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Stopped smoking pot, but still stressed... Need advice.? |
I stopped smoking 3 weeks ago due to my working starting a new random testing policy in the next month... I smoked one hit from a regular metal pipe once a day. I know that's not much, but it really calmed my nerves and kept me from getting stressed out. I used to have panic attacks, and the doctor gave me lexapro... it completely messed my stomach up to where I could hardly eat for a week. Then they tried Paxil... same result. I was also given Xanax. That worked, but I was a zombie. That is why I went to the one hit a day with pot. That worked great for five years. Now I have been going w/ nothing at all. I get out and exercise (ride my bike, cut the grass, play ball), but I still have the same feelings of anxiety. I have thought about asking for a lower dose of the xanax, because at-least it could calm me, but I really don't want to take something like that every day. And if you鈥檙e going to give me the "drugs are bad" spill, save your time, I want advice, not a lecture. I am an old hippie and think that it should be a matter of choice whether you smoke it or not :o), but can understand why you can't because of your job. I would be interested to know what milligram your xanax is? If you are taking the blue ones, they are the strongest. I had to take xanax for off and on due to deaths in my family. (one happening right after the other) I was never addicted to them and only took them when I needed them. I take the white ones still, when I need them. I think they are the .25 milligrams. There are orange ones that are in between the blue and white ones. (in strength) Heres the thing. You should only take them when you start feeling panicky. If you take them and CAN feel them, then you didn't need it. If you take them and CAN'T feel them, then you took them when you did need it. Also, if you have the higher milligram xanax, the blue or orange ones, you can always half them. Half a white one is usually good for me when I need something. You shouldn't need one everyday sweety. Just take them when you feel panicky. Hope you make it thru this! Just try to keep in mind how important your job is to you and the $$ you will make. (goal) That might help you get thru this too. PS Massage is great. Problem is you can't get one everyday or every other day, ya know?:o) Best of luck. Carolyn http://www.lookgreat-loseweight-savemone... Ask your Dr. about valium. You can just take one when you are feeling stressed. It's a muscle relaxant, too (you can get a mild dosage) so it will help you muscles not tighten up. try going to a spa.. it might sound girly but a massage always seems to help..! I take xanax and it took abit for it to actually work well but I love it now. I've thought about doing POT but I'd probably be an addict. I get panic attacks and there horrible. Its sad that you have to go through this but hang in there. If this is your career then stick with it if its not then look for something else. Your health is important and if pot makes you feel better then pot it is. Good Luck!!! You shoud try those nicottine patches and gum. That usually works. Try that. Remember that it takes stages to quit. Its not cold turkey. So stick to your program, don't skip a dosage or whatever. You coud be saving your life, think of it that way. Talk to ur doctor I can't imagine that one little hit of pot a day did much for your nerves it may have just been the idea of it calming u not really the drug. Have heard that people have had wonderful results from taking buspar for anxiety xanax is no good and valium is too addictive but it works wonders as does ativan. Or u could just do what I do drink lots of wine. Good Luck I know how ya feel have been dealing with that stuff forever and nothing really works unless u want to take a pill everyday. It takes awhile to get used to living sober. But gradually you will learn to live that way. What things help you relax besides smoking? Do those things. Meditation can help, exercise, yoga. A twelve step program may help you. New habits. Also, try this link. healthrecoverycenter.com It's a place in the cities that has a biochemical approach to healing the body thru nutrition. |
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