My experience from weed - is it normal

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(20y/o male)I used to smoke weed about twice weekly for a couple of months with no problems. One day, I had a really horrible trip/experience from it, I thought that it must have been laced with something so i tried smoking weed twice more since that day in the hope i could enjoy it again, and a very similar thing happens, worse each time.
I will never smoke it again, I dont think it agrees with me. This is what happens:

I start to go quiet and become lost in my thoughts and become very aware of every little thing

Then my thoughts take over and I black out (at least i think I do) I am lost in my thoughts and I can't see anything, It feels like I understand the meaning of life, of everything, and it frightens me, I get stuck in a repetitive cycle of thoughts and words which seem to last for eternity and I can't escape. For me it is the most frightening psychological experience I could ever imagine. And it's hard to explain without being me.

The people who have been with me when this has happened say I walk around with my eyes wide open, looking possessed talking in a nonsense language repeating myself. They genuinely fear for me and themselves. But I do not remember any of this, only my experience above.

I wake up the next morning having slept for over 12 hours and I become paranoid and anxious for the whole next day trying to forget what has happened.

I haven't smoked weed now in over a year and I get out of the room whenever somebody is smoking it. Obviously I realise it's not going to be a good idea for my mental wellbeing to try it again and I won't. I am sticking to alcohol for recreation.

I am just wondering whether or not i am alone or if anybody else has had these horrific experiences from weed. And also if anybody knows what could be triggering it.

Thanks

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  • LittleGirlAtrociouslySodomized
    8 years ago

    It's normal. Weed is a psychoactive drug that some take well and function well on it and others it's the polar opposite. I smoked for years in my high-school days and years later tried it again and wasn't for me. It's that a psychoactive part, just isn't for some peopld

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  • qwertfuck
    8 years ago

    I've had the exact same experience, like constant repeating of questions, why do i exist, why am i here. felt like i was i gonna never be the same again, still smoked weed after though haha. dw i dunno what it is still freaks me out cause i still feel like that, not as intense just don't see the point to anything. i think its normal i just started looking it up it seems as though a lot have people have gone through it. a disconnection from this reality, and seeing it in a different way. i wouldn't brand it psychologically yet, the brain has not yet been fully understood especially in these circumstances. u don't really know how to explain it, and everyone feels it differently, i just feel really lonely but u gotta accepted i suppose.

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  • TheDentist
    8 years ago

    I'll say it again.

    Stop.

    Smoking.

    Weed.

    And.

    You.

    Won't.

    Git.

    These.

    Symptoms.

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    • Peace1000
      8 years ago

      What the fuck are you guys smoking?!! I bet you all had bad reactions you were smoking weed. I been there many years ago when I was a student. It's not your fault we are uneducated on the subject cause it's illegal. After about 10 years of not smoking I thought about taking it again because I developed PTSD. I researched it thoroughly ! Learning about indica and sat iva and CBD, CBN etc... My condition worsened and I had to take antipsychotics I got off them soon as there were many side effects to them. I decided to use cannabis again and if you carry on reading I will tell you how to smoke safely without any bad reaction at all! Just bliss! I used to any old shit that came into my hand. Right let me get straight to the point.

      Smoke hashish NOT weed or skunk . Weed these days has unbalanced chemistry as they have modified land race (original in nature) varieties to yield more THC whilst compromising CBD. CBD is important as well as THC as CBD protects the brain and is a natural antipsychotic. Whereas hashish is usually made from indica heavy more original land race genetics so it has a more balance THC/CBD ratio.

      So follow these guidelines:

      1: smoke a good quality (I will tell you how to test for good hash if I get enough requests) hash.
      2. Limit the amount you have. So very little the first few times. If it's all good which it is likely to be if it's good hash build up slowly so you can take more.
      3. It's a drug remember like with any drug don't abuse it. You wouldn't take 10 Paracletemol tablets in one dosage would you. So why people think they can smoke a stupid amount of cannabis and they will be ok ?
      4. try to smoke in a relaxed atmosphere where you feel comfortable. Put your ambient music on keep hydrated. Don't smoke on an empty stomach.
      5. Enjoy the mellow experience

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  • mystery7
    8 years ago

    I had a similar thing happen when I was in late teens. Smoking it was no longer enjoyable , instead it made me feel weird and I was becoming paranoid. I remember feeling the beginnings of a kind of 'split' developing in my mind. I had to stop using it as it was producing thoughts of violence etc. That experience alone scared me off it.

    I stopped pretty much cold turkey and glad I did.

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    yes

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  • TrumpNation
    8 years ago

    When i smoked weed years ago, i had some amazing, and also some terrifying experiences. During The amazing ones i felt like i was totally connected with the meaning of life. I could see people's conversations as complex logical sequences in my head, i could see music as 3-dimensional experiences, food tasted fucking amazing, and i was generally so stoned that i had no idea where i was or what i was saying, huge gaps of time went missing and al, i remember is friends laughing at stuff i was saying and being confused at what i said.

    The terrifying experiences, the mildly scary ones i was paranoid of cops which is totally normal from what i gather. On the extreme end of scary the room would feel like it was spinning (vertigo) and i ended up violently throwing up in the sink. I also had some nausea and depersonalization on occassion (seeing myself from outside my body). And another really scary experience, i took anout 4 massive hits from a gravity bong, ate a couple CLIF BARS at midnight and for several hours i laid in bed literally feeling like i was about to die, it felt like my heart was about to explode.

    I made a promise to myself in front of my therapist that i would never smoke again because i blame a lot of my general anxiety nowadays on weed. although its tempting to smoke again sometime. I think the trick is to smoke in MODERATION. All you need is just a puff or two, enough to relax you and give you a little high/buzz. Any more than that and you are asking for trouble. And you should ONLY smoke the highest quality weed from the most trusted friends. Anything less is not as fun and, in many cases, downright dangerous because it could be laced

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    • bucho's_butt
      8 years ago

      Why does everyone think food tastes amazing on pot? I think it tastes like shit and I instantly have no appetite after even a small puff. Going to dinner at someones house and smoking weed with them before eating was always really bad for my relationships. They would get offended as fuck when I didn't want to eat after because most stoners insist that your experience should and must be exactly like what they're experiencing and they won't understand if it's not.

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      • TrumpNation
        8 years ago

        Its been years since i smoked but i remember when i smoked, after it really set in i would get the munchies and crave lots of junk food, chips, sweets, etc. The weed enhanced the flavor of it, so if something was good without weed then it was fucking amazing with weed. If you dont experience this with weed then maybe you arent smoking enough, or maybe you should try some different weed

        There was only one time i can remember reay NOT being hungry on weed. My buddies and i planned to get stoned and go to Sonny's BBQ and eat a crap ton of food. Well my buddy and i had ice cream milkshakes on the way over to Sonny's and when we arrived we both had basically no appetite. We both told the waitress we "completely misjudged our appetite". Maybe it was the milk from the milkshakes. I dunno

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      • Ellenna
        8 years ago

        Food never tastes bad to me when I'm stoned but sometimes I wish it did because then I wouldn't eat so much of that 90% cocao chocolate .......

        I don't smoke any more because of emphysema, but still eat it in biscuits and it actually opens up bronchial tubes and makes my breathing easier

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        • bucho's_butt
          8 years ago

          Every benefit that others enjoy from pot is the exact opposite of what I experience. It was fun in high school but starting in my early twenties it started to turn on me. Stupidly I chased those good feeling from past experiences for almost a decade and almost always had negative results.

          One day a few months ago I decided to buy some hash and I smoked it for a week or so and it was so intense that this clarity came over me and I decided that I no longer need pot in my life. I've been perfectly happy without using it for months now. Hash cured me I guess. It sucks being addicted to a substance that you don't even like.

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          • Ellenna
            8 years ago

            A lot of people are addicted to substances they don't actually enjoy: eg tobacco and heroin for starters. I remember asking a smack addict friend in the 80's what it was like and she said if she hasn't had it for a while she always throws up and that it kills any interest in sex. When I asked why in that case she kept going back to it, she said because she felt worse when she didn't use. That's one important measure of addiction apart from detrimental effects on relationships, finances, employment, health and general wellbeing.

            I've gone without cannabis for years at a time when it wasn't available, because I refuse to spend money on it: if I can't grow it myself or have friends who share the stuff they grow themselves, I go without. I find it helpful for both physical and mental health if used in moderation and watch for signs of agitation and paranoia if I occasionally indulge too much or too often and then I just stop having it for a couple of weeks with no ill effects.

            I should say I'm not talking hydroponic crap here, but grown in the open totally organic plants: I try not to eat vegies which have been groan unnaturally or with the use of poisons and stick to the same approach with cannabis

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  • cocknballs
    8 years ago

    Try hard liquor instead. Can't go wrong with that.

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