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NextLineIsMine
02-19-2007, 12:42 AM
Ive been toking for years and never even come close to a panic attack yet occasionaly I see these posts from people freaking out and having seemingly unpleasent highs. Ive even felt chill talking to cops stoned. Someone describe one to me, im curious.

Bob the Awesome
02-19-2007, 12:45 AM
I've never gotten one from smoking... I have, however, from stress.

Everything got extremely fuzzy... not like visual, just my thoughts, like this bad buzzing...

I started breathing so hard and fast, I felt like I couldn't breathe. My head started going numb and I could feel the muscles on my face falling asleep...

I fell to the floor trying to catch my breath for half an hour before it finally went away... I don't quite remember it, but it was highly unpleasant.

notransfer
02-19-2007, 12:50 AM
i was laying on the bed in the dark with mario party blaring wayy too loud in front of me and we had just finished smoking way too many bong bowls..and my body was flat on the bed with my head at a twisted angle on the pillow...all rigid and uncomfortable...all of the sudden i felt like my lungs werent working and felt an impending doom feeling...large pressure in my cheST so i stood up real quick and had to pace a little and take huge deep breaths, felt like i was gonna pass out...its like when shit gets overwhelming...but expresses itself through you physically...pressure in chest...difficulty breathing...feeling like yer freaking out or something bad is about to happen but you cant figure out what...its often incapacitating...but usually goes away.

twocamaros
02-19-2007, 12:53 AM
i getem every once in a while i just man up an keep smokin i dont let the panic attack win..also u wouldnt know im havin one when ur with me its weird. lol

scStOnEr
02-19-2007, 01:01 AM
I get them every once in a while i just focus on breathing ride it out.. pretty rare though

birdgirl73
02-19-2007, 02:38 AM
I've had them at various times in my life from stress or trauma. Huge adrenalin surge. Heart races. Sweating. Shaking. Can't get a deep breath. Impending sense of doom and/or certainty that I'm going to die or something awful will happen to me or someone else. Nausea. Some people hyperventilate or faint.

Take heavy-duty fear, then square it three times or more. That's a panic attack. It's a very unpleasant event.

Goddess of Green
02-26-2007, 10:53 PM
Once shortly after I smoked my vision got really pixelly/blurry and was slowly being consumed by fuzziness (like on the tv) and my hearing was going away too. Other than that I was just acting extremely high, but once I sat for a while they both went away little by little and my vision/hearing came back. Also, my friend told me my face turned really white and my lips ad eyes got really dark. Was I panicking?

Trip06
02-27-2007, 09:15 PM
its such a vicious cycle. I tell myself everything is ok your just over reacting(like always) and it works. If you need some help chilln out get some drink or some happy pills thata fix ya.

stinkyattic
02-27-2007, 09:30 PM
Huge adrenalin surge. Heart races. Sweating. Shaking. Can't get a deep breath.... Nausea.
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And I will add to that list,
Terror
Need to get outside, into fresh air
Dizziness
Disorientation

I have never had one triggered by smoking, but then again, I only smoke heavy indicas because I know I have anxiety and don't want to find out if I can trigger a panic attack with some crap weed.

In fact, I grow specifically to treat my anxiety. And I see a therapist during times in my life that I am under a lot of stress.

birdgirl73
02-27-2007, 09:55 PM
Yeah, I totally left out the word "terror," didn't I? I probably blocked that out on some post-traumatic, unconscious level. And that's the very center of it. The whole foundation of panic attacks is deep, abiding terror. I hate the feeling!

beautiful disaster
02-28-2007, 07:46 PM
Hello. :)StinkyAttic..... I just read an old response you wrote in regards to the kind of weed you smoke specifically for your anxiety. Would you mind explaining this to me? I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks (I take meds for it) and took my first hit of pot last weekend and I got SO PARANOID and anxious. :( it was not fun. I have heard that weed can help with anxiety.... can you give me some advice? I'm a total rookie. Thank you!

stinkyattic
02-28-2007, 07:51 PM
I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks (I take meds for it) and took my first hit of pot last weekend and I got SO PARANOID and anxious. .....
I have heard that weed can help with anxiety....!

Well, given your reaction I would be willing to betcha a bowlpack that what you were smoking was sativa. I also get edgy from that 'up' sort of racy high.

Indicas with the heavy stony, even couchlocked, effect are more calming for me, anyway.

I suppose that we all react a bit differently, though...

Here's an interesting link. I think that it behooves a medical user to familiarize themselves with this information, and to learn to grow.
http://boards.cannabis.com/strains-seeds/102691-specific-med-strains-specific-uses-nice-list.html

beautiful disaster
02-28-2007, 08:03 PM
StinkyAttic: Thank you so much for quick reply! I really appreciate your help. :) My only problem is that I am SUCH a newbie at all of this it seems incredibly overwhelming! I have no idea how to buy the right kind... ugh.

rebgirl420
02-28-2007, 08:21 PM
When i get them it feels like im underwater and my heart pounds and my tummy gets the feeling like i'm going downhill on a roller coaster. Sometimes I even shake a bit. But I get such a horrible fear that someones in the house or watching me. It freaks me out.

Purple Banana
03-02-2007, 06:17 AM
I had a few in high school, one in particular was very memorable. I was swimming laps around 5am with my high school team, and I felt what some people call an "aura," that is, a feeling or premonition that something is going to go wrong soon.

I hauled ass out of the pool, and grabbed a towel when it hit me. I started crying and shaking uncontrollably, and a very heavy weight was on my chest. I particularly remember imagining my father dying in a car crash, or somehow, and the police were talking to me. This wasn't the case, but it felt so strong and tremendously overwhelming. Lasted for about 10 minutes, and then it stopped.

Never got one from smoking weed. Although I imagine some panic attacks could be triggered by the baroreceptors in the blood stream releasing similar chemicals responisble for panic attacks, due to the common side effects of increased blood pressure and pulse from smoking too much pot, particularly colliding with a personality that is favorable to panic attacks.