panic attacks caused by marijuana

Yea same stuff happened with me. I started smokin when i was 18. Then six months later i was smokin in my apartment and i became completely paranoid and started freaking out. I felt like i was getting negative energy from every person that i talked to and caused me to panic even more. It had never happened to me before, but now everytime i do smoke it happens everytime.

WELL, I'VE BEEN SMOKING POT FOR 10 YEARS AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A COMFORT TO ME. JUST RECENTLY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, I BEGAN TO REACT DIFFERENTLY TO GETTING HIGH. IT STARTED TO LOSE IT'S RELAXING, FUN QUALITY AND TURNED INTO IRRATIONAL PARANOIA, FEELINGS OF BEING DISCONNECTED WITH REALITY AND HORRIBLE PANIC ATTACKS! ALL THIS WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK. I THOUGHT I WAS LOSING MY MIND AND ACTUALLY WENT TO A PHSYCHOLOGIST AND PHSYCHIATRIST. THEY BOTH EXPLAINED TO ME THAT FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER, A LOT OF PEOPLE DEVELOP THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH POT OVER TIME. IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE WAY YOUR LIFE IS GOING OR IF YOU ARE MENTALLY STRESSED ABOUT SOMETHING. OVERALL, IF YOU CONTINUE TO REACT THIS WAY TO IT THEN YOU SHOULD MAYBE QUIT OR SLOW WAY DOWN.

When i was younger 15-16 ish, i started smoking weed got and had some really fun expeirences, espically the first one.. but as it went on they got worse, i had my first one about a year after i started and it scared the hell out of me... think it was "bad weed" i tried it again a week or so later... anyways i had another attack that was like 50x worse an it really screwed me up beyond control, i started to have panic attacks without being under the influence and i was really upset about how my life changed because of it... It took me awhile but i over came panic attacks by stopping one of them at a time... since then i have only tried smoking weed 2 or 3 other times in somewhat small amounts. I get the exact same feeling my whole body beats to my heart in a revolving pattern and i just focus on that and my heart rate as it increases then i start to get nervous, so i get up and start walking around trying to aim my focus on something else yeah it works somewhat music has been a great tool. point is... after many attempts i am starting to believe that weed doesn't mix with me i would love to have a positive experience with it again. after learning to control and eliminate my panic attacks outside of being high i still want to give it another go... both the feeling of over coming the panic attack and having an nostalgic experience would be quite a rush for me... Hopefully, if i do decide to try it again all of you're guys tips help me out.

Sorry for the awkwardly long run on sentences. I realize this isn't an essay but I'm sure someone out there went WTF...

Best wishes to any one suffering from anxiety or panic attacks, I know how your feeling.

Ive been experience same thing short breath, difficulty to swallow, pass the saliva Ifeel like my saliva gets stock in the traquea and Im going to shock with it, is anoying because I really love pot I ve been smoking for 15 years but this makes me crazy, I

Ive tried some times halls the blue ones ice to breath better and help also you can use the listerine stripps blue or green that ones help you to breath better, the only anoying think is that I can eat cause fell like Im shocking with the food if Im high, I hate this cause I want to feel stone and relax?

maybe somebody know about some kind of naturist medicine to help the nervius sistem or to relax you before smoke and dont feel strees insted to feel relax.Thanks

like many students living in a university residence, i have dabbled with smoking marijuana. at first, it was always fun. i enjoyed smoking and getting high with my friends. as the year went on, however, i started experiencing bad crashes, every time it seemed to get worse. i have now had two of what are probably the worst experiences of my life because of marijuana. i can never fully explain the fear, sadness, and overall complete loss of hope i felt. everything was against me. i thought some of my best friends were working against me. i KNEW i was going to die. the only escape was to look into the light on the ceiling and accept God. I felt like i was in hell. i thought everything in the whole world was set up just for me. even after coming down from my high, i still am not completely over the incident. 2 days after the fact, im still having trouble trusting others, whether it be friends, family, my roomate, strangers, even the media. it helps to talk to a good friend who wasnt there during the panic attack, think positively and logically, and realize you are not the only person who has gone through such an experience.

ive smoked weed about 10 times now in the last 3 years ive been caught with my parents twice the first 3 times ive smoked weed it didnt inhale right and did not get high the first time i did get high april 20th 2006 i tripped out i thought i was dreaming and i was only twelve at the time now iive dont it some more and iam comfortable with it and iam looking for a fun memorable four 20 tommorow :-D

Ive smoked pot about 15 times or through out my life, and each time i have had horrible panic attacks (especially the first time). I dont know why i kept on trying it, i guess that over the years at parties my friends convince me that its all in my head, and this time will be different, but it never is. Although, if i smoke just a little bit after first drinking, its not as bad. But wow they really suck, rapid heart beat, its like i can feel the blood rushing though my entire body. There is always a tingling feeling that pulsates along with my heart beat, and i always worry about breathing to much, or to little (haha can you talk about paranoia?).

Anyway, ever since i was 16 and smoked for the first time, i'll often get small panic attacks (not ones with the tingling feeling, just an increased heart rate, and a little paranoia). Im also really scared of any and all drugs now, but in reality im not so sure that thats a bad thing, lol.

In the end, its good to see that im not the only one with this problem, and to anyone who has yet to smoke it... Maybe think twice...

Okay I'm extremely relieved that I have found other ppl that have this same thing as well. I was like tweaking out I'm only 18 and I used to smoke occasionally then all of a sudden I had this attack like outta the blue...but along with the racing heart rate, and uncontrolable shaking I had extreme dry mouth not just like regular cotton mouth but extreme like couldn't swallow felt like I was going to die if I didnt get water. I know I'm a worrier but I still don't know if this is normal I've since (3 weeks now) quit smoking weed, cigerettes, and drinking. I still have this feeling sometimes every other day it seems of this cotton mouth it's alot less intense then that first nite but sometimes when I'm at a party...not drinking or smoking...I start to get this feeling followed with extreme coldness...this could just be my mind being paranoid or something but I don't know

Many people will tell you that weed is completely safe- in reality, you can die from anything, even Tylenol. Marijuana is a CNS stimulant, in that it raises your blood pressure, pulse rate and respiration. To individuals that are in less than peak shape or are prone to anxity a hyper-awareness of their body can lead to panic attacks. The best way to stop this from happening is to stop (or seriously restrict) the use of all stimulants including but not limited to caffeine, tobacco, pot and other stimulant recreational drugs. Pot can, in fact, cause a heart attack in people with a diagnosed or undiagnosed cardic condition. If you did use and are now experiencing a panic attack, lay down, breathe slowly and deeply a total of five breaths a minute, and distract yourself by reading, watching TV or some other activity. DO NOT smoke a cigarette or take prescription drugs to try to relax as these may interact with the THC and cause a serious interaction. Again, the best way to avoid this happening is to avoid pot altogether.

I am so glad I found this!! I am 25 yrs old have been smokin for about 12 yrs now. Never had a panic attack until last year my friends and I decided to go out and smoked way too much I ended up walking my street for 2 hrs thinking I was having a heart attack and dying. Eventually it always goes away. I have had them ever since even when Im not high, which really sucks. They always tell you its in ur head. Now I still smoke but I have a 2 hit limit.

I started smoking pot during my senior year of high school. I smoked for about one year before my first panic attack. It was snowing outside and I was crusing (smoking and driving around). All of the sudden, complete fear fell upon me. I had to pull over at a gas station and sit there. My heart was pounding extremely fast, I was shaking, sweating, and thought I was dying. My girlfriend was with me and I told her how I was feeling. I found that releiving to talk to someone else about what was going on. Also, since it was freezing outside, I found relief by putting my arm outside the window and feeling the cold air. It lasted about an hour or so. It was such an emotional experience.

Here is some help: Dont worry, panic attacks happen to tons of people. It is not uncommon at all to have a bad experience when smoking pot. Just try to calm yourself down and breath slowly. Tell yourself that you are merely having a panic attack and everything is gonna be fine. Try to talk to someone about your anxiety. Smoking pot is harmful to your motivation and such so I'd suggest quitting. Also, I'd suggest having a greater relationship with God. God will help you get through anything!

Hey everyone! Hopefully this info will help those who have gone through these horrible panic attacks.

I just decided to look up weed and panic attacks because the exact same things that happened to all of you, happened to me. I couldn't help but laugh at most of these comments because of my experience with these feelings.

I'm from NY and I first smoked weed when I was about 13 or 14. I was always with a group of people and I was fine. The weed always made me feel like I was dreaming and I would get paranoid about stupid things, but I always knew that it was the weed making me feel like that. I never had any real problems.

My problem started when I moved to Atlanta. One day I was alone at my friend's house and I decided to go on the porch and smoke a blunt. I never smoked a whole blunt by myself, but I did that night. Soon after, I got the usual munchies and when I sat down to eat some crackers, I began to feel like maybe I would choke on them and die! Now I know this is far fetched, but it felt sooooo real at that time.

Another time I was with a group of friends and I started tripping and became the "life" of the party. That was so embarrassing and I stopped smoking for awhile after that.

I spoke to a friend and he told me that if that ever happens again, I should DRINK MILK! I know it sounds weird, but one day I had smoked with friends while we were on our way to a restaurant and I told them about it. By the time we got to the restaurant, I started to feel myself tripping. Sure enough, I ordered milk, and of course became the "life" of the party again when they all started to laugh at me, but I definitely came down from my high enough to calm down.

What is even more weird is that I took a recent trip home to NY for a week and spent one night smoking all night with friends and didn't trip at all!! I think that the weed in certain places are dried with certain chemicals to make it stronger and it has an effect on some people.

In conclusion, try milk if you ever feel that you have gotten too high. It worked for me on several occasions.

hey im 17 years old ive been smoking marijuana on and off for about this past year and last night i had one of the most scariest things of my life happen so i smoked it there was a huge thunderstorm outside i ran to my car booom i heard lightning i was scared to death i was soo scared i was shivering i finally goit hom went into bed everything was going crazy my heart was pumping i thought i ws hearing loud loud noises i felt like i was going to die like my heart was gonna stop i wasnt sure how to breathe slow or fast my heart was pumping i felt like i was at a constant freak out panic as if theyre were monsters trying to kill me some crazy sh*t happened to me and i wanna know was it my enviornment like the scary rain or was it me please let me know and find an answer as soon as possible thanks!

ive been smoking pot for about a year and i started off wit all these paranoia. im assuming that these anxiety attacks and such only happend under alot of stress. I had been in some deep trouble wit the cops, this was about 3 -5 months into my smoking. but i feel amazing now when i smoke, u get paranoid the odd time but we all know weed makes u somewhat paranoid. you just need to insure that u are happy, and openminded... just let things happen

about a month ago, i was walking home with 2 other friends at about 12:30am. and we were almost home just needed to cut through 2 catwalks and a tunnel right?.. this is where i started to freak out. 2 older athletic guys came up to us just b4 we entered the first cat walk and asked us if we had weed.. ofcouse i said no, but they could tell we were soo high already. with them knowing this we were chased for about 20min straight sprinting, this was so scary. we ended up hiding inbetween a shed and fence. we could hear them waiting for us to come out. at this point i was panicing.. of course the worst time to have an panic attack, i started shaking and sweatting and breathing really hard. eventually we out ran them and got inside the house but wow.