Quote Originally Posted by 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.
a couple things I want to say. firstly, dont mix nicotine just yet..They both have different effects on blood pressure, just dont do it, at least until you build up tolerance

2. I suffer from panic and anxiety attacks just like you. And i have had lots of bad trips on pot. Panic attacks while high gave me some of the worst experiences of my life. But i have leanred some things

a. It seems like for me, if my body gets hit at once with a huge dose of thc, i naturally freak.
b. so what i do is even now (and i keep my tolerance low by the way), is take your time. Its not a race and pay no attention to the people smoking 3-4 bowls at once to get high. This is what I do. I take 2 hits right off the bat. Give that 10-15 minutes and let it run its course, which gives me an idea of the strength of the dose. With experience, i have a good feel for what i am doing. after 15 minutes has passed, i will take one or 2 more hits. Give that 5-10 minutes and see if i am as high as i want to be. By this time, i can feel the effect of each successive hit. If i am not high as i want to be, i keep repeating the process until i am at where i want to be. A certain point will come along where i feel like 1. a bigger dose probably wont get me higher than i already am and 2 i am as high as i want to be, there i stop. This does a couple things for me. My brain doesnt freak out when it gets slammed with a massive dose of thc at once. I think that spreading the dose out like this sort of prevents the huge spike in heart rate. So coming from a guy who has the same problems as you, this is what has helped me. Their is no reason to take more hits than you need. waste of money and waste of tolerance. weed is no fun with a high tolerance

(by the way, i have panic and anxiety attacks outside of pot too)

edit-more stuff- also, you need to know that if you ever do freak out, just relax and be calm and laugh it off. thc can seriously screw with your head. my heart is somthing that i freak out about mostly. I always perceive my heart rate as faster than it is. Like i will feel like i am panting and my heart is racing, than i will feel my chest and laugh at how normal my heart rate feels