warning signs or am i just getting really high?

[coralsands]

iv been smoking bud for quite a while but iv never really had a bad tolerance, its always been pretty low. but a few weird things happen when i smoke too much or with people i dont know. so when i smoke alot around other people i get this thing where i cant understand what people are saying, like i can hear them but i cant comprehend what theyre saying. on top of that sometimes i cant physically speak, like i try to but no sound comes out (that might be psycosematic though, or just from the extreme anxiety that i get from some bud). and when i smoke too much at home i feel insects and mice crawling all over me but theres nothing there. like iv obviously heard of people seeing shit and hearing shit but iv never heard anyone feeling shit that isnt there. and its extremely vivid sometimes too. i actually think it mightve started after a dxm binge which kinda makes sense, i was downing robitussin everyday because i had that were into it, on top of working 8-10 hour shifts with like 4-6 hours of sleep a night which went on for about a month and a half. like my mental state at the end of that was obviously fucked up, like delusions and occasionally seeing things out of the corner of my eyes and such but that only lasted a week or two. id just moved out of my dads cuz he lived in a shithole (there is literally no other way to describe that trailer) and i was sick of waking up to rats running past and over me. that might kind of explain the whole insects and rats thing but iv had the whole 'not comprehending speech thing' since i started smoking. my main question is do you think that these are early signs of schizophrenia or some other mental problem or am i just getting really really high?

sorry about the length and if this is stupid, just realized iv never talked to anyone about this before and im really curious

 

[coralsands]

107 views and no input? ill just summarize my questions for the all the tired people-
1. is feeling things that arent there (like feeling spiders that arent there crawl across your legs/arms/back) normal when your really baked?
2. is not being able to physically speak and/or comprehend what other people are saying to you normal when your really baked?
3. if these are not normal, is there something wrong with me or am i just really sensative to weed in general?

 

[nekointheclouds]

For the most part I think your just really stoned and experiencing some paranoia which can show up in many different ways. The stuff you described about not comprehending people is pretty damn common, and happens to me in ways even when I'm not high, only with me it just takes longer to comprehend than normal. I call it late comprehensionism, its just cause weed slows down certain processing skills in the brain. And being stoned and around new people will often cause extra anxiety. More anxiety means your more likely to have confusion when your brain sends a signal to your mouth to speak. When I am nervous I tend to speak too fast and trip over my words, its because my brain and my mouth are out of sync.

Anxiety is likely the reason you feel liked there are bugs crawling on you. The feeling of bugs crawling on you or under your skin is a very common hallusination, especially in you have had a recent traumatic experience with bugs in your living enviorment like you described. Weed is a psychedelic drug and although it is not as powerful as sh rooms or acid it is still very strong and getting too high can cause the brain to play tricks on you.

I do not think you are showing early signs of schitzophrinia because you only experience what you described while high. If you start to hullusinate while sober then you should worry.

 

[coralsands]

ok cool thank you for the answer. i was kind of thinking that mighta been what was causing the speech thing but im kinda bad at explaining my thoughts in written words

 

[FreedomWriter]

I don't think it's anything to worry about. The whole not comprehending people and can't talk happens to me a lot, just take it easy and keep yer mind relaxed

 

[cosmicsquid]

That happened to me too a lot of times, not being able to speak. I agree with you that it might be mostly psychosomatic, but i feel you can consciously work around this problem. Just let your self speak, imagine you're psychically making your brain heard using your voice. Either that or you just need a better, more friendly crowd.

 

[Euphio]

All of these are pretty common symptoms of anxiety and paranoia brought on by weed. A friend of mine actually quit smoking because of the inability to understand people. He said things just got too weird.

I loved weed until I started doing other drugs. I robotripped quite a few times and tripped on other substances, and I think this somehow ruined weed for me. My highs became incredibly paranoid and anxious... Maybe smoking a little break, or even just start smoking by yourself for a bit. I just recently started smoking again, mostly by myself, and noticed I get less paranoid and it's carrying over into smoking with others also.

Good Luck!