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smoking after panic attacks
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Inso
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Best thing to do is take at least a month off to get back to baseline then smoke again and see how it is. I had a massive panic attack brought on by a blunt and I was fine to smoke a few days later, but I was on a rediculous amount of coke and ecstasy too, so I'm not sure if it would be the same as your situation.
ranunky
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I've gotten 2 full blown panic attacks from smoking, but I don't get them any more cause I can feel them coming and talk myself out of them. Smoking is still less enjoyable if it's an everyday thing. I get half attacks still if I smoke too often. The best advice imo is to smoke less frequently, I've cut down to weekends only (mostly) and it's gotten better, but I think i could have a better time if i cut down even more.
crazyhairman
Bluelighter
i get em when i get too blazed but i always remember that its no gonna kill me so that helps me not stress soo bad
artic
Bluelighter
The first time I smoked a blunt we piled into my friend's jetta and hot boxed. Everyone had pitched in and I think we had just over an eighth rolled. We finished smoking and got out of the car. I lost about 2 or 3 minutes here where I was apparently freaking out, but I don't remember at all. On the way back to campus the girl next to me completely lost it just like I had a few minutes earlier. She also had no memory of freaking out. We got back to the dorm and blazed another joint. This is the closest I've come to a weed-induced panic attack. I have smoked after a non-weed panic attack to calm down before.
alantis360
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I had one a few months ago for the first time and have been smoking every day since still
you gotta wait for awhile until you smoke again- like 30 days IME. Then you'll be ok. But I've never been able to go back to smoking everyday since I started having the attacks. Weed is better for me once in a while anyways.
acidicweed_69
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bout month and a half ago, i started having a panic attack on lsd+weed but managed 2 calm myself out of it (thank god- that hot flush was the worst feeling ive ever had)
after that for about a month i continued daily toking, sometimes once and sometimes like 4 times a day, and i felt a little anxiety.. then two weeks ago on codeine+weed i got some pretty dam bad anxiety after a day of hardcore smoking and ive cut down hardcore since then
basically i now smoke 4 times a week (maybe 5) and i only smoke 1-3 cones.. as long as i keep the doses low(ish) and only smoke once a day (i try save it til after dinner or whatever) then the anxiety is quite manageable and i can enjoy the high... plus, every time i smoke now the high is better n better as tolerance would be falling
also, i find the type of weed you get can really make a HUGE difference.. e.g- a lot of wet, shit stuff has been going around lately and three cones of this stuff wud get me barely high but i will get a lot of anxiety. however, if i get chronic stuff and have, say, 1 or 2 cones, then i will get condiderably blazed and whilst the anxiety may be there to a degree, it is a lot less overwhelming as i can not only talk myself out of it but i can enjoy the high (becuz i actually get high) and relax and yeah..
after that for about a month i continued daily toking, sometimes once and sometimes like 4 times a day, and i felt a little anxiety.. then two weeks ago on codeine+weed i got some pretty dam bad anxiety after a day of hardcore smoking and ive cut down hardcore since then
basically i now smoke 4 times a week (maybe 5) and i only smoke 1-3 cones.. as long as i keep the doses low(ish) and only smoke once a day (i try save it til after dinner or whatever) then the anxiety is quite manageable and i can enjoy the high... plus, every time i smoke now the high is better n better as tolerance would be falling
also, i find the type of weed you get can really make a HUGE difference.. e.g- a lot of wet, shit stuff has been going around lately and three cones of this stuff wud get me barely high but i will get a lot of anxiety. however, if i get chronic stuff and have, say, 1 or 2 cones, then i will get condiderably blazed and whilst the anxiety may be there to a degree, it is a lot less overwhelming as i can not only talk myself out of it but i can enjoy the high (becuz i actually get high) and relax and yeah..
Slay
Ex-Bluelighter
cannabis is anxiogenic drug. if the side effects terrorize you so much like this you shouldnt toke or you may get worse. i suggest avoid toking weed no matter what
expothead
Bluelighter
i get it. and i don't get it. from the same weed.
it all seems to do with my pre-smoke mental state. if i'm anxious about something or a little tired from partying too hard or coming down from something else, i'll more than not feel extra anxious if i smoke too much. then i'll start to analyze my heartbeat, and its on for young and old. 8)
if i'm in a good carefree mood (or for example rolling or bent on something else), there doesn't seem to be an issue.
i counter it, when it occurs, by smoking (alot) less. good for the lungs, good for the head, good for the wallet...
it all seems to do with my pre-smoke mental state. if i'm anxious about something or a little tired from partying too hard or coming down from something else, i'll more than not feel extra anxious if i smoke too much. then i'll start to analyze my heartbeat, and its on for young and old. 8)
if i'm in a good carefree mood (or for example rolling or bent on something else), there doesn't seem to be an issue.
i counter it, when it occurs, by smoking (alot) less. good for the lungs, good for the head, good for the wallet...
PriestTheyCalledHim
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Here's some advice, YMMV.
Start out VERY small like just a single hit from a one hitter/small bowl, and see how that is for you, and don't smoke anymore. Then keep smoking more often little by little, and try to get into a set pattern like at first on weekends or every few days and keep smoking more and more, just enough to get high and that's it. Eventually the anxiety you get from smoking pot will subside if you do it right. You may become a pothead/daily smoker eventually but if you do it right, you will stop getting anxiety from smoking since it will become normalized for you and not a big deal.
Pick and choose when you want to get high, like for example if after you smoke you get anxiety/panic attacks when you have to appear sober around strangers at a party or in public, don't do it then.
Alcohol can help but some people don't like this combo since it can make things worse, make them feel sick/flushed or like they're going to puke.
If you get anxiety/a panic attack just keep breathing and tell yourself it's just pot anxiety/a panic attack, and that it will be over soon eventually. Like someone else wrote in their reply learn how to talk yourself down from one.
I know it sounds corny as hell but meditation and daily cardio exercise really helped me with anxiety and some people have found that drinking tea like Chamomile and Rooibos/red tea can help with anxiety. Some people get anxiety from the food that they eat or for other reasons but some people are just wired for anxiety/panic attacks and a lot more people are than you'd think.
If pot makes you get REALLY bad panic attacks like to the point where you can't stand it, and it's pretty debilitating, perhaps stop smoking?
Avoid strains that are pure sativa or sativa dominant, as these can give people bad anxiety/panic attacks. Perhaps get a lot of one strain you like and just smoke that? Or start out with just a hit from a new strain until you get used to it and can tell what the high is like?
If you have a low tolerance don't try to keep up with your smoking buds/friends who you smoke with who have a huge tolerance, as sometimes when you smoke too much it's not fun with the body load, and panic attacks happen then.
Don't smoke when you're all stressed out/angry or in an anxious mood.
Avoid stimulants like caffeine/coke/meth/prescription amphetamines/MDMA/MDA, cut back, or don't smoke when you use them. You know yourself and your body best.
Start out VERY small like just a single hit from a one hitter/small bowl, and see how that is for you, and don't smoke anymore. Then keep smoking more often little by little, and try to get into a set pattern like at first on weekends or every few days and keep smoking more and more, just enough to get high and that's it. Eventually the anxiety you get from smoking pot will subside if you do it right. You may become a pothead/daily smoker eventually but if you do it right, you will stop getting anxiety from smoking since it will become normalized for you and not a big deal.
Pick and choose when you want to get high, like for example if after you smoke you get anxiety/panic attacks when you have to appear sober around strangers at a party or in public, don't do it then.
Alcohol can help but some people don't like this combo since it can make things worse, make them feel sick/flushed or like they're going to puke.
If you get anxiety/a panic attack just keep breathing and tell yourself it's just pot anxiety/a panic attack, and that it will be over soon eventually. Like someone else wrote in their reply learn how to talk yourself down from one.
I know it sounds corny as hell but meditation and daily cardio exercise really helped me with anxiety and some people have found that drinking tea like Chamomile and Rooibos/red tea can help with anxiety. Some people get anxiety from the food that they eat or for other reasons but some people are just wired for anxiety/panic attacks and a lot more people are than you'd think.
If pot makes you get REALLY bad panic attacks like to the point where you can't stand it, and it's pretty debilitating, perhaps stop smoking?
Avoid strains that are pure sativa or sativa dominant, as these can give people bad anxiety/panic attacks. Perhaps get a lot of one strain you like and just smoke that? Or start out with just a hit from a new strain until you get used to it and can tell what the high is like?
If you have a low tolerance don't try to keep up with your smoking buds/friends who you smoke with who have a huge tolerance, as sometimes when you smoke too much it's not fun with the body load, and panic attacks happen then.
Don't smoke when you're all stressed out/angry or in an anxious mood.
Avoid stimulants like caffeine/coke/meth/prescription amphetamines/MDMA/MDA, cut back, or don't smoke when you use them. You know yourself and your body best.
aoe2junkie
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definetly avoid stimulants. when i used to take amphetamines and methamphetamines, i could only smoke weed while taking a benzo to counteract the anxiety. as a result i became addicted to benzos and weed and speeds of all sort lol