Pot Psychosis or what?

[sweet leaf]

Fry-d , the only way i found to get over everynight pot napping was to battle thru it -as previously said - for 3-4 hours everynight. Totally sux arse , cos all you can do is lie in bed and wait for sleep to come..
Another thing you can do to help is to pack weaker cones( j's etc) - maybe try leaf/bud , then just leaf..I'm talking about over the period of a few weeks if you can.
Abby - get a chillum and share it with a few friends - not quite a bong, not quite a pipe, but good for a few ppl..

 

[Fry-d-]

Ok this is night 2 without cones

woohoo for me
Last night was killer
laying in bed till 3
But this time Im doing it, Kickin the bong
I've said this many times before but this time ......
See How it goes

 

[Soma]

*cheer!*
Well done Fry-d- . Keep it up.

 

[SNeaK]

all sounds too fimiliar...but have any of you had this...
After a smoke i'll be relaxing, most of the time i'll be lying on the couch or in bed. When there is no tv on, and the house is empty, and i relax deeply...i end up being a listener in a conversation between two people! When i realise how noisy and lame what im hearing is (its like everyday conversation)i kinda go "hey!" and try and remember what the hell they were talkin about.
its weird, its all in my head, but its definitly different 'voices'.
can some-one tell me im not the only one?! (or sometimes 2 or 3

)
damn bung ol me

S

 

[WizzFizz]

Well, well, we do have a pattern forming here don’t we?
Yes, rack up another one for the scoreboard.
4yrs daily, ¼ a day at my worst point.
Stopped cold by choice (Low point in life)
17mths without a smell of it
1 cone later and bing, bing, bing, bring on the straight jacket and knitting needles.
Abby, you have had some thoughtful insights into the problem and they are very correct. Hey the must be, I have been exactly there and had all the same thoughts.

Here is the solution after much of my own research

Remember this one thing and say it over to yourself when you find yourself in this situation.
“It is just the drugs”
Small and simple, but it works wonders.
I fortunately have a friend who came to my rescue. He saw me wigging out big time and sat with me and reminded me that it was just the drugs and “Fuck man.. that’s what you paid your money for!” I thought about it and even though it was very hard to shake off the very real and justified negative thoughts that were tearing my head apart, he made me laugh! Then I realised that well, yes I was stoned and I remembered that well, stoned only lasts for an hour or two and it will like everything else will go away. Just like a trip when it peaks… you think “Oh fuck.. this might be a bit too intense” To hours later, everyone is saying “Whish we had more ‘cid”
Also, the tolerance thing is so so so true. I call it the bike syndrome

Case point:
One cone - bugged out
Talked myself through it with “I’m just smashed” “It’s just the drugs” etc etc.. didn’t let my self be alone, tried to get involved in conversation to take my mind of the paranoia.
Got over it.
Made sure that the next day, as soon as I was fully straight, I punched a hot one.. bigger than the day before… made myself do it, “Got back on the bike”
Paranoia was at least 50% less than the day before.
Next day same thing. But a full thumb screw

Result? Just smashed with a few niggling thoughts.
Two weeks later….
“Fuck man, hurry up and chop up would you”

Then I realised why I stopped in the first place and exactly what I was doing was going to perpetuate.
Stopped of my own accord again safe in the knowledge that I had concored the fear.
Now I will have the occasional one, but only small and it is much much easier to get the shit out of my head and say “It is only the drugs” and really truly belive it because learning has tought me the cycle.
So now I can enjoy, with some degree of pariona, but can sit back and control it. Keep topped up once every two weeks or so, when the time is right and that is just enough so that when it is needed… EG a recovery where I just can’t say no, I won’t wigg out in front of everyone.
Works for me… and I hope it works for you.

Cheers
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In complete darkness, we are all the same, only knowledge sets us apart.

 

[pulse]

SNeaK: you are not the only one!
agreed there are voices, they seem familiar, but when you try to concentrate on them, details become elusive, lurking on the edge of hearing. most frequently i hear my name being called.
dude, you aren't the only 2

 

[Fry-d-]

hehe I dont like to admit it but yeah I hear voices
Mostly i'll be walking along minding my own business not really thinkin about anything and then swear I hear my name being called.
I look arround an theres nobody there.
Kooky
hehe good enough reason as any to quit.
Which I might add Im still struggling thro
another sleepless night last night but getting a regular sleeping and eating pattern back and then thinking clearly again will make it worth it.
Then maybe when I smoke next the cone may actually get me wasted
I'll just take it one day at a time
I can do this

 

[Raider]

One thing I was going to suggest was to start of with a really brown mix, but BigTrancer suggested maybe even a cone of tobacco, just to see if its a psychological thing. If that works, then start off with maybe a 5 cig mix or something, then gradually wean it down to the normal.
Maybe that would get you used to smoking again, without skitzing you out hardcore.
Please come back to the fold. We're a family and we miss you

Good luck.
Raider