I have depersonalization/derealization and brain fog a week after a bad weed experience. 18 y/o male

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A few months ago I got too high and had a pretty bad experience. I felt paranoid and thought I was going crazy. I was shaken up for a day or two after but I ended up being fine. I've been smoking casually ever since but about a week ago the same thing happened. This time, I woke up the next day feeling foggy and I felt like everything wasn't real and I was in a fake world. I haven't smoked since then but the feeling is still there. Sometimes it feels like I just need to snap out of a dream. What's really weird to me is that a couple days ago it seemed to go away (I would still kind of think about it but I wouldn't really feel anxious), but last night it came back. I feel like I know deep down that I'm okay but I can't get these thoughts completely out of my head. Is this normal and should it eventually completely go away with time?

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    Hi john90216

    Do you suffer from schizophrenia? If not, you could be experiencing a marijuana psychosis. That first time you experienced these feelings could of sent you into a psychosis, which is where your brain/senses disconnects from what your senses signal and what the brain interprets, a "loss of contact with reality". If that's what happened and you continue to smoke pot and those feelings return, they may continue only gradually get worse. Its the same symptoms as schizophrenia, which can take over if not treated.

    So if you notice it getting worse or other thoughts and feelings aren't right, go and get checked right away

    Or maybe your just getting some way out smoke lately

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