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bzork

On Saturday night I had a bit of a party, had some drinks, and took a few turns of a friend's pipe. It's now Monday morning, and I'm still experiencing the kind of anxiety, lack of focus and poor concentration that I felt after trying the pot. These seem to me to be classic THC effects; while I'm by no means a frequent smoker (half a dozen times in the last year, perhaps), the feelings I get from smoking pot and the residual feelings I've got now, at least to me, are clearly associated. Basically I feel like I'm still on a bad high.

Now before I dove into this message, I had a browse around the forum to see if my question had already been anwered. It was a little comforting to see that this kind of thing has been brought up before - a lot, in fact. I'm sure I don't need to directly quote the numerous poorly composed and grammatically faulty messages about how the residual feelings have lasted weeks or months - their presence speaks for themselves.

Now the thing I'm a bit disappointed in is the fact that there's no real practical advice given for this kind of situation. Almost always, the response given is something like "It's the mind playing tricks on you! Anything can cause that!". It kinda feels to me like a lot of people are trying to deny the fact that it's a problem intrinsic to marijuana itself, but is rather some kind of psychological problem which may have merely been triggered by the pot. Now I'm a smart enough guy, and right now, it's pretty bloody obvious to me that this is directly related to the marijuana I smoked.

All I really want to know is if this 'residual' feeling is common, whether two days of feeling like I'm on a bad high is enough to worry about, and whether anyone has practical advice on either escaping the feeling or how long it will last. And before you say 'hey, it ain't the drugs, you just got some mind games going on!", seriously. Look back over the past few pages. It's hardly a unique case.

Thanks in advance for your help. All I really want is to be rid of this awful feeling, so any advice at all will be muchly appreciated.

 

Buzzby

The effects of marijuana, especially a small amount of marijuana like you smoked, wear off after a few hours. You are experiencing anxiety symptoms, that's all. I don't know what I can say to convince you. Being in a highly anxious state is indeed a "bad high". As long as you continue to insist that it's something else I don't know what you can do about it.

I could make up some bullsh*t "cure" and it would work if you believed in it. A placebo cure for a psychosomatic illness. Say three Hail Marys and call me in the morning.

If you want to go with modern medicine, go see your doctor. He'll give you some anti-anxiety pills and you'll be fine. Personally, I prefer meditation to medication.


You're right. It's common and it's always anxiety. Because of the biochemical mechanism by which it works, marijuana doesn't have any long term effects.

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bzork

Thanks for the reply. Since this morning I've foraged through a lot of internet literature on anxiety, so I'm willing to agree. My symptoms remain, but I'm starting to feel like I've got a better understanding of what's going on.

So I'll rephrase my question. Has anyone else suffered this kind of prolonged acute anxiety as an after effect of a pot session? If so, how did you get over it, and how long did it last? If I trusted my feelings, and what I've read today, I'd be pretty convinced that I've contracted depersonalization and post-traumatic stress disorder, and am destined to live with it for forty-seven years untill a miraculous, instant recovery brought on by a re-run of Frasier - but I know I'm in a somewhat altered-state right now, so the truth is probably somewhat less dramatic. So comfort me, please?

The most annoying thing is the blurred, unfocused vision. It's kind of like an aura I got before migraines, and it's totally putting me off. It's hard for me to figure how or why my brain alone would be doing that stuff to my eyes.