Marijuana - permanent anxiety?

So maybe 4-5 days ago I smoked I had a MAYJOR panic attack and then another one the next night I vomited about 5 times between both nights ( only one night of smoking) I took maybe 3-5 hits.

Anyways ever since I am afraid i will have another panic attack but I also i have not felt right in my head i can not really explain it even typing this my head feels funny like a heavy feeling like my brain was shaken and will not stay on right.... what could this mean? what should I do?

I had the same thing, it started as an anxiety attack once in a while when I smoked, my friends would say that it happened to the also, so I didn't think it was a big deal, then they started happening every other time I would smoke, I started being paranoid of smoking, I already was waiting for that nasty feeling to come as soon as I got high and it wood. That was the reason I quit, and even when I quit I would have the attacks, only now it's been 4 month and they went away. So see what u wana do for your self, it might b a lond road, but u will b fine in the end and enjoy ur life, not b a paranoid freak. Weed used to b good to me and I enjoyed it but it was time to say good bye after 5 years of smoking. Life is brighter without it! Good luck!

I love weed and i was a heavy smoker i'd say but prior to bein a heavy smoker i had panic attacks anyway. I started havin more panic attacks recently and smoked my way through them, now iv stopped smokin it because i got depersonalisation i'm recovering from that and l;et me tell you recovering from it is simple. Dont blame weed for it or any other factors Depersonalisation comes from one thing Anxiety. And if you could smoke weed and not be anxios before then you can do it again. Right now i'm not touching weed quite simply because no matter how strong my mind is i am not fully recoverd to be stronng enough to controle all my thoughts. So whilst i may think that if i smoke weed now i'll be depersonalised again, i know really its not the weed but my anxious association i have with weed that will make me think that. I don't know if that makes sence but i hope it helps also, anyone who thinks they are feeling depersonalised and out of sorts go to

http://www.anxietynomore.co.uk/depersonalisation_and_derealisation.html

it will help you loads and remember. Your fine! I take st johns wort becuasxe what i thought i had was depression they work for me but again it may all just be because im sorting my head out. For a time i couldnt look in the mirror because i didnt know I'm all for weed, and my gap from it is not down to the fact its harmfull but down to the fact that my mind is weak at the moment and untstrength back anything that can trigger my own anxietys. I went to a job interview feeling depersonalised and managed to get a job and keep it i didnt even register that i was employed because nothing was real. But i know its all an emotional thing becuase you can feel fine during the day and feel back to normal and thats why i never blame weed. No matter how out of sorts you feel, your you. And you've always beeen you and you always will be rember that. peace. x

I really think that you are going a little overboard on the permanent anxiety deal. I am a recovering opiate addict, who got into shooting up everyday, breaking into houses, and all of the other horrible things junkies such as myself do. I started out smoking weed, and I guess I smoked pretty much everyday for about five years. So, I have a good bit of real world experience in this area. And through all the crazy things I have done, I dont have any permanent anxiety. I dont think that youre gonna have all these crazy things you talked about from smoking weed. I dont have any medical evidence to back up my claim, of course, and I could very well be dead wrong. But as I stated earlier, I attended the school of hard knocks, so I know a pretty good bit on this subject matter. But I also want you to know that I am not trying to down you or anything like that (because I sure dont know everything), but I think you just need to stop worrying about this whole weed-anxiety situation and go have some fun with some chicks or something.

Sincerely,
Nick

P.S. Stay clean and dont let drugs spoil everything you have going for you. You seem like you are pretty intelligent, so dont waste it like I did.

I am not a big smoker. I only tried weed last year at an age of 27. I find/found the experience to be 99% relaxing and sleepy.
I have had the exact same symptoms as the first poster. I think weed heightens your senses and two times I have been in pain. The second time I calmed myself by meditating and saying the pain was only imaginary. It kinda worked. The next morning I had my heart racing and I felt like I was having a panic attack. I hardly ever drink coffee but this day I have. So maybe caffeine can provoke the panic attack.
On the same day I was in stitches watching family guy and american dad and I was definitely analyzing why things were funny!

Its a relaxing thing for me but after this experience, I think all weed does is enhance the current feelings and make you look stupid :-) lol

Man im so happy I came across this site so i can see others with my problem.

Ive been smokin sinse i was 9 or 10, im now 17 and i was finally forced to quit due to probation and a change of lifestyle.

The first time i felt the anxiety was 3 months-ish since i had smoked. A buddy and I came up on some free meth and we decided to try it to get that out of the way ( a god damn id**t i was). I wasnt really feeling the meth too much ( we snorted it) so i decided to smoke while on it because when i used to do bombers i would smoke and it would bring up my high insanely. Well when i smoked that night i really felt like my brain was permanently damaged. I was in a serious state of confusion and felt like there was a good chance i could die.

I thought it was the ice making me feel that way, but it turns out it was the weed. Ive taken a few hits of weed sinse that time, and each time i was freakin out tellin my friend " Man, It feels like im high on meth again" ( thinking the panic attacks were how my brain interpreted meth).

Later on after i quit all the drugs i was doing I started noticing it felt like i had really high blood pressure, and when it would get up high, I would freak out. I told my mom about the blood pressure and how i was feeling that week and she decided to take me to the doctors. I explained everything i was feeling to the doctor. They ran some blood tests and other tests. They were thinking i had some kind of heart problem so i had to get x-rays and go to a heart doctor (forgot what they're called).

Everything checked out and my doctor said it sounds like im suffering from anxiety attacks. He told me to make sure to try to calm myself and remind myself that my heart and body is healthy. After i figured out it was anxiety i was able to control it somewhat.

I still thought it was that meth experience that gave me the anxiety, but now im figuring out it was likely the long term use of weed. Now that im a bit older and have realized that weed is not all it was talked up to be, i wish I never ever did it. I did ecstasy alot, and it never did somethin as bad as weed has.

The whole time i was doing weed id tell myself that its 100% harmless and people are stupid for saying its bad for you. All in all after all ive been through I definently would NOT recommend weed to others, because the anxiety it has the potential to give you is NOT worth it.

Sorry for the long post good luck everyone with your problems

im a 17 year old kid from chicago.... and you just changed/saved my life.

i cant thank you enough, everything i just read there was put into my head better than any school lesson or lecture from a family member... you should be a physciatrist someday... i feel as though ill never reach a point of high anxiety again, and if i do, i will come back to this page and read it.. or print it out and laminate it, ya its that amazing

thank you so much... ive really never been this thankful for anything in my life

first you cant get physically addicted to marijuana since the chemicals stay in your fat for weeks to months, your body basically weens you off of it. its just a want to smoke, not a need, if you think you need it you just have low mental capability.

the way to stop your anxiety attacks and paranoia, is that when you smoke, you need to accept your high, dont think about it just feel it and relax. stop analzying things. interact with people instead of staying inside your head and thinking thoughts. i went through all this and it was hard. but im now realizing that i have slowly progressed, i have recognized the situations and causes of these feelings. it all comes down to your thoughts, keep thoughts positive. in worst case scenarios truly just pop in some bob marley - everythings gonna be alright. because your brain can play tricks on you. thoughts of death and life. we need not be scared of death, because we dont even understand life. another main attribute is to live a great life. exercise helps any kind of activities using your brain or body helps. having a girlfriend. getting some action. make yourself feel strong and powerful, because this is where the fear comes from, the fear of being insignifcant and nothing. do stuff that makes you feel like you are important. because you are. peace - smoke hella dank.

This is only my 5th or 6th time to smoke weed. I had a giant anxiety attack and i thought anything was life threatning. Since i am not an addict and i have not done it much i was wondering if the anxiety will leave me faster.

Hey for all you guys reading this make sure you're not allergic to marijuana as when I went to the doc with the same problems I was told I had anxiety.. going to the therapist .. shrink whatever getting perscribed xanex.. to pacil .
All returning no results other then bieng really messed up... :-P

I even told my doc that my symptoms occurred right after a strange batch of weed that looked like it was moldy... containing aspergiullus ... this was a false statement. Now I dont remember seeing blue residue ... but right now.. there is another marijuana scare... goverment is spraying crops again.. the stupid fuckers... im not so sure about here... but im positive in new zealand.
So check you're weed for strange blue "residue" also allergies might be a cause.. in another post people are exsperiancing similer .. problems last week I smoked alittle woke up with a swollen throat and chest discomfurt ( like my so called " anxiety" decided to take a allergy pill 30 min later it went away...double check on this... best thing to do is not panik most of all... try to watch a movie or play a game... to keep your mind off of things... if it anxiety... use humor as a cure... watch something you know you will laugh to and enjoy.. lay down have you're spouse confurt you.. perhaps have someone massage you're leg back etc... to keep your mind on the feeling .. instead of the hysteria....
I've been battleing this for quite some time now..
and judging from these post remember you're not alone.... there are other people struggling over the same symptoms so your not going to die . :-)

Wow...I started to think I was slowly losing my mind...until i read this. I started to think that smoking weed could be the cause for the way I've been feeling. For starters I am 26 been smoking headstrong for 7 yrs and quit 3 months ago. I notice that the past yr or so I been having these anxiety problems every time I am getting ready to go out. And when i actually leave I start getting hot and cold, sweating feverish, nauseas, got to use the bathroom, the works. So I stay to myself and my friends keep asking me "are you ok"? which makes me panic more. I try to calm myself by telling myself to just breathe deeply...but as soon as i try i feel like im suffocating. It is the worst feeling to have especially EVERY time you go out. Imagine how your friends feel about having you the "party pooper" around. And to keep thinking that "snap out of it...your ruining everyone's fun" doesn't help the situation. So 2 months after I quit it stopped...by last week it came back...so I smoked to see if it would help mellow me out...it made it much worse. And it happened again last night, but I didn't smoke because now Im just scared too. After reading this and it confirming for me that weed and these attacks are related, I dont think i ever want to smoke again. This feeling is just too uncool. Thank you for letting me know Im not alone in this situation...even tho this is not something fun to want to share with anyone.

Check it out, I went through the same thing with panic attacks. One day its like my heart hiccuped and I just started freaking out all the time. There is a reason this happens, and if you know and research it you will find the same information. When i Had a panic attack i would always be online trying to figure out what it was and what caused them. I found the answer after months of research. Your body uses a chemical called Seratonin. Im sure youve heard of it. When your body is in stress ex. sleep deprevation, BS everyday, work, school, nicotine, caffiene, marijuana, any type of stimulant. You body uses that chemical to make you feel okay. It keeps you happy. When your body runs out of the chemical it freaks out and doesnt know what to do, this is when the panic starts. Your body is saying, oh f**k i dont know what to do. Then your mind starts freaking out and you panic. The answer is simple, if you have anxiety, you get anxiety medicine. I had panic attacks every night and i couldnt sleep for forever. I started taking lexapro about 6 months ago and i have NOT HAD AN AXIETY ATTACK SINCE. The medicine was like a blessing. I feel myself again, i feel energized again, and i feel generally better all around. I suggest to talk to your doctor about it and i hope everything works out. The world is a scary place when your body lives in fear, yet your mind is bewildered.

Ever since i was about 3 years old i have had panic type attacks. It has useually experssed itself in the form of tears. I was taunted to just being a cry baby. But after therapy, that started after the first tramatic event in my life when i was 6, I was still suffering from the fear and nervousnessness. when i was 9 i started smoking cannibas i smoked for about 2 years very moderatly since it was in secret. but i had found that my grades had improved because i was calmer and more incotrol of my emotions. even when stressfull situations were provoked i was less likely to over react. when i was 11 the other Cheeleaders found out from one of my friends and they were hateful to me because of it. so i quit. I started to have the same nervousness as when i was younger. I went to the doctor and they said i was ADD but the medicide did not help it actually wound me up so we discontinued use. after a couple years we we moved and i met some kids who smoked so i started back up. my grades started to pick up and my ability to socialize improved.
Im now 25 and i smoke daily. I find it to be a great medication that helps me. Thats why i fully believe that it is the same as all medicine it works for some but not for all. Differnt people have differnt natural chemical balances that are not "normal" so differnt medications work for differnt people. This is why it should be a perscribed medication and not a party favor.

Sometimes people underestimate how potent weed can be. When I was a late teenager I smoked casually and lightly usually on the weekends. I would achieve a mild yet relaxing high and never really thought about what kind of high you get get by smoking a lot more. One day near my high school graduation I decided to smoke about 2x more weed than I have ever smoked in one session. What a mistake. About 20 minutes after I had started smoking I totally fell into a strange psychosis where I totally forgot where I was and how long I had been there. This triggered a major anxiety attack which was pretty awful to get through.

I believe that it was my niaveness about pot that led to the panic attack. If I had known that you could experience what I did from smoking a lot of pot I probably would have still tried it but I would have "analyzed" my inner thoughts and feeling as I was experiencing the high.

It has been about 8 years since the incident and I only smoked weed maybe 3-4 times each year after that. I have recently started casually smoking again but I much more mature now and I know that it is best to only take a few hits so you can achieve a mild and relaxing high. Having a background in molecular biology and biochemistry I can fully appreciate why we have endocannabinoid receptors in our brain and the pathways THC stimulates while we smoke weed. If you can control your consumption I truly believe marjiuana is a much better alternative to moderate alcohol consumption on the weekends.

Hello everyone,

I used to have the very same experiences and for much of the time I thought that marijuana was the cause. Let me assure everyone here that it is not, and you are about to hear some real truth into the matter.

Marijuana is not a drug, its an entheogen. Entheogens have been used for 10's of thousands of years for very specific purposes. Ancient shamans believed that marijuana among others are "plant teachers", who when ingested/smoked, their spirits reveal very detailed and specific issues needing dealt with. Marijuana is very special in this aspect, and is the REAL reason for its ban worldwide, psilocybin and others as well. Is that they show you things which your subconcious trys to keep hidden trying to protect you. This is unhealthy, and without substances like marijuana you may go a very long time without every realizing they were some serious stuff to deal with and how it has been negatively affecting your life.

Look inside your own mind, ponder the things which worry you and try your best to deal with them and silence the mind, this is a path to enlightenment as well.

So...Just taken things easy and please stop thinking it is simply a recreation substance, in fact its extremely spiritual, whether you are yourself or not. Knowing and retaining this knowledge has benefited me greatly.

peace out