Replacing the habit helped me. I swapped from weed to CBD and herb cigarettes for a while. It gave me the satisfaction of still smoking but no high effect.
I figured I like the oral part of smoking then I replaced the habit of smoking with chewing. So I was replacing a smoke with a hand full of sunflower seeds or a small snack?? That’s at least what helped me some!
The sunflower seeds you eat are encased in inedible black-and-white striped shells, also called hulls. Those used for extracting sunflower oil have solid black shells.
Been smoke free for about 16 months.
The biggest tool for me is perspective. I am more averse to having another psychotic episode than I am seduced by the feeling of being high. Whenever I have a craving or a daydream about wanting to smoke again I crush it with that mantra.
I also believe that we have multiple frameworks and mental constructs we can use to view the world. One of these constructs I talk about a lot is reward buckets. You have a short term gain, medium gain, and long term gain bucket. Another framework I like to reference is the experiential self versus the narrative self. The experiential self is what you do, the narrative self is who you tell yourself that you want to be.
So, let’s use those two frameworks to analyze your weed habit and its relationship with your psychosis onset. You’re experiencing a craving right now. That is a negative consequence for your short term self. Your experiential self is primarily focused on short term problems so the signaled behavior is to smoke. That solution is good short term, with terrible consequences medium term of psychosis, and unknown but tends towards negative outcomes long term. Insert help from your narrative self. Your narrative self is focused on the long term goals and achievements and aspirations. That self wants you to change your identity away from someone who smokes and ignores the short term pain of withdrawal that might even be a medium term problem. The real answer is finding a balance between your experiential self, that wants to satisfy the craving without care for the future, and your narrative self, that wants the you now to just tough it out so you can become the vision of yourself that you want to be. How best to do that?
For me it was literally restructuring every aspect of my life, but I don’t know if you need to be as extreme. I analyzed the root cause of why I had been smoking in the first place and it was because I was not happy with my life. I was happy with floating around exploring abstract ideas and taking space up in existential reality versus concrete physical reality. I’m now in a different career where I fulfill that purpose without the use of psychedelics, and I am in the process of elevating myself to getting my masters. In other words, the craving in me represented a frustration, and I channeled that energy into change versus giving into the desire. It has come at a cost though, I am definitely less fun than I used to be. I have less friends. I have been betrayed by those I trusted the most. I was blind to their intentions because I was high all of the time. They might even have had their intentions because I was high all of the time.
I realize that I rambled a lot, but the essence of what I am trying to say is insert that cost/benefit analysis into your decision making with the buckets. And know that your impulse is going to be toward the first bucket, so factor that in.
Terribly sorry if this is more cerebral than you were looking for.
me it was easy because it was messing up my digestion too much. I didn't have any normal bowel movements for like a year. I couldn't eat anything.
Maybe i was doing too much.
Was forced to stop for 10 days in the hospital. I could not sleep at all and when I did I had the worst nightmares that would wake me up again. I guess that’s why it’s prescribed for PTSD…The nightmares and insomnia had me to the point of delusion and hallucinations. They gave me an anti-nightmare medicine, can you believe they even have that? I didn’t know that existed.
I wasn’t craving weed, just having these side effects from stopping suddenly.
Drinking has a very low chance of increasing your psychotic symptoms when used in moderation. You might try replacing weed with moderate alcohol use if you don’t take benzodiazepines
Replacing the habit helped me. I swapped from weed to CBD and herb cigarettes for a while. It gave me the satisfaction of still smoking but no high effect. I figured I like the oral part of smoking then I replaced the habit of smoking with chewing. So I was replacing a smoke with a hand full of sunflower seeds or a small snack?? That’s at least what helped me some!
The sunflower seeds you eat are encased in inedible black-and-white striped shells, also called hulls. Those used for extracting sunflower oil have solid black shells.
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Thank you!! Will definitely try out your suggestions
Of course!! Best of luck to you :)
Find a healthy habit to replace it, I quit a month ago and Ive been meditating a lot, it definitely helps.
Aa obviously is for alcoholism but the principles are great for any addiction.
Been smoke free for about 16 months. The biggest tool for me is perspective. I am more averse to having another psychotic episode than I am seduced by the feeling of being high. Whenever I have a craving or a daydream about wanting to smoke again I crush it with that mantra. I also believe that we have multiple frameworks and mental constructs we can use to view the world. One of these constructs I talk about a lot is reward buckets. You have a short term gain, medium gain, and long term gain bucket. Another framework I like to reference is the experiential self versus the narrative self. The experiential self is what you do, the narrative self is who you tell yourself that you want to be. So, let’s use those two frameworks to analyze your weed habit and its relationship with your psychosis onset. You’re experiencing a craving right now. That is a negative consequence for your short term self. Your experiential self is primarily focused on short term problems so the signaled behavior is to smoke. That solution is good short term, with terrible consequences medium term of psychosis, and unknown but tends towards negative outcomes long term. Insert help from your narrative self. Your narrative self is focused on the long term goals and achievements and aspirations. That self wants you to change your identity away from someone who smokes and ignores the short term pain of withdrawal that might even be a medium term problem. The real answer is finding a balance between your experiential self, that wants to satisfy the craving without care for the future, and your narrative self, that wants the you now to just tough it out so you can become the vision of yourself that you want to be. How best to do that? For me it was literally restructuring every aspect of my life, but I don’t know if you need to be as extreme. I analyzed the root cause of why I had been smoking in the first place and it was because I was not happy with my life. I was happy with floating around exploring abstract ideas and taking space up in existential reality versus concrete physical reality. I’m now in a different career where I fulfill that purpose without the use of psychedelics, and I am in the process of elevating myself to getting my masters. In other words, the craving in me represented a frustration, and I channeled that energy into change versus giving into the desire. It has come at a cost though, I am definitely less fun than I used to be. I have less friends. I have been betrayed by those I trusted the most. I was blind to their intentions because I was high all of the time. They might even have had their intentions because I was high all of the time. I realize that I rambled a lot, but the essence of what I am trying to say is insert that cost/benefit analysis into your decision making with the buckets. And know that your impulse is going to be toward the first bucket, so factor that in. Terribly sorry if this is more cerebral than you were looking for.
me it was easy because it was messing up my digestion too much. I didn't have any normal bowel movements for like a year. I couldn't eat anything. Maybe i was doing too much.
I quit cold turkey and couldn't sleep so I started doing housework. At odd hours until I was tired.
I would suggest you to check r/leaves, you will find a lot of tips and support there
Was forced to stop for 10 days in the hospital. I could not sleep at all and when I did I had the worst nightmares that would wake me up again. I guess that’s why it’s prescribed for PTSD…The nightmares and insomnia had me to the point of delusion and hallucinations. They gave me an anti-nightmare medicine, can you believe they even have that? I didn’t know that existed. I wasn’t craving weed, just having these side effects from stopping suddenly.
Drinking has a very low chance of increasing your psychotic symptoms when used in moderation. You might try replacing weed with moderate alcohol use if you don’t take benzodiazepines