I would like to start with a medical advisory-

Do not ingest cannabin or cannabis related products w/o speaking to your medical practitioner about it first, and it if is illegal in your state then do not consume cannabis without the prior consent from your doctor's administered green card for medicinal use only. You can and will be fined or jailed.

so- without anymore legal jargon lets get right into it.

Symptoms of marijuana withdrawal can include:

-irritability
-difficulty sleeping
-decreased appetite
-restlessness
-cravings for marijuana
-nausea
-abdominal pain
Some research suggests Trusted Source that women may experience a greater number withdrawal symptoms of higher intensity when compared with men. However, more research is needed.



Now- I as a man with avid c-ptsd, major depression and a slew of other learned mental behaviors this is something that helps me in my day to day life, however I can recognize when I have medicated myself to a point of harm and dealing with the side-effects of that are not easy when you need to live out a stable and functional lifestyle.

I've created this thread with the intention to discuss and explore coping skills and helpful outlets for the times that we find ourselves in a dissociative or otherwise confused and irritable states. For many states, it is available for you at your local dispensaries with proof of ID and purchase. For legal reasons I'm mainly speaking to this crowd of people. I cannot accept or allow risk to your health or your safety in the illegal actions required in states that still have a heavy ban on THC and it's study.

Personally, I find that music helps ground me in these moments. It's a wonderful outlet! I try to find a space alone to wrestle with these symptoms, and I will always remember to express mindfulness when the irritability comes. The physical pains are bothersome and can cause a rather cross mood- and this can be self-destructive if one were to haul off at their partner or their mate. It's good to keep in mind that your pain is acknowledged and abuse is never tolerated under any circumstance. If THC leads you to violent or destructive behavior then you should not be ingesting cannabin. It is only exasperating already existing mental illnesses which is harmful to you, and you need to stop right away!

The wellbeing of your health and the health of those around you should always be a top priority in mind regardless of the situation. Anti-social behavior can very well lead to many destructive habits that are harmful to both you and the people around you. It is your responsibility and it is your consequence. So choose your outcomes with care!

I would like to hear from others who have perspectives in mind regarding this topic and for the sake of the admins and the safety of the other users I've kept this tread as legally sound as I could- in hope that others would discuss and interact for those going through, or have people around them going through avid THC withdrawl.

Thank you!

Not exactly about coping with withdrawals, so sorry if this is a bit derailing, but can I ask how you know when it has reached a point of harm, as you said? Like, how can you tell when it is doing nothing, when it is actually helping, and when it is hurting?
I have chronic pain, so I've been trying to look into how to best deal with it. I can't really take most OTC painkillers due to other health concerns so THC has been something I've considered. But of course, I find it helpful to hear other's experiences with it, both positive and negative.
(And for clarification sake, I live in a legal state and am old enough to purchae it. I also have a doctor that I discuss my chronic pain with, we're just trying to treat a more pressing concern right now that requires close monitoring, hence why treatment for my chronic pain is just at a "research-on-my-own" phase right now.)

These symptoms for me don't set in until about day three with-out THC, but I have been a very heavy user for the better half of a decade. Quite honestly, I do not get the "high" sensation from weed and I have not for a very long time.

You start to feel like a knotty ball of yarn that's dried and stiff. Like a hangover that just won't go away. The migraine is bad, and I always feel like I'm spinning. My insides burn and all of my joints feel like rocks. It is difficult to think, speak or even move without given the extra effort. I can't keep food down and I am always hungry. I can't stay awake at in the day and I can't fall asleep in the night.

It feels as though you have lost your grip on reality but you are just lucid enough to know exactly how bad you are, and when you try to land on your feet you can never reach the ground. It feels like I'm swimming through oils on a hot day and I haven't had anything to drink in ages.

It is not pleasant, but there is no way for me to tell that I've done this to myself until that third day. because I do not feel it up until that point. I feel fine. Perfectly fine. But then I wake up dizzy and I continue to feel more and more sick as the week pushes on.

I feel very strongly that smoking more at this time would take away my pains and my symptoms but it would ultimately cause more harm than good. I tell myself that my best bet is to ride it out and wait for it to be over.

The dissociation alone is enough to keep me down for days out of a nervous anxiety that I do not exist, but that is the withdrawal and feeding into those thought can very well lead into psychosis if my belief in them is misguided.

I appear perfectly calm I'll-be-it a little stressed out and tired but inwardly I am burning alive, my own flesh is eating at the organs inside of me and I cannot for the life of me stay awake. The headache usually pushes me into a dark, quite room by myself to avoid the pains from light sensitivity .


Now- waning yourself is easy. You can smoke less and less so that when you don't have the funds to reupp for that pay-period then you won't have to go through these symptoms. This is the longest I have gone this year without and let me tell you I am SUFFERING.

I give you my full experience at this point in time not to vent my frustration but in hope that it may offer you what you are looking for in your questions.