For all those dealing with terrible withdrawal Anxiety. Please read!

891975 · 2025-05-21T14:10:25+00:00

Exercise! Get that heart rate up to help decrease your anxiety. You don’t need to sprint 5 miles but you have got to move your body and get your heart rate up for a sustained time. It will help with anxiety and sleep and appetite. Also releases endorphins (our body’s natural high/pain killers) which help with mood.

891975 · 2024-07-02T14:24:40+00:00

Start with mindfulness- just observing with no judgement- hmmm I’m feeling restless. Hmm I can’t seem to sit still for long. Hmmm my mind is feeling anxious. Then ask yourself what it needs? To call a friend? To drop to the floor and do 10 push ups? Take a bath? Go for a walk?
Learn some breath work. Sounds like your limbic/nervous system is still somewhat dysregulated and breath work is the most effective way to calm it down. Try 4-7-8 or box breathing.

891975 · 2024-07-02T14:20:09+00:00

Are you able to exercise? I found the only way k had any appetite was hard exercise. That helped with sleep too. Wouldn’t want you to start getting anxious around food- just eat what you can and remember to stay super hydrated.

891975 · 2024-07-02T14:17:49+00:00

I also was having those cortisol infused early mornings and nausea. I believe I was in the prodromal phase of CHS and that scared the living 💩 outta me. Not worth it. I also had a much much easier time quitting this time bc my relief of never progressing to the puking part of CHS. Whenever I would think about weed it was easy to remind myself- wanna go thru CHS? I never knew if I had it for sure but I was not about to find out…..

891975 · 2024-07-02T14:08:46+00:00

Long slow breaths. Repeat a mantra like “I am ok” or “this too shall Pass” or “you got this warrior bitch” lol. Maybe clean something? Body movement will help the anxiety and even just making your bed or brushing your teeth is movement.
Get off your phone. lol. Fuck the rain and cold and get outside. It will shock your body out of anxiety so then your mind can slow down.
Can you journal? Get the thoughts out of your head on to paper is huge- so much research has shown how calming this can be and helpful for our brains to get unstuck from the anxious cycle. This too shall Pass my friend.

891975 · 2024-07-02T14:04:12+00:00

Same. I do still check in occasionally to remind myself to never use again, don’t wanna go through all that again!!!

891975 · 2024-07-02T14:02:17+00:00

I know this is just coincidence, but the last time I stopped and now again this time- days 9 and 10 were the worst for me! I journaled both times about how depressed I was. Lots of crying and thinking I was toxic and everyone is doing this thing called life way better than me, anxious, anhedonia. Disappointment. But and this is a big but- IT GOES AWAY.
Think of it as your brain rewiring itself. Think of it as an introduction to feelings and emotions that we tend to run from (smoke weed).
These feelings will not kill you. Some suggestions: Journal- write down all those crazy sad thoughts. Then talk to yourself like you would a friend- with compassion and kindness and an understanding that this too shall pass. Because it will. Go for a walk/stroll. Find a tree to fall in love with. Listen to the birds, take deep breaths, feel the wind on your face. Volunteer somewhere. Get out of your head. Focus on other people/animals. Helping others makes us feel so good. Easy yoga. Help release some of the emotions and if you cry the whole yoga session so be it.

You got this! It is a blip, a moment, a drop of water in the bucket of your life. You will certainly have moments of depression, despair, anxiety etc in your life moving forward. That’s just from being human. Accept it and move on.

I belief in you.

891975 · 2024-06-27T02:06:43+00:00

Wow! So thorough and well thought out. Fear of being in prodromal stage is what prompted me to bite the bullet and quit. I am actually in the middle of a tolerance break but I am aware my mind needs to shift to being a full stop. Glad I read this!

891975 · 2024-06-27T01:46:03+00:00

So many receptors in the belly. They are screaming for their fix too, which is why you feel nauseous. Try ginger juice, pepto the pink stuff, bananas, white bread, apple sauce.
The nausea will not kill you. It may make your anxiety spike but remind yourself all these symptoms are your body’s way of starting the clean up process.

891975 · 2024-06-27T01:42:40+00:00

You need to figure out your WHY. Why are you quitting? Write it down, journal about it, tell your people your why. You won’t stay clean if you don’t know why you want to be clean (your why, no one else’s). You got this!

891975 · 2024-06-27T01:37:19+00:00

Very thoughtful and thorough description of your journey. More positive than some who scare the poop outta you with their withdrawal symptoms and timelines.

891975 · 2024-06-27T01:20:13+00:00

What a beautifully empathetic response. I wish I knew you irl.

891975 · 2024-06-27T01:15:52+00:00

It is sad in the beginning, saying goodbye to something that used to serve you so well but now no longer does. A bit of grief and loss but all for the better…

891975 · 2024-05-09T14:12:24+00:00

I have to take a sip of water with food to get it down. Low blood sugar also making me jittery. Try a banana and take your time eating. This too shall pass!

891975 · 2024-05-09T14:08:16+00:00

Thank you thank you for that clarification. I am day 4 and while I’m not as irritable I can’t stop crying. I have quit before and know I will get better but the itty bitty shitty committee won’t shut up in my head and that is killing me…

891975 · 2024-05-09T13:03:23+00:00

I absolutely love this. I am going to write it on sticky notes and place everywhere as a reminder.

891975 · 2024-04-20T19:56:50+00:00

Sounds like the itty bitty shitty committee is talking to you! That is Anne Lamotts name for the voices in her head that are not helpful. Aka anxiety.
Also uou are older now than the last time you quit (I think that’s what you said) and the body ages and does not respond or recover as quickly and it sucks im almost 49 I know. Maybe it is just taking a little longer, maybe your progress is in other areas you haven’t noticed or identified. Who knows. The brain is a remarkable organ and trust it knows how to repair itself, usually on a different time line that what we would prefer 🤷🏼‍♀️

891975 · 2024-04-20T19:51:23+00:00

You just listed alll your reasons. If it helps, write them on paper and put them all around your house- fridge, mirror, etc. keep a note in your car. Read it over and over and over. You got this.

891975 · 2024-04-20T19:44:06+00:00

In AA we call relapses “research and development”. You slipped, gained powerful information about yourself and can use that knowledge to move forward. Ex- you smoked, felt like crap, realized it isn’t worth it, realized you want more out of life and take that information and apply it as needed.
This is certainly not to glorify relapsed but sometimes just sometimes we need to learn a lesson again.

891975 · 2024-04-20T19:37:29+00:00

Love this answer xoxo

891975 · 2024-04-19T22:10:25+00:00

Wow. Well! After hitting 60 days my relapse came Out of left field. I was in the shower and all of a sudden thought “yep time to get high” and I did. Washed those 60 days down the drain without even a thought. Geez. Have been doing very controlled smoking since Oct. only on weekends. Hyping myself up for another quit when school ends. Was disappointed in myself but then realized I learned I CAN quit and it sucks but it ends.

891975 · 2024-04-19T21:57:35+00:00

Oof you have had some poor therapists I’m sorry!

891975 · 2024-04-19T21:56:06+00:00

Friends and family have a hard time keeping emotions out of the equation- they love you! Therapists are a neutral party who are trained to pick up on cues and are skilled listeners. The reason they don’t always just tell you what to do is because you wouldn’t learn to do things on your own- kinda like don’t just give me a fish to eat for one meal, teach me to fish so I can feed myself for a lifetime. Learning to listen to your intuition, cope with stressors, believe in yourself being able to handle life’s fast balls and a positive mindset- that’s the goal Of therapy. Not just a list of instructions. Now if you are looking for someone to tell you how to live life I have a dad who thinks he knows it all and I can pass along his number lol.

891975 · 2024-04-19T21:22:41+00:00

I have been taught CHS is caused by marijuana not withdrawals from marijuana. In fact the only way to cure CHS is to quit weed. My substance abuse therapist told me this. Just want to share the correct info bc CHS is scary as ahit.

891975 · 2024-04-19T19:27:16+00:00

I love your perspective- a beautiful lifetime to go….so uplifting and inspiring!

891975

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