I dont think I enojy pot anymore...

[Tommyboy]

You may have au underlying subconcious discontent regarding your opiate use or other aspects of your life and this is what causes the unsettled feeling when stoned. The aversion to cannabis may be the symptom not the cause. Just a theory.

I agree.

I think that a lot of people end up getting this effect from pot after years of use because they have so many more expectations and responsibilities in life.

Like when you're a teenager, you can just smoke weed and not have to worry about a thing. You can get through high school easily, and hold a part-time job easily all while being a regular smoker. Your parents most likely take care of you, so you really don't have much to worry about as far as living necessities. It is totally acceptable to get stoned all day and play video games.

But once you hit your 20's, you start to reflect on yourself and compare yourself to your friends. This may lead to your weed high "diverting" your mind to thinking about your whole life situation. You may also feel guilty from spending money on weed.

Take a break, and only smoke when your going into it with a postive mindset. When I get all of my work done and am in a good mood, my high is so much better than the times I just smoked for no reasons. I guess I am just trying to get into the "no worries" mindset of my teens or something b4 I smoke.

 

[Transcendence]

This happens to the best of us. I dare say it happens to most regular smokers after a few years. It sucks because there just isn't anything close to weed except for potentially unsafe synthetic cannabinoids that'll probably worsen your anxiety. If you don't like drinking you're pretty much screwed as far as the social drug thing goes.

I'm trying to put a positive spin on the situation by learning a new hobby. In the past month I've picked up guitar and bass. Give it a whirl; you'll find that the motivation comes a hell of a lot easier after being clean for a few weeks.

 

[blahman8000]

I agree.

I think that a lot of people end up getting this effect from pot after years of use because they have so many more expectations and responsibilities in life.

Like when you're a teenager, you can just smoke weed and not have to worry about a thing. You can get through high school easily, and hold a part-time job easily all while being a regular smoker. Your parents most likely take care of you, so you really don't have much to worry about as far as living necessities. It is totally acceptable to get stoned all day and play video games.

But once you hit your 20's, you start to reflect on yourself and compare yourself to your friends. This may lead to your weed high "diverting" your mind to thinking about your whole life situation. You may also feel guilty from spending money on weed.

Take a break, and only smoke when your going into it with a postive mindset. When I get all of my work done and am in a good mood, my high is so much better than the times I just smoked for no reasons. I guess I am just trying to get into the "no worries" mindset of my teens or something b4 I smoke.

I'm pretty sure this is exactly it. I get bad highs when I have a lot of worries on my mind. It really started getting bad when I hit my 20's and was realizing that I was totally fucking off with my life. I'd look around at my friends who are in school and have good jobs, and I didn't have either. It kind reveals you to yourself. Now I can't even smoke pot, because I never feel okay when I'm high.

When I was a teenager, I'd LOVED pot. In retrospect, I have no idea how I could smoke so much and be content, considering how I wasn't really doing much else. I really wish I hadn't smoked so much.

 

[Samadhi]

So. I been smoking for 7 years now. I use too LOVE smoking pot. It made everything that much better. Recently though, about the last year or so, whenever I smoke reggs I get REALLY paranoid and think about everytihng too much. The biggest diffrence in my life is that I'm a chronic opiate user now. Could that have any effect? Last time I smoked piff and dro I got nice but I use too enjoy good regs...sucks. Any advice?

I hear you loud and clear - i was a weed smoker from the age of about 15, increasing in regularity until i was smoking every day, multiple times a day from the age of 18 through to about 27? All of a sudden, every time i smoked, i'd start thinking about things way too much - interactions i had with people at work, regrets about the past, fear of upcoming decisions - I remember tying myself up in knots because i was mentally beating myself up about not spending more time with my grandfather who had passed away (it wasn't the case, i spent time with him, just not as much as i would have liked). It came to a point where someone offered me a bong, and i said 'no'. The shock on their face was pretty amusing (as i was never one to say no to a cone). That one "no" became two, became 3, and so on. I tried a couple of times to have tokes on joints, but the moment the high hit me I would think "wow, so yeah, that's why i'm not smoking weed anymore". I'd become VERY quiet, wouldn't want to talk and would start getting mad bouts of paranoia about people, my life, really second-guessing everything about myself. To me, it was the smart choice to stop smoking weed. I've had the occasional toke on a joint while i've been on MDMA, and if i get it right (there is a small window of opportunity with me, to have some weed and enjoy it), it's nice, but it's not something i search out.

One thing i remember about giving up weed was how vivid and colourful my dreams became after stopping for about a fortnight - i would wake up absolutely dazzled by my dreams! Many years ago, i used opiates and also smoked weed, i didn't notice any major negative effect.

 

[80mg]

I hear you loud and clear - i was a weed smoker from the age of about 15, increasing in regularity until i was smoking every day, multiple times a day from the age of 18 through to about 27? All of a sudden, every time i smoked, i'd start thinking about things way too much - interactions i had with people at work, regrets about the past, fear of upcoming decisions - I remember tying myself up in knots because i was mentally beating myself up about not spending more time with my grandfather who had passed away (it wasn't the case, i spent time with him, just not as much as i would have liked). It came to a point where someone offered me a bong, and i said 'no'. The shock on their face was pretty amusing (as i was never one to say no to a cone). That one "no" became two, became 3, and so on. I tried a couple of times to have tokes on joints, but the moment the high hit me I would think "wow, so yeah, that's why i'm not smoking weed anymore". I'd become VERY quiet, wouldn't want to talk and would start getting mad bouts of paranoia about people, my life, really second-guessing everything about myself. To me, it was the smart choice to stop smoking weed. I've had the occasional toke on a joint while i've been on MDMA, and if i get it right (there is a small window of opportunity with me, to have some weed and enjoy it), it's nice, but it's not something i search out.

One thing i remember about giving up weed was how vivid and colourful my dreams became after stopping for about a fortnight - i would wake up absolutely dazzled by my dreams! Many years ago, i used opiates and also smoked weed, i didn't notice any major negative effect.

Woah...your totally desciribing how I feel....sorry for the bump, just haent read this in mad long..damn.

 

[unsettled]

I don't enjoy pot anymore either, I envy the people who can just smoke the occasional joint and not touch other drugs.

Pot introduced me to the addictive side of my personality but I can't say I regret my use of it, the last time I smoked it was like a bad bad acid trip. For me it's too intense for regular use, alot of people use it everyday for years and then reach a point where they no longer enjoy it's effects. I've noticed that by the age of 30 most of my pot head friends can't enjoy it anymore.

I did love pot for alot of years though, quitting was like breaking up with a long time lover but a lot less painful.

 

[oliphill]

I have a friend who says that after heroin he could never smoke weed anymore.

For me it was after mdma/speed/acid that i couldn't smoke it anymore. I carried on though for a long time after I didn't even like the effects. I would literally wait until I felt a bit normal again, then smoke it and feel horrible again. Totally ridiculous. If it's affecting you like this then stop it for good.

I really believe out of all my years of drug use, cannabis is one that has left me more permanently affected than any other. And it was continuing to smoke it when it affected me the way you are describing that did the damage, I believe.

 

[Thick_as_a_Planck]

i just love the taste and smell, not necessarily being stoned anymore. could someone please invent delicious sweet and aromatic skunk and hash that barely gets you stoned?

So fucking true. After five years of smoking pretty much every day (except when I'm in this damn country, Italian weed is lame) I like the idea of smoking more than anything else. The smell, the taste, the whole process of preparing and rolling. But after that first puff it's all a bit of a let down these days.

To the OP, I'd say this. I don't know anything about the synergies or contraindictions of opiates and weed - since opiates were never my thing. But I would say that after seven years of smoking anyone will start to lose the desired effects. It might not even be a question of the drugs fucking with your brain chemistry (though they probably have). Any activity repeated daily for that length of time will always become boring. Like me, you almost certainly do it more from habit now than pleasure. Why not try giving up? You'll feel shitty for a while but if you sit down first and work out how much money you'll save in a year, it might look more tempting.

 

[Seven-One-Eight]

OP: So many people who begin using opiates have this problem, including myself. PErsonally, the only time I can smoke pot these days is after my OC high has kicked in. If it's just pot alone, forget about it, it's a fucking anxiety ridden high. I've pretty much totally cut out all pot use these days.

 

[ecstasyboy717]

I was a heavy smoker for 2-3 years. I would smoke 4 or 5 blunts a day. I just recently quit cause i smoked the day after using mdma and it threw me into the worse panic attack i've ever had. My heart was beating 170 beats a min for over a hour i couldn't breath i was shaking,tingling feeling in my hands,super paranoid. I thought i was going to die. I was absolutely fine before i smoked.

 

[theartofwar]

So. I been smoking for 7 years now. I use too LOVE smoking pot. It made everything that much better. Recently though, about the last year or so, whenever I smoke reggs I get REALLY paranoid and think about everytihng too much. The biggest diffrence in my life is that I'm a chronic opiate user now. Could that have any effect? Last time I smoked piff and dro I got nice but I use too enjoy good regs...sucks. Any advice?

I actually stopped for awhile - smoked for 14 years , last 5-6 I would say smoke 4-5 grams a day blunts let alone whatever we would rip w/bongs etc.

One day , i just lost it - I just didn't feel that ol feelin. I stopped most of the summer I smoke now casually - and it's made all the difference. I was at the point where if the shit wasn't real solid headies it was just a waste of my lungs. Now , I've found that heavy sativa buds are all i enjoy smoking but I feel like im damn near 10-11 again, and everything is a blast. I got my joy of pot back from finding what strains to ignore and how much of what you respond to better to smoke. You can always take another hit - you can't get rid of the ones you do take. So honestly try to find strains that are more to your liking AFTER a break , and be moderate - that's what did it for me.

 

[theartofwar]

Yeah this guy is awesome you should listen to him haha really. maybe.

way to be cynical about two things in a matter of minutes - don't got anything remotely constructive to say by all means keep your opinions to yourself.

 

[panic in paradise]

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because its like fun for them, and gathers posts.

its simple really because thats what they are.

 

[Teetowl]

I have had alot of problems with weed. I cant smoke it and enjoy it at all now.. I have been quit 2 going on 3 years. If its not fun don't do it, is always been my moto

 

[unsettled]

there is definitely some validity to the stories of people who say that weed is just revealing parts of yourself to you that you don't normally see. The thing is this can be good occasionally, but if weed is making you feel crazy every time you smoke and is no longer enjoyable just quit. I look at Mary Jane as Long Time Lover that did me wrong but the break up wasn't that painful.

I posted previously in this thread but wanted to add the last time I smoked weed was a couple months ago and it was only a hit of some very potent weed. I was on a short road trip at the time doing some gigs, I was in the passenger seat and had the most unpleasant horrible experience. I was coming off of H and waiting to take the subs I had brought with me, the weed really made me look at my life from a different perspective and my whole trip was about how destructive a force the Heroin had become in my life... the power of that one little hit got me to rethink why I was using H and how it could completely take away everything I've been working for.

It was an unpleasant weed experience to be sure but it did relay a message that I needed to hear, I've stuck with subs since that day with one or two one night slip ups. So I agree weed can help you see things in your life that are just beneath the surface even if you don't want to see them. Still, I haven't smoked weed since that day, I got the message and made some changes in my life. Don't feel like smoking weed anytime in the near future.

If weed is making you panicky and paranoid everytime you smoke it just stop, it feels so much better within a couple days if you smoke daily.

 

[tm1210]

Same as most for me really. Started at 16, lovvvveeeddd it. Music was so much better, couldn't watch a film without it, so on and so on. Mid 20's came around and suddenly I'm thinking all sorts of mad shit. Alot of what ifs, paranoia and anxiety, lack of motavation and eating the cupboards bare. I love the thought of smoking weed, the smell, growing it. Some smoke it all they're lives and love it to death. Others (most I'd say), get some of the above and call it a day. I'm 34 now and sometimes toy with it but everytime I get stones I just can't wait for it to wear off.

 

[ShAYZoN]

I used to smoke weed daily alot of weed and I mean a lot from age 16-19 and all it does now is fuck my brain and give me really bad anxiety attacks and parienoa... It's no longer LYKe OMG WeEd iS AwOsme! Lol like my friends think still :/sucks but whatever over drugs 86 days clean and sober from a drugs

 

[lightlord99]

I stopped liking weed after it sent me into the most horrifying psychosis on three hits of LSD. All it seems to do anymore is make me tired as fuck anyway.

 

[SilverFeniks]

Mota!

The older I get the more I've been using ... been "smoke it if you got it" for years now. I never build too much of a tolerance to anything.
I definitely smoke more than is good for me, and cannabis aggravates some of my mental problems a bit, but every time i quit for days/weeks i can't handle manic sobriety and the crippling depression/boredom cannabis manages to bypass. Though my mind does clear up quite a bit when I quit.

I've been risking a great deal being perpetually stoned (life, liberty, all that good stuff) but despite periodic realizations of this, i inevitably slip into a state of static apathy. Nothing bad has happened to date, and I don't have much I'm looking forward to in life at this point. Cannabis continues to fill the void, adding depth to life otherwise lacking.
Besides which, all my friends are keeping me in the game lately, its green season and its raining hard.

Your memory's gone and so is your life
Mota Boy
But losing out just never felt so right

I do need to stop going to work stoned. That's just a waste o' weed.
Oh well, better than working with a hangover .. cannabis is my anti-alcohol
Sure could go for something stronger these days tho...

 

[80mg]

So I think I enjoy smoking pot again...

As stated earlier I was having severe anxiety from weed, which would almost directley relate too sativa types of bud (head highs).

So I got a sack of some Bubblelicious and blazed a fat L. I'm really baked, plus I got some hash too. I feel like the old days.

I just put on osme funny shit, some music, got mad good munchies and am chillllennnn

I hope this aint a one time thing and my faceing my problem head on approach saved me from having too give up one of my favorite things.

-80