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imissmaryjane

I experienced my first panic attack about 2 months ago. It was wierd because i never thought that kinda of thing could happen , and when it did i wasnt really thinking about much. But this is my story. About a month ago , i was smoking with my friends out of my new bong ... We got reaaaally high and were chilling outside and talkin crap , i was thinking about this pain in my elbow and how it felt really wierd when i would move it , i started to get dizzy and felt like i was gonna black out , so i sat down and instantly felt better and i blamed it entirely on my elbow thinking maybe i had some nerve damage :\. About a week later , we cop some fire chronic , roll a blunt , chill for a while and smoke 2 more, about 20 minutes later , out of the blue i felt this wierd kinda like internal pulsation that would start at my head and go down. I didnt freak out about it , i just thought it was kind of odd, so i decided to leave and go get something to eat/drink , as im driving my friend home he said he noticed me twitch a few times , i didnt think much of it though. I get to my friends house and grab a cup of water and notice my legs are shaking a bit , so i grab a slice of bread and cram that bitch down . Then i noticed that my heart was freaking RACING , so i told his mom i think something is wrong with me , i checked my fever everything checked out and i started getting the shakes real bad (kinda like when your nervous) after about 25minutes of this going on , i was to scared to let it pass by itself , i called the paramedics and they came and i was instantly better just by their being there. They told me it was a panic attack due to smoking. So i stopped for about a week , and tried it a few times and whenever I smoke now it just puts me in a shitty mood and all i can do is think about it , no matter how hard I try to keep my mind on other shit . Even with like 3-4 hits off a blunt i start to get like "side-effects" i think about my breathing and try to control it , i get the shakes (minor) and my heart speeds up a little , nothing like that one night though. So its been a month since ive smoked now. But all my friends smoke and I miss it so much , i love the aspect of rolling it , looking at it , smelling it , feeling it , SMOKING it. This really sucks , any advice anyone out there can give me?

 

Buzzby

1) Smoke in a comfortable place.
2) Smoke only with people you completely trust.
3) Learn to meditate - you can control where your mind focuses your attention.
4) Smoke one hit at a time - wait ten minutes and decide if you want another.
5) If you start to feel uncomfortable, do something that requires your full attention (not driving ), taking your focus off the "symptoms" that form the basis for your attacks.

Remember - anything upon which you focus your attention becomes the center of your personal universe. You can choose where to focus your attention.

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imissmaryjane

Now how would i go about learning to meditate. The mind is a VERY powerful thing , i would love to go about learning to use it to my fullest ability.

phaedrus28

Yeah, I've been through exactly the same experience as you - I'd been smoking bongs regularly for about 3 years, loved it, of course, then suddenly one day it all went south.

I took my normal hit, same stuff I'd been smoking for about 2 weeks, and had a massive panic attack - extreme anxiety, racing, pounding heart at about 180bpm, uncontrollable shaking, and the fear that you really have overdone it and this is the end for you.

I had to call an ambulance as well, and they had to put me on a breather to calm me down and bring my heart rate back to something approaching normal.

All in all, I felt worse than I've ever felt in my life for about 4-5 hours. After that I couldn't smoke without experiencing the same symptoms - I had about 4-5 similarly bad trips after that through trying to smoke again, but no more trips to the ER fortunately.

I haven't smoked for about 4 months now. I'm going to give it a try again soon. But the reality is, we both may have crossed our point of no return - I haven't been able to find any medical research that points to possible causes for this phenomenon, but believe me, it's happening to a lot of people, in one survey I read, 30% of respondents stopped using pot, based on experiences like yours and mine.

Best advice I've found is to smoke one hit at a time, and wait 15 mins before taking another. That way, if things start to feel ugly, you can get off the train earlier and with little consequence. Hot showers are the best for dealing with the worst parts of a bad pot trip.

Sucks, doesn't it...

dedbr

I am not a doctor, so I really can't help you with the panic attack part. You need to see a good shrinker for that to make sure you don't have other problems brewing in there, OK?

Two, have you thought about some brownies or something along those lines? Eating herb is a whole different experience, and may just help you get back in the groove your looking for...........


Some Where In Ded Land.......Maybe have a cookie or something.....; )

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Cautious420

You have to crawl before you walk........ dont smoke that fire shit for a min try somthing lil less bomb

imissmaryjane

Ya , ive tried the 1 hit every 15 min , even on just reg's , Its not like i get any SERIOUS symptoms , just more like annoying little things here and there , it feels like a chore trying to keep my mind occupied on other shit , and i just dont enjoy being high anymore just puts me in a bad mood , I havent tried eating brownies , has anyone else whos run into my problem tried that?

imissmaryjane

Oh and , Hell yes it sucks , down where I live its like the only thing to do , i hardly chill with the majority of my friends anymore cause that's all they do and i dont even wanna be around it cause i wanna smoke it so bad haha

FreeZey

dam dude... i feel you.. i barely kick it with most of my boys anymore cause alls they do is blaze... it sucks cause every1 is always asking me to blaze.. still passing it my way... every where i go they are all blazing and i cant smoke.. i just drink now and it blows ass

pyroboy4206

i totally agree cus you gotta hold it in and appreciate the value not like over induge. if you do that you just runing you tolerence and i think the week on and week off thing sucks. just let your person just chill out and let the thc absorb. higher thc intake is like higher thc grade bud.

personally i have had similar 'attacks' (a long time ago tho) but seems to be no where near as severe as some of you guys. i feel bad for you guys and i hope you wellness, but i think stress has parts to do with what goes on. thats why i agree you should always be in a comforatble state when you smoke [like are you cool with the situation?]. it makes you high all the better and more affective but less addicting. maybe not tho.
well idk, im not licenced or a hold a medical degree either so this is cheap comparison anyways. forgive me

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