I’m wondering if I have a weed problem. I started taking weed to help my depression then after a while I take it every day. Usually edibles and vaping sometimes just vaping.
And I’ve been taking T breaks and it seems like when I’m on a break everything is horrible life sucks and it makes it hard to be on a t break. So I maybe don’t take it for a day or two each month. I keep saying I’m on a T break but I never really am.
All I do is get stoned, sometimes with my friends, usually alone. That’s all I do. If I’m not working I’m high or getting high soon.
I’m trying to find a girlfriend but sometimes they want to see me and I’m too high to go see them. That’s happened to me and it sucks I really want a girlfriend and I missed those chances because I was stoned.
I know weed isn’t addicting but is there another thing for it? Should I move away and try to start over sober?
If you’re always packing phat bowls, rolling blunts, hitting bongs, it’s gonna turn you into the laziest version of yourself. Get away from the stereotypical weed culture; that shit’s for kids.
Go on a tolerance break (at least a week, maybe a month if you’re a heavy user), and when you come back, don’t go full throttle. Microdose. It means taking one or a couple of small hits and waiting 4-6 hours, maybe longer. Stick to this regimen like a prescription. For what it’s worth, I haven’t had a break in almost 3 years and I never feel saturated by it.
I also feel that smoking flower (and sometimes even vaping flower) can make me feel groggy and tired. Concentrates (live rosin, badders, other waxes) hit cleaner, taste so much better, and don’t stop me from whatever project I’ve got lined up. Stay the fuck away from oil cart pens, because propylene glycol shouldn’t be inhaled and a lot of the oils/carts are made poorly. Pick sativa-dominant strains if you want to feel more active, both physically and mentally.
Someone fell for the anti-vaping propaganda…
PG is not dangerous, vitamin-e acetate is.
Black market THC cartridge makers were adding it to improve consistency, causing lung issues.
propylene glycol or pg is the same vapor base used in medical inhalers, fog machines, and regular vapes. It’s not harmful. The bad standards of carts way back when caused other chemicals to be introduced as well as black market carts using similar packaging bought of Amazon and super bad refinement processes caused lung issues. That’s why you only want to get carts from a reputable dispo now a days.
If it is negatively impacting your life then it is a problem. If you have depression you should speak to a medical professional about it rather than self medicating, if medical cannabis is right for you they will prescribe it.
Yeah…they don‘t. …let me clarify: at least in Germany they won’t. It’s a pain in the Ass here. All the conversations about weed in Germany is just so old fashioned. But hey, when you are 16 on Germany you can drink wine and beer till you die
Still speak with a professional. Don’t self diagnose. I don’t know if you have and know for a fact that it’s depression, but if you haven’t and are just going from symptoms that can be dangerous.
There’s a whole slew of mental disorders that might appear as depression at first but are something else, and for some of them, weed can even make them worse than they’d be without it. I speak from personal experience on that. I thought I was depressed, took weed and it turns out it was schizoaffective disorder with major depressive onset. Weed made it much worse than it’d have to be.
I’m not saying that to scare you or anything, cutting off weed and taking proper medication really helped me out personally. But if you’re thinking it’s some mental disorder, it’s always better to get proper diagnosis and medication for it.
I wish you the best regardless. As for the question, when is it too much, the answer was given already. When it starts affecting your life. And yes, weed is not addictive, physically at least, but it definitely is psychologically. If you feel shit when cutting it off, or can only function with it, it’s still addiction.
They don’t prescribe it here in America either.
Hell, I’ve had multiple doctors tell me to stop using it, when I say it’s the ONLY thing that has ever made me mostly migraine free. They usually pretend to say it out of concern over long term effects. It always reads as “hey I know you had daily, chronic migraines, that no prescription drug even touched, but, yeah, you need to stop doing the only thing that has ever worked. How are we going to sell you more drugs, with horrible side effects, that don’t help?”
They don’t prescribe it here in America either.
My doctor wrote a note regarding my chronic pain and I got a MMJ card in 2017.
What are you talking about?
I think it depends on the doctor, and depends on the area. In illegal states, the doctors are going to be inclined to not rock the boat.
I’m in a legal state, and my doctor’s completely cool with my cannabis use.
I tend to add some CBD to my THC on & off, so I can keep my dosages down to a dull roar.
I mentioned weed to my doctor once and now the entire clinic treats me like a criminal every time I go there
Weed (THC specifically) impacts dopamine levels.
"What Happens When Dopamine Levels Rise Due To The Effects Of THC?
Elevated dopamine levels trip the brain’s reward system, causing feelings of pleasure, satisfaction, and achievement. Dopamine can also make time seem to go slower as mental activity speeds up, with increases to libido, energy, and focus.
But, if dopamine levels in your system stay too high for too long, the body will close off some dopamine receptors for a while, even after your high wears off.
This drops dopamine synthesis in your body, blunting the pleasure you would normally feel from other things in your life like food, physical contact, hobbies, and achievement.
This lack of enjoyment from other activities is a common symptom experienced by heavy marijuana users and those who abuse other drugs like opioids or amphetamines."
https://www.arkbh.com/illicit-drugs/marijuana/dopamine-levels/
So, yeah, like others have said, take longer breaks.
|I know weed isn’t addicting.
Anything can be addicting, including social media.
I got chs from smoking dabs all day. It sucks. What you are describing is addiction. You are psychologically dependent on weed (addicted). You have to make the change, and stop getting high all the time. It will actually be hard and probably take you a long ass time. Good luck.
