Dealing with pot withdrawl

[missfiveday]

My husband is Pot head.  He's 41 yrs old, and has smoked it since he was a teen.  When he hasn't smoked in even a couple hours he starts withdrawling, within a day without he becomes severely angry, flu like symptom including the chills, irritability, lethargy.  What's the best way to deal with the withdrawals caused by smoking pot?  He is also a sober alchoholic for years at a time before relapsing for one night of binging.  He is also on a prescription for percs for chronic pain which he limits himself to a max of 3 a day when needed... He also smokes a pack of day ciggarettes.  

[throwindatowl]

Interesting...Im 35 and have smoked since I was 18. I often wondered about pot wds. All I can say is over the past 3 months Ive ran out of pot and really didnt care. I dont remember wds from it. I do remember getting pretty angry one day and wondered, was it the no pot or a month of no opiates. Who knows. I know opiate wds very well. Each time I quit or ran out the wds came. If I run out or just dont get any pot I dont feel any different really. I actually have more energy and get more stuff done. Im not missing being a pot head and just cant be a pill head. It was killing me. If thats way he takes his percs. Sorry Im having hard time not believing hes wding from opiates. He his. He takes percs then runs out, or sells um. Then runs out of pot at the same time and points to the pot as the culprit. Itll be hard to put your finger on it with all the drugs in his system. The mix cant help Im sure. I dont think pots his problem. Would he tell you he went and got percs if he ran out? We all know you dont need to go to the doc to get pills.

[Crys833]

I've never known pot to cause symptoms like that, and certainly not after a couple hours either. I agree that this sounds more like opiate withdrawal. Maybe you should investigate further into what is going on with him. Best Wishes :)

[missfiveday]

I don't smoke pot, drink or do any drugs.  I tried pot in high school but I got panic attacks from it as well.  My husbands use of pot isn't just a couple puffs a day, he's full on $20 every 2 days and he gets it from a friend (special price) all his friends and alot of his family smoke it chronically as well.  He gets similar symptoms when trying to quit smoking tobacco as well.

[missfiveday]

Thanks everyone, he sells his percs and only leaves himself with a small allotment to last until his next refill. And his dr absolutely will not release them early.  He did quit pot for a couple months a few years ago, and it took him 4 weeks of withdrawal and that was before he got a prescription for the pain meds.  He is super sensitive to alot of medication, having exaggerated symptoms and side effects.  His method of taking the percs is dissolving them in
his mouth.  But his big problem for the last 8 years has been pot.

[dominosarah]

Does he run out of his script early?  

[vicki595]

I agree with my friends here. It sounds exactly like opiate withdrawal. I think you might want to have a talk with him and get this in the open. He's a prime candidate for cross addiction.

Good luck--