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I have been looking at various different posts about panik attacks on weed. I can relate to alot of them. It helps knowing there are so many people ou there in the same situation. I started smoking when i was 14, because my brother did it. I was loving the high times, and will never forget them, no panik attacks, just pure red-eyed good times. Then i left school, and started working on a construction site, same routine when i got home all i could think about was that fat joint when i got home. but one day, i got home, went round the side of my house, smoked a fat one, then i started feelin pure worried about nothing, then started getting shakey, and overthinkin about stuff. I didn't like it, and slowly after that, every time i smoked i had a slight worry, and weird feeling. I carried on ignoring it for a couple of years, but after a while, i just didnt like the buzz anymore. It wasn't a major problem, i just didn't like the feeling. So i tried to stop for a bit, and started again to try and get that contempt stoned happy feeling back, but it rarely came back. So these days, i have 1 or 2 tokes, and feel a tiny bit high, ware i can control it. but in normal situations, i stil feel anxious, and a completly different person, until its just me, or sum1 who im tight with, then im bak in the room, bak to my normal self, but i think this is to do woth a lack of socialsing in general. but the times that i do get high and enjoy the buzz, i LOVE IT. The other day i got high with my girlfrend, who is a 24/7 smoker, she has never felt anxious or weird on weed, but i got high with her, and i was sooo high, we were planing on decorating the house, looking through catalogs, so i went upstairs, stoned off my face, and tried to measure the bathroom, not knowing what i was doing, then after about 3 minits, i started laughing to myself..thinkin wot am i doin, tryin to measure and work out things when im high. so i went downstairs and she asked wot color we shud paint the walls, so i went into the front room, and started naming colours in my head, i wasnt even thinkin, just randomly naming colors in my head. basiclly i was so stoned, and giggaly i was so happy, it was the best high i had had in ages. then the next night, i did the same, except, just before, i was overthinkin,,,, wot if i get that weird feelin again, and it almost started happening even before i was smoking, i was getting shakey. so i smoked, and i was feelin weird again, i didnt like it, even tho i wanted to get that stoned feeling bak, it didnt happen. but i can happliy go to a rave, and pop 5 pills, drink 10 beers, do any drugs, and feel fine, maybe a bit crappy the next day, but no feeling of fear whilst on the drug, because before i do the drug, i have no worries, i just cant wait for the drug to kick in. coz the fisrt time i did a pill, my frend said, dont have any worries or doughts before you do it, otherwise u will have a bad buzz, so i make sure i am in the rite mentality, but this duznt seem to werk with weed. some of my freinds, would never touch extacy, but they smoke every minite of the day. Is it because i have that instant worry before i smoke, a mindblock telling me i will not enjoy the buzz. Maybe i shud start smoking much lighter weeds. I think i only get mild panik attacks, but i hate them, im not myself, i cant control my body movements, and i am over-aware of evrything, sweating, time goes really slow and blud pumps to my head so fast, it makes my head jolt every time it pulses. normal situation, like waitng in a line at the shops, i hate it, but i dont think its directly linked to any drugs, but i also dont think that drugs help. My friend said to go into 'dont give a sh*t mode' litteraly, just dont give a sh*t, if im on a busy train and start feelin shakey, or paranoid, i just think, fukit, start loudly whistalin, and doin the oppostie to what i am feeling, look around at every1, one by one directly in the eye, to c if they actuclly are lookin at me, and i found most times, know1 gives a sh*t, and it eases alot of the worry off, but once i fall into that other anxious, worrying, fear mode, i cant snap out of it. I am a happy person in general, its just the short time that i get these mild attacks, i am a completly difffernt person. If anyone knows any helpful tips about controlling anxiety, or techniques, or can relate in anyway, that would be helpful

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You know this is a really old post and I don't know If I should respond but I will.  I have the same issue, weed turned on me or so I thought.  I think the anxiety was there all along I just didn't know it as a kid during the fun times.  Now that I'm older and smoke occasionally I sometimes get anxiety attacks or paranoia.  I look at it as a blessing, its a way to explore my own neurosis in a safe way.  I can examine the irrational thinking and fear that they produce, which is really intense when high.  I have come to understand that facing this sh*t and really internally dealing with the underlying issues lessens my anxiety in my daily life.  I used to not smoke because I feared this would happen, now I sometimes hope it will.  Just make sure to argue (in your own mind) against any irrational thought.  For example, if someone is walking towards you and the thought enters "that guy is staring at me", just argue that this is ridiculous and even if he is who gives a sh*t.  Doing this can retrain your mind out of anxiety and/or paranoia.  Understand that these feelings exist when you are sober they are just buried and smoking brings them out.

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Hi, this is now super old lol, but it came up when I googled "presmoke panic attack" and since it's got such a high pagerank I thought I'd add my piece. This is mostly for my own benefit however. I've had some pretty serious panic attacks and anxiety on weed, and one thing that really resonated with me when I read OP's post was how when he smoked with another person around, there was no anxiety. I'm very similar with regards to how my anxiety works, and reading OP's post kinda made me feel a bit less lonely, since it seems like none of my stoner friends have this issue when they smoke alone. Thanks OP.

Also thank you, 1st post, that's a really good idea and it's given me some strength to tackling this issue. I'm actually not so sad about how weed anxiety made me feel terrible, because it made me realize my problems (how I would go from 0-100 in 0.5s emotionally while sober, my actual anxiety attacks my sober brain was suppressing from me) and made me go get help for them. In case someone finds this through google and wants a "system" for dealing with irrational thoughts and anxiety (at any time, not just when high), I recommend googling for CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy). My psych gave me a recommendation as a primary form of treating my mental problems, and a lot of the stuff in the books I've read is like a more defined, procedural method to dealing with irrational thoughts.

I'm actually high at the moment and writing this made me feel a lot better (even though my fingers are shaking lol). Drugs can only change your perspective. Anything that comes up from that is something you can solve.

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