Calling marijuana smokers!

Hey, I'm just interested in hearing from other marijuana smokers. I was wondering if you experienced any mental changes after long term use. Do you get any strange feelings or notice anything wrong?

I myself have been smoking consistently since I was 15. I used to get alot of slack for it but at least I stuck to it, or as alot of my friends have moved on to drugs such as coke, MDMA etc, I still just stick with marijuana. But sometimes I do fear for my mental state. The only changes I can clearly see are I'm more laid back than I was and my pronunciation has gone a tiny bit downhill but that doesn't bother me.

So anyone out there want to share with me?

 

man, im totally on the exact same page as you, been smokin since 14 (now 20) so i think that qualifies me for long term. but i think wondering about the mental changes you have obtained over the years from smokin is a common phase some ppl go through. your down on shit at a certain time in your life and wondering whats causing it and you wonder if its from all the weed you been smokin'. well the answer is usually yes, but it is usually from a primary cause like man, i cant get a job cuz i cant pass a piss test or i dont feel like leavin the couch to look for jobs today and shit, im poor so now im depressed. i dont know if any of your "mental" changes are problems, but they sure are for me! weed made me lazy. im workin on fixing it though.. one less bowl pack a day at a time.

 

i too have been smokin since i was 15,
Ganja does nothing but good things for me
but being high around certain people i have small anxiety attack because i have s.a.d but i have them either way..
when i toke up i find myself actually happy,even when my bipolar kicks in.

 

Weed made me lazier and I have more trouble focussing/concentrating sometimes. Especially on difficult matter or stuff that I absolutely do not find interesting. My mental health's pretty fine for the rest I think, so most of the time lazyness and the boring but necessary stuff don't get the better of me

 

I think you're just growing up. People are constantly changing and you're pretty young. I know people who've been smoking for decades and they're fine. Don't worry.

 

ive done other drugs alot so i dont think my input counts...

 

There's a few studies that show with habitual use marijuana has the same effect as prozac on your brain. One of the posed problems is that youg et a different dose everytime.
I am an on and off again long term user. I have a perscription for it now. i really wish i didn't use it daily. I need to work on that.
I do notice I get less work done and am less articulate. But I also have less GI problems and am less anxious.

 

I used to throw things from 200 feet away and hit a small object dead on, after I started smoking weed my aim sucks at throwing rocks... :[

 

Ya' know, for a long time I was having similar issues with it but I've come to find that alot of that seems more due to the particular strain you're smoking or perhaps just how the plant is reared.

Some sack's I get, 2 hits and I just want to vegetate, others really have impact on short term memory i.e. I get up to do something but forget what I got up for half way to wherever I was going (Just small scale like what I wanted out of the fridge etc,) And then theres some bag's I get where when I smoke I get flooded with Ideas, Ambition and a nice, mellow flush of energy to act on them.

So I think alot of it boils down to further research being needed on cultivation techniques, of course fat chance of that happening anytime soon on a wide scale.

 

like prozac, thats interesting, ive never heard of that.

 

i now run round in circles all afternoon and eat my dinner out of a shoe.

 

I'm still not used of the smoke coming from my bodyholes..

 

my skin is developing an overtone of luminous green. i have yet to find out whether it is vibrant enough to emit a glow in the dark, though.

 

definitely has caused me to have long periods of time in my life where I have done nothing of any productive value to my life, ie, work -> get stoned -> sleep -> repeat. I don't think I've had any truly adverse long term effects (been smoking for about 10 years) but my memory would have been stellar if not for the weed, and I think it's fair to say I'd be in far better physical condition as well.

 

Well, without the 'get stoned', wouldn't that be work; watch a bit of telly or go on net; sleep; repeat?
Looks like a cosy routine.
Something to look forward to in work.
Something to make you sleep well at night.

 

Lots of people have that routine without the smoking part, haha.

 

^ Now, THAT's a soul destroying routine.

 

On topic: I'm also a bit worried about the way my headhair are looking more and more like big marijuana leaves . Does someone else experiences this and if yes, does it have health consequences?

 

i think smoking helps my anxiety and depression.

 

Helps them in what way? Is it letting you see where the roots of the problems behind the problems are so you can work them out or is it just covering up symptoms?