yea i had one its really inasne but u need music and sh*t to calm you down...... but there really easy to control dont quit.... you dont htink about it and you can contol it i went to school having a panic attack high and played sober just fine
I've also suffered one of these, they truly are terrifying :-(
I was walking through town with some friends, passing a joint round. I considered myself to be a fairly experienced smoker so the thought of a panic attack didn't even occurr to me. To begin with it was fine, I felt lightly buzzed and was having a great time, however, once we got out of the shop we were in my mind suddenly went COMPLETELY blank, it was as if I was waking up, I had no idea where I was, who I was with or anything. My friends were all high as a kite so were just finding it hilarious, this in turn made it worse as I thought they were laughing at me for something else. My heart began to beat really REALLY fast and hard and I felt dizzy and sick, I was convinced someone was missing from the group and I was shaking uncontrollably. I was telling myself it was just a bad trip yet I couldn't help but think "What if it's a heart attack?" or "What if I'm dying?" I was on the verge of passing out, terrified out of my wits now when all of a sudden it subsided and I felt EXTREMELY stoned. Since that panic attack, I have never smoked weed again and if you're a worried sort of person or always like to be in control, I would reccommend NEVER doing it.
I was walking through town with some friends, passing a joint round. I considered myself to be a fairly experienced smoker so the thought of a panic attack didn't even occurr to me. To begin with it was fine, I felt lightly buzzed and was having a great time, however, once we got out of the shop we were in my mind suddenly went COMPLETELY blank, it was as if I was waking up, I had no idea where I was, who I was with or anything. My friends were all high as a kite so were just finding it hilarious, this in turn made it worse as I thought they were laughing at me for something else. My heart began to beat really REALLY fast and hard and I felt dizzy and sick, I was convinced someone was missing from the group and I was shaking uncontrollably. I was telling myself it was just a bad trip yet I couldn't help but think "What if it's a heart attack?" or "What if I'm dying?" I was on the verge of passing out, terrified out of my wits now when all of a sudden it subsided and I felt EXTREMELY stoned. Since that panic attack, I have never smoked weed again and if you're a worried sort of person or always like to be in control, I would reccommend NEVER doing it.
I have anxiety and i have been smoking weed for about 6 months now. I smoked a couple bowls with my friends and felt pretty good. I didnt have a panic attack i just had kind of a bad high. COuldnt fall asleep and felt high hours later. I finally did fall asleep and woke up the next morning feeling okay. At about 3 o clock I started feeling very dizzy and thought i was going to pass out. It was very scary. Im now wondering why i had a panic attack the day after smoking.. Should i quit smoking? Will this happen again?
What everyone is writing about seems really similar to what happened to me. Yesterday i was heading to work blown like always when i just started thinking about all my insecurities, boy problems, family problems, etc. I was just crying while driving when all of a sudden my arms and legs started tingling and i wasnt breathing normally. I knew I had to stop the car, so i did, and i parked in a random neighborhood next to a main street. I got out of my car trying to calm myself and telling myself to breath when i felt like i was gonna die. My body felt like a stone it wouldnt move even if i tried. My hands hurt but my fingers wouldnt move. I discovered later this is because of your muscles when your having an attack. I started crying and i couldnt breath so i tried screaming for help. I was screaming so loud that now my throat hurts sooooo much. Then I heard the sirens, and a thought came in my head. Do you really want to get caught with weed in your car? So i jumped into the car, hid my weed, and drove off. I was still having an attack but it wasnt as bad. I didnt think I was dying anymore. I just started focusing on trying to get to work, and avoid the ambulances. When I got to work I felt like I was alright, and then this boy said something to me and I started crying again. I went to the back took some deep breaths, and came back out to the floor. I felt better, and I kept telling myself your at work so focus. I kept having little attacks throughout work, but my co-worker who I confide in kept telling me its ok and itll go away. I never want to experience this again. I hate hate the feeling. Although I love weed, I know that its not the best for me right now. :-( And thats my sad story.
To have read the personal accounts of people who suffered severe anxiety and reality-altering attacks after cannabis intake has been extremely reassuring. Thanks to everybody for taking the time to add their voice of caution. My experience - at the age of 28 - kicked in after just a few hits. I went delusional, slipping in and out of conscious reality into huge gaps in my memory. I went running around the city, half naked, looking for a hospital. Friends trailed me in a car. At the first hospital I ripped fire extinguishers off walls, thinking they contained oxygen. I was terrified I was going to die. At one specific point the image of a friend in my vision started to slip away into the proverbial tunnel of death. Life seemed to hang on a thread. After covering about ten kilometres on foot, my friends managed to lure me into a car and take me to a hospital that could deal with the situation. I was convinced that I had actually died and that I was trapped in a repetitive after-death spiral, eternally returning to the moment of my 'bad death'. I was placed under sedation for 18 hours and returned to reality very grateful and very vocal about the dangers of cannabis.
My concern is two-fold: Firstly, can this onset of psychosis lead to permanent neurological or psychological damage? Secondly, can the onset of such a severe psychosis lead to cardiac arrest or a stroke? I anticipate that the answer will have something to do with the physical condition of the sufferer.
I'm now 52, still anxious by nature - as I was at the time of my experience - but very happy to have emerged undamaged and alive.
My concern is two-fold: Firstly, can this onset of psychosis lead to permanent neurological or psychological damage? Secondly, can the onset of such a severe psychosis lead to cardiac arrest or a stroke? I anticipate that the answer will have something to do with the physical condition of the sufferer.
I'm now 52, still anxious by nature - as I was at the time of my experience - but very happy to have emerged undamaged and alive.
wow just because YOU didnt like the weed cuz you had a bad trip DOESNT mean its a drug. Its a herb or flower. Its amazing and healthier than most FOODS in this world.
This happened to me. If your reading this and concerned about yourself, don't worry you will be ok.
I am 27 years old. I have smoked on and off since I was 19. Once or twice a day.
I am sharing this story, as a guest because I was freaking out and this website helped me relax.
I had just worked an 8 hour day and hadn't really drank much water or ate much of anything. (problem one)
I had 1 beer and was working on the 2nd beer when I went to smoke with friends. I had about 8 hits total over a 1/2 hour from a glass pipe (normal amount). I was fine.
Then, I left and started to slowly freak out 15 minutes later, my heart rate increased, so I was focusing on that.
I started feeling very cold and my muscles started to shake (legs, arms, jaw...everything). My feet and hands were freezing and I decided to lay down and light candles and listen to music. THIS DID NOT HELP AT ALL, instead I was focusing on my breathing/heart rate and thiking I was going to die.
I even at one point almost dialed 911. I thought I was going to have a heart attack, but I was indeed fine. Breathing was only slightly increased. I did find myself yawning a lot, which was very weird - I wasn't tired.
I then went to see my girlfriend down the hall. I told her what was going on, she didn't offer me much help. But once she did start to take care of me and help me to focus on other things it was fine. I ate some food and drank water, slowly. Soon, over an hour it eased and my heart was still beating fast as I fell asleep.
I'm quitting. Cold. I'm done. No more smoking weed. This comes from a grown adult that had a casual habit everyday for just relaxing.
Weed is strong and can be dangerous. The 1st time I smoked should have been a clue that I was prone to this. When I first smoked I thought everyone knew that I had smoked. (nobody does...)
If your having an attack like mine, just relax, you will be okay. Just go for a walk, just go play a game or walk around or talk to a friend.
I am 27 years old. I have smoked on and off since I was 19. Once or twice a day.
I am sharing this story, as a guest because I was freaking out and this website helped me relax.
I had just worked an 8 hour day and hadn't really drank much water or ate much of anything. (problem one)
I had 1 beer and was working on the 2nd beer when I went to smoke with friends. I had about 8 hits total over a 1/2 hour from a glass pipe (normal amount). I was fine.
Then, I left and started to slowly freak out 15 minutes later, my heart rate increased, so I was focusing on that.
I started feeling very cold and my muscles started to shake (legs, arms, jaw...everything). My feet and hands were freezing and I decided to lay down and light candles and listen to music. THIS DID NOT HELP AT ALL, instead I was focusing on my breathing/heart rate and thiking I was going to die.
I even at one point almost dialed 911. I thought I was going to have a heart attack, but I was indeed fine. Breathing was only slightly increased. I did find myself yawning a lot, which was very weird - I wasn't tired.
I then went to see my girlfriend down the hall. I told her what was going on, she didn't offer me much help. But once she did start to take care of me and help me to focus on other things it was fine. I ate some food and drank water, slowly. Soon, over an hour it eased and my heart was still beating fast as I fell asleep.
I'm quitting. Cold. I'm done. No more smoking weed. This comes from a grown adult that had a casual habit everyday for just relaxing.
Weed is strong and can be dangerous. The 1st time I smoked should have been a clue that I was prone to this. When I first smoked I thought everyone knew that I had smoked. (nobody does...)
If your having an attack like mine, just relax, you will be okay. Just go for a walk, just go play a game or walk around or talk to a friend.
c**p ive had this happen to me just a couple days ago ive smoked it for 6 years and then one day when i was hungover i smoked a hoot out of the gravity bong about 3 minutes later i freaked out my heart was going so fast i felt like a was going to have a heart attack , my breathing was heavy as if i had to force myself to breathe i had cold and hot flashes and i felt like i was spinning . I ended up sleeping for 9 hours i woke up feeling a little better but not alot after its been 3 days and i still freak out a bit i feel like life is a dream and i always think iam going to die so now iam pretty sure i have anxiety whoo! even after all this i still tried smoking pot small small hoots and iam usually fine but at the back of my head i worry just because i know how it felt.
Oh and yeah this is for my last post if i do feel a little freaky when baked i just watch a comedy and laugh! that seems to make everything better.
I've had the same thing, about 10 mounths ago i found myself smoking on a regular basis, and 1 panic attack 6 mounths prior to this had now become 2 within a space of a week, physicaly and psychological exhasusted by the expierence i desided i had to give up.
My psychological dependence at the time made it very very very very hard, one of the hardest things i've ever done to be honest.
Gradualy over about 2 mounths of not smoking and still feeling incredabley in touch with my mortality the feelings began to subside, anxiety is no longer and issue for me now 10 mounths on.
I've smoked once with my girlfriend; when i was drunk since then. However i smoked so little it didn't even effect me, but i wouldn't consider ever getting really stoned again, once you experience the bad side of cannibis its such a terrifying, poinient thing your brain will always assosiate cannibis with that experience in my opinion.
My best advice to anyone would be to stop for a long period of time, after smoking daily for almost a year stepping outside of the box, so to speak, was one the best and hardest things i've done in my life. I used propranol, and i though i took it very rarely i found that having that little magical tub of pills made the feelings of anxiety much more within my control and that's what it's about really, feeling in control of yourself. Sometimes you have to look at these things objectively and say to yourself, maybe this isn't 'cool', maybe this isn't good for ME and get on with your life anxiety free.
Best wish's
Marc
My psychological dependence at the time made it very very very very hard, one of the hardest things i've ever done to be honest.
Gradualy over about 2 mounths of not smoking and still feeling incredabley in touch with my mortality the feelings began to subside, anxiety is no longer and issue for me now 10 mounths on.
I've smoked once with my girlfriend; when i was drunk since then. However i smoked so little it didn't even effect me, but i wouldn't consider ever getting really stoned again, once you experience the bad side of cannibis its such a terrifying, poinient thing your brain will always assosiate cannibis with that experience in my opinion.
My best advice to anyone would be to stop for a long period of time, after smoking daily for almost a year stepping outside of the box, so to speak, was one the best and hardest things i've done in my life. I used propranol, and i though i took it very rarely i found that having that little magical tub of pills made the feelings of anxiety much more within my control and that's what it's about really, feeling in control of yourself. Sometimes you have to look at these things objectively and say to yourself, maybe this isn't 'cool', maybe this isn't good for ME and get on with your life anxiety free.
Best wish's
Marc
GREAT story for anybody that needs comforting. Okay so i'm 18 now. I started smoking heavily at 16. For 2 years i smoked pretty much everyday with over a hundred different people. I was fairly popular at a couple high schools and had many friends. Summer after graduation i tried ectasy. I swore to all my friends i would only do it 3 times, once each month of the summer (4th of july was the best night of my life, fireworks were right above us at ceasars palace in Vegas at peak of E). Then right before my 18th birthday i rolled again and got super high. An incident happened at the party i was at and i heard some "friends" talking about me and making stuff up trying to make me seem bad to these other kids. After that night the trust issues had a snowball effect with my life. On my birthday in late august i smoked again with some other friends. I got really paranoid thinking they were recording me smoking right before they jumped me and killed me. I left and walked home, avoiding them and hiding as 3 cars full of people were looking for me. Every time i smoked I'd start to think everything was being set up for me, and people were watching me. Then in early October I got really high again after quitting for about 45 days. I started thinking that ever since I moved to Vegas I was being recorded. That there were cameras all in my room and home and everybody i knew was in on it. This became a serious problem and I cut myself off from everybody i knew. I didn't even trust my own family for a while. Everything in media that i was seeing and hearing I thought was about me, like millions of people knew about me. I felt like a real life version of the Truman show. Right after i made that connection, the Truman show came on t.v. and i was freaking. This would all happen anytime i smoked but my paranoia lasted for days. I even called 911 6 times one night 2 weeks ago after smoking and going to my best friends brothers house to watch a boxing match. He was having a party and his whole family was there and I thought they all knew about my version of the Truman show and I felt they were all talking about me. I had smoked about 1 hour before we got there. Police showed up to the house but after i was long gone walking home. I took the farthest way home because I thought the police were in on it too. After reading this thread I now realize it was all the stress in my life that brought this on me. I have been through more in the past 7 years than most experience in a lifetime. My mothers and my grandmothers cancers, a new baby brother and sister, drug addiction and alcoholism in my immediate family, hitting rock bottom poverty as i graduated and having nobody to help guide me into college (which i was enrolled for but my fafsa didn't kick in until sept. and i had fees due in Aug.) Being the only one in my immediate family to even go to college, half of my family didn't even graduate. All this stress finally got to me when I was in what I found to be my comfort zone for the previous 2 years. The ganja lets you know when you need to stop and get your sh*t together and I am a firm believer in this. I still have not fully recovered and the thoughts still linger in the back of my head. I hope that I can get my head straight soon and stop letting this ruin my life. I recently started cooking a lot to help get my mind off things. I hope my story gives you some reassurance. - D.J.
just wanted to let you all know, if you suffer with weed anxiety you always will. i started a little while ago smoking, about a year id say, i the first few times i smoked was scary but gradually smoking was the best thing in the world, however nearly a year later me and four friends rolled an 8th blunt of cali kush and smoked it down and guess what? panic attack, i felt like my heart stopped, like i was going to pass out and all those similar symptoms, ever since ive suffered panic attacks daily, drinking used to be allright until a day that i chose to get black out drunk, let me tell you what, the next day i was lost, i was walking around my college dorm like a fool, i felt disconnected and scared, recently i smoked some northern lights, got an intense painkilling body high that set me off into the worst feeling ever, imagine a panic attack, and being completely numb, and feeling trapped, it really sucked, and since it was some pretty dank weed it lasted for hours, so for hours i was trapped in a world of spiraling misery. My suggestion is, dont do any drugs period, no drinking either. HOWEVER, learning to fight off panic attacks while your high IS a usefual skill, this is one i have learned to prevent or drastically reduce the anxiety, sometimes i even pull myself aside from a group or sit quietly and meditate. if you want to reduce any anxiety meditation is the way to go, meditate everyday and eventually you can gain better control of your mind, other things to try is 5 htp and valerian root. valerian root is an all natural herb similar to benzos without all the dangerous addiction, however some people do find themselves suffering from withdrawals, but thats like a smaller percentage, in all honesty, meditate for a while, maybe a few weeks, if that doesnt help, see a doctor mainly a psychiatrist. ive never gone that far yet, i have good days and bad days, sometimes i wanna say yes to xanax, but realize this, any pharmecuticals are gonna cause some kind of damage for that temoporary relief. I wish you all the best of luck and to myself as well, panic attacks are no joke, and to those of us who suffer them frequently, just know your not alone.
if you suffer with weed anxiety now you probably always will. i started a little while ago smoking, about a year id say, i the first few times i smoked was scary but gradually smoking was the best thing in the world, however nearly a year later me and four friends rolled an 8th blunt of cali kush and smoked it down and guess what? panic attack, i felt like my heart stopped, like i was going to pass out and all those similar symptoms, ever since ive suffered panic attacks daily, drinking used to be allright until a day that i chose to get black out drunk, let me tell you what, the next day i was lost, i was walking around my college dorm like a fool, i felt disconnected and scared, recently i smoked some northern lights, got an intense painkilling body high that set me off into the worst feeling ever, imagine a panic attack, and being completely numb, and feeling trapped, it really sucked, and since it was some pretty dank weed it lasted for hours, so for hours i was trapped in a world of spiraling misery. My suggestion is, dont do any drugs period, no drinking either. HOWEVER, learning to fight off panic attacks while your high IS a usefual skill, this is one i have learned to prevent or drastically reduce the anxiety, sometimes i even pull myself aside from a group or sit quietly and meditate. if you want to reduce any anxiety meditation is the way to go, meditate everyday and eventually you can gain better control of your mind, other things to try is 5 htp and valerian root. valerian root is an all natural herb similar to benzos without all the dangerous addiction, however some people do find themselves suffering from withdrawals, but thats like a smaller percentage, in all honesty, meditate for a while, maybe a few weeks, if that doesnt help, see a doctor mainly a psychiatrist. ive never gone that far yet, i have good days and bad days, sometimes i wanna say yes to xanax, but realize this, any pharmecuticals are gonna cause some kind of damage for that temoporary relief. I wish you all the best of luck and to myself as well, panic attacks are no joke, and to those of us who suffer them frequently, just know your not alone.
Shot Marc. respect your mortality, respect your sanity and respect the people that want you sane and alive. Best wishes, Calvyn
Wow, it amazes me that there are others out there that have expierenced that same paranoia as I have. I've been smoking for about 5 years, and within the last couple months ive experienced my high in new ways that are shocking and scary! Immediatly, ive been searching online and talking to people who may have had an answer to my problems... luckily it's nice to know im not the only one, for a second I thought marijuana was making me going insane. Ive noticed that when I smoke a small amount of weed that I am fine, and full functioning. But, if i go beyond my "limit" I get sent into this EXTREME paranoia. I start ananlyzing my surroundings and the people I'm around, I almost talk myself into believing that everyone is against me, and talking about me. Now when I say "talking about me," I mean that its like my mind hears things that others are saying (which is usually about me) when theyre not talking about me at all, its like I believe the world is against me. On top of over-analyzing EVERYTHING, there are times when I feel "stuck." I cant move, or talk, its like im not functioning properly. I mean yeah, marijuanna has the effect of slowing you down a bit, but I almost feel like I've gone mentally retarded or something. I've also experienced somewhat of what seems to be a "mind trip." I was listening to some music, and in my head I started to believe that my brain was going to explode. I remember my heart racing uncontrollably, and I thought I was going to die. This has happened to me a few times. Its crazy because when for so long I could smoke and be normal, but now its like everytime I smoke, this sh*t happens to me. I've pretty much decreased my appetite for smoking, but i'd like to know is there away around all this paranoia?