Do way more = actually have the energy and motivation to do the things I want/need to do rather than rot all day

  • SirKlingoftheDrains [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    I quit recently after years and it was a personal choice and by no means would I say one should stop if it is something that helps them get a long in their day to day. I will share my reasons were many, but after years of using it on a daily basis I began to suspect that even though it seemed to relieve acute anxiety, it was also playing a part in elevating my baseline anxiety, and was kind of operating in the same way nicotine does (ie alleviating the symptoms which it was playing an outsized roll in causing in the first place). Like, I would get frustrated and feel anxiety about things I would forget to do, and it was a sort of attrition of small things seemingly related to my using weed. I was, in hindsight, "paranoid" about certain aspects of my social life, and to the extent that certain suspicions were real, they did not warrant the stress I felt. I quit using for other health reasons, and I experienced elevated irritability and anger for a few weeks, and then it stopped. I've noticed that I am not as stressed in my day to day as i was when I was high everyday, and I am more emotionally composed. Dreams came back, and though sometimes they are bad, I am grateful they have returned. Like bad sleep on alcohol, I think it's important to weigh the benefits of use against its effects on such an important facet of learning and processing. Again, this is personal and anecdotal and I am happy for you if it helps you and would not suggest that what works for me should work for you, especially if what you are doing works so well. As someone else mentioned, tolerance breaks are recommended not only to save you money, but to give you the opportunity to see how it is without it now, in your current context. Best wishes and sorry if this was rambling.