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Do you notice the side effects?

I've been smoking for 23 years. But with many week- and month-long breaks, and many years of twice-a-week at the most. Full-on addiction every day smoking for about 6 of these years.

I never smoke before work. I only smoke when I am in a very safe, controlled situation.

I have noticed a slight effect on my memory.
I can't deal with social situations when I am high. (That is why I only smoke in safe places.)

I have been able to borrow the power of marijuana to create music, writing, art, and scientific research.
I owe a lot to the plant.
Maybe this creativity is a side-effect, too?

If you are talking about negative side effects, the strongest one is that I want to smoke more pot. More and more. I have lots of self-control, but still end up smoking often. Only two hits, only at night, so probably far, far less than most real smokers. But still, I want more. I am successful at what I do, but I still often plan my time based on getting high. I love it. Too much.
 
ResinTeeth said:
I'm stoned and still alive, who gives a shit. At least that's how I look at it.
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Hell yeah bro, I feel you on that one!

Personally, I don't really get paranoid, I just chill out and shit.
I love doing anything when I'm stoned, it's great.
The whole short-term memory loss shit comes in play every now and then.
 
4.5 years here, the first 3 were brilliant, it was usually 3-5 times a week and the only negative effects came from smoking too much and throwing up haha.

This past year and a half though, I've pretty much become a recluse and smoking in social situations usually brings on some grim anxiety. Nevermind the lazyness/bad memory from those heavy smoke sessions.
 
Yeah, I get anxiety like crazy pretty often now. I would characterize the negative effect as really a loss of confidence due to paranoia. For example, I don't like to be around parents or teachers high because I feel they can "see through me". If I smoke while on other drugs, I can freak out and think I've overdone it. When I was withdrawing from benzodiazepines and smoking, I would start shaking like crazy if I even felt a little bit cold. All of these things are indicative to me of not having the self-confidence to say "no reason to panic".

Working on this issue, one of the first things I noticed was how quickly the anxiety can set in or disappear. Once I realized this, it was clear that the anxiety's root was a psychological happening resulting from negative thoughts and being high. Telling myself that "it's in my head" never really worked, but once I had rationalized it that I was actually causing the anxiety by allowing the negative thoughts to occur, it became much easier to just let the anxiety subside and enjoy the rest of my high. It's important to note that it always takes a minute to calm down from a sudden surge of anxiety... I think the biggest problem I had when first approaching the problem is that I expected the anxiety to just subside as soon as I told myself that it was all in my head. It actually takes a minute to get out of the mindset.

This doesn't always work, but if it doesn't, it's usually an indicator to me that I need to slow down on the smoking a bit.
 
yes. my social anxiety is at it's worst. i'm super paranoid too. but not as much as this one guy i know. he ONLY smokes pot, but he's the most paranoid man i've ever met in my life.
 
I used to get a bit anxious on weed, or well anything. Turns out it's because I was a big fat bastard and then I lost 20 kgs and bob's your uncle, no more problems. Used to feel my heart beating way too fast and because I was deep down very worried about my overall health (145/100 bp) which would make me totally paranoid almost to the point of flipping out. I never actually did, because I'm not the kind to believe that my heart is going to explode out of my chest, but it did used to worry me greatly on occasion.

(the 20kg loss came after a similar situation on acid where i very nearly lost the plot due to nearly being convinced that my brain was going to explode out of my ears due to my blood pressure)
 
definitely have side effects. I smoked for over 5 years until i started getting really anxious, and now i rarely smoke, and if i do its by myself before i watch a movie or listen to music and pass out. Its funny talking to the 17 and 18 year old kids i work with who just started smoking and CANNOT believe that weed can have any negative effects when i tell them why i no longer smoke. I used to be the same way. Only time will tell, i hope theyre able to keep enjoying it like i used to.
 
I've been smoking weed for about 5 years now. Noticed a bit of anxiety and paranoia at times but not much.

The biggest negative that I have noticed is that I have trouble concentrating and staying focused, especially at things like TV. I'll be watching TV and then start to think about random scenarios that could happen or have happened. It's annoying because it can get in the way of what I'm doing.

has anyone else noticed similar things?
 
I find it good for focussing if you're high if you're really interested in what you're trying to focus on.

I've noticed the heavy short term memory loss...
I've noticed that it has kept me from being really self confident - this is however something I've had since I was quite young (extreme self-doubt etc), so it hasn't caused, just delayed me sorting out the problem.
It was awful for my motivation when I was smoking everyday, but I also contribute this to the fact I had no direction at the time, and I've always been pretty passive.

I've never been paranoid really, occasionally get edgy when I haven't smoked in a while and it's really peng weed - but after noticing this after the first time I quit for more than a few weeks, I worked out why it was I was edgy and remembered your heart rate increases by a lot! Once I realized that & just breathed, I stopped feeling edgy, and remembered why I loved weed haha.

THe one thing I never knew it did til it was too late was SPEEPS UP YOUR METABOLISM - hence why I didnt put on any weight for 3 years...oops :p

But yeah - short term memory is overrated in my opinion if you're not heavily involved in academia, that's what notebooks are for eyy? ;)

And the other stuff is all part of a learning curve to work out how much smoke is too much for you to function properly.
 
No I do not

I do not even get paranoid while smoking

I smoked for a week straight and the only bad thing was I couldn't get rid of the cold I had

Besides smoking for a week straight recently I normally smoke around once every month or two.
 
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