Anyone ever freak out on weed?

[nearjat]

No dude, it's weed ffs. You don't freak out on weed unless your a total dumbass and think 'OMG IM GONNA DIE'

Yeah I recently flipped my shit for about 3 minutes after waterfalling some extremely potent pot, and eating 40mg of adderall. I was super anxious, like I always get when I'm really, really high. But this time, likely because of the adderall, I started having these really negative thoughts that made no sense in the real world. I started thinking about how much I hated my friend and supporting that idea with all sorts of nonsensical negative bullshit. I then came to the realization "I'm having a panic attack" and noticed my heart rate being through the fucking roof. I kinda tried a standing meditative thing and about a minute later I was fine.

Also, one time I waterfalled some weed after a 7 month stretch of sobriety and had an anxiety ridden, half delusional experience. But far from a freakout.

 

[Transcendence]

You obviously dont have an anxiety/panic disorder and thats great but some people do. Someone having a panic attack is not a display of ignorance. Infact I would say that labeling such a condition as ignorance is pretty ironic.

Again, if you have a panic disorder then don't fucking smoke a drug that produces anxiety even in people who don't have a mental condition. I didn't say it doesn't happen, I said I have no sympathy for people who know they have anxiety problems and then go ahead and take 10 bong rips. And like I said, experiencing even strong anxiety is a lot different then losing your damn head and yelling at people to call 911.

 

[chompy]

in the rare event that I trip out, i notice myself hyperventilating. controlling my breathing helps get rid of the physical symptoms of tripping out

 

[Mariposa]

Again, if you have a panic disorder then don't fucking smoke a drug that produces anxiety even in people who don't have a mental condition. I didn't say it doesn't happen, I said I have no sympathy for people who know they have anxiety problems and then go ahead and take 10 bong rips. And like I said, experiencing even strong anxiety is a lot different then losing your damn head and yelling at people to call 911.

I have panic disorder and find that marijuana decreases my global level of anxiety - and you've clearly never had a panic attack that wasn't weed-induced.

The condition can be extremely debilitating and affect one's quality of life to the point that the panic reaction starts to take on a depressive tone. The euphoria and calmness marijuana can provide some people with lasting relief - but this should definitely be approached with caution in anyone with a history of panic disorder.

Notably, I've never gotten a panic attack from weed.

 

[dehpdnuos]

No. I have little sympathy for people who freak out on weed. If you're so ignorant about cannabis that you even for a fleeting moment believe that you're in physical danger from smoking it, then you have no right to be using the drug in the first place. I understand how people can get anxious on weed, but that's a far cry from completely losing your mind. Idiots who dive into shit they don't understand deserve what they get IMO. They are a danger to themselves and those around them.

Yea...I'm gonna go with what everyone else is saying to you. You can sit on your high horse all day, but maybe one day it will happen to you, and you'll have no sympathy for yourself

 

[DarkSideoftheWall]

Lol honestly man you just sound like a noob . The more experienced you get the more you can channel your thoughts from 'death and money blah blah' to like 'woah this jimi hendrix song rocks' and shit like that heh

 

[Transcendence]

Yea...I'm gonna go with what everyone else is saying to you. You can sit on your high horse all day, but maybe one day it will happen to you, and you'll have no sympathy for yourself

idk man, SWIM thinks differently.

I feel like people are dissecting my posts word for word. Mariposa, if you have anxiety and weed works to calm you down, I'm happy for you. You aren't the kind of person my posts were directed towards.

I know people who have anxiety problems that most certainly are not assuaged by smoking herb, and yet they don't seem to realize that continuing to smoke like a chimney isn't the best decision. They freak out and get really insecure and are some of the most annoying people to be around.

I'm not looking down on people who have anxiety problems. My issue is with people who use drugs irresponsibly and in doing so create a bad name for people who are responsible.

 

[maloxx]

idk man, SWIM thinks differently.

I feel like people are dissecting my posts word for word. Mariposa, if you have anxiety and weed works to calm you down, I'm happy for you. You aren't the kind of person my posts were directed towards.

I know people who have anxiety problems that most certainly are not assuaged by smoking herb, and yet they don't seem to realize that continuing to smoke like a chimney isn't the best decision. They freak out and get really insecure and are some of the most annoying people to be around.

I'm not looking down on people who have anxiety problems. My issue is with people who use drugs irresponsibly and in doing so create a bad name for people who are responsible.

I can see your point, and for the most part agree with it but you really just came off as an pompous ass in the previous posts, I don't generally don't get panic attacks on weed, but I don't think that having a panic attack on weed makes you some kind of bitch, sometimes its just a bad combination of drug/setting/mood and shit hits the fan, and being high can make this hard to deal with, I'd ease up if I were SWIM

 

[dehpdnuos]

I know people who have anxiety problems that most certainly are not assuaged by smoking herb, and yet they don't seem to realize that continuing to smoke like a chimney isn't the best decision. They freak out and get really insecure and are some of the most annoying people to be around.

I'm not looking down on people who have anxiety problems. My issue is with people who use drugs irresponsibly and in doing so create a bad name for people who are responsible.

Yea I can see your point too. I'm pretty sure it's the batshit crazy 'dro' sativa strains that exacerbate an individuals anxiety levels. I don't think I've ever had a panic problem while smoking an indica, as it doesn't seem to make my mind go wild like the other.

I've had anxiety problems for as long as I can remember, and have been smoking herb for only about 5 years. I love smoking pot, and I don't think that just because I have an anxiety problem I should be blacklisted by the 'professional stoners' (not you personally) as someone who can't get blazed and have fun like everyone else.

Can I ask you this, assuming you enjoy smoking pot regularly: If for some unknown reason, you suddenly did have a panic attack and got freaked out while baked -- would you just cut it off right there, and never smoke pot again?

To me, all of the positive aspects of my weed experiences -- all the good times, self realizations, and just plain crazy fucked up fun -- all of that greatly outweighs the negative experiences I have had with weed.

But I'll have to completely agree with you about the people that chronically have these problems, and still smoke all the time, and still annoy the fuck out of you.

 

[phatass]

i used to get mad paranoid from weed, even with my good friends... noww i'm fine though, i just don't smoke that high grade weed, and stick more to hashish, its more chilled...

 

[Transcendence]

Can I ask you this, assuming you enjoy smoking pot regularly: If for some unknown reason, you suddenly did have a panic attack and got freaked out while baked -- would you just cut it off right there, and never smoke pot again?

This is my point. I think everybody who smokes weed a lot eventually has a moment when they do have a panic attack. I'm not trying to say that I'm somehow immune to them. I've smoked in amounts that would kill small mammals and I've smoked strains that put High Times cutouts to shame. I've never yet had a panic attack. But I don't rule it out as a possibility in the future. And no, I would probably not stop smoking.

But what I've been trying to highlight is the difference between a panic attack, and absolutely flipping your shit. I've had panic attacks sober. I've had panic attacks on substances other than weed. But I've never lost control of myself and broke down in front of other people. Unless there's a legit medical emergency and you're dying before peoples' eyes or you just got news that your S.O. was killed or something similar, I don't ever think that's acceptable. I generally have a problem with people who freak out over little things, whether it's at the bong or at the wheel or at the work place. If marijuana caused this to happen to me, then yes, I would be so disgusted as to quit. We all have personal crises, but a person with strength of character can collect himself and deal with it instead of writhing on the floor like a child.

 

[snowboarder88]

johnny drama did

in his trailer on the set of his tv show Five Towns. Bug out bug out bug out bug out

 

[dehpdnuos]

But what I've been trying to highlight is the difference between a panic attack, and absolutely flipping your shit. I've had panic attacks sober. I've had panic attacks on substances other than weed. But I've never lost control of myself and broke down in front of other people. Unless there's a legit medical emergency and you're dying before peoples' eyes or you just got news that your S.O. was killed or something similar, I don't ever think that's acceptable. I generally have a problem with people who freak out over little things, whether it's at the bong or at the wheel or at the work place. If marijuana caused this to happen to me, then yes, I would be so disgusted as to quit. We all have personal crises, but a person with strength of character can collect himself and deal with it instead of writhing on the floor like a child.

Yea, I was only referring to crippling panic attacks really. I've never gone batshit and broke down, or sprinted to the ER unnecessarily, or disrupted any sort of activity that was going on at the time. If I'm really feeling THAT crazy, I'll just go stand outside and take some deep breaths. I've personally never ran into these crazy, screaming, fish-flopping one-hit wonders, but seems like maybe its simply a personality thing and they would end up doing something equally annoying completely sober or on a different drug...

 

[queenscarlet88]

I smoked some weed, then rode in someone else's car. I started thinking about all the money I spend on weed, and how I'm wasting my life, and how some friends are taking advantage of my generousity, and I got super pissed, took off my favorite gloves (it was winter) and ripped them to shreds and threw them out the window. then I took out my cell-phone and started typing all these notes to myself, analyzing random decisions i was making and writing down what I did, why I Did it, and what I need to do to make a stronger decision next time.

I've had a lot of other freak outs. I try to forget them, but maybe I'll see if I can unbury a few more.

Maybe you should take this seriously. Sounds more like a realization than a freak-out. I've experienced similar and it's very empowering to cast aside the shackles of narrow, "high is good" thinking.

 

[gorgoroth]

marijuana can indeed make my anxiety/panic much worse.

 

[eternaltoke]

Maybe you should take this seriously. Sounds more like a realization than a freak-out. I've experienced similar and it's very empowering to cast aside the shackles of narrow, "high is good" thinking.

Actually I can relate to his little joke because I felt like I was wasting money when I started smoking herbs every day. I partly believed my parents claims that I was going to lose all my motivation and become a junky of some sort.
I smoked bowls of pot chronically with my brothers friends over a 6 week holiday, mostly sitting on my ass smoking marijuana with people I didn't enjoy being around and thats when I noticed feelings of anxiety, lack of confidence etc.
A year since I've started daily smoking, noticed very little if any signs of anxiety apart from that holiday period. I really don't think pot should be labelled as causing anxiety, considering alcohol and regularly combining meds with pot/alcohol is at least as likely to, not marijuana itself.
Pot is a euphoric, relaxant, stress reliever when used responsibly - Period. When you become dependant on a drug, it makes you feel worthless so obviously it must be a person's underlying pyschological condition and their nature of drug use that causes anxiety. I say that from experience.
But obviously the fact that I smoke good shit (hydro in fact) probably wards off any anxiety that might creep beneath the surface nowadays.

And I completely agree with Transcendence. If smoking a euphoric makes you anxious or panicky then you must be the wrong person for the drug. Why would you continue smoking if it causes panic attacks? Either improve your social life, seek drug counselling or find yourself some better weed - that'll cure your panic attacks.

It doesn't make sense to stop the "pot is good" thoughts either. Pot is always good as long as its not somehow fuckin up elements of your life, get me? I'd rather those good thoughts than the "shit im such a stoner, i waste all my money on drugs" why don't you just appreciate the good times you have on drugs and stop being negative.

 

[Commiexan]

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to name the substance but fuck man this shit is the strongest out.
I saw this vid of this fat kid dislocate his arm and it was the most horrible thing ever. It felt like I was there with him and that his scream replayed over and over in my head Not to look like a pussy or anything I was so fucked I even cried and for 10 minutes I was convinced that my arm was going to dislocate :S
But apart from that the high was great!

What are your stories if you have any?

I know people call weed a "light drug" But really if in large doses it can seriously fuck you up man

peace

never freaked out, but have gotten hyperactive. Pretty weird as I have never gone hyperactive on bud

 

[johnnyknoxville]

has i stated in my other thread..ive had a weird high minute felt like 20 minutes i forgot what just happened,, couldnt think of what i was saying...everything felt totally of an unreallity...outter body expiernces like my head was in two places...like a pcp trip.... but i didnt freak welcome to the power of drugs my friend too much can crack around your brain...and i had headiess

 

[mooselovescandies]

Haha, my friend pissed herself the first time she got high cause she was really anxious and didn't know what to expect I guess XD

 

[jozza]

I get a lot of anxiety with weed, but when I trip I am usually very calm and grounded. Hallucinogens and weed each produce a completely different type of experience, so anxiety from one does not necessarily mean you will get anxiety from both.

+1

I'm another person who has never freaked out on psychedelics (only had three trips so far) and freaked out on weed plenty of times. Everyone's brain reacts to cannabinoids differently, it's gotta be one of the most subjective drugs out there.