Anxiety mixed with marijuana and panic what fun

[nothappy29]

I have been smoking since I was about 14, I am now 30, I had my first panic attack about 5 and a half years ago.I was fighting with my sons mom, we lived together at the time. I thought I had a heart attack. throughout the 5 plus years I thought I had many heartattacks, about 3 emergency room visits and a couple doctor visits and it seems meds was the only option. Well I dont take any meds. So after the first one I didnt think of my weed taking any toll.
Last summer I had a bad panic attack worse then anything in my life ever.I was in bed, didnt move for 3 days almost 4. I lost alot of weight and was a basket case. I never felt anything like that at all ever. Also because I am smart I was in bed and figured I didnt smoke weed or cigs in 2 or 3 days I am quiting. Well that had a greater attack on me. Nightmares cold and hot sweats bad thoughts couldn t breath and many other hard scary feelings. Out of control I swore I wouldnt smoke no more. Yeah right. So I pulled throught it didnt smoke and started watching my diet and taking B12 and other vits. 2 months later I am rolling dubs and smoking a pack a day. During the 2 months I had little anxiety I remember feeling a bit here and there but it was no longer a problem.
Now a year almost to the day later I am screwed again. not as bad but its here and crushing me. I am soo fustrated and fed up. I will not touch pot again that was it for me, I dont drink alcohol or caffine. what can I do?
I dont want to quit cigs and make it harder on myself. Any opinions or advice?

[cj29]

I am glad you decided to lay off the drugs.  Pot is notorious for makineg one's anxiety worse in my opinion.  Throughout all of this you never mentioned if you have gone to counseling for your anxiety.  If you haven't that would be the first piece of advice that I would give anyone.  Knowledge is power when it comes to dealing with this...confronting it, you will learn a lot about yourself as well as where your anxiety came from and why it is affecting you...keep us posted!

[nostrangers07]

cj is right....i was a heavy bud smoker for about 4 years to supress my anxiety levels...i decided to quit and while no physical symptoms were present at first the sudden shock of stopping a habit put my psyche in a frenzy...leading to even higher anxiety then when i first started chiefin...i dont believe that marijuana directly causes the higher level of anxiety but instead the change in daily habits is the culprit....make sure that before you blaim the marijuana for the anxiety that everything in your life is in a somewhat stable state (ex a job, good relationships with fam, keeping friends close, etc...) Anxiety is the body's natural reaction to something that is not right with the way your living...an anxiety disorder is when things are apparently stable but yet you still have overwhelming feelings of anxiety and impending doom...if all we do is search for things that eliminate anxiety completely...we will find ourselves in a world of addiction...which to me can be worse than any anxiety disorder..

[nostrangers07]

my opinion that the change in daily use of marijuana cause the higher level of anxiety not the drug itself... is only a theory and not scientifically proven...also there is no scientific evidence that the drug itself is the culprit of anxiety.....

[Paxiled]

Repeating, marijuana doesn't cause anxiety, it makes one feel whatever one is already feeling more intensely.  If you have anxiety problems, marijuana isn't for you because of this.  But, hey guy, you quit the mj but still smoking cigs?  I mean, mj will make you feel anxious because you haven't done anything such as therapy or relaxation exercises to deal with the anxiety, but you're willing to die from smoking cigs?  

[Nacor]

I'm 22 I bout a pull up bar and did the stupidest thing, i smoked marijuana and did exercised. Before i felt like i could do more reps then normally but one day I felt as if i was getting a hart attack. My hart was was beating so fast so strong that even my friends could hear it. My friends where high and laughing at me they said "your paranoid man chill out". I started drinking water to see if It relaxed me a little and it did, after that i wasn't even high no more but i was scared as F***K. I when to the emergence room and i was told everything was normal, but i still had chest pain, know i didn't know if it was my hart or my muscle from doing pull ups. After that for a few months my hart kept beating a little faster then usual; When i smoked and if i paid attention to my hart i started getting paranoid and my hart went faster. Then i started counting my hart beat with a watch to see if it was normal and it was, I was just getting paranoid because of the first experience and thought it would happen again. I eventually I quit smoking to do something better with my life and decided to join the Airforce. Weed makes you feel good don't get me wrong but for that reason in time you stop carrying for the things and the people you LOVE. It slowly takes away your emotions, sense of humor and leaves you careless for anything and everyone including your self  

[Nacor]

I'm 22 I bought a pull up bar and did the stupidest thing, i smoked marijuana and did exercised. Before i felt like i could do more reps then normally but one day I felt as if i was getting a heart attack. My heart was was beating so fast so strong that even my friends could hear it. My friends where high and laughing at me they said "your paranoid man chill out". I started drinking water to see if It relaxed me a little and it did, after that i wasn't even high no more but i was scared as F***K. I when to the emergence room and i was told everything was normal, but i still had chest pain, know i didn't know if it was my heart or my muscle from doing pull ups. After that for a few months my heart kept beating a little faster then usual; When i smoked and if i paid attention to my hart i started getting paranoid and my heart went faster. Then i started counting my heart beat with a watch to see if it was normal and it was, I was just getting paranoid because of the first experience and thought it would happen again. I eventually I quit smoking to do something better with my life and decided to join the Airforce. Weed makes you feel good don't get me wrong but for that reason in time you stop carrying for the things and the people you LOVE. It slowly takes away your emotions, sense of humor and leaves you careless for anything and everyone including your self  , I worked on it LOVE my self  that's why i quit.