• CD Moderators: nepalnt21
  • Cannabis Discussion Welcome Guest
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules

[POLL] How many of you experienced an increase in paranoia with regular cannabis use?

Has your paranoia increased?

  • No Increase.

    Votes: 16 30.2%

  • Notable, but managable increase. I still smoke.

    Votes: 30 56.6%

  • Unmanageable increase, I no longer smoke or require medication

    Votes: 7 13.2%
  • Total voters
    53
cannabis was the only drug that gave me anxiety while i was on it, the other stronger drugs i took rarely caused me anxiety and when they did it was only when i was coming down off them

i dont recommend it but if u smoked heroin u would feel what its like to be really stoned, as in tv weed stoned haha lol
the only problem with heroin is the physical side of the addiction and the mental side which stays with you for months

although heroin caused me more shit than weed,id still be more scared by weed even when weed is mentioned to me i get a tiny bit paranoid..lol
but then i again i found thousands worth of it and thought some one was gona kick in my door any day and stab me i found brown soap bar hash in the end i swapd a nine bar for a motor bike i burnt two bars in my backyard gave away half a bar and sold and smoked the rest
 
I have this recurring paranoia (recuring when im stoned) that the powers at be have decided that i am a catalyst of social change and something that is going to harm me or make me stupid has been put in my water supply etc. Wow putting that down makes me realise how fucking insane that is or *puff puff* is it?
 
weekday warrior said:
I have this recurring paranoia (recuring when im stoned) that the powers at be have decided that i am a catalyst of social change and something that is going to harm me or make me stupid has been put in my water supply etc. Wow putting that down makes me realise how fucking insane that is or *puff puff* is it?
Click to expand...

dude my friend believed the exact same thing except he thought his mother was poisining him he was a religious stoner although he was schitzo too he ended up in the mental hospital
if your being serious id be worried ders something seriously wrong der if it gets worse go to ur doctor ur grand at the minute tho as u
no its just bull in your head and not actually happening
 
Chainer said:
^Hey, thanks for the link. I gave it a quick run over (I will read it when I have more time - work soon). It seems to say what a lot of research has said. I too was a bit leery because it was government funded, but the summary page seemed to be in line with things I've read in the past. I didn't get a chance to see any data or statistical facts, though. Regardless, thanks for the link.
Click to expand...

Yeah they have tried to use all the previous studies available to them at the time to come up with a summary of findings. You would have to go to the references and then find the originals to get the raw data. It's just an easy way for someone who doesn't have access to academic databases and journals to get an overview of the research to date. To sum it up- there is an association between cannabis use and mental illness but its difficult to prove causality. It does go into a lot more detail about the different disorders and how they may be influenced by using the drug though which is interesting.
 
I've been smoking daily for around 8-10 years.

I have only experienced anxiety that I could directly relate to cannibis about five times, and they were all in a period after the passing of a family member.

I would smoke weed though the day to calm myself from what was happening, and it completely backfired, turning me anxious as @#%*.

I could see how someone less fortunate than me could have this happen to them every time they smoke, I feel sorry for them, it was not enjoyable at all, especially when your used to it as one of your only relax mechanisms.
 
Good to see you're still around and kickin as well, chainer.

Never did get that bisco link though. ;)
 
I've been smoking for 3+ years now and I only notice paranoia while I'm stoned. Mainly in public places. I have never freaked out on weed, and have never had a bad experience.
 
Ozk said:
I've been smoking for 3+ years now and I only notice paranoia while I'm stoned. Mainly in public places. I have never freaked out on weed, and have never had a bad experience.
Click to expand...

i have never freak out on weed either...just on morrocan soap bar
 
when i was a kid smoking in high school i'd get paranoia pretty often, then as i got more experienced i hit a golden age of sorts. Earlier this year i was smoking at least once a day, and i started to realize that i was having less and less fun while high. For me i think feelings that i was wasting my time and being too much of a homebody are what amplified the paranoia. I guess it was more just negativity than paranoia.

I think what it is is that weed is lowkey a hallucinogenic, and with experience you can unintentionally amplify the trippy effects of it and not positively. Even from just a few rips i could easily let myself totally withdraw into my head and experience the types of thoughts that i've had on LSD. Once those pathways of thought are opened up it's hard to close them.

The solution for me was to smoke less often. I only smoke on weekends now and always enjoy my highs.
 
Whenever I've used regularly I've always tried to combat the lack of motivation that cannabis gives you if u smoke it all day every day with stimulants, which did make me quite paranoid. Without stimulants, it makes me much less paranoid and anxious, and actually helps to treat it among many other things.
 
I've just started smoking weed, its been roughly a month smoking 2-3 times a week maximum. My first few times were very smooth, I smoked quite alot and felt very stoned but not at all anxious. One day, I rolled up a .25 spliff (I started weighing what i'm taking) and smoked it alone, this was the first time smoking alone. I felt fine for about 15 minutes until it fucking hit full in the face and I got extremely anxious, borderline panic attack - thought I was going to die and that i'd even shit myself... lol, it was horrible, i tried relaxation techniques and they helped but i was still shaking and felt really scared.

Ever since then if i smoke .15+ I feel overwhelmed with that feeling over my brain and get extremely anxious. When its less intense, its very enjoyable and still lasts 3-4 hours. I just feel a bit pathetic haha, my friend who started smoking at the same time as me smokes like double what I do and he's fine - very stoned but not anxious/paranoid at all.

I read that regular users sometimes get the panic attacks/anxiety but rarely new users. Granted I suffer a fair amount of social anxiety but no general anxiety like I do after too much weed. I really enjoy smoking between .1-.15 and its definitely intense and fun without much anxiety at all but its such a small amount I feel a bit pathetic seeing people smoking massive buds no problem, not that I really care, I guess I just cannot handle THC like the average person.

Smoked .15 lemon skunk yesterday and still feel a bit 'hazed' today, no idea how people do this everyday - I must just be a super lightweight. Hasn't affected my sober life as of yet, keep it moderated and I hope it won't.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top