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Does weed get you less motivated

This is not really aimed at anyone in this thread, but I think a lot of people tend to want to blame a lot of their own shortcomings on cannabis rather than admit they're somehow deficient as a person in some way. Hell, I've even seen parents blame their shitty parenting skills on the fact that their children smoked a few times as a teenager whilst growing up!

It's one thing to argue smoking 24/7 can cause issues but for an adult to smoke a little before bed with breaks a couple of times a week I think it's quite unlikely to cause problems really. I would say it's less likely to cause these issues than glugging down alcohol every night, like many britons now do.
 
<SpaceHead> said:
Pot is a very complicated drug, I've seen it effect different people in opposite ways. I've known a couple of people who smoke pot and hash all day every day and are very energetic, almost manic at times, certainly motivated if not overly motivated. One of my friends would rip a gravity bong at 6 am and then go into work to do accounting all day! Although in my case regular pot smoking has robbed me of my ambition to a great extent. I think tolerance is a huge factor, I've been smoking several times a day every day for several years minus maybe three weeks on vacations ect. I've gotten to a point where smoking only produces a vague lethargic confusion. It can even make me feel apathetic and depressed, it has lost all of its psychedelic and sensory enhancing aspects. A few days ago I decided I was bored enough of it to quit for a while. I'm only on day 3 now, and experiencing significant headaches, irritability, restlessness and ridiculous and panic filled dreams. I feel like so many people who smoke pot every day like to think that there are no negative effects of doing so, they don't really consider it a drug at all. Although judging from these withdrawal symptoms, I would certainly consider it a drug.
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ya when you get to that point, it's really time to take a good break. the break sucks, but you wouldn't believe how positive weed is again once you come back to it after a long break. after a year and a half of every day usage (just in the evenings, except for random days i could smoke all day) weed got to the point where it was starting to become a little "dull". it was still fun, but it was missing a little of the magic. after a good break, a lot of the positive effects come back. i think weed is one of those drugs that's better in moderate moderation (like, it's ok to smoke frequently, but it's good to not get to the point of absolutely having to have it every day). last night i got super stoned off the tiniest amount, and it was such an awesome experience right before bed. i was even having some paranoia (which can be fun at times, if it's the good kind) and even got a lot of the trippy thought process. i find after using it too much, u lose a lot of the trippy aspects.

and don't worry, the intense dreams will go away with time. i had those too, and one would wake me up every night for the first week or 2, and then they started to subside and occur less frequently. if you're having trouble sleeping, alcohol worked for me. i would just get moderately tipsy before bed for a week and a half, and then i could sleep on my own.
 
yup. i definitely don't get more motivated when i smoke. and if i do, its usually more like very motivated thought followed by very lethargic actions. I never believed it until I could no longer deny it; 3 years of smoking weed all day long has directly led only to a high tolerance and a poor short term memory. I struggle to find anything many other things that have such diminishing returns despite such devotion. I cringe everytime i think about not only all the money i have spent on this "passtime" but more so the of all the time that i have successfully passed. I don't know why I love something so much that takes me no where. maybe that is what i love about it- that it is an escape and nothing more.
 
Yes and No.
When i first get high i wanna do something. If there is nothing to do i often clean etc. But when i come down im tired and hazy and can feel the blood pumping throuhg my body but not wth the euphoria it had before..i smoke shitty weed so sometimes get a headache etc. this can cause me to want to do nothing but normally NO i smoke at 6am before work and not till i get off at 3 and i get shit done so fuck the police

SOME PPL GET LAAAAAAZZZYYY(i dont like people that do nothing but get high, lazy and eat)
 
I've tried my hardest over the past 5 years to convince myself that weed does not diminish motivation. I just never really got around to it.
 
Whenever I blaze and do something I usually need some motivation for, I just fly right through the task with ease. It also adds an element of fun, as weed does to everything!
 
No, cannabis makes me more inspired to achieve goals rather than just put them aside.
Creativity seems to flow much easier whilst smoking the herb....

As for schoolwork and other work, I find that cannabis makes these seemingly redundant tasks more enjoyable.
 
I'm surprised this hasn't been mention but just one toke of the herb does the same thing to me. I just become a couch-locked, unmotivated, sloth. I get pretty bad anxiety at times too.

On the other hand, I can vaporize as much herb as I can breathe in and I get motivated to do things. I want to socialize with people and it stimulates my thoughts without the confusion that comes with smoking. The one thing I do miss about smoking is that "smacked" in the head feeling. I have chronic insomnia so it makes it tougher to get to sleep after vaping rather than smoking. I think the benefits of vaping outweigh the benefits of smoking, however. I think it just takes a week or so for your body to acclimate towards the vape high.
 
It motivates me to stop using as many things that are harmful to my body no lie. When I smoke weed I usually consider a lot of the foods I eat, things I drink, and activities I engage in. I don't think it keeps me from doing things I want to do though.
 
I took a 6 year break from smoking pot.. during that time my life spiraled downward further and further to the point where I didn't care what happened anymore. I was feeling horribly sick from using opiates to try and manage low back pain caused by an old injury. After reading some research about cannabinoids and their therapeutic effects, I decided to get my medical marijuana card. In just a couple months time I was feeling so much better, I kicked the opiates, enrolled back into college, and got my life back on track. I pulled a 3.75 gpa my first semester back in computer science, relearned Calculus and passed the writing placement exam. I am a walking contradiction to the theory that cannabis lowers your motivation. It really comes down to how you use it though. If you smoke bud that makes you sleepy all day then yea...you are going to look like you aren't motivated to do anything. I don't get high before studying or tests and I don't smoke strains that make me sleepy unless it's time for bed. It's that simple. I started smoking a strain that is high in CBD and it really is amazing. It clears your head and gives you a nice solid body high without any sleepy or forgetful feelings.
 
I have a therory that it reallly for me anyway depends on a few factors.
1. weather or not i was feeling demotivated before i smoke/ingest
2. how much i smoke/ingest
3.the type of strain it is. (some lay me flat as a couch potato even if i was planning to mow the lawn or something) where as other strains do not have that efffect. With all the synthetic cannabolides floatin about nowdays you really have to wonder what ur smoing inless ur growing it urself.
 
After I smoke, all I want to do is eat and sleep, and the strain difference doesn't affect it. Forget anything physical, I just want to chill. This is how it affects me but I have also heard a lot of ppl say it makes them more creative and energetic.
 
pretty strain dependent for me, but if there is something I planned to do, and i smoke a blunt 10 minutes before, I'll still do it... I just won't be as... uh... sharp as possible. If I smoke a stoning indica odds are anything that can be put off, will be put off.
 
yeah i agree with paper planes,
if you smoke alot, it makes things that used to be fun, routine.
its sad but true,
though weed does not have too many side effects if abused,
the high dwindles,
and there begins the negative cycle,
i used to get high everyday morning afternoon and night,
its not worth it,
every 5 days is what i aim for,
the first couple of times you do things high,
you feel great,
but as you get used to it, you get bored,
and lazy,
or smoke sativas!
be wiered for dayzz.
 
before or after muchies? I would walk a thousand miles for a twinkie but after that, glued to couch.
 
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