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i dont know what to do, please help me.

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hello everyone, i am very new to all of this so please understand i really am very scared as to what exactly is happening to me mentally and any insight on the matter would be really appreciated.

i recently stopped smoking weed as it seemed to have a very negative effect on my mental health, i will explain exactly what happened to me over the last 2 weeks:

i was sat in town with my friends about two weeks a go and i had just had just smoked a blunt between us when my other friends came back from the shop across the road. my mate went to hand me a drink and as i grabbed it i just felt like i lost grasp on reality and when i realised what was happening we were about 100 metres from where i had been sitting. This is where i started to panic, as i was so overwhelmed by this feeling. the only way i can explain this is like i kept snapping back to reality, almost like when you watch a movie and get zoned out and then someone says something to you and you snap out of it. it was like that but that feeling was on a loop in my head. I could not focus on what was going on and i though that the things my friends were saying to me were almost fake as i didn't really know whether they had said it or not due to this snapping back to reality feeling. this subsided after about 5 hours and after it i felt weak and so anxious that if anything bad happened it would push me back into that state. i recovered from this episode which took just over three days. i think the reason that i came out of it was simply because of the amount of sport i was doing and how i kept myself occupied. 2 days ago i went to the cinema with my dad and sister and i was feeling fine about it maybe a little anxious but that was it. i had quit weed and had not touched it since the episode that i experienced happened so i though that the whole thing was over. about half way through watching the movie i put my hands up to my face and felt very relaxed and calm until my sister said "are you okay" which made me snap back to reality. this acted as a catalyst and instantly the constant snapping back to reality started over again i tried not to freak out and i just said to them something is not right with me again and we need to leave. this small episode ended up lasting about 5 minutes but was just as intense as the other time just a lot shorter. after this had subsided we got in the car and went to hospital because i insisted. i ended up staying over night and blood tests were done. in the morning i did speak to someone about what it could be an they said it is a possibility that it is marijuana induced psychosis. i am going to see off the record today and hopefully will get some answers sorted but i still feel so disattached from reality and weird and all i am thinking is that this "thing" will come back and it will happen again.

any input on what is gooing on would be appreciated so much and thankyou for reading this if you had the time.

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Totally agree with Fi3h,

Stop now and be thankful that this experience is your chance to minimize the risks of it happening again, weed induced psychosis is common and obviously something you don't want to happen again in the future, don't put yourself at risk, be strong :-)

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hello, thank you so much for the reply, things are staring to get sorted slowly and i have a better understanding of what is happening and has happened to me. thank you for taking the time to read my message and for the support. it is very scary not understanding what is going on but i feel much more stable just knowing that i am not going insane!

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