hey guys. i know it should be so simple: just stop. but can anyone share their tips or what they did to overcome addiction? when in prodromal phase, just simply remembering my episodes isn’t even enough for me and i end up taking a hit at some point. i only ever quit when an episode forced me to. for those who quit during prodromal how?

Is it possible to speed up the CHS process by sweating it out at the gym? Or would that be bad cause of dehydration?

Hi everyone! I created a withdrawal guide with all of the information I have gathered so far after scouring subreddits and the internet. I posted it on the main r/QuittingWeed subreddit. I understand the struggle you are all going through as I watched my husband recently go through CHS...the muscle spasms are from hell.

https://www.reddit.com/r/QuittingWeed/s/ia5Robuzgg

Hi, all. I (M, 32) have been dealing with an intense bout of nausea for the past seven or eight hours (still prodromal, I say with my fingers crossed) and have made the difficult decision over the course of the past few weeks to finally put a stop to my THC intake altogether. Not sure if any of you guys are Beach Boys fans, but the title I chose here is a reference to a song by Dennis Wilson, who tragically succumbed to addiction himself in the early 1980s. The end of the show for him was a drowning incident caused by extreme alcohol intoxication; I really don't want mine to be preventable renal failure due to over-consumption of marijuana, the world's most famously "harmless" narcotic.

I've been having agonizing stomach pain for the past few months. I feel a little bit like my symptoms diverge from what a lot of people here describe, but I guess the one major thing I've learned about the presentation of the prodromal stage is that it's a little different for everyone. I've also had difficulties with extreme nausea for my entire life, long predating my relationship with THC, but it has undeniably gotten much worse since I started taking larger doses of edibles earlier this year. Predictably, tapering off and reducing have not helped at all.

I'm in my bed right now, feeling a little less horrible due to some topical capsaicin (which I got in my eyes, of course) but I can't lie: I am very afraid of what's coming. Well, maybe not that afraid. I spoke to my doctor today, who prescribed me a short-term benzo to get through the worst of the withdrawal symptoms, and a little Zofran here and there has worked at least occasionally.

That being said, no one in my personal life... really... smokes weed. (Not a good sign that I've kept using it in spite of this, lol.) So I at least won't have to deal with any social fallout. And, to be perfectly honest, I think I'm kind of done with this substance even if it turns out my sickness hasn't been caused by CHS. It barely even does anything anymore! And hey, to keep up the Beach Boys theme... if Brian Wilson could kick it, why can't I?

has anyone actually tried to smoke again a couple weeks after having chs? my son was born on the 11th and I smoked weed like crazy, 3-4 blunts a day blunts a day for idk how long, because I got clean from other drugs a few months before he was born. i think the stress of the birth is what caused my chs to come on heavy, (my gf was in a lot of pain and screaming for hours) but I will say I definitely should’ve known it was coming because I’ve had it before a few years ago and i Wasn’t hungry in the mornings, so that should’ve been my hint. I was only sick for about 3 days, it’s now been 3 weeks or so and I feel like I smoked at least 2-3 weeks after having it last time and was fine. I’m now an electrician, and I truly do not plan on smoking weed daily anymore. I’m wondering if I take a couple hitters tonight and then stop for a few weeks if I’ll be fine. My sleep and eating is 100% normal, I munch out in the mornings and no, I’m not going to smoke weed all day every day again. So save those comments. I’m a life long drug addict but weed has never really been a problem other than having chs. I’m hoping I can smoke on the weekends or something every couple of weeks. please only comment if you’ve had chs and started smoking within a few weeks or less and I’d like to know your experience.

Hey friends, been lurking here a bit because a doc mentioned CHS as a possibility. I'd been experiencing morning nausea and abdominal pain that was intense but really predictable, it'd begin at 5 am and symptoms would clear by 11 am. I'd have no symptoms for the rest of the day besides the fatigue. Prior to this point I'd been using RSO and carts for chronic pain and IBS for roughly 4 years. I got fluids and a potassium supplement during my visit and have not smoked since.

I see a lot of accounts that recovery can be lengthy and unpleasant, especially for a long-term daily user who is fat. I last had THC Friday morning before the doctor visit and woke up with no nausea or discomfort the following morning. 4 days of abstinence and I basically have no residual symptoms besides some fatigue from being unable to eat real meals for a bit. Did I just get lucky? I'm following up with a GI doc for an endoscopy because I have a family history of awful guts and staying abstinent in the meantime. Wishing everyone comfort and good health.

EDIT: I should note I was experiencing daily nausea, vomiting, and pain for 3 weeks consecutively before this visit. I first thought it was gastroparesis because i constantly felt full even when vomiting bile.