So I’ve been taking gummies for about 2 years, smoking weed for about 1 year and the last 6 months I’ve had to smoke more and more to the point that I would smoke a complete huge joint to get a small high, and that three times a day.
Basically I went from feeling always normal and getting high to relax and enjoy to feeling always anxious and needing to get high to feel normal.
I decided to take a month break and after that maybe resume only on weekends
I’m 5 days in now and I gotta say it’s been mostly okay-ish with the biggest symptoms being extreme exhaustion and weight loss. Is this normal?
I wake up, feel fine, jump out of bed, get dressed quickly to walk the dog and I’m exhausted for the next half hour and I just need to sit or even lie down. Then I suddenly feel better and I can walk around and nothing happens but if I remotely exert myself, say, I make the bed, I feel like my body crashes and I need to lie down for half an hour.
Basically I have energy for about 60 seconds to do something semi intensive, then I crash
Appetite is low, i need to stuff food in my face to eat, i dont feel like i want to eat.
I’ve lost quite a bit of weight, went from 89kgs (say 178 pounds or so?) to 85 (170 pounds)
Is any of this normal, and if it is, how long will this last until I feel normal again?
Weight loss is probably a result of appetite loss, which is probably the most common and universal THC withdrawal symptom. Something to do with how THC is very chemically similar to anandamide, the cannabinoid involved in satiety (feeling of fullness) after eating, is my guess - don’t know if there’s been any research done on that topic.
Exhaustion could also be a result of you eating less. Unless you’re not eating less, then that doesn’t necessarily sound like a cannabis thing to me… but everyone’s bodies are different. If it doesn’t end within 2 weeks or so, I might consider going to a doctor. Though it could also be what Archangel1313 is suggesting, I personally have never experienced that after discontinuing cannabis use - but then, I mostly don’t smoke, I vape or dab or use edibles, so it might impact my lungs’ ability to uptake oxygen less.
The physical aspects of cannabinoid withdrawals will mostly be over in 2 weeks. (At least, that’s how long dentists tell you to go without cannabis, which can increase tolerance to the anesthetics they use. In my experience, I’m usually back at baseline after a week mentally.)
The mental aspects are subjective. That’s all you. (Though it doesn’t really sound like you’re experiencing many mental withdrawal / dependency effects here.)
Everything you are describing sounds pretty normal.
The brief exhaustion after mild exertion could just be that your body is getting more oxygen than it’s used to. This is a common side effect from quitting smoking. It’s similar to the effect of changing altitude. Your body has gotten used to a certain amount of oxygen absorption in your lungs, and has adjusted the amount of red blood cells in your system to accommodate those levels. It may take a few weeks for your body to readjust to the increased oxygen intake. More exercise should help speed up the normalization process. Just don’t overdo it either.
The weight loss is also pretty normal after quitting weed, since it stimulates your appetite. You probably just aren’t snacking as often now.
Awesome, thanks for the reply! I sorta figured it would be normal but going through it makes you want to be sure :)