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Cannabis Withdrawal

I've been smoking everyday for about 3 years, and I've not been able to recently, I can't get to fucking sleep at night.

I tried drinking instead, but i think that just made me stay up even longer.
 
For myself I would just get very bored being sober instead of being high. Also I'd eat less but that goes without saying.
 
ive been off weed for 40 days and counting now. not really by choice. just because im somewhere i cant get any. the first week sucked. couldnt sleep, and couldnt eat. but i still want it. as soon as im back home im getting right back on it.
i love weed!
i can eat now, but iv always had a problem with sleeping, which is partly why i smoke in the first place.
 
i cant sleep without weed. if i try to stop for more than a day i find everything incredibly boring and just wanna go toke. so yea its hard to quit best idea is to cut down to once a day then once everyother day n so on. i also have the appetie problem i can only eat to or three bites when i dont have the munchies. mdma makes it alot worse
 
Damn, withdrawal from cannabis is really a bitch. Even after a month since I smoked my appetite is just terribly small most of the time and I cant get to sleep for shit.
 
Gzus said:
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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would this mean taking aspirin with weed would increase the effects?

i dont get too much withdrawel but its def something, mostly boredom and some trouble getting to sleep
 
Hey cuz, you heard of Acamprosate Calcium (CAMPRAL)? It's an addiction drug that is used mainly for alcohol. It is a glutamate antagonist, so balances the glutamate (the primary stimulatory neurotransmitter in the CNS) upsurge that is a major factor of both marijuana and alcohol withdrawal.

I am a busy man, pls research the information yourself and PM me if you need help, especially with advice on supply. :)
 
Its so easy to smoke dope every day and do nothing, for me the hardest part when i take a break is finding shit to do that I enjoy in a normal state of mind.

After three days I find there is this mental clarity that I gain and a general feeling of aliveness that I don't ever feel within days of blazing. I forget that this is the normal good way to feel, not that it is some kind of high because the marijuana feels like the norm. I have to deal with the mood swings though. I wake up actually knowing I had dreams.

I don't find that I have insomnia, some people get it really bad when they stop. I find getting up early and getting lots of exercise helps. When I can't get to sleep I find a cup of warm milk or melatonin is effective - if only because I think it will be.

Most of these effects I don't consider to be a 'marijuana withdrawal' as much as it is just returning to how things should be.

I prefer the word dependence when talking about regular marijuana use, not addiction but everyone has there own interpretation of the words anyway.
 
Keep busy during the day. Get up early so you'll be tired earlier. Get an OTC sleep-aid for the first week or two. I used dolxyamine succinate (OTC name "Restavit" here in Australia) to help me sleep, 50mg with a beer or two had me out like a light..a bit groggy the next morning but better than no sleep.

You might have to avoid people you smoke with regularly as well.
 
I smoke heavy on the weekends but not during weekdays and I experience downers sometimes during my weekdays. I purposely don't smoke daily due to cost, and the dependency people seem to get with daily smoking. Plus after long term smoking I still have a relatively low tolerance so I don't need as much weed and I can get really stoned.

I hate getting down though, I find natural highs can get you out of the funk. Watching a really funny movie, having a good time with friends, sex, any natural release of dopamine can help curb your downers.

Like the others said though, lotsa sleep and keepig busy will get your mind away from thinking about shit.

Good luck
 
I get scared I wont be able to kip but it happens pretty easy in reality (I do usually do a lot of excercise though, and have made sure to wear myself out).

The main thing are the nightmares. Really. Fuck me they are crazy. Seriously disturb me for a good few hours upon wakening as well.
 
I was just going to make a thread about weed 'withdrawl' and physcial dependance on the drug, alot of people say it's not addictive, well you don't smoke enough then, or haven't been smoking long, because I beleive it is.

I used to have trouble sleeping (still do, not as bad) so I smoked ganj to help me relax and fall asleep much easier, that was about 6 years ago or more...since then I have been smoking everyday (not huge amounts, about a gram-two grams a day between myself only) and had no reason to stop, I still dont however Im getting KIND of low on money, my lungs are coughing up black once a day maybe less, ...and I have opiates to tide me over.

thing is, mistaking opiates for weed was a bad choice, and made me incredibly angry, most likely due to the fact I didnt have a nice joint to smoke before bed...and what happened, I didn't sleep well AT ALL, and I woke up in the angriest mood, not to mention I was bitter half of the time I was on the OP..

talk about a feind, I have no resin left in any of my pipes thats smokable, and my wallet has been seriously torn apart (good thing I found a roach) and next was my room (I have seriously taken my bed apart looking for crumbs of ganja)...I smoked roach with paper which I never do and now I'm here TOTALY content with what I just did

before this I was having sweats, I woke up so angry, I was yelling at my computer etc etc, I was punching walls (and this never happens after a night of ops...let alone happens EVER, I havent been angry since I was a kid, and that had its reasons) for no fucking reason...if I didn't know I was picking up tonight with my buddy, maybe I wouldnt of cracked and smoked that roach..

I swear, I done coke and some OPs, I drink sometimes to get drunk.. I would take weed over them in an instant, and addiction dosent even come into play with any 'hard' drugs, I swear by weed and thats all, for my entire life.

now if thats not physcial and mental addiction, I don't know what is....but to be honest I seriously don't have a great reason to stop, if I stopped I'd be going on some other type of med for anxiety and sleep problems...so fuggit.

to be honest again, I remember my younger days when I didnt have access to weed, ALL I wanted to do was smoke it, I drew pictures of it in my old binders etc...so before I even knew what it was I needed it, before I ever inhaled, I needed to have that smoke in my mouth LOL...god
 
burn out said:
for me the worst withdrawal symptom was loss of apatite/inability to eat more than a few bites of food. sometimes i would need to smoke weed even when i didn't want to get high, just to be able to eat dinner. and then if i ran out, i could not eat a proper meal for at least 5 days. i would also get a constant headache, stomach discomfort, extremely vivid dreams, anxiety and other milder symptoms like excessive salivation.
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Thats exactly what happens to me. I would be hungry as hell and try to eat but i couldnt. I would get naseua (sp?) and if i kept at it, id throw up everything i ate. no 1 ever believed me that it was because of weed, but i knew it was cuz i knew i smoked waaaaay more than any of my other friends..... So of course they have never been to that level of dependancy. Like most posters have been sayin, a good excercise and hobby will cure you. The first few days or week at least is the worst. But marijuana withdrawl is really nothing compared to the other drugs withdrawls. :\
 
I'm finding I'm actually eating pretty good because I don't just get the most tasty, least time consuming to prepare and usually unhealthy thing to eat like I do when I'm stoned. I can actually prepare a meal. If your always eating tasty snacks after you get baked there is no room for real food.
 
Im also in a weed withdrawal stage. I quit about 2 weeks or so ago and the first week sucks. But recently ive been able to watch friends smoke and not really have the urge to be high i only have the urge to inhale that sweet smoke.
I find that quitting weed is always bittersweet. While in some ways it sucks cause u cant smoke that L at night before u go to bed and enjoy all thsoe good times high but recently ive been getting drunk and using that as an excuse to be more social.
Also i have experienced nothing but extremely vivid dreams. For about two years i rarely remembered a dream and if i did remembr it i only remembered for a few minutes. Now i have sometimes good and sometimes bad dreams but always very interesting, they also have caused a lot of introspection into my life.
Among more vivid dreams i find that my life is clearer and though i am certainly not one of those people that thinks weed clouds your life up it can definately make you too laid back at time and considering that i am starting college now it is a great time for my head to clear up and for me to get my priorities straight.
But yes i still experience random bouts of depression and horribly sleepless nights, and may even be developing a dependency of sleeping pills which is why i havent taken them in two nights.
 
$n0w said:
But marijuana withdrawl is really nothing compared to the other drugs withdrawls. :\
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then i guess you havent had withdrawls from opiates, benzos or alcohol. cause those are pretty bad. i do think weed withdrawls are bad. i cant eat at all and i cant sleep and i have a low sex drive, and also im BORED and anxious... but opiate withdrawls are the worst.

im really addicted to pot though i will always scrape the last resin from my pipe when i want to get high and theres no weed.
 
lifeguardsleeps said:
then i guess you havent had withdrawls from opiates, benzos or alcohol. cause those are pretty bad. i do think weed withdrawls are bad. i cant eat at all and i cant sleep and i have a low sex drive, and also im BORED and anxious... but opiate withdrawls are the worst.

im really addicted to pot though i will always scrape the last resin from my pipe when i want to get high and theres no weed.
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ummm.... the sentence you quoted from me says pretty much what you are saying... that other drugs withdrawls are alot worse than marijuana.... :!
 
I've been smoking weed daily for 5 years and 3-5 grams a day. I've taken breaks for a week or 2 every once & a while. When ever i stop smoking dope i always feel uneasy and uncomforatable, i never find it really as a physical withdrawl, more or less it's just in my mind. But after a week or so of not smoking weed it isn't that bad. The best thing to do is just keep your self entertained, although if you like me & smoke weed for entertainment then its difficult. I've had serious drug problems in the past & have quit cold turkey with a few uses here and there, but i don't think i will ever have the willpower and motovation to quit smoking weed.
 
I'm on day 2(lol) of quitting alcohol and weed. Sleep is fucked, schedule is fucked. The alcohol probably affected me more than the weed, you know, the puking and whatnot. I'm pretty fuzzy and lethargic right now, hopefully this will get better, I gotta keep this up and last more than my record of 12 days this time!
 
yeah there are studies that show that weed withdrawals are similar to nicotine withdrawals, and they are very real, despite the common perception that weed is not addictive. how long do the withdrawals usually last with daily smoking? i just quit and i can't get to sleep at all.
 
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