Paranoia from today’s weed?

[issatolivr]

I smoked all the time growing up and thoroughly enjoyed it…in hindsight, it was all I really needed…but after 10+ years of probation, I went without it for so long that I don’t enjoy it. I stopped drinking alcohol almost 10 years ago and have tried several time to get back into it, but it’s like I can’t enjoy it again…like my brain has been rewired at this point. I’ve even forced myself to smoke consistently hoping that as my tolerance built back up, the paranoia/anxiety would go away but nope. Has anyone experienced this - and if so, do you have any suggestions or recommendations???

 

[paranoid android]

Maybe try a landrace indica like hindu kush or one thats close lilke northern lights. Or just smoke hash which usually tends to be indica though not always.

Is it legal there?

 

[issatolivr]

Thanks for the advice - the funny thing is that the one form of THC that doesn’t make me feel those effects, or not that intense anyway, is different forms of dabs/wax/etc, which you would think would exacerbate the issue

 

[issatolivr]

Sorry - Didn’t see the question - No, not where I’m located, but it’s still all over the place

 

[brokedownpalace10]

I smoked all the time growing up and thoroughly enjoyed it…in hindsight, it was all I really needed…but after 10+ years of probation, I went without it for so long that I don’t enjoy it. I stopped drinking alcohol almost 10 years ago and have tried several time to get back into it, but it’s like I can’t enjoy it again…like my brain has been rewired at this point. I’ve even forced myself to smoke consistently hoping that as my tolerance built back up, the paranoia/anxiety would go away but nope. Has anyone experienced this - and if so, do you have any suggestions or recommendations???

Only smoke with very good friends or lovers.

 

[issatolivr]

Lol, I really don’t smoke with anyone but my fam

 

[paranoid android]

Thanks for the advice - the funny thing is that the one form of THC that doesn’t make me feel those effects, or not that intense anyway, is different forms of dabs/wax/etc, which you would think would exacerbate the issue

Thats weird. I would recomend trying hash then. I mixed some black hash i bought here one time with morphine and spent dinner completely nodding off into my food. And im well used to both hash and morphine lol

 

[LakeGuyNE]

I think the paranoia thing comes from mindset more than the strain sometimes. You spent a long time sober and probably developed new habits and self-awareness that weed amplifies. Try setting and environment: quiet night, no pressure, and start tiny. It might reconnect you with the good side of it.

 

[issatolivr]

That’s great advice - I appreciate it

 

[DeathIndustrial88]

I'm leaning towards what LakeGuy is implying.

Some of it might be psychological & since you've been away from it so long, maybe that first round of anxiety/paranoia trained your brain to expect & feel that every time you use THC.

All one can really do is start small. Maybe take one hit & no more. Shit, 20 years ago, the weed have now would have been considered "one hit shit" anyway. Yet now it's the norm.

I get anxiety/paranoia from weed some times & I've been smoking it everyday for 25+ years. Bur I just roll with it & remind myself that it's the weed & it makes it a little easier.


Also, I find that if I wake & bake, the high I get is usually not an anxious one, so do you like to wake & bake?
My recommendations are use lower amounts, train your mindset to be aware but okay with the anxiety & if in the end, nothing helps, then maybe just reconsider if smoking weed is for you at all anymore. It might not be & that's okay.

Congrats on keeping away from alcohol for so long! It's by far one of the worst drugs out there & it's completely legal & available everywhere.

 

[Them Witches]

If grown properly without any "chemical fertilizers" & the a 70/30 split (70% indica & 30% sativa hybrid) strain is chosen, there will not be paranoia. My mom had the paranoia issues and I turned her on to my buddy's grow-op and it never happened again to her. All her old friends in their late 60's and early 70's love his work.