Hello folks, I've really benefited from this forum for the past 2 years but could not contribute because an iPad I was using refused to register on the platform, it was a UK fairly used. I'm happy to be onboard now, I will thank some names that I found solace in their posts later.
I smoked weed and cigarettes for over 20 years, but intensely with alcohol for the past 10 years. I quitted all cold turkey without any professional support except for my wife and 3 kids who were loving, tolerant and encouraging. I was declining and losing socially, physically and emotionally and felt quitting was the only option to get my life back on track. I'm a senior government employee in Nigeria with prospect of moving higher. It wasn't easy folks I had all the symptoms of weed PAWS sustained for over a year. I cried, I was suicidal, became wasted because I didn't know what was happening to me. Doctors could not give me an accurate diagnosis because I felt they didn't even understand what was happening to me, untill I found this online forum. Today I'm 28 months clean no relapse, feeling much better and almost forgotten about PAWS. However some strange but familiar symptoms suddenly hit me recently, headaches, feverish, stomach upset and bloating, tiredness etc, I tried medications but all failed, that's when I began to suspect that it might be PAWS. luckily it fell within the global Corona pandemic lockdown and I'm trying to cope but it's not funny at all. I'm just surprised at how PAWS would hit me unaware, during what I consider a relaxing and stress free period, thank you all once again.