Here's my story:

I used to smoke a decent amount for about a year and a half straight (which isn't much, I know) but I loved the enjoyable relaxing effects that marijuana gave me! I used to smoke to make events more enjoyable or to help me fall asleep at night. I used it more like an enhancer than anything else.

Anyways, up until January of 2006 (over a year ago) I was having a great time with weed. One random night a friend and I decided to smoke a couple of pipes which normally wouldn't be a big deal. About 5 minutes after I started smoking, I had a terrible feeling in my chest and I decided to lay down. I didn't feel high at all, I just felt like I was going to pass out or something.. but when I was laying down, I kept thinking to myself... "If I pass out, I might never wake up"... so I got up, I kept putting my hand over my heart to feel it and see if it felt like it was beating normal. I kept saying that it felt like I was having a heart attack or something although there was no pain, it just felt like my heart kept getting bigger and then releasing mass amounts of blood into my body. I mean, I'm sure it wasn't doing that, but that's what it felt like to me. So i tried getting my mind off of it by going downstairs and watching a movie... I sat there for about a half an hour before deciding that maybe eating something might help me. I got some ice cream and held the ice-cold container against my heart to see if that was going to help me while I was eating it. Of course, that did nothing. So a few more minutes went by and I decided that since this has never happened to me before, something must be terribly wrong with me... I'm 20 years old and I'm going to be the first person ever to die from marijuana... So i drove myself to the emergency room at about 1:30am and I told them what I had done.

Upon my arrival, they did a number of tests on me to see if something serious was wrong. They hooked me up to some machines and put an IV in my hand and loaded it up with Ativan (an anti-anxiety medicine). When I felt normal after this point in time... they determined it was anxiety that caused my whole problem.

My question is. Why after a year and a half did it happen then? I loved smoking so much and I wish to acquire the effects of smoking again and would love to know how to do so without the crazy panic attack!

I notice that if I am pretty buzzed off of alcohol and I smoke, I do not get any anxiety at all. If I smoke or ingest THC on its own, that's when I become overwhelmed with anxiety and my heart starts racing etc. etc. This has only happened twice but I've tried smoking probably 10 or so times since it initially happened. I also made myself pot-brownies and I ate 2 of them and that set off a crazy anxiety attack as well. I've even been to Amsterdam last year and wasn't able to enjoy myself to the extent that I could have if I was there a year prior to when I had went.

I also got high ONE time after this event but it was for about 10 minutes and I smoked a mixture of hash / tobacco in joint form but it disapeared when I started feeling literally sick to my stomach for some reason. My face turned all white and I thought I was going to puke... but I just rinsed my face w/ cold water and stood out on a balcony for a few minutes to recover. I felt fine after but the high was completely gone.

Someone has got to know some sort of remedy for this... I hope anyway!! Please enlighten me!!!
paulcky411 Reviewed by paulcky411 on . Anxiety made me stop smoking - I used to LOVE it! HELP ME! Here's my story: I used to smoke a decent amount for about a year and a half straight (which isn't much, I know) but I loved the enjoyable relaxing effects that marijuana gave me! I used to smoke to make events more enjoyable or to help me fall asleep at night. I used it more like an enhancer than anything else. Anyways, up until January of 2006 (over a year ago) I was having a great time with weed. One random night a friend and I decided to smoke a couple of pipes which normally Rating: 5