psychosis from smoking marijuana

[Breener122]

So i was smoking weed for the best part of 4 years and in the beginning it was amazing and euphoric but that was when i couldnt afford to buy it regulary. But when i started to use it heavily things started to change drastically, i no longer got a euphoric high and my brain just turned to mush even on small doses, it basically zombifed me but i continued to smoke daily because i identified myself as a stoner and somehow convinced myself that i was addicted. i smoked alone in my room alot and extreme parnanoia would set in almost immediately, my thought pattern would be erratic and worst case scenarios would run through my head. then one night lying in bed after i just finished a joint something changed in my brain and a panic attack or psychosis of some kind set in, i was shaking uncontrollably and i thought my heart had stopped i woke my mother up telling her i was having a heart attack but she calmed me down and after about an hour of shaking the weed wore off and i was back to normal. for about 6 months i still continued to smoke but only with friends because i was afraid of another panic attack setting in so i decided to quit and i havent touched the stuff for about 5 months now.. has anyone else had an experience similar to mine? or is psychosis from weed really rare? I have a feeling i might be predisposed to mental illness and smoking marijuana is defintely not for me. I just wish i could go back and only smoke it sparingly so i could feel that euphoric high again

 

[Shadowsblaze]

That seems to me to hard of a call to make. I hadn't smoked in a long time but last yr. after talking to my Dr. I tried it for my pain. It didn't work out for me because of the anxiety it caused me. I began to hallucinate to an extreme I never did before and although it did help with the pain, mainly as it distracted me from it. After reading on here I tried twice again with different strains but still the anxiety was overwhelming so its a no go for me. I thought maybe with valium or xanax it could work but because of the large dosage of opiates I take my Dr. was against it. I suggest you remain wary and take it one day at a time. Good luck Breener.

 

[Sweet Jones]

I know Shadowsblaze wasn't suggesting it but I wouldn't get in the habit of taking benzos just to be able to get high on marijuana that will make your situation exponentially worse