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!

[Omusicgame]

hmmmmm. everyones different Tabitha.  I mean, you can stay on the Xanax but smoking marijuana at the same time will mess u up.  Its like drinking at the same time while doing prozac.  You cant mix the two.  It'll take time, but you'll figure things out.  You'll find out what the problem is.

[ArcRendition]

Marijuana typically exaserbates anxiety though some smokers insist that it has anxiolytic properties.  Like any medication, marijuana affects people differently.  Although there is no documented pharmacologic contradictions between Xanax and marijuana, the two drugs may cause a contradictory effect.  Marijuana typically is contraindicated in patients experiecing symptoms of depression and anxiety.  Furthermore, noting the addictive potential of Xanax as a rationalization to use marijuana as the lesser of two perceived "evils"is not only dangerous and broken logic but may be indicative of a of a more substantial phycological descrepency that may need to be addressed by a professional.  

[Kasper87211]

First off, marijuana comes in MANY different strains. Sativas will you trip you out and cause anxiety almost 100% of the time if your prone to it.

Indicas are type of strains that give you a Body high and relaxes you. These Dominating indica strains cause no anxiety and may even help with it.

As far as mixing the 2, I don't think I would.

I can not handle sativa strains because i am anxiety prone and i worry a lot.
As far as indicas, they work well.

It's all about the strain and everyone is different. NOT ALL MJ is the same.
Dont bash it before you do your research.

[MayMayMeemers]

Nope,comming first hand experiance on pot and panic attacks...it makes you panic more not calm down...cause when you calm down and are high you think about things and it leads to an attack

[M4Y0U]

Hello there,

I don't know if you are interested in why anxiety and cannabis can happen i studied both GABA ( and cannabinoid receptors and i found a strong link between cannabis and anxiety.

Cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB 1) receptors are thought to be the most widely  expressed  G­ protein coupled receptors in the brain. This is due to endocannabinoid ­mediated  depolarization ­ induced suppression of inhibition , a very common form of short ­term  plasticity  in which the  depolarization of a single neuron induces a reduction in GABA ­mediated neurotransmission. Endocannabinoids released from the depolarized neuron bind to CB 1 receptors in the pre ­synaptic neuron and cause a reduction in GABA release.

And if for example you are taking an anti-anxiety med like those in the family of the benzodiazepines like Bromazepam, Xanax, Ativan etc. They are acting by affecting the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid. The anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) their effects are produced by the allosteric modification of a specific kind of neurotransmitter receptor, the GABAA receptor, which INCREASES the conductance of this inhibitory.

SO basically cannabis decreases and anti-anxiety meds increases. And i beleive this is why weed can cause you to have panic attack and anxiety if you are prone to anxiety.

Best regards
M4

[mimi888496]

Ive smoked weed every now and then and it was always fun. But I had my first maaaajor panic attack while smoking and it was terrible! I woke up the next day and was fine, but I swore id never smoke again. Then a few weeks later, i tried just one puff and it threw me into a week long anxiety attack. I couldnt eat for days,( have lost 30 lbs since then), kept trying to swallow and breathe but couldnt. I had to go to the dr to see what was wrong. She prescribed xanax. Now im afraid to smoke and afraid to take the meds bc they are addictive i hear. If i were to smoke weed and then if it gave me anxiety, take a xanax, what would the effect be? Would the xanax take away the weed-induced anxiety? Or would it make me feel even more loopy, anxious, and out of my head, a feeling that i hate and which caused the anxiety in the first place, i felt like i was beyond anything real or in this galaxy. Please tell me if itd get rid of that anxiety and how itd feel, or if i should just steer clear of weed altogether.