What are the withdrawal effects of marijuana and how can I treat them?
I am 15 i have smoked really potent marijuana for 3 years now on an inconsistent bases. For the past 3 months I have smoked weed at least every night in vaporizers, blunts, joints, bongs, bowls and pretty much whatever i could find . I had trouble managing my usage so i decided to stop before it got much worse. I stopped smoking cold turkey on monday the 14th of december and it is now friday the 18th.I feel pretty much like crap and i haven’t been well enough to go to school. I have terrible head aches, im tired a lot and sometimes nauseous. I would like to know if these are normal side effects of stopping marijuana usage and if they are what can i do to feel better. Also i understand that the withdrawal from marijuana is not considered a big deal and more serious drugs have significantly worse withdrawals.
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Yes those are normal side effects, also irritability, restlessness etc. And yes withdrawal from other drugs is much worse.
Good for you on your choice to quit!!!
I have been a regular marijuana smoker for 15 years and have quit a few times. When i say regular i mean i smoke a fat bong pretty much every hour on the hour. I pack the bong bowl tight and smoke the whole thing in one hit, just to give you an idea of my level of addiction.
as an addict as well as a psychology grad, i have a dual perspective on addiction. First off marijuana is much more psychologicaly addictive than physiologicaly addictive meaning that your mind wants the drug more than your body needs the drug.
headaches and nausea are not common symptoms of marijuana withdrawl you are probably coming down with something, although they are both so common of side effects of every drug and every withdrawl that i cant say that the headaches and nausea are not part of your withdrawl.
The most common symptoms of marijuana withdrawl for heavy regular smokers are:
Physiological (physical) – excessive salivation (usually drueling during sleep) restlessness and an inability to sleep, decreased appetite. (the reason for excessive salivation is that the cotton mouth effect of marijuana causes the salivatory glands (glands that secrete saliva) to up to triple in size so that you are producing enough saliva for your 1st stage digestive system to function properly once you quit your glands are still overproducing for 1 – 2 weeks)
Psychological (mental) – This part is much more tricky, your mind tends to do rationalization backflips to try and get you to smoke again, and will often rationalize reasons why smoking weed is okay and you can get one more bag. If you know this will come the trick is to repeatedly say “no” in your mind no matter how logical it sounds for you to smoke more. Aside from that the main psychological side effect kicks in about 6 months after quitting when most heavy weed smokers report severe depression and suicidal thoughts. Those however dont last for very long and if you make it past this stage without smoking you are pretty much in the clear as long as you dont smoke again.