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imported_Felix

the other day I was at a friends house and we smoked a bowl I took one hit he took 2 (I smoke 1-3 times a week as in 1-3 hits a week on avg)

I started having a little trouble breathing nothing bad until it felt like I couldnt breath at all....I got up and went to the bathroom and splashed cold water on my face and sat down on the ground with my head in my hands thinking holy shit whats going on. I think I might have been hyper ventilating so I started to breath in my shirt which felt better......breathing seemed like a chore and I kept telling myself this will pass until after 5-10min it did (seemed like a long time)

my question is has anyone had a similar experience to this...was it just me or is this a nasty thing weed can do on rare occasions? Ive been smoking on an off for about 6 years now.....

I was drinking orange juice at the time too if that makes a difference. but I always drink something anyway....

sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum Im new here

 

NachtSorcier

Sounds to me like either your weed was laced with an off-topic (which is very unlikely unless your friend experienced the same feelings) or you just started freaking out over some small sensations and scared yourself. For example, you might have taken in quite a bit of smoke which could have caused your breathing to become heavy; your mind starts playing tricks on you and you think that the problem is much worse than it is. It can happen, just look at that cop in Dunbar.

I doubt orange juice has anything to do with it. I myself drink orange juice sometimes when I smoke and it hasn't done anything to me other than wet a dry mouth.

Oh, and welcome to the forum, by the way.

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vern

3 important things for any drug exerience. Set, setting and drugs. Set being your mind's state (your mood), setting being the physical area or surrondings. If your not comfortable with your set and setting a bad exerience is possible to happen.

I've had it happen a couple of times to me, a couple times at concerts and once at a gory movie. I can see why I had panic attacks at both these places. I was uncomfortable, then the panic attack kind of comes on all of the sudden, heart starts racing. Start to see spots and feel really light headed. The best way to get out of it, it get away from your setting. Go to a different room and relax, get some water if you can to help cool your nerves off.

Panic Attacks.

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imported_Felix

Thanks for the replies guys.


Vern-

what you just said made complete sense. Now that I think of it I started getting the attack right after watching a disturbing scene on a show that I wont go into. I think between thinking about it and feeling uncomfortable and being high I might have triggered some kind of attack. and I did what you said go into another room (bathroom in this case) got some water and just sat down took deep breaths and began to relax. I heard stories of people feeling like they were gonna die and it completed turned them off for the rest of there life...for a minute I was thinking I will NEVER smoke pot again but then when I just focused and started thinking logical "Im high so I just need to relax for a moment" I almost immedietly started to feel better.

vern

Its important to know that weed amplifies your feelings, so just the slightest thing could set you in a bad mood. The more you know about panic attacks, the easier they are to prevent. What you did is smart, some people will just let the attack continue and the feel so horrible after and they never want to smoke again. I just try to remember that worrying about something when I'm high isn't going to change anything, you just have to relax and be high - the way marijuana is best experienced. Glad I could help you out buddy.

 

777789999

If your not used to it your bound to have a panic attack. I know it happens to people first trying pot. They think to much into it before they do it and get scared and then when they smoke the pot and get high their frightened feelings increase ten fold. Then everything that isn't normal to them scares them. I often found people who just started smoking weed saying things like "Is my heart supposed to be beating this much? Or I can't breath man!" That stuff is just all in your head though. Unless of course it is laced and the best way to figure out if it's laced is to smoke it with other people, if it's a panic attack then only your going to experience it, if it's laced weed then everyone is going to experience it.

vern

The last thing I want to hear when someone gets high for the first time is "umm so how long does this last?" (Longer than I'm going to tell you, trust me it's good for you. )

777789999

When someone new to it asks me that I don't think I could ever keep a straight face after saying "Don't worry man, It'll soon be over..." but what can you say really? You don't wanna trip them out worse. Unless you wanna mess with them though of course...then it's just funny!

Good-Time Slim

Your weed wasn't laced! Weed is never laced! You just panicked a little its pretty typical symptom of smoking weed on occasion. It happens it has probably happened to everyone hear once or twice it's called a "bad trip"

Saracolours

It sounds to me that maybe it was your first time actually being high. You said that you usually only take 1 hit when you smoke...so maybe, this was better weed, and you took a bit more than usual, and you just didnt expect the effects. I remember the first time i got blazed i had some trouble breathing, i like kept forgetting to breathe and it started to bother me a bit, but i got over it and enjoyed my high.

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