Marijuana=Panic attacks and Anxiety?

[jd401]

Hi, first time poster looking for some help and answers. Im a 19 year old male who has used the drug marijuana for the past two years heavily( 2-4 times a day). I would experience a very good time from and it would help me relax and chill out form a long day of work ect. Then one night i used the drug and started to experience a rapid heart beat, hot flashes, it was hard to breathe, which i then found out was a panic attack after visiting the ER. I didnt think much of it untill a week later when i smoked again and expereinced another panic attack which was like the first one but a little more intense with a since of losing control i ended up falling a sleep while trying to control my breathing. It has been two months since having a panic attack because i have stopped smoking. However, i think i am experiencing some anxiety. For example, headaches, tingling sensations, feelings that i might have a panic attack, always thinking somethings wrong with me, and their has been some problems with my bowel movements which i heard can be cause by anxiety. so any answers, help, or support would be wonderful. Thanks.

[Stonerlife]

I went to the Er for similar reason I got a panic attack from eating a really potent muffin I ate but I did not make the butter my friend told me he made a cup of butter with 4 oz of weed but i didn't use the the whole cup I maybe used 10 spoonfuls in to 6 muffins I ate one and 1 hour later I started to feel slow with tunnel vision it kinda of felt shaky and I told my gf to take me to the Er because I felt like I was going to die I had a heart rate of 190 the doctor made an iv and gave me atival which put me to sleep for 6 hours and ever since that day I didn't feel like myself I thought there was something wrong with me getting high and drinking weren't the same anymore as if my tolerance restarted so I decided to smoke a week after the incident and start to get a bad panic attack almost the same as the day I ate the edible I think it might have been the atival still in my system so I decided to not smoke from now on or drink because when I'm sober I feel fine just a couple of tingling sensation But I don't think I can smoke now which I was a daily smoker I would smoke up to 5 times a day and never tripped out like when I ate the edible hopefully one day I can smoke again and have the relaxing feeling I got from weed but for now staying sober keeping the anxiety away

[Truffles711]

I smoked for years, a few times a day for about one and cut down to just before bed and random occasions for a few months and now Its been about 2 months that I just don't smoke. I was hungover and with my stoner friend a couple days ago and I know that smoking always cured my hangovers so I thought I'd get in on his doob and i was okay for a bit, but then I just felt really really high like everything was slow and I couldn't put words together. I smoked like half a cigarette and by the time we got back to his house I just finished it and got out of the car and everything went like green and couldn't stand I thought I was about to have a panic attack at first so I turned around and hugged him but everything was going black and I couldn't hear or stand anymore then I started shaking uncontrollably and I was getting cold sweats. Then I passed out for a second and I opened my eyes and tried to get up but I couldn't so j just sat there leaning against the house for a few minutes and finally got up and passed out again as soon as I got inside.. then got up and passed out again before I got to his bedroom and then finally made it to his bed and slept it off and was totally fine when I woke up. It was so scary it's never happened to me before, I had one incident a couple months ago but it was more of an anxiety attack then whatever this was. I guess I greened out. I don't think ive ever passed out before too so that was just so awful.

[Brendz1234]

Dude. You are a machine, great stuff !! You could seriously be an anxiety therapist, you'll make some good money ;)

[Brendz1234]

Hey guys. I know this post has been closed for quite a while, but this is the only discussion i could find.. so im literally shaking and my heart is racing and getting crazy heat rushes, feels like I'm having a heartattack! Im parked outside the ER, don't want to go in and cause a fuss about nothing... Just going to try and wait it out and see what happens i guess.

[bluegc]

Trust me, from someone that smoked everyday for 5 years, some people are just not cut out for it. I had to quit fairly soon after I started getting paranoid.

To begin with it was fun, got the giggles, munchies and enjoyed it but realised I was doing it more and more on my own. I had a nice flat, lovely girl and nothing wrong but thought people were after me. It messed me up, I always worried but this was irrational.

Some can smoke and be fine, others need to be careful and I had to quit for my own sanity. When the bad times outweigh the good,it's time to move on.

[jctdude]

The best thing you can do is not runaway from it. I beat this, it was very hard but it is beatable. You have to confront it head on. Do the things that make you anxious incrementally increasing these activities until you are again comfortable with them. If you got this from weed then smoke very small doses, tiny hits at first, 1 small hit is normally enough to begin, do this for a week or more. Give yourself something to do where you are not over thinking and freaking yourself out. Video Games are good, light exercise, even masturbation if it will relax you. Very gradually smoke more. I got anxiety for the first time and first panic attack on shrooms and was a nutcase for about 2 years with constant anxiety, even in my sleep where I would have dreams where I could not breathe or wake up. Gone are those days. Meditation helps a lot at first if you decide to drop marijuana for a while. I would also strongly recommend tapping technique for anxiety google it, it may take you years to get over it, but if you confront the things that stress you out then you get comfortable with them and the anxiety goes away. I was afraid of movie theaters for a while due to a Panic attack during a creepy film as well as public transport, taxis etc where my stomach would flip out and make me want to **** myself. You have to confront all these things, and most importantly say to yourselves that it is all in your mind and hove the power to control them. In a way your are letting your own thoughts bring on anxiety, you are not scared you are afraid of being scared. As soon as you get a grip on these the anxiety will go away. To avoid any heart conditions eat better, diet and exercise, this way you will know you are healthy and mentally know that you are safe and fine. If you must go back to smoking then do it alone at first. Everytime you feel anxious just change your thoughts, this is why it is important to keep occupied and not dwelling on dread or depressive thoughts.

My mantra: “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”


― Frank Herbert, Dune