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Does/Has Weed Ever Given You A Panic Attack?

Yeah.
Happens everytime i smoke weed and am around people or thinking people are going to come around me. Heart begins to race, hair on back of neck stands on end, gut turns, and a feeling that something very terrible is going to happen.

It used to not be so bad but now i don't even have to think about anything just knowing someone might come and talk to me or be around me when i'm stoned puts me in these 'attacks'.

I also get very paranoid of being watched by people or cameras (like cameras in the bathroom, etc.) when they aren't around. Oh and i tend to do really repetitive things when i get these attacks like pace back n forth or tap my feet... or twitch.


I think it has something to do with my traumatic experience with 150-200mg 2c-i :\

EDIT:
this happens to me when i smoke it nowadays. . i used to love the stuff and never thought i would stop smokin. . but after eating it one time (not my first, probably my 100th time i ate it) i had a mild anxiety attack. .and now every time i smoke, i get some anxiety, so i basically mostly avoid it.. i think i fucked some shit up in my head with research chems, and mdxx compounds, lsd, etc. .
Wow, maybe there is something to RCs causing panic attacks when you smoke weed. Did you smoke weed when you were on the RCs?
 
Cannabis has never given me a panic attack before. I've had a few before, weed is one of the things that has stopped panic attacks for me.
 
Weed never used to even make me a tiny bit anxious.... but after I had a horrifying panic attack on it, it does a pretty good job making me panicked pretty often now. The weird thing is, it's usually MUCH worse when I'm alone than when I'm with friends... it just puts me in a super uncomfortable headspace I guess... most of the time when I get baked now it's either with benzos or after I'm really piss drunk.

Sad state of affairs.
 
I always tell people take the happiest you have ever been in your life and multiply that by 100, that's what the peak of MDMA is like.

Or sitting in a chair completely faced and looking at visualizer wondering what the fuck is going on and why your body is wrapped up in warmth, then suddenly getting bitch-smacked by a wave that makes you rub your face with your sweaty palms.

It can be like both.


But I digress, OP, no, never had any panic attacks due to weed, only due to shitty circumstances while high (cops, etc).
 
Nope

I do not think weed gives people panic attacks. People give themselves panic attacks which are magnified by weed.
 
^ that's a bit like saying "I don't think tums get rid of stomach aches, people get rid of stomach aches by taking tums." lol.
 
Nope

I do not think weed gives people panic attacks. People give themselves panic attacks which are magnified by weed.

Have you ever had one? You may be partially right...... I know that after the first one I had after getting high that came out of nowhere, my brain could never shake the feeling. I kept replaying in my mind how awful it felt. They went away with medication for years after I quit weed and then I went off the meds too. No panic attacks for 12 years. Then one day walking in a grocery store, it happened again.I had quit smoking weed because I had one everytime I got high. Just knowing I'm not the only one who gets them when high makes me feel better. That's why I started this thread...... I miss weed! I've been wondering if I make them happen.
 
Every time I smoke it I get depressed, anxious, self-conscious and feel worthless, ugly, alone, that noone likes me, and I panic about things I have to do or have been neglecting, it sucks but hey I'm just not a weed person. It seems to be a lot worse when around other people,
So yes, both, both and yes, the only time I will use it if it's already laying around and I need to get to sleep (the only good effect!) which has been once in the last 6 months.
 
I got a panic attack on my first time getting high. I have underlying anxiety and it was my first mind-expansion experience. I was with other people, and I got VERY high.

I have not had a panic attack from cannabis ever since. 8)
 
I got a panic attack on my first time getting high. I have underlying anxiety and it was my first mind-expansion experience. I was with other people, and I got VERY high.

I have not had a panic attack from cannabis ever since. 8)

You are braver then me, I could never get the courage up to try it again. I switched to MDMA and couldn't be happier :)
 
You are braver then me, I could never get the courage up to try it again. I switched to MDMA and couldn't be happier :)

Well, I'm glad you found something you like anyway. But you really should give weed another chance. I think the reason I freaked out was just the shock of increased perception, as I had never done anything other than alcohol up to that point.

So now that you've been on MDMA, you should be able to kick weed's ass :)
 
Yes.
Yesterday I took a few big bong hits.

Then all of a sudden...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization
I was frozen. I couldn't do anything. My mind was in a paranoid stupor. My friend asked me if I was paranoid, I said yes. I was completely unmoving, I had to tell myself "You're alive do something" before I reached into my pockets. I couldn't ask anything though even though I wanted to. I was so self conscious. He asked me things that I didn't wanna reply to. I was keeping puke in my mouth. I went in the bathroom for about 10mins to regain my composure. I threw up there later. I walked back and sat down. He said hey I'm gonna take you home.

I threw up when I was walking to his car. Went home, slept, woke up have been fine.

Always get paranoid from weed though. Smoking more to hope it goes away...
 
Well, I'm glad you found something you like anyway. But you really should give weed another chance. I think the reason I freaked out was just the shock of increased perception, as I had never done anything other than alcohol up to that point.

So now that you've been on MDMA, you should be able to kick weed's ass :)

Maybe I should do MDMA and weed at the same time ;)
 
i used to suffer from anxiety and paranoia pretty bad when i got stoned, felt uncomfortable and weird so i gave it up and had a massive aprox 5 year break

for some reason the other day i thought "fuckit, lets see what happens", got some nice weed last friday and decided to smoke up... felt abit apprehensive... but ended up very stoned and loved it. it was like my mind opened, massive creative feelings and appreciation for everything, felt damn good. no anxiety or anything, heart sped up a bit but i was cool with that. i think for me, moderation is the key. i may be tempted to start smoking again, but only once a week maybe
 
Well, I'm glad you found something you like anyway. But you really should give weed another chance. I think the reason I freaked out was just the shock of increased perception, as I had never done anything other than alcohol up to that point.

So now that you've been on MDMA, you should be able to kick weed's ass :)

I've never taken MDMA/MDA but I have taken shrooms and LSD and I've had anxiety or "dark" trips on both at moderate and high doses on both, and excellent experiences on both drugs at moderate/high doses, but even that was nowhere near as bad as anxiety and panic attacks can be from smoking and being in certain environments or from eating too much herb and getting panic attacks from it.

I enjoy trippy strong Sativas but when I smoked/used pot I preferred to use them alone and just trip out on the THC and meditate or I'd sometimes smoke them at parties with friends but I made sure I had a tolerance and I was drinking beer too in case I got any anxiety.

Indicas are very nice for anxiety, relaxing, mellowing out and getting so high that you have the major munchies but you don't want to move from your chair to get food. They're also fun in small groups when you are watching a movie or at a concert if that's your thing.
 
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