whats wrong. Help!

[BeeZee512]

well im 16 everyday i wake up i have this wierd feeling like something wrong. I don't feel right, everything looks wierd like a sort of a high. I have had this feeling for about 8 or more months. I smoked pot since i was 13 stopped when i was 15 b/c of a loss of a family member. The next day after i smoked and i went into a bad trip and couldn't feel my body. I just want to know if it's the marijuana's effects somehow? Chemical imbalances? Or is it b/c of my family member passing away? or have they both affected me somehow? Will this last forever?

[mjbrown]

Listen to Paxiled!  

[Paxiled]

Okay, ignore everything in the all caps post above.  Marijuana can cause increased anxiety in someone already prone to anxiety, so if you suffer from anxiety don't smoke pot.  But there's no evidence marijuana causes long term or even short term mental problems, and it's one of the most studied substances on the planet.  What it does do is take who you are and emphasize that, so if your anxious or depressed it will make you more so.  And there's absolutely no scientific evidence of chemical imbalances in anyone with anxiety or depression.  It's a hypothesis that's never been proven, and is only used by pharmaceutical companies to sell their products.  Nobody knows what causes these things, and it probably is a combination of things and also probably differs from person to person.  So stop worrying about the pot and worry about now.  Don't do drugs, you're an anxious person so they'll just push that part of you out more.  Get into therapy and go from there.  And to the person above, Paxil has far more documented dangers than marijuana, so be careful out there.  

[melissabarnett]

I DONT HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT POT CAN DO TO YOU AT THIS AGE BUT !!! YES IT WILL MESS WITH YOUR BRAIN CEMASTREY  AND CAUSE U TO FEEL  HIGH LEVELS OF ANXITY THAT MIGHT NOT GO AWAY NO MATTER HOW MUCH U SMOKE IT I TRIED IT WHEN I WAS IN MY 20'S AND IM 36 NOW AND ON PAXIL DO TO CHEMICAL IMBALANCE IN MY BRAIN THAT THROWS ME INTO PANIC ATACKS AND IF U ALREADY HAVE THE IMBALANCES GOING ON BEFORE U SMOKED THE BIG P THEN IT PROBLE MAKES IT WORSE  AND WILL KEEP MAKEING IT SO TILL U WEEN UR SELF OFF NOT TO MENTION IF UR A GUY U CAN GROW MAN BOOBS AND MAKE UR OTHER PART STAY SMALL AT THE WRONG TIME OR NOT GROW AT ALL TO ITS RIGHT SIZE AND IF UR A GIRL  HAIR LOSS DRY BRITTLE AND DULL HAIR  NOT TO MENTION THE LOSS OF VITAMIN C IN BOTH MALE AND FEMALE SO U COULD BECOME SICK ALL THE TIME  DEPRESSED  WHEN COMEING OFF THE HIGH AND THEN TRERES THE MUNCHY THING WHERE U EAT EVERYTHING IN SITE OR THE MESSED UP MONTHLY IN THE GIRLS OR THE HEAVY FLOW WITH THE BENDING OVER PAIN CRAWL UP IN A BALL I WANT TO DIE KIND  THAT COULD LAST THE REST OF YOUR LIFE OR CAN GO AWAY WHEN U STOP SMOKEING THE P EATHER WAY U MIGHT WANT TO STOP CAUSE U ARENT DEALING WITH THE LOSS OF UR LOVED ONE THE RIGHT WAY IT JUST MASKS IT TILL U COME DOWN FROM BEING HIGH TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT EVEN ABOUT SMOKEING THE BIG P CAUSE IF UR HIDEING THIS FROM THEM AND THEY FIND OUT ON THERE OWN U LOOSE THAT TRUST AND ITS HARD TO GET BACK BUT IF U ARE UP FROUNT ABOUT IT AND WHY U STARTED SMOKEING IT THEN IT SHOWS THAT UR TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THAT PERSON AND SAY   (HEY I NEED UR HELP IN DEALING WITH THIS STUFF OR WILL YOU LEND ME A EAR TO VENT IM HURT OR ANGRY OR ATOVER WELMED ABOUT AL THIS AND NO ONE IS HELPING ME )  PLEASE PLEASE TRY TO STOP SMOKEING THE BIG P IT CAN MESS U UP BAD CAUSE SOMETIMES THEY LACE IT WITH OTHER STUFF AND U CAN HAVE A BAD TRIP OR KILL U  MY FRIEND HAD A BAD TRIP AND NOW SHE IS ON HEAVY MEDS AND IN PHIC WARD FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE AND SHE LEFT BEHIND TWIN BABIES SIX MONTHS AND KNOWS NO ONE AT ALL  WELL I HOPE I HELPED U OUT  BYE FOR NOW AND LOTS OF CONCERN AND WELL WISHING TO U FROM ME SEND A LINE ANY TIME U NEED TO CHAT OK