Still feeling high/weird on the fifth day after smoking? Please Help!

[rfar94]

Hello Everyone,
Before I begin just a little background info on myself and my situation. I smoked weed about 2-3 times a month for a period of about nine months in 2009. Since my parents discovered my habit back in 09 I have probably smoked about 5-6 times over the period of four years. So I'm not exactly a beginner, however I do have a low tolerance to it as I do not do it regularly. I have never suffered from any mental illness such as anxiety or depression.

So I smoked 3 cones through a bong last Saturday night, 18th of January 2014, I also drank a fair bit of alcohol. In previous experiences I would feel scattered the next day and then return to normal. This time however I felt really scattered the next day and my mind has not returned to normal. I do not feel like the drug has completely left my system. I have a lack of mental clarity, a really foggy memory and am finding hard to think straight or focus on anything. I fell hazy and confused most of the time. Other symptoms I am experiencing which are completely foreign to me are depression (this seems to come in mood swings), and panic attacks and anxiety. I know the weed was not laced because five other people (all regular users) also smoked it and had no ill effects. Seeking medical treatment would involve telling my parents which I don't want to do, but I am struggling to function properly with day to day tasks. The most frightening aspect I suppose is that I am not feeling day to day improvement. It is now Thursday the 23rd of January (the fifth day after smoking) and I can't say I have felt any improvement at all over the past three days. I am mainly anxious about the fact I may have somehow done some permanent damage to my brain, although I know this is highly unlikely as I had such a small amount and am not a regular user. Please tell me if you have experienced something similar, or if you have any ideas as to how long it will last and whether or not it could be permanent.

Any advice would be much appreciated!
Thanks!

[spider6]

Hi there rfar,  welcome.

You are very very young friend and although we are not to be promoting the use of natures very own wonder drug, I myself use it medically.  My belief is that you are much too young to be screwing with your brain while it's still developing.  When I was a little older than you I experienced my first anxiety attack, good or bad, right or wrong, I had it right after smoking a joint.  What happened next was a bit of a lesson in "classical conditioning", as with Pavlov's dogs......I associated smoking the joint with the anxiety attack, so every time after that when I would toke, I'd have an attack.......it had nothing to do with the attack......I just associated the two that way.  ....."I" did that with my mind is what I'm saying......

I know you said you weren't predisposed to anxiety or depression ......but you have been obsessing about this for five days now.  My advice would be to s*ck it up and take your parental "comeuppance" like a (young) man and get your butt to a doctor so that you can put your concerns at ease.

There are many other reasons that you could be experiencing these symptoms.....find out for sure what it is or your "best case scenario"....that you're hyper sensitized, could quickly turn on you (if that's the case) via introducing panic or anxiety disorder.

I wish you well and immediate peace.  Hugs...p.s. Leave the grass alone until your cerebral cauliflower is fully baked.

[Livenbfree]

Try not to worry to much I think in a day or so you should be feeling back to normal weed takes a little longer to leave our bodies as I understand the weed stays a little longer in our fat cells, if your friends had no ill effects from the weed then you should be fine, sometimes we get carried away thinking the worse. Relax and try and take it light.