Off weed for 2 months. tinnitus and eye floaters

Most doctors will attribute PAWS to other things, because it is not researched in medical literature at all.

I did have all the symptoms you mention; and I have read of others here who also have. I didnt have tinnitus constantly, but once every few months lasting 2-3 days each time. But others have had tinnitus constantly. I have eye floaters, but have always had them and dont know if they are caused by PAWS.

Bad dreams for me lasted a long time, almost 6 months; and recently had some mild bad/scary dreams (at 20 months) that came with a resurgence of other symptoms. Just like you said, it usually comes along with another symptom together.

Back when I first quit, I started smoking again to see if it relieved the symptoms. It didnt, until I started smoking regularly again. but, when I stopped smoking regularly again, my symptoms returned 110%. It was horrible.

Im at 20-21 months now, and most of my symptoms are gone completely. Some still linger though. From what ive read here and other forums, most people it lasts 6-14 months.

Cheers, hope you feel better.

Thank you Sparklefly for your reply, good to know I am not alone. Glad you've been feeling better and congrats on your sobriety.

Hi,
Floaters are age related and quite normal. Anxiety is also quite common. My advice is not to attribute everything to PAWS or because you've stopped smoking. Acceptance and patience is key. Embrace your new life rather than analysing the one left behind or you remain in it.
Do things, mix with non smokers and look at every day as an opportunity to do things you can put off stoned.
All will be well. Try and not pinpoint events eg at 6.23 weeks I had a twinge in my leg..PAWS?? At 3 years, 4 months my headache was worse..PAWS? Neither you or anyone else knows what does this but it sure keeps you in that moment.

Thank you tokeless for your opinion. And the advice is definitely one to be followed moving forward, Appreciate it.

I still had momentary bouts of tinutis even one and half years into my quit. But after about 2 years it completely subsided.

Hey, I'll vouch for both of those.

When I was heavily dissociated, the floaters were large and present all the damn time. Seriously, I had none before, and then PAWS brought on a whole bunch of them. It felt like i was living behind my eyes. I even had an emergency session with my Optometrist, who of course like all these PAWS symptoms told me my eyes were in excellent health.

Tinnitus too, it happened for about a month for me. Mostly at night.

Now the floaters are gone. It's amazing. They have just vanished somehow. And tinnitus is very very small at night. Barely noticeable.

Both of these cleared up around month 14 for me, but it's different for all of us.

I even had an emergency session with my Optometrist, who of course like all these PAWS symptoms told me my eyes were in excellent health.

Why would he or she tell you different?

Sudden onset of floaters can be a sign of a detaching retina.

She ruled that out.

PAWSsurvivor wrote:Sudden onset of floaters can be a sign of a detaching retina.

She ruled that out.

Wouldn't be PAWS related though would it?

I had tunnel vision for months with my dissociation. Eye floaters are common with people with dissociation. Your brain is hyper aware, and hence doesn’t filter them out like it’s supposed to. My floaters were awful in the mornings, and always reduced in the evenings. That’s also typical for those with morning anxiety. The brain uses cortisol to wake us up, and since our brains are over stressed, the morning cortisol only makes it worse. Anyways, at that time of my journey, I was freaked out by them cause there were so many and they were ever present. There were like 5 or 6 big ones. I couldn’t ignore them at all. But now they are all gone. Can’t find them even if I look for them. The optometrist visit helped me calm down, I was worried that I had wrecked my eyes somehow, thinking it was because of the change in blood pressure when using weed (your eyes go red when using weed). Anyways, just another crazy thing from paws and anxiety.

Its natural to feel effects of withdrawals of smoking weed and drinking alcohol, shortly after doing these things. Just give it time and your body will turn back to normal.

Hello guys, i too just stopped smoking weed after 3 years of doing so everyday and I get constant headaches and eye floaters. I think about returning to smoke but i know it will make things worse in the long run. Anyone have these bad headaches and had a good way to combat them? This forum helps with the depression and missing smoking cause i see you guys have made it just damn well. Let me know if yall have any tips for any type of PAWS. Cheers