I just wanted to give you my insight on your post, I used to love smoking a few years back when I was between the ages of 13-17 I'm 18 now I stopped for a little while and then one day I had a group of my friends together and we all passed around a blunt I was fine until I got pretty much the same symptoms you described, I felt very heavy headed, shaky, palms and feet cold/clammy, my heart was racing obnoxiously, and my anxiety was off the charts, also I had somewhat of a dreamy, tunnel visioned feeling. I didn't know what it was and it freaked me out I thought maybe I was in the wrong settings or I was hanging with a weird crowd, but I smoked again and this time is was so much more worse then before, I started crying I felt so scared and I honestly felt like I wasn't going to come back to being myself, I had a lot of restless nights with hot sweats and just anxious overall, especially in unusual surroundings, my doctor put me on zoloft and that helped me out somewhat, I won't ever go back to smoking again, my question to you is do you have any medical conditions such as epilepsy, maybe heart problems? The THC might be triggering your brain to do abnormal things and I think xanax is not the way to go in this situation, just try to do natural things to calm yourself down, get on a normal sleep schedule, be around good and soothing company, maybe even talk to someone if that helps, I wish you all the best and hope you feel better soon! -Savannah
thanks you for posting.
to answer your question, i have no health problems at all. the doctors have done pretty much every test and everything has come back good.
Also, do you think you can give me more information on your experiences?
when did this happen to you and have you been feeling the same symptoms for a number of days like i have?
Have you gotten any better, etc?
i dont really know if pot and anxiety are connected....i have been smoking HEAVY for 13 years now. and i never had a anxiety problem until 6 months ago. i woke up in a total panic( day of my sisters wedding) and then from there its been an EVERYDAY thing....DIZZY everyday all day, just a constant worry on my mind. for 6 months straight so i had all the medical test and everything was fine thank god!. now i have been in therapy for about 1 month and just started some meds that seem to be working pretty well.
have you thought about therapy?.......maybe meds?......
Turkee and Cainm...you guys should do a search in this community using the words *pot* or *weed and anxiety* and read others who post nearly exactly what both of you have said. I've been reading this forum for 4yrs and you all could write each others posts since the same thing is said over and over.
My thoughts are with you both.
well thats what i would think if i heard this from someone else but all this has been happening because that one hit i took on monday.
and yes, i just started xanax
Yeah, a lot of people get panicy when they smoke pot. My suggestion is just to stop...Some people cant handle it and it is not worth putting yourself through the anxiety attacks.
This happened to me one time. If your not in a comfortable situation your more likely to get a panic attack.
i am struggling with something similiar to you.im 18 year old male very skinny.been smoking on and off for 4 years. i have ocd and mabey another mental disorder before my bad experience but have never been diagnosed.
in early January i ate 2 pot brownies and around an hour later it hit me instantly. i started freaking out constantly pacing back and forth. my heart was racing, i was shaking badly, i had that really bad dreamy vision you mentioned. it was by far the scariest/worst experience of my life and went on for 6 hours. although strangely enough i felt pretty normal the next day. however a few weeks later in early february i was in school and i started shaking and having the same feeling as when i was high. i couldnt concentrate and was uncontrollably anxous. since then i havent felt normal. i am always anxious and jittery. i have dreamy vision and cant think straight. all i do now after i get home from school is lay down and try to sleep but i cant. when i lay there its almost like im deaming but im actually awake. i do breathing excercises and calm myself down but that doesnt really help. i also have no appetite like you said which is concerning cause before this happened i ate a huge diet. i can barely even focus enough to watch tv. sometimes i feel close to normal but that only lasts for a while and then i can feel the anxiety or whatever it is coming back on. its truly torture. i went to a psychologist recently and he didnt say much. i dont know how much longer i can take it.
if anyone has any information to give me dont hesitate to email me at ***@****.
advice i would give to u would be to stay busy and tell yourself your fine and its all in your head. do your best to ignore it and let it pass. replace negative thoughts with positive ones. i know its hard im struggling very much.
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Hi All,
I turn 26 at the end of the month, and have been smoking weed since I was 16 every day, all day. I had no problems when I first started smoking. After college, I started having eating issues, dry heaves, hot and cold spells, shakes, etc. The main issue I was having is I can't eat food without smoking weed. I feel like I over ate, and start to dry heave, if not throw up. It's very embarrassing, and now I just smoke and am unsocial due to this. I can't eat without smoking, I can not sleep without smoking, and am finding it increasingly hard to have normal relationships with my family and friends. If anyone knows anyone that has dealt with this, or if you personally have, please let me know if there is any solution.
Annnnd this is why I will never smoke weed. It will make my anxiety worse i know it.
I can RELATE completely to you. I dont remember when it started. Been smoking the greens for 8 years now. Panics and anxiety problems, JUST AS YOU DESCRIBED THEM, started at about 5 to 6 years of me smoking pot.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR HEALTH.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR HEALTH.
Due to my anxiety problems and all the symptoms (same as you) I was having, I went to all doctors, checked my heart, checked all!!!
ANXIETY is a very real thing... There is a direct link with anxiety and marihuana use. What can I say, I haven´t found a cure...
Maybe stop smoking for a while... Consider seeing a therapist to dig into your being, see if there is something you need to clear up... In my case, I am beggining to wonder that there are some deep rooted stuff in myself that I need to address and solve... Anxiety is instinct... Maybe its our primitive instinct calling for us and telling us that there is something that needs immediate assistance.
It sure sounds trippy (u know me... 8 years man...) but who knows... The fact that sometimes I get the panic attacks and sometimes I dont.... makes me wonder about a lot of things.
Where i come from its called a whitey ,,
Ive passed out briefly in my earlier days of smoking,
Recently got back from Amsterdam and a guy jus panicked and then straight hit the floor in one of the coffee shops and smacked his head right on the bar on the way down !
We bought him a pineapple smoothie and some cookies and once he had them he was fine !
I think he said he was used too smoking bushy weed (crap)
And he went and bought what we were smoking super silver crossed with amnesia haze
25 euro a gram !
The same thing happened to me. I have been smoking for about 2 years once or twice a week and then lately within the last 2 monthes iv been doing it every night until about 3 weeks ago i woke up feeling super out of it and basically having what i thought was seasonal depression and then after about 2 weeks of that i started getting panic and anxiety attacks and racing thoughts and having manic episodes and couldnt get a grip on reality. So i finnaly couldnt stand the sleepless nights and wakeing up crying that the doctor perscribed me paxil anf iv been on it for a week now and its got me feeling normal and i can get my thoughts in control and it helps with the anxiety amazingly. The only thing is it makes it almost impossable to bust a nut and you will have the runs for about 3 days. Smoked last night for the first time in 3 weeks and had a small anxiety attack but breathing tecniques are a life saver. But from my research all points to depression and mental disorders and some people just have something that clics in there brain. Hopefully it will go back to normal.
Literally the same exact thing happened to me. I used to smoke massive amounts of pot every day for two years without any problems, as well as taking a bunch of other illegal and prescription drugs without any issues. One day out of no where I experienced the worst panic attack ever from smoking pot and I just thought nothing of it so I continued to smoke and as the days passed the panic attacks got worse and worse so I quit smoking pot and they went away for a little while. Then I started to get panic attacks from drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes so I quit that too. After I quit all illegal substances and everything else as well, I started having panic attacks out of nowhere doing the most random things like sitting in class or riding the train or even during dinner. Then those panic attacks turned into full blown anxiety. Along with really bad chest pain where it would feel like someone is consistently stabbing me in the heart but that could've been from 6 years of having an eating disorder, either way they only started after the panic/ anxiety did. I went to the docs and they prescribed me klonopin which is basically the same thing as xanax but it made me really sleepy and slow like I was date rape drugged or something so I started taking buspar which isn't as addictive but its also not as strong unless you take a high dose. It seemed to keep my anxiety in control and as months passed I began to regain control of the anxiety and the medicine is even more affective now. Its been a year since I've had my first panic attack but the anxiety still didn't go away and I have a feeling it never will, its something that will always be a part of me because of the stupid choices I've made in the past but once you learn to get in control of the disease it doesn't control you as much as it did in the beginning. Of course medicine is a big part of it but then again the longer you stay on the medication the more dependent your body is on it and the higher dose you'll have to take and in the end even the highest dose wont do the job.
Marijuana can trigger anxiety and panic, that leads to chronic anxiety, or it can make preexisting panic and anxiety worse.
There are countless threads on this forum about this exact topic, browse around, you'll find plenty of info, and many people sharing similar experiences.
It's best to steer clear of anything that could trigger or worsen anxiety. In a LOT of cases, that includes MJ.
Hope everyone is doing ok. This happened to me two years ago after trying it for the first time. Ever since then I have had tachycardia and panic attacks. 1 time changed my life. I am finally sucking it up and trying an SSRI, a little scared about it killing me due to my obvious sensativity to drugs. Has anyone else been faced with permanent anxiety after trying weed, if so, did SSRI's help or aggrivate your nervous system?? Please message me and let me know if this has happened to you!
hi, I am having thhe same problems, i smoked weed and I think I overdosed had panic attacks and all. and i am going through the exact same thing
Feeling of dreamyness, anexity, shallow breathing , cant drink alcohol no more cause it increases anxiety. please help me . tell me solutions!!
ive been goin to a phycatrisct , hes given me medication such as buzpin and vitenmin pills to have 3 times a day
and lonazep 0.25 , 1/4th to half at night
I wanan really get over it. im going to uni this year. i want to be able to drink again, go out at night again with friends
its been 4 months already
please help me someone
will I ever be normal again
or will is till have mild symptoms throughout life and never be able to drink, party again.??
hi, I am having thhe same problems, i smoked weed and I think I overdosed had panic attacks and all. and i am going through the exact same thing
Feeling of dreamyness, anexity, shallow breathing , cant drink alcohol no more cause it increases anxiety. please help me . tell me solutions!!
ive been goin to a phycatrisct , hes given me medication such as buzpin and vitenmin pills to have 3 times a day
and lonazep 0.25 , 1/4th to half at night
I wanan really get over it. im going to uni this year. i want to be able to drink again, go out at night again with friends
its been 4 months already
please help me someone
will I ever be normal again
or will is till have mild symptoms throughout life and never be able to drink, party again.??
Hiya :-) Alright. So I had the same exact experience as you. this should make you feel less alone already....went to the dr. he wanted to give pills, I said thanks but no thanks.
I sincerely believe that when people have this issue it is in fact symptoms and reactions of PTSD. think of the words for a moment: Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder/Syndrome.... you had a very personal scary horrifying experience So in a sense, deliberately putting yourself back in that stressful situation will not only trigger an anxiety/panic blowout, but will be multiplied x10 billion if you know in advance you are going to smoke in the near future, or right before you take a toke. And the repercussions you may have to deal with when you wake up.
Smoke with one non-threatening safe person who knows in detail of what happened to you, or just abstain.
I feel yo pain my friend. it really *****... the brain is the most powerful tool and can overcome maaaany things however...just a thought. mind over matter..and in closing to anyone who reads this, if this happens to you, don't feel like you have to hold the panic attack in your chest or try to "appear" normal. take someone aside in private, say you're not feeling well from the pot. if you verbalize the issue and breathe the words out about 90% of the weight is lifted, trust me.
Best of luck my friend!
Hey guys I'm a 36 year old male and I've never had any sort of and I smoke everyday all da and the other night I was smoking before I went to be and after I turned off the TV to go to sleep I felt like my tons and after I turned off the TV to go to sleep I felt like my tonsils on my throat was obstructing my airways started the pace around in the dark then I went to wash my fac just kind of the Wi just kind of the Willed myself back to sleep but I couldn't eat all da and now it's the third day and I and now it's the third day and I feel a little better so I definitely think in my opinion that marijuana had somethin so I definitely think in my opinion that marijuana had something to do with it but I'm not a dr so I'm definitely going to go see my doctor and start checking this out because this is the third time and I don't like it just as much as you guys don't like it so I'm definitely going to my doctor and see first if there's any natural ways and see what his opinion is because if it is the weed I'm definitely go because if it is the weed I'm definitely going to stop cuz as much as I like smoking I like my mental stability a lot more
On August 9th I ate one and half brownies with marijuana in them and I haven't been the same since. The high was awful. My heart raced, I lost my breath and I felt a tingly sensation all over. It is now the 19th of August and I believe I am experiencing residual effects....my breathing will become shallow...my neck and chest will become very tingly and I will feel panicked...when I have nothing to be panicked about. I thought it was related to my heart, but all the tests say I am fine. I don't know what to do. I just want to feel normal again. I am starting a liquid cleanse to see if that helps to purify my body. I am also looking into natural remedies for anxiety.
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