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I believe my experience with smoking weed in February of 2020 which caused a really bad paranoid effect caused me to develop ocd along with some other stress that was in my life. I would stay clear kf weed as it alters brain chemistry which isn't good for us or anybody in my opinion.
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You are asking reinsurance because you are very stressed for the secondary affects of that weed you have smoked. Try not to ruminate or checking your sensations. Postpone a few hours and see if you still worry about that feeling while you engage in others activities.
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I know that’s normal. You are responding to the OCD thoughts so it keeps coming back as it wants an answer. And to answer anxiety can make you feel unbeliable things : muscles pains, digestives issues, dizziness, headaches... plus if like me you have somatic OCD, you are hyper aware and focus on all body’s sensations and weirdness and you over worry about them until going to catastrophic scenarios.
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The weed these days is too strong. I had an edible and the shit made me hella paranoid. Still deal with it. But just know you can get through it!
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My OCD was triggered by a long amount of time with substance abuse of weed. I denied it for a long time but the amount of mental health professionals who had to sit me down and explain that YES weed 100% negatively effects the brain,it eventually sunk in. It's really terrible the hype and Internet community that encourage cannabis culture. Whether it's the false claims of healing/ it being "non addictive"/ or that paranoia does not happen if you get the right strain. Once you dig around you will come to find the mass amounts of people whose mental health has been severely damaged because of weed. Things can get better, the brain can recover from the harm, but it takes time. What helped me was looking at reasons why I smoked in the first place. My reasons were that I hated myself, I hated my environment, I was overwhelmed with anxiety and paranoia so I wanted to escape it by getting high. Of course, ironically cannabis only adds to anxiety, depression, lack of motivation, lack of desire for anything. It also made me more isolated and selfish because I didn't want to be around anyone sober, or anyone who did not smoke. And if someone got in the way of me getting high it would really irritate me-- the selfishness of addiction. I Just wanting to escape and get high. But truly escaping the oppression of your mind is not found in cannabis. I don't know why😅 but it also helped me to think about if I had a child would I want them to smoke weed? Would I let a child smoke weed? No, not at all! So why do I want to do it to myself? You will get better, but please, consider letting go of this detrimental habit. I know it will only happen if you chose it, because everyone could have told me the hundreds of reasons not to smoke but I wanted to do it! It was only until I decided I needed to help myself the change happened. Take care
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So in time I will get better? I only smoke once a year basically and only took like 4 puffs when I did smoke two weeks ago
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I hope my brain recovers fast from what I did to it. I got my wife to quite who was a long weed smoker. She also has major depression disorder and had an attempt on her life. I had to explain to how does she know that the weed wasn't countering what the medication was trying to help her with. She couldn't answer and finally asked her psychiatrist and finally stopped smoking. Im proud of her. Thanks for sharing cause I advocate against it too if people are willing to listen. Try to learn from my mistakes.
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@Dre83 I just hope I feel better because I am scared
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@Anna:) Have u gotten better
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@Anna:) Don't be scared its gonna be okay. Im getting better but not as fast as I would have liked lol I'm impatient but I am getting better. U can defeat the ocd I promise you that.
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@Dre83 They allow ur cell phone in inpatient?
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Hey I just wanted to share this great resource for our walk with the Lord. Its called The Bible Project. They have wonderful resources that break things down for us non theological students lol. Videos that explains every book of the Bible, various Bible studies and other resources. Hope you find it helpful. Im starting a Bible studying tomorrow with my family.
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@Dre83 Bible project is awesome! The Lord has pulled me from the pits of dispair from OCD. I was not functioning at all, it was living Hell. But His grace is sufficient. I am also incredible tough on myself and impatient on my recovery! But its something I pray about a lot that Jesus would give me more patience and to accept His will over mine. Praying for you both!
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Anna how old are you? I know it doesn't seem a big deal now, but tampering with any drug or abuse is not wise. It's not foolish. Take care
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I been worrying for a while Week now
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My brain tells me I have too smoke again “too feel normal”
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I wouldn’t do that. First because we actually don’t know for sure if it’s because of the weed, it seems like you would do that to decrease anxiety linked to your state therefore compulsions.
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Will I get back too normal
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Definitely
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You mean in general or if you smoke again ?
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Like in general
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And I only did four puffs so I do not think it would do anything
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I had 3 big hits like an idiot. I hadn't smoked weed in at least 10yrs before this last time. I regret it so much.
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I thought they do not do that?
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Naw impatient like I don't want to wait I want things to happen now lol
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@Dre83 Oh hahaha I totoally understand that
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Weed is only short term. U all will be fine. The sativa strain is the one that can cause paranoia, Indica strain will relax and make most people sleepy. Couple of hits will be gone by the next day.
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The one I had was starwberry creme whtever tht is
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@Anna:) Indica and sativa are the two main stains then all kinds of variations under them, no idea what strawberry swirl comes under.. Best to buy from a dispensary and ask.
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@High_noon My friend bought it off of someone
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@Anna:) Yeah be careful there. Best to get medical marijuana card and proper dose
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Cause I know there is weed like blue dream and stuff too
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A quick google search shows that blue dream is a sativa strain. That will not help anxiety or ocd, stay away from that. Look for Indica strain. I use full metal jack and Julius cesear. Totally takes my anxiety away. This is my personal experience and I am not a doctor. Fyi
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@High_noon Okay yeah as I said the one I had was strawberry creme
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i’ve been going through weird phases in life and it’s really not what i need at all. i’ve been recently having really bad anxiety and i think i have depression (not sure) but everytime i go out my stomach starts to hurt and my mind goes all over the place i just always overthinking bad things are gonna happen like im just having the worst panic attacks when nothing is even happening. i can never go out with friends feeling normal because my mind goes crazy about anything. i can’t hang out with my girlfriend without having really bad anxiety and panic attacks, it’s also so bad that recently i got a job i’ve been trying to get for almost a year now and i finally have the chance to get into the job but my minds all over the place about traveling to another state for training and also even getting the job in general i feel so scared and feel so uncomfortable and uninterested when i been hoping for this opportunity for the longest. idk what’s going on with me and it’s clearly ruining my life and my mental. im starting to think it’s because about 2 years ago i used to smoke weed frequently and i stopped a while ago but now i do it once every blue moon and im thinking about quitting everything in general. what can i do to heal my mental and help my panic attacks where nothing is wrong? i need help..
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I woke up disassociating really bad ,I was super tired and if you read my prev post I've been having problems w depersonalization after a bad thc trip the other night. Im so so so scared I just said a slur or whispered it to myself because I cant properly remember things rn. I remember getting the thought and im scared i whispered it to myself and I cant tell if it happened or not bc waking up things feel rly blurry . It feels really real. I would never want to say such a word and im scared i did bc I was so out of it. I dont remember if i just had the thought or acted on it
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For the past three years I've smoked marijuana nearly everyday. It helped with my anxiety and quieting my brain and helped me sleep. Recently, it began to make me feel more anxious, i would wake up nauseous and even threw up a couple of times which really triggered some health anxiety. I decided to quit because of this and i'm almost 2 weeks out from the last time I smoked. My body is slowly recovering but my brain just doesn't seem to quit it. I went to my GP a couple of weeks ago for a routine checkup and everything came back normal in my blood work and exam, yet that hasn't stopped me from completely obsessing over my health and feeling like (in my mind, not my body) i'm seriously ill- which is giving me extreme anxiety. Because of my reoccurring stomach issues my GP referred me to a GI who I had an appointment with yesterday. He was very unimpressed by everything I said and seemed like everything is pointing to IBS-which is not serious and something my mother also deals with. He ordered some extra tests to make sure I wasn't dealing with inflammation and he said he was very confident that my internal vital organs were a completely fine. I'm still waiting on those test results and his confidence should I have made me feel better but i'm still freaking out. Everybody in my life is tired of hearing about it and I just don't know what to do anymore. I feel like i'm pushing people away. I feel good and like myself when I'm distracted and doing something fun, but mornings and nights and when i'm doing something mundane it's the worst. I feel like I can feel all of these pains and sensations but I have no idea if it's real. I've even started asking Chatgpt for constant reassurance and constantly googling my symptoms. I'm in a horrible loop. I should mention that on top of quitting weed, I also just graduated college, moved back home and my boyfriend and I started the longest period of long distance we've ever had to do so i'm just not feeling like myself at all. My psychiatrist just put me on Zoloft (my vomiting and intense anxiety coincided with when i began taking Prozac again so she wanted me to try something else) I'm only on day 3 of the meds but nausea and insomnia are the two side effects im dealing with right now which is just making my anxiety so much worse before the meds have even kicked in. Does anyone have advice on how to break this cycle of constant checking-i feel like taking a deep breath has even turned into a compulsion.
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