Ever since I got into smoking weed heavily, I have so much social anxiety and paranoia. I can’t walk to the store, like one street down without feeling so weird, like everyone is watching me. I feel like they can hear my thoughts, like they just see me and think shitty about me, that I’m just weird and like I shouldn’t be here. I don’t know what to do. No med has taken this away completely, and the ones the did something just made me tired and fat which didn’t help.
I don’t know if I’m going to get past this ever, I don’t think it’s my thoughts, I think it is something deep inside me that got ■■■■■■ up from smoking too much weed. My brother got me into it and I honestly think he is a piece of ■■■■, he doesn’t do much either. I don’t go to school, I stay at home most of the time, I’ve started taking night walks and that helps, but I’m too ■■■■■■■ anxious when I walk in the day time. What the ■■■■ do I do.
That sounds more like paranoia than social anxiety. Social anxiety is like worrying you will embarrass yourself in social interactions. Thinking everyone is reading your mind and watching you is more paranoid. That is characteristic of weed…
I’m sorry this has happened to you. How long since you quit? Maybe it will take a while for you to go back to normal. Worst case scenario it activated some latent psychosis genes you had in which case I don’t really know what to say except keep trying different meds.
Yeah that’s exactly what I think happened, I guess I was a tiny bit paranoid as a kid, but I barely noticed it, it wasn’t until I started smoking weed that I got really ■■■■■■ up. I haven’t smoked i in while a few months, and a year before that.
It’s likely that you may improve in time. With med changes or just time itself. Your only 18 they may have a cure in your life time. Your not going to recover as well doing drugs and alcohol ,I would recommend staying away from those. I’ve even heard people on here say they think your age has something to do with recovery. Learn your triggers and stay away from them. If your having anxiety talk to your doctor , share everything with your pdoc. I take Zoloft for anxiety works for me. I’ve been dealing with this for 17 years and every year I see some improvement in my life. If not my sz ,I get a little smarter and make some healthy lifestyle changes. Stay strong and fight for a better life and attitude. If all else fails talk to your doctor about a med change but try the things you can change before you give up on your current meds. Best wishes to you.
I hope so, it really isn’t worth it if you have any symptoms. I’d say there is a very high chance that if you smoke and have any symptoms, you will develop issues. Tell your son from me that I wish I’d listen to the people who’d told me not to smoke weed. You think it’s never going to happen to you, but it very well can.
Quit smoking pot immediately! And stay off of it forever. It could turn you into a schizophrenic for life. Hopefully the pot will leave your system after about a month. If you are still paranoid after a month off of pot, go see a psychiatrist right away.
