tokedtoomuch

I've been addicted for 10 years and often took a month or two off every year. I am really struggling from withdrawals this time around. Especially cold sweats during the night and insomnia. I take Ambien, which helps for the insomnia, but I keep waking up every few hours SOAKED with sweat all over...

Are there any detox products or recommendations to reduce the cold sweats? I am taking multivitamins and a few other intestinal aids (like omega 3s, probiotics, fiber..) I did some research and folks say to pretty much suffer it out and give it a week or two... Any tips from the experts? Thanks in advance.

Edit: Not sure if this matters or not... I have a super high metabolism and think the toxins are being released much quicker than your average person.

Mods: Please move this thread to a different forum if it isn't considered urine testing.. figured this would be the best place to post though. Thanks

Kushy

What on earth are you talking about?

I can't tell if you're talking about marijuana or heroin??

I have never heard of somebody going through withdrawals like cold sweats that bad from marijuana. Marijuana has an extremely low physical addiction risk- in fact lower than coffee. So I don't understand how firstly youre "addicted", and secondly, how you're suffering from something that sounds more similar to a heroin addiction than marijuana use.

EDIT: I've been smoking every day for awhile now and when I take breaks i suffer from absolutely no withdrawal. I definitely feel like sparking up a j on a break, but never have I broken into cold sweats or had trouble sleeping because of it

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Buzzby

I strongly suspect that your symptoms are psychosomatic or have a different cause. I've never heard of anyone having much worse than a few days of irritability, poor appetite, and difficulty sleeping

THC metabolites are neither psychoactive nor are they toxic. They have no effects on your body. The minor withdrawal symptoms from marijuana come from your brain adjusting to lower levels of cannabinoids than it's used to.

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tokedtoomuch

Kushy: Obviously I'm talking about marijuana, not heroin.

I don't want to get into an argument/debate here, but marijuana IS addictive to a certain extent for some folks, I don't care what anyone says. Everyone's different and people do experience these cold sweats. See link below and a few people I know who smoke heavily get "the sweats" when they stop.

cold sweats? - Cannabis Forums Message Boards - Medical Marijuana, Cannabis Club, Dispensary, News

Maybe the sweating is caused by something else in the brain/nervous system, but I never get these sweats normally and it always happens when I quit smoking. I've only had them for two nights since I stopped three days ago.. we'll see how it goes the rest of the week.

Buzzby:

Can you provide me some more information regarding THC metabolites being non-toxic? I know THC itself is low in toxicity, but couldn't find much about the metabolites being non-toxic. Thanks guys...

Kushy

Hmm that's just really strange to me. I just re-read my first post and it sounded pretty dick, haha my bad. I didn't want it to be in a condescending tone but I was just confused Never heard of anything like that being that bad. Just as a matter of curiosity though; how much do you smoke and is it daily?

So far my theory of people who get these severe withdrawal symptoms are heavy users (1+ grams a day) which comes at ABSOLUTELY no surprise because no shit smoking that much can fuck with your body a little bit. If you're gonna be an everyday smoker atleast conserve and tone it down every day. I vape a small bowl in the day and smoke a bowl for bed only using pinches for each, both get me high and 1/8ths last me about 2 weeks. That comes out to about .25g a day. I only buy medical now, but if I had mids, it would be about .5/day probably.
Conserve and tone it down:
-your weed lasts longer
-spend less money
-no crazy withdrawals
-less tolerance
-less smoke in the lungs
-healthy body and mind
IT'S WORTH IT

MrIMStoned

Then why would you want their opinions?

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tokedtoomuch

I wasn't asking for their opinion on addiction. I knew this would start some sort of turmoil. Figures.

Nah, you weren't being a dick.. it's cool. Yes, very heavy smoker, all day everyday.. would smoke probably 3-4 bowls of killer bud from dawn to dusk... too much.. (hence the name, tokedtoomuch)..

jikaboom123

While I don't believe I am physically addicted to Marijuana, I definitely have developed a dependency issue. When I wake up, I suffer extreme anxiety and nausea until I smoke, and then I can go on throughout my day. I never used to be like this and now I just don't know what to do.

If I don't smoke in the morning, my nerves make myself so sick that it gets to the point where I've even thrown up.

I start school in three days, and I can't be smoking all day just so I can function. I really don't know what to do.

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Buzzby

The most prevalent THC metabolite is know as THC-COOH or 11-nor-9-Carboxy-THC. I could find nothing about it being toxic.

tokedtoomuch

Thanks for looking, however I think I may have come up with something here.

Drug metabolism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you read what happens during Phase I, it seems to me that a molecule with a C-H bond (which THC has), it may be converted to a C-OH bond, therefore producing a toxic compound. Phase II produces non-toxic compounds for THC because THC's OH bond does not produce active metabolites. I couldn't find any research regarding an actual study done on marijuana metabolism. Anyone a chemist?

BTW, cold sweats are almost gone.. thank god..