Weed addiction, reaching homeostasis
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I've been smoking zaza for like 5 years (since i was a teenager) and recently I've accepted the negative impacts it has on my hormones(prolactin and estrogen)and it's made me consider dropping the stuff. I think it also just makes me less productive and more likely to sit and do nothing, not very peaty.
given that the bioenergetic view of addiction is that it's your body attempting to reach homeostasis, what sort of things could i do to reduce my desire to smoke? ultimately if i want to I'm going to, so I'm trying to eliminate the want. this isn't a matter of willpower, i want to escape rat hell and go to rat park. maybe i just need a girlfriend or something lol.
I eat really well and take thyroid, maybe a heroic dose of some b vit would help? idk shoot some theories if you got em
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@samson progest-e on my scalp feels exactly like the relief part of weed. also consider making jellos from gabaergic teas: lemon balm, passionflower, chamomile, green.
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It takes time but you’ll find homeostasis without it. It sucks depending on a substance for dopamine when it’s subtly wreaking havoc on your hormones and metabolism.
I quit the beginning of this year after being a daily smoker for years. I’ve taken breaks before but for some reason the withdrawals this time were horrendous. I had panic attacks daily for a month, just waves of fear and panic for no reason, horrible nausea especially in the morning, weepy and emotional, waking up at night with adrenaline and super hungry, higher blood sugar readings in the AM. I was losing my mind. Whatever dependency I had for it, taking it away my physiology had to adapt to being normal again.
The stuff is not harmless, especially with the strength of modern weed.
Getting back on thyroid helped. My girlfriend still smokes so I see the bong everyday but have zero attraction to smoking now. My overall mood and outlook on life is way more positive and negative rumination is less often than on weed
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I quit nearly a year ago properly after a regularly smoking for about 4 years. Massive improvement, feel able to do things, less bored, much less/no depressive/apathetic days. I really do not miss weed at all and I doubt you will either. Also live with my brother who smokes most days and have never really even been tempted to have any. Weed is a very, very mid drug that is only holding you back in boredom, things will be much brighter without it, especially if you are peating as well, t3, aspirin, progest-e exercise etc. I've been going to the gym regularly which I would never have done if I was smoking.
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Find dopaminergic activities that you enjoy or go to the gym and exert yourself. Most times I was smoking weed I was straight up just bored or didn't have any goals set that I was trying to amount to. Weed is also serotonigenic so I would def recommend staying away.
