A very interested voyage on an unknown substance

Background: I had only smoked pot about 5-6 times before, each were only about a bowl (although I had been good and high before). I have never done any other drug other than pot. I weighed 120 pounds so very little substance can have a big effect. Age 15.


Story:

Onset: I had about 3-4-5 bowls out of a water bong for the first time much more than I had ever smoked before. I felt a regular pot-high for maybe 30 minutes (I could be wrong, I wasn't paying attention to the time). I was sitting there on the couch watching TV and laughing with friends, then my legs got a little quivery and shaky, and it kinda scared me a little. I decided I'd stand up and walk it off, but it escalated and I got dizzy and ill-feeling. I started to panic a little. (Two of my friends who were experienced pot smokers smoked the same batch and claimed to have felt nothing but a regular high)

Coming up: I wandered about the small room not knowing what to do. Half my body felt hot and half was cold. My legs were so quivery and I was getting tired of standing. I had to lay down, but that felt bad so I stood up, that felt bad too, so I layed down again. I went back and forth till finally I was too tired to move around anymore. I sat down and started rocking back and forth for a while. My head felt like I had dipped it in a bucket of warm water. Then I layed there tossing and turning for what seemed forever. I could see the waves of intense pain (it wasnt really pain, I cant explain what it was, it was a new type of pain. Words cannot describe it.) coming at me. The waves looked like 2-d pyramid/triangle shapes coming at me. I thought I was going to die. I sat there imagining how great it would be to wake up the next day and experiencing the feeling of being alive, though I felt it would not be happening to me. I remember stumbling all over the place if I tried to walk. I faintly imagined or pretty much had closed eye visuals. I saw confusing images of dark, dusty rooms with cobwebs everywhere. I felt that where I was was ancient with terror and torture in its walls and that many mystical secrets were all around me.

The rooms I visited had a feeling of... lets see if I can explain this... The rooms had a feeling of... going through terror and fright, that it would never end, that whoever visited it would spend eternity living in its repitition, over and over, alone, you dont exist anywhere but the room, it was a dark void of nothing, it was what it was and existed only where it was and no where else.

Going down: After about an hour (it felt like a lot more, and I'm sure it was), I threw up a lot. I threw up so much but remembered eating so little. I started to worry I was throwing my insides out. I actually thought I saw a rat come out of the stream of puke that was coming out of me. Then I sat down on the couch, and tried to piece together the visuals and concepts that had been forming in my brain. I melted into the couch and felt good. When I could think straight I came to the realisation of what it was I was seeing while I was sick... I was climbing upward through the dark catacombs of a pyramid in the middle of the desert. I was inside the pyramid, in its passages. It was dark with steps leading upwards, cobwebs everywhere. I wasn't guiding my voyage through this place, but I was just taken. Once I felt better, (after I threw up) and I sat on the couch, I realised I was at the top of the pyramid and sun was beating on my face. I had climbed all that way, I stepped out of the last corridor, and was at the top. I then began sliding down a water slide that travelled down the side of the pyramid. I felt the water on my back. I was in heaven. I had mild closed eye visuals of indian/aztec pictures. I felt as though I was traveling down a path once traveled by Jim Morrison. I felt like I had taken a step back (a rather large one), and I was looking at the big picture. I was looking at the world, the universe, life. I had the answer to every un-answerable question that I pondered. I slowly drifted down the mystical waterslide enjoying the enlightenment until I fell asleep.

The next day: I woke up the next day wondering what happened. My friends said that my lips had turned blue during the experience. They also had the same stuff at the same time and were just fine, and said it was just a body high or just all in my head. But I couldn't and still cant accept that it was just a "body high". Something happened of extravagence, I was sent somewhere for a reason, it was real. I couldn't accept that it was just an adverse effect of pot, no way. I still dont know what happened.
Side notes: The whole experience consisted of extreme mind concepts accompanied by mild closed-eye visualisations to give them life. During the experience, I decided that if I lived, I would never smoke pot or do any other drugs. Although I have continued to smoke pot. Everytime I see a triangle or picture of a pyramid, I remember my voyage. I feel like I have a very fond closeness with wherever it was that I went, although I'm not really sure if it wants me to come back.

What are you opinions about what happened to me? I find it very odd. Considering my friends had the same stuff and nothing happened to them.

 

A panic attack.

A textbook case- look it up.

 

A panic attack is a sudden surge of overwhelming fear that comes without warning and without any obvious reason. It is far more intense than the feeling of being 'stressed out' that most people experience. Symptoms of a panic attack include:

• raging heartbeat
• difficulty breathing, feeling as though you 'can't get enough air'
• terror that is almost paralyzing
• dizziness, lightheadedness or nausea
• trembling, sweating, shaking
• choking, chest pains
• hot flashes, or sudden chills
• tingling in fingers or toes ('pins and needles')[size=+0] [/size]
• fear that you're going to go crazy or are about to die

You probably recognize this as the classic 'flight or fight' response that human beings experience when we are in a situation of danger. But during a panic attack, these symptoms seem to rise from out of nowhere. They occur in seemingly harmless situations--they can even happen while you are asleep.

In addition to the above symptoms, a panic attack is marked by the following conditions:

• it occurs suddenly, without any warning and without any way to stop it.
• the level of fear is way out of proportion to the actual situation; often, in fact, it's completely unrelated.
• it passes in a few minutes; the body cannot sustain the 'fight or flight' response for longer than that. However, repeated attacks can continue to recur for hours.

It says that a panic attack only lasts a few minutes. This lasted a long time. Although about 5-6 months later I had what I'm am sure was a panic attack. Just like what is mentioned above and lasted about one minute.

 

don't care what some site says- from experience, that's what you're describing.

If the dope was laced-always a bullshit assumption- everybody would have had a reaction.

Face it- it was you, not the weed.

 

Gecko is right in that it was a panic attack. The panic usually receeds when the victim believes that the problem has gone away.. however, you attributed the problem to the weed, and you had no idea how long it would last. Plus your perception of time may have been distorted due to the weed.

 

Blah you give potheads a bad name. You shouldn't be hitting the bong until your mind is ready for it, pots not for everyone. It should be a relaxing drug, not something that makes you vomit and see rats coming out of your own puke. I've actually been the victim of a panic attack, and although it wasn't that intense I do know what you are describing. It's not a good feeling, but next time just relax more and make sure you are at peace when you do it, it makes it a lot better. after a while you'll get use to it and start smoking more to get the same effect, then a few times a week, then everyday, shit like that. it happens. i was just kidding about saying you give pot heads a bad name

 

It's real common in kids who over do it.

Nothing to be ashamed of. Just don't feel you have to keep up with anyone.

It's a lesson I've had to teach some of my kids friends.
Just take a hit or two. Then wait a little while to decide if you want another.

It's about how it makes YOU feel- nothing else.

 

Thanks guys, it makes me feel good to know I'm not the only one this has happened to. And your right, after that incident I've been taking it real slow. See, I have two experienced smoker friends who just smoke like theres no tomorrow, and I would always just be right there with them, not realising that I could get in over my head.

 

Yeah that was you not the grass. You freaked yourself out to bad... If you dont mind, I'd like to analyse this:

OK so you began by sitting down for an extended period of time and you stood up suddenly. The feelings you got from standing are normal, pot or no pot. With you legs being shakey, this is also normal if you've just smoked more than you have before. If it was real high grade stuff and your new, then that only excentuates (sp?) it even further.
So, at this point you ask yourself "Is this normal? Whats going on? This cant be right." But the thing you SHOULD have done is ask your partners if its normal.

Ok at this point, not knowing what to do is normal. Your high. Remember? You body tempature feelings are also normal depending on a number of factors. Air Conditioner, Fans, what your wearing, outside tempature... Just a bunch of variations. Stand up, sit down, stand up, sit down. Nice quick way to wear yourself out. You were making yourself feel worse its not clicking in your head just what your doing.

You were hugging your knees right? That could explain the visuals. You put yourself in a state of asphixiation and due to a lack of air, visuals were produced when you fell over. Your thought process is normal about now. Your thoughts shouldn't be so frightening but your doing it to yourself.

The rest is pretty straightforward as well. You weren't breathing right, and thrashing about on the ground back and forth would get you dizzy enough to be sick. Here's a summation of what happened (basiclly):
Your relativlly new to all of this so you still haven't experienced much. When something started to happen that was new and unfamilliar you kept it inside. I think if you had just asked "Yo is this normal?" and recived a reply of "Yeah man, your just fuckin stoned as hell right now" then none of it would have happened. But instead, panic. You begin to wonder if this should happen. It musn't be normal! So you begin to panic even more. You wear yourself out with your paranoid fear, pacing around, freaking out. Then you sit down and hug your knees. This hindered your breathing to a point where the air wasn't getting to the brain. There was a craze a couple of years back where kids did it on purpose. You crouch down, hyperventilate, then stand up and have someone lean on you. You pass out, have crazy "dreams" or visuals for 30 seconds. I wouldnt recomend it as it can cause brain dammage. After that your panic took over and well... there it is.

Marijuana is not a drug to be taken lightly. It is a powerful substance.

 

If you afraid of having another panic attacxk do what my poor sorry ass is doing and smoke 100% legal herb . You know that fake pot shit. Oh well I got it for free and it's all I have .

 

anxiety attacks & paranoia arnt uncommon with pot & u is well inexperienced - definately just think this was pot