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Cannabis Withdrawal

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Hello all. Just recently stopped smoking the ganj. I've been smoking for three years straight and starting on the 2nd year smoked daily and the 3rd year heavy daily use. I'm on week one of the stoppage as well as week three from a heavy one time use of MDMA and am experiencing some pretty heavy depression, head aches, stomache aches, some anxiety, sleep problems and very vivid dreams some nights. Anyone wish to share their withdrawal experiences, or perhaps other insights? Thanks!
 
I can't sleep if I don't smoke. I've been trying to cut back. I find it easier to cut back then just stop cold turkey. I love smoking way to much to just quit for good. I would suggest a sleep aid for your sleep problems.
 
Aye.. I've used cannabis as a crutch to sleep, and now i've kicked that crutch right from underneath me. I've always loved ganj, never saw myself stopping but my last experience with mdma freaked me out and now I'm cleaning myself up for a good bit. I am taking a cortisol reducing sleep aid which helps tons with anxiety at night. Thanks for the reply!
 
I'd been smoking daily for nearly a year when i decided to have a break cause of panic attacks, I didnt get any physical symptoms but i was grumpy as hell without my weed lol. Maybe i hadnt been smoking long enough for w/s?
And the MDMA will play a big part in making it worse, luckily it doesent last long though

Its always good to remember that in a few days time you'll be as good as new, without a cannabis addiction, well done on managed the first, hardest week
 
ive been smoking constantly for about 5 years. cannabis is like a partner to me

i am having a really hard time taking a break because im so used to it and it brings me great comfort and ease and makes me fee content. i should be loving the people around me but in reality i just want to be stoned alone with my thought in my own world

im down to my last spliff, i allready feel that feelng of needing to find some more buds, but at the same time i know its a lie and i want to break more. this is ruining my high so fuck it whats the point of smoking

who knows how long this break will last hah
 
Try quitting any recreational activity you used to enjoy daily and you'll experience something akin to cannabis withdrawal. The only physical dependency issues with pot are when one becomes dependent on it to sleep or eat a healthy amount. THC itself does not cause any physical dependency; the symptoms are subjective due to desire to smoke again, not due to the effects of a physical addiction. That's why the nastier physical symptoms from withdrawing from drugs like cocaine or heroin don't come into play for a pot withdrawal.

My trick is to find something that I enjoy but haven't done in a while (an old hobby, maybe an old video game) and start doing it again as soon as I quit. Having something to keep you distracted during the early phase, when the cravings are the worst, is helpful. It's also very helpful to have a distracting activity that you don't associate with getting high, and if you're a heavy daily smoker, most leisure activities are associated with smoking.
 
I just get weird, vivid dreams. Last night, I dreamed up a whole movie. It was a pretty good movie too, but I don't remember what it was about.
 
incredibly vivid dreams are standard for me if I havent smoked, though saying that I had an amazing dream just last night and I'd got high as hell that evening......
 
I stopped for about a week and one night out of that week, I had about 5 dreams all after one another and I remember each of them. Sort of crazy for me because if I do dream I only remember where I was at the time and who was there and nothing else.

For a while out of the year, I was smoking before bed every night but I've stopped and gradually I noticed I was able to sleep again. I just have to keep my sleeping pattern regular.

Last month when I stopped for a week or two, I really wanted to get high. Just a lot of stress and I was incredibly irritated, mad at everything. Felt severely depressed. I eventually just went in this cleaning mode and cleaned my whole house.
 
I've had a few headaches after stopping for a while after long time heavy day to day usage but nothing apart from that.
 
Aye cannabis withdrawal is definately real, smoking is something I began to do straight out of habbit. Getting high, where and how I'd get high were at some points all I could think about, and taking that away takes away a lot of what my days revolved around. Also, the cravings aren't there at all because my MDMA experience left me with a bit of Depersonalization syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization) which marijuana intensifies a lot. So as of right now I can't even enjoy THC, but the withdrawal symptoms are still there. However, with each day of being clean I'm reclaiming myself more and more...feels good. Thanks all!
 
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I've been smoking daily for 3 years now, almost to the exact day. The trick is to take a tolerance break once or twice a year, this helps with quitting so much, but you have to start early. I have had 2x one month long breaks, 3x two weeks breaks, and a 20 day period where I only smoked 2-3, as well as a couple random 2-3 day breaks due to no money. I'm on day #2 of my most recent break, which is actually set to end on Wednesday, so it's not a long one at all, but believe me, I'm experiencing zero withdrawal, in fact, I feel damn good, I dreamed for the first time in a long time last night and the dream was so vivid. I have a bit of a headache, and I'm agitated as fuck, but that is not weed withdrawal, that is the Tobacco. I smoke 4 cigarettes a day and yesterday I only had one, today, none so far. I plan to quit that once I start smoking weed again, or once my next pack is gone. This cutback is not by choice, believe me if I could have a cigarette right now I would, unfortunately it is not viable for another hour and a half. FUCK.

Weed withdrawal is nothing though...
 
is it easy to confuse some symtoms of tobacco withdrawl mixed with the cannabis withdrawl if you smoke them together constantly. do they play of each other to make you feel worse overall than a daily weed smoker who dosnt mix with tobacco? do i make sence anymore? i feel like im slightly suffocated by realty (:'(
 
Kracks you coming down from a long day trip? lol.. hang in there bud.. oh and to answer your question, no not really making much sense..lol, perhaps wait a few then try to re-explain yourself? For the record I'm not and never have been a cig smoker... i've enjoyed a few cigars in my time, but good ol' tobacc'r doesn't suite my fancy. Ganj is all i've considered worthwhile to smoke.
 
moreso than with any other drug i've used and abused, i feel really really badly (physically and emotionally) between my last smoke and the time the delivery man comes to drop off my new bag. I don't understand it, and it seems excessive, but as much as i may wish to quit sometimes, it'd probably be easier to quit for me knowing there was actually pot at my disposal than go cold turkey. that's just a frightening thought.
 
only withdrawal I have gotten after not smoking for a bit is me wanting to be high. I call Bullshit on any people who say they have physical withdrawals like headaches. but psychological withdrawals like depression and shit I can totally see

post #8 explains it really well
 
Thanks for your imput Stickreid, though I have to say I can def see headaches being a symptom. One of THC's tricks is that it expands the blood vessels in your body increasing bloodflow to many parts of the body including the brain (this is often one of the reasons if not THE reason for bloodshot eyes & the reason your body feels so relaxed) so if your brain is used to the increase in bloodflow then withdrawing from THC withdraws the increased amount of blood that a stoner usually has flowing to the brain. Asprin and other over the counter pain pills work in a similar way to releave headaches by thining the blood allowing for more blood to flow through the bloodstreams resulting in mroe blood flow to your head. Headaches are most commonly a result of poor or lack of blood flow to the brain. Correct me if I'm wrong, its what I've found throughout my research though.
 
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