Cannabis Withdrawal Symptoms

[Dave Canvey]

Hello,

I'm 23, smoke cig's and weed - about 20 cigs/day and about a gram a day of weed.

I haven't smoked a joint since Saturday night, I'm a heavy user 4-8 spliffs a day, say .25 grams per joint during the week and then anywhere between 1/8 oz and 1/4 oz on the weekends. I haven't been without weed since about september last year, during that time I had the same problem as what I'm about to describe.

Last night (Monday night) I was getting hold and cold flashes, sweating and felt very nauseated. Every time I laid down to go to sleep I would get so hot that I would have to go outside and cool down. Strange, but when I was sitting up I wasn't getting as hot. A couple of times I got really hot, sweated quite a lot and then was very very cold. I went for an hour long walk at 6am because I couldn't sleep, I got back and I was still getting the hot and cold flashes and wasn't able to sleep. I was feeling nausea and eventually was sick. I eventually passed out rather than went to sleep at around 8am or 9am. I'm still getting the hot flashes as I type this message.

Last time this happend it passed in a few days. Now I'm seriously wanting to give all this up, but I don't feel like I have the power too. I wonder if anyone else has had any experiences like mine. A mate of mine who I smoke with on a regular basis says he hasn't had this happen to him, but he doesn't smoke as much as I do during the week, he does at the weekends.

I went to my doctor, but he didn't seem to care or be able to speak very good english so thats pretty much a dead-end.

I've read about a few symptoms of withdrawal from cannabis and a lot of other stuff saying there isn't any withdrawal symptoms associated with cannabis. I'm wondering whether this is a way for my body to "flush out" the toxins that it couldn't do while I kept topping up my THC. I've read that other drugs cause these types of symptoms.

I've also been getting quite bad chest pains for about 6 months - all this should make me want to stop, but it doesn't - I don't feel like I have control.

Does anyone else share these experiences or have any advice, I feel lost and I don't know what to do.

Thanks.

Dave Canvey Reviewed by Dave Canvey on 08-22-2006. Cannabis Withdrawal Symptoms Hello, I'm 23, smoke cig's and weed - about 20 cigs/day and about a gram a day of weed. I haven't smoked a joint since Saturday night, I'm a heavy user 4-8 spliffs a day, say .25 grams per joint during the week and then anywhere between 1/8 oz and 1/4 oz on the weekends. I haven't been without weed since about september last year, during that time I had the same problem as what I'm about to describe. Last night (Monday night) I was getting hold and cold flashes, sweating and felt very Rating: 5

[buddymyfriend]

Find something else to fill the time you would've spent smoking, failing that why not try crack? Jest kiddin, go back to the quack and demand some answers/help!! The first few weeks will be the worst, but once you hit 2 weeks it's easy street from then on!!

Peace n Good Luck:thumbsup:

Buddy

[Bong30]

Quit the cigs, and keep the weed..........

[Inferius]

This is your penance for being a no-good dirtee' rotten' stoner!
heh. Nah. Action Re-action.
Look here: http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabi..._effects.shtml
Scroll down to Withdrawal symptoms.

[BloodAngel]

I personally have never had any withdrawl symptoms, other than being like "damn I wish I could smoke right now"

[yoda]

when i havent smoked....im a little more edge, and i cant sleep right. it only lasts a few days though.

[Skink]

I had a dream last night that i started smoking ciggs again... IT WAS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE!!!

[phytokind]

Yeah you're quitting the wrong thing, definitely quit the cigs and keep the weed, didn't you see that study that said that smoking weed doesn't cause lung cancer? But cigs will do all kinds of nasty things to your health.

[zephyrinne]

I say what everyone else is saying.. stop smoking cigs. They're horrible for you. It's easier to stop now while you're young. Definately worth it, though it may suck at the beginning.

But anyways, I have never met anyone or talked to anyone that has had the problems you described.. except when something else was wrong not weed related, such as a cold, mono, etc. I'd find another doctor.. if you're a student, try your school's health clinic. But definately get that stuff checked out.. chest pains aren't normal.

[Skink]

I've lived with chest pain for like 4 years now... For me living with it is better than going to a hospital and have them fuck U up for life... JMHO

if I watch my BP and get some cardio excersize,, in like pushing my lawn mower around my yard,,,"people think I am nutz for cutting my grass so much...LOLz" and no more ciggs,,, I can controll the chest pains to almost non existant,when truly focused...