I've done it like 10 times in total, mostly in the past couple of weekends and like half of the time I've had pretty strong trips. I'm talking about really lagged perceptions, paranoia, auditory and some minor visual illusions, bizarre thoughts, jerky movements and some degree of cognitive impairment. I've only really started because weed is supposedly a lot safer than alcohol, particularly when binging.
Could this frequent use be affecting my health harshly and do any other GAFers experience these effects?
I'm in one of these phases atm and it's freaking me out a bit.
Are you smoking different shit every time? How strong is it according to the people you've smoked it with? How are you smoking it? Do you smoke anything else and how does that effect you? I mean, weed does a lot of these things by nature depending on what exactly that shit is and how much you intake. The most important things is watch how you smoke to learn how to get exactly where you like to be at, and learn your comfort zones for getting high.
I mean, I've been there. I've been smoking for something like seven years and basically it's had profoundly different effects on me over the years depending on my mental state and diet, my tolerance, what exactly I was smoking and how strong it was, etc. At one point just out of high school I was taking anxiety medications, my diet was shit, and my work was absolutely brutal. Smoking even shit mids would put me in a fucking tranced, uncomfortable state. Uncomfortable because I wouldn't feel in total control of myself or my perceptions, just like a mild trip like you're describing, and that's usually not what I'm trying to get out of a high. When I first started smoking, though (the first couple of dozen times) I was pretty healthy, young, and smoking loads of headies wouldn't faze me, it'd just give me a really fun high. Right now I can smoke a couple of bowls of headies to get super duper blazed or just half a bowl to get high, I've got a fair tolerance but I'm just comfortable with the high now and I know when to engage in it and when not to. I'd argue that there isn't significant risk to smoking marijuana on the regular other than what it can do to your mental state if you aren't aware and adult with it.
edit: damn, I probably should have read the thread first, could have saved myself some time.
yo man you sound like you like yourself some weed if you're smoking that damn much so go out to a decent shop if you can find one nearby on google maps and pick up a nice piece and for fucks sake 10-20 bong hits? settle down or space it out and don't be afraid to drop it if you ever feel too uncomfortable about it because your high can change over time in accordance with your life and body. are those effects you're describing something you don't like or just something you're curious about? because if it's the latter I'd say see if there's anything at all you might feel comfortable or even enjoy doing while in that state. For me it was things like reading, Wipeout HD, repetitious shit like cleaning or lawn work, sharing the experience with cool and understanding people etc.
OMG a veteran!
you are not a 'frequent user' but it sounds like you are shit at it. never do it again because it sounds like it's triggering mental issues you might have.
I mean... you've never been doped the fuck out before? I've been to where he's describing just by smoking a lot of weed or eating good edibles.Shit's psychoactive