hi guys, i am not addicted to marijuana anymore but im posting this here rather than at a marijuana related website because when i post there i seem to get nothing but negativity about the fact that i am saying something bad about marijuana.
anyway, i smoked marijuana daily for about 18 months. i started off smoking several times a day and then went down to just 2 or 3 times per day. i would say my consumption averaged at about an ounce per month. eventually i developed panic attacks , a racing heart and other negative affects and when i couldnt put up with them anymore, i quit. however, now, a year later, i am still suffering from the affects of my usage. i feel like the drug negatively affected many systems of my body, namely my lungs, my heart, my brain and my stomach. basically, i still feel a little stoned. i still feel like my body is functioning in a way that resembles more the way it used to function while i was under the influence of marijuana. for example, beginning with my stomach, it is known that marijuana increases the amount of time it takes your stomach to empty. towards the end of my smoking period, it would take me forever to digest my meals and i would feel completely bloated and completely without energy after eating. even though i havent smoked in quite a while now, my stomach still feels like this and in addition i am experiencing pain and discomfort during digestion. my stomach is also far more sensitive than it used to be. for example if i eat too much spicy food, i will feel a burning sensation in my stomach all night long. alcohol is out of the question as welll. drinking one beer can give me a stomach ache for DAYS. i had none of these problems before i smoked weed. it may be worth nothing that when i was addicted to weeed, i could only eat when i had the munchies. since this post is already quite long, i guess ill deal with the problems with the others parts of my body in other threads if and just make this one about my stomach.
anyway, id like to know if any other of you long term marijuana smokers have experienced anything like this, either now or after you quit. for those of you who have quit for a while, did marijuana have any permamnent affects on you? is there anything i can do to make this better or am i stuck like this? i am seeing a doctor but they haven't figured out whats wrong yet. please include your history of marijuana (how much you smoked) use and your symptoms and anything that alleviates them if you respond. ive noticed people in here saying they smoked for 17 years. i could never have smoked that long because the negative affects simply became too great long before that and my lungs were shot in under 2 years.