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!

[Dy1387]

That post was supposed to be to kickanxietysbutt

[karlozz]

Talking about anxiety, I also have this problem very badly then I started taking kava that helped me a lot to overcome the same now I feel too good. thanks kava

[nursegirl6572]

This is an older thread, with many if not most of the posters not being around anymore.  I would suggest that if you have a question, please start a new thread by clicking on the orange "post a question" button on the top right.

[Claire_MHModerator]

This discussion is now nearly 5 years old and the original poster's questions have received quite a few responses, but it has devolved into a debate about the profit margins of pharmaceutical companies vs. that of dealers, and whether marijuana is good or bad..  We're closing this thread now.  As always, if you have a question about anxiety, please feel free to start a new thread by clicking the "Post a Question" button at the top of the forum page.
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