Misc BAD PANIC ATTACKS Possibly Drug Induced ??

[GoodTimesRoll]

I have just recently starting messing around with substances for the past couple of years, but nothing hardcore. I USED TO be an avid pot smoker, I went through a somewhat-brief Dextromethorphan phase a few months ago, and the only things I really still do are drink and quite rarely pop pills. But the reason I am totally done with smoking weed is because it is the reason why Im even making this thread. One day blazing with my buddies a couple of years back, I experienced what I didn't know back then to be my very first panic attack. And ever since that first one, every time I tried smoking again after that would cause the same experience. So then I thought, okay its just weed that triggers this shit so im good with everything else. Wrong. The next drug I dealt with a similar experience with was Trazodone, I took 250 mgs of it one night to really fall asleep and another panic attack was triggered from it. Ever since the last bad attack, I have been really sketchy with every drug I do, I get worried that it will happen again. And it occasionally will but not nearly as bad, it will be more of a scared feeling that its going to happen than it actually happening again.. But the last couple times ive drank was when its been getting a little worse again. Especially one night I knocked back two nips of Jager, and I started to lay in bed and think about it all over again and started to slip into it a little bit, but got myself out of it.

But lately episodes similar to these bad panic attacks will happen if im completely sober, but so far theyre much more controlled and not off the hinge. I don't know if its because I was doing too much of the drugs at once and that got me, or if it was because I THOUGHT I took too much at once. Ive heard both opinions.. Ive also dealt with some very traumatizing issues in my life over the past year and a half (my older brothers suicide), and im sure that also plays into the psych aspect of it...
Any suggestions? Comments? Simelar Experience? Insight? Its all welcomed thnx guys

 

[Suburbantreehouse]

To be honest it seems highly likely you have drug induced anxiety...
I had it extremely bad 3 months ago to the point were I couldn't leave my house cause I would have a panic attack. I stopped using all drugs and stopped drinking. Only now I'm slowly introducing it back to my system but because the anxiety has gotten better. You should do a bit of research on it and see if it applies to you. If it is then unfortunately there is no quick remedy

 

[Tommyboy]

Its fairly common, and takes time for it to get better.

To be honest it seems highly likely you have drug induced anxiety...
I had it extremely bad 3 months ago to the point were I couldn't leave my house cause I would have a panic attack. I stopped using all drugs and stopped drinking. Only now I'm slowly introducing it back to my system but because the anxiety has gotten better. You should do a bit of research on it and see if it applies to you. If it is then unfortunately there is no quick remedy

How has it gotten better? Did you do anything (besides stopping most drugs) that helped the anxiety go away?

 

[Tnich55]

Definitely sounds like anxiety from the drugs, worrying you will do too much.

If you plan to continue, and this depends on the drug, you could always start really really small to help reduce your anxiety. Like start with a dose that you don't even think will get you high. For example if you want to smoke a little weed, take just a small hit off a bowl and let it be for a little bit. You may feel lifted even and think its enough of a relaxation that may not give you the anxiety you feel otherwise.
Just keep in mind, you can always do more. I say if it takes longer to get to where you wanna be, while avoiding the anxiety, go at it. Everyone is different, you just need to find what fits you best.