Cannabis is a wonderful herb and can be so chill and mellow as well as mind expanding but I find that if I can only handle light smoking otherwise it starts to go the other way and make me paranoid. So I put myself on a 3 month break then I'll probably stick with like a g a month. I know this is contrary to the stoner mentality but I just wanna enjoy a good smoke from time to time without constantly looking over my shoulders for cops and people who don't know I smoke!
I am stopping smoking for a LONG time. This is what sometimes happens if I smoke 1-2 big hits out of a pipe: - Extreme heart paranoia - borderline fainting-spells - chest pains (specifically heart pains/left side of chest) - racing heart - difficulty breathing - numbness of limbs - paranoid thoughts - confusion/disorientation - high risk of panic attack Sometimes this doesn't happen and I feel great... So, I'm fucking through with trying to smoke, because I clearly have a problem. Half of these symptoms could be in my head, so I'm going to my doctor this weekend. The problem is that I experience many of these when I'm NOT high, so I might just have some anxiety disorder. Maybe I can get some valium out of it
this is what always happens to me if i take 3 or more puffs only happens lightly with one puff but still happens but nothing bad ever happens after its done so i just assume its all in my head lik"yeah this happened before" "as a matter of a fact it happens all the time and nothing bad ever happens" so its just another ride to me filled up in paranoia land
Well, I actually did smoke today. The school doctor said that it might be anxiety, or maybe a nerve problem, acid reflux, muscle problem, etc. In any of those cases the pain I'm feeling isn't dangerous. My blood pressure is actually normal, too. The only weird thing is that the EPK scan I got indicated that the right side of my heart might be bigger than the left. However, the doctor said the actual graphs did NOT indicate that, so he was skeptical of the results. Whatever, I got blood drawn for a thyroid test or something... but basically I'm going to try to eliminate ALL possibilities for paranoia/anxiety unless the tests show some bad results... but I think it'll turn out either pretty neutral or positive.
Does this happen if you toke alone? Every tried taking one hit, waiting up to ten minutes then seeing if your are just slightly stoned and have no paranoia or shit? I get pretty paranoid and self conscious myself while stoned but thats when I'm around people I don' fully trust or that are really dumb/hard to connect to If I went on a camping trip with close friends or was out away from my daily stressful life I feel great and dont get that shit while stoned
i have a problem with weed too. i smoke and just feel awkward, innapropriate, and out of place. i constantly watch myself in some mental camera and criticize everything i do. sometimes it gets transdimensional, as messed up as that sounds. mostly i just get panicked, sometimes paranoid, but always "not right". then i come down and feel like shit, fall asleep, and feel crappy for days. my solution? not smoking. my friends are pretty big stoners so that's hard. i still trip with them and get drunk and all that, but for some reason, pot messes with me really bad, so i stay away from it. although i have found that one hit leaves me in a pretty chill place, any more and i'm buggin. i haven't smoked in months, and i was considering buying .5g and giving it ONE more shot, but i really have no interest and i'm sick of feeling bad whenever i even smell pot smoke. anyway- don't worry too much. give it a few chances (after all, nothing permanents gonna happen) and see how it goes. if you simply don't like it, then that's alright- not every drug is good for everyone.
If you smoke all the time you'll get like this, it's signs of a tired mind. The brain starts sending out warning signals to the whole body, but it is 99% mild paranoia. Your heart while beating faster, is much the same - if not less - than the excitement you feel riding a roller coaster ride or being in love. Remember, no one has ever OD'd on Cannabis, at least not officially(IE literally pronounced dead to to too much in the system). A major side-effect is paranoia, and if you have anxiety without weed it'll probably increase that anxiety. My advice for paranoid thoughts is to reassure yourself that it's all in the weed. No one can read your mind, control you, secretly hate you, or etc. If you expierence this without the use of Cannabis you may have a more underlining problem, maybe anxiety(most people have some form of anxiety, but rarely serious). The numbness of your limbs is nothing to worry about, it is part of the medicinal side(and a healthy substitute from opiates if you vaporize rather than smoke) More advice, stick to low amounts if you must smoke each day(medical benefits are amazing). Low amounts keep the body used to the feel of it and limits many of the negative side-effects. I'm not advocating not getting completely blazed, just remember that most of that paranoia you're feeling is bollocks. Cannabis is much like alcohol in that it's best when used in moderation.
Canabis/weed/dope/whatever is cool and everything, but like everything, too much of it can be a bad thing. Try to control how much you're smoking each day. Not to mention a loss of brain cells. Don't tell me the brain cells statement isn't true...I had this friend (I haven't talked to him in some weeks) who acted pretty smart when I first met him, but the longer I knew him, the more he started mentioning weed and his intake increased, but he said he had already been smoking it since he was around 11, and he's 15 now. He doesn't act as smart as he used to all the time. He's smart, but weed is fucking him up bad.
I think cannabis can do different things to different people. The memory loss has been proven over and over in tests, but it doesn't entirely kill brain cells so much as paralyze certain neurons(as well as open others, it's a bit of a double-edged sword). The main neurons and cells it incapacitates are those affecting the memory. But again, everyone is different and it can effect people differently respectively. I don't believe anyone as young as your friend should smoke it. It's psychoactive, which means it effects heavily on your psyche. Your friend is only 15 and has been smoking since 11? It's no wonder it has had such an effect. The kid hasn't even made it through puberty, his mind is very undeveloped. You say he's still smart but it's fucking him up, how is it fucking him up? Mannerisms? Memory? Irritability? Anger? That's not to say he's unsaveable(whatever that may mean, I don't know his situation), but rather a road to moderation will be a large challenge. The biggest thing I can suggest is at least wait till you're a bit older and your brain has had a little more time to get through puberty and mature.
I've only smoked it once, and I wouldn't feel right smoking it unless I were of legal age, a lot of people have told me I'm more mature than most kids, so I guess that plays into it. As for my friend, it may be possible he's been smoking it even longer, I just wanted to give an estimate. But, when I say it's fucking him up, I mean that it's related to the memory thing you explained. It's not directly related to weed or anything, but he claims to be in a gang (Bloods, Seven Mile, dumbshit like that) so he probably is unsaveable. My best friend and I were going to help try and change him indirectly, but I got nowhere so I pretty much gave up, but still talked to him.
I would have to agree. My best friend just started dealing so my 12 weeks of not smoking is not gonna happen But I find that when I smoke less I'm ok. I have a very low tolerance so 1 hit is perfect for being mellowed out and not paranoid.
