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Re:Cannabis use produces persistent cognitive impairments: m... by kunai on Friday January 21, 2022 @02:44AM (#30020412)
Nicotine and caffeine are both mild stimulants and have nootropic effects. Weed hasn't done anything for me besides give me bad panic attacks and making me feel like I'm detached from reality. It does not have the same kind of nootropic and cognitive-enhancing effects of caffeine, not at all.

Like David Lynch, I'll stick to the coffee and cigarettes (even if the latter will probably kill me eventually, at least I can think straight)

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Re:Cannabis use produces persistent cognitive impairments: m... by can16358p on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:09AM (#30020604)
Personal anectode but might help:

I also have anxiety and panic attacks triggered. Though when it's over and I can think calmly, I ALWAYS see those panic attacks are my subconscious' way of telling something wrong with my life/where I'm going etc. and I need to fix things. When everything's on track I never have panic attacks regardless of the amount of substance.

In that sense it's actually telling me, in a brutal yet true way, to fix my life, by facing me feelings or thoughts that I've been subconsciously running away from.

Might not be the same case with you, surely, but this is my 2 cents.

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Re:Cannabis use produces persistent cognitive impairments: m... by Ziomislaw on Friday January 21, 2022 @03:30AM (#30020746)
You might try rosemary and sage oil for your panic attacks after weed (should help if this is caused by AK1 gene).
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