Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf_The_Grey
"Sick" is way too vague a term. That is the ultimate question, what consitutes withdrawal? You're angrily telling everybody to study pharmacology but I see no indication in this post that you have either (and I'm not saying you haven't necessarily). But if you actually want a pharmacological example of withdrawal, marijuana use on average causes a 5,000% increase in melatonin levels. Melatonin is a hormone your body produces to make you fall asleep, hence why you get the burnout after getting high. Some people's bodies stop producing sufficient amounts melatonin because the cannabis has been doing it for them every day for a long time. So when they quit, their body needs a few-several days to start producing adaquate quantities again. In the meantime, a withdrawal symptom you get is an inability to sleep.

Decensitization of the cannabinoid receptors may also mean you lose your apetite after quitting for the same reason, your body has depended on the drug for it.

These symptoms don't happen to most people who quit cannabis, they never happened to me, but it does happen to some.
happens to me everytime i run dry again (i rarely get it but when i do i'm pretty much high for a week straight all day)

i do have a highly addictive personality...

but i still see them as psychological, rather then physical... to me physical constitutes nasuea, pain, tremors, etc..
slipknotpsycho Reviewed by slipknotpsycho on . Weed not being addictive is a myth After reading a lot of posts on this forum, I've noticed that a lot of you seem to have the false idea in your head that weed isn't addictive. I don't know if you've been lied to or are just kidding yourselves. It's been proven scientifically and by my own experience that it's both physically and psychologically addictive. When quitting smoking after I've been smoking daily I have insomnia, loss of appetite, and irritability for a couple of days. The insomnia often lasts much longer. Of Rating: 5