i think im dying - it's over for me

I think its over for me.

Here's my problem.... I'm a head...by far, I've indulged in the "green guy" for many years now and we've always had a happy relationship untill recently.

Nowadays.... when I take a puff (i mean one even) instantly i get tightness in the chest, and bouts of extreme paranoia where I think I'm dying and having a heart attack and its the end for me.

This is very unlike me and unusual for my personality. I'm usually the one telling everyone else their ailments are all mental and in their head, and now its happening to me. I stumbled upon this board ahwile ago and figured there is no better people to ask ...what I should do....should I cut ties with one of my favorite lifetime companions (green guy)....?? Does this happen to anyone else...?

I don't know what to do, it seems puffing up is my only relief in life and I would hate to HAVE to stop.

Dont know.....any help is appreciated,

JR

Have you recently been smoking equatorial sativas, and had you previously been smoking indicas or hybrids? Do you have anxiety anyway, unrelated to your cannabis use?
As for the tightness, it's a good idea to go see your regular doctor and tell him completely about the situation, to rule out any medical condition.
I'm going to stick this over in the medical section.

i havent been smoking anything differnet that I have been for years and I'm not an anxiety ridden person...thats what I can't understand about this. After I puff...my chest gets tight and I have to burp alot ....its strange.

The end could be near..... :(

lol I doubt you're dying... The burping thing is quite normal. Keep up on your regular checkups though.

I know some spots that have beachfront gravesites if you are interested..

No. But really..your gonna have to abstain for awhile..talk to a doctor and face the fact that you may have to quit..it could be worse, you could die.

I don't think you're dying, either. You're having anxiety attacks. Those cause people to think they're dying instead of actually killing you.

Seriously, people can get anxiety disorders at any time, even if they haven't had them before. Stinky's question about whether you've been smoking more sativas than before is a good one because sativas, while they tend to deliver more of the upbeat, energetic, euphoric highs, also can cause more anxiety. Indicas are more relaxing and sedating/body-stoning.

Unfortunately, from what I've been reading most recently, it's the THC that not only produces much of the psycho-effective response that everyone associates with being high, it's also the chemical that, in vulnerable users, can bring on the anxious, jittery feeling. In a small percentage of the population, it's the chemical (they've found this out with testing) that can cause delusions and psychosis. CBD, the other main psychoactive chemical in weed, tends to be the component that chills and relaxes people.

Try taking a weed break and see if your anxiety gets better. If it does, you'll know that's what was aggravating it. Anxiety disorders are often helped by traditional medicines, so it would probably be worth going to see your doctor.

I speak as someone who suffers from anxiety and I stay FAR away from any weed that I suspect to be a tropical sativa. NO Mexi-brick EVER for the Stinkster. I choose pure indicas to not only avoid that unpleasant racy feeling, but to actually treat my anxiety/panic disorder.

Stop smoking for a week, THEN go have your breathing checked. You may have problems unrelated to cannabis, having more to do with your respiration in general.
Respiratory problems can cause a 'panic' response, even if you don't notice a breathing problem yet.

I have anxiety, too, and if I ever could have found a legitimate indica down here (in the land of tropical sativas), I'd have liked to have tried it. A hybrid was what helped my sister's chemo/cancer anxiety a lot more than the sativa-heavier strains.

I keep my anxiety at bay with exercise because it works like a charm to chill me out. On rare occasions when it's really bad, I will take a klonopin, but I try to avoid those. When school pressure is lighter (like now), my anxiety takes care of itself. I don't smoke anymore for other health-related reasons, but when I did, the smoke aggravated my asthma, which also caused chest tightness, and asthma can sometimes enhance or exacerbate anxiety because it mimics some of the symptoms. So consider whether possible breathing trouble could be aggravating your situation, too, Prince.

One word: BROWNIES.
The process of cooking the cannabis will not only give you the more mellow, painkilling compounds, but edibles won't aggravate any breathing problems you are having.

hmmmmmmm I appreciate all of the answers...alot of good things to think about. I'll try to touch on a few here...

Indicas...?? Sativas.....??? I'm from western pennsyltuckey...aka pennsylvania...we only got one kind here....its green and it gets you stoned. I've been puffing the same kind of shwiggidy shwagedy for years....no prob. Actually the stuff i got now is some great middies....a step UP for me.

About the bouts of paranoia....I had a bout of this happen to me before, I quit for a month and i was cool....but it makes no sense. I dont or never have had anxiety attacks....i do have asthma...but it hasn't come as a problem the last ten years so I can't see why now.

I think its mental.....I must have too much going on in my subconcious mind at the time and its tweaking me out.

I was hoping that someone had a cure..... hehehe like ... eyes of nuete dilluted in olive oil and bark of oak mixed with something.....ground up and taken....or something.

Guess ill have to grin and bear it that I will be giving it up again soon,

JR...the sober prince of pa

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Originally Posted by geonagual

I know some spots that have beachfront gravesites if you are interested..

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the best I can hope for is too die in my sleep....

kenny rodgers

JR

If the middies you are getting are of the sort termed 'Beasters', that's not a surprise. They're harvested VERY early, at 6 weeks instead of the 8-9 that the strain M39 is supposed to run, and the full range of compounds isn't really balanced, and the high can be quite unpleasant.

Grow your own if you want a GUARANTEED source of calming weed. Try the Plan B Black Indica if you can find it, or a pure Afghani.

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If the middies you are getting are of the sort termed 'Beasters', that's not a surprise. They're harvested VERY early, at 6 weeks instead of the 8-9 that the strain M39 is supposed to run, and the full range of compounds isn't really balanced, and the high can be quite unpleasant.

Grow your own if you want a GUARANTEED source of calming weed. Try the Plan B Black Indica if you can find it, or a pure Afghani.

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i appreciate your feedback.....but the pot here goes by one name...POT. I wouldnt even think about knowing where to find some black indica or pure afghani. My grandma talked about afghani...once..but i think that was a blanket.... wink, wink..

JR

I live in Pa. Prices are dropping and weed quality is rising. :jointsmile:

dont toke so much man....take some puffs in the afternoon then maybe soem puffs at nite..

Stinkey had the best advice, go to a doctor.

This happened to my brother as well who used to smoke with me every day. He ended up quitting.:(

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This happened to my brother as well who used to smoke with me every day. He ended up quitting.:(

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Not looking good for me. I don't think i need to go to the doctor, cuz when i'm not puffed up I'm completely fine. Sometimes I can puff and be fine....other times I was to stab myself in the eye with a dull no. 2 pencil. No the flexible soft leaded ones either...in case you were wondering. ....

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I live in Pa. Prices are dropping and weed quality is rising. :jointsmile:

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You in western PA..?

Dude, you need to chill. I suspect inhaling smoke is causing respiratory problems or heartburn. Actually, the burping makes me think of GERD. Even though cannabis is anti-inflammatory, there are still lots of irritants in smoke. Try a vaporizer or edibles. And DO see a doctor. DONT stab your eyeball with a pencil.

I'm not going to pretend to know how severe your problems are but I just wanted to give what little help I can.

I just want to tell you about a period I went throught where I thought I was going to have to stop smoking. It wasn't a long period, only about 3 weeks, but it really hit me hard and was the only time i've seriously considered stopping for good.

It just started one night when I was smoking and about 5-10 minutes after I went into quite a bad panic attack. I really thought I was going to have a heart attack (I even thought for a terrible few seconds, the first time, that my heart had exploded) and it took all my nerve and clear thinking (what little I could muster at the time) to not rush to the doc or something. This happened every time I smoked for about the next 3-4 weeks Luckily I powered through and eventually got back to normal, but some people might not, it all depends on many factors as you probably know.

But I would take the guys advice and go and see your doctor, it might be psychological (as in you are making it worse by panicking) but it could be something physical.

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Originally Posted by MrMilad

I'm not going to pretend to know how severe your problems are but I just wanted to give what little help I can.

I just want to tell you about a period I went throught where I thought I was going to have to stop smoking. It wasn't a long period, only about 3 weeks, but it really hit me hard and was the only time i've seriously considered stopping for good.

It just started one night when I was smoking and about 5-10 minutes after I went into quite a bad panic attack. I really thought I was going to have a heart attack (I even thought for a terrible few seconds, the first time, that my heart had exploded) and it took all my nerve and clear thinking (what little I could muster at the time) to not rush to the doc or something. This happened every time I smoked for about the next 3-4 weeks Luckily I powered through and eventually got back to normal, but some people might not, it all depends on many factors as you probably know.

But I would take the guys advice and go and see your doctor, it might be psychological (as in you are making it worse by panicking) but it could be something physical.

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Thanks for the advice, it souds like exactly what is happening to me. Hopefully the spell will pass like it has before....I just don't want to go to the doctor and tell him..."everytime I get stoned my chest hurts..." its just opening up for .. "well quit getting stoned"..
who knows. Everyone here is so helpful.....bless you all

JR

I just moved here from Oregon where I was doing the medical marijuana thing. I live in Roaring Spring now and there isn't anything around here that I can find, cheap or not. I am in hell!!!!!

Prince, Stinky is just trying to say that different types of weed have different effects. Theres indicas or sativas. Both have a different type of high and affect your mental state differently. You said you were getting better so called Midz now. This weed, is POT like you stated, but could be a different TYPE of weed than you've smoked before.

Your problem could be a combination of many things going on with your right now. Just take it easy, quit for a bit, and go about normal life. Then when you have that strong urge to smoke again, give it a try. Stinky mentioned another good idea, use alternate ways of getting high besides smoking. You can cook (make brownies), Vaporize (very useful and can save you weed), make pills, etc. You CAN just eat the weed straight and get stoned from it. Maybe mix it in something with a strong taste so its not so bad, like peanut butter.

Other than that, the best idea could be just to quit for good or for a little bit. You said you had a lot going on in your life right now so let all that other stuff pass before you start up again. Good luck!!!

my good friend had the same problem as you but he would almost
pass out it scared so bad that he quit cold turkey hard to do when he was growing as well after about 2 months he started smoking again that was 7 years ago hasnt had a problem since
you should see a doctor just in case it is something different
peace

Check out some of the other threads for anxiety, I know its hard to believe but you might have due to chronic use of marijuana or social environment. I also had a weird reaction like you and had to take a break, i know it sucks but you have to listen to your body. Shwag is not good stuff, it really isnt compared to high grade. The process from which shwag is harvested, dried and cured isnt the best, its also mainly Sativa strains that show up as shwag and as stated before by some smart people on here Sativas are horrible for anxiety!! You need to read up on your marijuana strains so you can figure out what your smoking and stay away from the sativas and shwag. Im not on any anxiety medication because I hate the stuff and luckly it only happens when I smoke shwag or a sativa strain which is all we get in the southwest. I now grow my own smoke which is all Indica strains. So take a break and when you do smoke buy from someone who knows what there selling you and insure thats it a Indica dominate plant. Peace from New Mexico...Respect your body and your Herb!!

Ur lungs has enough smoke and they are telling you to quit. I had the exact same problem and i did some research and its more common then you think. I used a vaporizer and since it does not emit the toxic harmful fumes in your lungs it gives them time to heal.

I have the same problem....It started many years ago when me and my buddy made some cannaoil(simply cooked the weed in veg.oil) and i ate a lot of that stuff whit bread...i got so baked that i was thinking i'm gonna die....i was laying in my bed, my ears rang really strong, i felt like the bed slided away and i was falling, but 1 sec later i was back in my bed...then the bed slided away again...and so on....It was really bad, i was thinking, if this shit won't stop in 30min, i'm gonna jump out of the window, or do something to myself....but it stopped...
Some time later i was somkin whit a few buddys some really good weed, i took way too many hits from the bong, and this bad feeling returned...my ears started to ring, i felt like i gonna get a heart attack, and i had this strange feeling...if i turned my head to the side, i felt like my brain is falling out of my head...it was really bad...
From then on, i had the same problems as many here...if i smoke weed i get a panic attack...
But i realized this is only psychological, and now i enjoy smoking again...
What helped me was, i only took 1-2 hits in the (re)beginning....if i feel the panic coming i go for a walk, take a ride whit a bicycle, drink water, i keep myself busy whit something so i don't pay attention to the faster heart rate, and i KNOW this is only in my head, i will not get a heart attack, i just simply calm myself...I don't smoke that much now so i get really baked, and i enjoy smoking, eating mj again...