PANICING STILL

[robrob76]

I had my first panic attack over 12 years ago due to a bad reaction 2 some dope i was smoking that night..Funny thing is is never touched the drug again but i still have the same feelings i did that night..and it has just gotten worse..
Has anyone had a drug induced panic attack but still suffer 2day.?? All shrinks and others say i was bound 2 have panic due 2 my history,but i cant help but think the dope triggered it off...

[Paxiled]

Look, mj doesn't cause anxiety attacks.  It just brings out what's in us already.  That's why it didn't go away, because it wasn't caused by the mj in the first place, it was just waiting to come out.  Well, it's been out, and you just have to keep trying to find a therapist who can help you.  And forget about the mj, you're wasting your healing energy blaming it.

[toejam_muncher]

well...if i smoke pot, i'm guaranteed to have a panic attack frenzy untill it wears off. i guess what paxiled said could be true in that it's already part of who i am and so it's amplified when i smoke it...but to me it has always been the pot that triggers it. i've only done it twice since it started happening and both times were nights litterally from hell. the people i did it with said they've never seen anything like it...and i haven't either. i think for some people it truly does effect them in very bad ways. that being said, it did wear off. i think it's quite possible that panic attacks could have been triggered by the pot...but as paxiled said, it was something that was already there. it certainly wouldn't have lasted 12 years...not unless you've continued to smoke it for the past 12 years. i'd say whatever is going on now has nothing whatsoever to do with pot you smoked 12 years ago and a therapist could probably help. but one things for sure...no more pot for you.

[Paxiled]

Mj brings out what's already in you, toejam, that's why you get anxious when you smoke.  Mj, in fact drugs and alcohol in general, just don't go well with us anxiety sufferers.  Bummer, but true.  Happened to me, too, so I quit -- a long, long time ago.

[robrob76]

The thing is b4 that bad night happened i was smoking mj regularly for 2 years without ever having that happen..and i enjoyed it 2,and nearly always drank at the same time..

[Paxiled]

That's the case with all of us who suffer anxiety.  One day we don't, the next we do.  Don't know why.  In your case, you just happened to have smoked mj, which brought it out, but it had to be in there to be brought out.  You have to deal with what you have.  Fixating on this past experience won't fix you anymore than me fixating on my first anxiety attack will fix me.

[sophie776]

I had the same thing happen, I get panic attacks now, but a loooong time ago in high school when I would smoke with my friends that started happening. I even told a therapist that a panic attack feels a lot like smoking pot to me. I am sure I was already prone to it, but pot definitely brings it out. I never do it anymore, I don't even like to be in a room with it if the smoke is heavy. I think for some people it can be a catalyst for panic or anxiety. I didn't experience a non-pot related panic attack until years and years after my initial experience. I don't think it can make you have them like say LSD flashbacks or something like that, but I do KNOW that it can trigger them. You probably would have had one anyhow someday, but it probably did bring it out in you.