Mental Health social anxiety?

[Smiley91]

I've had this too ^ but it was when I used to iv mephedrone and stay up for days I would see warped faces and think everything people said had a hidden message/agenda/insult etc aimed at me. Difference from now was that I was totally convinced rather than being able to see it was in my head. Me and my boyfriend started to imagine (and were convinced) that we were being used by our friend just to sit in our house and use internet to conjure up some big drug deal scam - but the person was actually just getting us drugs and chilling/working with us not against us. My bf also thought he was trying it on with me etc...and I thought his female friend who helped us clean out the house had alterior motives as well. Too much paranoia. In fact it got so bad for me n I stopped. I remember having a toke of nice bud thinking 'weed is my safe place, it never kicks my arse like other drugs'. I've never experienced paranoia on the same level since, but perhaps the ganja is having a similar effect only far more subtly. How long did you have to quit before noticing any positive changes and what were they?

 

[herbavore]

I quit weed many years ago when it started making me noticeably paranoid but for me it only lasted the duration of the drug being in my body (no lingering or overall effects). I stopped because something that used to provide comfort was now doing the opposite so it was a no brainer but I did notice that I just felt better all around--clearer, more motivated and energetic and my daily rhythms with sleep and food evened out. lately I have reintroduced it mainly for sleep and so far, no anxiety but then again, I'm asleep!