|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing?
#18956894 - 10/09/13 10:14 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
I started smoking weed when I was 11 and smoked nearly every day for the next 8 years.
Now when I quit I feel kind of crazy.
For starters I get the regular symptoms loss of appetite & sleep, being irritable for no reason, just not feeling very good in general, etc... but I get them worse than I ever heard anyone else ever explain them
Then I get a whole slew of other long lasting symptons, like feeling like a mental patient...
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/18848052#18848052
I'm not trying to make excuses I'm just wondering if anyone has came across any studies about smoking marijuana a lot beginning at a young age when the brain is still developing.
I tried looking but I'm on a phone and can't find anything.
|
Sheekle
FREE BURKE



Registered: 01/11/10
Posts: 53,153
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#18957001 - 10/09/13 10:36 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
bump so you feel loved
-------------------- "Ur cat died because he hated u" - Koods "I hope JSB kicks your ass one day." - Vandago "you are the biggest 'internet guy' I have ever come across"- Jokeshopbeard "The more I see you post the more I realize you're just this fuckin tie dye loser who trolls the Shroomery 24/7." - Herbologist "Sheekle you cannot vile the dice of bullshit you have posted on this forum over the years, I like databases" - thelastoneleft "or maybe i just come from a blood line of superior intelligence" - trees R.I.P Kelsy, ?/?/?? - 6/11/16
|
danlennon3
LivingIsEasyWithEyesClosed.....



Registered: 10/29/02
Posts: 19,246
Loc: usa
Last seen: 1 year, 1 month
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: Sheekle]
#18957018 - 10/09/13 10:39 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Sounds like the common symptoms of stopping pot. Yes, pot may slightly alter a person's behavior.. but I dont think it caused any brain damage if thats what you are asking. You will feel a LOT better in a week
Good luck, taking breaks feel really good after you get over the hump!
-------------------- "Psychedelics should be used not to escape reality, but to embrace it"
|
Nimpo
Big Black


Registered: 05/10/12
Posts: 2,375
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#18957036 - 10/09/13 10:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
mjmihalov said: I tried looking but I'm on a phone and can't find anything.
Oh really?
Edited by Nimpo (10/09/13 10:44 PM)
|
dr.alkaline



Registered: 12/15/12
Posts: 684
Last seen: 4 years, 10 months
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#18957049 - 10/09/13 10:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Holy shit you cant google this?
Edited by dr.alkaline (10/09/13 10:47 PM)
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: Nimpo]
#18957051 - 10/09/13 10:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
i think it's just because you've smoked for so long that you're just used to it. a long enough break ,while being kinda shitty, will leave you feeling without those pesky after effects, after awhile, and then you can be sober, and try to not smoke so much weed, or not at all.
|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: danlennon3]
#18957056 - 10/09/13 10:48 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Not damage, just wired differently.
It more than slightly alters my behavior.
And yeah most people would think that I would feel a lot better in a week or so, but I don't, I start to feel a little better, but not too much better. I lose the loss of sleep & appetite, and a lot of the irritability. But I still always feel batshit crazy, depressed, I lose the ability to correctly deal with my emotions, etc...
I've quit before, I know the routine by now.
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#18957068 - 10/09/13 10:50 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
dude, have you ever quit for like a month?
|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: Nimpo]
#18957070 - 10/09/13 10:50 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Nimpo said:
Quote:
mjmihalov said: I tried looking but I'm on a phone and can't find anything.
Oh really?
Yeah I really did, but I was overcomplicating what I was searching, that is nice and short and appears to have a lot of good results, thanks.
|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: akira_akuma]
#18957076 - 10/09/13 10:51 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
akira_akuma said: dude, have you ever quit for like a month?
Multiple times, the longest time was like ~6 months.
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#18957086 - 10/09/13 10:53 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
damn.
well, fuck man. life with weed is better for me. i dunno. just say fuck it, when you don't need it. who cares if you feel like crud sometimes. everyone does, every once and awhile. right?
|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: akira_akuma]
#18957182 - 10/09/13 11:12 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
I could deal with it if it was just once in a while, but its not its like 95% of the time, I can deal with it, it just sucks at times.
The hardest time is the first few days, then it gets a little better, but then after a few months I just can't deal with it and I always fall back into using.
I can manage my heroin, cocaine, & amphetamine usage just not my marijuana usage, pretty ironic.
Idk I'm gonna stick with it this time, maybe get back in counseling while I'm in jail and continue it once I get out, maybe they can help me this time.
Idk I really don't want to smoke anymore honestly, it can cost a lot of money, and I don't even particularly like using anymore, I just hate not using, idk it's hard to explain.
|
Nimpo
Big Black


Registered: 05/10/12
Posts: 2,375
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#18957186 - 10/09/13 11:13 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
What are you going to jail for
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: Nimpo]
#18957238 - 10/09/13 11:22 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
maybe it's this... the medicine just comes on too strong. you like weed so much, that it's extra streneous on you to quit, because you're thinking about it too hard. like someone with a bad Nicotine addiction. you always want that high because it helps. i think i'm the same way, after long enough periods of time. i guess what i meant to say before was that i don't have a problem taking extended breaks. sometimes i'll go a few weeks without really smoking much weed, only a bit here and there, and then go full blown after a while, cause i fuckin wanna smoke out. lol.
if i go for longer, i start to get irritated, but that only last if i don't just put it out of my mind completely and focus entirely on different mindset, then i get happy and infallible in my mood, at least in comparison to the fallibility i usually have when i am just coming off of weed for a long stretch. so i say, the longer the stretch, the better... at least if you can just put the past out of your mind and focus on things that you wanna do. you do that, and i bet you'll feel better about not smoking weed, but dude, it's all up to you if you wanna do that. if not, then you will see the results. if you're talking like this, then i am sure, those results... you won't like them.
|
kakashi68
Connoiseur of Illicit Substances


Registered: 11/25/11
Posts: 2,116
Loc: STRAYA
Last seen: 1 month, 3 days
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: akira_akuma]
#18957332 - 10/09/13 11:38 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
you smoked everyday at 11? shieeeeeet How did you even find consistent weed at 11. I dont think I even knew what weed was at the age.
-------------------- You know, just sometimes in between the first cigarette with coffee in the morning to that 400th glass of cornershop piss at 3am--you do sometimes look at yourself and think--this is fantastic. I'm in heaven. -Bernard Black
|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: kakashi68]
#18957380 - 10/09/13 11:49 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
kakashi68 said: you smoked everyday at 11? shieeeeeet How did you even find consistent weed at 11. I dont think I even knew what weed was at the age.
I had two older sister's that smoked, between the two of them, their friends, my friends, and my cousins that smoked I stayed pretty high.
|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: akira_akuma]
#18957395 - 10/09/13 11:54 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Nimpo said: What are you going to jail for
Probation violations.
Quote:
akira_akuma said: maybe it's this... the medicine just comes on too strong. you like weed so much, that it's extra streneous on you to quit, because you're thinking about it too hard. like someone with a bad Nicotine addiction. you always want that high because it helps. i think i'm the same way, after long enough periods of time. i guess what i meant to say before was that i don't have a problem taking extended breaks. sometimes i'll go a few weeks without really smoking much weed, only a bit here and there, and then go full blown after a while, cause i fuckin wanna smoke out. lol.
if i go for longer, i start to get irritated, but that only last if i don't just put it out of my mind completely and focus entirely on different mindset, then i get happy and infallible in my mood, at least in comparison to the fallibility i usually have when i am just coming off of weed for a long stretch. so i say, the longer the stretch, the better... at least if you can just put the past out of your mind and focus on things that you wanna do. you do that, and i bet you'll feel better about not smoking weed, but dude, it's all up to you if you wanna do that. if not, then you will see the results. if you're talking like this, then i am sure, those results... you won't like them.
That's just it though, I don't even like smoking/getting high all that much anymore, I just like it because after I'm done being high it makes me feel normal for an extended period of time.
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: TrentBoyett]
#18957430 - 10/10/13 12:03 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
just phase it out. lessen your dose, each time, for awhile, and eventually taper off of it.
|
Nimpo
Big Black


Registered: 05/10/12
Posts: 2,375
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: akira_akuma]
#18957443 - 10/10/13 12:07 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
akira_akuma said: just phase it out. lessen your dose, each time, for awhile, and eventually taper off of it.
Pretty much this.
You should quit all drugs so your body knows what sobriety is and what "normal" should feel like.
Sober real life sucks, feeling shitty is part of the experience.
|
TrentBoyett
Aspiring Mycologist



Registered: 11/29/12
Posts: 16,000
Loc: Kazakhstan
|
Re: Any studies about smoking marijuana while the brain is still developing? [Re: akira_akuma]
#18957449 - 10/10/13 12:09 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
|
|
Gotta go cold turkey, if I buy weed I compulsivly smoke it until it's gone... plus I'm trying to have somewhat clean piss in a week.
|
|