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i used to get all noided when i was younger, im better at controling it now. although some sativas get me, usually its more berry smelling stuff where the citrus is not so bad. i have also learned that with hazez 1-2 puffs and thats it to much might get me. remember to here in the states alot of stress is mexican mersh which is closer to the equator and probly more sativa dominant
staying at home when I'm high is a common thing I guess.
I would definitely like the know which neurotransmitters marijuana affects.
I Think.. Anxiety and mood disorders were determined during clinical interviews using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule. Analyses suggest that SAD was the only disorder significantly associated with past 3-month marijuana problems. Compared to those without SAD, individuals with SAD were more likely to endorse the following marijuana expectancies Importantly, these expectancies mediated the relations between SAD status and marijuana problems.
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I found your thread searching for help for my friend, who is supposedly agoraphobic (as well as a pothead, 30, single, unemployed and lives with his parents still), and I couldn't resist offering you my thoughts. A lot of people on a board like this will disagree, but hear me out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Non
When I read your message, it may as well have been me writing it a few years ago. I started smoking in high school, about 16. Right before that, I was making new friends, dating girls, doing "socially acceptable" things. Then, I started smoking, and pretty much everyone I knew was a pothead after that, and my life revolved around weed.
At first it was fun all the time, but I soon got the same symptoms you describe, extreme anxiety when high, I'd become very self conscious, and when really high would just basically be like a statue. Eventually, I started feeling depressed when I wasn't messed up.
I hate to say it, but the problem for you (and A LOT of other people) is weed. Not everyone is affected negatively by it, but after years of chronic use, it starts to affect you. When you're young and learning new social skills and developing, weed can be very harmful for you. It prevents you from growing socially, because you are "content" just getting high all the time. Life become about getting messed up, and not "normal".
After years about 5 years of denial, I quit smoking, and its amazing the difference you feel after a couple months of abstaining. Your brain starts to "correct" itself, back to the state it was intended to be: SOBER.
I still smoke time to time, but after I quit, I started dating a great girl, stopped getting drunk as much, and now I'm married, about to have a kid.
Trust me, there is so much more to life than a plant.
I know it sounds like a lame anti-drug commercial, but as the Kids in the Hall say, "Only a dope smokes dope".
One thing to consider as a possibility is if you feel guilty, in general, when you smoke. Some people worry so much about "breaking the law" or what others might think of them, among other things (albiet subconsciuosly most of the time) that they can't enjoy the "high." Just something to consider. I heard a theory similar to this that was expanded upon and explained much more in-depth that started to make a lot of sense. I kinda stole it. lol. If I can find it, I'll link it. I realized, in hindsight after considering this theory, that when I first began smoking when I was younger, I would suffer from increased social anxiety from time to time. I have for the better part of my life, been a very quiet individual and kept to myself, straight or not. My parents said that I didn't even cry as a baby. I've always had plenty of friends, but the anxiety I felt, May have something to do with being an only child and being used to being alone, but Idono. Anyway, when I went through my early teenage years and started to go through the "Not Giving A Fuck" phase, the highs were much better because I wasn't worrying about what people thought. I guess now, I "Still Don't Give A Fuck" because I am much more outspoken now, especially regarding cannabis/hemp and I can say that the plant has helped me in a sense to not care about what people's prejudice may be and just live life. What I'm saying may not make too much sense since I'm throwing stuff in and hoping it comes out right, but I hope you can get the gist of what I'm trying to tell you to consider a possibility for your anxiety as it relates to smoking marijuana.