Foreigner
Bluelight Crew
I quit all alterants over a month ago now, including pot. After a bad LSD trip I really wanted to let my body have a long break from having these outside chemistries introduced. My plan is to go for at least two more months. So far I feel a lot more grounded, and have a mental clarity that I have to get used to having again. There is no brain fog anymore.
One thing I've noticed about the absence of pot is that my lungs feel incredibly bare. I know that's a strange way of putting it but, they feel really raw and exposed. Every breath I take, is felt more deeply, but also more sensitively. My sense of smell is off the scale and if someone nearby me is wearing perfume or cologne it really bothers me way more than before, even triggering headaches.
But the biggest thing is that I have had respiratory infections non-stop, when normally I don't really get hit so hard. Smoking pot regularly makes any common cold I get have more profuse phlegm, but the duration and seriousness is not anywhere as bad it has been without the pot. My allergies this season have been off the scale and I don't normally have them this bad. I just had a sinus and bronchial infection and that's also something I haven't had in many years. All of this has happened after quitting pot.
I've tried doing research on THC and immuno-protection but the info out there is so inconsistent due to biased studies. I feel like the THC-laced tar that used to coat my lungs was protecting me somehow, because now that it's gone my respiratory system feels vulnerable and way more sensitive than ever before. It has also revealed that maybe my own native immune system is not as strong as it could be.
Does anyone else have any experience with this, either first-hand or in their own research? I'd appreciate it!
One thing I've noticed about the absence of pot is that my lungs feel incredibly bare. I know that's a strange way of putting it but, they feel really raw and exposed. Every breath I take, is felt more deeply, but also more sensitively. My sense of smell is off the scale and if someone nearby me is wearing perfume or cologne it really bothers me way more than before, even triggering headaches.
But the biggest thing is that I have had respiratory infections non-stop, when normally I don't really get hit so hard. Smoking pot regularly makes any common cold I get have more profuse phlegm, but the duration and seriousness is not anywhere as bad it has been without the pot. My allergies this season have been off the scale and I don't normally have them this bad. I just had a sinus and bronchial infection and that's also something I haven't had in many years. All of this has happened after quitting pot.
I've tried doing research on THC and immuno-protection but the info out there is so inconsistent due to biased studies. I feel like the THC-laced tar that used to coat my lungs was protecting me somehow, because now that it's gone my respiratory system feels vulnerable and way more sensitive than ever before. It has also revealed that maybe my own native immune system is not as strong as it could be.
Does anyone else have any experience with this, either first-hand or in their own research? I'd appreciate it!
