fairly experienced but need help...

[Nickonack]

so i have been smoking weed for about 4 years, started when i was 16. the first few months i smoked once or twice a week and it kept increasing in frequency. By year 2 i was smoking every day about 3 or 4 times, morning before school, during school, after school, at night ect... it used to make me feel amazing, i obviously loved it, my 2 good friends who i would smoked with every day obv loved it as well. It made us feel so happy and we always always had so much fun. then we decided that we were full blown obsessed and needed to chill a little because we were getting absolutely nothing done with our days. over the past few months i have only been smoking a few times a month and i find that i feel very different when im high. I feel self-concious and somewhat paranoid, i feel like everything i do is weird to other people, yet, there is no real reason for me to feel this way. I used to go to school stoned allll the time and be around everyone while i was blazed out of my mind, i have had talks with my teachers and everything, yet for some reason, lately i feel like some kind of weirdo around other people. Can anyone help me understand this? its turning me off to blazing up and i miss the way i used to feel. Any help would be very very helpful and i would appreciate it more than you know.

P.S. i know paranoia is common with a lot of people, but i never used to have it. I believe that it came about after the second time i got arrested for possession. Ever since then i have a real fear of getting busted again. anyone with the experience of getting picked up by some dick cops for possession knows the feeling sucks. I never felt so bad about myself than when i was sitting in the cop car with handcuffs on....

 

[Jabberwocky]

you're prolly just not smoking often so u get much higher, i bet if u blazed everday for a while the paranoia would go away. just my 2 cents

 

[Nickonack]

yeah i was thinking that, but the paranoia isn't that big of a deal, as long as im not on blunt rides or driving with weed in the car im pretty much good. Its the whole feeling awkward thing thats killing me. I used to be so chill and just let it be and have fun, now im worried of what everything is thinking about me...its a weird feeling...thanks for ur help!

 

[Jabberwocky]

now that i barely ever smoke if i smoke (spice) and go to class i feel like everyone is looking at me or knows lol. kinda sucks. but i just smoke less and it seems like i'm high and plus i save some and im not too high to where im freakin out

 

[vagueblur]

I used to be like that too... smoked several times every day for months ("fun") and then quit, then went had a smoke and got really paranoid. But after a while of heavy smoking the paranoia went away.

I think it's just because your brain adapts to being in that permanently stoned state.

Just smoke a little less and you should get the good effects with out the paranoia.

 

[Traps]

Yeah had this happen to me aswell, found out I have bad anxiety so therefore im basically always paranoid, even more when im smoking.

 

[perfect haze]

Try switching up strains too, might just be whatever particular hybrid yer smoking dont agree with ya. I adore my hazes and soaring sativas but certain hybrids make me feel intensely edgy.

 

[Nickonack]

appreciate all the responses guys!! perfect haze, i know exactly what you mean, i had a dealer a while back that would keep pounds in his house, some of the most amazing weed i ever smoked, thats when i learned how different the strains are, and how they give you different highs, Love it.

I think you guys are right about not smoking so much. i used to go so hard that when i smoke now i hit it like i used to, i guess im getting too high lol. Ill deff try smoking less and see what goes down. I have noticed that as i start to come down from being really stoned i feel so much better, ill be sure to try it out. Thanks again guys!!!

 

[stuckinaloop]

Honestly it depends on a lot of things...obviously your tolerance plays a big role. Smoking less might help / smoking more frequently.

but also, if you are worried about getting busted etc... where and who you are smoking with probably is playing a part too. if you are taking L rides and shit you are probably gonan be more paranoid then if you are laying in your bed smoking a blunt peacfully watching tv (speaking of that I cant wait to get out of work and do just that lol)

 

[dmgoat]

Nick, I have the same thing happening to me right now. I used to smoke a lot, around whoever - and do anything and feel great. I stopped for about 6 months to get my shit together, and started again about 2 months ago.. I began to feel paranoia when I was high. When around other people, I felt like a creep, like I looked and sounded like a moron. And was very self conscious..which I never am. Ive been smoking almost everyday for the past month, and the more I smoke the better it gets..I dont feel as paranoid anymore, and can just chill with my friends and not think so much.

So my advice is, start smoking more - lol - your mind isnt used to being this high and doesnt know how to react, the more you smoke, the more you will be used to it.