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Marijuana Induced Paranoia

Try smoking just a * very little * bit....if you think "this wasn't enough, I feel nothing" then you have the right dose. I mean a ridiculously low dose. Sit down, relax, and wait for the peak to come (usually 5 or 10 minutes after you have smoked). It will be a gentle, high, light, feeling. If you liked it, you may try a larger dose. I myself don't like the 'fucked up' feeling, I like the light and euforic effects of low doses of cannabis (preferbly hash because the hash high is cleaner than the weed high).
 
well if u get paranoid then why keep smokin it...if i was u i woujld juss keep on doing other stuff...u said uve tried ecstacy before so why don't u juss keep that up....plus it lasts longer
 
when i smoke pot i always end up in my own world of doom and fear. it's like my soul is no longer part of my body. i'm a different person in the same body and that scares me
my senses are gone and sometimes i start shaking

one time i was totally drunk and i smoked some pot and it didn't happen, i was just really stoned and funny but i wasn't in this total state of fear, it was just fun

i'm from europe so sorry for my bad english
i hope someone can give me good advice
 
Brilliant_Frenzy said:
After smoking that summer, I went to college and smoked in that environment. Things changed. I began to get paranoid, suspicious of people (I thought they were talking about me), and was very judgemental of myself.
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same that happend to me. my advice is stop smoking. from what ive heard from others and in my case theres no way back. if you start getting bad trips time after time theres like something has been triggered in your brain. some people smoke all their lives without any problem. im currently on zyprexa and lamictal cause of a psychosis three years ago. im not the same anymore but still it caused me to straighten my life up and i dont regret anything cause of that. i hope youll make the right decision. i dont know you but it sounds that you should quit smoking.
 
before reading this i thought i was the only one in the world to feel like that.

my first "freak out" as i like to call them was when my b/f and i were smoking in my room ( not unnormal ), all of a sudden i started to feel like i was dying. seriously my heart was racing and i couldn't stop thinking of these bad and horrible thoughts. all i could think was to go to sleep and just sleep it off. well i tried and my mind would not stop wondering into the worst. so i called my friend because my b/f was too stoned, and i thought he was dead with me. so i called her and she asked if i had any anxiety pills i mysteriously had one so i took it and i talked with her through the whole thing ( venus i love you).

2nd time was when i was completely surrounded with my best and most trusted friends. we popped in pee wee's big aventure and before i knew it it was the seen with the "contraption" as i like to call it. i remember saying "oh no contraptions are bad" and all of a sudden i got that horrible feeling all over again. my friends were trying to calm me down. my heart was racing, and i was very hot, but shaking at the same time. at one part i aked my b/f to feel my pulse to see how fast it was, he must be retarted or an asshole, because he told me " i dont know i dont feel anything" so of course at this time as i was feeling like i was dying i thought for sure. thats it i am dead but why can they still talk to me??? so my friends turned it off and nursed me through the entire thing. later that night i was feeling much better, i even got my munchies back and got some mcdonalds!!

can anyone tell me why besides its a psch./ and tbe stress that causes me to feel so bad that i think that i am dying?? anyones help would be MUCH appreciated!!!
thank you for reading my sad and pathetic words (candy coated)8o
 
i get really paranoid too. i was arrested about 5 months ago and since then i can only smoke in my one spot at my house because its my safehaven and i know i wont get caught there. i recommend finding you own safe spot where you can feel protected and not be afraid of getting in trouble.
 
as for you candycoated, its important to know if each time you smoke the same weed. if so, the weed could have been laced causing the adversly paranoid reaction.
 
I've found that if you have a problem with pot anxiety, it's a lot easier to smoke when you're drunk. It usually gets rid of all those nasty bugger paranoia waves.
 
mY n4me iS mUd said:
I've found that if you have a problem with pot anxiety, it's a lot easier to smoke when you're drunk. It usually gets rid of all those nasty bugger paranoia waves.

word, normally if i feel anxiety coming on after smoking a lot of weed ill take a shot or 2 of some hard liquor and ill be greatly relaxed and calm.


I have somewhat of a anxiety problem sober but it has GREATLY reduced to were its not even a problem for me anymore. Actually when i started smoking weed it started to decrease.
 
Brilliant_Frenzy said:
Situation:

Last weekend I smoked a little pot with some friends. One friend packed two bowls in a water bong, of which I smoked about 3 small puffs out of each bowl. The pot was fairly high quality. I tried to smoke only a little because I tend to get paranoid when I smoke pot. The environment was as follows: my friends live in an apartment on the first floor; the patio doors and blinds were open; people were there that I've never met before; my friends brought up the fact that the neighbors had called the police during a pervious party concerning noise--they've never had any legal problems, the police just asked them to turn the volume down. For entertainment, a friend of theirs turned Children of the Corn and Halloween Five on, which freaked me out. My reactions were as follows: I became very very quiet; I didn't say anything, I just became really quiet and nervous.

Background:

Pot was not the first drug I tried. I tried e, acid, and hydrocodone before pot. When I first tried pot (about three summers ago) I found it enjoyable: I got giddy, euphoric, and laughed a lot. I noticed time distortions when I first started smoking, but I found them interesting.

After smoking that summer, I went to college and smoked in that environment. Things changed. I began to get paranoid, suspicious of people (I thought they were talking about me), and was very judgemental of myself.

Ever since then (the first paranoid college pot experience), I've ALWAYS had bad pot "trips."

Also, I should mention that I have anxiety issues and that I've had a coke problem in the past. I've not done coke in a long time, and this has been the first time I've done pot in almost a year.

Questions:

1. Is it possible to be negatively conditioned concerning pot? Since I've had that first negative experience, I seem to go into that same mindset: things are going to be bad; the entire high scares me, especially the time distortions.

2. If negative conditioning exists, is it possible to recondition yourself to have positive experiences again? I mean, I would like to smoke pot again if it was a positive experience. I'm not sure if this would be effective, or how I could go about this. Does anyone have any suggestions?

3. Would my former coke problem affect my present pot experiences? I'm pretty sure pot and coke affect different neurotransmitters, but could the after effects of my coke use cause problems with pot?

4. Finally, I've never had bad trips on other psychedelics (acid, shrooms, ketamine); it's just been pot. Whenever I smoke pot, it's like a mini-acid trip. Whereas most people relax, it seems to make me (now) uptight and very anxious.

Purpose:

The purpose of this post was to get any suggestions as to how I might have a positive pot experience again, and to explain why I may have negative experiences now.

BTW:

I should have included this in the original post. I was also drinking (two drinks with rum and Dr. Pepper) and did a few poppers. Ok, for those who don't know what poppers are. It's slang from Amyl Nitrate, but I'm pretty sure the stuff people buy around here isn't Amyl Nitrate. You go into a store and ask for "Video Head Cleaner." It's a liquid that comes in a small brown vial, and you inhale the vapors quickly then put the cap back on. To be honest, I'm not sure what the stuff actually is. I don't think it's Amyl because I think that's illegal in this state. Anyway, it produces a "rush" for about 10 seconds then you're back to normal. I don't think the alcohol or poppers contributed to the paranoia, because I wasn't really drunk and I only did a few poppers. Also, like I said before, I've always gotten paranoid on pot since that first bad experience.

the answers to all of your questions are the same: its all in YOUR head, its what you make of it. if you really dont dig pot then so be it. paranoia of pot is nothing compared to what ive felt from uppers...

and not to preach, but those 'poppers' are sooooo bad for you. you really shouldnt do those...
 
Get over it. Let yourself ride the weed and not the weed ride you. And remember you just ingested a psychoactive substance. PLAIN AND FUCKING SIMPLE.
 
alostlittlebird said:
The marijuana experience isn't meant to be scrutinized in such a way, and when you start trying to overthink your experience or force it (or want it) to be something it isn't, there are negative side effects.

I find it helpful in terms like this:

Say you want to ask a hot girl (or guy, or whatever) out on a date. You reflect on what might happen if you are rejected, and it makes you nervous. You realize that in being nervous you probably won't be comfortable enough to score the date, and so you become anxious. You have created all of these feelings in your head, yet the ramifications are real because now instead of flowing up all natural and asking for a date, you are stranded in being nervous, anxious, and above all scared of the potential situation.

When you try and anticipate something to be good or bad, it may well end up being the opposite because your overthinking may trigger many other responses. If you try and think your way into a good experience you're not going to get anywhere because your mind is busy doing just that, thinking.

My advice: Slow down that busy mind. Instead of trying to build an expectation or force a feeling, just let things happen. Be natural - do not worry about feeling good or bad, but instead let comfort and tranquility be your guide. Good things will follow.

I'm sitting here 5 hours into an acid trip, that shit is right on the dot hahaha.
 
I definitely can relate, nowadays whenever i smoke weed i get symptoms that mimic paranoid schizophrenia or something. Its the most fucking uncomfortable feeling in the world. People think im fucking tweaking out or something when im high. Its horrible weed used to be so relaxing for me.

Also i have high anxiety/panic attacks now all the time. I first started getting them when I was using coke but only while I was high on coke but now I get them all the time like social situations/driving/smoking weed. Shit takes over/ruins your life. But what can you do about it.
 
i once had a niccottine adiction...and that when i dindt smoke garets i felt super mega paranoia...after smoking the cigarete i feel chillin
 
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knicks said:
I used to smoke pot heavily. I used to take Acid on a fairly basis. I had a bad trip one time, my last time trip'd too. After that, not imeadatily but with in a year or so pot would start to gine me anxiety attacks. I used too love to smoke too. Now, when I smoke a get anxiety, I feel like I am going real fast, Its so uncomfortable that I cannot wait until the high goes away. I can take 1 toke and feel this way. Once I had two tokes of a J, I started to feel real fast, I wanted it to stop so I had to take a shower and concitrate and assure myself that it would stop. Its sucks because I used to love it and I can get good shit. I wish I could fix it, I would say it gives me anxiety, parinoa, NO! I could really care less if someone thinks I am high.


same story with me, bad trip and then about a little over a year later i started getting anxiety when i smoked, this also ndevloped in canada when i was smoking some weed daily with very high thc content. also it is strange but i can trip now and smoke pcp but when i smoke weed i nget wierded out
 
mobblunted said:
I definitely can relate, nowadays whenever i smoke weed i get symptoms that mimic paranoid schizophrenia or something. Its the most fucking uncomfortable feeling in the world. People think im fucking tweaking out or something when im high. Its horrible weed used to be so relaxing for me.

Also i have high anxiety/panic attacks now all the time. I first started getting them when I was using coke but only while I was high on coke but now I get them all the time like social situations/driving/smoking weed. Shit takes over/ruins your life. But what can you do about it.


you need to sorround yourself with good people and go out and do more shit than you did before, i know exactly what your going thru but you have to push that shit and just let it be,

i used to get off the subway in philly and when i walked up the stairs to the street in philly i would be sooo bugged out i didnt even know where i was (after being in the city my whole life basically)


you have to go and have fun and i know it sounds impossible but forget that shit, get reall drunk a lot with good people
 
I used to also enjoy pot but also get teh Paranoia when I smoke now. I just get overwhelmed with the feeling that I can't get anything done when I am high and I am wasting my time, and I just cannot enjoy myself like I once was able to.

This happens with a percentage of pot users. All of a sudden smoking pot causes anxiety where it had not before.

Brilliant Frenzy - My solution was to just stop smoking pot altogether. I would take months or even a year off, and try it again. still got all paranoid and started immediately regretting smoking. its so weird, I have no problem doing coke or any other pharmaceutical. Just weed I can't handle.

I just might be a good time to throw in the towel on pot. sorry bud.
 
frizzantik said:
^^ not always. smoking pot while tripping would make it more likely though.


If you have anxiety in your regular life, without pot, then I would avoid psychedelics

I get paranoia/anxiety alot when high on weed. But I don't get it on LSD or other psychedelics.

It's person-to-person/drug-to-drug.
 
ive been smoking heavily for maybe 5/6 years now. ive always found whenever i started freaking out, it was never because i thought i was going to die or anything, its usually because i was in a really uncomfortable situation, or i just had so much on my mind i shouldnt have been getting stoned (ie exams).

so stress is probably the main reason i wig out, i know as soon as im done with my exams, i can fucking stop with the nightly panic attacks when im trying to sleep.
 
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