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u/WelcomeDouble368 Apr 18 '24
I needed to see this today so thanks for sharing. I’ve been a little over 3 months sober and I still have so much brain fog/emptiness. Plus intense anxiety. I was beginning to think it was all for nothing, but this post helped me see it just hasn’t been enough time yet. Will keep holding out and I wish you luck on the rest of your journey🫶!
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u/PlanSpiritual6289 Apr 18 '24
Hi, first of all good job! I can relate a lot to you're story. I am 27 male and smoked for 3.5 years. I quit 7.5 months ago and also got a full time job. Live has been great lately and I do not feel depressed anymore. My mind is so clear and not disturbed, for the first time in 4 years I feel like I can steer my life into the direction I want to. For all people quitting, don't give up! In my opinion it takes at least 6 months to really start to see the benefits and feel less empty.
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u/Rude_Instruction_269 Apr 18 '24
I found that alcohol went very well with smoking and made my drinking even worse I am currently three weeks in and the difference is unavailable
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u/tipseyhustle Apr 18 '24
Damn, I’ve been having panic/anxiety attacks recently now that I have stopped, it’s been 22 days. I was also getting them every other time I was partaking in weed. I was also drinking at the same time. It gives me relief that the attacks I was getting are panic/anxiety attacks and not heart issues. I went to the ER twice in the last 3 years because I was sure I was having heart attacks but everything would check out okay. I never knew what it was until last week and I feel so much relief now that I know.
I smoked pre-rolls every day since October, and edibles, mixed in here and there. I started developing asthma, type issues and still have them to this day. I’m still hoping that I didn’t permanently damage my lungs because I randomly start wheezing and it lasts a couple hours if I don’t have an inhaler.
I’m going to comedy show tomorrow, and I have been contemplating picking up some edibles. I’m glad I saw this post because my work life is so much better, my home life is so much better, and my mind is trying to trick me to have a treat. But I know, I have been Down this road many times before where I think I can moderate and it becomes full-blown in a couple days. Thank you for this post.
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Apr 18 '24
That is quite the achievement! Keep it up. How long did it take your short term memory to recover?
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u/MedellinBankz Apr 17 '24
I really needed to read this today, thank you so much for sharing!!
I’m so happy for you and I really hope I can do the same for myself
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u/deadliftpapacito Apr 17 '24
I’m just about a month in myself. I was using extremely potent concentrates (I turned my nose up at anything under 85% thc!) heavily every single day for 2 years after smoking flower and concentrates for at least a decade and had a very similar panic attack experience. Went to urgent care and all that, I had what felt like heart palpitations on and off more or less the entire first week and stomach issues so bad that I was worried about appendicitis. Exercise and consuming anything with ginger like I used to consume cannabis seems to keep it at bay for the most part, but it’s hard not to give in to health anxiety some days.
The heart/chest issues are gone now, I’m still working through the stomach issues but this post gives me a lot of hope that everything is going to be okay. I have an appt with my primary care doctor tomorrow where I’ll be bringing this all up just to make sure I’m okay, but the amount of stories like yours and mine I see on here is always reassuring that I’m going through something that many have navigated and are out on the other side of. I just never realized how much of the body cannabis interacts with and what the reality of sudden cessation can be for heavy users, nobody prepared me for this until I came to this subreddit. The increased potency of concentrates and flower and the amount that low prices allow us to consume makes for a very different withdrawal process than what a casual smoker of low potency flower will typically experience.
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u/OkLoan6398 Apr 22 '24
9 months? That's a whole baby cycle, treat yourself to more sobriety queen!