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Alright so i'm 23 years old have suffered from what i believe to be anxiety and depression problems throughout most of my life.  When i was 18 i was put on Lexapro for about 2 years which is worked for a while then stopped.  During this time i was in college and managed life pretty well but also dealt with my anxiety and depression.  I've smoked ciggs since i was about 13 or 14 I now smoke a pack a day.  Abouyt 2 1/2 3 years ago i was put on cymbalta and this helped with my anxiety and depression i found was able to smoke weed alot and i mean alot wityhout feeling these common anxiety symptoms.  Long story short im now 3 years into smoking pot heavily 3 to 4 times a day and definetly to help me go to sleep at night.  I'm on 90 mg of Cymbalata and 10 mg of Zprexa.  Because of my pot usage i have not gone back to school, im neervous all the time unless i smoke pot.  I really want to quit the drug though...i know its bad to rely on a substance like that to feel good.  I still suffer from anxiety and i thinnk it has gotten worse.  Is it from the pot use?  I really need to seriously think about changing my whole life..im just scared and reading these posts im glad theres similar stories to mine.  Could it be that the pot has made my depression and anxiety worse?  Because i realize i need more anxiety/mood medications to get by now.  And the medications always seem to help somewhat but not fully address the problem.  I feel like im slowly losing control more and more as the months go by.  I quit ciggs and then up my intake of pot.  I quit the pot i increase my cigg smoking.  Im 23 and i just dont want to live like this for much longer.  I want to get things right and in order.  I work everyday but i have these irrational thoughts that no one at my job likes me or they all talk about me?  Is this the weed talking?  Someone please give me some input!@!!!!!

[cheshchesh819]

whilst i am not saying you dont have anxiety problems,but you are making the situation ten times worse by smoking weed,i know you might think it helps you at the time but it dont and it wont,it just makes you more paranoid in the long run.go to your doctors arrange to speak to someone to help you talk about your anxiety or go on the site living life to the full to help you tackle some of your problems,it is a free nhs site my doctor told me about,if you are finding difficult to cope without the weed,take up a new hobby like gym or go visit a friend who dont take it,how ever hard it is to try it has to be better than living and feeling like this all the time.Be strong you will do it,good luck cheshchesh819

[MrGreen]

Weed can heighten anxiety as well as do other things to you. Straight answer is yes, the weed smoking is botching you up big time. So much so you may need an increase in medication dosage just to get off the stuff. Be honest with your doctor. No lies. And get your life sorted out. Before you lose everything you have worked hard for.