I need some advice. About a week ago me and a friend went to this dudes house and smoked a pretty big joint. On the way home i started feeling weird, i think i started to have a panic attack, and my breathing felt really strange, like i couldnt breath or something. But my friend was freakin out because he didnt want to get caught. I wasnt worried about that, and im not sure what was wrong. I started worrying and i felt like i was going to throw up, i was shaking and sweating quite profusley. We went back to my place, and tried to mellow out. I put on some Grateful Dead, and about 30min later the stone was the best id ever had. This is the first time it has ever happened to me. But now ever since then, everytime i smoke, it feels like the same thing happens. I took two hits of my stash and it was almost worse(the panic and freaking out). i definatly dont want to quit lol, but has anyone ever gone through this? or know what to do? i dont know if it would have anything to do with me being bipolar, but i really want to know what i should do, thanks
are you on medication for your disorder? that could be a factor. maybe its all in your head man. mellow out prior to smoking not after.
weed can trigger off panic attacks, thats just a fact. it also enhances already existing disorders. it can happen to anyone anytime, maybe cuz the weed is too strong, or maybe cuz that day your body isnt reacting in the same way. heh theres a reason drugs have a bad reputation in general. i know a few pple who have stopped smoking it cuz of anxiety and stuff, maybe u just need to cut down a lil... its different for everyone.
99% of bud is not laced believe it or not. its too expensive or too time consuming to lace bud with it, and what do they get out of it? usually nothing so why would they?
After you said you took two hits and you are in panic..I understood...Did you feel depersonalized? Kind of not recognizing yourself, making things freaky? I used to have a pretty high tolerance on very good bud, but after a certain trip of lsd, I began taking antipsychotics and an anti-depressor. Two months after, while still taking a low dose of the meds, out of nowhere, began weird reactions to weed. Id take three puffs of some trim, and felt much too high. There was something different about the high. Felt like my brain was 'irritated' , very sensible...It lasted about three months. One hit off a joint and id be talking like a hobo. Do you take lsd or mushrooms sometimes? Nowadays I still get periods of like 4 days once in a while, where pot doesnt have the same effect. Anxiety is very present and all...Like a paradoxal effect...
as with all drugs (legal, illegal, etc) it´s all about set and setting. depends on where you are and what kind of mind-frame your in. now obviously, medications and things like anxiety and depression come into play, but again this kinda falls under "set." ever been smoking during a long car trip and then get out of the car and realize how stoned you are? that´s because you have something to base your high off of (the "reality" of the outside world). or ever have a stressful day and then plan to smoke a bowl to relax at the end of it? and does it relax you? since you´re expecting it to, it most likely will. ever hear of people not getting high their first time smoking? could be because they dont know what the high is like and dont know what to expect. therefore, they wont notice it when it happens. the next time you smoke, really psych yourself up for it. get excited about it. find some GOOD friends to smoke with and find some VERY COOL place at which to smoke. make sure it´ll be safe and worry-free. then just smoke enough between you and your friends so you´ll all be good an´ high. get to know the weed you´re smoking. different kinds have different effects. for instance, i´ve got some right now that i choose to NOT smoke most of the time because 1 bowl makes me too high (this is the best pot i´ve ever come across. and i´ve been to amsterdam twice). become familiar with how much it takes to get you comfortably stoned. to find this out, do this sometime: treat smoking weed like tasting wine. pretend to be an expert at it. notice and critique the aroma, texture, color, and make-up of the buds. then do the same for the taste, smell of the smoke, etc. then see how the high hits you at first. how long does it take to "sink in?" how do you feel afterward? what kind of sensations are there? how is the come-down? do this by ONLY taking 2-3 hits of the weed. maybe even less. then dont smoke anymore until like, 30 min. later. really give it a chance to work its magic. with an idea of how the weed you have affects you, then you´ll know how much and how you should smoke it ("how" meaning: joint, bowl, bong, blunt, one-hitter, gravity bong, bubbler, etc). if smoking still weirds you out, try eating it. be forewarned, though - you cant really get rid of a body-buzz from eating weed (it´s in your system). so if something weirds you out, you´ll just have to "ride the wave." good luck, and happy smoking!
thanks again, i think its alright. i pretty mush tried what you said, i think it was just too strong. But im still going real slow about how i do it and im really careful. But Thanks again
What my old dealer with many years of experienced explained to me (his bud was clean). But what you can do is get (example) $100 of shwag $5 Heroin (heroin in some places is very cheap to get). Sprinkle the $5 heroin on the $100 shwag. Then sell it for $300. Massachusetts recorded 80% of the states marijuana that was busted and taken in as evidence and tested. Was laced with a higher class phycoactive. Dosent mean its average, its just a probability situation.
Yeah i'm bipolor too, never affected me tho. My counsler says weed should be fine but not to mess with psycadelics. Could have a bad trip or somthing
i got one friend that kept stealing hits off yer pipe and joint when you weren't lookin... (we call him moocher) and anyway one night he just kept takin weed from us (we were too high to notice) and he got way too high and started crying and hid in the woods and kept telling us about how his soul was running away and we just laughed our asses off at him "that'll teach him"
yeah i know the feeling i thought i was going to have to quit weed, i was having panic attacks and anxiety, went to the hospital it was so bad, was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and high blood pressure, so im on pills, took like a 2 week break while iwas getting used to the pill, worst 2 weeks of my life, couldnt eat,throwup , all i did was sleep. will now i smoke everyday again, so i believe things will get better for you
