Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on Adolescent & Young Adult Brain | Dr. Andrew Huberman
Dr. Andrew Huberman explains the effects of cannabis (marijuana) on the adolescent and young adult brain.
Dr. Andrew Huberman is a tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab podcast.
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I have smoked marihuana 6 times in my life. One time when I was sixteen. And 5 times when I was 19, in the time frame of 2,5 mounts. Will it have permanent impact on brain? I was smoking the Dutch marihuana, so it had no more than 18% THC. Except that one time when I was sixteen.
Cannabis itself isn't bad one bit. You're talking about impulse control & a slew of other character defects that leads people to drug use. Your ability to say thc is bad isn't good. You could have said thc is an endocrine disruptor but then again so is carbon dioxide. Weed isn't bad for anyone but you can take pharmaceuticals & those are much better. Kids these day literally can't go to school without amphetamines, adderall, or some other BS & you're talking about weed 😂 Antidepressants are the norm in how many parents? Is this a joke?
I'm 21, got heavy at around 18 and stopped only a few months ago. Stopping frequent cannabis use is the best decision I've ever made. If you are ready to make efforts to improve, you will recover, your brain will go at it's normal pace again, you will have more energy and will be (after the withdrawal of course) less anxious. Weed doesn't make you the best version of yourself, it's the addiction that makes you think that, don't ever doubt it. Keep strong brothers
It’s boring af without iy
Yo exact same timeline here except I'm just about a month clean bro! Was covid a drastic influence in your use?
Im 21 and started heavy around 18 but really when the pandemic kicked that was when I got dependency
@@boilingcrab267weed doesn't cure boredom. It only makes you ok with being bored
@@slashing_S that's awesome! Congratulations! You've clearly done the hardest. What really drawn me into addiction is the pandemic and the fact that I'm living with heavy smokers. We started to take weed in fun activities, then it quickly turned into things being fun only if we took weed. It's complicated to rewire anything if you can't change your environment, and the lock down was really a burden for that. I'm glad to hear you're getting out of it. I'm sure you know about this, but relapsing is part of the healing process, so don't lose faith!
im 19 and have been constantly smoking since 15. my processing skills have drastically changed, im just slower to put it simply. that made me insecure about my behavior around people from my social circle which has led to confidence and self esteem issues. i´ve learned that there´s much more to this problem than just the effect it has on your development. advise everyone young to not touch the stuff.
same name and situation
23 and took my first hit at like 6 been smoking non stop since about 13-15 so I’m right there with you bud I tell everyone who asks not to touch the stuff even tho I smoke it multiple times daily . Constant emotional battle with the stuff. :(
@@mrorganic13 that's weird. I smoke daily and I'm super productive. I even took a break for a month straight after running out and I was completely okay with the circumstances. The problem isn't the drug, it's your behavior. I would suggest seeing a therapist.
@@phob1a890 How so? I have a 100k+ professional job and I don't depend on marijuana to function normally. This isn't a competition. I don't understand your point here.
you can work on it yourself through executive functioning self-training, pushing yourself purposefully and consciously, doing so constantly will continue to help with this issue, am also 19 and been smoking since 15, starting working on this only 2 or 3 months ago and seen a lot of improvement
I started smoking at the age of 18. Got addicted to heroin for 11 years, but after trying out psilocybin treatment I will be 2 years clean. I've also noticed clearer thinking and improved creativity.
I've been looking to try shrooms, anyone knows where can I acquire some? I will so much appreciate
Yes very sure of Dr.alishrooms.
was actually having this constant, unbearable anxiety due to work stress. Not until I came across Dr.alishrooms a very intelligent mycologist. He saved my life honestly
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Saw people talk about..checked him out on insta and I must say ,he's very good at what he does
What helped me cut back greatly was this saying; "My will is stronger than my desires."
I Like this 🤙
This comment section sounds like an aa meeting
Wtf yeah I just noticed
As someone who developed cannabis-induced psychosis, I think this message is very important, especially for young people.
damn that sucks did you have any predisposition to it?
what’s psychosis?
I developed psychosis and was diagnosed with schizoaffective and bipolar disorder. I have smoked marijuana from the ages of 14-20 and was not predisposed genetically(from my knowledge). I also believe this message is very important and people should know the risks associated with drug use and abuse.
@@sleekp6896 psychosis can take many forms, delusions, seeing things that may not be there, hearing voices that aren’t “physically” there, having thoughts that other people know what you are thinking, feeling paranoid, etc. A truly horrible experience imo
@@CBW0314 BRO please answer the question did it go away when you quit????
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, dr.sporesss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.
Is he on instagram?
Yes he is. dr.sporesss
I used to be a certified stoner, it's been months since I quit regular use, and I feel better than ever. I feel much more alive. It isn't exactly easy to quit using, especially when Mary jane is used as an appetizer before practically everything (Dinner, showers, going to the grocery store for a thing or two, walking the dog on a Tuesday, etc., etc.) but once you slow down, you notice the goods in life again. I pray for all of you here.
I used to smoke fairly heavily all throughout my teen years but recently quit, i’m 20 years old as of today and i can say with confidence that it changed my cognitive abilities a ton. It may take a little while but with no weed and regular exercise of the brain you can definitely get back to where you can be. It’s never to late to quit
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100% same thing with me. Best thing you can do is just continually self improve, you will really start to see the results as everyone else stays stagnant
@@jsnow6925just takes time
Well it’s too late to quit if you’re already over 25 and have been smoking for years but yes I agree. I smoked hard from ages 15 to 19. My cognitive abilities and memory were getting awful. I’ve quit and my brain just feels clearer and faster.
I wish I saw this comment 8 months ago. Been a 10 month journey locked out of my own mind. Done multiple stretches of sobriety, but I would do anything to go back and have 10 months under my belt. 17 days and counting right now. Thank you for your comment.
You ain't gotta tell me! Both my brother and uncle started smoking pot at around 12 years old and they both have the mental maturity of a teenager, it's a real phenomenon
@Link Link No, it would not be good to be mentally young. Those who are mentally young are more likely to have anger, anxiety, and stronger emotions than mature adults. But you can still be mentally young as an adult in a different way. That different way is having fun, living life with wonder, and overall finding joy throughout life. As far as you being angry, depressed, and hating everything. I think your issue isn't being young again. I think it's realizing you can still act as though you're young. Go outside to explore your local forest. Think to yourself. What things made you love to wake up as a kid? Was it video games? was it hanging out with friends? Was it being adventurous? That inclination as a kid is still present in you. You need to find that again. Best of luck to you brother or sister.
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I mean I started at 11 and I’m doing good
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@@andersonwonder9357 well*
Yep, was a huge stoner from 17-19 and had multiple huge bipolar episodes which led me to be put in the mental health ward of a hospital for 10 days. I literally had no idea that shit was possible and thought I was the only person this happened to until I started researching and that made me feel a little better. Been weed free for 11 years now. Still embarrassed to this day and never told my friends why I really quit.
Hey, good for you! No need to feel embarrassed, it was something that happened to you due to a substance use. You didn't know better. Do you notice any change in your overall mental health?
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@@antoniorebelo9497 I was weened off of whatever the doctor prescribed for bipolar within a couple months and went back to how I normally was. I do have an addictive personality though so kicking nicotine was hard and I still drink but honestly after the weed episodes happened I just felt like shit since I can’t smoke weed I wanna feel a buzz in a “normal socially acceptable way”
@@bruhmoment2922 I wish bro. Sometimes I wanna pop a gummy and watch a movie and not have to drink disgusting alcohol to feel a buzz
I'm with you. I also had several cannabis-induced psychotic episodes as a teenager (17-18 years old). I'm in my mid-30's now. For many years I suppressed it and was ashamed about it; it's only recently that I started speaking openly about those horrific experiences. There's a lot of research on this now, and unfortunately cannabis-induced psychosis in teenagers and young adults is not rare. In London, 30% of first-episode psychosis is due to cannabis; in Amsterdam, it's 50%. Given the high conversion rate of cannabis-induced psychosis to schizophrenia (approximately 1 in 2), those are truly horrifying statistics.
I love how everyone in the comment section took in the information from the video and actually came out of their shells sharing their experiences.
I'm quite surprised that nobody is talking about the calming effect that weed has when you're SOBER but an active smoker. Listen. When you smoke weed regularly, you never actually come down. You're always a little bit high but it is impossible to notice. I noticed it 6 months after I had stopped smoking weed, it just hit me like "daamn I had forgotten this is the way world used to feel. But once you've been sober for 6 months or longer (depends on how much you smoke) the calming effect is gone. Now you see the world how it is again. And this is the hardest phase when trying to quit. Just stay strong!
The thing is, the world is kinda garbage, there’s always so much shit going on and it’s never peaceful.
this is so true. even though i quit, my speach sometimes makes no sense even though im sober, i havnt felt normal or “actually present” in life anymore. i’ll get hit with a high randomly throughout the day that i can notice.
21 and been smoking pretty heavily since 18, wish I had heard something like this back then, but it's not too late. Many young adults really need to hear this and many of them will deny it and convince themselves that they will be ok. I hope your message to the public is spread infectiously because it is vital to our youth right now.
Don't worry, just stop it now It will be okay.
Probably someone said it and you just ignored them. I'm not blaming you, though, we tend to be pretty stubborn at this age
keep smoking. this is ridiculous. people who abuse weed probably had bad childhoods and are going through stuff. to say that weed causes anxiety and depression, is just ridiculous. maybe people who have anxiety and depression smoke more because it makes them feel better? but that doesnt fit the narrative. also, they keep talking about schizophrenia? the lifetime risk of developing schizophrenia is estimated to be around 0.3% to 0.7% in the general population. so triple that and thats only 0.9% to 0.21% of getting schizophrenia. wow, what a huge risk. people who grew up with a loving mother and a father and with no financial problems will never abuse weed. the ones that abuse weed are the ones who actually need it. i thought i was doing the right thing by quitting weed, and i stopped for almost a year. it was the most depressing year of my life. all for nothing. i didnt gain any skills or go outside more, everything was the same but 10 times worse and depressing. i started smoking again and got my first gf after 21 years of being a virgin. never stop doing what you love, the world isnt getting better anyways with inflation and housing prices going up.
Is this refering to those who smoke daily, or does it apply to those who smoke once every week or two? Or is it fine smoking weekly?
@@isaac8141 it's not ridiculous it's being realistic. You can smoke all you want but be aware of what it does to you, and it was holding me back without realizing it like many others. I don't plan to quit permanently, but I have to get out of the cycle in order to step back and look at whether or not it was actually helping or just allowing me to avoid my problems. I agree that lots of people who use weed went through hard stuff, and the problem I encountered was letting weed take my focus away from recovering from that. I wasn't making myself better to overcome the damage it had caused, I was smoking weed to forget about the damage and just live with it. It's not good to just live with it, you have to face it and overcome it, and I would just smoke weed and then say "I'll do that later." That's probably not an issue for a lot of people, but many are simply unaware of what it is doing to them, as I was. I was being controlled by weed, and part of the process of reversing that power dynamic is to eliminate it for some time. You wouldn't have come to the realization you had without that period of sobriety, and even if you think you could tell your past self, you probably couldn't. Experience is the greatest teacher
We have such a huge problem in this country with substance abuse both alcohol and cannabis in young people. It’s only going to get worse. And I say this as a 74 y/o adult who has spent 4 decades abusing alcohol, cannabis and opiates. I am off of everything now but dealing with the huge emotional repercussions of desperately low dopamine and other issues. This is such an important message.
as a youngin i think fentanyl and pressed pills are a bigger issue bc all it takes is someone you trust to be like "here take this pill it'll help you study" or "here this is just what you need for that" & its down the hatch. Weed, you have to smoke and get rid of a smell after and alcohol taste like shit to most kids. Benzos and opioids can kill you if you take them, & they can kill you if you try to quit, but weed's problem is it can damage developing brains & it poses a risk of addiction/dependency, which sounds like a lot of substances even non-narcotic ones
So many people smoke all day every day. It has become thier identity
Respect to you finding the bravery to quit after consumed them for over half your life. I hope everything comes well to you.
Which country?
on and off user since i was 15 years old. since the pandemic i havent really stopped and ikm turning 23 end of this year. i need to stop because i see another person if i never even started. i want to meet that person and im not sure i ever will
It honestly depends on your personal psychology. I personally have insane addictive tendencies with cannabis and have trouble controlling my consumption. When I smoke regularly, I notice my motivation flatlining, and my general reactive care to my environment going close to zero. If some people notice positive impacts, that’s great for them… but by all means make the decision for yourself and be honest with the effects. You’ll lose yourself in a hole trying to justify your reactions but comparing to others.
No weed is bad for the developing brain full stop. It doesn’t depend on you as a person.
a short comment you made, but this is pretty much my conclusion after 2 years of suffering with cannabis enduced psychosis. If you cant handle it, be honest with you and never touch the stuff again. Everybodies brain is different.
I started smoking weed and tabacco age 13. Did it for 15 years now i have quit for 4 years and am doing just fine! I have learned a lot of skills! I think if you quit doing things and being lazy while also using weed and stop learning new things you get problems! I always kept challenging myself!
As a 19 year old weed smoker with a disposition to both Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia (my dad has Bipolar Disorder and my brother has Schizophrenia)(I also abused weed in high school) I am now coming to the conclusion to stop all use until after the age of 25 when my brain is fully developed. I used to overlook the fact that I can potentially develop Psychosis as a result of continuing to smoke weed at this age but I have recently been taking my health as a priority in my life so I am determined to wait a couple years until I allow myself to smoke weed again. Good luck to anyone else on this same journey, you got this!
Same here man, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
You can still trigger the gene with weed if you're over 25 , also women tend to get schizophrenia from 25 to early 30s , so be careful kid
I'm glad you have come to this conclusion. You should stay well clear from cannabis all your life. Women tend to develop schizophrenia later in life than men; it's hypothesized estrogen acts as a buffer, delaying any potential onset. I'm male, where psychosis most often flares up during the teenage years/early 20's. I experienced several cannabis-induced psychotic episodes from 17-18 and believe me, it was by far the most horrific time of my life. I should add my family has no history of mental illness, so it was shocking when it happened. In psychosis, genetics plays a role - but the environment is the bigger factor. The biggest environmental risk factor you can control is to stay away from cannabis; you would massively increase your risk of developing psychosis/schizophrenia if you consumed high-potency cannabis frequently, so don't take that chance. Wish you a great life!
yeah don't do drugs at any age if you want to avoid mental health problems. i think this whole idea of demonizing adolescent abuse and then saying its ok for 25+ is laughable. yes adolescence is really important but you can recover from it and you can also easily ruin your life after you're 25. there are a lot of drug addicts who were sober until mid to late 20s, i hear it all the time from hardcore addicts who say they were straightedge for all of adolescence and then in there 20s got fucked up. the whole 'don't do drugs in high school' platitude is a well intentioned message but it doesn't accurately reflect the relative risks.
I started smoking a few years ago and am 18 now. I’m frequently high all day everyday. Personally I see what everyone is saying about it making you slower but simultaneously I got smarter. I don’t think I got smarter because the cannabis but I’m now able to see the world exactly as it is. As a kid I just thought everything has to be a certain way and never put much thought into it, but now I can understand entire situation very well.
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same here. its like any other med, some people can handle it others have pre existing traits that lead to negative experiences.
Yeahhh it makes me think more clearly in a way. For academic things it’s foggier I guess, but when it comes to real world situations and problems, I feel like I have improved on my understanding and actually listening. I do feel I understand the way the world works in a better way.
bro we just grew up, its not the cannabis. give your own mind more credit!
I’m 20 and have smoked heavily for about 3 years and can honestly say I’ve 100% noticed a cognitive decline and feel slower when it comes to planning and organization. With that being said…that’s kind of the whole reason why I started smoking in the first place. It might sound silly to say but I honestly felt “too intelligent” before smoking. I literally couldn’t slow my brain down, and life was absolutely just an overrationalized pit of meaninglessness. While weed has made me less smart in certain areas, it’s opened up intelligences within certain modes of being that I wouldn’t have had access too without the drug. After mushrooms, though, I will say I’m more motivated to quit the substance than ever - and THAT is where people undersell it. Weed, the chemical, may not give you horrible withdrawals, but just the act of smoking in of and of itself is so incredibly difficult to cut out.
i agree 100%
wow didn't know there was someone else like this
Weed literally unlocked creativity for me
Same here man but all is well until addictions got u by the leg
same here, I can say it let me connect with more creative part of me in a sense, and tune down the analytical engineering mind I have a bit. Nonetheless, I've decided to cut down the use from twice every week to once in 1-2 months. It's just this thing has a way of crawling back. I'm 22 now, even though it might be less harmful after 25, it will also probably be a bit less fun! everything in this life is a tradeoff
19 years old right now, been smoking heavily for the past year. This is excellent motivation to stop use and focus on improving myself and making sure I dont impact my development further.
@@jameshenry233 my AI friend your promoting on the wrong video..lol
yeah i've been smoking since 15... i'm now 20. it's gotten to a point where I don't particularly enjoy the effects of cannabis as much as I yet it's still a struggle for me to quit. This video was probably the best advice you could have. Definitely consider quitting sooner rather than later because it surely does catch up with you, coming from a CS student who is borderline failing after 3 years of near top marks.
@@olixrr you've been smoking longer than you've been failing, judging solely by your post. I only bring this up because, yes its good to stop chronic smoking to improve mental clarity, however maybe there's other things in your life that are effecting your grades. I've also blamed weed for problems that were larger than the weed itself, and using as a scapegoat prevented me from confronting the real problems. Again not trying to read into your situation too much, just sharing my personal experience with a similar situation
@@jkl.guitarThat’s my dilemma. Currently a college student who has flipped my life around academically motivationally, and physically. I’ve been going to the gym. i look good. I do better in school then I ever did in high school. I work 25 hours a week and I attribute it all to weed. Cause that’s the only major difference. I started smoking weed and my motivation grew. So I realize I need to quit for my future down the line but I’m not sure what to do right now.
@@joshuaokparaocha331 check out Aubry Marcus’ podcast with Ryan Sprague. They really opened my eyes to how our societies perception and abuse of the drug contributes to its negative effects, and how we can build a better relationship with it. I agree with your sentiment, i get highly motivated when i smoke as well but sometimes i let it consume me (ie: desire it over doing productive stuff).
This video makes everything so much clearer. I’ve been smoking nightly since 15 to help with my problems with insomnia and sleep regulation. In April 2022, 2 months after turning 20, I dove headfirst into a panicked and dissociative episode of derealization/depersonalization. They started me on ssris and Buspar, and while they helped at first, I still found myself in a depressed state of constantly questioning reality. Disturbed intrusive thoughts of suicide and the possibility of nothingness after death buried themselves into my brain and made life hell. Hopelessness from having failed yet another college semester did not do the situation any favors, as this was where a major portion of anxiety stemmed from. Looking back, I probably should’ve been institutionalized. Only medical support, meditation, exercise, gratitude, thoughtfulness, spirituality and the people important to me helped me through the worst year of my life so far. Even after the panic and dissociation were gone though, I’m still working through executive dysfunction and habit building (which have been a problem since childhood, regardless of marijuana, but I imagine it made them much worse). I’m doing much better now, with an additional diagnosis of adult ADHD-i and the meds and counseling that comes with that, but still smoking marijuana and struggling in some places. Finding this video has helped me find the next step in the path to becoming a better functioning adult and i really hope that anyone out there reading this in the same position I was in a year and a half ago realizes that they’re not alone no matter how isolated you might feel. It does get better, but apples don’t grow from a tree you’ve just planted.
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Speaking for myself, but quitting marijuana is absolutely fundamental to make any significant progress on combating executive dysfunction and ensuring uninterrupted treatment of ADHD. I’ve had two marijuana-induced psychosis’s, both similar to your description of “derealization/depersonalization.” I avoided any institutionalization during the first episode, eventually relapsed, and found myself in a harsher/longer psychosis soon after. Luckily, I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital and drug/alcohol rehab for over 100 days, which provided the necessary education and intervention for me to stop completely. It’s not easy, but it’s the only way to maintain my sanity. It just gets worse. Quit while you can.
do you still use nightly? I use a small amount before sleep and I always wonder if i'd be better off without it. I have bad depression, but it was worse when I wasn't using weed, but hearing about different studies makes me think I should quit, idk though
This comment has actually helped me alot, the same thoughts of nothingness after death and suicide would take up most of my thought process and this helped me realize that my usage of marijuana was most likely the cause.
@@sc4rlotte456 If you're not really sure about quitting, just take a break for a couple weeks and see how you feel. Most people I know who took a break ended up much better than before, and some even quit. Its up to you if you think weed is worth quitting, but I would say it is.
Fact checker time, according to that article he was reading, thousands of studies were screened but only 20 were actually chosen, he himself states that the adverse affects are making you "4 times as likely to develop phycosis" but followed by "if you have a direct family member with bipolar." Furthermore, it is specifically high THC items vs low THC items in the study and their findings are that higher THC concentration is more likely to be involved with individuals who develop CUD (cannabis use disorder) and phycosis, however, their findings on the effects of depression and anxiety varied. Also, while I only could check the summary of the research because Lancet has the full paper paywalled and I don't care that much, there was no mention in the summary of the effects being more pronounced in youths than adults, although I would guess that to be true, emphasis on the word guess. In summary higher potency is more harmful than lower potency overall, but his blunt statements about it harming emotional development and making you (I'm paraphrasing) dopey are not backed by his source, maybe there's more in the full video but I choose to keep on keeping on and say with very little evidence that this guy is possibly a legacy stanford attendee and likely is basing most of his ideas in the racist ideologie of African Americans being unintelligent and uncivilized because of cannabis, I'm assuming this because of the odd way he worded things and the way that his source doesn't seem to back up half of what he's saying and many men of his age grew up like that and have been living with that ideologie inside of them.
You are 100% correct and i agree that he has some sort of weird bias. i totally picked up on the bias so just saying i affirm your comment. its pretty laughable that the genius huberman fails to recognize that correlation doesn't prove causation and we also have studies and anecdotal claims which show that bipolar and people with mental health problems are more attracted to weed which casts more doubt on this idea that weed directly causes bipolar. because of course the studies only show a correlation and there's zero evidence that weed permanently stunts your development. if anything alcohol would be more likely to do that, and huberman has taken a much more relaxed stance on teenage alcohol use while admitting that he drank in highschool. it's pretty insane that huberman is still spreading this kind of racist ideaology. and i agree weed is not good, but you can 100% recover from adolescent abuse if you aren't already predisposed to schizophrenia etc. it's sad that he spreads this harmful ideaology under the guise of 'protecting' kids. zero kids are gonna listen to anything he says because he already demonizes it and demonstrates that he has bias. again im saying this as someone who will agree that weed is not healthy and no one should be smoking it if they can help it.
I’m halfway through being 19 and I’ve been smoking weed constantly since I was about 16 and I can definitely feel a huge difference in my brain capabilities. It sucks to say because I didn’t think about it then but my long term memory is absolutely messed up and I am quite depressed and have trouble going grocery shopping just standing there waiting to pick a food while it feels like the whole world is watching. I used it as a copying mechanism to relax and not overthink the problems in my family and the world but now I’m trying to quit and it’s like I’m stuck in between a rock and a hard place but I’m so sad I don’t even want to move. I don’t know what’s next from here but I guess just to keep trying to live?
Keep living, for me at least
You got this! Remember you are not alone in this struggle, and you can fix your dopamine systems with some time and effort, good luck💜
visit a psychologist or other proffesional, maybe even try out antidepressants? Idk I really relate to what you experienced and I feel like the combination I just named (proffesional help + medication) could be the key for you to at least get out of the state you are in now. Either way you'll be fine trust me, but it IS important that you keep on working on the issue and it's much harder to do it on your own. So once again, speak to someone you feel comfortable with and look for proffesional help
i feel u man. stay strong brother
Praying for you ❤️
I just recently quit abusing marijuana to solve my problems. I can agree with essentially everything noted in this video. I felt I was losing my humanity towards the end, my sense of self. Occasional use can be deemed acceptable later in life, but ultimately, I can say with confidence, that the sober state is where you can truly embrace your natural self to the fullest extent.
What does “abusing” marijuana mean? Isn’t that its primary use? Your using it properly, humans have natural cannabinoids receptors, we evolved with marijuana
These receptors are also acitvated by other substances. So they didnt ecolve just for cannabis. @cannabi0
I still think South Park explained it perfectly. Getting high will make you feel okay with not doing anything, which can be a wonderful thing as a productive adult. But when you're a kid it can omit your drive and desire to learn new skills that are essential later in life. Weed is great, but good God wait until college at least
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I waited until college, and god I'm glad I did. If I had started my freshman year of high school I feel like I probably wouldn't have any self-control of it, bc once you turn 18 and are out of high school, on your own, everything changes. Responsibilities get blasted in your face, shit gets real. And you have to deal with that, learn from it, before letting Mary Jane dismiss your problems. shrooms are also great! But use both wisely.
I want to thank Dr. Huberman. I am 1 month off the stuff now after listening to the podcast about cannabis’ effect on the brain. I’m hoping my brain can heal to some extent, but at least I’m not doing the further damage I would’ve done if I would’ve continued using daily. Real eye opener for sure, I really needed to hear it.
I wish i could go back in time and educate my younger self. Im 26 now but i grew up in a crazy neighborhood in NYC where drinking and smoking was the norm by age 14. The culture in that neighborhood really fucked up a lot of kids as years passed, including myself. I wish the kids from my old neighborhood would get educated and taught about how consuming canabis and alchoal at such a young age will really damage you physically and mentally in the long run.
Definitely needs to be more awareness out there about it
@@tiffanyapril5458 instead the awareness out there is more like the other comment response here.
Have you mixed it with alcohol or other drugs? I smoke from 14-15 to 40. Need to break it for a longer period, maybe 3-4 months till summer, last break was 2012 for three weeks.
Facts I studied weed in high school and began at age 25. Blessed with patience. I can stretch a spliff in two days. Playing with the frequency and taking notes based on quality. Study yourself 💪🏾
What hood
Ive been smoking since i was 13 and regularly from 16-21. Ive never really noticed a dip in cognitive ability - I managed to score in the 99th percentile in my final exams of high school and completed the most competitive undergraduate university degree in the country. (Perhaps I would have been smarter without all the smoking im not sure.) But the real impact of cannabis usage I have noticed has been in the domain of my emotions. I struggle very much to regulate my mood and am prone to swings and intense surges of emotion. I am highly emotionally reactive and was nearly diagnosed with borderline personality disorder before I left my previous psychologist. I think this impact is one worth noting, not only that bud can make you 'dumb' or lead you to wig out
I feel you. Cause I don’t wanna argue with the numbers , but I never felt my intelligence drop if anything it helped it somewhat by letting my mind worry about other things while I breathed in the good shit exhaled the bs lmao
17 been smoking pretty frequently the past 2 years been doing it almost every day for the past 6 months my buddies all slowly started to stop while I kept going and I started to think that when I was stoned my energy output and my cognitive abilities were drastically lowered and while I was sober during my day doing things I think my mind is much more advanced which is obvious because it’s not supposed to make you smarter but my emotions and mood swings are crazy right now I can just be doing a simple task and get frustrated and my level for bs is so low when I’m sober that if anyone gives me shit I snap and I honestly think it has affected me mentally but I’m still a very active and social teen but my overuse and practical abuse of the substance has made me realize it’s best used in mediation. And I don’t think if I had a choice to do it all over again I don’t think I would have started smoking or smoked as much but this comes from experience and schizophrenia and psychosis are very scary things and I want to know how many kids are being diagnosed w that from just heavy use on marijuana in the early stages of the brain because my mental abilities are there but my emotions are very all over the place
holy shit man this is spot on with me as well. i began cannabis consumption occasionally at around ages 12-13 and was really heaavy on it for years 15-17 and for the duration that i attended school i had always been placed within the top 95 percentile which was not dependent on wether i ever smoked or not aside from it being able to support my mental state. and i feel that with a lot of at home and outside school issues that i had which bred me into disorders, such as (BPD and Bipolar) i don't think i would've made it without weed and when times were the toughest i feel cannabis helped stall my environmental problems for the meantime but also fed into the mental/emotional problems of which i was really starting to develop. I've since quit at 17 and have been dropped out of highschool focusing on better myself day by day to become who i want to be, reaching financial physical social and mental goals and not being dependent on cannabis was apart of my bettered future vison of myself but if i were only slightly different i think that cannabis could continue to be a very useful and applicable service to life-ish issues. i dont think mine nor your experience with cannabis were the majority effect however i think its best described that its very imperturbable at the beginning of usage with slow stable effects but slowly feeds into or takes away certain attributes of your person depending on your past and current environment and mental state. very rarely hear about other people that have had struggles with BPD and also consumed cannabis at a young age. im glad to be able to get a closely relatable perspective on something like this, thanks
@@ozymvndiaz same but you know its bad when you cant do work unless youre high
Im having a similar experience, I've always been relatively intelligent and i don't feel like that has changed, but my ability to effectively regulate my emotions has been severely impacted and I fear it's because of cannabis use.
Came here expecting someone who genuinely just talks negatively about every aspect of cannabis, left having watched a really interesting vid from an unbiased man with tons of food for thought. As a huge weed enthusiast i gotta say great vid, will be deffo watching more from you soon :)
Would love to see a video on drug induced psychosis, finding you videos really educational and easy to understand so keep it up Professor
Cannabis gave me a spiritual awakening and honestly changed my life for the better i am more productive workout and meditate but the biggest lesson i got from smoking weed is to lay off it too.
For real
@@notahuman2098it probably feels like a spiritual awakening but it’s not a “real one” (whatever that may be)
@not a human please don’t speak for others. You’d be surprised how often your perspective is based on ignorance 😉
@@notahuman2098 awakening is as real as you. (Spoiler you are not as real as you thought, not in the way you thought u were)
@not a human I fully agree with you.Awakening refers to the ego being aware it is spirit, when the ego is asleep it isn’t aware it is spirit.
I am 29 and I have been a heavy chronic smoker since probably 17. Longest break of 6 months or so. It's such a part of my life that I feel is it a lot of who I am. I see it as a coping mechanism that allows me to forget my problems but I can't even remember what it's like to be without it. I certainly feel like I can go day to day without it but it's like divorcing your wife for no reason.
Man I feel you I’m currently 17 and quitting would have benefits but nothing would be the same
@@carlthealien6251 same 21 smoking since 19. I do feel it's fucking up my short term memory bad but man when I use it intentionally I GET SHIT DONE
“For no reason” but you do have a reason to quit. The data Huberman showed in the video is very clearly showing the issues that this drug brings. Please read some of the comments.
@@condensation107 fr im 21 as well and after I smoke I have cravings to get my college work done or workout. It makes me so productive I can’t stop it
That's called addiction
When someone says something about research, I just can not fathom how many people just jump in, finding it undeniably truthful and reliable.
There was a point in my life where I was running to weed a lot and once I stopped and learned to operate without it, I began to think clearer and my consistent sadness dissipated within a few weeks.
I appreciate that he takes the time to explain both sides on why it can be helpful for adults but damaging for others.
just because the lipid is psychoactive does not automatically make it harmful
@mcozy333 I was simply just saying that I like the way he explained it is all I'm not here to make an argument with anyone sorry if it seemed that way 😅
Been smoking consistently for about two years now, I’m 18. Trying real hard to quit and I’m here for anyone else trying too. We’ll get through it together 💪
Yes brah, I smoked weed for 4 years from 14-18 and one night really bad OCD developed and have been struggling with it since, 10 months ago now, fucking nightmare. (slowly recovering tho) Smoking that shit is not worth it at all, keep going!
i used to be a heavy smoker (2-3 times a day) from 16 to 18 years old. It completely ruined me and my life, so many psychological problems come with being a stoner its not even possible to explain. And for those who say it isnt addicting, start smoking every day for atleast a year and then try quitting, you will see how hard and fucked up it is... Thank god i had an early reality check which made me quit and now i am 2 years sober. thank you god you are great and the most merciful.
did the psychological problems continue after you quit?
@@cartervail4910 same question
same bro I had to be high all day. 2 years sober now
congratulations on 2 years of sobriety, god is good :)
@@adhrianacuna3655 any advice man?
As someone who works as staff in a middle and high school, I love having this info!! Lots of kids get started at 14
The process of quitting starts now thank you Dr. Huberman
As a 16 year old who uses it every day, has a job, keeps their room clean, and respects their parents, I can say that while it’s not for everyone, it’s incredibly beneficial to the people who use it in place of pharmaceuticals. It helped me get off of a concoction of 5 medications, and drastically improved my life.
Same here I was gonna comment weed helps a lot of people with mental health, and some kids with seizures as well. It’s really a personal thing.
@@llarse1606 Yeah but if you’re just going over your mates house to rip cones then you’re not medicating jack. I think alot of potheads like to bend the rules to say they have an issue so they have an excuse to have blunts with their bros.
Same here, weed saved me, and those pills the psych ward gives ya don't help Jack, although honestly it's been fucking up my lungs and brain and it's starting to become a problem kinda rather than a coping tool
It’s unfortunate that people addicted to tik tok and such get grouped into the same “mental health issues” group with people who were actually born with chemical abnormalities in the brain. As someone with bipolar disorder, which I inherited from my dad, there are no medications that work for me, and nobody seems to be talking about the long term effects of using amphetamines as an adolescent (I was 13 when I was first prescribed aderall for my add, and I’m not the youngest
@@krieg6526 😂😂😂Yup, I dont smoke but I agree w what u said
I smoked everyday for 8 years straight basically and I finally took a break to pass a drug test and to see how life is completely sober from marijuana. Definitely a boost in energy in all sectors, mentally, physically as well as socially. I would definitely say if you haven’t had a break in a while, take one. It’s going to be the most boring break of your life but over time you’ll be able to weigh out the pros and cons of usage and sobriety and that will give you an insight into how you actually want to be using cannabis.
Yo 8 years straight then I saw the Ricky profile picture then it all made sende
i just wanted to thank you for posting this video ive stopped smoking since video been uploaded (4 months) never felt better and show my brother and his been 3 months clean aswell your video is straight factual points, well spoken and easy to understand thanks Dr Andrew Huberman :) (english is not first Native Language)
As a guy (33 years old) who started smoking frequently since the age of 16 I can say this man is right. I stopped smoking three weeks ago and it feels like my life has changed drastically
Professor Huberman helps me so much with my addictions. I used to be a meth user but quit. I admit I just replaced it with heavy Marijuana use. I'm 19 and smoke all day almost every day. I've tried so many times to quit and I've been able to quit meth and cigarettes but not weed. I think it's more mental than chemical. It's a painful struggle because it keeps me from doing things to improve my life. It's a real struggle but with the understanding of it I can easier combat it. I appreciate Professor Huberman so much for his videos. I will get control of my own body and mind.
Your life on meth is very finite but you can smoke for a hundred years.
Well get diagnosed with cannabis dependency disorder... I did. I'm not sure what it is but I quit for a while but I'm sure I need it. Didn't touch it until senior highschool and we were smoking halide.
See if you can get to a Marijuana Anonymous or Alcohol Anonymous meeting near you mate. Any twelve step meeting will help. Plenty of online or should be one near you. I’m 90 days into Sobriety and it can be a great place to network!
I think you're looking at this from the wrong perspective, but hey whatever gets you to sleep at night
@@HasanPlbyk fr lol just smoke weed if it keeps you from doing meth
I am 29 years old and have been smoking everyday since I was 19. I'm no scientist but I've noticed as long as I'm doing all of my productive activities like exercise, read, go outside, etc all of the things one would need to do to stay healthy and happy even if you are sober; I can mitigate these mental health issues. It's easy to blame cannabis for issues that you would most likely have to deal with even without cannabis, especially if you are addicted to your phone or even have an addiction to your job, these mental health issues will still creep up on you. I do agree with the issues of organizing and executing problems or tasks, although I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 10 and I was told I would have issues with that growing up as well. I think moderation is key, young adults definitely should develop good habits first then maybe start smoking weed if they choose to do so. But please don't just blame your shitty behavior on cannabis use, we all know that's not the biggest issue in terms of mental health causations I still think alcohol and phone use is a bigger demon to battle.
Iv god adhd Also and have always wondered do we experience weed differently do you think? Due to lots of cannabis side effects being things people With adhd already struggle with or with the fact our pre frontal cortex is already different than how it should be. Personally never had any real problems with weed And Iv been smoking since 13, im 16 Now though so who knows maybe the worst is yet to come 😂
Very wise words Sir
@@finlayp4897 When I smoke heavily or am in withdrawals I get the feeling: "this must be what ADHD feels like". Unable to focus, bored, pacing around, easily irritable, short attention span etc.
@@peterlauridsen8403 yeh I think it enhances all those symptoms but I’m already kind of used to it so it doesn’t bother me much I just don’t do something like studying or important tasks that require my full attention while high also sometimes lets me hyper focus on something like playing guitar or things that doesn’t require too much thinking haha
@@finlayp4897 yeah and I don’t have ADHD to begin with (as far as I am concerned lol) even though I can be lazy as hell and procrastinate/think a lot. However, I have a lot of Aspergers symptoms
Good that someone talking about this been smoking since i was a 14 on and off definitely can say its affected me negatively on long run with anxiety
Very good and informing video. I've been constantly using for about 3 years and realized it myself at some point. Even if you start to consume cannabis in your teenage years, make sure to set tolerance breaks and keep it to the weekends. Especially if you're still in school you shouldn't be using anytime than weekends. And its enough to roll a small one, don't try to keep up with your friends if they are heavily abusing cannabis. Thats not what its there for
I smoked for literally 22 years. I gave it up about half a year ago and it really was one of the best decisions of my life. The list of changes that happened to my body and mind are too much to even list. Now I workout 5 days a week, sleep like a fucking champ. Have actual dreams and I haven't had them for fucking years. My lungs are already getting better. My mind is definitely sharper too. I'm writing three books at once. Gettting into Motivational Speaking. Literally, changed my life.
Damn… I need to do that… sounds like exactly what I want
When did you start smoking sir?
@@quangduong1033 around 18yrs old.
@@Shmurda_Inc_YT Me too and now I’m 23. I’m considering quitting it. Thank you so much for your sharing. It’s really support my ongoing decision!!
@@quangduong1033 Cannabis has a lot of great qualities. They can be injested in healthier ways. Or you can completely quit too. I have no regrets giving it up. It never ruined my life but it hindered my potential to be greater than I was. A clear mind is better than any drug. Being sharp, focused, and full of clarity gave me a new look on life.
11 years old was the first time I smoked cannabis, by 15 I was smoking almost every day. I’m 26 now I smoke 3-5 times a day for at least 7 years now. I have been diagnosed bi-polar for 3-4 years now. I have stunted the growth of my brain along the most crucial years of development and am paying for it now. I’ve been looking for these types of studies for years glad I found something.
Same here I started smokin canabis when I was 11 and I’m 17 now and I smoke from the second I wake up till I pass out at night I suffer from insomnia and social anxiety and I don’t know wether the weed is helpin or makin it worse but smokin has definitely became part of my life and personality and I don’t know wether like you said I will pay for it in my later years
@@shshhsbdbfbf511 I'm also 17, been trying to quit for a year or so now, started when i was 15. I just quit for 3 months starting at new year, but then got hooked again. I have quit a couple of times for multiple months and aiming to quit permanently soon. I find a great way to quit is to pick a significant date that's not really soon. By having some time to focus on a date prior to quitting and telling people you are going to quit on that date gives some time to build mental fortitude around that time, so that when it comes you are much more ready to quit rather than saying 'I'lll quit tomorrow' and then relapsing straight away. Everyone is different though so this this probably doesn't work for everyone.
this guy always looks at both sides major respect
I started smoking weed at the age of twelve, also at the age of 12 I had done acid atleast 5 times, when i was 13 i was exclusively weed, then at 14 i was still smoking constantly but begin to endulge in mushrooms. Im now sixteen ive only recently quit smoking on a daily basis and have done shrooms so many times ive lost count. I will never do shrooms again as im traumatized from my exprriences, every and i mean every single night is hell i relive that awful eerie feeling i had every trip before. I question reality i question myself and my validity as a human. I know it will go away with time and i cant even say to learn from my lesson as you dont find 12 year olds doing what i was when i was 12. Im simply venting, ive told my therapist about it and struggle immensely getting across how seriously this is affecting my life. I have huge goals and plans for my future, i train and stretch every single day and eat incredibly healthy yet still struggle greatly with mental health and through my abuse of substance especially at such a crucial point in my brain devolopment i frequently question and am concerned for my sanity.
Me to brother Jesus Christ is the way find a Bible and you will find the answers to your questions Read Proverbs and Revelations read it all brother the truth is there and your doing awesome stretching and training is so good for you I do it as well and am a MMA fighter getting into fighting and mastering the arts has changed my life along with following Jesus I still fall down and fail but you just gotta keep moving forward keep learning and keep studying and training and you will bounce back stronger then ever we are all in this together this life time is a test drop in a ocean compared to eternity Follow God brother he has already paved the way
This is so sad to read. You are still a child. Stay away from all of this. It could get much worse if you don't - you could go into psychosis or develop schizophrenia. I'm glad you found fitness/sport, that is a healthy avenue to channel your energy. Religion and spirituality can also help. Don't despair - your brain can and hopefully will recover as long as you stay away from cannabis/substances. I had several cannabis-induced psychotic episodes as a teenager. Thereafter, I had several years of strong anxiety as a result of my heavy cannabis use. It took years, but thankfully, my brain did recover, and I live a productive and healthy adult life (I'm in my mid-30's now). Wish you all the best.
im glad you made this video, im 15 and a year ago i started smoking weed and taking edibles but i stopped after 2 months because i knew it was affecting me even though i hadnt done any research, more people need to see this
Im 18 bro but yeah g breaks are good bc u gotta let ur mind have a break yk, stay safe 🤙
Just wait it out bro! I'm 25 now waited until I was 23-24.. should have waited a bit more but better that than starting at 18 as my friends did
@@bengtsondanilo yeah thats what im finna do thanks 🙏🙏
Hey bro, just don’t smoke weed. Take it from me, there is 0 net positive benefits to smoking weed everyday. Even when your older, turn to Jesus and repent of your sins and trust in him! This life is much more than meets the eye, we all will meet Jesus once we die and it’s so important that we proclaim him as our lord and savior and live accordingly
I've been smoking every day from 10-25, definitely doesn't do anything positive... unless you take mushrooms too😏
As a cannabis smoking 20 something i was an emotional wreck, unable to deal with the real world and on a mission to stay in my weed induced comfort bubble forever.
20 years? I m in my weed induced comfort bubble too. But i consider to take a break for 2 or 3 months. Last break was 2012 for 3 weeks.
@@lonerstoner5070 Smoking weed is a way of life for a lot of people. Never gonna be easy to change. Dont be too hard on yourself.
@@lofilevelling7830 Thank you. But i need more and more of my memory and a sharp mind for my new projects. So i consider to take a long breal till summer to check out how it feels to be sober before i am permastoned my hole rest life.
im 17 and i started smoking the summer of when i was 15, at first i did it recklessly so many times probably daily if im being honest, but as time passed i started to chill off taking weeks to months breaks...and well i'm still doing great in school always A's and B's but i realized that my life was just getting lost in those times i smoked, i look back at it and they are just foggy lost memories i have, was good for the moment but then i would realize how dumb it was to do it, thankfully i sticked to sport's throughout those years i still was on varsity and well i guess without sports i would have probably become worse, now on my birthday no long ago my body just stopped me from doing it, idkk but for some reason i just stopped doing it one day, didnt even think of stopping but it happened and well since then i have felt happier than ever and i've started to socialize more, i feel more into society, and starting to function better in terms of school and other things
been a heavy smoker since 15, took like 3 year breaks but I always come back to it
I started using when I was about 15-16. I’m 20 now, and I was smoking regularly until about 6 months ago. I have noticed negative affects in cognitive planning and structuring my thoughts. My ability to recall information has also been severely affected. However, there is an upside. I feel as if I have been able to reverse some of these effects by rigorously applying myself to every class I have in college. I’ve found that I have to work harder than some because of the impact of years of smoking, but i have definitely improved the effects and it has only been about 6-8 months since I stopped. For anyone reading this, remain serious or become serious about your mental and cognitive health, and don’t give up.
I am 15 now, I have been smoking for around 8-9 months pretty much everyday- taking week breaks every once in a while. Do you recommend I completely stop? I am worried about the bipolar disorder as my grandpa struggled with it. It's something that has become a habit for me and I don't want to stop, but I feel like it would be for the greater good. What do you think I should do??
@@user-im2vg5uh5y im 16 aswell, i only smoke on holidays (but pretty much every day on holidays) and during the schooling year i've been fine. In fact my grades have improved from last year to this year, but thats definently not related to weed, its related to me applying myself in school more
@@user-im2vg5uh5y Stop now. Im trying at 2 years down and from straight A:s to slightly below average. STOP ASAP
Thanks for making this video.
Not proud to say but I’ve been smoking at a young age and still smoke 20+ years now, I can understand this statement and can relate to some of the things your saying. Great upload and it’s always good to learning something new 💯
Very important video. I used cannabis almost every day for about 3-4 years from the age of 21-25 and quite often would have panic attacks, anxiety and manic episodes. I’ve been off it for over a year and for the first 4-6 months I’d say things slowly got better and as of lately I’m essentially panic attack/anxiety free
You just can’t take it man. That’s all
yeah some people with bipolar just can't take it because it worsens both cycles
I started smoking when I was 10… and I did develop most of what you described here. So much that I had to stop smoking, even tho I really love it and miss it, it just became unbearable.
10?? Jesus christ
@@simonsanchezkumrich8489right like holy shit 😭
@@simonsanchezkumrich8489Mike Tyson started when he was like 6 💀
@@simonsanchezkumrich8489 everyone's life is different
10!?!? How does that even happen!! I want to know because that’s crazy
While im not addicted maybe 2-3 times a month with my friends, i can definitely understand how it would become a day to day problem. I am someone who prides on my memory and problem solving ability so I thank you for making this heard. I am hoping to stop entirely so I can become the best version of myself
yeah stop before it becomes a problem. for me it was manageable but then i had a breakup and became heavily addicted and it's kind of hard to control and anticipate and it's taken me 6 years since then on and off hard core addicted. all im saying is i started like that too, taking very small amounts but it can snowball into something bad so better not to gamble and risk becoming addicted imo. just be glad you haven't gotten addicted and call it quits
@@anon69669 yeah I’m life is cooked your too late 😭
As a teenager who currently partakes every day. I have quit multiple times for sports/Wanting to go to the military to find out I wasn't able to. I am quitting for my new dream in life to become an EMT. I believe you can quit whenever you want, while it may be hard; try to plan for the withdrawals in advance. I will say, I will notice the cognitive downsides as I feel a lot dumber. I currently play a sport have a job and get decent grades while planning for the future. Weed has not made me lazy but has made me dumber and happier and once. It definitely depends on your character on how you let it affect you. I wish you all a farewell as I hit my pen.
good luck :)
Im 16 and smoke everyday (have been smoking on and off for almost 2 years) and I’m definitely starting to notice a decline in how I communicate, along with my memory being spotty. It has definitely been a life saver, I started smoking when my anxiety and depression were peaking and it really helped, but now I feel a bit obliged to smoke it when there’s any stress on my plate. For sure know I need to cut back and I’m taking this as a sign
yeah its all about harm reduction, is super heavy weed use not great at younger ages? totally, cut back as you can is it less likely to cause long term damage than benzodiazepine class drugs like Xanax? absolutely
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I LOVE ❤❤ these smaller format videos… please keep them coming
i started smoking at 16, it got out of hand for a little but ive cut back a significant amount recently. Still on my way to weekend smoking only, but even after less than 2 years i’ve started to notice my cognitive abilities have decreased. my memory definitely took a hit, and i feel slower than i used to be. - some encouragement - i went on a 16 day vacation and by the end i was feeling much much better. sure vacation played a role in that, but my mind was clear. It’s never too late to stop, and you can stop.
Thanks for spreading knowledge
My anxiety and paranoia episodes came well before I ever consumed weed. Small dose help me but I have had a year or two that were a little more unstable.
I’ve been using for 4+ years and still in “adolescence” I guess. I used to have mood swings occasionally and would get quite angry, but for over a year now I’ve been in a nice healthy mindset with a productive outlook on life. Obviously I don’t know the long term effects yet but I’ll see.
I've only been using for a few months and I felt like I was developing psychosis but it went away now that I'm in a better mental state. Glad someone else had the same experience! Was worried I was deluding myself into thinking I had recovered
@@diegomacedo3221 same thing happened to me. it’s so scary but glad it’s gone bro
the long term effects of marijuana vs the long term effects of alcohol are so grossly different they can't be compared. I would recommend whatever you decide with your marijuana use, focus on that nice healthy mindset, for it is invaluable, and something I have found marijuana can make me more easily able to assume.
I started smoking weed at 22 (twice per week) and it’s been a year now, I’ve never experienced anything similar to anxiety nor depression but I can definitely say that I’ve kinda felt less productive, my short-term memory deteriorated drastically and kinda tired all the time. Idk if it’s completely in my head since I don’t smoke that much but there’s definitely a notable difference. On the plus side, I had epilepsy (just a bit, haven’t had a seizure in years but I was medicated) and since I started smoking weed my test results have been greatly improving (maybe the results would’ve been equally good if I didn’t smoke but we may never know for sure)
I started smoking when I was 14. For the first few months it was very rare that I would smoke. But coming into the next year, I smoked every single day. From the age of 15 to now, currently 20, I have smoked essentially everyday. I’ve always wanted to quit but never been able to. Im very aware of the dangers it causes but never took the initiative to stop. I’m currently writing this while sober. Only for a day. Hopefully someone can see this and have the motivation to quit. You don’t want to lose all feelings and emotions. My biggest issue with stopping is that I don’t know how I should feel. I’ve gone so long being in a constant state of high. I don’t think I will quit but I hope I do. This message is just for the young ones who stumble across this video after some uses of weed. Please stop before it’s too late to even know who you are.
Psychedelic can help your addictions and depression if you try micro dosing, I strongly recommend that you try it and I have a trained mycologist that will give you a good trip ....
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I started when I was 13 and have been smoking delta 8 carts pretty much everyday I’m 17 now and I’m such an introvert I can never explain how I feel I don’t know my self it’s so hard for me to have a normal conversation even with family members I feel I have ruined my brain permanently and I really hope I’m wrong it’s not looking good I’m going to try and quit smoking delta 8 as of today I hope I can be normal some day
@@vixin7526 you got this man! Since I made my comment I haven’t smoked and it’s been so amazing. You’ll be able to do this trust in yourself. Even tho it’s been 2 months I still feel the effects of it. But my lungs are better than ever, my mind is more clear then ever. And my relationships have been better. Memory isn’t as good but everything else has got better. You can do this just think of the future for yourself
Cannabis made me have a massive spiritual awakening. I started at around 22-23. I think it was more positive than negative for me.
I know that spiritual expierience u talking about. When i don t use it constantly, i can expierience it once a day.
I had one the last time i used cannabis. The problem is its hard to bring the knowledge from that spiritual awakening into your everyday sober life
@@saywhat4314 that's when the mushrooms come in 🤣
@@trotzigemiez4906 yeah when u have a couple weeks or a month off..it can feel like an awakening
Depends how you use it, if you can use it in moderation I think it’s fine. But the everyday multiple times a day approach is bad. You won’t end up in a ditch or anything lol but in terms of goals and learning new skills it’s not a good tool imo. Saying this as someone who smoked daily from 16-26.
I’m 18 and have been smoking a lot the past years. Shit made me insane like I feel my social skills have been destroyed, my drive motivation and just grip on reality
Same bro. Sometimes i just felt like this isnt real life. And other times i felt like wow this is real life and i am alive. Increased my social anxiety. Im trying to recover right now. But i almost went down if it wasnt for my girlfriend. Start exircising and eating healthy you ll feel much more better by time. And SOCIALISE. I think it is crucial
im 17 and quit 3 month ago because of this and because it eventually made my depression and anxiety worse. while i was using i discovered "heavier" drugs and ive been clean of them for 2 weeks. still smoke cigs but ive been feeling much better and definitey starting to get back to reality, for the past 2 weeks ive been studying to get in a good school and my drive to live and make my life better is starting to come back ( its really little but i realized it was never really gone ). anyways bit of a rant here but my point is that you can do it. you can be the best version of yourself and yeah i know i may relapse and you may too but f*** weve got our whole life ahead of us and doing drugs isnt the way i want to spend it. sorry if this was uncalled for and i hope youll have a good day ( even a neutral one is good ig 🧍♀) the other commenter is a 100% right btw. personnaly im not in a romantic relationship but relationships as a whole are definitely what motivate me to stay clean and become a better person edit: shitty grammar english isnt my native language sry 🤥
@@kemalomerkvrck4509 thanks for this man, first day sober will start tomorrow wish me luch and im very glad u feeling better homes
This is incredible information I wish I had earlier. I began heavy use at age 16 and continued to increase potency to concentrates and dabbing and can say with certainty my experiences with it changed as I reached my 30s. I for sure have an anxiety disorder now and cannot experience weed the way I once had. I know this is common amongst good friends of mine as well. Great to know there is a neurological explanation for this.
the anxiety is temporary. you can definitely recover from it. i had bad anxiety before weed. smoked heavily from 16 with heavy concentrate abuse at times needing 0.2-0.3 g of concentrates before i could start my day. yeah anxiety is worse during that time but after being sober and focusing on your health and recovery the anxiety goes back to baseline exactly like it was before. actually i have less anxiety than i did before smoking weed now that im sober.
I’m 21 and started using edibles almost a year ago. It developed into everyday use with very high potency. I’ve stopped using for about a week and I can already see my brain functioning is getting better. But the withdrawal was awful. It felt like a bad trip, super paranoid and anxious. I definitely felt like I was losing my mind. Thank you for this video.
going thru it rn
@@Darrel219 Hang in there you're going to make it
17 started smoking daily at 16 and recently quit around a month ago. After a long period of time using cannabis and suddenly going cold turkey I found quitting wasn't too difficult ironically. It's all a mental game, you have to find healthy happy habits to replace your old ones. Quitting has made my mind very clear, I feel my memory is sharper than ever, and the small pleasures in life are enjoyable again. Many people in my life who I've seen use cannabis become blinded and get so caught up in their usage that they can't realize how severely this drug affected their own lives. As bad as Cannabis may not seem, it is a drug that shouldn't be trifled with at a young age. Keep your body strong, purify your mind, seek inner peace, and be patient. Wait till you're 25 years old, then allow yourself to indulge as much as you like. Make good choices everyone :)
How did the cognitive aspect rocover/not recover?
Thank you. I think you hit the nail on the head. I think, although I really hope I'm wrong, that marketing of cannabis as "Medical" or "not that bad" is going to be this generation's Marlboro Man.
porn is this generations marlboro my friend
@@Ashh9 there is that
@@Ashh9 i agree
Porn, weed, sugar, internet, technology, our generation is fuckedddd up
@@ethanieldude1 agreed heavily
This honestly makes so much sense. I was a heavy smoker from mid 2021-early 2022 and I never had anxiety problems before this. Weed made me so anxious all the time and I started experiencing panic attacks and extreme anxiousness due to marijuana. I was only able to quit because of how anxious and scared it made me to try it again. Not saying this could happen to everyone but just sharing my personal experience with it.
Same dawg
Heavy smoker and anxiety don’t go together. You have low tolerance it’s just you
@@stunna_CODM Or, their dose of THC and/or CBD was either too high or too low
Not gonna say my age because jail isn’t for me but now seeing this I’m gonna cut down a lot more I really needed to hear this from somebody who knows what they are talking about and now you have made me aware of the risks I really appreciate it
Who else high rn 😂
Woah… YOU sir, are cool
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Dude dont say it lmao
Lmao same 🙌
Bruh😭
First time I had weed was on my 19th birthday. I hit my friends dab pen and it was really fun and exciting. Now since my lifestyle has changed a bit and it is always around me. It became at least a once a day thing for over a year. Now I only smoke it before and after I go to the gym. Especially if I have any pre workout I need to smoke to fall asleep. I’m 21 now and decided to keep weed and pre workout only for weekends if I want to graduate as a mechanical engineer. I’ve quit cold turkey multiple times before and I’ve noticed drastic improvement in consistent energy levels and specifically math processing speed when not smoking for at least 5 days straight. Cannabis like most other consumables is best used in moderation.
This is great information to be shared . Thank you !! True story , I started smoking cannabis at 15 years old, by the time I was 17 smoke daily . I’m 32 now & still struggling to give it up . Honestly wish I never had started it .
Started at 18 quit cold turkey at 30 good luck
So informative thank you ✌️
Any drug that can change your state of mind at will, used over & over again, even multiple times a day IS going to alter something within you no matter what.
Yup
I had been smoking since I was 14 and started regularly smoking at and can positively say it has negatively affected my cognitive function, social skills,and caused mood swings. I thought it was just because I was a teenager but now that I look back on it, it was the pot. I am currently 17 and have recently stopped and I’m now just realizing the mistake I made with smoking so young. Plus my dad and his dad have bipolar disorder so this sounds pretty scary.
yeah bipolar and weed don’t go well
Lol I’m 31 and been smoking since I was 13 and I gotta say it’s just u
Been there, done that, and got the t-shirt. Started with weed at 16. Later in life diagnosed both schizophrenic and bi-polar (depends on who you ask). I'm convinced this was largely self-inflicted due to heavy pot use as a young person. I am 63 years old now and have basically suffered my whole life from the effects of the poor decisions of my youth (of which pot use was foremost). Kids ages 16-24 don't always make the smartest choices. Someone really needs to sound the alarm bells on this one. And thank you Dr Huberman for being one to do it.
Use of cannabis gave me chronic anxiety and I've been dealing with the sympthoms for 15 years now. I started with 14, here in spain it's pretty normal. I was smoking everyday, often before school, without having had breakfast. It also isolated me, and gave me many disfunctionalities from the ones related to discipline and motivation to the ones related to mood regulation or temperament control. I bless the day I stopped smoking and I started healthier habits.
I started smoking weed at 15 and was very addicted to it until 21 smoking all day everyday. It resulted in a psychotic episode and I’m still feeling the effects of this years later.
Thank you for sharing. I also experienced several cannabis-induced psychotic episodes. It took me years to recover, and it's still a trauma for me to this day as it was so horrific.
At 25, I am just now starting to piece back together the self discipline, drive, cognitive abilities I had before I started smoking at 14. I still smoke, all the time in fact. But my brain feels like a muscle thats out of shape. Now Im in the gym, eating incredibly, and insanely stoked all while super stoned just mind blown at the beauty and complexities of the body and mind. As a stoner, I can not get enough of these podcasts and the reference value they bring. Thank you.
gang shit bruh, i quit for 8 months back when i was 17, and gave me all the confidence to do anything i can. Started smoking @ 15 and 25 now, stoned as hell at the gym, and got a great job WFH :D it depends on your discipline levels!
So you're saying that you're dumber at 25 than you were at 14? I can't believe that. Like you said the brain is a muscle. You have to keep using it. I can't turn mine off. I've been smoking daily for 7 years and I only feel like my knowledge and drive has increased over the years.
@@Alloic I also quit for around a year when I was like 20-21. Definitely necessary and Im stronger for it
@@Ybby999 Im saying because I started smoking so early I never taught myself how to learn. Or self discipline. Obviously any kid that is smoking like I was is obviously going to lack self discipline in the first place because it was probably never instilled.
@@Ybby999 in my experience marijuana makes it harder to learn new subjects that require language-based memory, yet tacticle sensations and other concepts that are more creative, I can develop very easily when smoking. I also podcast stoned on marijuana and it combines well. however im in my 20s, can't say what it was like for a 15 yo
this is a great video man :)
17 and started smoking a few years ago. Just recently slowed down and I've noticed it's made my stutter worse and my brain can't catch up with how quickly I speak. It's rough, and the withdrawls suck so much. But we'll get there 💪
Started smoking at 14 (followed by other drugs). I can say it didn’t do me any favors. I’m 27 now and through a lot of struggle have quit because I was noticing how deeply it began to effect me - I just wasn’t myself and wasn’t able to focus and feel deeply motivated by the things in my life anymore. People should save these things for later in life and infrequent use is by far a better relationship with any drug.
Also, best to never use hard drugs like coke and harder at ANY point because the shit is gnarly and only will rob you of everything before you know it
My brother was a d1 baseball player, smoked weed frequently since high school, and honestly he was on his way to MLB. He ended up diagnosed with Bipolar w/ psychotic symptoms. Hasn’t been able to stay on a team since, too hard for him. This stuff is no joke, wish I had known ten years ago
So I guess if someone who smokes weed gets diagnosed with a mental condition it’s the weeds fault? Weed isn’t a real drug, it’s an appetizer to the real drugs
I wish people talked about alcohol like they talk about weed, because honestly alcohol is just the worst and deserves to be illegal
All I'm seeing is MODERATION IS KEY.
Very useful video, I mean I knew all of it, but it was nice being reminded.
Im 19 been a heavy everyday smoker since I was 14, quit 9 days go. I fell asleep to one of your podcasts, had the worst dream of my life. The dream was me having psychosis at school and I was going crazy and everyone around me was doing crazy stuff and my family was treating me like garbage, it’s hard for me to explain in a short comment but In my dream a week had gone by and I woke up and the 2 hour podcast wasn’t even over yet.
damn bro
I only started smoking weed for the first time when i was around 20-21. I was a fully fledged stoner during lockdown (lack of anything to do) and now im 24 and will pick up weed for a short phase every summer. Getting stoned helped me to deep dive into my own thoughts in a way I'd never thought (helped me so much through a stressful crossroads in my early 20s). Whenever I talk to someone and they mention that they've been smoking weed since school age (and would even go to school stoned) I genuinely get worried for them. The last thing a teenager needs in their life is to get stoned.
As someone who smoked Cannabis heavily (everyday big doses) for at least 4 years, with some months off, I experienced my first psychotic episode at 24/25 and it started a whole journey of mental health treatement and antipsychotics... I started blaming antipsychotics for my diminished cognitive ability or I blamed my bipolar depression (cuz I was diagnosed with schizoaffectif disorder bipolar type) but after this video I realize it was the weed all along. Some advice: if you must smoke, avoid sativa, smoke indica it has less THC, but if you want to quit, see an addictologist and work witj antipsychotics to quit faster, or smoke CBD only.
To start off I understand that there has been alot of negative effects from other people's experiences here, so this is just based on my experience alone, I started smoking weed at 14 right up until 19, at first I really enjoyed the effects it had on me and how it seemed to make everything more enjoyable, then about 16 17 I started to use it because I could genuinely get things done and was more motivated to do so, basically right up until now I still continue to use cannibas, I have not experienced any Difference in my IQ dropping, only negative aspect is it doesn't help so much with my social anxiety.
yea i agree. he overhypes the cognitive damage.