“I stopped because it started making me feel paranoid and a little panicky.”
How much were you using at the time? I ask only because when I was a late teenager when I used cannabis for the 1st couple of times, I had horrible experiences I believe now were because I used too much.
Cannabis is like everything else. Too much of it isn’t good for us.
“I’ll also suggest any excessive enthusiasm regarding relief of anxiety with a grain of salt.”
I can only speak from my experience but my issues with anxiety have pretty much vanished since I started using cannabis in Feb 2015. Perhaps if it wasn’t against the law to study properly we might come to learn why it works for some folks & not for others as with any other medicine.
You’re relying upon the effects of recreational use for relief of anxiety much as someone who drinks alcohol. Very regular use in my experience, not heavy but daily, leads to tolerance and the need to consume more to achieve the desired effect(s). Over a period of years those effects begin to change, it certainly did for me and for a number of people in my acquaintance. It builds up in fatty tissue, maybe the body begins to reject it, I have no idea but it’s a very real thing. So, I wouldn’t be touting it quite so hard as you have been, personally.