Panic attacks

[beautiful disaster]

Hello. StinkyAttic..... I just read an old response you wrote in regards to the kind of weed you smoke specifically for your anxiety. Would you mind explaining this to me? I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks (I take meds for it) and took my first hit of pot last weekend and I got SO PARANOID and anxious. it was not fun. I have heard that weed can help with anxiety.... can you give me some advice? I'm a total rookie. Thank you!

[stinkyattic]

I suffer from anxiety and panic attacks (I take meds for it) and took my first hit of pot last weekend and I got SO PARANOID and anxious. .....
I have heard that weed can help with anxiety....!

Well, given your reaction I would be willing to betcha a bowlpack that what you were smoking was sativa. I also get edgy from that 'up' sort of racy high.

Indicas with the heavy stony, even couchlocked, effect are more calming for me, anyway.

I suppose that we all react a bit differently, though...

Here's an interesting link. I think that it behooves a medical user to familiarize themselves with this information, and to learn to grow.
http://boards.cannabis.com/strains-s...nice-list.html

[beautiful disaster]

StinkyAttic: Thank you so much for quick reply! I really appreciate your help. My only problem is that I am SUCH a newbie at all of this it seems incredibly overwhelming! I have no idea how to buy the right kind... ugh.

[rebgirl420]

When i get them it feels like im underwater and my heart pounds and my tummy gets the feeling like i'm going downhill on a roller coaster. Sometimes I even shake a bit. But I get such a horrible fear that someones in the house or watching me. It freaks me out.

[Purple Banana]

I had a few in high school, one in particular was very memorable. I was swimming laps around 5am with my high school team, and I felt what some people call an "aura," that is, a feeling or premonition that something is going to go wrong soon.

I hauled ass out of the pool, and grabbed a towel when it hit me. I started crying and shaking uncontrollably, and a very heavy weight was on my chest. I particularly remember imagining my father dying in a car crash, or somehow, and the police were talking to me. This wasn't the case, but it felt so strong and tremendously overwhelming. Lasted for about 10 minutes, and then it stopped.

Never got one from smoking weed. Although I imagine some panic attacks could be triggered by the baroreceptors in the blood stream releasing similar chemicals responisble for panic attacks, due to the common side effects of increased blood pressure and pulse from smoking too much pot, particularly colliding with a personality that is favorable to panic attacks.