Cannabis Withdrawal Psychosis: Is It Real and Who’s Actually at Risk?
Most people who quit weed deal with irritability, poor sleep, low appetite and a restless brain. A much smaller group stop and, within days, develop paranoia…
Weed and Motivation: What Amotivational Syndrome Actually Means
You had a list for today. You smoked, and now it’s 6pm and the list hasn’t moved. If that keeps happening, you may wonder whether weed is changing something in…
Weed and Panic Attacks: Why Cannabis Triggers Them (and What to Do)
You’ve smoked dozens of times and it was fine. Then one night your heart pounds, you can’t catch your breath and you’re suddenly sure something terrible is…
Cannabis-Induced Psychosis: What It Is, Who’s at Risk, and What Happens Next
Cannabis-induced psychosis gets either blown out of proportion or brushed off, depending on who’s talking. Neither is accurate. It is real, it is rare, and it…
I Thought I Was Relaxed. I Was Just Numb.
I told myself for years that cannabis helped me relax, and I believed it completely. Exams, deadlines and a social anxiety I hadn’t fully named yet all felt…
Does Weed Cause Depression? What the Research Actually Shows
If you’ve used cannabis heavily and regularly and you’re wondering whether it has something to do with the flatness you feel, the low motivation, the sense…
Weed and Anxiety: How Cannabis Causes the Very Problem It Seems to Solve
If you use cannabis to manage anxiety, you’ve probably noticed that it works, for a few hours. What’s harder to see, from inside the pattern, is what’s…
I Thought Weed Helped My Anxiety. It Was Causing It.
I have two kids under five, and for about three years I believed weed was treating my anxiety. A few hits after bedtime made the noise in my head settle, and I…
Quitting Weed Benefits Timeline: What Happens to Your Body and Mind
When you quit weed, the first thing you notice is usually that everything feels worse: broken sleep, an unpredictable mood and nothing to reach for. But a…
Magnesium for Cannabis Withdrawal: What It Does for Anxiety and Sleep
Magnesium is one of the most overlooked natural options for cannabis withdrawal, which is surprising, because the symptoms it targets are exactly the ones that…
