Took my first hit ever last weekend...WHAT HAPPENED?

[beautiful disaster]

I am a 33 year old female and took my first hit of pot last weekend (I know... I know.... it took me awhile to try it!)

I bought my own glass pipe at a tobacco shop and my friend supplied the pot. I took two hits total.... and I was fine with inhaling (although it burned like hell the second time!)

I felt like something was "strange" at first... and then slowly...I began to worry about EVERYTHING! "do I look stupid?" Will I ever feel normal? What time is it? Will I be able to drive home? Will I have a panic attack?" blah..blah..blah..

I do suffer from panic attacks and anxiety (I take Lexapro and the occasional xanax) and so I was really hoping pot would help calm me down.

Is this normal for a first timer to be so paranoid? Did I smoke too much? too little? Should I have rolled a joint mixed with tobacco instead of using a pipe? Did my surroundings effect my high?

I want to try it again so badly.. but I don't want to feel worried and paranoid and anxious. Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance for any replies.

beautiful disaster Reviewed by beautiful disaster on 02-28-2007. Took my first hit ever last weekend...WHAT HAPPENED? :( I am a 33 year old female and took my first hit of pot last weekend (I know... I know.... it took me awhile to try it!) :) I bought my own glass pipe at a tobacco shop and my friend supplied the pot. I took two hits total.... and I was fine with inhaling (although it burned like hell the second time!) I felt like something was "strange" at first... and then slowly...I began to worry about EVERYTHING! "do I look stupid?" Will I ever feel normal? What time is it? Will I be able Rating: 5

[buhman200]

Different people react to cannabis in different ways, and every situation is unique. I've met some people who don't like to get very high because they get a similar paranoid feeling to what you were describing, and here's what I've seen them do to help.

1. Smoke less, especially if you're just starting out... if you're smoking dank (really good weed), then one hit will probably get you pretty high if you're new.
2. Make sure that when you smoke, you don't have anything you need to do for at least 4-5 hours. That will give you more than enough time to calm down and feel completely sober before you need to worry about doing other things.
3. Surroundings make all the difference. If you're getting high with people that you know and trust, it is much easier to relax. Try putting on some music and have a conversation.
4. I don't think how you smoke will make that much of a difference in your high, except for in terms of how much smoke you actually inhale. With joints, you get a mixture of weed and paper smoke, and it can be more difficult to judge exactly how much you've smoked. I'd recommend sticking with that glass pipe for a while, until you are a bit more of a seasoned smoker.

Hope this helps.

[notransfer]

lol i felt like that my first time...i thought cops were going to come up to me and be like..."youre going to jail you have just smoked weed"

paranoias natural...just do it..and not so much of it until you start to get used to it...around people/ an environment that is very comfortable where you have no reason to be weirded out

[orangeman]

Most people that I have smoked with that wasn't prepared for the effects of Cannabis ended up having a panic attack. IMO there is no way to prepare because everyone responds differently and until you finally do experience being high enough times it usually is a bit strange because your body is introduced to something it has never encountered before. And don't worry, the rushing thoughts and worrying is a normal thing is just something that happens until your mind gets used to THC. After you are very used to marijuana even if you take a break for a loooong time and come back, being high still won't bother you. Might be a little too strong but you'll know how to handle it. It's just something that comes with smoking marijuana for so long lol. So just take your time and don't get discouraged. If it's your option to continue to use weed then do so and in due time you will be glad you did .

[beautiful disaster]

Wow... I wasn't expecting such quick replies. I thank you all SO much.

I've been doing a lot of reading about marijuana, and am reading that I need to do "indica" brands of marijuana since I suffer from anxiety. if I'm buying it, do I simply ask for this, or do I have to specify (northern lights/trainwreck)... geez... this is all so confusing to me!

[KL4D4]

kelly clarkson

[ValkyrieAg]

DON'T GIVE UP!

I suggest that you be in your own home. On your couch. Noone is expected to come over, you don't need to be anywhere for 2-3 hrs.

Keep going, gauge yourself. Try just one hit next time. Theres no law that says you have to smoke a certain amount. When i first started (which i sort of started late relatively) I would worry sometimes about driving home. I would need to stop by the store, but didn't want to because I was a little paranoid. After about 3 months, I was making it a point to smoke BEFORE I ran errands. I was no longer paranoid and was 'in control'. Be very careful in public.

Keep going. I am a happy optimistic person as it is, but I don't think its possible to be high and unhappy.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT:
If you or someone you know is having a panic-attack, or is 'freakin out', give them a dark soda. It will calm them down. Pepsi/Coke, Dr Pepper

Oh, and be well fed. If you need to be calmed down, eat something too.

[IceNine]

hmm for me the first time wasnt scary. I think its all gotta do with what Timothy Leary was talking about back in the 60's. Set and setting.

If you are feeling good in a comfortable environment, you will have a good high.

this is what I believe anyway.

[orangeman]

Wow... I wasn't expecting such quick replies. I thank you all SO much.

I've been doing a lot of reading about marijuana, and am reading that I need to do "indica" brands of marijuana since I suffer from anxiety. if I'm buying it, do I simply ask for this, or do I have to specify (northern lights/trainwreck)... geez... this is all so confusing to me!

Well Indica is just a species of Cannabis, along with Cannabis Sativa and Cannabis Ruderalis. It's just that Indica and Sativas are the mostly used since it's claimed that those are the two out of the three with the highest cannabinoid production. Trainwreck, Norther Lights, O.G. Kusk, those are all just strain names that fall under the category of being either a Sativa bred or Indica bred plant or a hybrid of the two species combined. But if you are buying from dealer most of the time you don't have to ask for anything because they'll probably just give you what ever they have lol. If you have Medical Card or something like that they might give you a list of their available strains. I don't really know how that works though so w/e.

[xmordeciax]

a lot of people get perinoid the first time.... hey at least you wernt one of th epeople that gotta smoke a million times before they get high for the first time...