Are you going through Marijuana Withdrawal? What to Expect
Many regular and heavy pot smokers go through withdrawal when they first quit weed. The detox period tends to last between 10 days to a month, and is worst in the beginning. Quitting weed sometimes produces physical and mental withdrawal symptoms. The most common symptoms are discussed in detail below.
Moodiness and Anxiety!
One of the biggest hurdles in the first couple of weeks is anxiety. The anxiety that is felt during quitting is typically small compared to a complete anxiety attack – but it is constant! You need to be prepared to deal with the emotional and mental state you will be in for the first couple of weeks when you quit smoking. I have searched through couch pillows,and the trash, just to find a crumb or a little nugget to smoke. I describe it as missing something, and needing to get back to a stoned state so that you can relax again. You may notice you are holding a lot of tension and not breathing well in the first week. Being busy will help some, but it won’t make this feeling go away. Keep reading to learn more about marijuana detoxification.
Inability to Sleep and Racing Thoughts
Not Sleeping is a big aggravation in the first couple days of stopping. A number of times, I was unable to sleep for days. This will end. If smoking weed makes you calm and tired, not smoking will make you anxious and your mind lose focus. It can take a while for your sleeping patterns to get back to normal. Generally within a month you will have more better sleep patterns and get a full nights rest. It is imperative to stay on a consistent sleep pattern when experiencing weed withdrawal.
Vivid Dreams and Nightmares
As any pothead knows, marijuana seems to interfere with the dreaming mechanism of consciousness and either keeps you from dreaming, or keeps you from remembering them. When you give yourself a rest from weed, the nightmares come back – and sometimes they are intense. If you haven’t dreamed in ages, this aspect of marijuana withdrawal is very strange. Memories from years ago may resurface in dream form. I remember having a dream of classmates from high school that I hadn’t seen in over 10 years!
Bad Dreams are normal when you go through withdrawal from weed. These can be incredibly vivid and involve people and places you know. I have had several dreams where I thought the world was about to end and I have woken up in a sweat before.
Some people dream about marijuana, and some smoke marijuana in their dreams. This is part of the detox process and entirely normal.
Loss of Appetite
A regularly seen sign of marijuana detox is a lack of hunger. Usually these effects last four days from the last time you smoke. You can almost think of it as the opposite of the munchies. Fast food doesn’t taste as good without weed!
It is normal if your appetite decreases, or that you aren’t hungry for a couple days. You might lose some weight when you go through detoxification. The lack of [hunger] can be a part of a more general feeling of being sick that can be described as low-level flu like symptoms. For the most part, most people don’t go through bouts of diarrhea or nausea.
When I quit smoking weed, my diet improved. I have experienced the loss of appetite, and even the runs during the first few days of quitting.
The Sweats
You may experience this after not smoking marijuana for a few days. I think it caused from the tension of not smoking weed. I do know that after smoking (succumbing to temptation) the sweats dissapear immediately. One tip for dealing with this, is to think of it as cleansing and that your body is cooking out the THC. Your are speeding up your recovery by sweating it out!
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