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lauren12k

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Every time my friend smokes weed she always gets a bad trip. She can't smoke much and she suddenly feels very depressed. She doesn't usually get anxious or anything though.

For me I can never have much either without feeling very anxious and paranoid and often get panic attacks.

Is this normal?
 
Sounds ridiculous but I honestly think it has something to do with being female. Most of my male friends have no problems with weed whatsoever and thoroughly enjoy smoking, whereas my female friends are more likely to feel nauseous or really stoned to the point where they find it difficult to interact with others. I'm female myself and have had many bad experiences from smoking weed. I often feel paranoid and I get some anxiety, and a lot of the time I just sit there unable to speak wishing the effects would wear off. It sucks.
 
These symptoms are totally normal lauren12k! Try to lower the dose to 1 or 2 hits or even better, stop your marijuana use now so you don't experience bad symptoms :)

I hardly smoke weed now because of side effects such as paranoia and anxiety and I feel much better.
 
lauren12k said:
Every time my friend smokes weed she always gets a bad trip. She can't smoke much and she suddenly feels very depressed. She doesn't usually get anxious or anything though.

For me I can never have much either without feeling very anxious and paranoid and often get panic attacks.

Is this normal?
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you're smoking way too much. it takes about 20-25 minutes to fully come on after a hit. there is an initial rush that CAN get panicky BUT if you get up and go for a walk in the sun in the park that sorts it out. also drink water after a hit. so refreshing. dry mouth is a huge anxiety trigger.

exercise is key to dealing with the weed anxiety. it makes the experience much more relaxed and mellow.

smoke less. get a pipe and smoke a tiny little bud. i have learnt over the years that weed is a "less is more" drug. its nicer in smaller doses as you can still do normal things.

young people! when you feel stressed, go for a walk. sounds stupid. but its extremely effective
 
i only use weed now if i can exercise shortly after it hits me

swimming, walking, i don't really do much other exercise but you get my drift
 
You learn from experience. I used to smoke throughout an acid trip when I was younger, but now I completely avoid it while tripping. If it makes you anxious, don't do it.
 
I've recently discovered the reason behind my weed anxiety was not in fact what most people are referring to when they say they get anxious from weed. I finally made the obvious realisation that I was resisting the weed, even all those times that I just tried to relax. This might not be true for most people, but just simply being mindful of the fact that you are under the influence of a drug (it sounds really simple but I was subconsciously resisting the effects which lead to a natural kind of reaction anxiety) is really calming and completely changed my relationship with this wonderful herb.
 
If weed makes your friend feel bad the answer is simple, she just shouldn't smoke it. If something, anything makes you feel bad you should just not do it if it's in your power not to! I've heard of that before, weed isn't for everybody and that's just a fact! Otherwise, you need to try to relax, I always feel best on really sunny days with my mates.
 
I only had 1 bad trip in my life but it made me realize that it's fear the causes bad trips. No metter what you feel the main factor is fear. When you are having a bad trip just try to fight off your fear and you should be fine. Keep telling yourself "everything is going to be ok, everything is going to be ok"
 
I don't reccomend it as it will become a habbit most likely, but a benzo will always remove anxiety from weed. It is a blissful combo, but for the sake of harm reduction, the only time I would reccomend a benzo with weed is to stop a panic attack if one occurs after toking.

Try smoking the weed slower, taking little hits over time to gradually build up your high. This is what I do and allows me to slowly transition into being stoned, rather than a full on in your face panic attack 8(
 
I have no idea if this is normal for a bad trip, but here is my experience from yesterday... I am totally new at using weed. I wanted to try it for back pain relief, and to help with withdrawal symptoms from a relatively small oxycodone habit. Anyways, I was offered an edible. I obviously ate way too much (at the time it seemed like a very small amount). I was having auditory hallucinations (mostly thinking the shower was running or that the radio was on). I seemed to be caught in this in between space between being awake and asleep. I felt all tingly. I was having trouble with figuring out what was real and what wasn't. I know you are going to laugh, but I really thought I might die! Especially when I got up to go to the bathroom and almost passed out. Luckily my husband came home and assured me I wasn't going to die. So I hope someone gets a laugh out of this... Clearly wisdom does not necessarily come with age.
 
I read so much about people getting anxiety, bad side effects and other stuff from weed, and it makes me wonder: Why don't you guys/girls find another drug that you actually LIKE? To me it seems kind of pointless to keep doing a drug that mostly results in making you feel like crap. But what do I know, I also used to get anxiety from weed, then I smoked some jwh-018 and after that I never ever got anxiety from weed again because of tolerance.

So yea, tolerance is key to not getting anxiety - aquire it or smoke less. If you are not a regular toker then don't smoke as much as your friends, I've done that misstake more times than I could count which always resulted in me being totally out of my mind compared to my friends who were regular pot smokers and could handle it much better.
 
Toz, the only reason why I would try weed again, after having such a nasty experience last time, is that I really want to find an alternative to opiates on days when my pain is moderate (not severe). If it weren't for that reason, I would definitely move on to another drug.
 
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