The Addicts' Lounge IV - fast times at Ridgemont, high - General

[QUOTE=Tobba;53089200]oh hey, someone with almost the exact same problem as me. Though after ~5 minutes I can actually "move" through the power of... hallucination, it usually makes it worse; I'd really like to know what the hell is up with that.[/QUOTE] one of the best things to do when in this state, weirdly enough is to just panic. I know it sucks, but when adrenaline starts to flow through your body, its easier for the adrenaline to push you into a fully awake state. I have other ways, but i don't know if i can fully explain them well enough to you, since its such a hard and obscure concept to explain. Good news though, if you're a weed smoker, it completely stops sleep paralysis (most likely due to THC suppressing REM sleep)

[img_thumb]https://i.imgur.com/ge02FcJ.jpg[/img_thumb] Made some brownies tonight. [editline]28th January 2018[/editline] Confirmed to work extraordinarily well. See you all on the other side of space.

[QUOTE=Dan The Man;53077275]Rights guy.s.. I'm at day 6 on my phenibut cold turkey withdrawal. The thing is, it is more like 11 days, but 6 days ago, I took a pretty small dose because I kept hearing voices. Actually, the first night that I really noticed the withdrawals was when I was hearing somebody knocking at the door 4am, so I kept answering, and the nobody there. Then, eventually, there would be random applause that sounded distant. The weirdest part was when I heard a key in my front door, and considering that I hadn't clocked yet why these random events were happening, I shouted 'FUCK OFF!' towards the front door. Lo and behold, the noises now stopped, and I realised it was hallucinations. :P[/QUOTE] Phenibut/Lyrica/Gabapentin withdrawals are the fucking worst. Not even the strongest benzos or opiates can make you feel better. Folks should just keep away from using these as an anxiolytic

Weed flipped straight from helping me beat insomnia to making it worse practically overnight a week ago What is this, hell?

[QUOTE=phygon;53090980]Weed flipped straight from helping me beat insomnia to making it worse practically overnight a week ago What is this, hell?[/QUOTE] what changed? dose? method of ingestion? strain?

[QUOTE=ghosevil;53091339]what changed? dose? method of ingestion? strain?[/QUOTE] Absolutely nothing other than my reaction to it.

Is it cool if I talk about an experience I had and try and get some outside perspective on why it happened? It's been messing me up since It happened and I just want to understand a bit about it. I'll take the agrees as a go ahead. I'm trying to move past it and just think of it as a bad trip, I'll preface this by saying I mixed alcohol and weed and basically cross-faded [I][B]hard[/B][/I]. I went to my room and just laid down but the next 30 minutes to however long it was were extremely unsettling and unpleasant. Basically all my thoughts spiraled into this self-paranoic state of everything is going wrong, everyone thinks you're weird or everything your doing is a catastrophic failure in some way. [t]http://news.softpedia.com/images/reviews/large/sol_006-large.jpg[/t] The best way I can explain it (Using that image above) is each arc of cards was a thought, and each card was a stage of that thought, gradually spiraling downwards until I "popped" back into a different thought or state. Usually by opening my eyes and looking at the ceiling fan lmao. It could be something as simple as people walking down the stairs leaving the party, and my thoughts could transition to "They're all going to listen to me being weird and high in my room". This is a completely unrealistic mindset, and obviously not true - but it's just one of the thought processes that slipped through my mind. Nobody really cares about me or what I do but it just kinda flooded my senses and was inescapably overwhelming. Things with my girlfriend came into question, things with my job, thoughts about the gym. Generally - it wasn't a good time and I'm trying to come to terms with it, because in all honesty it was absolutely horrible experience. Idk if anyone's experienced something similar, but I thought I'd get it out there either way. To say the least I'm not touching weed again. I've had paranoiac spouts on it in the past but I think it's time I just leave it alone for good. The first few times I tried it was fine, then it just got worse and worse so I'm done with it.

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;53092459]Is it cool if I talk about an experience I had and try and get some outside perspective on why it happened? It's been messing me up since It happened and I just want to understand a bit about it. I'll take the agrees as a go ahead. I'm trying to move past it and just think of it as a bad trip, I'll preface this by saying I mixed alcohol and weed and basically cross-faded [I][B]hard[/B][/I]. I went to my room and just laid down but the next 30 minutes to however long it was were extremely unsettling and unpleasant. Basically all my thoughts spiraled into this self-paranoic state of everything is going wrong, everyone thinks you're weird or everything your doing is a catastrophic failure in some way. [t]http://news.softpedia.com/images/reviews/large/sol_006-large.jpg[/t] The best way I can explain it (Using that image above) is each arc of cards was a thought, and each card was a stage of that thought, gradually spiraling downwards until I "popped" back into a different thought or state. Usually by opening my eyes and looking at the ceiling fan lmao. It could be something as simple as people walking down the stairs leaving the party, and my thoughts could transition to "They're all going to listen to me being weird and high in my room". This is a completely unrealistic mindset, and obviously not true - but it's just one of the thought processes that slipped through my mind. Nobody really cares about me or what I do but it just kinda flooded my senses and was inescapably overwhelming. Things with my girlfriend came into question, things with my job, thoughts about the gym. Generally - it wasn't a good time and I'm trying to come to terms with it, because in all honesty it was absolutely horrible experience. Idk if anyone's experienced something similar, but I thought I'd get it out there either way. To say the least I'm not touching weed again. I've had paranoiac spouts on it in the past but I think it's time I just leave it alone for good. The first few times I tried it was fine, then it just got worse and worse so I'm done with it.[/QUOTE] Sounds like you might have some underlying self-doubt or other issues that weed is making you aware of. It might be worth looking into addressing.

So I haven't been fired yet, and as far as I know drug tests are usually fully processed in 24 hours... so I think I've passed. Hot damn.

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;53092459]Is it cool if I talk about an experience I had and try and get some outside perspective on why it happened? It's been messing me up since It happened and I just want to understand a bit about it. I'll take the agrees as a go ahead. I'm trying to move past it and just think of it as a bad trip, I'll preface this by saying I mixed alcohol and weed and basically cross-faded [I][B]hard[/B][/I]. I went to my room and just laid down but the next 30 minutes to however long it was were extremely unsettling and unpleasant. Basically all my thoughts spiraled into this self-paranoic state of everything is going wrong, everyone thinks you're weird or everything your doing is a catastrophic failure in some way. The best way I can explain it (Using that image above) is each arc of cards was a thought, and each card was a stage of that thought, gradually spiraling downwards until I "popped" back into a different thought or state. Usually by opening my eyes and looking at the ceiling fan lmao. It could be something as simple as people walking down the stairs leaving the party, and my thoughts could transition to "They're all going to listen to me being weird and high in my room". This is a completely unrealistic mindset, and obviously not true - but it's just one of the thought processes that slipped through my mind. Nobody really cares about me or what I do but it just kinda flooded my senses and was inescapably overwhelming. Things with my girlfriend came into question, things with my job, thoughts about the gym. Generally - it wasn't a good time and I'm trying to come to terms with it, because in all honesty it was absolutely horrible experience. Idk if anyone's experienced something similar, but I thought I'd get it out there either way. To say the least I'm not touching weed again. I've had paranoiac spouts on it in the past but I think it's time I just leave it alone for good. The first few times I tried it was fine, then it just got worse and worse so I'm done with it.[/QUOTE] i know exactly what you mean. I fell into this trap while tripping on LSD, and it almost tore my soul apart. The weed seemed to have unlocked some underlying self-doubts in you and is exaggerating them. you're self reflecting, and its completely ok to have these thoughts, but whatever you do, DO NOT fucking believe them. the more i worried about what others are thinking, or dwelled on the shit i could have done, or think about the shit ive done wrong in the past, the more i felt like shit and the more demotivated it made me. Just ignore these thoughts with all your power and continue with your life. Realize that you are unable to control what people think of you (exceptions of course). You can't change the past or make it any better than it was and the only thing you can do is be the best person you can possibly be in the now so when you look back, you wont have to have these thoughts

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53092619]i know exactly what you mean. I fell into this trap while tripping on LSD, and it almost tore my soul apart. The weed seemed to have unlocked some underlying self-doubts in you and is exaggerating them. you're self reflecting, and its completely ok to have these thoughts, but whatever you do, DO NOT fucking believe them. the more i worried about what others are thinking, or dwelled on the shit i could have done, or think about the shit ive done wrong in the past, the more i felt like shit and the more demotivated it made me. Just ignore these thoughts with all your power and continue with your life. Realize that you are unable to control what people think of you (exceptions of course). You can't change the past or make it any better than it was and the only thing you can do is be the best person you can possibly be in the now so when you look back, you wont have to have these thoughts[/QUOTE] Hit the nail pretty hard on the head with this. It's cropped up in the past before and it really does boil down to getting stuck my head with these thoughts. I'm always scared to just "push them away" because that always feels like the psychological equivalent of putting a golf course over a landfill. But it does seem like the right perspective because it is entirely based off thoughts in my head self reinforcing negative emotions. It's not a case of "pushing those thoughts down" it's more of "The more you think those thoughts, the better you become at thinking them". I'm stuck fairly alone in this city I just moved to, sure - everything else in my life is going fantastically but I'm alone while doing it which doesn't help. Thanks for the kind words, it's kind of bolstered what I need to do approach and do :) Sorry I kinda dropped in here with some really messy social/anxiety/depression tier stuff, but it's helped a great deal.

[QUOTE=ZombieDawgs;53092718]Hit the nail pretty hard on the head with this. It's cropped up in the past before and it really does boil down to getting stuck my head with these thoughts. I'm always scared to just "push them away" because that always feels like the psychological equivalent of putting a golf course over a landfill. But it does seem like the right perspective because it is entirely based off thoughts in my head self reinforcing negative emotions. It's not a case of "pushing those thoughts down" it's more of "The more you think those thoughts, the better you become at thinking them". I'm stuck fairly alone in this city I just moved to, sure - everything else in my life is going fantastically but I'm alone while doing it which doesn't help. Thanks for the kind words, it's kind of bolstered what I need to do approach and do :) Sorry I kinda dropped in here with some really messy social/anxiety/depression tier stuff, but it's helped a great deal.[/QUOTE] Its all good, i love helping people. I find that being relatively alone does not help when it comes to the genesis of those negative thoughts. as cliche as it sounds, making or being with friends help a great deal and can shoot you back down into reality. youll find when you look back those self doubts and negative thoughts you previously had, you will realize that they are all either absurd or irrational in retrospect. BUT, when it comes to facing your own problems/insecurities in the name of self improvement, it may also feel harsh as well, so try not to brush off [I]every[/I] negative thought you have, but still ignore the ones you know are detrimental to your wellbeing. Its a balance, but with anything you learn, it becomes easier over time. Good luck man.

My tolerance to weed has gone down so much over the past 2 weeks since ive been smoking way less frequently. i can finally get to an 8 with a pinner joint The only problem is im actually kinda scared how sensitive ill be to a blunt. Actually, make that about 7, cuz me and my friend are getting a qtr in a couple days after we've been so dry recently. I love getting absolutely disabled off of weed, but its been a while so i dont know how ill react, plus its a lot harder to handle than lsd

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53093719]My tolerance to weed has gone down so much over the past 2 weeks since ive been smoking way less frequently. i can finally get to an 8 with a pinner joint The only problem is im actually kinda scared how sensitive ill be to a blunt. Actually, make that about 7, cuz me and my friend are getting a qtr in a couple days after we've been so dry recently. I love getting absolutely disabled off of weed, but its been a while so i dont know how ill react, plus its a lot harder to handle than lsd[/QUOTE] if you're a seasoned smoker you'll be fine. you just gotta cool it off if you get too fucked and stay calm. if that doesnt work do some jumping jacks and spew your guts up and continue to smoke.

Guess it's time for another break. Weed just makes me tired as hell. I just wanna go to bed and that's a waste of a good high.

[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;53093787]if you're a seasoned smoker you'll be fine. you just gotta cool it off if you get too fucked and stay calm. if that doesnt work do some jumping jacks and spew your guts up and continue to smoke.[/QUOTE] One thing that always helps, for some odd reason is Post Malone :v: im not sure what it is but something about that dude and his music just radiates chill energy and instantly switches the vibe

got myself some L-Theanine, any of you got experience with this? I don't expect much but I heard its kinda similar to caffeine in terms of intensity? took 400mg just now so hopefully I'll have a somewhat stress-free evening [editline]30th January 2018[/editline] any idea how it interacts with weed by the way? I don't know what exactly bothers me with the weed high but it seems more apparent with indicas. the body load can get a little nasty for me. I get this electric cramping in my feet that hurts which I don't like. I also get this pressure behind my eyes and a general feeling of "higher pressure" throughout my body. hypertension maybe? I think I read that L-Theanine is supposed to lower your blood pressure so any idea if that'll help with the bodyload I don't like about weed?

[QUOTE=PredGD;53094367]got myself some L-Theanine, any of you got experience with this? I don't expect much but I heard its kinda similar to caffeine in terms of intensity? took 400mg just now so hopefully I'll have a somewhat stress-free evening[/QUOTE] You really should combo it with caffeine, its a popular nootropic stack and they both really compliment eachother. The ltheanine removes the shitty peripheral effects caffeine gives like jitters, anxiety and raciness, while the caffeine gives you the stimulation [editline]30th January 2018[/editline] As for weed idk

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53094381]You really should combo it with caffeine, its a popular nootropic stack and they both really compliment eachother. The ltheanine removes the shitty peripheral effects caffeine gives like jitters, anxiety and raciness, while the caffeine gives you the stimulation [editline]30th January 2018[/editline] As for weed idk[/QUOTE] that sounds sweet. already propped full of caffeine so we'll see how that works out.

[QUOTE=DickCoco;53088960]Just me, but while beeing stressed out and smarked and shut my eyes, proportions seems to fuck of totaly and shit starts to feel either long and extended or really short and fat and jumps between those for up to five minutes. The fuck?[/QUOTE] I have that every night. Had it since childhood. I think it's just fatigue, and I believe it's normal. Neat that you bring it up though, I've never heard anyone else mention it.

L-Theanine seems cool. I feel calm and relaxed. it's a rather subtle effect but still noticeable. usually I have a lot of nervous energy in my body so I often fidget around but that is completely gone right now.

[QUOTE=PredGD;53094531]L-Theanine seems cool. I feel calm and relaxed. it's a rather subtle effect but still noticeable. usually I have a lot of nervous energy in my body so I often fidget around but that is completely gone right now.[/QUOTE] thats good, usually the rule to dose the stack is a 2:1 ratio of ltheanine and caffeine

What's good?

[QUOTE=PredGD;53094367]got myself some L-Theanine, any of you got experience with this? I don't expect much but I heard its kinda similar to caffeine in terms of intensity? took 400mg just now so hopefully I'll have a somewhat stress-free evening [editline]30th January 2018[/editline] any idea how it interacts with weed by the way? I don't know what exactly bothers me with the weed high but it seems more apparent with indicas. the body load can get a little nasty for me. I get this electric cramping in my feet that hurts which I don't like. I also get this pressure behind my eyes and a general feeling of "higher pressure" throughout my body. hypertension maybe? I think I read that L-Theanine is supposed to lower your blood pressure so any idea if that'll help with the bodyload I don't like about weed?[/QUOTE] L-Theanine is so subtle you'll likely notice very little effect. It's best use, in my experience, is mixed with caffeine at around 200mg to level out the stimulation of caffeine. It removes a lot of the jittery, anxiety inducing effects and makes the effects of caffeine more relaxing without killing the stimulation. As sourcegamer101 said, it's a popular nootropic stack and it works pretty well in my experience. I don't know about how it'll affect cannabis, though, but I guess there's really only one way to find out.

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53093880]One thing that always helps, for some odd reason is Post Malone :v: im not sure what it is but something about that dude and his music just radiates chill energy and instantly switches the vibe[/QUOTE] i dont feel the post malone hype. i'm hoping he does something great with his upcoming album, but his first album was meh. [editline]31st January 2018[/editline] dudes a chillbanger though

[QUOTE=sourcegamer101;53088296]Thats very interesting. im not gonna deny it, but ill definitely look into it more. This was by far the weirdest and most intense one ive had. If it helps i can go into detail. like any saturday i love to sleep in, so i was surprised to have woken up earlier than expected. so in my groggy state i decided to fall back asleep, closing my eyes for a very short period, (like 10-15 seconds) only to get trapped in sleep paralysis. After i thrashed myself out of it like usual, i tried to fall back asleep again, closing my eyes, only to be transported back into a sleep paralysis state again. This cycle went on 2 more times before i gave up and was too frightened to fall back asleep. It felt like i was stuck in some type of 'in between' where my body doesnt exactly know how to push me into a full sleep state. weed definitely helped me out and stopped me from getting the sleep paralysis, at the cost of no dreams.[/QUOTE] dude i hate that shit. i also suffer from sleep paralysis, and that combined with insomnia and chronic fatigue made me look into narcolepsy. However, it usually occurred only when I was in periods of especially shitty sleep and staying up nights and stuff. Now that I'm on a more regular cycle it happens far less often, so it can be hard to discern whether you have insomnia and sleep paralysis cause you're narcoleptic or just because of your sleep hormones being fucked up from insomnia, causing sleep paralysis. when you're tired as shit but you've already had sleep paralysis 3 times that morning and you're literally afraid to fucking close your eyes. . .it's like torture

[QUOTE=cis.joshb;53096336]dude i hate that shit. i also suffer from sleep paralysis, and that combined with insomnia and chronic fatigue made me look into narcolepsy. However, it usually occurred only when I was in periods of especially shitty sleep and staying up nights and stuff. Now that I'm on a more regular cycle it happens far less often, so it can be hard to discern whether you have insomnia and sleep paralysis cause you're narcoleptic or just because of your sleep hormones being fucked up from insomnia, causing sleep paralysis. when you're tired as shit but you've already had sleep paralysis 3 times that morning and you're literally afraid to fucking close your eyes. . .it's like torture[/QUOTE] yeah the whole thing is a negative feedback loop of bullshit unfortunately I finally was able to get myself a dab cartridge, and fuck was i right to be worried about my tolerance lowering. I took one puff from it and got so high i couldnt see straight. That would be good and all, but the only problem is the shit hit me instantly, and like a fucking truck. this was beyond the strength of what i thought i was prepared for and in fact i almost had complete panic and anxiety consume me until i snapped myself out of by watching, surprisingly out of all people pewdiepie :v:. dudes the fucking mvp

Holy shit so, I just revisited that Ellie Goulding - Lights [URL="http://lights.helloenjoy.com/"]interactive music experience[/URL], from way back in these threads, really baked. It still works guys... it still works.

[QUOTE=HyperGenesis;53096772]Holy shit so, I just revisited that Ellie Goulding - Lights [URL="http://lights.helloenjoy.com/"]interactive music experience[/URL], from way back in these threads, really baked. It still works guys... it still works.[/QUOTE] my favorite link from DD will always be erppy.co

Blazing to the bloody blue, tonight/this morning-