Anxiety, self concious

by Tom
(Manchester)

Cannabis and Anxiety

Hi, Im turning 18 in two months, I have been smoking cannabis for a few years now and I thought nothing of its problems until recently. I have been getting really self conscious about my appearance and everything about me basically, before I started I was quite confident and I realise now that cannabis has made my confidence dwindle and I just dont know what to do I cant make conversations with anyone its even hard to make conversation with my friends on occasions. It is really getting to me now Im trying to quit at the moment but all the stress of my anxiety in college and everything is making it close to impossible to quit. I dont know what to do I just want to be normal again and be able to strike conversation with anyone but its just so so hard please can you help me in any way???

Answer: Cannabis and Anxiety

Tom, thanks for getting in touch. Cannabis is known to cause anxiety as well as being used by anxiety sufferers to try and reduce symptoms! It clearly has an effect on the part of your brain that controls emotions and results in a resetting of the neurotransmitters involved. It can be reversed and may well settle in time without any need for medical intervention. If it doesn’t settle there are various drugs and coping strategies that can be employed for this and you can discuss these with your primary physician. They can assess the best options for you after assessing you symptoms.




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