Marijuana & Anxiety

polljk · Newbie User Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 13

i get the same social panic attacks being around smoker friends ...
i very rarely smoke outdoors anyway...
i'd reckon it was more the social situation enhanced by the maryj...
i've been heavily stoned round a mates (because he pushed it on me, or im just week)
and i just started freaking out.. sweating, bit of trembling with the usual feeling of wetting myself. safe to say i got out of there fast as possible and it wasnt till i got a mile away that my heart slowed back down. soon after it was the usual excuses and alienation so i could run away as fast as possible.

im fine and dandy in my safearea while smoking... i just avoid social situations at all cost..
time for some disability checks, recooperation/healing and control of my life back. if i feel like going out after that, hurray i'm !"fixed"!..............

p.s.. im not stalking you Q, just seem to like the same topics Smile

tool1919 · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:22 am Post subject:

I was a heavy, daily smoker for more than 5 years and in the end i think it may have contributed quite heavily to my SA. In the end i only smoked by myself and couldn't do it around other people or i was majorly self-concious and paranoid. I finally quit totally a couple of years ago and i've tried it a couple of times since and hate it. I get the automatic paranoid and anxious feelings and just hate it now. In response to your query though, i think that now you (or your mind) associates these anxiety feelings to marijuana use it will not go away but only get worse. It happened to me and i had to quit or it would only get worse.

Quetzalcoatl · Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:31 am Post subject:

Dont worry I never felt like I was being stalked Laughing

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SilentType · Expert User Joined: Jul 04, 2007 Posts: 572

You guys need to read my Medical Marijuana Treats Anxiety thread. Its in the introductions section, because I was introducing the forum to the reality of marijuana and panic attacks. Everything you need to know is there, provided you bother to read the links I provided and the discussion that drew about 5000 views.

There is no doubt that marijuana can cause panic in some people. However, most of the time, it's because the smoker is simply uneducated about the fact that there is an extensive amount of different strains available, which are better at treating certain ailments and potentially bad for other ailments. The main thing you need to know is that there are two main varieties of marijuana, indica and sativa, and each variety contains hundreds of different strains. There are now hybrid strains which mix both, and some of them work for people like us and some of them don't.

For anxiolytic purposes, indica strains work the best by far, as they are sedating and relaxing. When it comes to sativas, they can actually make anxiety worse because they can cause an almost stimulating head buzz that can make inexperienced users feel almost out of control.

What I'm trying to say is, people who experience panic attacks while smoking marijuana probably got into a very heady stash of a sativa variety. You need to figure out a way to know what kind of weed you smoke. That is one of the benefits of living in a the medical marijuana state of California or in the netherlands, because they know 100% what they are selling. You can also grow your own plants in california if you qualify for a doctors recommendation to use medicinal cannabis.

Again, take a look at the Medical Marijuana Treats Anxiety thread in the introductions forum. Everything you need is there.

Peace

Johno · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

Please don't bother reading his thread. I'm sure most of us would simply regard it as Silent propaganda and remind ourselves what a recalcitrant he is. Look how he completely disregards the previous posts (stories). Like, Mr Sillent has all the answers. Dope will cause you to struggle to cope..........Dope makes you lose all hope. Then like most you can,t cope.

SilentType · Expert User Joined: Jul 04, 2007 Posts: 572

Propoganda? I'm just trying to right the wrongs and the brainwashing that has been done to so many minds about this plant that, if used properly, can help so many. If you want to trash talk, do it privately. I didn't disregard experiences. You disregarded mine. And you continue to attack me for it Johno. Who is in the wrong here?

Peace

Johno · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject:

Your right. I apologize for being personal. Let me explain it this way. This substance that we all discuss so freely happened to cause me great harm, and when I hear it being talked about in a positive sense it just doesn't sit right with me and several others I know. Marijuana (no bullshit here) has triggered psychosis in some individuals and their lives have never been the same. If you have any predisposition to mental issues, do me a favour a stay away from marijuana. Just sensible advice here.

SilentType · Expert User Joined: Jul 04, 2007 Posts: 572

Any case of psychsosis resulted fro irresponsible recreational use. I advocate medical use only.

Peace

Johno · Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject:

If you regard about four smokes of a pipe as recreational use then your right. That poor bloke was never the same. Kinda normal when I first met him. Perhaps this substance is not for everyone. This is the point isn't it. However I tend to think it is illegal in most countries because they realise the possible negative outcomes of this substance far out way the small benefits as discussed in you forum.