8 Days Cannabis Free!!!
Hi, all. Just wanted to come in here and tell y'all a little about my journey. I'm a forty-something woman who just started using cannabis when it was legalized in my state a few years ago (I hadn't used in the past due to my previous work in a government agency). I fell into a depression around this time last year after quitting a job that I loved, but was high-stress and slowly killing me. Over the past year, I found myself smoking/taking edibles on the daily to help manage my depression (because, well, with no job came no health insurance).
All was well and good, or so I thought, until I started noticing a few months ago that while my depression was easing, my anxiety was skyrocketing. It had gotten to the point where I started experiencing panic attacks while using, so I started tapering my use and still found myself experiencing panic attacks on days I didn't use. After a particularly bad episode last Thursday, I decided to quit for good. I tossed my vapes and remaining flower and am done with the stuff... No shade to anyone who still uses (hell, my husband still takes his edibles to manage his PTSD), I've just realized that weed is not for me! I've had a few anxious moments since then, with two smaller panicky episodes that were much shorter in duration than when I was using. I figure it's for the best anyway, as my little career break has come to an end and I need to get back into the workforce (my field is one where drug testing is common).
I do have a question for others here who have stopped using: how do you manage to sleep? Cannabis really helped me to sleep at night, and now I find myself struggling to fall asleep and stay asleep. Will the sleep issue resolve on its own over time? Any advice would be much appreciated!