accountable ie. at work or around straight people, but when I'm by myself after a cone I just seem to drift away, often for minutes+ at a time. Cumulatively, I spend an hour or so a day in a different headspace. I've tapered my usage over the last decade and have to be strategic about when I imbibe (ie. obviously not if I know I have to drive) so if anything I'm consuming much less product now than ever before . Yet, the incidence of these quasi fugue events seems to be increasing. I'm not too flipped out just yet, but curious if it's just me or whether other old-timers are having the same thing happen to them.
Now semi-retired, I've noticed increasing frequency of brain-fog events and wonder whether this is happening with other old-fart long-time weed users as well? I'm sure there are longitudinal studies on 'chronic' long-term cannabis use but that's a rabbit hole I don't want to go down just yet. In recent years I've made oils and edibles (to rest my lungs) that while being more immersive experiences seem to exacerbate the effect, especially during daylight hours when I'm working outside. Hits from the bong are of much shorter duration and more intense, but the brain-fog is still there on the comedown. I'll catch myself out doing the 'thousand-yard stare' and struggling to remember what my mission was. Worse yet, I often battle to recall exactly what I've done throughout the day if asked, despite having been constantly on the go. I live rurally so there are always chores to do. Things get done, just not in a structured kind of way anymore. My situational awareness is still sharp when I have to be accountable ie. at work or around straight people, but when I'm by myself after a cone I just seem to drift away, often for minutes+ at a time. Cumulatively, I spend an hour or so a day in a different headspace. I've tapered my usage over the last decade and have to be strategic about when I imbibe (ie. obviously not if I know I have to drive) so if anything I'm consuming much less product now than ever before . Yet, the incidence of these quasi fugue events seems to be increasing. I'm not too flipped out just yet, but curious if it's just me or whether other old-timers are having the same thing happen to them.
