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fernsal1

fernsal1

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I want to try the mints, but im from CALI
i have been on a 3 month break from all drugs because i had anxiety depression derealization/depersonalization from ecstacy abuse. every time i tried smoking weed i would get major panic/anxiety attacks that lasted the whole time i was high. i feel fairly back to normal and want to try cannabis but not sure if i will have an anxiety/panic attack.
Does any1 that has had this problem before know how long it would take for me to enjoy smoking again and not get anxiety attacks?
 
Noone can really tell you because everyone is different. Although, if you want to continue smoking try taking a benzo, like valium or xanax before you smoke. This will chill you out with no anxiety.
 
i think most people never really recover once it starts. one thing that might help is finding a strain with less thc and more of the other chemicals. Its a lot more relaxing and fun then a ton of thc.
 
mate i got the same thing as you i was abusing MDMA every weekend for about 8 months when i was 16...I had deprison but it dident really get "bad" until a traumatic event (i wont go into details) but from that day on i had full on social anxity and deprison i could not smoke pot and socialise i would just be a nervose wreck and would always think people are talking about me or looking at me like i was weird.....So i slowed down and i try not to smoke if i wanna go out or have people over or somthing....im 19 this year and i've learnt to live with it. Im much happyer than i was 3 years ago and i have a social life now :)..Its just a matter of time it could be 1 month it could be 5 years whos knows.Try to toke at nightime when and relax put on a movie have a feed.and when you satrt to "freak out" just tell yourself what are you freaking out about you got nothing to worry about your not gonna get hurt...

Bah meth induced rant over =D
 
Smoke 1 hit and start from there. As others have suggested but I highly do not recommend, take a benzo before you smoke.

A drink or 2 works wonders.
 
I get panic attacks when I smoke too much weed, and also I did when I just started smoking weed... In total in my 5 or so years of smoking I've only had maybe 5 severe episodes though... and maybe a few other minor ones.

Benzos are a good recommendation and obviously will kill any panic attack dead.

Honestly though maybe you just are smoking really good shit, and like me, you're sensitive to panic attacks with weed.

So first, try smoking less.

If you want, try smoking in different settings, especially like by yourself or with certain best friends. Or even something like laying down alone after smoking. Weed has tryptamine-like effects and so you to some extent can likely 'work' with the drug. By this I mean if you experiement in many different settings, essentially what can happen is you can 'grow closer' with the plant.

An example of this: Since I have tried weed orally, I developed a completely new relationship with the plant because the oral effects profile was so different and relaxing for me, while still being more powerful than the smoked high. Because of my couple oral experiences with weed, I feel that I am less prone to anxiety from smoking it. So this is another suggestion... trying it orally, that is. It needs proper preparation though, so if you do this, research it first (Look up the official bluelight firecracker thread for an easy one gram weed recipe to get you very high orally). Be careful though, doing it orally could send you into an even worse panic attack, just because the drug is so powerful this way. Just offering any suggestions I think could possibly help.
 
i don't believe anyone can answer that question for you.
it could take days, months, years, or...it could just never happen.

i get anxiety/panic attacks sometimes when i smoke. when i smoked some weed sprinkled with blonde hash the other night, i got the worst anxiety ever. the whole time i was high it was one big panic attack. didn't go away till the weed/hash wore off. it happens to me still from time to time. but i just dont smoke as much as i used to now. and if it happens, i have learned to talk myself down. or i try to take deep breaths and lay down for a bit.
 
i feel u junkie skumbag, ecstasy fucked me up for awhile too. depression when alone, but anxiety when im out around friends/other people.

honestly, bud is NOT worth it if u get hardcore anxiety/depression. the reason u get anxiety/depression stems from REAL underlying problems that are happening in ur life. i took a big break from bud because of all the anxiety/depression and just allowed my life to get better. then i decided to try it again, and all the emotional scars that were healing just TORE open. so im staying away from bud for good.

but if u must, start off with one hit and see how u feel
 
The same exact thing happenes to me with weed.When I first got high in 8th grade About 5 min. After smoking out of a door stop (took bout 6 babbie rips and maybe one decent hit) i started freaking out. I would move my arms and fold them or rub my hands against them and it was like i wasn't doing it. It was like I was watching my brain think for me it was really weird. I later realized that it gave me a panic/ anxiety issues when I really started smoking. I was terrified and it kept me terrified and didn't touch it until the 9th grade when I started wanting to be a bit rebalous lol.

I got worse panic attacks and trips from weed then any body I know.
Currently I smoke every day( try to any way) and all day if I had the supplie even though it has affected me like that.
What I did when I really picked up the habit even though it affted me in such a negative and terrifying way was I bought a dub (and it was dank) and i would only take the tiniest little rip and put out the blunt I rolled(I know waist of weed with how I was smoking it). I was hitting weed with such caution in fear of freaking out. My desired affects I wanted was just the tiredness and relaxed affect I knew bud could give me. It took a little time(not long to long) of getting used to it but now weed does the complete opposite to me. I can smoke smoke smoke until I pass out with no anxiety or panic. Bud takes all that away for me.

I don't want to advise you to smoke weed because I don't want to tell you to do something that could make your quality of life bad. So it's up to you man but if you think you can get over those negative affects that bud gives some people like how I did, then I would defiantly recommend it. It's been 3 years btw since I've been a usual toker in case you wanted to know.

First time poster long time lurker. Glad to finally be able to conversate with you guys! Cheers!
 
ech0s85 said:
i think most people never really recover once it starts. one thing that might help is finding a strain with less thc and more of the other chemicals. Its a lot more relaxing and fun then a ton of thc.
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Not necessarily true. Lots of people can get going on it again, but as the OP said about having issues with taking other drugs and gettin screwed up, it may really take some time before you feel back to normal. Just be patient and wait until you feel better anyway before trying it again and when you do really just try one little bowl or joint hit and wait and see how you feel. Don't jump back in full force-- that freaked me out when I started having benzo wd's.
Supposedly the indica stuff has strong anti-anxiety effects unlike sativa so if you have the luxury of having a choice or knowing what your smoking go with the indica!
 
Ya indica is supposed to give you more of that tired effect and stativias give more of a mind fuck high.
 
fernsal1 said:
i have been on a 3 month break from all drugs because i had anxiety depression derealization/depersonalization from ecstacy abuse. every time i tried smoking weed i would get major panic/anxiety attacks that lasted the whole time i was high. i feel fairly back to normal and want to try cannabis but not sure if i will have an anxiety/panic attack.
Does any1 that has had this problem before know how long it would take for me to enjoy smoking again and not get anxiety attacks?
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Why do you want to smoke if you are still feeling anxious/panicy?

Don't go with benzo's man, maybe the weed is trying to tell you something like " Dude, chill out... wait a while"

You should try to figure out why you are feeling anxious, deal with it and THEN smoke rather than try and smoke without the anxiety.
 
You don't even have to smoke. If you are forcing yourself to endure being high, then don't get high, because you are using marijuana for all the wrong reasons and there are probably people around you who could use that mj to feel better, not worse.
 
Might not be the best idea but what helped me was taking acid a handful of times. Lol? Getting comfortable wittin my mind when it was fair chaotic and Learning to kind of control my anxiety there.
 
fernsal1 said:
i have been on a 3 month break from all drugs because i had anxiety depression derealization/depersonalization from ecstacy abuse. every time i tried smoking weed i would get major panic/anxiety attacks that lasted the whole time i was high. i feel fairly back to normal and want to try cannabis but not sure if i will have an anxiety/panic attack.
Does any1 that has had this problem before know how long it would take for me to enjoy smoking again and not get anxiety attacks?
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Try different varieties. If you are looking for more of a body high (as opposed to a head high), go with 100% Indica instead of a blend or a Sativa.
 
when i smoke a good sativa that is really racy and get a panic attack, I notice that I am hyperventilating, so i breathe into a brown bag. Now im smoking indicas and have less of that problem.
 
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