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Lsd anxiety vs. cannabis anxiety

Similarly to what most people have posted in this thread, I too suffer WAY MORE anxiety from cannabis than LSD.
This is one of the reasons I no longer smoke pot. The cannabis anxiety, for me, is WAY more incapacitating than any LSD anxiety I've experienced.
But, ultimately, it is a very personal thing and what one person experiences might be totally different to what the next person experiences.
 
levictus said:
I think it's kind of crazy how so many people seem to have much freakier time on weed than LSD, especially considering how intense LSD can get.
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Never underestimate how potent THC is. This is something I have learnt from not only my own experiences with cannabis but also by observing people I know who use it. It is a reasonably dangerous drug, mainly due to how much people abuse it, and it should be treated with respect! *steps down from soap box*
 
n3ophy7e said:
Never underestimate how potent THC is. This is something I have learnt from not only my own experiences with cannabis but also by observing people I know who use it. It is a reasonably dangerous drug, mainly due to how much people abuse it, and it should be treated with respect! *steps down from soap box*
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Oh I am not underestimating THC and co, I know first hand how intense it can be. I wouldn't call weed dangerous, but it's definitely open for abuse largely because it's pretty safe and you can keep smoking bud everyday and live a relatively normal life. What I was trying to say is that it's funny how people seem to be able to handle the 'cosmic transcendental headspace' of LSD much better than stupid social anxiety/paranoia of cannabis. Though I guess it kind of makes sense, but then again I tend to have much better time with sativa.
 
levictus said:
Oh I am not underestimating THC and co, I know first hand how intense it can be. I wouldn't call weed dangerous, but it's definitely open for abuse largely because it's pretty safe and you can keep smoking bud everyday and live a relatively normal life. What I was trying to say is that it's funny how people seem to be able to handle the 'cosmic transcendental headspace' of LSD much better than stupid social anxiety/paranoia of cannabis. Though I guess it kind of makes sense, but then again I tend to have much better time with sativa.
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Yeah I definately see what you're saying.
Bascially, drugs are a very individual thing. Where one brain/body might be able to handle one drug more and the next brain/body might be able to handle a different drug more.
BUT, having said that, I call cannabis dangerous. That's my personal opinion and anyone can argue it with me as much as they like :)
 
I've always thought that there was more anxiety on the come-up of LSD than with medium to even high doses of bud. The major factor for me on LSD is the fact that I think everyone around me knows that I am tripping balls and that I'm on LSD, and I don't want them to know...its a weird feeling and hard to describe, but its not really "anxiety" its more of a "weird-feeling-type-thingy"

If you are in an appropriate setting, using LSD is pretty safe and will probably not warrant a bad trip. :)

good luck
 
FreedomOfTheMind said:
I used to get anxiety on weed and then I thought about it for awhile ( a few weeks) and thought why? I am causing this anxiety in me. I am the one who is in control of my biocomputer (brain) and I can control my anxiety, especially if I am getting anxious about silly social situations, etc, which weed used to make me anxious about. I thought about it and my anxiety was really silly and stemmed from my own insecurities. After I dealt with them (helped by LSD partially), I realized that I could stop being anxious for no good reason and enjoy the high. I have not had anxiety on a weed high since (1.5 yrs ago). It should be noted that before this I RARELY ever got anxiety from weed but it happened in large social situations. Now I NEVER get anxiety from weed, no matter what. I will still get anxiety from psychedelics if I come up faster than expected or if I am in an uncomortable situation.

Anyways, think about the root of your anxiety and analyze it. Is it worth it? Do you have a good reason to be anxious? Why are you scared being high around people? Are you worried about their perception of you? Why? That is just ego games. Your entire perception of yourself is based on how you perceive other people perceiving you. Stop the cycle and realize the ego as a false center and realize the true center lies within you. There is no reason to be anxious about what other people think of you since we are all ONE BEING and there is no reason that u are less capable or less worthy than anybody. We are all fundamentally the same; all duality is falsely imagined. This process enabled me to get rid of all cannabis induced anxiety, since I find most of it stems from silly things like being worried about your perception by others.
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well, your post has actually reduced my anxiety from weed in half everytime i smoke now. its amazing wat posting on a forum can do to effect other people. now whenever it get anxious when smoking weed, i just think of the second paragraph in ur post, especially about the ego games and other people thinking of me. thanks. it really helps actually. i guess i can use it more thouroughly when i think about it whenever i do shrooms or acid for the first time. and then apply it more thouroughly whenever i get anxious after that.


also another part of weed anxiety is the confusion. whenever i smoke weed, mostly ndicas, i get really confused and cant even concentrate in trying to reduce the anxiety. sativas i can think straighter and work on reducing it, like i would with lsd or shrooms.
 
^ Dude, that is awesome and it makes me very happy. I am glad to have helped you a little bit, even if it is only through a forum. Just remember that most anxiety can be eliminated this way- it will make more sense perhaps after you delve into the cosmic wonder of psychedelics.

And yeah, sativas are much more clear headed- I actually prefer them but indicas can be nice if you want a couchlocked, realxing, before sleep type high.
 
FreedomOfTheMind said:
Also, I dont understand how so many people get anxiety attacks from weed. I havnt gotten true anxiety from weed since I was in 9th grade and I'm in college now, but I understand its a very anxiogenic substance. Most of the people I smoke with never get anxiety though. I find cannabis to REDUCE MY ANXIETY overall and if I get bad thoughts, those thoughts were there before I smoked and the cannabis just brought them out. It is up to me to do something about it though. I just love cannabis- it is so psychedelic for me and I agree with xorkoth- vaporization gives such a cleaner, more headdy, buzzy, crisp high, not a couchlocked body high from taking a huge bong hit, but more like a nice wake and bake seeing the world through a new lense with a different perspective. I love vaporized cannabis.
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I've been smoking for around 1.5yrs
I don't really get anxiety from bud (well, during the come down i have a lingering feeling of anxiety - a tightness in my chest to be exact, but it doesn't bother me much).

However, i find that I often get into negative thought loops, and a lot of these thoughts come out of nowhere (they're usually not thoughts that i had at all before). And they just keep attacking me and i can't push them out or deal with them until I come down. But by the time I come down they have pretty much left my head.

I'll try to take your advice into account next time i smoke though (friday.....no school ftw)

2c-i on the other hand made me able to address certain issues with remarkable clarity. Things that I had a problem with I thought through and realized why I feel such a way/do certain things. However, the majority of the trip was spent just feeling wonderful.
 
Anxiety on psychedelic are one of hardest things to deal with. Weed never really gets me that off my rocker with anxiety. I might feel a little once in a blue moon but it's extremely easy to deal with. Also weed has helps my anxiety when I'm under the influence.
 
Oh man Cannabis gives me way more anxiety than LSD. LSD is all smiles and sunshine, if a bout of anxiety appears on LSD it can be laughed and shaken off rather easily.

Cannabis anxiety seems to be more deep rooted and persistent. It's funny because cannabis is seen as the mildest of anything. Back in high school I used to get straight panic attacks and I honestly believe my adolescent use of cannabis is a substantial factor in the social anxiety problems that manifested around that time that I'm just growing out of now.

If my kids ever want to smoke pot in high school (not in the actual school) I'd just let them know my experience and if they get the social withdrawing effects I did, to not continue smoking it just because it's the "in" thing to do. Everything affects people differently and if it's affecting your social life, really evaluate whether you enjoy it or if it's just sucking the life and confidence out of you.
 
I haven't had a panic attack on either substance, but I do get a bit paranoid on weed. It's kind of like I tend to overreact to things, but then I get control of myself and realize I overreacted.

On acid, I feel a bit anxious on the comeup, but it isn't really a bad feeling. It's more one of excitement and mystery. I feel like I'm not breathing well (almost like I'm forgetting to breath) on acid, and that there's a pressure in my chest, but you just have to relax and think for a bit, and then I tend to ignore the pressure in my chest for the rest of the trip. Once you get a handle on the situation, all that remains is goofy psychedelia (for me at least).

Hope this helps. Just take time to think about your breathing or something if you start to get anxiety.
 
The worst part about cannabis anxiety is that it makes you belittle yourself and ruins your self esteem so bad, your afraid to tell anyone your feeling strange. LSD is more like E than cannabis, alo more loving.
 
moths2flame said:
The worst part about cannabis anxiety is that it makes you belittle yourself and ruins your self esteem so bad, your afraid to tell anyone your feeling strange. LSD is more like E than cannabis, alo more loving.
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Couldn't agree more. Every bit of that post I resonate.

With cannabis anxiety I feel it's something to hide so I'll just sit there not saying a word while in my mind I'm panicking. If I'm on psychedelics with friends and I start getting anxious and feel like being alone for a bit I can just say "Hey guys, I'm just gonna take a walk for a bit.". Cannabis anxiety is a much different animal.
 
Acid is not a very social drug in itself for me, i generally get really quiet....

I have never really had any crazy anxiety on acid, i get sketched out moments every now and then but you just have to breath and calm yourself down....

Like tripping at a festival last weekend, cops get called for a noise complaint and show up with SUVs and dogs and shit.... And you know everyone there is tripping, rolling, stoned, and probably has more of whatever they are on on them.... That was a sketchy moment....

Although my friend who ate 7 hits, lost all of his belongings (including his wallet in the lake) and found them all later ran by and threw a pinecone at a cops car....

Then again, he was a little out of his mind at the moment...

But the cops eventually left... and all was well...
 
I can handle five hits of LSD better than I can one of Cannabis. It was not always like that. I enjoyed cannabis when I was younger. At some point around age 20, like a light switch, everything changed to the point of one toke causing an instant panic attack.

It took me two years to come to grips with it because I liked the ritual and taste of cannabis so much. I rarely smoke now, like once every few months.

I have never had problems with LSD. No worries at all, in fact.
 
It's such a different crowd here than who I smoke with, I can obviously see my smoking circle acting paranoid or anxious but they all deny it because "weed is just chill man hungry, happy, sleepy blah blah blah". Anxiety is a side effect of weed for a lot of people, period. I don't see why it makes you cool to deny it.

A bit of adderall and a lot of high potency pot consumed at once set me off really bad. Horrible paranoid, negative and hateful thoughts racing through my head as if they were someone elses.
 
mrjackjones said:
I can handle five hits of LSD better than I can one of Cannabis. It was not always like that. I enjoyed cannabis when I was younger. At some point around age 20, like a light switch, everything changed to the point of one toke causing an instant panic attack.

It took me two years to come to grips with it because I liked the ritual and taste of cannabis so much. I rarely smoke now, like once every few months.

I have never had problems with LSD. No worries at all, in fact.
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Exactly this!
 
i find that with weed i get way more paranoid, and i dislike it i get anxity from it. with lsd i feel amazing same with other drugs, weed is the only drug i hate and i literally love 99% of drugs.
 
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