Q&A: Anyone know whats happening to me?

I was looking through some old posts and found this question. I thought it was a good one so I wanted to post an answer here. The question comes from ‘Jon’: today will be the 9th day since i quit smoking Marijuana and tobacco. i had a lot of withdrawal symptons such as extreme anxiety, loss of appetite, intense heartburn type sensations etc etc luckily they have for the most part gone. how ever. im still having really bad trouble sleeping for any long periods of time. the act of getting to sleep ISNT the problem, i go to bed around 11ish and read until i can no longer keep my eyes open and conk out very easily. how ever. i wake up a couple of hours later really hot (no matter how cold it is in my room) and my mind is racing and thinking really weird thoughts and i cant get back to sleep again and when i do manage to its only for 45 mins or so. i DONT eat after 6pm and i dont drink ANY caffeine after lunch time. after 7 nights with little to no sleep its really effecting my days. i dont want to use sleeping medication because then im relying on something to put myself to sleep rather than naturally. any ideas? Answer: Lots of exercise, you will sleep longer after you are exhausted. It will take a few weeks for your body and brain to adjust.”Studies have demonstrated that tolerance and withdrawal develop with daily use of large doses of marijuana or THC (Haney et al. 1999a; Jones and Benowitz 1976; Kouri and Pope 2000). About 15 percent of people who ack...
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