anxiety- xanax and marijuana?

[Tabitha22]

Hi i'm 21 and I had my first panic attack the other day out of no where and wanted to call 911 until I started reading about panic attacks and realized I had all the symptoms of one. The next couple days my chest hurt real bad and I had a lot of anxiety which I never had had before. I couldn't stop thinking about my breathing and my chest. I went to the doctor and of course he said everything was fine it was just anxiety and prescribed me xanax. I take about a 4th of a pill in the morning which makes me feel better and then when I start getting anxious at night I take about a half of one and it helps a lot. I have been scared to take more than that. I haven't been able to eat much at all and I have to force myself to eat. I used to smoke week a lot and I have been scared to smoke it. I tried the other day but it felt weird to blow it out and I got scared and anxious. Is it ok to smoke weed and use xanax together? It seems as if weed would be good for anxiety because it calms you down. I would rather use that then xanax because of it being so addicting but I'm scared to smoke again. I read some good and bad experiences of smoking weed with anxiety and I think the bad ones just scared me. I hate all these feelings and I just wish they would go away. I have a counseling appointment in a couple days and I hope that will help. Any advice? Especially about the marijuana and anxiety? Anything will help! Thank you!

[Logan90]

Depends on the strain. Do your research.

[Kridder13]

I smoked weed daily for a long time, smoking weed made me feel relaxed and happy. Until one night I smoked by myself and sat down to watch some TV. Out of nowhere my heart started pounding. I tried to breathe in and out to calm down but I didn't work. I went outside, drank a glass of water, and sat on my deck, that still didn't help. After that I convinced myself I was having a heart attack. I woke up my buddy to help me out and he told me to lay down and go to sleep. I woke up the next morning and i was fine. But til' this day I still have anxiety. I always feel like my heart is beating fast. The anxiety is the worst when i try to smoke weed, I get so scared that i'll panic when i smoke that i freak out every time I try to smoke. I got to the point where it wasn't worth the panic to get high. I feel depressed now that I cant smoke anymore and I don't know what to do.

[kickanxietysbutt]

OK...the obvious thing that comes to mind is to lay off the weed.  I am sorry, but I have zero empathy for anybody with anxiety who smokes pot.  I've been cursed with this for years, and have never done a drug in my life.  So many people on this site talk about how they use narcotics, and wonder why they are panicked.  MARIJUANA USE CAUSES ANXIETY.  

[Fireflyeminem]

I've been having panic attacks since I was twelve zoloft works very well

[Fireflyeminem]

I've been having panic attacks since I was twelve zoloft works very well

[Jmoore714]

try an indica next time, as you clearly smoked a saliva. And don't do any psychedelic drug, yes marijuana is a mild psychedelic, without the right mindset. Marijuana is introspective, if you have been hiding your problems from yourself, expect to have them revealed.