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

[Chee$e]

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.

No. Why didn't withdrawal emerge after taking 1-2 week breaks from weed? Withdrawal surfaces when one cessates drug use cold turkey and he/she will start feeling withdrawal.

I would always take 1-2 weeks breaks from weed no problem no withdrawal. It was not until I quit for a full month or so (when the THC starts clearing the system) that I started noticing the effects it had on me. Pot use is a self medicating process of the problems it is already causing, without you even noticing.

At least with shit like coke and heroin, your body immediately tells you whats wrong. With weed, you could be developing anxiety and depression from it the whole time but because Marijuana is medicinally prescribed here for depression and anxiety (at least here in California) it basically makes you feel numb or medicates you from those feelings.

It medicates the same feelings that it causes is what I'm getting at.

Also, I was a moderate smoker. 2-3 joints a week, 1 joint per session, so 2-3 time a week smoker but this was California chronic so I was not smoking weak stuff by any means. Top shelf medical dispensary bud tested 20 percent THC levels and higher.

 

[Chainer]

sorry for the late reply, saw this last night and thought to myself "eh, if it gets to 10 replies I'll add the poll"....

So yeah... On it.

edit; no paranoia. I've never met anyone in real life that has had increased paranoia in my decade of smoking, besides one person who later was diagnosed as bipolar / boarderline skit. Take that as you may.

 

[1394]

I used to get a lot of paranoia during my early teen years.

Paranoia still exists but is manageable.

The "sucky" feelings of cannabis for me are "Oh Jesus, I really said that didn't I" type of semi self-consciousness.

 

[eireann]

sorry for the late reply, saw this last night and thought to myself "eh, if it gets to 10 replies I'll add the poll"....

So yeah... On it.

edit; no paranoia. I've never met anyone in real life that has had increased paranoia in my decade of smoking, besides one person who later was diagnosed as bipolar / boarderline skit. Take that as you may.

you must not meet alot of people who smoke weed so

 

[Artificial Emotion]

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.

LOL.

There are also many stories about alien abductions and ghost sightings on the internet too but I don't come to the conclusion that it must be true just based on some posts online.

Reefer bloody madness.

 

[Fieldy]

I find depending on the strain or tolerance, Paranoia sometimes comes to me after i have had a break for a few days and smoke the 1st cone since my last smoke, or if the strong strain itself is different to my usual bud.

 

[Chainer]

you must not meet alot of people who smoke weed so

yes, in my decade + of smoking weed, and going to a hippy liberal college, I barely have met anyone who smokes. In fact, I've never even met a person from BL who smokes weed in my years of moderating cannabis discussion.

Just me.

/s

I've known plenty of people who get ridiculously paranoid WHILE HIGH, because their tolerance was low as hell and I only smoke headies, but know nobody who has told me they have had INCREASED paranoia over use. In fact, it is generally very much the opposite.

It seems a common issue here for a select group of people, though.

And all this BS about someone smoking weed one time and then it blowing out some HUGE mental disorder... common now.

 

[eireann]

chain 1 in 4 cannabis smokers suffer paranoia... i use to smoke constantly with a group of 10 mates and only one of us didnt get paranoid
so i believe its more than 1 in 4

so far out of 16 people on this pole 14 suffer paranoia from cannabis use,think you have been wearing your drug induced tinted classes dude..lol

p,s not being smart with you id love to be able to smoke with out the fear of paranoia theres no physical wds so if it didnt make me paranoid it wud be the ultimate chill drug

also chain people can suffer from cannabis induced psychosis thats a fact,so ppl do suffer mental illnesses from weed dude

 

[Chee$e]

LOL.

There are also many stories about alien abductions and ghost sightings on the internet too but I don't come to the conclusion that it must be true just based on some posts online.

Reefer bloody madness.

Oh its you again lol.

I just want you to compare the retarded analogies you just made. I can see people lying about ALIEN abductions etc. etc. for popularity or because they want attention, but think to yourself for one second, why in the hell would anyone lie about getting depersonalization disorders from cannabis? In other words, what do they have to gain by lying about that lol?

Go to the dpselfhelp.com, it is a support forum for those with depersonalization/derealization disorders, nearly half of the members on that site (and there are thousands on this forum) got DP/DR from Marijuana use. I'm sure you find it gratifying to call poor suffering people "internet liars". Get your head out of your ass dude...

 

[Artificial Emotion]

Who ever said anything about lying?

I think you'll find many of the people that share alien abduction stories or ghost sightings aren't in fact lying. In other words they believe it, whether due to issues with sleep paralysis or just some sort of mistake. My point is that you shouldn't be so quick to take everything you read at face value and then make ridiculous scaremongering posts.

What you're saying is that many people smoke once and they will become mentally ill for the rest of their life. And I am saying what a load of utter bollocks that is.

Oh its you again lol.

Yes and you obviously have an agenda. You're pro-prohibition and regurgitate the same old propaganda over and over again so don't be surprised when people call you out.

 

[justsayknow]

^ I have spoken to one person who has schizophrenia and believes it was triggered by smoking cannabis once. Given that I have spoken to many people with mental illness throughout my life aswell as many who smoke cannabis I believe this to be extremely rare but not impossible ie this is the only case I have heard of. The context of this conversation was when I was working on a support line so I dont know the person well but it is likely that the schizophrenia was latent up until that time and he had a genetic predisposition to it (Also it is hard to verify information from an annonymous caller with a mental illness). I cant comment on the derealization disorder as I dont know a lot about it.

With regard to the original question I experienced very little paranoia when I first began smoking even though it was regular. After several years of this I began to experience paranoia and anxiety when I smoked in certain situations (Also at this stage I had ready access to more potent material). I stopped for a long time and now try and only smoke in situations that are conducive to the experience and at times when my mind is in the right place to do so. I believe part of the anxiety was due to being inebriated at times when I was required to function normally. So as far as the poll goes it is somewhere between 2 and 3 for me.

 

[Chainer]

chain 1 in 4 cannabis smokers suffer paranoia... i use to smoke constantly with a group of 10 mates and only one of us didnt get paranoid
so i believe its more than 1 in 4

Like I was trying to get at - this is about a marked INCREASE in paranoia. Obviously I know plenty of people that had paranoia upon initial use of the drug - I did too! I was only like 14 at the time, but it certainly DECREASED, as it did for... well... everyone I know that kept smoking. But hey, maybe there's your sign!

I think we are talking about two different things here.

Regardless, my drug taint glasses have been off for a while. I would pass a hair test at this point in my life - I've been off all drugs for a bit now (besides alcohol - fucking Air Force!! ) . This of course includes cannabis.

also chain people can suffer from cannabis induced psychosis thats a fact,so ppl do suffer mental illnesses from weed dude

I've been at this a while now, but I think you may not be reading my posts.

And all this BS about someone smoking weed one time and then it blowing out some HUGE mental disorder... common now.

Having modding here for.... well... a long time... I'd love to see a clinical study, peer-reviewed, or APA approved document to back up the claim that smoking cannabis will CREATE a mental illness (especially after one initial exposure!!) . There has been plenty to *suggest* it can be a catalysis in bringing up underlying mental conditions, but they are already existing threats, i.e. may come out naturally later in life. Obviously it can also exaggerate conditions tremendously. Saying that cannabis can cause psychosis is repetitive - cannabis is a psychedelic. They all can cause psychosis. I use psycinfo, psycDocs, and psycArticles for my peer reviewed, APA psychology documents. Generally access is only granted to those who need it (i.e. psychology graduates or students), I'm not sure of the best public access database search engines.

 

[justsayknow]

I posted this in the other mental health thread and although it is from 2008 it seems to have a fairly comprehensive list of references for a meta analysis. Given that it is a government publication you would think they would be all about hyping up the risks of cannabis use but it seems to suggest limited evidence of causality. Perhaps an easier read than trawling through hundreds of journal articles.

 

[Chainer]

^Hey, thanks for the link. I gave it a quick run over (I will read it when I have more time - work soon). It seems to say what a lot of research has said. I too was a bit leery because it was government funded, but the summary page seemed to be in line with things I've read in the past. I didn't get a chance to see any data or statistical facts, though. Regardless, thanks for the link.

 

[SuperPump250]

Weed used to make me paranoid, but not anymore. Since I now eat properly, exercise, quit diet soda / aspartame products, and basically got my life in order.

 

[deficiT]

I used to be a much more regular smoker. Then once I started tripping, weed started to make me a lot more anxious, paranoid, and depressed. Now that I've stopped tripping, smoking weed has gotten a lot better but I still don't like to smoke every day.

 

[MonKeYDNA]

A lot, if not all, of my paranoia comes from police-related anxiety. I've only ever been charged for a misdemeanor, but still, even if I'm not doing anything illegal, every time I see a cop, my heart begins apoundin. Isn't that just ironic.

 

[Chainer]

Isn't that just ironic.

Um, nope ;D

 

[Protocal]

I never really suffered any kind of UNMANAGEABLE paranoia when I smoked although it was quite present. It never really got to the point where I was having panic attacks or losing my mind over anything even when I became a habitual every day chain smoker. It was more pronounced when in public, the usual fear of someone smelling weed on you or passing a police officer was a little more intense but nothing that's ever caused me to lose my cool. Although I do believe there is a direct link to these two seeing as how I've been experimenting with a variety of different synthetic cannabanoids and found that my level of paranoia was off the charts even when I had absolutely nothing to paranoid about. I even had a few panic attacks with no history of the disorder or anything. I know that the synthetic cannabanoids work in different ways but some of them act on the same receptors as the d9-thc found in marijuana so I just can't help but think this.

 

[MonKeYDNA]

Um, nope ;D

Then what else is it? ;P