anxiety/sleep disorder???
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Originally Posted by Ghengis Chron
Last summer I began to suffer from serious Anxiety, starting right around Memorial Day weekend. I woke up one morning and noticed I was having trouble breathing, it wasn't as easy as it should be. So naturally I became worried, the problem was, I had to wait till the following Tuesday because there were no doctors open on Memorial Day obviously. So that Tuesday morning I went to a local cheap health service in town. They conducted several tests, including breath/lung capacity, X-rays of my lungs, and certain exercises, but nothing was found to be wrong with me.
I was informed that Anxiety can interfere with your steady breathing because when you're feeling anxious, your heart rate is elevated to a level you're not used to, think 'fight or flight' type situation. So they prescribed me some anti-anxiety medication. I took the dose, it was very small, as those drugs are easily addictive.
The reason I had to go to the cheap health service in town was because we had just got a new family doctor and I hadn't seen him yet so when I called to make an appointment, they wouldn't schedule me one because I hadn't had a chance to complete a physical and all that. Well I told my father and he called the family doctor up and completely bitched the office out.
So I went to this cheap health service, came out with a prescription for anti-anxiety meds. Later that afternoon I was able to see my family doctor. After the doctor conducted the usual tests, including the same ones I had done that morniing, he concluded that there was a chance I had a Pulmonary Embolism. So, because it was cheaper, I went to the E.R. to get the tests done. After waiting 45 minutes in the E.R. waiting room, I was admitted to a room, where a nurse proceeded to poke me a total of 4 times with a needle because he could not find my veins. After 3 and a half hours of waiting in this room with 4 needle holes in my arms, the Doctor returned with no problems wrong with me physically.
Basically, I saw 3 different doctors and all 3 told me it was Anxiety that was causing my breathing problems. Ever since that event, I hadn't been able to smoke pot, and enjoy the high. My heart rate elevates, I feel like my throat swells up and I feel anxious, whereas before, none of that happened. I still get high here and there, but I NEVER get stoned because it's just way too uncomfortable for me. I haven't taken a bong rip since May of 07'.
Long story, I know. Anyways, the anxiety has slowly subsided, it's still there, just not as severe. I workout a lot which tends to help suppress it. Anyways, that's my whole story.
I had the same problem, turns out i was inhaling too much smoke. I was getting heart palpitations and chest pain. Also what felt like breathing obstruction every time i smoked. So I went out and got a vaporizer and gave my lungs a rest from the constant flow of smoke. I toke the vape more often then smoke because it does not make me feel the chest pain/palpitations and breathlessness I felt before. Hope this helps. Mr C.Dub
anxiety/sleep disorder???
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Originally Posted by tech209
im in california and i suffer from anxiety attacks in which when i stress out,fustrated ect....i get this pain in my chest where it feels like its tighting up and i cant breathe.....i had been to doctors when i was younger and they tryed to put me on meds but i didnt like it and so did my mother...we went to cardiologist to see if there was anything wrong with my heart but nothing....since then i tend to just cope with it in my daily life which in result i cant sleep for nothing....and when i do get tired im only able to get about 2-3 hours of sleep then off to work where i cant perform,think right untill mid-day when i am fully awake i wanted to know if this might be case in which i should look into medical marijuana thanx
I cannot stand for the faux ignorance of your doctors. They fleeced you or your insurance companies for this.
The common remedy for hypoxia is to breath into a paper bag for a few minutes, rebreathing your exhaled air in and out of the bag for 5 deep, regular breaths, alternate two or three normal breaths. Repeat this for 10 min or less and your anxiety and tingling sensation will go away.
Smoking cannabis, will help you sleep better, but will complicate, make worse, the symptoms of Hypoxia, as will any other respiratory pollutant, including smog, especially over decades of exposure.
Exercise, will help you sleep as well as the cannabis will. If not, then consider it's use carefully, like avoid smoking.
If you are serious about stopping your anxiety, at 22 years old, I recommend deep breathing exercises without smoke. Yoga, is good, tai-chi, and Combat Conditioning are also good options. Internet programs are available to teach you how to deep breath to stop the "tight" feeling in your chest without any medication.
