2 months after weed bad trip still feeling bad, what to do?

I'm going through this right now. I took too many bong rips from strong medical weed, got a horrible high that lasted 12 hours... The derealization itself only kicked in after a few weeks though. Now I'm in this state. It messed up my sleeping schedule that I worked so hard to fix.. I'm fixing it again though by taking high CBD low THC brownies every night before bed. CBD products help with derealization and anxiety I've read. It's the THC that can make it worse. See if you can find some high CBD products.

Also, I have been watching YouTube videos on people who suffer from this, and their advice and coping skills. Which helps A LOT. It's like therapy.

The most important advice I can give is keep yourself busy. Even if it's just gaming...go on with your life doing normal things that you have always been doing. Eventually it wears off. I had this experience before when I had my first bad high. It took like a year to get rid of..and not even fully. But now it's back. Try not to think about it all day...I even avoid mirrors because when I look at myself, I don't recognize myself. Keep yourself as busy as you can. Hang out with people. Exercise. Eat healthy. Try to keep a low stress level. It will go away eventually I promise.

I'm going through the same thing right now. I know it will pass. We will be fine. I've had suicidal thoughts these past few days also...don't give into them. This state isn't permanent.

Good luck and I hope this somewhat helped. I also highly recommend you watch those YouTube videos of people and their coping skills. You are not alone. I am not alone. We will make it!

I was looking on Google as I had the worst experience of my life last night after sharing a joint.
I used to smoke it all the time with no problem whatsoever.
It was a normal joint from a trusted grower, at first I was sick. Really, badly sick about 15 min after.
Then I knew I wasn't right. I saw flashes of events that had happened over the past month and I was over analyzing to the point where I felt I could see into the future. (Mainly along the lines of 'fuck. I'm going to have to call an ambulance. Then my parents are gonna come. Then they're gonna disown my boyfriend and blame him. Then he's going to get depressed and kill himself. Then how am I going to live? I'll end up killing myself too.' - Then concluding that I was going to die right there and then. Fuck me, it was absolutely terrifying. I couldn't breathe, I was crying. I was talking complete shit. I managed to get back to my bf and he was amazing, he sat me on the bed and brought me water. It took him ages to convince me that he'd come back as I was wailing 'don't leave me! Don't leave me I'll die!'
From then on it got worse and I felt completely disconnected from reality, I felt like time itself had just stopped and I was ripped through dimensions. Honest to god, that's the best way I can explain it. I could hear voices, see the vibrations in everything around me. I felt like every sense, physical and mental was on fire. My heart was pounding so hard and so fast that I'm surprised (genuinely surprised) that I didn't pass out or have a heart attack. My chest is aching today though.
Then I felt a switch happen in myself and I was back in reality- hanging on by a thread. I was scared to close my eyes in case I went back, I struggled to talk as I was scared I'd go back into that state. Honestly the terror and fear I felt wad out of this world.
I used to love marijuana, I loved the stuff and considered myself to be a stoner and supporter. I'm never, ever touching weed again now. It's put me off for life. My boyfriend was the same but he's in the same boat as me, we're done with it.
Today I woke feeling hungover and tired. I've slept virtually all day and I'm still tired. I feel weird and to be honest from my research I might have PTSD. I legit thought I was in the process of dying.
For the people who scoff at this or try and tell me it was laced or I had too much or I'm weak... nah, it took me on a fucking insane trip that's screwed with my head and made me hate the stuff. Until you go through something as intense and soul shaking, you'll never understand.

Although weed is considered by many to be a perfectly benign substance, these sorts of things are actually not uncommon. Basically, it sounds like you have developed a panic/anxiety disorder as a result of your experience with weed. As far as recovering, time will heal you. As you have said, it already has to some degree. Just bear in mind that there is no such thing as speedy recovery from these sorts of problems - as you probably already know, this is going to take some time. Probably months or a year or more. But although you will probably have some bad moments during that time, you will notice that, overall, you will feel better more of the time and worse less of the time. One thing that's VERY important here is to try to react less with fear when you are feeling bad. This simply makes things worse and makes things last longer. If at all possible, try to live your life as best as you can despite not feeling well.

As far as therapy, you might want to try seeing a therapist. But keep in mind that, depending on who you see, it may not be too helpful. Some therapists might get you all caught up in trying to figure out something that happened in your childhood that could have caused this or something like that. Others might recommend medication like SSRIs. But in a situation like this, antidepressants probably have at least an equal chance of making things worse vs better. It's probably better for you to just let your mind and body heal naturally at this point. But regardless of what you go through or what people tell you, remember that it WILL happen. It will just take time.

At 30 years old I had always had some depression and anxiety. I currently work 7 days a week as a personal trainer and am taking classes to become a Physical Therapist. One of my clients, a little old lady suggested I try and edible as it helps her relax/sleep. I thought, why not, all I hear about weed is good things. So she gave me a tiny piece of a gummy and I felt nothing. I thought oh well and went on with my life. Then she gave me a bit bigger piece.
I took it on a Saturday night while watching some sports I didn't really care about without any real expectations, I thought maybe it will make me a little giggly and enjoy them more. About 30 minutes later I felt super drowsy and felt a pulling force from my right eye pulling me downward like I was getting sucked into a vortex. I fought it for a bit but then figured "I guess this is happening so why not let go and fall into the experience."
I soon found it impossible to stand, I couldn't even sit up in my chair, so I lied down on my floor and closed my eyes. I can barely remember what I saw, weird cartoon like images, I let out a small laugh kind of in awe that this stereotypical thing was happening, like when they show people get high on tv shows.
After a bit my back started to hurt so I stumbled to my desk and tried to turn off my computer, but I couldn't figure out how to. So I crawled into my bed and closed my eyes, there I saw just intense colors, rectangles lined by neon lights, I can best describe it as playing a video game at really high FPS. Things were shifting as I panned through something like a Chinese city with all of the neon signs for all of the shops.
About half an hour later I was getting tried of it and I tried to get up, but still couldn't stand, my computer was still on so I stumbled over and again couldn't bring myself to click start-shutdown so I just held the power button till it turned off. I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep. What happened next was 2 hours of just plain discomfort. I got a bit of that "what if this never ends? What if this is the rest of my life? What if I die here?" But as soon as I thought that I knew these were classic signs of a bad trip so I told myself, don't worry, it will pass, just wait it out, accept the feeling, maybe I can undo some of the demons in my head, face an issue I've been ignoring or something. But I never was able to focus on anything, it was just anxiety and inability to sleep. About 4 hours later I finally got up and stumbled to the bathroom to pee and get a drink. (Thankfully the old lady warned me about the dry mouth so I didn't freak out about that.)

The next morning I had a terrible head ache along the crown/center of my head, I just felt off. I did my best just to survive work, it was kind of a blur. I talked to my brother who said he often got a "hang over" from smoking week that would last a day or two so I tried not to worry about it. Monday I still felt off, then Tuesday... Wednesday. During this time I kept telling myself not to panic, but no amount of logic could erase the things I was feeling.
From the moment I wake up I feel tightness in my chest, constant looping thoughts, memory issues, I started forgetting my keys, my lunch, to lock up at work when I was done, missing my turns on my commute, I even put the wrong type of gas in my car. My sanity, my sense of self began to waver. I had had mild thoughts that I'd be better off dead before when my depression got bad but now I have racing thoughts, that killing myself is inevitable, I visualize slitting my wrists and walking off into the wood to bleed out, I imagine driving my car into the wall under a bridge. Absolutely terrifying stuff. I worry that I won't be reliable anymore that I won't be able to function, that eventually I'll forget everything and lose all that I am.
I'm not ready to give up through. It's been a week now and I have slight moments of clarity when I am busy and engaged with someone. I do my best not to feed into the negative thoughts, to give myself props when I DO remember stuff instead of going crazy every time I forget something small. I talked to my doctor today, confessed to him the severity of what I'm feeling and even got teared eyed (embarrassingly so). He gave me Wellbutrin again and Hydroxyzine (though I haven't tried it yet). I have no friends, no real support, I have a crazy busy life so my issues may be different that others but the only answer I have is to keep trying. Make changes, try medication, try cutting bad things from your diet, try eating more fruits and veggies, try exercising, socialized more, talk to a friend, a therapist, a hot line, try yoga, try meditation, find something that lets you relax and most importantly, try to give yourself a break, It's a bit scary reading other people's stories hearing it lasts weeks, months, years, but it's also comforting knowing I'm not crazy and this happens to a lot of people. Thank you all for sharing your stories.

The two of you, the gypsysailor and Soldier AP, are absolutely clueless about this condition. I smoked some weed on February 24, 1978 which put me in a derealized state that I have not recovered from. In 1978, I was 16 years old. Now, I'm 54. Do the math.

I don't know if you two dumbells know how to read, but I would recommend doing a query search on drug induced DP/DR. If you actually take the time to look, you'll find hundreds of people in all kinds of different forums posting their experiences, just like they are doing here.

I don't know why either of you are so blatantly ignorant. Perhaps you are young and think nothing like this can happen to you. Who knows? What I do know is that your comments are ignorant, incredibly disrespectful and reflective of a couple of kids who probably are still virgins and have the life experience of a Head Start participant.

Before either of you open your mouths again, how about actually reading and doing some research. Do you have any idea what it's like to live in existential hell, 24/7 for almost 40 years? Probably not. Maybe, you'd be more empathetic to people if you experienced it yourself. I hope the next time either of you get high, you get a taste of DP/DR. The both of you would be crying for your mommies.

Hey bro dn wrry i experienced all this.. i smoked weed last month but it was worse.. negative feling and den after dat i have high feeling for 5 weeks i feel like im druken always.. which leads me to think more about dis situation and i gt sevear anxity and panic attacks also.. bt aftr 6 week i am able to feel normal again.. im n my 7th week now.. i feel 95% alrigt so don wrry everything will be fine trust in urself and dnt think about dis all d time.. keep urself busy it wll go trust me..

I have been through the same thing you went through exactly. And i actually posted a video about it about 5 years ago. I smoked alot of pot it was not laced with anything and i had a horrible panic attack. Once the attack wore off after about 4 hours i was stuck in depersonalization/derealization state for approximatly 2 weeks. This is actually something that affects a small percentage of people. It is like living in a constant dream state of terror and is very scary. It slowly subsisded after about 2 weeks but i had flash backs for a while. Though marijuana is not deadly it can induce sever panic attacks on people with anxiety sometimes. Some people it helps. I am not against it, i personally just cant do it because of my high anxiety (unless it is a certain kind made specifically for anxiety aka setiva). I was unaware i had this problem until this incident which the trama caused me to always have panic attacks from then after for many different reasons. I was left with PTSD from the incident and have learned to live with it. Since most people do not experience this, they have a hard time accepting that it IS real and CAN lead to self harm or worse when you are in a state like that. My advice is to be careful. If you find yourself in a situation like this again remember you will be okay and it will go away. It is the underlying axiety causing it and completely a mental thing. Please people do not be rude to others or judge unless you yourself have been in their shoes. I dont pretend to know everything i am just hoping to help. Only an idiot thinks he knows everything. Yes, the strain you smoked did not sit well with you. This is normal for many people you are not alone.

Hi did this ever fix for you?

Okay so i've tipped insane too where i thought i talked to god and thought that my life was done. So later on i I had the complete same feeling of my hard was beating very hard and i've had that nervous feeling if im dreaming or not, even in real life. But its kinda over now, im still pretty nervous some times, but that doesn't really affect me. So my question is that i have plans for smoking weed again, is it smart or not?

Hi... we're on the same boat :(. I'm sure my weed wasn't laced. But yet here I am...
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It's been 3 months for me

If you're not going to smoke anymore, exercising could help to get your brain back to normal quicker. I don't know what your BMI is but if you have a lot of fat on your body the feeling that you get from THC could come back randomly when your body burns fat which could explain why you still get these sporadic events of fear. Also exercising won't hurt!

This happened to me, except it was all in my mind, I may be slightly psychotic

Wow, I'm a bit surprised at this. It sounds like you actually did have a "bad trip" from smoking pot which is exceptionally uncommon. It could have been that you somehow got laced weed as well. I would discuss your concerns with a psychologist and it is possible that you could go to therapy if you think that might be helpful. Speaking from some drug experiences myself in the past, you are not "stuck". There isn't really such a thing as "stuck", you can change as a result of an experience but life moves on and you can never really get "stuck". The pot or whatever else was in your weed may have caused some changes to your brain which may ultimately be of a positive or negative nature. Personally, I think the things you are describing sound quite typical of an extremely difficult experience from a drug like LSD, mushrooms, or anything else in that category. Accept and get accustomed to feeling very different than before because in some way you probably are. However, I do not think you are changed in the sense of any sort of brain damage or anything like that. The change is probably either neutral or positive. Just don't smoke any more weed or do any more drugs because it could get you further and further into whatever mire your already in

It's all from anxiety. Weed worsens anxieties. Stop worrying about things. It will go away. When you smoked you must of been in a situation where u was worried. That got into your head and now you're dealing with dreamy stage, everything feels fake, life isn't the same etc.. You'll be fine. I know what triggers this. Whenever you smoke you have to be in a environment where you're relaxed and chilled. Thing is, you have anxiety. I promise that it will go away. I now know what triggers you to be in that stage. Just keep in mind that everything will be ok. Don't worry. I finally solved this mystery.

Lol im pretty sure u guys didnt smoke weed. It had to be laced. Ur making it sound like its a devil drug and makes u wanna kill urself. Retarded as fuck lol. Pathetic!

I've had the same reaction from smoking weed so I stopped smoking it at a very young age.
It's possible that the weed made you paranoid and now your brain has acquired a new pathway so the emotions feel permanent. I really feel terrible for you. Go on antidepressants straight away. They will undo that pathway then in a few months you can go off them and you will be fine.

You are not stuck. I've experienced derealization myself, which is a bit different from depersonalization, after smoking weed and just from tramautic events and general depression. I haven't experienced it for more than couple years now. Have you been to a therapist?

Mine gave my some helpful tips while I was experiencing this and they really helped. If that's not an option for you, you can always ask me questions but you should try to seek proper help and information online instead.

I wish you the best and I hope you get better soon.

Whatever is wrong with you has absolutely NOTHING to do with smoking a bit of weed 2 months ago. I'd go to a doctor and get a thorough check up.