[Smopho]

(Anybody who's been addicted to pot would be very helpful) I mainly started having depressive issues when I was 14, but I recall going through depression and thinking about suicide at the age of 10. The depression has been on and off from the age of 14, at lesast 2 bouts a year. Since moving out at 18, I began smoking weed quite heavily due to the 3 other heavy pot users in the house. I've had horrible problems since being out of home, the depressions is still there but also other things, strong anxiety, sleepiness nights where I don't know who I am and I can't comprehend reality etc, and the worst issue of all is the intensity of my emotions. Something tiny will send me quite crazy and ill do something stupid like scratch myself up and drink before work or something else reckless or health damaging. I'm now 21 and still smoking daily. My question is...is it likely the drugs are causing my issues? Am I just a true idiot and feeling sorry for myself? Or is it possible I had a pre-existing condition?
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[CosmicRose]

Of course its the pot causing your issues, you said "sleepiness nights where I don't know who I am and I can't comprehend reality etc".
I can speak from experience because I was also a daily pot smoker. I quit cold turkey one day and I haven't missed it, I might have had a couple of cravings for it but they weren't huge omg I'm gonna-die-if-I-don't-smoke-cravings. They were more like "huh I could really go for a slice of apple pie right now but I don't have any" cravings and eventually those stopped completely.
Smoking pot on a daily basis can have mental ramifications. It caused me some pretty weird moods some nights and even sent me into a total panic attack. It can sometimes cause dissociative feelings or detachment from reality. It can cause a host of other things if you smoke in excess. I am not against pot useage if it's legal and you have a medi-card, which I did...but doing something like that on a daily basis is not a good idea for many reasons.

Yes I would say it has a lot to do with the pot.

[Achy Turtle Armor]

I guess that you have depression and have been self medicating with the weed. That is exactly where I am most of the time. Sometimes I smoke to have fun with friends but more often it is to smooth out the rough parts of my life. I still smoke but I am aware that if I want to grow in my recovery and be the best i can be, I am going to have to give it up eventually.