Paranoia and panic attacks after smoking weed

This happened to me everytime I smoked pot! And I am talking about back in the '70's! To this very day, and btw, I quit smoking pot in the year 1978, I have never felt the same as I did before I started smoking. In fact, if I am in a situation that recreates the environment when I freaked out-ie; dark, summer night, I start getting those feelings again! I say don't start again. I think certain individuals with certain personalities just can't handle it. I, for one, am one of those types.

I know this is an old post but i saw it and was wondering why they say that bud is good for stress but like the third time i smoked and got high i had a panic attack.  the people i was with told me it could be a couple things: 1. we smoked two kinds of weed an indica and a sativa.  2. i had 3 beers before we smoked.  and 3. that i was quote "too high".  now i dont know what caused it but the first times i smoked i didnt smoke as much but i also didnt feel like c**p after i did.  for some reason this third time i freaked out i started to feel clostrophobic and then noticed my heartbeat and in concentrating on it i started to feel scaired then i felt a pulsing pins and needles feeling throughout my body. i was convinced that i f'ed  up and was gona die and was scaired to go to sleep cuz i didnt think i was gona wake up.  anyway i dont like telling people what to do or how to live their life but all i can say is be safe.  and i havent smoked since which has proven a very good idea for me so maybe a good idea for you.

i smoked a blunt with 2 friends and i got this same panic attack bs, fast heartbeat , feeling boxed in , sweats , and so on but i also smoked a bowl with 4 people about an hour before that and had really no buzz maybe a slight buzz but when we smoked the blunt i felt good and then all the sudden i got hit with it i got scaired so i decided to got outside and sit for a seconed and get some fresh air but when i stood up i felt drunk and had the spins out of nowhere when i finally got outside i knew i was really f***ed up and as i sat there i felt like i was falling and tumbling into nowherein the chair falling foward but i wasnt my friends gf tried to calm me down but it kinda help for a sec and then it came back i then decided to go back inside and we watched a movie and it was ok but i felt like i was on shrooms or acid because i was having hilusinations and seeing things that were not there i thought the stuff was laced or maybe it had some spice or other legal stuff in it cuz some people put that stuff in there weed to get a more intense high but they said it wasnt so i was at a lose and then maybe 2 hrs later i got up and went to take a piss and looked in the mirror and the freaking out went away instantly then when i sat back on the couch it came back so idk waht it was but i eventually had to call a family member to come pick me up cuz i was just too freaked out when i got to their house i felt high but no panic at all just really nervous but not scared.  my advice if ur gona smoke weed be smart and dont do it if u are not comfortable with it or the situation.

I've been smoking weed since i was 14 years old and never had any panic attacks, until last year. the first time it happened to me was with couple of female friends who called me over to their place to smoke some good weed they got, when i got there they already had the blunt rolled up and were ready to light it up, as soon as i got there we went to the complex swimming pool and sat on some tables that were there, formed a lil circle and started smoking, i was the second one to hit it, by the time it was my second time to hit it, my friend on the left started saying that she was already high as fu*k, but we just laughed and thought she was lying until my friend on the right started saying the same thing, then couple seconds later i knew they were not lying because it hit me, everything started to spin around and felt like i was carrying a 200 lb jacket or something and just couldnt stand up, after this i quickly asked one of them what kind of weed it was or if they laced it with something or where they got it from but she couldnt really speak, all i heard was legal weed, there i knew we were really screwed, it was laced weed. panic attacks kicked it, i was breathing really fast, and was also worried because one of my friends was really pale and couldnt breathe really good. we just layed there on the floor until it went away. it was a really scary experience that first time..... 

The second time it happened to me, i was with my best friend and his brother in law at his apartment chilling, we started rolling a blunt of some good sour diecel on the balcony, and started smoking. each of us took about 4 hits of the blunt on a lapse time of around 15 mins, since we didn't feel high at the end of the blunt, we decided to roll another and smoked it.. after about 10 mins, i wasnt feeling that much high so i asked if they were and they said they were not feeling it so we rolled another one, we lighted it up and by the time i was supposed to hit it, i felt it kick in, my friends said i hold the blunt for about 10 mins in the same exact position without hitting it or passing it around, anyways, we then continued to smoke it, my friend then started whispering to his brother in law to let him play with his cell phone so i started wondering why the heck he wanted to play with his cell phone and why he was breathing so fast and shaking. somehow i started panicking too because i felt like he was going to die of a heart attack soo the same thing happened to me, i couldnt breathe, i was shaking, thinking about the most negative shyt ever etc.. we then decided to leave the place and walk around to see if we could calm down with the fresh air, but, this may sound stupid, but we started to have time lapses, like we would be at a place then without knowing be at a completely different and far away location then back to the same place and so on, i even cut my finger and to this day i dont know how and neither does my friend. let me continue to the freakiest part... we were walking back to my place when we say a young lady walking out the complex then we saw some dudes in a car stopping near her.. from there i dont know how or why the heck my friend started running like crazy yelling "run for your life, theyre gonna kidnap and kill us", i freaked out so started running like a b***h too up to the point where i even past and left him behind until he reached me and asked me why the f**k i was running and yelling "run for your life", there i was really lost, and freaked the f**k out because i really confused of what was going on. we then proceeded to go and carefully see if they were still there but there was no car just the lady walking and when she saw us she just started laughing and asked us if we were ok... we then sat down and just waited for the highness to go away. it was the longest (3 and a half hour) and scariest shyt ever! 

From that point on, i kept on smoking normally like i used to before that happened and have not had any panic attacks ever since. from that experience, i came to the conclusion of not smoking way too much weed specially if its some potent strain and less if youre smoking with someone who you dont know how they react with theyre highness because theyre reactions or panics may make you worried and paranoid. 

Hope didnt bore you guys, just wanted to share my experience and my opinion. thanks. oh and remember "just a blunt of great weed will do the trick" ;) 

Damn, I was just having a panic attack and this was seriously super enlightening, thanks!

this is why they should not legalize pot...could you imagine the horror of having a weed driver on the road that panics.

LISTEN TO rollerballeref! LISTEN TO rollerballeref!

This happened to my friend and she scared me like never before. She was so convinced that she was going to die that she started screaming everyone's name she loved and told me to take care of her loved ones that she was leaving behind. She started saying an oath to God, asking for forgiveness and all sorts of last minute prayers. I just started praying and then she snapped out of it. Then after a while she went back into a trance, but this time she thought we were already dead, she couldn't move from the bed and said that we were dead and then even thought I was doing her harm. I was so scared, I was completely helpless. Then we went downstairs, and her next phase was knowing we're not dead, but feeling like if we sleep we were going to die. I remember something inside of me telling me that the last phase was her feeling sick...and guess what?

That's exactly what happened.

I am a Muslim, my friend is a non-religious Christian. When we were downstairs she was saying that God was giving her another chance, she knows it. She said that she felt what it was like to be dying, and what it felt like to be dead. She also said she knows what it feels like to regret everything she didn't do right. She kept on about what she feels are the signs God is showing to her. Then she insisted to start reading the Quran in that moment. I told her it's not right to read the Quran while in bad state, but she insisted and scared me. So in my heart I asked God for guidance and went towards my laptop, and we read the Quran. She wanted to read it over and over bc she was over-thinking. Then, she decided to start memorizing the first surah. I swear, she only memorized "BismilAllahi al Rahman al Raheem"and read "Alhamdulilahi Rab al Alameen" and the next thing that happened was her just throwing up EVERYTHING!!!! I was super calm because I knew that was going to happen, something had already told me, and I knew that was the last step before we were given another chance. SHe didn't move one muscle while throwing up, it was just like a gush of liquid draining out of her mouth. I was changed for life. I will NEVER again smoke again. And I promised God, that if he saves our lives that night, I will never voluntarily sin again (sex, drugs, alcohol, deceit etc etc). ****Btw, for those who are wondering, I am fairly religious, not overly, and she is DEFINITELY not religious. We're both good girls, are pure minded, and don't usually get into trouble.

I hope this helps someone out there. I thank the Lord all the time for this second chance. I am devoted to Him and only Him, and may Allah be with all of you who seek his guidance.

My experience everytime I get a bad time of smoking is my heart starts racing really fast and hard. I feel like it's gonna buss out my chast and like it's pumping blood out my heart too fast and hard. I began thinking I'm about die or I'm already dead and I'm in hell.i feel like everybody is sending me symbols. I'd be f*****g trippingggg. Which is why I vowed this time I'm never smoking again. PROMISE THIS TIME!!!!!

Lets face it. We spend half of our time looking to get weed in our possession and the other half being high or stashing the stuff where only we know where. It's against the law. That's why we panic. It's not just a buzz it's a lifestyle. Were cautious because We don't want people to know our business and We assume everybody does. No way You can be involved and not eventually panic. But usually panic comes from over doing it. We need to be like wine experts too. You gotta know what Your smoking. Have You ever seen wine experts not know what they're drinking?

i felt the same freeling way i just took vitamin b-12 to help nervous system and every thing is back to normal. the parinoia is gone i can live a nice healthy life.

Hi "Mendy" I think you should stop smoking because even if you've smoked most of your life it only takes the ONE time for it to trigger panic/anxiety attacks... Alot of people have it afterwards whether they smoke or not. I smoked since I was 16 and it wasnt until Jan 2012 when I had a panic attack.. thought i was dying, face and hands went numb and cold.. I felt like my body was numb and I had this feeling that something was OFF or wrong. I know what being STONED feels like AND I know the difference between being GOOFED and PANIC attacks. Its the worst feeling ever. I havent TOUCHED weed since that day and I STILL get panic attacks RANDOMLY without any triggers which sucks BIG TIME. I hate them. Ive been on antidepressants to help control them and even then when they wanna happen they just kick in full force. The only thing that helps DURING the attack is xanax and I HATE taking that because it makes me sleepy the next day as well. Its soooooooooooooo not worth going through this bs just to get high. If I could rewind time and take back smoking weed I would. Everyone says Weeds never killed anyone but thats bs because weed can trigger Anxiety... panic attacks... and schizophrenia (which can lead to you hurting yourself suicide etc..) I don't know if you'll read this anytime soon but if you or anyone else does even if you've continued smoking weed... please s top. Its really not worth it ;(

Totally what I was looking for.

I've been smoking for a while, but all of a sudden I started to have panic attacks. It felt like my heart was going to stop, and my throat was closing up making it hard to breathe. Also feels like I'm going to pass out or die, then you get that weird sharp "omg i almost died" feeling haha.

Anyways, it's good to know I'm not going to die, so I'll continue to smoke (for med reasons also) while trying to control these attacks.

I know that feel bro. I am going through the same sh*t. I don't take any antidepressants but after this bad trip i get random panic attacks especially when I'm drunk a bit. Scary as sh*t. I think it would be better to talk to psychologist than taking medicines.  My way out of panicing is rationalising the situation. There is nothing to worry about, it was just chemical substance that caused those shitty thoughts. You are not dying, you are ok. Think positively and punch those panick attacks in the face. 

Omg I was 17 as well when I smoked marijuana....but it was some Reggie nothing stronger...I was peaceful, relaxed, and laughed away with my female friend...Now Feb/22/13 I decided to try some KUSH for the first time!!!!! The worst day of my life...I became sooooooooooooooooo high to the point I felt your same EXACT experience.....!!!!!! I thought that I had gotten enough but obviously I didn't because April/3/13 at school I took 3 mini puffs and the same experience happened all over...!!! It has now been a month w/o me not smoking kush/marijuana Period...considering that I am NIT REALLY A SMOKER..and don't plan to do it Again..!!!! NoT only that but I still feel the same feeling I felt the times I did smoke the kush but in reality, I have not inhaled any marijuana smoke..nor been around it!!!! Now I'm really freaking out because its going on two months and still every so often feel like the same horrible experience!!!! Did it make me bipolar?? Or crazy??? Because it didn't affect my friend? And we puffed the SAME EXACT THING..!!!! HOW ARE YOU FEELING? ? do you think I'm experiencing withdrawal? ?? And that experience seem like it controne all over again if I think about that same night!!!!!!! I turned 18yrs May/5/13... GET BACK WITH ME PLEASE

I've been through everything I've had the patience to read on here (about three pages) and I can tell you that ANYONE can resolves these issues by simply accepting your changes in perception, your new found hearing abilities and your effected means of personal observation and analysis. It's that easy, and in my opinion..cannabis was meant to have these effects on people for a reason. It's the point where you cross over into the world of freedom, and leave the life of a sheep behind. The sooner you accept the developments achieved by your body, the sooner you will feel better..but more imortantly, you will come to understand what it means to have had these experiences. ..and yea the ringing goes away, naturally and without warning, and frankly, by the time it does you will be perfectly content with your life. Just remember, acceptance is freedom. Also for anyone experiencing short term memory loss, try Zinc.