[POLL] How many of you experienced an increase in paranoia with regular cannabis use?

[phatass]

This is for people who are or were in the past regular cannabis smokers

mods, would you please add a poll along the lines of

1) Not at all
2) I experienced an increased paranoia but i could handle it
3) Yes it made me very paranoid

 

[Jibult]

My paranoia's always been up there.... I like to describe it as "cynical to the point of paranoia."

It's not that I think others are out to get me, I just don't fucking trust people until I know what exactly they are after if anything.


I can't say that I've noticed a definite increase with my regular cannabis use over the past 7 or 8 years... The two could easily correlate but I always remember not trusting people, including before I ever smoked weed, so I'm not sure if it's just coincidental or not.

 

[PriestTheyCalledHim]

I'd say I'd be a 2 on your poll. It usually had everything to do with being very stoned in public or in environments where I'd have to pretend to be sober, or where I'd have to interact with people socially like in a college classroom since I smoked a few times and got insanely high before college classes, or at a party where I didn't know that many people.

Or when I was younger and stoned and around my parents and worried that they'd figure out I'd smoked.

I have had paranoia while stoned; but I would just talk myself out of it or calm myself down and eventually enjoy the high.

Also if I smoke or use herb regularly such as daily or only on weekends I don't get paranoia; but then I get a tolerance and don't get nearly as high.

 

[poak]

IMO, most if not all of the paranoia caused by cannabis is caused by the fact weed is illegal/not socially accepted by society.

Weed itself never really caused paranoia for me, the only situation in which I can get paranoid when high is when I try to hide the fact I'm high to authority figures.

Oh well.. there's only one way to find out if I'm right.

 

[Damien]

Since I've become a medical user and let most of the people in my life know what's up, no paranoia. Ever.

 

[BrutalRollar]

I've never really got paranoid when smoking weed, actually that's a lie, when i was younger (age 12 or 13)
my parents didnt know i smoked weed, so naturally i got paranoid everytime i got high (never got high alot back then only about twice a week)
But one day, my mom found a roach in my bedroom, long story short, she didn't care i smoked weed.
After that i never actually got paranoid, not even over anything. i would go to school ripped out of my mind and not give a shit.
I was even baked when a cop pulled me over(also had about 4 grams in my pocket) and didnt even think for a second i would get caught or anything.
So paranoia has never been a issue for me, weed just chills me out. mellow feeling, i don't know how to explain it

 

[phatass]

IMO, most if not all of the paranoia caused by cannabis is caused by the fact weed is illegal/not socially accepted by society.

indeed a big part of what may increase paranoia with people bwho smoke cannabis... obviously this would be different in holland, allhough but say we stay in the US and he UK and Australia

also i kindof should have expected these answers on a forum that focuses on cannabis... i doubt many people who stopped smoking weed because of paranoia would not be hanging around CD....

i was just wondering what sort of % of regular cannabis smokers experience pranoia, including those who stopped because of the paranoia, who are notn on this forum... s

sorry guys you can close this thread

 

[Jibult]

i was just wondering what sort of % of regular cannabis smokers experience pranoia, including those who stopped because of the paranoia, who are notn on this forum... s

sorry guys you can close this thread

It's a legit thread, though, dude. I mean, it could probably be merged into the [MEGA]Anxiety/Paranoia thread if that's still around, but give it a little more time and you'll most likely start to see much more diverse responses. Not all of us in CD post here because we like cannabis (just a majority of us ), but I like to think that a lot of us don't turn a blind eye to the negatives of a regular weed habit just because we like the positives.

 

[eireann]

This is for people who are or were in the past regular cannabis smokers

mods, would you please add a poll along the lines of

1) Not at all
2) I experienced an increased paranoia but i could handle it
3) Yes it made me very paranoid

im a 3 on your pole

i always got paranoid but then i found a shit load of hash and i got so paranoid i quit and replaced hash with heroin [not the best move i have ever made]

an example of when id get paranoid i wouldnt answer my phone even if it was my best mate ringing incase he had bad news

infact the only time i wasnt paranoid was when it was 12 at nite and i was in my dark bed room zoned in to southpark

i use to hate being stoned some one would say something to me and i wouldnt no if they were insulting me complementing me etc that made me extremely freaked out

have to disagree with people who think its the fact weed is illegal and not the weed itself that make you paranoid
when i was on heroin i was never paranoid its a fact that in some people weed causes paranoia

 

[KillCops]

The paranoia is good in a sense because as soon as you think you wont get fucked that's when it happens. Every mothafuckin time.

 

[eireann]

The paranoia is good in a sense because as soon as you think you wont get fucked that's when it happens. Every mothafuckin time.

so fucking true WHATS UP WITH THAT SHIT!!!! its like life completely taken the piss just for the sake of it. any time i got caught by the guards or some one i owed money it was always when i was on a roll having a great time

 

[treezy z]

i only smoke at night cuz it makes me socially anxious so i smoke by myself (and enjoy it.)

 

[eireann]

the only drug i like and would take if offered to me is zimmovane,alcohol heroin crack and weed all cause huge shit for me, heroin causes shit because i love it too much im clean now tho crack/weed make me paranoid and as for alcohol that just kills me with a hang over its not worth it

 

[phatass]

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[Druidus]

My paranoia does not increase, at least in any subjectively measurable way. If I get "paranoid" because of cannabis, it is almost certainly due to the legal concerns involved in its use.

Were it legal, I'd have never experienced problems, even without the control I've gained through dealing with that kind of anxiety before.

 

[Jibult]

"Not all of us in CD post here because we like cannabis (just a majority of us)" that's the thing, as you said "a majority of us" (enjoy cannabis in CD), i imagine a 70-80% of people who stopped smoking because of paranoia don't spend much time in CD as they no longer have much interest in the drug)

not to say no one in CD has experienced paranoia from reegular cannabis use (proof: there was a poster higher up who opted for option number 3 in the list i gave) BUT maybe to get a more objective diverse response from the "drug user community" as a wwhole, this might be more pertinant in DC or BDD.... i don't know, mods up to your judgement call

Your pulled-out-of-the-ass stats are probably close to the truth, but I was just trying to point out that CD does have well-educated, knowledgeable posters who don't enjoy cannabis. You might not see them post all the time, but that's not to say the right thread won't pique their interest enough for them to reply. I mean, just check out the [MEGA] Cannabis Quitting Thread aka I need a break. 40 pages of posts in Cannabis Discussion of people that simply don't enjoy marijuana. They're here, don't let their silence fool you. Wait... am I just being too paranoid now?

But yeah, answers would be much more objectiverse (I just turned two words into one and I feel awesome because of it) if this kind of question was asked in Drug Culture or Basic Drug Discussion.

 

[phatass]

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[Captain.Heroin]

No paranoia here.

 

[Chee$e]

I actually did not start to feel the true side effects of Marijuana until I quit smoking the drug. It is crazy how this plant works, as long as it is in your system, you feel fine and normal. However, when you quit for a couple weeks, the side effects (that by the way have been their the whole time but covered up by the weed) start to surface.

I remember two weeks after quitting weed I felt great, normal like I never smoked in my life. Funny enough, one week later I was hit by random feelings of anxiety, depression, and paranoia. Marijuana alters brain chemistry dramatically and its effects don't start to surface until one of the two things happen:

1.) You quit, and the effects that it created in you (that were hidden up by medicating with weed) start to show up. It is crazy how Marijuana works, it alleviates and medicates the same ailments that it causes. (which is dangerous IMO because you don't know you have these symptoms in the first place, which is why most hardcore stoners always say "they are completely fine".

2.) When your body and brain has had enough. Generally, this is the rougher route. Usually is caused by smoking every single day and staying high for most of your regular life until your body releases all of the symptoms that were piled up on at once (panic attacks, paranoia, delusions, and usually Depersonalization/Derealization)

I used to be a big Marijuana smoker, and am in full support of Medical Marijuana inititatives because I do see medicinal purposes in the plant, however when it comes to full scale legalization for recreational purposes, I am not in support of it. The reason being is that alcohol has a UNIVERSALLY (for the most part) same effect on human mental function. In other words, we know what is going to happen when you drink alcohol.

Marijuana and Psychadelics do not work the same way. There are many stories on the internet of people who tried weed one time in their life and are now living life long depersonalization disorders. Very sad actually. There is no universal way to predict how your body is going to react when you consume THC.

 

[Pandolo]

I actually did not start to feel the true side effects of Marijuana until I quit smoking the drug. It is crazy how this plant works, as long as it is in your system, you feel fine and normal. However, when you quit for a couple weeks, the side effects (that by the way have been their the whole time but covered up by the weed) start to surface.

I remember two weeks after quitting weed I felt great, normal like I never smoked in my life. Funny enough, one week later I was hit by random feelings of anxiety, depression, and paranoia. Marijuana alters brain chemistry dramatically and its effects don't start to surface until one of the two things happen:

1.) You quit, and the effects that it created in you (that were hidden up by medicating with weed) start to show up. It is crazy how Marijuana works, it alleviates and medicates the same ailments that it causes. (which is dangerous IMO because you don't know you have these symptoms in the first place, which is why most hardcore stoners always say "they are completely fine".

2.) When your body and brain has had enough. Generally, this is the rougher route. Usually is caused by smoking every single day and staying high for most of your regular life until your body releases all of the symptoms that were piled up on at once (panic attacks, paranoia, delusions, and usually Depersonalization/Derealization)

I used to be a big Marijuana smoker, and am in full support of Medical Marijuana inititatives because I do see medicinal purposes in the plant, however when it comes to full scale legalization for recreational purposes, I am not in support of it. The reason being is that alcohol has a UNIVERSALLY (for the most part) same effect on human mental function. In other words, we know what is going to happen when you drink alcohol.

Marijuana and Psychadelics do not work the same way. There are many stories on the internet of people who tried weed one time in their life and are now living life long depersonalization disorders. Very sad actually. There is no universal way to predict how your body is going to react when you consume THC.

LOL, this is called "withdrawal" my friend. And yes, marijuana does result in psychological withdrawal. Any drug taken daily will result in withdrawal when immediately stopped.