Marijuana Withdrawal

[CS]

Short back story I only smoked pot about once a week on weekends up until about 3 months ago and as soon as summer holidays started I was having on average 4-5 bowls a day every day right up until about two weeks ago when I stopped cold turkey when I decided I can't dick around for my last year of high school and actually grow up a bit and try to do good.

Personally I didn't even think it was possible to have a withdrawal from pot and probably would've laughed at someone if they told me it happened to them and for the first two days I felt surprisingly good and then like the day before school restarted it felt like reality decided to hit me in the face with a shovel, suddenly I was feeling not depressed but just trapped and not being able to get away from anything. That was probably my main reason for smoking it so much(for me anyways) because I have adhd and it was a great way for me to get out of my own head of sorts because my mind went from normally going million miles an hour to just being able to sit there and not think or worry about anything for hours at a time.

So anyways, in a basic list of how different I've felt is lots of mood changes, anxiety, stomach aches, loss of appetite, very irritable and some very weird dreams. The one thing thats got me thinking it isn't withdrawal is that I have had almost no cravings for it at all, its like I have no trouble not smoking it but at the same time why the fuck do I feel like the worlds crashing down on me when the way my life's been going great ouside of my own head. I just didn't think it was even possible to get addicted to pot never mind feel damn near depressed for two weeks straight when I was only really a pot head for about the sum of 3 months.

Pretty much I've just been wondering if the way I've been feeling lately has been because I stopped so suddenly or is there something more serious going on inside my head, has anyone here ever had any kind of withdrawal from pot or heard of anyone that has?

[RingMaster2001]

I have no cravings for it at all either. The only thing I've noticed is spurts of loss of memory, like the other day I forgot what a skateboard is called, and losing track in the middle of a conversation from time to time. I did smoke a hell of alot of it though, and the fact that I'm still smoking cigarettes probably helps the cravings.

[Fozy]

Yeah, you definately can if you've been having it regularly and in quite large amounts. When I was having a 'come-down' after a while of smoking it, I was just feeling angry a lot and not wanting to see my friends. It wasn't much of a craving for it, just my body had been used to it and it didn't like the new change I guess.

It'll get better soon. NO WORRIES.

[CS]

What a relief, for a while there I thought I was going crazy. It probably didn't help any that my best friend who I've known my whole life and was really the only person I could really talk to went off to college and instead of even mentioning I was mad he was leaving I tried to shut him out of my life completely and well it didn't really work as well I thought it would.

[CanaMatt]

I guess technically it could be a psychological withdrawal, but no, there is no such thing as a real withdrawal to marijuana. All it is is different feelings you're not accustomed to anymore. Obviously quitting something that increases appetite will decrease your appetite. The "feeling of reality hitting you in the face with a shovel" was in all likelyhood actually just that as opposed to some sort of strange reaction to the drugs. its not so much a withdrawal as it is a psychological response to a change in your life. Not that it is not legitimate, but it's all in your head.

[System of a Daan]

I'm quite the pothead myself, but quit for a month or two (cold-turkey) before my finals in may. I didn't have much trouble with it to be honest. There was one day, about a week after I quit, I felt terrible physicly. I slept really good the night before but the next day I was really really tired. Couldn't do anything at all.

I didn't have much cravings except when I was drunk. I think the most important with pot smoking is to keep it at a decent level and not smoke when you have stuff to do.

Oh and in reply to Ringmaster, I actually quit smoking cigs because I smoked weed. I guess that's because I still got my daily nicotine dosis