long time smoker, panic attack(maybe)

[tryptaminion]

Hey, first off i thank you for reading this, as it has had me worried for a while, I have read alot of posts of people with almost similar problems. I have been smoking about an eighth of cannabis(mid-grade) a day for about 5 years, and it has always soothed my anxiety, calmed my stomach and has helped me eat (my stomach always bothers me, but doctors say their is nothing wrong), I am 24, and have always been a big cannabis supporter.. let me get into the problem.

My friend came over with some spice he bought from a local store, and asked me to try some.. i tried some and it was pretty good so i actually bought some of it, after about a 2 days of smoking it i started to feel horrible when i had some, ex: would start to feel real dizzy, everything gets real dark and i feel like im going to pass out, trying to lay down and close my eyes drasticly increased that dizziness/heart beat problem. I recently had moderate panic during a mushroom trip, but i was able to easilly reverse that and ended up with a positive experience, so i cant believe that could be the problem, I also tried a valium with the spice and it helped me to enjoy the last bit.. Now i am getting the SAME problem/bad feeling when i smoke regular cannabis (their is no residue in any of the pipes, i cleaned them all and made sure), but i still get this.. I waited a couple days and tried again.. SAME problem, everyone just says either your just a pussy or i fucked my body up and cant use drugs anymore.. i dont really believe that as i've always been good with psychadelics/drugs and could always handle myself, no matter how intense the experiece, this is completely different, i've even vommited from feeling so bad, and have feared for my life(heart beating way faster than on any stimulant, although i dont use them anymore).. I do have a history of shyness/anxiety disorder but this is on a whole different level than i have ever felt, any help would REALLY be appreciated as i am a huge advocate of cannabis, and have always cherished every toke with my friends and familly, but now i am scared to death to smoke.. does anyone else have the same issue? any good tips? I've read plenty of posts but i just cannot believe this.

oh one more symptom, it was very hard to breath, well not that i was breathing fast or hard, just when i was breathing it still felt as though the oxygen wasnt helping, like i was breathing but it wasn't working, it passed after a while, but seems to come as part of these attacks.

any replies would be freaking awesome and i am very excited to join this forum as it has tons of very helpful information, and maybe any answers to my problem can help others as this is very awkward! thanks again.

 

[grumpy w00kie]

Lay off the synthetic shit man, You cant smoke that shit like real herb. After using it for awhile peoples minds are getting really messed up from the crap.

Go get some real herb or just quit.

 

[tryptaminion]

i do have real herb, and i only smoked about 3 grams of some blend named XXX, i havent had it for about a week but now the real shit bothers me just like the synthetic did... should i quit long enough for all cannabinoids to leave my system before trying to smoke again? or is this just a mental game, it's hard to understand because im usually good at handling the mental bullshit that comes along with most psychadelics, and herb has always just been a necessity not really a recreational drug for me, i smoke it all day and it always has helped me, now its the opposite lol, sorry to sound repetitive but as soon as i noticed the weird effects of jwh i completely quit using it.. do you think its a chemical problem in my brain, or just paranoia due to the bad experiences? thanks for the reply by the way.. any suggestions/comments are greatly accepted

tried smoking a bowl of real herb today too, kept feeling dizzy, and just a general uneasy feeling(almost like the one associated with a psylocybin come-up) and loss of concentration, shakyness, weird sensations inside my body (like inner-stomach feeling real hot/moving/tingling) eyes twitching, ears popping, etc) freaking craziness.. ive never been the one to decline a hit of some herb, but now i am scared to even try to smoke, which makes me think im mentally making the problem worse, but it feels so real and not made up in my head lol

 

[Chainer]

Lay off the synthetic shit man, You cant smoke that shit like real herb. After using it for awhile peoples minds are getting really messed up from the crap.

I've been using it pretty damn regularly and have had no issues. I would say I've gone through roughly 50 grams to myself already of pure powder, mixed into my own blends.

That said,
1) Make your own blends - you can control strength and you *know* whats going into it, not smoking some overpriced mixture of shit.
2) There is a:
A) JWH thread for synthetic information,
B) A [MEGA] Anxiety thread for dealing with anxiety.
C) There is also a "k2" complaints/warnings thread.

Try those, there have been many people with the same issues as you.