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any advice welcome

right where do i start.. im kind of really ashamed to wright this message but i really do need to help. i recently did drugs weed and cocaine and had a panic attack of the weed and didnt think nothing of it as it went away after a while.i then a few weeks later took cocaine not alot and i felt totally weird i was shaking i had bad dry mouth i couldnt concentrate and i was extremly paranoid to the point where i had to leave the pub i was in,couple of days later i couldnt stop crying as i didnt feel myself,i became serverly depressed and recently been put onto 20mg prozac and 40mg propanolol for my anxiety and depression.i feel like i am living in a dream and find myself staring into space and hard to concentrate.im sure it was the last trip off cocaine that did this to me.i absolutly hate myself for what i have done to my own body,i feel really ashamed.do you think i should tell the doc what caused me to go like this.i just told him i was stressed out at work, but im starting to think am i on the right meds for my problem or not?i hardly leave the house and do not want to talk to people i just stay in all the time, and i used to be so happy and outgoing.is there anycures for my paranoia ?as you can see i am very confused and in need some serious help.i havent touched a drugs in over 5 weeks now and i would never do it again.just wondering if anyone else has had this experience off a bad trip please any advice is welcome.
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186166 tn?1385259382
never heard of pot or cocaine causing anyone to "trip out"...sounds more like you are having panic attacks caused by the anxiety you're having associated with the drug use...if you haven't done any drugs in 5 weeks, sounds like you are on the right path
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hey, relax.. while pot & cocaine doesn't cause that in most people, it most certainly DOES in people who are prone to anxiety!!  i know this from personal experience (except the coke, that I've just seen.. i have a healthy fear of drugs & have never touched anything more dangerous than pot or shrooms from my crazy youth days).  

when i used to smoke pot, i would feel very paranoid for about half an hour depending on how much i smoked, or how quickly i smoked.  the paranoia would set in and i would find myself on the way to an anxiety attack, but i would always tell myself 'im not dieing.. this is normal and if i think about something else for 10 minutes it will start to go away'  and ofcourse it would.  

what you need to do is NOT do any drugs (anxiety or not, they aren't good for you.)  but also do not beat yourself up for trying them.  as a human, we all have basic needs (this is straight out of any psychology textbooks), and the need to alter our reality does exist.  many children like to make themselves hyperventilate, or spin around in circles becuase it changes how they feel.  so dont get down becuase you were curious.  but do know that cocaine can kill you even if you dont do a lot.  so please please don't do that again.  

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as far as pot is concerned, it's not going to kill you (people may argue on me with this)  but by itself, it is not toxic and will not harm you.  it can exasorbate (i spelled that wrong) other problems however, wether those are heart or anxiety problems.  so if you have anxiety, don't smoke.  but if you do smoke it just remind yourself that you're going to be fine in about 15 minutes if you just relax & think about something else.  

you may have not had anxiety before, but it can, and does.. sometimes just appear.  i didn't have anxiety until i began to face some issues from childhood, and i have had it ever since, on & off.  the antidepressants aren't a bad idea.  just watch yourself closely on them to make sure you are taking the right one for you.  they do need a few weeks to work.  

good luck :)
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Pot is all natural it most cases, it would not do this to  you. I would take a step back and look at wat is all going on ur ur life.
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