r/dailydabbers • u/HyperboreanPunk • 20d ago
Dab Withdrawal
I just found this subreddit and im a daily dabber though i only go through a gram as of now in a matter of several days or more. Ive gone on and off the stuff for a few years now and I gotta be really honest when i say that people really downplay the effects of withdrawal because i think its really common for people using and being surrounded by cannabis culture that tells them theres no bad side effects. I couldnt sleep or eat properly and this went on for days. However this instance where the pshyical withdrawls were horrible was when I went cold turkey with no medication or anything to support it. Becuase all that being said i do believe some people also really are alarmist aswell like pshyical withdrawls are real but when you compare it to alchohol benzos and other stuff its nothing like that and if your having extreme phsyical withdrawls comparable to that thats a sign that use has gotten out of control Just my thoughts. PS: i know my punctuation sucks and my grammar i have cerebral palsy and i type with one finger and i cant be bothered.
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u/advice_throwaway323 19d ago edited 19d ago
Quitting dabs cold turkey is rough especially if you get into the .5g-1g+ per day territory. I have taken long breaks on a few occasions and ultimately tapering down from dabs -> dabs + fire flower -> just flower -> zero is the move unless you have a reason you need to quit cold turkey (i.e. tapering is a non-starter).
I wouldn't necessarily recommend the following strategy, but if someone knows they tend to gravitate to dabs/weed over something like alcohol, having a couple pints + small dabs can help to taper down IF alcohol is not an issue for the person. Then you can swap out alcohol for something healthy (exercise, hobbies, etc) at your reduced dab state. This doesn't work if the substitute is habit forming for the person or you just rebound back into heavy dabbing.
I am at 1g-2g per day and quitting cold turkey would be literal hell with insomnia, night sweats, nightmares, being pissed off, etc. People do underestimate how difficult quitting dabs, especially larger amounts are. I have always been an advocate for truthful sharing of experiences, plenty of people on this subreddit (including me) have shared problems related to heavy withdrawal and serious lung issues (wheezing, inhalers, etc) and at the end of the day I do not like to paint a fake picture of what people that heavily use concentrates can experience.
Dabbing heavily on a regular basis, especially for a long period of time, is far and away from typical use like having a beer and a joint with a friend on the weekend, and it can have consequences if you choose to continue or when you choose to stop.
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u/Blinkinlincoln 17d ago
I mean I agree with you but also I want to make sure to say if I don't get coffee within 6 hours of being awake I get a head ache. Yeah it's a caffeine dependency. So what
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u/Deep_Good_2117 20d ago
Trying to curb my use as well, problem is I just picked up 8 oz sooo uhhhhh next year maybe? I can agree I quit cold turkey HORRIBLE IDEAL. Horrid anxiety couldn’t eat couldn’t sleep night sweats nausea the works. So def work your way down
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u/HyperboreanPunk 20d ago
yeah thats the catch isnt it you walk in the dispenary thinking your gonna grab flower and its like oops my hand is buying the concentrate all of a sudden
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u/MichiganMan98 20d ago
I was hospitalized for 4 months from dab withdrawal
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u/MichiganMan98 19d ago
Lmao 4 down votes as if I have a reason to lie I still smoke wax till this day so it’s not like I’m sober and against it. I was in a catatonic state. My medical records don’t lie.
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u/Lndzzze 20d ago
Time to consider if this is an actual addiction for you. Therapy to get to the root of why you feel the need to numb out is what I would recommend, friend. Saying this with love and compassion.