Diminishing tolerance--what is going on?

[Satovan]

Just relax dude! You had a bad trip, and now everytime you smoke, you start worrying about bad trips and next thing you know, you're having another one. Just gotta be like fuck that shit and keep rolling along.

Satovan Reviewed by Satovan on 10-31-2005. Diminishing tolerance--what is going on? Ever since this bad trip I had on the 14th, I have had EXTREMELY LOW tolerances to weed. I mean really fucking low. A few days ago I got blazed off two hits of vaporized weed, which is weaker than most schwag. Friday I inhaled half a volcano bag (about three to four hits) of mid-grade and I got so high I was hallucinating for hours. I woke up several times in the night and was still high. What the hell is going on? A few weeks ago, half a bag of mid-grade would have gotten me buzzed, at Rating: 5

[daves19]

Ever since this bad trip I had on the 14th, I have had EXTREMELY LOW tolerances to weed. I mean really fucking low. A few days ago I got blazed off two hits of vaporized weed, which is weaker than most schwag. Friday I inhaled half a volcano bag (about three to four hits) of mid-grade and I got so high I was hallucinating for hours. I woke up several times in the night and was still high.

What the hell is going on? A few weeks ago, half a bag of mid-grade would have gotten me buzzed, at best. I usually take three or four bags at the minimum, and am capable of taking two to three times that without becoming incoherent.

Also, I used to be able to get only so high, despite how much weed I smoked. Once I peaked out, continued smoking would only prolong the high, not necessarily enhance it. That doesn't happen anymore. There's no limit to how high I can get. This may sound awesome at first, but it's not, because when I go overboard, I get paranoid as hell and start having anxiety attacks. I never had a single anxiety attack or even a hint of paranoia until recently. Now I have to be really careful not to smoke too much. But even if I only smoke enough to get relaxed, it's still not particularly pleasant. I start getting nervous even at extremely low doses.

Am I just weird? Has this happened to anyone else? What can I do to lessen the paranoia and anxiety attacks?

I think this is happening as a direct result of my bad trip. I feel like my mind is more fragile now, causing it to react more to psychotropics. I think I'm going to stop smoking for a while. I don't want to stop for good, but I might have to if this doesn't stop. Getting high isn't worth this.

Dude, i got a bad trip on shrooms las spring...i was hallucianting in my showing afteer one hit of hash...and this stressful experience was going on for a month, because i choose not to stop smoking for more than a week right after myu bad trip...but after a month i was back on the track! and now i smoke a lot so, it is a normal state of the mind...youre not going insane or schizophreniac or whatever...it is a normal reaction from the body...now tell me, on what dope did you have a bad trip??/sorry i didn't read the whole thread!

[Shai Hulud]

Dude, i got a bad trip on shrooms las spring...i was hallucianting in my showing afteer one hit of hash...and this stressful experience was going on for a month, because i choose not to stop smoking for more than a week right after myu bad trip...but after a month i was back on the track! and now i smoke a lot so, it is a normal state of the mind...youre not going insane or schizophreniac or whatever...it is a normal reaction from the body...now tell me, on what dope did you have a bad trip??/sorry i didn't read the whole thread!

Well, my first (and worst) bad trip was on the 14th. I only had 1.75g of P. Cubensis, but I smoked two bags of really potent weed with my volcano because I'd heard that smoking can enhance the trip. This weed was called "Big Bud." Here is a picture of an actual bud I had.

Recently I've just been using mid-grade or weaker. You can read my original post about my bad trip here if you're interested.

Thanks for the counsel, everyone. I'm not going to smoke weed for a while, probably at least a couple weeks. And maybe if I only smoked indicas it would help? Anyway, I have to make sure my mind recovers fully, and I'll probably avoid full-fledge hallucinogens like shrooms and salvia for a very long time if not forever. Looking forward to when I can toke up again without worry.

[420purplehaze420]

theres your problem right there, thats some nice ass bud you have there and smoking that in a volcano is just asking for trouble if you have a weak tolerence to weed, try rolling a joint and taking a couple hoots and putting it out then see how you feel, o and be careful with that vape its reallly easy to go over baord with the volcano and hitting that thing to much can really mess with your tolerence....it may be dare i say it....TOO EFFICIENT A WAY OF SMOKING!

[Light Up]

Wish I had this problem, continual toking for too long and the intense highs I used to get are no longer forthcoming.

[dustoned]

Do you guys ever get 'relapses'? Like 16 hours after you smoke everything will be normal than all of a sudden everything goes crazy and it's like you're high for a few moments.

you'll get that if you bake out skunky shit for long periods of time (getting stoned constantly for a few days at a time) and you stop smoking for a few days. you'll have episodes. i think it's the THC still stuck to your lipids.

[Satan666]

That happened to a friend of mine. It got so bad he quit. Good luck.

[stothelutz]

Happened to me kinda. Quit for a week or two and get a different strain of bud and you should be fine. When it happened to me I stoped for a week got all my things back in order then got with some good friends a chill spot and the high's got good again. Never hulucinations for me though.

[NMTBxxHTSP]

Wow, um...I'm not sure what to say. that could be serious man. you need to put down the bud for awhile and get your shit together. ive done enough psychoactives to know when i need to stop for awhile and get my head straight and my body clean. i cant believe someone studying psychology told you its no big deal, what was the bad trip on? shrooms or dxm or something? if its DXM it could be serious, try olney's lession, seritonin syndrom and psychosis. you should get clean to begin with and then talk to someone who's trained to deal with this like your doctor or a psychologist. i dont want to sound like the prude dick among you but ive gone pretty far into my own head, not only with chemicals, and it could be serious if you let it get out of hand which it could happen if you dont deal with problems in your head. the human psyche is very powerful. id rather no one bitch me out for trying to help him either because im getting sick of that shit and im sorry if i sound like an uptight worrying bitch. i hope you get your head set man. [prolly should have said this before, i have depression and some mild anxiety, both of which weed helps me with, so i know what its like to feel totally fucked up (not in a good way) and not have any control over it] Peace

[Shai Hulud]

Well, it's been about eight months now since my bad trip and I still cannot smoke weed without freaking out. I've tried several times, but even just one hit of schwag makes me very uncomfortable. A couple weeks ago I had two medium hits from a bong and had to lie down for a few hours until things became less intense.

I've done some research and believe I have Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder. My doctor diagnosed me with Panic Disorder, which is common for people with HPPD. The effects of the HPPD faded after a few months, but use of weed or opiates tends to revive them.

I find this knowledge very depressing, as it seems it's common for weed to do this to people with HPPD. Sometimes they can smoke again after some period of time, but sometimes it takes many years. Weed was my one great love. I just wish I could blaze again like in the good old days.