Why's My Weed Making Me Freak Out?

Let me start off by saying i've loved mary jane from the day i met her, but lately my bud is making me go crazy. For about the past 15 times i've smoked up (by myself and with friends) my body and my mind have been freaking the fuck out. Like every time I get high my body starts trembling like i'm on a vibrating bed or something, but it isnt comfortble at all. Then it scares the shit out of me when I feel my heart and it's racing uncontrollably. I also get the feeling that something really bad is about to happen, making me panic about nothing. I've basically been having really bad trips on weed if that even makes sense. It might have to do with the fact that it's been cold as hell outside for the past 4 months or so but none of my other friends have this happen to them except for one. I'd appreciate it if anyone has any feedback or even kinda knows what i'm going through.

 

Would you say that you have any psychological issues in your life currently? I stopped smoking weed for about a year and a half after having some experiences similar to what you describe. It mostly occurred when I smoked with other people, but getting stoned alone had its downsides. My thoughts would be very negative, and I also had problems with getting the shakes. In group setting, I would start to think that everyone was against me, and had a couple confrontations over it that I now regret. I stopped smoking and started focusing attention on problems in my life. I am once again smoking up and my previous problems seem to have disappeared.

tl;dr weed, or any drug for that matter, isn't necessarily a good idea if you're having problems in your life.

 

I would definitely say I feel like something is missing in my life, but I don't know what it is.. I'm a generally happy person but that empty feeling does occasionally cross my mind. Thanks for the help i'll look into that

 

i would think that you arent being very relaxed. maybe you should try some deep breathing excersizes when you start freaking out. know that you cntrol your thoughts and that nothing can harm you. i think the most valuable saying here would be mind over matter. if you dont stress about things, then you wont be so susceptible to bad trips.

 

and i personally try to embrace my bad trips and experience them. it allows me to take stock of my life and get better perspective. if you just accept that it is happening then you are more likely to disengage from it.

 

I had the same experience as bmeuller. I have a couple of thoughts about this. if weed is no longer working for you it probably wouldn't hurt to stop until you figure out what the flipouts are about, and you've done something at least, about it. when you smoke, where do you go? it's probably pointing to some things that need looking at. think about any things that might have changed recently - like the last year. that might also help shed some light on why you're flipping out.

 

I got that way for a while, i stoped smoking for a few weeks and found a new stash all is well now. i think mine was a mix of personal issues and ghetto weed.

 

anxiety and wtf is ghetto weed lol

 

if you're having a shitty time smoking weed (the past 15 times)

...stop smoking weed?

 

yeah, shitty weed is no good for anybody.


about your situation, maybe think about WHY you´re getting high. depending on your motivation, you might be able to figure shit out. it sounds like it´s mostly something going on in your life, or perhaps your perspective of weed and "doing" a drug.

take a serious look at Andrew Weil and his first book "The Natural Mind." This will really give you a whole new perspective on what drugs are and why people take them. He´s multi-faceted: he´s all over the place with natural healing, natural medicine, mediation, etc., etc. I think he currently teaches at some university in Arizona... anyways, his second book is a complement (not by coincedence, I´m sure - you´ll understand if you read the books) to his first. It´s called "The Marriage of the Sun and Moon."
Out of all the books I would ever recommend to someone, these two are in my top 10.


I´ve experienced some shaking issues, too. but they really only occur if I talk or think about tripping for too long. it starts in my spine and eventually just makes me kinda shake all over. my voice quivers and i feel really nervous. i´ve had a at least one really bad trip, and one or two other mildly bad ones, so i know it´s from that. i guess i get back into that mindset and certain feelings can still be felt.
so i just limit the amount that i talk/think about tripping. i´ve dealt with all the "issues" from those bad trips and have become OK with everything. doesnt change the fact that i still went through that shit, so some things will still just be there.

while things like shaking may still be there, perhaps all you need to do is change your perspective of it and why they´re happening.


*edit*
i just noticed your name on here is "shrooms" - have you had a particularly strong and/or bad trip before? maybe you´re touching a sentitive vein when smoking weed...

 

yep happened to me last night too, but i'm pretty sure it was because it was freezing cold... i hate winter.... the park that i went to froze over, and in some places the ice was too thin so when you stepped on it, it broke and underneath there was a giant puddle... kinda sucked but eh well.

 

I find setting plays a big role for me regarding anxiety (not only with cannabis use), in social settings when I'm unfamiliar with people I tend to go through negative though loops, find a place your comfortable with and toke up and take the time to smile I am starting to find that if I start of a session positively all goes smoothly.

 

dude i never had a freak out by smoking pot all my life except this year.. so far 3 times.

1st time my buddy felt it too, we were playing guitar hero (awesome game) and we both couldnt stop shaking uncontrollably... we smoked out of my bong..

2nd time (Same weed as 1st, same nug actually) me n my sis were smoking and she only took a few hits, so i finished the bowl (my trippler), soon after i found my perception getting wierd, like things that were far away seemed really close.. i started sweating and i really thought i was going to die so i spent like an hour in my bed just thinking i was going to die.. it was horrible..
so i just assumed my weed was laced...

but just early today me n my buddy smoked out of my bong this morning and we started jamming on my acoustics.. all of a sudden my perception and vision start going all crazy again.. idk what it is.. its very uncomfortable...you cannot really have your eyes open... instead of causing a scene, i just kept on playing and put what i was feeling into my rhythm and lead... but again it was scary.. i hope its just the winter.. lol but idk.. i probably wont give it up but i think i only freak out if i smoke out of anything big , like my bong or a trippler... because every other day i would just use a pipe and id be fine.

 

Well this seems to be extremely common more than I've known in the past, this happened to me just a week ago and I have had surgery so I freaked out, in fact this happened to me off of weed and I went to the hospital and they did tests, my health was fine, but with that said the psychological element is powerful. Most of this you have to understand is the weed messing with you, I wouldn't suggest smoking until your comfortable and maybe give yourself a month or so off the drug so that your body can fully mental and physically recover. Thats my plan, I can't explain why this occurs but I believe it has to do something with how marijuna affects your mind as no actual physical affects where wrong with me when they did a check up, however every time I've tried to smoke in the last 2 weeks I just end up getting that feeling, it amplifies what I figured out is just post-surgery soreness and pain, then it causes me to freak out because of it, just from freaking out my blood pressure went from 114 to 170 and my entire chest felt extremely tight. Don't worry though, ultimately this is able to be overcome by your mind also.

 

yeah i actually had a horrible experience on my first shroom trip but this started happening a few weeks before that. http://www.hipforums.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=282749 . I dont really have a problem with doing any drugs. im just really confused about why i used to looove smoking and my whole attitude shifted about doing it because of some bad experiences.

 

The only time when I have this crazy sensation is in the winter. When I get really stoned and am freezing cold, I start to shake, then get very uncomfortable and in a bad trip kind of mood. That's the only time I've experienced something similar.

 

so im smoking again this weekend qwith definite confidence lol. i have settled most of the problems that were bothering me, but i have also come to a very basic and somehow previously avoided explanation to my reoccuring spazzes on weed. I was missing out on the oxygen after-hit, not only putting myself in such an akward/fucked up situation with myself, but primarily depriving my brain of such an essential element.
Lesson learned- smoking with an oxygen deprived brain can and will result in a physical, and mental instabilty. Peace.

 

You were not depriving yourself of oxygen... You do realize that there is a little thing called air that travels through a pipe when you draw on it. The way you deprive yourself of oxygen is by breathing all the way out, and then take a nitrous hit, or you open the valve of a nitrous take in an enclosed room.

 

it sounds like op has discovered the wonderful world of panic attacks

 

Get a dog or a fluffy animal around you to help you relax.