I have panic attacks, should I stop Smoking?

[amirjochenberg]

First, sorry for my english, and that I talk like Borat lol

So, i'm 18 years old and I've started to smoke a half year ago.
In the first times I've smoked I fell very bad, but as the time past, I learned to enjoy from being high... (In my 4th and on i've started to enjoy the cannabis).
I've smoking 2 or 3 times in a month (average).
But sometimes when i've smoked, I had panic attacks (once it were when I was near my home and I thought that my parents will catch me...)
Last month, I've smoked pot and I've smoked a very strong stuff, and I had a panic attack and I thought that I had heart-attack because my heart beat was very high. couple days after when i've smoked and had the panick attack, I ran in school to start improving my capacity... and because my capacity was very low so i had some pain in the chest and from then the nightmare began...
I had a panics (and i were sober) that I really had heartbreak in the last time i've smoked, and the panics cause a little pain in the chest (not the pain that I had when I ran... it's a pain of being panic and pressure). and after a day (a week after the smoking) I was very very panic and I were afraid that i'm going to be a lunatic and a paranoid for good. So I went to doctor (i didn't tell him about the cannabis, only that i have pains). So I did EEG and Echo-Heart and the results were good - I didn't had an heart attack and my heart is fine... but still I've got some paranoy for some few days and it almost gone after a two weeks (most of the days I were good but somedays I woke with the pains and the bad thoughts...).
The bad thoughts cause because I've allways thought about it and i've allways were afraid if it's going to over for good, or that i'm going to be depressed and some panaoy for good... in the last days some guy told me to try smoke again but a little, and if i will smoke again and again I will overcome the thoughts and i will not be depressed anymore... so I've smoked yesterday... and i've got some paranoys (now it was from a very little amount of weed), and now i have those bad thoughts that it's possible that i'm going to be lunatic or depressed for good. (but not so much as when I thought that i had an heart-attack a week after the joint that I had last month)...

My question is what should I do? Should I keep smoking and overcome the thoughts or I must stop smoke and see a Psychologist?
the thing is, that I paid for a trip to Amsterdam next week (for a big gig of Armin van Buuren if you know him...) and I don't know if to smoke or not... (in Amsterdam it's legall so I will not have the paranoy that i will get "caught", but still all those thoughts of being lunatic or depressed for ever cause me to think about it).

PS: in the last time i've smoked, the thing that i were afraid of is that my heartbeats were very high again...

[amirjochenberg]

Another PS: Even before i've started smoke weed, I were a "care" person... I were'nt really paranoid but, my friends used to call me a "digger" (it's a nick in hebrew to somebody who that talk very much and think about the little things in all things)...
Also I was diagnosed with IQ 139, and I heared once that people with high IQ are in risk a group of psychotic attacks and paranoys...

[killerweed420]

First remember that cannabis is completely safe no matter what the government propaganda people are saying. Certain strains promote feelings of anxiety on certain people. I've had a couple of anxiety attacks over the last 40 years of smoking and they've always been the result of a new strain that I tried. Find a strain that works good for you and stay with that.
Most all serious mental issues are caused by brain chemical inbalances. There are some people that shouldn't smoke till they have those issues addressed and thats not always easy to do. If you're on any kind of mood stabilizers I would consult a well informed doctor before smoking.

[painretreat]

At your age some mental disease can begin to manifest itself. You may want to go get mentally evaluated and find out where you really are mentally. It maybe you have some underlying mental disease and you may need to check it out. Especially while you still have medical insurance with your parents.
The underlying disease may in fact be treated very well with cannabis. There are a couple that are not. You want to find out if you have some sort of mental disease or not. A sativa might cause those symptoms, but it IS what you'd want for depression. You may be 'overthinking' this a bit.

The pot wouldn't make you that way, if you already came that way. It would enhance it!

I know many with IQ's in and above your range. Pretty fun conversations when stoned. IQ and mental disease is a 'mixed-match' of opinions.

It seems this may indeed be exactly as killerweed said, 'Strain related.' I'd test that out. I'd definitely do medibles and try.
When you get to Amsterdam and you don't feel like, "I am going to get caught!" I have a feeling most of those symptoms will go away. Or the coffee shop or where ever you are, will know which blend to give you. Be sure to be open and 'blunt' with your information. Get the proper mix of strain for yourself and enjoy the heck out of it.

Take small doses. Know, you do not get all the effects at once. I've had some hybrid lately that kicks you about a minute into the smoke and knocks you into a chair about 20 min. later! If your heartbeat is up, most likely you got a really good sativa. It is not unheard of for mmj to raise your heart rate. It will not, keep it up. Your mind can do that for you. There are ways to bring it down and your doc did not seem concerned. I would not be either.

I believe that mmj enhances our sense's and we 'zero' in on those things that alarm us mentally. You've probably watched a TV program that did the same thing. But, didn't notice because you were involved in the program.

:thumbsup:Enjoy Amsterdam and send in a smoke report of everything you try! I've heard nothing but good stuff! Have fun! :jointsmile: pr:rasta:

[painretreat]

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