Getting Rid of Weed Anxiety/Paranoia

Alright so I smoked around a year or so with absolutely NO problems, I used to love smoking. But, sometime after I started getting into other drugs, specifically psychedelics, it kinda ruined weed for me and everytime I smoked I would get SUPER anxious and paranoid about things unless I smoked by myself.

I was just curious as to whether or not any of you guys have ever had to stop smoking due to it inducing anxiety/paranoia and if you were ever able to go back to it and it be normal.

I really just wanna be able to smoke and chill with the homies again one day. I'm already planning on taking 3 or so month break over the summer to try and clear up my system. I guess I'm just looking for some hope that one day all the negative emotion I get with it now will come to pass.

 

try punching yourself in the face next time you get high

 

Just get stoned slowly and gradually. Take a few hits, let those hits take effect, then decide if you want to take a few more hits. Repeat as needed.

 

If you feel yourself getting anxious, breathe in through your nose until your lungs are full and then exhale twice as slowly through your mouth.

Also, like TNS said, don't smoke more than you feel comfortable smoking.

 

I get anxious only when I'm stoned around other people for the most part. I found that vaping helps tremendously. I wish everyone vaped.

 

pay attention to what you are smoking, not all weed is equal or even the same for everyone.

For most, sativas will get you high and bouncy (with paranoia and anxiety for some), and indica's will calm you down, mellow you out and relax you.

Some people are different though, which is why I said pay attention to what you get and smoke...

 

my girlfriend also noticed that when she vapes, she doesn't get the paranoia she normally gets from smoking.

 

this has happened to me a few times and i just take a break when necessary.now i just don't let myself get anxious because there really is no point.you are what ya make it.positive thoughts

 

On one hand, alot of people smoke way too much. Weed is not THAT harmless. When I hear people say ''I dont like weed, it makes me paranoid'' and then theyu tell me they smoke once a year and then they do, they smoke a big reefer all to themselves... that shit deserves respect!

On the other hand, I've also noticed it's never the weed that makes you anxious, it just accentuates shit. Find peace in your life and general and you'll notice that you can handle it.

 

when you take too much of a drug the positives start fading and the negatives start growing. you'll have to accept this fact and either get used to it or better quit like i did (cutting down may help).

i used to smoke all day everyday back in the day and the paranoia got worse and worse until one day i quit, felt really bored for a month then felt normal and realised how much weed was effecting me in a negative sense and didn't miss it at all. i've smoked little bits here and there since then but that's cos i have a lot of friends that do it but mostly i don't even notice they do.

 

take a 3 month break, and clear your system. once you, have gone without weed that long, the euphoric parts of it come back, and it will be exciting once again.

 

yeah dude same shit happened with me, i tripped on acid once and i was gone, that shit knocked me out. So i took three or four months off, returned and i basically just smoked through it.....Just smoke through it if worse comes to worse........These days ive been much better, i can smoke outside now without freaking out. Even so iam gonna have to let weed go one day for a good job, probably this summer.

 

The same thing happened to me a couple of years ago, although I had smoked without any problems for 5 years already at that point. I haven't found a real solution by now cause it happens in various situations. The only thing that helps is when people I trust are around and touch me all the time. Otherwise I'm afraid to do unreasonable stuff like jumping out of windows - even though I guess I would never do that. The possibility scares me a lot.

 

yeah, im in the same boat. when i first started smoking, weed seemed to be all great and recreational, but as the years passed on i noticed myself becoming more anxious and paranoid while i was stoned or not... so now im going to take a nice long break and see how i feel without it in my system. i almost cant wait for it to be cleared away and im hoping it will make a difference in how i view the world, but maybe im hoping for too much. i guess we`ll have to see

 

That Sir sounds like A FINE IDEA.

More people should follow your lead TNS. The world would be a calmer place.

Bingo.:love:

 

Sounds to me like you and I both should go find an AFFORDABLE headshrinker to get inside our heads and figure out where our wires are crossed, call in an ELECTRICIAN,:love: fix those wires and set us back on (for lack of a better analogy) the straight and narrow.

 

I just gave up on Cannabis after awhile. It just made me way to prone to negative thought processing and subsequent anxiety. It's benefits, like music enhancement, are far outweighed by it's negatives IMO. So, if you are like me, and prone to such negativity on the drug, you might as well just stop using it. I am glad i did.

 

for those of you that want to quit. the best way to quit is to have some sort of activity to stay focused on.

do a sport or a club of somesort or join a martial arts place or something like that.


boredom and sitting around and not staying active makes it easy to spark up a joint.