Schizophrenia and weed. Am i going crazy?

Am i going crazy? It doesn't seem like it. I've been smoking since i was 15, but not daily.

Even up to this day i don't toke up everyday, lately i've been smoking every couple of days or whatever.

I've noticed, i dont pay attention well, like im not alert. I dont enjoy activities that i used to do like watch anime, or compose music, I have paranoid thoughts when i get high ( but not to the point where im panicking and stuff like that )

ANd just a minute ago i was hearing like chatter. Radio-like chatter coming from the computer speakers. I turn the speakers up and theres no sound. Like it was an hallucination or something. I'm always tired...lazy, yawning, I zone out at work, and my mind just goes crazy with racing thoughts.

Wtf is wrong with me? The weed? WHy don't otherpeople get like this when they get high. Why can other people smoke weed and still pay attention?

I used to always look down walking down the street when i was younger, avoiding eye contact with people, etc. didn't like social situations. Its like i was scared all the time. I wonder if this could have something to do with the way i grw up. I grew up by myself, spoiled with no siblings, with a verbally abusive step-father.

 

hey man, i'm sort of in the same situation here, my childhood even sounds a bit like yours.(except im not hearing things), although I have mostly dropped the habit, and it seems to be a little better.. Did something set off your paranoia?
Really I think me and you, ppl in our situation.. we probably think too much.

idk for sure. I do know that I was sort of losing it, but have a much better grip on myself now. I think alot of it has to do with that fact that pot makes things blown out of proportion..

I was an avid smoker when I did smoke(it was more off and on) as in smoking all day.


What I would do, which I am doing.. is stop for awhile, give your brain some time to grow without it for several months/years, then enjoy it very seldomly.

 

Your just high...

 

Cut back man. Seems like everyone has the same problems eventually from smoking too much.

 

I find I don;t get paranoid but I do become slightly more intolerant. I don't mean racially, but I notice little aspects of people that really piss me off. It's hard to control. And i do lose my attention span. If I smoke up a few days in a row I can;t even focus for more than 5 seconds. But you learn to cope with that shit.

 

I sort of had the same feelings, pretty much exactly the same as you. It started happening after I did some acid a few times. Every time I would smoke during a time span of a few weeks after tripping my highs seemed to be so much stronger and sort of were like how you are describing it.

I fixed it by cutting down on my smoking (from a few times a day to just once every few days) and whenever I did smoke I would try to chill out more. As I learned to do that, I was able to start smoking like I used to every day again.

You just basically have to teach your body how to react to weed and realize the effects of weed are simply just effects from weed.

 

Time to quit for a while, get your head straight. If you are still having the problems while you are off the weed then I would suggest getting some additional help. Otherwise, start back slow and find your limit / level.

 

I know its cliche, but its probably all in your head. Although from smoking often, you can feel sluggish and unfocused. If your predisposed to a mental disorder, maybe your parents are bi polar, than pot can possibly bring that disorder to the surface with you. But I doubt that would be the case with occasional use for only 3 years. The speaker thing could be many things, like if you have allot of fluid in your ears you will hear ringing and fuzziness. Speakers can also pick up radio waves. Every time someone texts me, my TV speakers make this weird noise, like your tuning a radio, which to this day is gives me a few minutes of confusion when I'm high. And paranoia from pot is nothing to worry about, its the panic attacks that suck. I think the best way get rid of paranoia is realize how stupid it is. One time I was high, and getting a shower, I heard my mom get home, and assumed she was going up to get my stash, so I jumped out of the shower and into the hall and got bitched at. You should try taking a break from pot for a t least a week, then start back on smaller amounts, maybe half a bowl, or a small joint, then work your way up over several sessions.

 

i was diagnosed with ADHD in the 6th grade but my mom just made me stop taking the ridlin after a while.

Smoking seems to be great after i get a little alchohol in me.

Yesterday i just smoked the blunt slower than doming it like i usually do and it was great

But smoking weed by itself seems to be getting better, i pay more attention now than just zoning out.

I also think it might be cause i smoke too much in one session. If i smoke too muchn i get tired and it causes me to not pay attention. When i smoke with this one guy, a couple of times he's told me to wake up when we were high, and i didn't know wtf he meant lol.

Yea, i grew up lazy as shit, i used to just sit on the computer all damn day. So i'm used to being lazy.

Like i get really high off of just regular mids.

 

I say take a nice long break for while

 

Schizophrenia usually presents in adolescence to adulthood. I recommend visiting with you physician and explaining these things to him. If you have multiple factors, you may receive a mental health diagnosis.

The fact that you are concerned about what's happening to your mental facilities warrants additional help from a physician. Remember, once you are 18, all discussions with your doctor are confidential. Tell your parents that you need to see the doctor for an earache, if necessary.

Don't mess around with your mental health. If you do have a mental illness, it can progress and worsen without treatment. Be honest with your doctor. It's for your own good.

I suggest not smoking weed, or doing any other drug, including alcohol. If this is difficult, seek treatment including AA or NA if necessary. I recently had to quit using because it was effecting my mental health and physical health, too.

Here is some more information on Schizophrenia. Remember, it may be some other mental illness OR it could be related to drug use. It may go away after you quit using.

http://health.yahoo.com/mentalhealth-overview/what-is-schizophrenia/healthwise--aa46940.html

 

Vontae, does this happen every time you smoke, or just when you don't smoke for a while then start backup again? Do you have other people with you? Are you under stress? How much did you smoke, how many times the past week?

I experience similar situations, but only when i smoke non-frequently.

 

The chatter from ur speakers is normal it's just something to do with radio waves going through the air ur speakers pick up. Maybe u grew out of anime and composing music (that sucks). Like I grew out of animated tv shows. And some adults grow out of video games. It's normal to be a little paranoid when high, that's one of it's effects and some people overcome it or don't mind it too much.

 

If this only happens when your high, then RELAX. Thats what being high is, you just are probalby more affected by it. I remember the first 10 times i got high, it seemed like i was insane and i worried about it, but its most likely just cause your stoned.