About i month ago i was preparing for my end of college exams, i decided to take a 30mg equasym XL capsule (adderall) at first the simulant worked i was focused until i start taking bong rips ,after the third bowl i began to feel very anxious and panicked , i felt as if i was going to pull white but the feeling was much more intense , my heart rate increased rapidly to which i immediately went into a panic attack , i felt as if i was having a heart attack ,it was terrifying .
i began vomiting ,feeling extremely dizzy , i even began to experience Deja vu (which are all common symptoms of a panic attack), after vomitting i began to calm down the feeling lasted for maybe 20 minutes before i vomited , im aware that i basically pulled white from a combination of the weed and the panic attack ,but this was definitely the worst panic attack ive had.
i am a sufferer from anxiety and have done since a child , i used weed to initially solve this and it worked to begin with , however after the incident smoking weed isn't the same for me , after 1 or 2 drags from a joint i start to feel panicked and anxious especially when smoking in larger groups of people , when smoking alone i tend to have spiraling thoughts which are all paranoid and negative , i could be sat watching TV or just sat chilling like i would normally do when stoned ,but now i will start to feel paranoid and anxious, it seems to me that the panic attack has caused some mild trauma in a sense and my brain doesn't tolerate weed like it did before.
it is important for me to mention that before my exams i took a tolerance break from weed (roughly a week beforehand) to try and clear my head a bit.
i feel after reading some comments on here that this may be a common anxiety issue in cannabis users , im 17 and had been smoking for almost a solid year everyday nearly before this incident. i think i wasn't aware of how low my tolerance was after the break and that has caused an increase in these feelings of anxiety and paranoia.
i dont believe that a single capsule of Adderall which is prescribed to people a lot and is often over prescribed by medical professionals could have caused these feelings. i think its the trauma from the panic attack which has now led to us feeling this way now when we try to smoke weed. there are far worse stimulants out there than Adderall.
i think the best thing to do is take a break from weed or smoke with people you feel comfortable with , i can only smoke with 4 people now and i prefer smoking in pairs or groups of 3 which is frustrating as i talk to alot of people who smoke and i just dont feel comfortable smoking with them anymore.
to anyone on this forum who is using sedatives to smoke weed is it really worth it ? i think its safe to say that for some of us it just doesn't do the same job as it used to
.
im now going to try limiting the amount i smoke , maybe sticking to one joint a day and smoking with someone im close and comfortable with , i would also maybe lay off doing any kind of gravity bongs or shotties (homemade bong if your from the states), i used to love doing shotties but now i just cant hack them so i stick to joints as it mellows me out more , but everyone is different and its important you find what works for you.
i have seen on this forum that some people have tried edibles not smoking and they still get the euphoric high , so im hoping this is the case for me and that edibles still work
if anyone has had this issue and managed to make it through please reply, it would be greatly appreciated i want to try everything there is to try and resolve this issue .
i really hope this post helps clear things up for anyone who is experiencing this , i know how frustrating this is whether you smoke alone or socially.
