A Stoners Guide to Dealing with Paranoia

I just found this site yesterday and this is the subject that Ive been lookin to talk about, im 38 and have been dealing w/anxity and panic attacks since 18 w/ a long 15 year break ,to keep it short larg amts acid 'at young age bruoght it on,whats sad is ILOVE TRIPPIN,and love nothin more than buggin on floyd on a sunny spring day tis the season, but I didnt know what a bad trip was' I thought it was a game that friends played to intensify your hi and every trip I would get more clues and eventualy it would be over and we would all have a laugh , so ate more and more and became more paranoid. weed was allways the fuse to light my trips so now twenty years later when i somke and i feel the high come on the circular thinking starts so I smoke very slow just ahit or two and move along from there genrally 5out of 7 times are good If i smoke and it hits me sideways and i get nervus I can pritty much expect it to happen one more time.then it good again Iread on erowid that clonezapan .05 mg can "kick the shit out of paranoia"I plan on tryin this next cause I remember when it was diffrent and Imiss it very much

 

Thank you. That is a true honor.

I had fun doing it.

I have been thinking about doing a "A Dealers and Smugglers guide to Paranoia"

But that is only in my mind right know. But with the turns in my life right now I just cant post all I know until life gets back to normal.

To the rest of you. Thanks for reading this guide. I welcome each and every one of you to post helpful tips for dealing with stoner Paranoia.

I kind of forgot about this thread for a while. But it is good to know people are seeing it.

 

Sorry,

I have to disagree with your premise that "Paranoia is total awareness!"

My experience has been that "Paranoia is total delusion."

I doubt you're more paranoid than me? Unless you still smoke pot regularly.

Here's the thing - Have you ever been so paranoid that you believed you were being arrested when you were being picked up by your girlfriend's parents? Have you ever thought that all your friends were narcs gathering evidence against you? Have you ever thought that someone laced your joint with "mind control" substances?

I don't disagree with you - that there are ways to deal with it. Maybe I should absorb your ideas more deeply. I'm just wondering if you know what true paranoia really is? It's more than a mild in-convenience...

Peace bro.

 

I think Unknown American is trying to say by total awareness, is that you are thinking of all the possible/less possible scenarios. What you said are possible/less possible scenarios.

You know... paranoia isn't about being scared about the smell of pot on your clothes... so don't come here telling you know what "real" paranoia is... to me that's shit.

 

When your paranoia is that of the person in the TV is watching you, is that just total irrational awareness? You seem logical and straight forward, but I don't believe everybodys paranoia is the result of total awareness. Sometimes just stupidity based on an incorrect fact in which they believe, hence, mind over matter.

Sorry Had to let that out. Though overall I think it's a nice guide, covers alot of the ground shit people feel while high, but not everybody has the ability to distinguish their paranoia as irrational or not...

 

WOW, that was 10 months ago. Well not long after that I overcame my peranoia and anxiety for the most part! Trusted my doctors advice and I was able to smoke a decent amount for a couple months, but not to the point of getting really high. Still was good though.

Then over the summer, I started vaporizing. I never got that high each time, then one time I accidentally did and had a severe panic attack, whitied, went to hospital. That was in august, ever since I have been afraid of being high, but saw another doctor who said weed is fine in moderation and my heart is doing good still. Happy about that, but I have anxiety about getting another panic attack if I get high, but I should trust my doctors.

Are there any suggestions you can tell me to stay calm and what ever when I get high again? I think what bothers me the most is that I worry about getting too high for my comfort and get really anxious, what do recommend I do to calm down? since my paranoia is about myself getting uncomfortable, not external factors

Funny thing is, I have no paranoia at all about getting caught, just about myself. lol

 

Great thread, I love reading guides for stoners. I wouldn't mind seeing some more, if you had some.

Hope you overcome it. My friend had serious panic attacks, and she overcame them by facing what caused them. Anyways, hope someday you can smoke in peace.

 

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Smoke Moar

 

I have had severe panic attacks since I was 15, and am 40. I used to smoke every day pretty much all day and like you I was never worried about getting caught. Then again I had panic attacks when I was straight which I was given Valium for and Valium worked for me even when I was high as well as magnifying the high itself. I found it was much better than drinking and used it even when I didn't panic. Maybe you could get some benzo's to help you.

 

I have had drug induced psychosis. To me, this came from years of building social anxiety and then one day I had something to be paranoid about (my ex got turned into a meth slut by some 'friends'). So after about a month of chasing whispers I ended up in the local psyche ward where I was introduced to major tranquilizers (risperidone at first then the more staple olanzapine).

Anyway...after about a year I found myself often in situations which I should have left, i.e situations where I felt uncomfortable (which I argued I should be fine in so with a sense of bravado I stayed)

there's a shit load more to that story but it ends in me being sober and slowly recovering. On a medical note I do have a choline receptor deficiency