Why do I feel depressed when I'm not smoking weed?

I think a lot of people rely on various substances to make you feel better, but in my experience it is only ever a costly and temporary experience. When we go without any substances that our bodies and minds have become used of having we are going to feel withdrawal symptoms. The big trick is to learn to get happiness from doing safer and healthier things instead.

Cannabis affects everyone differently, and the way it affects you can change over time. Cannabis, like any other euphoric substance, can give us a false immediate satisfaction, that leaves us unsatisfied when we are sober. It's important to remember that using cannabis to self-medicate our mental health is a very bad idea; Depending on hundreds of different factors, you could very well end up making your mental health issues worse.

You may be suffering from chronic depression. There are a number of reasons you may be feeling this way. The best thing would be to explore reasons you might be feeling sad or depressed, perhaps by talking with a 7 Cups listener. Alternatively, if you cannot identify any reasons, or you begin to feel worse, you might consider seeing a therapist or psychiatrist.

simple answer. you wont like to hear this but your probably addicted ( and yes, you can get addicted to weed !)

I have the same issue I do not feel happy unless I am using because it takes my mind off of everything else but in all honestly you are still depressed while you are high but it does not effect you because you are under the influence.

Smoking can give you a break from reality, the way you think is changed. Going without this break can be overwhelming when you begin to rely on smoking weed to give your mind a chance to be calm. If you don’t get the break you are used to then depression can set in and can make everything feel darker, at this point you know you are no longer using weed recreationally and need to think carefully about whether it’s really benefiting you. Maybe try other methods to give your mind and body a chance to relax, for exmaple meditation or mindfulness.

Being depressed isn't only the side effect of weed. You can be depressed without taking any substances, and it's completely normal for everyone to sometimes feel depressed. It might be due to issues in life you have and that you have a hard time dealing with, or it might be due to loss of a friend or basically almost anything can trigger a depression. The important thing is not to give up, and if you find yourself being depressed all the time, try talking to someone about it.

Simply because weed makes us feel better and when person is not smoking they can feel sad because they dont make themselfs feel happy.

It's due to the sudden decrease in Endorphins and certain hormones that may cause depressed feeling.

It's a drug that calms the mind and makes things feel unreal and better. That's why most people find comfort in ut.

Using weed often makes you numb to your problem and your feelings which can give you temporary happiness but using it long term can cause you more problems.

You may feel this way because you naturally enjoy smoking weed and the feeling of sadness comes from not doing the thing you enjoy. Maybe find alternate enjoyable habits and you will be on the road to happiness and light. Please consider your health when searching for enjoyable mediums. You are valuable. Smoking weed may not be the real issue or even your path from depression, it may just be an enjoyable past time. You are valuable and you don’t have to be depressed. Please seek out the help you need for wholeness and clarity.

Smoking weed Releases certain chemicals in the brain that are associated with feeling good. When your not smoking weed your not enhancing those feel good feelings. My advice would be leave it alone and focus on something positive for yourself

Marijuana is a drug, and drugs are addictive, because of the state that marijuana leaves you in when you’re under the influence (peaceful and tranquility) when you’re not under the drug, the normal behaviours that you’ll experience could be more extreme because of the use of the drug.

Weed is an antidepressant so when you're on a down come you will feel worse than normal. When you smoke it again it will make you more relaxed so you rely on it making you feel the need to smoke more and it will make the down come worse. The reason your down come makes you feel depressed is because weed is secretly an anti-depressant. Ever heard the phrase what goes up must come down. If weed makes you feel high then once it's effected you and wearing off then you're on your down come which is why you feel so low. Hope this helped.

Everybody has things they enjoy to relieve stress, and pick them up throughout the day. Sometimes when we experience challenging emotions, we might want to hold a bit tighter to our coping outlets - whether it be weed, coffee, etc. On another note, there is scientific evidence that weed can have psychologically addictive properties, and there is also emerging evidence of physically addictive properties. While it can be tempting to think of weed as harmless or non-addictive, it’s important to be aware of this, especially if weed is among your coping outlets of choice.

Hi there! A lot of times, when one is addicted to something, you feel sort of down when you're not doing it. You're used to the dopamine, or "happiness chemical" hit you get when you smoke, or do anything else that you are addicted to. It has also become a part of your daily habit/routine, and you're used to doing it. Being thrown off one's usual routine can be depressing and confusing! However, you're on the right track! Keep going strong. This depression is temporary, and I can tell you're definitely much stronger than the depression. Good luck to you!

When you are doing something that you really enjoy, you get a dose of chemicals that make you feel happy. When you are not doing it, your brain wants it and recognizes another chemical which causes a negative feeling as a side effect.

I’m not an expert, but from what I learned in health, I know that weed is a depressant, much like alcohol. When you are on a depressant, and it’s not a prescribed pill by a doctor or psychiatrist(you don’t need it because your brain is releasing excess amounts of dopamine), often, the depressant will do just what the name implies, make you depressed. Until the depressant has worked it’s way all the way through your system, your brain will not release the correct doses of dopamine required to prevent depression. On the flip side, anti depressants are obviously for the opposite purpose. To force your brain to release more dopamine so that you can function normally. It's why, when people take depressants who don’t need it, or it’s the wrong dosage, they get all wonky. I’m not suggesting you go on antidepressants, as, again, while I’m taking health and psychology classes, they’re 11th grade levels, and I’m not an expert, but we have learned that certain things react very badly with certain medications. Antidepressants, when taken at the same time as there is alcohol or other depressants can actually have the opposite affect of what the antidepressant is for. In shorter words, make you more depressed than you were before.