Pot and the effect's it has on me, good & bad.

[sogman]

Well I've searched threads and I think I need to get this out.

I've been smoking cheeb since grade 9 mostly infrequently till this year. It's on the mind constantly! I'm a habitual daily toker and I go heavy on the dosage if I can.

Although things arent the way they seemed before I started going heavy. One benefit of smoking everyday is that it's very hard to be hung over from the night befores herb frenzy. You either have such tolerance by that point you wouldn't notice a hangover or your already sitting up in ur bed having a smoke!

~{Withdrawl!}~ yeah some people would rather say there's no withdrawl when they come off a heavy habit. That may be true for them but for me it's not that easy.
About the second day off it when my initial levels have started to to drop I can definetly tell what is happening. I'm very tense and easily succumb to anxiety. Another thing worth mentioning is that I can't focus worth a damn off it?

~{O.D.ing}~ I can totally confirm this next time it happens I'll even deliberatly set up my camera in the bathroom mirror. lol!
Symptoms are usually a super dry mouth, your face will feel cold because there is infact hardly any blood flow there considering how pale you should be. My lips completely lose their color and I'm left with a ghost of myself to glance at from time to time in the mirror as I hover around the porcelain.

I've gotten the burp's and gag's of nausea and came very near puking in my friends home once, that sucked and I called it quits for the night. Mostly any night this happens I forget about herb for the rest of the evening. Last time it happened I was trying to be tony montana with a one hitter full of kief after a day of heavy smoking already! I don't panic when this happen's I'm mostly stuck with the annoyance of having to heave in my toilet which is why I quit alcohol in the first place. I seriously look like a crackhead in my mirror when this occurs.

~{POSETIVES! & MEDICAL USES!}~ Yeah I have to admit it's definetly a unique plant, capable of giving us wonderful things, and it brings many benefit's to me.

1. Insomnia I truly cannot sleep and wake fully rested without some kind of assistance the night before, to keep you from feeling groggy I suggest not smoking at all after 9 o'clock pm.(only applies to a weekday) I have never considered a pharmaceutical sleep aid cause prescription drugs have caused a ton of unrest in my life already, and herb works well.

2. Laziness Never before have I had so much fun all by myself. I find I can't beat the feeling of smoking and doing w/e I want to do without sum1 else's imput. Cause your friends will motivate you at some point which is the opposite effect I try to achieve. Listening to sum1 else giggle excessively bores the shit out of me and ruines my high.

3. Anxiety Nothing makes a bad day go away like sum kind bud!
I'm so high strung that they oughtta prescribe me it and get it over with already. Tension, anything that made me feel lousy that isn't erased in my mind (that would be unhealthy) but its rather no longer worth thinking or dwelling on anymore(which is healthy).

4. Insight This is probably the closest to god you will feel in your life.
I feel like I'm beginning to understand things from a different perspective when I'm high, and I'm rarely misguided when this happens. Many things that really boil over and stress you out in life will probably follow you into your high unfortunatley but it's not the end of the world. Because now you have a chance to really brainstorm on them a bit with a new view of the situation.

5. Skin I can't confirm this yet but I can tell you after having acne for years in jr. sr high that my skin is glowing now. It could be my hormones changing or chemistry changing within my body naturally, I wish it could be those entirely but I haven't had a breakout in weeks now! Although I've been getting 8+ hours of sleep everynight these past few weeks so I'm led to believe that may be the reason not posetive though! During sleep your body is restoring tissue and anti-bodies. Acne is an infection deep in the pores of the skin how could sleep not benefit your complexion I ask.

Anyway's this is more or less how marijuana has seeped into different area's of my life in both posetive and negative ways.

 

[Guest]

I know what you mean by ODing I'd say it's just over indulging, happens to me occasionally. But you're right this is why i smoke marijuana right here:

3. Anxiety Nothing makes a bad day go away like sum kind bud!
I'm so high strung that they oughtta prescribe me it and get it over with already. Tension, anything that made me feel lousy that isn't erased in my mind (that would be unhealthy) but its rather no longer worth thinking or dwelling on anymore(which is healthy).

 

[Jam Master Jaco]

Nice list man, mine is a little different. Based off of your list, here's mine:

BAD STUFF:

1. I keep wanting to smoke more...and more....and more....and more. If I had the $$$ or the operations to do so I would...but I don't.

2. Anti-socialism. As soon as I am good and baked, I just want to sit there, not be bothered, and do my own thing. Usually this involves sitting on my ass either in front of the computer or in front of the tv. No parties, no in depth conversations with the girlfriend about what aspect of her I like best, I just want to fucking sit there, and chill.

3. Withdrawal symptoms. I am an angry little fucker. I'm only smoking on the weekends now, so all during the week a lot of little things set me off whereas if I was high I wouldn't give too much of a shit. For example, I have to drive over 20 miles to and from school each day...during rush hour...."FUCK YOU THE LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING!!" pretty much sums it up.

GOOD STUFF:

1. Chills me the hell out. It's like, ya know that sound in the movies when THX starts up. For me, smoking weed is that sound, except right when the sound gets to it's loudest, I'm stoned. And it's like freedom baby woo!

2. Tastes oh so tastey. Back when I very first started I didn't appreciate the smooth taste of weed. But now that I've experimented with tobacco and other stuff that is comparable to smoking literal shit, I can appreciate the fine taste bud has. MMMmmmmmMMmmm!

3. Is all natural, impossible to overdose on, is not physically addicting, and make you look super cool!

 

[Sativa_Fan]

Negs:

Throwing Whiteys: I think that this comes more from me smoking tobacco and herb spliffs, as I don't ever seem to throw one when I'm smoking pure herb. I love to make spliffs, but sometimes I make 'em a little too big, smoke a little too much, start getting lightheaded, stomach queasy...you know the rest Now I'm starting to smoke more small joints (think Club paper size) and outta any one of my smaller handpipes.

Paranoia: I can have the most mellow, dreamy high, but can be paranoid at the same time. About every little sound, anything that looks strange, etc. Someone having recently robbed us doesn't make this situation any better. I don't really like indicas, atleast not pure ones, and smoking sativas that I'm so fond of sometimes (depends on the strain) can make this even worse.

Eating too damn much!: LOL, it has kept the weight on me, that's for sure. I'm doing better, though. This is basically just a matter of personal willpower, not saying this will happen to everyone. When I'm high and get the munchies, I'll grab the nearest box of crackers, bag of whatever etc., and I'll not even notice how much I eat. Before I realize it, the whole bag is gone and I'm leaving to go make some crazy (but crazy good) concoction in the kitchen :-D

Pros:

Too many to mention? Hmm, let's start with the reason I smoke. It helps with sinuses, anxiety (most of the time), depression, muscle aches, carpal tunnel, my stomach ulcer, and my social anxiety. Plus it opens me up to a whole 'nother world. Everyone sees things differently when they're high, and I can honestly say that herb helped me find myself. It works medicinally for most ailments, atleast for me. I am no longer depressed due to herb. I can abstain and still never fall into depression again. I no longer have social anxiety. I am just fine when talking to small groups of people, but larger groups I get choked up very easily. If I am in a busy location that I don't HAVE to be in, I try to get out of it as quickly as possible because too many people make me nervous. I don't know if that is the definition of social anxiety, but whatever it is, herb helps

Oh and creativity. I am highly creative, especially in my writing, when I'm stoned. Willie Nelson is my all time fav strain for creativity, followed closely by AK-47 and my own homemade Natural Mystic (Kali Mist x ...something ). And if I am writing a rant, I can just on forEVER. LOL. When you see me make really long posts on here, I'm definitely high. Otherwise, my attention span isn't that long...LOL. But yea, I love writing song and poems and other creative writing, and a nice headstash of a nice Sativa is absolutely the best accessory that a writer can have.

 

[sogman]

Hemp seed: Ya I know there's people out there who require this stuff as well, don't kid yourselves folks. I think we all need an extra days rest on mondays.

Jam master: Jam's you are a real character if I ever heard one, I don't even think you realize how funny ur typing is to people stoned on the other end reading it. It made me crack up hard when you were describing the THX sound cause I was soo high off kief that I was imagining that you were being narrated by Biggie smalls and he was saying "It's freedom baby woo" near the end. Biggie has to speak up though, that motherfuckers mumblin all the time, he's worse these day's now that he's stone cold.

I bet that weed is tasty, I wish I grew my own right now....*sigh* soon, spring.
Yeah it does look cool, especially when strolling downtown past lots of people.

 

[o.gkushowns]

"acne",

I knew it!!! I just thought it was too crazy to be true. Since I quit smoking pot my face has broken out in acne (I'm only blazin my homegrown now, that way I can get really stoned when I do smoke and appreciate it more).

In terms of the anxiety weed is a medecine like xanax. Both will relieve anxiety but will make it worse in the long run (from personal experience only, could be different for different people). The best medecine in my opinion is seroqual as it has no withdrawel effects. But weed is great too, especially indicas. Only problem is if I quit smoking it after smoking 30 spliffs a day for a few months I feel increased anxiety.
peace

 

[sunnyday]

my job is seasonal, when i have to work 7 days a week. it's nice to have weed at the end of the day. sometimes go 3-5 days without it during work periods, get completely blasted off mexican sativa shwag

tolerance aside, i think laziness is a big negative. when i need to relax, that isn't laziness. waiting to smoke until the end of the day has cured my lazy on work days.

the good thing about seasonal work is off season i smoke morning till night with no problems. drinking is the only thing i moderate.

 

[southpaw]

This is a very interesting thread. Thanks for starting it sogman, I didn't because I figured someone would blast my balls off for beginning a thread with material that's been covered before.

I harvested about a month ago, and being a light smoker its looking like my tiny 2 1/4 oz. crop of femaleseeds Grapefruit will last a looooong time. Here goes my little positive/ negative rant.

Day 56 buds

So I took about half of this harvest early to have some "up" herb around. Real strange stuff, given that Grapefruit is 75% Cindy 99. Anything past one maybe two solid hits gets my mind racing with useful but uncomfortable thoughts, you know, the kind that make sense at the time, then hours later you can't remember. This weekend I rolled up a fat ass blunt with all the weed I'd rolled j's with and half finished, then smoked it to the face to see what kind of a ceiling the herb had. Bad idea. Racing heartbeat, headache, and chills followed by a three hour nap. In other words, not really an O.D, but not a good use of weed either. If I grow this strain again, I won't be picking it until day 60 at least.

Prozac

I've had issues with depression for years now, but just recently quit with Prozac. I've gotten tired of the cloying "everything's ok" mask the little green pill gives you. Prozac covers hopelessness and despair about as well as Lysol covers ass. I'm finding though that since all-day smoking isn't an option for me, weed isn't exactly taking Prozac's place. What weed can do though that Prozac never could is give me a few moments of complete release, where I feel for a while that things really are alright. I'd really appreciate it if anyone could point me to some good reading material about using herb against depression effectively.

Realizations

A good high can really cut through all of the rationalized bullshit we feed ourselves. Before the last half of that blunt turned me into a couch-ridden shivering idiot, it became clear to me how much violence I surround myself with, TV shows, sports, shit on the Internet, etc. This while watching "Training Day" for the twentieth time, first time while lit though.

I'm hoping we aren't turning IC into Erowid with threads like this, but I like to hear what people feel they "get out of" their herb. This isn't even going into the growing experience, which really is a thereaputic labor of love in and of itself.

Peace.

 

[treble]

Yeah I agree with everyone so far, pot is my leveller. I am wondering what I am, but I can be over the top confidence and kick ass attitude then its all gone to hell in a hand basket.

I grew up totally screwed and off the wall. My family have been pretty worried I wouldn't ever line myself up and get focused. I find pot levels me, it takes the crazy peaks off and fills in the troughs.

I am also calmer, I don't curse at my family when they try and get me to do something against my grain although that could be because they don't try anymore. I see very little of them. Once every couple months. My work is perhaps less but more productive and focused.. not off the rails and all over. I work for myself and this is the best year yet though not all down to me by any stretch of the imagination.

I do find my self couchlocking more than I would like but at the end of the day or all through the weekend I like to smoke. To sort the vegging out behaviour I just splashed on a new MTB and took it out last weekend. When I test rode it after getting it home I was baked and had a few beers in me already and I could hardly manage it... hehe was all over the place. The front shocks need locking when on the road and this made all the difference... so now I can ride....like the wind...nice thing to do when your blazed.

I have also used pot for pain relief in my hips and it has been pretty good, not really a pain reliever but a distractor from pain. Much better than taking those NSAIDS things they sell which give heart attacks to people and turn your brain to jelly.

peace n calm to ya
treb

 

[persianp]

I have scrip for the medicine because of a joint problem...i was smoking heavily up until 6 weeks ago, at which point I've stopped. I noticed when I smoked, my joints would start hurting more, also I had mad sinus blockage, cuz I'm allergic to it I guess...if I didn't want any pain, I'd just have to sit without movement...so i stopped (for a different reason, I'm starting once my harvest comes in)...but I notice the pain is much more prevalent since I've stopped. So I'm fucked if I do, fucked if I don't...

 

[Hunt4Hazez]

All i can say is that i have been where you are, Just try to quit smoking on days where you have shit to do, get into a sport... Just do something and you will lose your addiction. If you smoke tobacco with your pot that is a big cause of thinking that you need pot... Also dont try to take a giant hit because all your doing is burning your throat and forcing smoke into your stomach.

Try quitting smoking and eating it when you feel like you "need" it.

"1. Insomnia I truly cannot sleep and wake fully rested without some kind of assistance the night before, to keep you from feeling groggy I suggest not smoking at all after 9 o'clock pm.(only applies to a weekday) I have never considered a pharmaceutical sleep aid cause prescription drugs have caused a ton of unrest in my life already, and herb works well."

I agree, but i find if i smoke sativa and dont have any indica on hand it can make it worse.


Dont be a dumb stoner because you wont get anything accomplished.

 

[bounty29]

2. Anti-socialism. As soon as I am good and baked, I just want to sit there, not be bothered, and do my own thing. Usually this involves sitting on my ass either in front of the computer or in front of the tv. No parties, no in depth conversations with the girlfriend about what aspect of her I like best, I just want to fucking sit there, and chill.

Eating too damn much!: LOL, it has kept the weight on me, that's for sure. I'm doing better, though. This is basically just a matter of personal willpower, not saying this will happen to everyone. When I'm high and get the munchies, I'll grab the nearest box of crackers, bag of whatever etc., and I'll not even notice how much I eat. Before I realize it, the whole bag is gone and I'm leaving to go make some crazy (but crazy good) concoction in the kitchen :-D

I was hangin out with some friends last week and we ordered a pizza, breadsticks, and some wings. I hadn't eaten all day so I was starving as it was, plus we smoked a bit so I was quite hungry. So I hate too much, ended up hugging the toilet for about 10 minutes. After that I was hungry again, so I ate the last piece of pizza...

 

[!PeAcE!]

has anyone smoked so much they got soo paranoid that they were crazy then the next day realized how fucked up they were but bugged the night before????

 

[persianp]

didn't follow that one

 

[sogman]

Heyz Southpaw it's good to hear ppl getting this out, it is interesting.
You are absolutely on the money about how media changes it's face when ur high, sometimes infact I'll witness so many cliches I'll just turn the t.v. off and play some pool or go out for a walk if I have to.

Lol those musta been sum clear trich's. Might have delivered sum intense feeling if it were made into a nice hash. maybe a BHO. You should try and hold on if ur tripp'n out cause you can gain some amazing insight into yourself if you just stop indulging those scared feelings and go with the river of thoughts. I finally conquered that skill last week, now I'm confortable with everything except praying to the porcelain god when I over do it.

Prozac...yuck! I remember when my mom went schizo off that stuff. She only took it for a week but it was definetly crossing her wires up (serotonin, dopamine, melatonin,etc)

I took accutane and had a neurotoxic reaction, it completely messed me up the very first day. I was nervous, panicky, sad, and down in hole it felt like. Pharmaceuticals have put a dent in me as well man...its a shame their side effects don't wear off completely half the time.

Accutane stores in your fat lipids and in my case stayed long enough to give me some psychological issues. I got social anxiety like Sativa Fan mentioned from being depressed reclusively at home. Took about a year till the rain cloud hovering over me went away. In that time I couldn't even smoke. Made me so worried I was gonna lose my mind. They had me on Risperdal and seroquel, even ativan to try and calm me. At this point I fuckin hated anything foreign interferring with my brain.

After a while I started experimenting with weed and it took awhile but I'm now completely comfortable and learned to love it again cause its the funk from the old one, nothing to fear.

Yeah I can't waite till spring when I can live on my own, do a little horticulture myself. This homegrown bud must be the bomb, I hear ppl talking of high's lasting over 3 hour's I've only experienced one that long as of yet.

Sup Treb Pot is the regulator of all regulators. If only some people would kick back and smoke a spliff more often they'd realize that. Also treats depression and for anxiety and even helped rid of a few psychological problems I'd been experiencing. Riding stoned is TeH SHIT!!11, I love flying down a hill while mentally doing the same kind of thing lol.

Persianp Yeah I hear you on the sore joint's, smoking in excess will cause sore muscles and joints over time, but I have actually experienced some sore stiff joints coming off a few months solid use due to withdrawl symptoms.

Hunt Thanks for stopping in, I've reaffirmed my position on weed again, and will do my best to fit other wholesome stuff in besides toking. Although my big hits arent a full lungs worth, I draw a little more fresh air into the lungs then I hold it. That small bit of air helps me from choking out and coughing a lung.

Lol Bounty I've hurled pizza from too much bud one time, it was a fucking wild night about 2 yrs ago. I was at a friends condo and he had like 5 asian roomates lol who couldn't fluently speak english at all living with him. I was getting high with him and slowly ppl starting wandering in and joining us, mid way through some guy flashed a dime bag of coke to my friend. I didn't know it b4, but him and my friend liked sprinkling it in their joints. For some reason I got ahold of that joint b4 he did and without his permission I smoked bout half of it. I was tripp'n ballz and lying on the floor on my stomache, next thing I know this guy stomped and I mean literally stomped on the back of my head. I sat up all annoyed and looked around a bit finally coming to realize who had done me wrong. Some chick apologized for him but I wasn't through.

We ordered a few pizza's and somebody brought a ton of beer in the room when the pizza got there. The beer determined where the pizza was going that night. after about 15 beers and 8 joint's I was blitzed, and just b4 I left I threw everything up in his toilet. Swished some listerine and told him I was going home to sleep, mostly everyone was still in his room passed out with loud music blasting over them. This is the part I remember and cherish most of all. I'm hopping around on one foot getting my shoes on and I see that guy from earlier stepping out the door. I got my jacket and shit on as quick as I could and stepped out after him. Lucky for me he was waiting on the second floor for the elevator. He was leaning up against the wall talking on his cell, unfortunatly for him he was looking the other way. I took a massive swing, it probably looked hilarious but it laid him out cold. His cellphone bounced off the wall and he crumpled up on the floor. I didn't touch em after that I just walked myself home, and ended up puking again just before sunrise.

Hey Peace Cannabutter has always made me sketch out. Gives ya something to think about the next time you experience it again.
"Why the hell did I do this to myself?, again!"

 

[!PeAcE!]

Hey Peace Cannabutter has always made me sketch out. Gives ya something to think about the next time you experience it again.
"Why the hell did I do this to myself?, again!"

exsactly what i say to myself!!
lol
later!
i take it easy now i only smoke once and awhile not nearly as much as i used to

 

[Guest]

My situation does not allow me to just grow my own unless I fancy guerilla grows with various poisonous snakes, alligators, and harsh laws for getting caught braving those conditions.



Postives:

1. It calms me down no matter how bad I might be feeling over something.


2. It is a better alternative to drinking which is always the easy way thanks to Americas wonderful leaders.


3. If you can grow your own you get any benefit that is real and imagined from it for free.



Negatives:


1. Decreased lung function ( solved by simply using a vaporizer )

2. Decreased memory ( solved by keeping your mind sharp )

3. The law will pump you up the ass seven ways till sunday if you live in an intolerant society.


Think I am gonna take my chances with getting fucked over.

 

[Hunt4Hazez]

Stop eating shit like pizza and washing it down with beer, eat healthy and you will start to feel better, Even if you start toking indy at 8 in the morning you will feel a positive change in your additude and energy level...

Also i find my lungs thank me more after taking mellow bong rips rather than sucking on one of those farkin vaporizer whips all day... Those box vaporizers give me irregular breathing. I would say that the volcano is probably the best way to inhale your cannabis.

 

[sogman]

LoL
Yeah guerilla growing is alot of work, but it's what you put into it that you get back.
I would grow all my plants outside if I could for sure. I'm guessing ur everglades..?

There's a spot near my house inside the city that's all forest. But it look's so boring from the road you've never wanna go in there. It's all headheight shrubs and stuff but once you start moving downhill into it it's perfect! It's like a little valley facing the sun the whole day. There's many different spots which completely block a small patch of land with shrubs and long grass. But there's quite a few tall deciduous trees with thick branches that I could hang the plants in if I had to.

I just got ahold of an ounce of some very good weed, it comes apart like fuzzy popcorn, like its dried out perfectly, and the crystals make it feel fuzzy. Burns very nicely too. It's actually very nice looking bud. I think some of the member's on here would be pleased with it. Again it's very crystally and shaped like a kite. Will try and get pictures.