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Paranoia and panic attacks after smoking weed

By mendy25366 | 336 posts, last post
Chris Smith, MD answered this Panic Attacks And Paranoia Associated With Marijuana
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Guest

Omg you were just really high lol. Funniest thing I have ever read in my life!
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Hey,i'm a 16 year old boy who has anxiety cause of weed. My first panic was during my 5th month of smoking and i remember smoking a couple blunts and clearing a small dab,just one and then like 10 minutes after i'm staring at a wall and my vision splits into two like each of my eyeballs had their own vision and they started bouncing from side to side,and keep in mind i had dabbed before too,so i notice what was going on with my vision like 5 seconds after and i quickly jump,spooked like something was wrong with me,i say goodbye's to some of my friends and i leave with 2 because i wanted to go home and tell my Mom(i didn't know i was having a panic attack,but i knew what it was) so im about a field away from home and all of a sudden my heart is beating extremely fast and hard and im running out of breath,mind you we were going up stairs too,and i take a seat and i hear ringing in my ears and this thought in my head of my friend walking keeps repeating over and over and it's all choppy and i feel like im being sucked into a different reality or like im being consumed by a dark force and if i give in i'll never come back(my friends didn't do sh*t by the way they were freaked out)but i mainly wanna know why my vision split into two and started bouncing from side to side,im 6-7 months clean,don't plan on smoking again,its like i have a phobia of weed now...it's horrible.
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Hey,i'm a 16 year old boy who has anxiety cause of weed. My first panic was during my 5th month of smoking and i remember smoking a couple blunts and clearing a small dab,just one and then like 10 minutes after i'm staring at a wall and my vision splits into two like each of my eyeballs had their own vision and they started bouncing from side to side,and keep in mind i had dabbed before too,so i notice what was going on with my vision like 5 seconds after and i quickly jump,spooked like something was wrong with me,i say goodbye's to some of my friends and i leave with 2 because i wanted to go home and tell my Mom(i didn't know i was having a panic attack,but i knew what it was) so im about a field away from home and all of a sudden my heart is beating extremely fast and hard and im running out of breath,mind you we were going up stairs too,and i take a seat and i hear ringing in my ears and this thought in my head of my friend walking keeps repeating over and over and it's all choppy and i feel like im being sucked into a different reality or like im being consumed by a dark force and if i give in i'll never come back(my friends didn't do sh*t by the way they were freaked out)but i mainly wanna know why my vision split into two and started bouncing from side to side,im 6-7 months clean,don't plan on smoking again,its like i have a phobia of weed now...it's horrible.
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By reading your tips, i can be sure that you have no idea what serious panic attack is, and how it feels. When it starts creeping on you, there is nothing you can do or think about to make it go away. Trust me, that is extremely overpowering menthal condition and it can also be very dangerous . I ended up in ER twice so far. I had all symptoms of a heart attack.
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Guest

I completely understand what your saying!!!! Everything that you'd have said is literally what I go through! It sucks that it happens but I am a person who likes to be in control and is normally paranoid
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Guest

I'm not sure if what I experienced from my recent cannabis use was paranoia or a panic attach. Since I am not a frequent user I don't know if it's safe to smoke on the same joint over the course of a week. The first two experiences where great. The third one not so great. About five minutes after taking about three hits I started to feel really dizzy and thought I might pass out if I don't lay down. I couldn't move from where I was standing. I had to yell for my husband to help me to the bed. After I layed down I starting feeling like it was getting hard to breath. It almost felt like I was chocking. My mouth got super dry and I could barely swallow. It was even hard for me to move. I had to yell for my husband to come sit with me. I started to feel like I was going to die, I was very scared. I kept telling my husband not to let me stop breathing. I said I feel like I could stop breathing. He kept giving me water. At the moment I really felt like if I fell asleep that I wouldn't wake up again. I know I kept telling my husband not to let me go to sleep because I felt like I was dying. It felt like I was in a nightmare and I just wanted to wake up. He wanted to take me to the hospital but I refused because I also felt so stupid and also didn't think the doctor at the ER would help me anyway. So I toughed it out and kept forcing myself to stay awake no matter how bad I wanted to close my eyes. After about an hour I told my husband that I needed to get up and go outside and get fresh air. So we went outside and stood in the rain for a few minutes. After wards I did feel slightly better. I sat down in a chair and ate crackers and milk. After almost an hour of sitting I felt the dying feeling start to leave my body. It was a terrible experience and I hope that I never experience that ever again. Lots of scary thoughts ran across my mind in those two long hours. Not sure if I'll ever smoke marijuana ever again.

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RobertK

I smoked week only once, and as a person who has suffered panic attacks and anxiety, this gave me a wild ride that frightened the heck out of me. My experience of time changed and I felt like I was at death's door. My wife was with me and she calmed me down, but I really did not enjoy it.

However, I have read that there are some strains that have much lower THC and high CBD that are good for anxiety. I still suffer from anxiety and wonder if I can use it to manage it. Anyone have any expertise in this?
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Guest

I had the same feeling , but my mate puched me in the arm and stuck my hands in stingy nettles and 2 mins later i was fine because i wasnt thinking about how stoned i was ..... i was thinking about the pain in my arm and hands , so it takes your mind off of how stoned u r ..... luckily he was there to do that otherwise i would have passed out !!!
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Guest

Few suggestions:
If you are stoned accept it. It will make you comfortable. Second remind yourself that it's just effect of weed which will go away soon. Third you smoke because you like it. Let's have fun.
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Guest

Sorry but when you are in Love so Stop this non sense!
Coz it is hurting you and all the people you love.. Be calm and cool with things and you can be able to overcome the situation.. Be loyal to your health and for the people you are living for can make you quit smoking
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Guest

I experienced the exact same thing. f*****g scary
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i smoked every day for many years without any problems. then some stuff happend and slowly i started to get more and more paranoid i talked less and less while high.
nowdays when i try to smoke i cannot function and its the worst expierience you can have. all i can say is that i have smoked my last blunt, which sucks because i liked it alot.
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Guest

hello , I was wondering , if someone is scared of getting a panic attack before smoking weed fro the first time but still wants to do it because of personal reasons , and if they decide to just take a little bit of weed in so they dont get anything , lets say for example three or four sips , may they still get a chance of having some panic attacks ? and if not , will they just laugh or also feel scared and confused ?
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Hey guys, this thread has given me hope where there was none. Thank you all for your honesty and in return I will share my story. I have smoked heavily for eight years. Yesterday I decided to quit. Of course we all have probably said we were quitting, even as we were rolling but I will not live in fearid rather do without smoking and be sure of what myself and others are feeling and saying. Weed has had me feeling like i knew secrets had inside info , everyone was against me. Today, I'm calm but still wondering if I was right all along about the delusions. Why would family and friends conspire against me? Something I said? Something they didn't forgive me for? I used to just pop headphones in. Now they know I have to stop running. I have to quit spending my last dollars only to be bullied mentally even if its just me. Hey guys, love yourself enough to be sure. Yeah I gotta lot of good times from weed but nothing really I can pinpoint. Lol. Had some SERIOUS orgasms. But so what? What about my soul?I'd rather have that. And my money.
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Guest

This is a perfect answer.
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