brain damage??? I smoked marijuana?

Dude, please listen to me man. You DO NOT have ANY brain damage. Your weed WAS NOT laced. You have what is called derealization (look it up on Google). Marijuana can cause derealization to people with an underlying anxiety disorder, read it all on Google. Ask yourself, have things gone worst after 5 months after the day this started? No. Does derealization affect your mental ability? No. Your memory is not the way it used to be, this does not mean you have brain damage, your brain just looks at everything as a dream, in a dream all of our memories are bad, it is almost impossible to get lots of information out of a dream after you wake up. This is what derealization is, your brain goes into sort of a dream mode/state, whatever you want to call it, it will not last forever. I know everything about this so please listen to the advice I am going to give you... Do NOT think about your brain damage/derealization for 1 month, ignore it, never focus on it, do not be afraid of it, act as if you always had it, act as if it is not a deal at all, act as if you LIKE to be this way, enjoy being it this state, DON'T be afraid of it (anxiety), and best of all, ignore it and never freak out when you notice it, whether it increases/decreases, whatever. But remember, derealization is anxiety. I got so high once, I though I wasn't going to survive the trip/it was never going to end. I felt the way you felt for months and it somewhat got better. I started to smoke marijuana again after 6 months, twice a day everyday for about 2 months, increasing my dose each time and when I stopped, after a month I didn't even care about it, I can't even tell if I have derealization anymore, it is gone! Hope this helps! :)

Can Marijuana Cause Brain Damage

You don't have brain damage!!!!!!!

BINGO and YES to your Q: "Can anxiety make you feel convinced about an irrational fear?

Brian is correct!

ROTFL! No brain damage from one joint! You need a therapist - you dropped anxiety/ocd - with this ramble it means you need a shrink.

One joint 5 months ago?! The W: Question marks do not make a question!

Why, Kevin Johnson, do you suddenly come up with that term after telling people there is no problem with long term use from your own experience? Anti marijuana propaganda to W and KJ!

Dude, whatever you smoked was NOT Marijuana.

The Marijuana effect wears out after a maximum of 5 hours if you smoke A LOT.

And Marijuana causes no brain damage, only lack of motivation is certain individuals if smoked excessively over a longer period of time.

So whatever you go is not related to the Marijuana plant, but to something else, it might have been in the joint, I'm not denying that, but it sure as hell is not Marijuana.

You're just extremely misinformed about the Marijuana plant and over thinking it, you are freaking out because you think Marijuana can damage your brain, when in reality it can not.

Trust me, ask any person with a medical degree, Marijuana is not harmful for your brain, I know some might argue that, but it's not harmful in terms of brain damage.

It can affect your psychological health if you smoke it too much, but one joint can not affect anything.

What makes you ill is your fear of brain damage, not the brain damage itself. Do some research, it will convince you that you are not brain damaged. And if that doesn't help, consult a psychiatrist.

I doubt your weed was laced people don't realize how much money dealers lose from lacing people seem to think they waste money for fun no business legal or otherwise would be so stupid and if it was laced it could not give you all those problems this sounds like a case of a placibo type thing because you believe would weed give you all these affects that your got those affects

It depends on how long or how hard someone abuses it. I know some old pot-heads who are permanently fried over what they did several years past. Most people who have used it recreationally don't have long-term problems. The one exception is the chemicals it may be treated with or additives - that can really mess you up.

Yo man. Going through this myself. You any better yet?

Marijuana affects people in different ways some people get sad or angrey some people get calm that is the most common. I will never smoke marijuana because I have anxiety and this would cause me to FREAK OUT!

And I think maybe you have a disorder and the weed triggered it.

I think you should see a doctor!

it may have been laced. Weed doesn't do this to anyone. Or, just try snapping out of it. You may be in a psychosis or something. Realize that weed doesn't do this to you, and you are just imagining all of this, and meditate on it.

what the ****? u prob had some k2 spice or some ****. by the sound of it you were probably dumb enough to do that