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weed=paranoia/anxiety

Don't listen to this man.

Never give up on Mary.



Yeah i meant as a real last resort . . .
if hes smoking weed and getting panic attacks every 5 mins i think he should stop :P


ONLY if you have tried all the other options . . .


but if you do decide to leave , the great mary jane will look down on you for the rest of your life :(
 
Yeah if your an opiate addict or have been addicted to opiates you messed with your adrenal system. I'm not sure how it works but your body produces more adrenaline and i think your adrenaline recepotors get upregulated when your an opiate addict. I can barely smoke weed now. I have had panic attacks so bad I thought i was going crazy and was about die. Once I quit opiates my anxiety goes through the roof and I can't smoke weed, with out having a panic attack, unless i'm drunk. But once I stay off opiates for a while my anxiety goes away and i'm able to smoke weed again without freaking out. With your body producing more adrenaline and your adrenal recepors upregulated, just a little dump of adrenaline which marijuana causes will make you real anxious. This is my theory anyways.
 
^ I'm not sure this is true. I know a lot of opiates users who like to smoke hash regularly.
 
Someone else could probably explain it better but opiate agonists inhibit the release of noradrenaline so I think your body compensates by upregulating your adrenaline recepotrs..
 
I think upregulation of adrenaline/epinephrine is definitely a contributing factor. Ever since I quit drinking, weed causes fewer panic attacks. Like only 2 per high now, instead of 3 hours of panic attacks.

I actually enjoy weed the most on a stimulant (like meth) comedown. But back when I was a heavy drinker, I'd get panic attacks from the comedown, and if I combined weed, I couldn't leave my own room from fear and anxiety.
 
I get the anxiety too, I think it came from getting caught by the popo. Now it just means extreme paranoia unless I feel very safe. However legal weed like serenity does the trick every time. Shis Dank!
 
Uggghhh, this is a sore topic for me. I'm not really much of a drinker so pot used to be a wonder drug for me. I used to love smoking and smoked every damn day with no ill effects. Then, a few years ago- it turned on me and I get panicky when I smoke now. It's ruined pot for me. I try taking long, long breaks from smoking (like 6-8 months). This works for a few days but then I get the panic attacks again and it's ruined once more.

Like some posters above, I can smoke when I'm drunk or on Benzo's....but it's not the same....

I do indeed have an anxiety/panic condition but it never surfaced while smoking in the past- before a few years ago I mean. I just really have to wonder what happened in my brain to cause all this....

I really miss weed :(
 
This also hits close to home for me. I have a pretty bad anxiety disorder, and weed only intesifies it. I enjoy the mood lift it gives me but don't smoke nearly as much as I use to. Now, whenever I know I'm about to smoke, I try to take a benzo before hand. Or at the least, drink a couple beers. I agree with the person above too, it seems like the anxiety and paranoya got alot worse as I got older.
 
I have to be buzzy drunk and on a benzo now to get weeded, or else, it's panic city for me.

I never got a single panic attack till after I took welbutrin.
Even after I stopped taking it, I have severe anxiety when I smoke.
 
If I'm not with my girl when I smoke weed, then I have to limit myself. Otherwise I'm prone to paranoia, anxiety, apathy/lethargy, and (in severe cases) panic attacks. I've been smoking weed for years, and this tends to mellow out with an increased tolerance. Bongs tend to have more negative effects than blunts or vaping (for me).

I rarely use cannabis these days. :\
 
i used to love weed
it made me pretty 'out-there' and i always had a good laugh
but my high actually changed over time...

these days it just gives me effects i find undesirable;
paranoia (at times) - not really paranoia as such, moreso i just cant relax if im in public and feel awkward
in a social/chill environment im fine though
i become somewhat anti-social and dont talk much
tiredness
hunger

therefore i only smoke-up when im on another drug
i use it to increase my high, not to get high :)

and i used to love smoking up
so you are definitely not alone
:D
 
If this doesn't make much sense, I'm not surprised. I took a pretty stupid amount of pills of all kinds today, one of my dumber days.
Now that I've viewed my post, I think that it should only be interpreted in a general and speculative way, a bunch of educated guesses that are not complete bullshit but not very precise either. This one has research and evidence behind it, but only stuff that I remember reading and seeing, not much that I could readily link to. Here goes...

That doesn't seem too abnormal. Obviously some people can handle more weed than others, but I think most of it is in the dose/strength/tolerance. I think most people could become very paranoid if they kept toking on a joint of strong bud repeatedly until they encountered psychosis.
I used to love weed, but now the crash almost merges with the high and I feel pretty jumpy from nothing... If there's such a stage as being so damaged (whatever you want to call it) that the drug actually affects you strongly again, usually negatively, that's how I feel. For a newbie though, maybe you're just getting too stoned on sativa bud? that would be normal.
The feeling wears off... right? I smoked strong bud all day for four months. After three months I felt like I was getting near some serious mental problems, feeling as though I could snap anytime, but I always hoped that the next high wouldn't be bad, or I'd forget the unpleasant parts. I eventually even learned to like it for what it was, good or bad. Anyway, I smoked heavily for one more month and that made the effects stay, although they get milder over time. Once you get those bad reactions, stay away from weed, otherwise the paranoia and anxiety start to seep into sober life and stay for several months (obviously depends on the severity).
I didn't have much anxiety before the abuse, either. Just be wary of how much you take. Intense abuse can destroy healthy minds. my observations:
short-term:
Indica-dominant overdose = very slow thinking, sleeping, passing out peacefully
sativa-dominant overdose = paranoia, hallucinations, psychotic episodes

long-term abuse (daily for years):
indica-dominant turns you into a boring, slow, apathetic person
sativa-dominant turns you into a psychotic, delusional, and horribly depressed person, but also enlightens you in some ways.

It definitely depends on frequency, dose, length of use, and person. These are rough educated guesses.

While cannabis sativa often gives a much sharper and more visually intense high, it also seems much more taxing on my body. This may not seem important in the short run as marijuana of any kind rarely causes significant problems with occasional use, but it makes a huge difference once it becomes a daily thing. If you keep smoking, I'd recommend trying to find a light indica strain. In my opinion, some characteristic effects of the strains:
Stronger sativas: speedy, stimulating buzz that feels like you're floating, or rising, often with electrical visuals and a sharp, futuristic visual shift and not uncommonly accompanied by vague auditory hallucinations and split-second visual hallucinations and flashes. The vast majority of peoples' feelings range from strong euphoria to moderate dysphoria
Best described as a light psychedelic high with a strong buzz and minor psychotic symptoms. This is almost like taking a peak into the psychedelic world. Most daily smokers of this kind of marijuana may end up with a minor mental illness after months of use but eventually, after years, may develop serious mental illnesses.

Most people smoke hybrids, often near 50/50 indica/sativa. These can produce a feeling of sinking or of bouncy heaviness. This provides a good combination of feeling high but also stoned, able to think about philosophical ideas while being locked to your couch.

Lighter indicas: slow, depressant-type buzz that feels like you're heavy. Also comes with a subtle, unimpressive, and uninteresting hallucinogenic element, probably the reason for why many people think that weed isn't hallucinogenic. The vast majority of peoples' feelings range from neutral to light euphoria. Best described as a light euphoric depressant, and is very mildly damaging compared to other drugs. Most daily smokers of these strains will not encounter any serious mental problems from their use, although some may have minor ones after years of daily use.

Also, all of the types can be weak or strong, but I'm being very general here.

If I can get myself together, maybe I'll eventually start writing *real,* well-researched and well-thought-out articles about the OP's questions and whatnot. Just need sleep, practice and recovery from drugs. I have gotten some negative vibes because of my crappy posts. What can I do? It's so much harder get intellectual work done now.
 
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Lord, you could have taken those post out of my head. I agree with every point you've made. Literally every sentence echoes my own observations and experiences.

Negative vibes are important Lord. They help you grow. Just keep in mind the audience you're getting the vibes from. Anyway, the internet is made for crappy posts man. We post the crap here, clean it up, and try to put it in a magazine someday.

I swear you're on to something. But then again, we're talking about vibes, so maybe it is the drugs.
 
yea iv had a blackout on weed too, i ripped the bong, stood up, held the hit in, and walked through the kitchen to the outside, and right when i was getting out the back door, i feel and hit my head on the outside.

Thank god it was grass. Closest thing i have ever felt related to a seizure, i lost body control and my arms started shaking.
 
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