Would marijuana cause permanent anxiety?

Hello I know this is a year ago but can you ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** posting of private information such as name, phone number or email address is not allowed in order to protect your privacy*** Please read our Terms of Use Need some advice

Thanks! It helped allot. I am going through very same problem.

I know how painful is Panic attack, I wish everyone very healthy and peaceful lives.

Never smoke again trust me its not worth it your symtoms can get even worse

This was recently brought apon when i got off of work one night and was exhausted so my sister who picked me up asked if I wanted to smoke and I accepted Ofcourse so after we smoked we got home and i got in the bed then I started to have trouble breathing and my heart started racing and i thought i was tripping but after it lasted for 30mins non stop I began to get lightheaded and thought i was having a heart attack amd i wanted to go to the hospital so bad but I couldnt because of the laws against marijuana so I sat there with my sister for hours that night thinking i was going to die any second without knowing I was having a panic attack I eventually fell asleep from my heart being so exhausted then woke up the next morning feeling very weak then it started again but not as bad as the night before and the only thing that seemed to slow my heart beat was if I was walking constantly then when that wasnt working and I felt like I was going to die again I walked to the nearest health center while light headed about to fall out and it seemed like I was waiting for hours in the waiting room everyone looking at me crazy and figured I wasnt going to get checked out so I called an ambulance

I figured I was laced with something but wondered why my sister was fine even though I was happy she wasn't going through this because I wouldnt wish it on my worse enemy

Ever since then ive had on and off anxiety I feel like the world around me isn't real and i just wanna go back to my old self

Its not that easy getting help because I'm only 16 and my mom thinks I'm just being dramatic amd just keeps telling me to stop thinking about it like its that f*****g easy, it has cause depression but I'm still trying to carry out my everyday activities and put on an act like every things okay
I hope if your going through this you get better and find yourself again

I,ve been smoking pot for eight years, and one night i felt as if I was having a heart attack... Paramedics came and escorted me to the hospital, doctors told me its a panic attack... I since then have been anxious as hell and unsure why... Im only 22 so this is new to me... Im on meds but the attacks wont stop... Do you think that it my be weed related? Been too scared to smoke ever since

I considered myself a stoner before I had an incident that describes what a lot of people here are describing. Last year my friend and I were smoking weed to just pass the time and we noticed that one of the buds was extremely white in comparison to the rest of the bunch, we just thought that it had more THC. We smoked it and it gave us a euphoric high. A few minutes later my friend complains to me that he wasn't feeling so hot and that his heart rate was going really fast. A few minutes later I started to feel the same thing, with an unquenchable thirst and a heart rate that was through the roof.

We were rushed into the hospital and had to stay there the night. After that incident my friend and I would have palpitations, something that we've never had before, and random panic attacks. For a while the panic attacks used to be triggered by the smell of weed but they could happen randomly. My mind was never at ease since that incident, always thinking there is something wrong with me and that it could be a fatal medical situation. The doctors assured me there was nothing wrong and that it was more than likely an anxiety disorder but that didn't help put my mind at peace.

It's been a year and a half since that incident and my friend and I still have similar experiences, I've just grown accustomed to them and ignore them most of the time when they aren't that bad. All this has caused me to be depressed though, remembering the days when there was absolutely nothing wrong with me and now I can't even exercise without worrying I'm having a heart attack. My normality ruined by that one time I decided to smoke and ruined my friend's as well.

I've been in your shoes, having chest pains and fast heart rate, calling 911 and having the paramedics arrive at my door to tell me it's just a panic attack (this has happened more than once of twice for me). I cant say that it was just weed that caused this for me though, it was due to a traumatic experience with weed involved. I was 21 when the incident happened and the doctors assure me that I have almost no risk for a heart attack, but that doesnt help put your mind at ease.

I would recommend that you steer clear from weed, I know it can be depressing since weed is really fun and may help you get through the days easier but it's just one of those things that aren't meant for everyone. I'm still searching for something that will replace weed for me...

I've gone through exactly what you described. The extremely fast heart rate, not being able to seek medical help due to laws, the exhaustion afterwards, family members thinking its all drama... It's been a whole year and a half since that happened to be but it has had so many follow-up symptoms. Palpitations were an all-day worry for me, I could never take my mind off them, I would make note of any subtle changes in my heart rate and that would be the main focus of my day. Sometimes I would have random panic attacks that would take the breath out of me and force me to distance myself from others. I've felt that detachment that you described, that depression that comes from remembering when everything used to be normal... I regret the day I decided to smoke that caused all of this for me. Sometimes chest pains come up and some other weird things I cant explain. I'm not trying to tell you that all of this is normal, I'm just trying to tell you that I've experienced it and I'm out here trying to comfort others that have gone through the same thing. You'll be alright, but a lot of things aren't going to be the same. And please, don't try to smoke again as this has caused some relapse for me in the symptoms. You're going to have a lot of internal struggles with keeping your cool even when the professionals tell you that it's all in your head. It really really sucks.

Just shortly... Thanks everybody who have contributed to this thread. I'm sat here finally realizing with certainty that weed is the cause of my recent bouts with anxiety. It's been absolutely horrible with muscle twitching and raw fear of being afflicted with a certain neurological illness due to my physical symptoms. All my life I've been prone to anxiety, especially health anxiety, and it's not until the last few years that I started vaping weed every now and then, sometimes in getting extremely stoned because it enhanced sexual pleasure. About a year and a half ago I started feeling more and more anxious about a number of things and just this March it culminated in extreme stress, anxiety and fear. I went through 12 weeks of CBT which somewhat failed to help (not surprisingly as I was still vaping on and off during that time). I then heard from my girl friend that weed can cause anxiety and depression and I quit for a while. Then she went away to visit her parents for an extended period of time and I fell into old habits and vaped a bit here and there. By this time I thought I was fine again, more or less, but all the fears and all the physical symptoms returned, much stronger this time. One night I thought "f**k it" and vaped myself into oblivion, thinking it couldn't get any worse anyway. It could and the next day I found myself face-down on the living room carpet in utter despair. My parents took me in for a week, helping me surviving basically and I put myself on Setraline. The side-effects were terrible though and I could only keep it up for four days.

Since then I've begun to feel a bit better again and this time I'm ditching the weed forever because it's clear to me now what it does to me. My muscles are still twitching, especially in my legs and just to be sure I'm seeing a doctor later this week to ascertain that I'm fine and also to set myself up for a new round of CBT to combat my health anxiety. Going to the gym has helped a lot, working out the body and taking spinning classes. I read somewhere that after extended periods of stress, the body is virtually saturated with stress hormones and exercise helps clearing them out. We'll see what happens... At least I'm feeling a little bit hopeful now. It's a shame I can't vape, because weed is the best aphrodisiac ever for me.. but it's not worth it by any means.

Good luck to everybody, and if there's any advice I'd like to pass on, it's to quit all together and start exercising a bit. But to each his or her own. I hope you find your way!