I have been smoking weed everyday for past 6 years and masturbating twice a day. I now see frequent masturbation is the cause of all of my symptoms. I have trouble concentrating, hair loss around my right temple, social anxiety(which i did not use to have), excessive sweating even when its not hot. I frequently feel like people are looking at me when I walk down the street even though they aren’t. All my friend smoke weed everyday but none of them have any of these problems. Their very outgoing and don’t have any hair loss. I have stopped masturbating for five days and I won’t do it again until I get better. I just started taking choline, burdock root, and st. johns’s wort. Can I possible get better while still smoking weed or will have to quit that for a while until i balance out. Also, i’m really self conscious about the hair since I’m 20 and in college. I really need advice.
ANSWER
One would have to discontinue marijuana and psychotic drug usage to stabilize proper nervous and endocrine functioning.
The concentration problems, social anxiety, and excessive sweating , for the specific case, are a probable result of a weak serotonin-GABA nervous modulation on inflammatory response for excessive histamine, glutamate, prostaglandin E2, cortisol, and norepinephrine levels.
The hair loss could be contributed to numerous factors, however, for the specific case, excessive testosterone-DHT conversions and aromatase expression and activity should be suspected.
The feeling that people are constantly looking at you could be contributed to fluctations of dopamine levels in the brain.
UPDATE
Hi,
Okay so first of all, I want to tell you that I went through the same path as yours. Really, it’s like I could have written this topic five years ago. I was smoking more than a and masturbating twice, and sometime but rarely, thrice a day. For like what … 5 or 6 years also.
And my situation was even worse, I underachieved high school at this time and was without job all along. (Living on social assistance) Imagine the shame I was bearing along on streets and the fear I had to talk to anybody and finish by telling them I was living by their taxes, a heavy smoker, without any diploma and living on my mother basement. I felt like a pathetic wimp, it was awful believe me…
I don’t intend to boast at all, just to encourage you and show you that you could “really” get through this.
You should see where I am now ! Walking tall, sober and clean, talkative, at university, meeting women, no more anxious, much more (relatively) controlled on my sex drive, smiling, confident, healthy, and a goddamn respectful person that doesn’t judge anybody since I know what I’ve been through and that sometimes some folks needs help instead of being treated as they doesn’t deserve. Women will like your strength of wisdom. Everybody admire social maturity.
Want a hint, Vitamin B Complex could help. It did on my case… (It’s a Cortisol matter… it’s gonna help you on high stress), find yourself crutches, could be anything, chewing gum, cigarettes * if you smoke (which is bad for health also but less harmful for brain at long term…)Start to read, write, get in shape, find hobbies, dress up a little bit more classy some days, take walk, take vitamins, fix yourself a life project, dream, …
TRUST ME! Because what happened to me at first is that, I was starting to feel oddly anxious while I was smoking during my stand-up phase. It was something in my stomach that didn’t feel right… I was having bad self-conscious ideas, hurting myself on my deepest thoughts (more than I usually did)… Until it became undeniably physiologic. So I decided to quit once and for all… Like that, cold turkey… It didn’t frame on the vision I was raising anymore. (Still “entirely” clean today)
So, came the second obstacle: You guessed it, (The friends). Expect reactions from them, because they won’t stay indifferent about your decision that’s for sure. According to their personalities, straight-edges will be proud of you (over months/years …), some will be pissed, some will fear (so avoid) you over time (you may surpass them on your evolution)it’s hard for them to take it (really), the greatest will stay cool and respect your path, and you may realize that some relationships were only drug related…
You’ll get your sanity back, your social disorder is reversible. (I am a living proof). As long as you act before it’s too late. The much important thing is that you realized that your life turned weird and you are willing to get through a decent life. So you will.
So go ahead, get a grip, you’ll be very proud of you.
P.s.: Don’t worry about the hair it’s totally another issue.
It didn’t happen to me but losing some hair over age is natural.
It’s mostly genetic and some girls don’t bother at all.
If it turns to be really major, you could shave your head with a
clipper at “0”.