Effexor with weed... is it safe?

[Nochowderforyou]

well if u smoke weed wont it make ur panic condition worse

What some people need to understand is that everyone is different, everyone reacts different to prescription drugs, everyone reacts different to marijuana, cocaine, herion, valium, speed, ex, etc. We are all different, so the feeling that we get from smoking, is very different from one person to the next.

Some people feel panicky when they smoke, like paranioa. Some people feel mellow, some get voilent, some get horny. Just because a person has a chemical imbalance(anxiety, depression) doesn't mean they are going to have a panic attack when they smoke. Do you understand now?

Some people have a chemical imbalance and no amount of exercise, fighting with your brain and body is going to help. The only thing that does help is a medication to free those trapped natural chemicals in the brain so a person can feel normal again. If you've ever had a true anxiety attack, or depression, you know that you can't be just like, "oh why be like this or this, I'll just exercise or fight my mind"...it doesn't work like that, you can't help it.

If you've ever had your foot or arm faall asleep, and you try everything in your power to move the limb but you can't because it's asleep and numb...that's what it's like. A continuous cucle or worry and sadness that does not stop easily.

[Beeblebrox.420]

amsterdam is right panick attacks are all in ur head.all u have to do is control ur mind

You didn't read my link, did you? To summarize: panic attacks are essentually a runaway "fight or flight" reflex - a natural defense against perceived danger. Since it is a reflex, there is zero concious control over it. You can no more hold back a panic attack than you can stop your knee from jerking when the doc taps it with that little rubber hammer, which is a test for another reflex. It has a definite physiochemical effect and the elevated adrenaline levels in the blood as a result of the attack are measurable. To answer your other question, yes, in people prone to panic attacks, marijuana can exacerbate the symptoms or trigger an attack.

[OPM]

Panic attacks are brutal. It is not all in your head. There is definitely a physical response. amsterdam, you don't know the history of psychiatry, I do...

[jadeius]

Ummm! Have you ever had a panic attack? They are terrible and yes it is brought on by ones self HOWEVER they can cripple you with fear and phisical problems. I have suffered theses attacks and doc meds were not for me.

I just think before you judge someone you should as you said look into yourself. This can be a very serious disorder, as a matter of fact one of my biggest, nastiest biker friends has prpblems with panic attacks.

As for mixing the pot....I know people who do, but I myself ask my doctor everything. Tell him/her you smoke pot and see what side effects can be brought on by mixing.

Good luck and I hope your panic attacks go away! Sometimes they leave as fast as they come. Hang in there!

NEVER tell your doctor about smoking weed or anything like that....one day, when the effexor stops working, and you get to the point where you have to have xanax or a similar drug, the doctor won't give it to you because he'll assume there's potential for you to abuse it...this came straight from the mouth of one of my doctor's assistants...they won't prescribe you the good stuff when you need it, they'll use "safer alternatives" as they are doing now, probably because of age, but hell I don't yet know your age so who knows...but personally i'll never tell a doctor about any drug "abuse" as they would call it ever again...sure your doctor will probably give you some sort of advice with the pot and all, some doctors used to tell cancer and AIDS patients to smoke pot when Marinol wasn't so conventional...but as soon as you tell your doctor you're smoking pot, he's gonna be taking notes

[jadeius]

...you don't know the history of psychiatry, I do...

HAHAHAHAHAHA, that's exactly what tom cruise said to some dude all up on tv...don't know if that was a coincidence or not, but that shit cracked me up!

[jadeius]

Folks, just try ignore the holier-than-thou bullshit that some people spew. They've never been there and just can't understand. Peace guys, take care.

forgive them, for they know not what they do

[jadeius]

You didn't read my link, did you? To summarize: panic attacks are essentually a runaway "fight or flight" reflex - a natural defense against perceived danger. Since it is a reflex, there is zero concious control over it. You can no more hold back a panic attack than you can stop your knee from jerking when the doc taps it with that little rubber hammer, which is a test for another reflex. It has a definite physiochemical effect and the elevated adrenaline levels in the blood as a result of the attack are measurable. To answer your other question, yes, in people prone to panic attacks, marijuana can exacerbate the symptoms or trigger an attack.

i believe doctors could actually induce a panic attack in patients with the right chemicals (adrenaline, etc.)...that's not to say they should, it's just to further support the "chemical trigger" argument