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5 months after bad pot trip, I feel off and it's not derealization

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steven86961
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hey everyone, i just need some advice or help here, and my story is kinda long so please have patience with me. first of all i am 34, on and off with pot but always been a light smoker, never built high tolatence for THC

on November 17 2020, i smoked pot ( high THC strain) out of a pax vape pen. i then had a panic attack, didn't like the feeling and was scared that i am gonna be high forever ( which ironically is what seems to have happened).

i woke up the next day high , way too high for my liking, and that's when i believe my anxiety kicked in big time , i thought maybe another night of sleep and i might be ok, well that went on for about a week and a half where i was feeling seriously off and knew things are never gonna be the same . things subsided over time but i had this high feeling the whole time, i never felt normal again . its this constant haze feeling that never went away, its almost 5 months now. the strange part also is that i would be feeling about 60% then all of the sudden i would get hit with a much heavier haze feeling , where it felt like i just got a bad high or drunk in a way, but it's not fun high or drunk . it made me feel so much worse, i could not function and 3 pm felt like 11 pm, its weird. the waves eventually got less intence but still felt them and they gave me anxiety big time. i dont believe i experience those waves or episodes anymore, but i am constantly in a state of haze , it just feels worse when i have a bad night of sleep, and seems to get better when i sleep well, but i never felt a 100% . always felt off.

i also have light sensetivity and burning light sensation above my eyes, hard to explain, but i believe that i started to notice this after not sleeping for a whole week due to me getting off medication , which messed me up even more. but i am trying to at least recover from that for now, i am even getting my eyes checked next week just to be sure.

i did a CT scan and a lot of blood and urine work and nothing wrong was found. eventually went to therapy and she said i am suffering from GAD and the THC overdose from the bad trip caused chemical imbalance , she did mention that noway to know the type of damage the overdose did to me and she assured me that i dont have derealization or Deporsalization, and i checked the symptoms.

i found a forum that had a few posts about people going through something similar, even got in contact with a few and they said they are ok now specially after a bad trip, some took weeks, some months.

my co worker went through something similar, he did edible, blunt and vape pen, ended up in the hospital and was off for 6 months, unfortunately i didn't get enough details from him , but he said he still has anxiety, but minor.

overall, i feel off and devestated, i feel like i ruined my life and i will never be the same. my anxiety is at unbearable levels because even though sometimes i feel like i am getting better , very slowly, i cant help but feel like i am not getting better. i guess i try to compare how i was before the trip and right after.

i would appreciate some support and if anyone knows what i might be going through, or gone through something similar, please help me out.

thank you

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  • emjr3356
    emjr3356 steven86961

    Posted

    Hi Steven,

    Firstly, I'm so sorry to hear youre going through this but please know that it will end!!

    This happened to me when i was 15 (i know, young!!) I was in a constant state of haze and genuinely just felt like i wasn't in my own body at all! My mum gave me her prescription sleeping pills to help me sleep and even they didn't do the trick. I was like this for a few weeks, maybe even a couple of months but eventually it went away. I get the sensation now when I'm really anxious but its only temporary. I'm 24 now and have never experienced it long term since I was 15.

    I hope it wears off soon

    Em

    • steven86961
      steven86961 emjr3356

      Posted

      thank you for replying. my issue now is that i start to feel better, i could argue get to about 85 to 90 percent then the hazy disconnected feeling will hit me again . in fact just today i was feeling much better and reading then it hit me . i do hope it passes soon.

  • Drea511
    Drea511 steven86961

    Posted

    Hi Steven,

    I was a long time smoker and stopped cold turkey a few weeks ago, I know exactly that haze feeling you are talking about.

    I realized after going from being real high all the time to trying to be back to reality it has definitely rammed up my anxiety level. Sounds like your anxiety kicked in while you were high and every time you think about it you go back to that haze feeling.

    If you currently do not exercise, I recommend start doing so. Your body needs to sweat out the anxiety and release natural endorphins.

    Good luck and try to stop thinking about it, you're giving yourself anxiety attacks.

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