Quick Question!?

[Cannabis Rehab Guest]

Hey i have recently quit smoking weed... I've stopped for about a month already and still going strong. I have noticed a big difference from the first two weeks which were really tough... however the last two days I feel kinda how i did in the first weeks... I felt like i was getting a lot better and then it kind of came back. I feel like a weight is on my shoulders... I'm feeling lazy and really unmotivated... I think i may be depressed, and because of that i have been looking online at all the diseases that marijuana can increase like schizophrenia... do you think there is any chance I could be getting it? I am in my 2nd year or University/College. Also i find when i'm not busy my mind seems to run and over think everything... is that normal? for example even if i'm watching TV... i dont seem to enjoy it as much as i used to and i feel like i watching a box with moving pictures... where as before i would really get into the movie and enjoy it. I dont know if that makes sense... but i'm trying to figure out if something is really wrong with me mentally... or if its just because i am not stoned? Another thing is I am terrified of death... and I always worry about it before i go to sleep at night... has anyone experienced this? ... and on another note... I find that during the day I seem okay... but as soon as it becomes night out and its dark i start to worry more and think negative thoughts.

I want to feel the way i felt before i started smoking... and at the early stages. I feel like i have no emotion anymore... and everything is just boring. Things i used to love don't seem to be as fun anymore.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, I'm just writing down random things as they come to me... but are other people feeling the same way, or have you felt this way? I really want to get better... is there anything i can do to help this process?

Thanks... And good luck to everyone.

[Cannabis Rehab Admin]

Hi welcome to the forum.

If you read many of the other experiences people have posted about giving up cannabis, some have reported that they felt fine having gave up for a few weeks and then all of a sudden it hits them, they don’t feel to good and experience anxiety, depression or disturbed thoughts. So I think that the rehabilitation process can take weeks or even months for some and can have a number of peaks and valleys. Cannabis can take a long time to leave your system completely and we can all cope with the detox of cannabis differently. So I think it can be perfectly normal for some to experience what you are experiencing. Cannabis causing schizophrenia is relatively rare, what people are far more likely to experience either when using or withdrawing from cannabis, are symptoms like anxiety, paranoia, depression and disturbed thoughts, which is probably far more likely what you are experiencing.

Anxiety, depression, negative thoughts and the loss of pleasure, are a perfectly normal symptoms of giving up cannabis for many people. They can hit different people at different times and come and go, but most people find that after a few months of quitting they do pass. Although they can last longer for some than others.

Take care, please keep us posted on how it goes and the very best of luck.

[Cannabis Rehab Guest]

Yes. Ihave had the same symtoms as you. ed

[Cannabis Rehab Guest]

Same thing here It really takes a while for you to get back to normal. I`ve been 56 days off the drug and I still have trouble irritability, negative thoughts, moodiness , I am not myself at all. Studies say it takes 4-6 months to see a big difference in how we feel. Just stay strong and know that is just detox and you are not going crazy
Wish you a good recovery
Lili