anxiety and smoking.

[braddog10]

To all the people that suffer from bad anxiety and or paranoia. Do you guys ever notice that smoking marijuana causes your anxiety attacks or paranoia to be worse?. Ive been smoking for some time now and ive been suffering from really bad anxiety for a few years and just this past year i got this awsome gift of paranoia . Im not absolutley positive, but i think that smoking MJ makes my anxiety attacks worse when im sober. Some times my anxiety attacks get so bad that i have to just sit back and relaxe for an hour just to regain control. The reason i ask is because i noticed that when i dont smoke all day, my anxiety isnt so bad. I also wanted to hear other peoples opinions and experiences. Thanks.

Hey Peach, I didn't feel comfortable with my last post. Their are numerous reasons why an individual could be experiencing anxiety. The coarse of action is stipulated primarily to address the root cause. For some.... alpha blockers, such as Paxil work ok as long as the side affects don't exceed the benefit.

If the problem is due to bipolar disorder, therapies that utilize antidepressants such as paxal are avoided and deemed potentially harmful.

Again, If you are suffering the affects of bipolar, weed can either be very calming and pleasurable, or cause you to move more into manic behaviors, where people typically - avoid sleep, may pace alot, have busy minds, and can even become aggressive. Which by the way is where I fall into the equation.

I am not a Dr. neither is anyone else here that I have noticed. The bulk of any advise hear is to be considered as such. Probing for others experiences is certainly understandable. But, we are all wired very differently.

For example, MJ has a radically different affect on the mood of individuals, depending on - if an individuals cannabinoid receptors are primarily post synaptic or pre-synaptic. Of coarse there are differences between Indica and Sativa. What I am addressing is the fact that ~ there are major "hard wiring" differences between people. One persons experience or advise is really not worth anything.

I'm sorting thru these issues myself. The fact is that some have gotten into real trouble wired a certain way, .... Some with post synaptic receptors, a bit on the manic side of the bipolar fence with an appetite for Sativa. Kind of like...... Hello Nitro... meet Glycerin.

I'm attaching a link for a bipolar screen......More and more Dr's are looking at this before prescribing antidepressants, something that has comeout of the latest lawsuits.

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communit...ening_test.asp

And If you check too many boxes? ....Do what It says and "GO SEE A DR."
Your PCPhysician can refer you to the right specialist. I would have liked my tweekiness, tweaked back along time ago. Exorcise is a real deal and diet, both of which I was very involved in. However I still found my self - anxious, uncomfortable, enjoying others was hard. This was very much a chemical issue. regardless of what others here postulate. Or if I happened to have Indica or sativa at the time.

My current search has been a process of elimination. Primarily, elimination. Tho I may see benefits pain wise. All meds must be evaluated if the problems exceed the benefit.