I wonder if anyone else gets this effect -- if I get very high one night, for the next few days, I will feel very 'odd,' in a way it's hard to describe. The best way I can describe it is that I feel 'see-through,' like I've somehow become transparent. I know that's not hugely helpful, but that's the best I can do to describe it. Like I'm somehow less real.

This resonate with anyone? It's neither pleasant nor unpleasant, but it can make working hard.

Blessings
~ND

I definitely have residual effects when I get very high, especially in the evening. Sometimes it's more pleasurable than others. Feels a little light-headed/floaty...just a bit off. I could see how you might use the term "see-through." I count on it being there when I wake up after significant evening smoking and weight that factor if I have something important the next day.

As a side note, I don't really feel that it's noticeable after I'm up late smoking at the end of a trip.

When i do smoke it is usually at night which results in me feeling more groggy when i awake. The rest of the day i feel like everything is slowed down slightly and im usually about as energetic in my attitude as i am when im hungover from beer. Not in a bad mood or anything just less cheery.

I get what you mean by transparent. I sometimes get that feeling too when I've been getting high often for a few days, along with less motivation and foggyness.

Yeah it takes me longer to wake up than if I havent had any, if Ive smoked/ingested a lot I will feel dissociated, spaced out and sedated sometimes thats a good thing as I will be much less affected by stressful situations however if its a day when I need to be completely switched on it can create anxiety because I know I need to think/react quicker.

probably your body catching up on the dopamine or any other chemicals that need re aligned. the THC, CBD ect all activate the cannabinoid system helping cells work more efficient in any task at hand when you stop smoking and your levels drop your body needs to jump back into its regular mode as its lost the thing that was giving the cells there boost.

just a theory.

...something about the subjective becoming transparent to the transcendent...yes, something like that...

maybe.

I think some of this might be at least partially due to the increase in melatonin that cannabis is known to trigger (and the pinoline that melatonin metabolizes into). Having experimented with high doses of melatonin frequently, I do feel there are some crossovers with the cannabis experience. And the feeling the morning after taking a high dose of melatonin when I haven't in a while can be very similar at times to that of cannabis the morning after. It used to be harder for me to wake up a morning after cannabis but sometimes I feel normal or even great. I think it depends on a few things such as how the experience was (i.e. lucid, energized, revelatory, sedating) how much I smoked, how long I slept, etc.

i have noticed that eating choline rich foods will help me get a clear head fast after a ganja binge

There is definitely a Cannabis hangover, but it's a lot more subtle than an alcohol hangover, for example, and it's pretty hard to notice until you completely stop. I'm someone who used to smoke nonstop, all day, every day, so to me, the cure for a Cannabis hangover was just smoking more. However, after taking tolerance breaks, you can definitely see the effects. For the first day or two after I stop habitually smoking, I feel quite terrible, mostly mentally, but there are some physical effects as well (difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, etc.)

As far as mental effects, it feels like some kind of floodgate is lifted in my brain, and an onslaught of thoughts races through nonstop, for days, catching up on all the time Cannabis had kept them at bay. When I'm high, my mind usually operates at a much steadier pace, not as manic or chaotic. Sobriety, especially long periods of sobriety, mentally puts me back into that state where my thoughts are rapid, constantly changing, hard to keep track of, hard to shut out or ignore. I have a diagnosis of OCD as well as ADHD, so it's fair to say that my brain isn't like a "normal" person's. In fact, I've had multiple people tell me that when I do use Cannabis, I don't get "high" as much as I just start acting like a "normal" person - think of stimulants in the treatment of ADHD. When a "normal" person takes an Amphetamine, they start tweaking. But when someone with an "ADHD" brain takes one, they just slow down and act normal.

I've never been one to smoke once in a while and then move on, so I can't comment on what a Cannabis hangover is like if you smoke one time during a month of sobriety - my use has always been chronic and habitual.

High doses can have lingering effects for sure, sometimes it can last a day or two ime.

I don't know about things seeming less real, but ime alot of things can feel more trivial and less important.

This is not something I normally pay attention too, but it is interesting now that you bring it up. I will pay more attention now.