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SilverEclipse

For a good while after high school and through college I was a pretty regular smoker, but I have come to the conclusion I can no longer smoke pot, but I'm not really sure.

Back when I was a freshman I developed severe anxiety and depression based more on irrational thought and paranoid delusion than anything (existential questions, life and death, etc.) . Throughout my life there'd be times where it had little no effect on my life, and then times were it completely disabled me to the point where I was unable to function, although it had been a long, long time (3-4 years) since it was that severe. One thing that seemed to trigger anxiety for me sometimes was getting TOO high. You know, blowing through bowl after bowl in a relatively short amount of time. Not really atypical of a lot of people. But a few months ago it came to the point where I was with a few friends and all it took to throw me in a completely paranoid state was a few hits. The kind of state where you start wondering about reality and existence and all that stuff and are prone to having a freak out or something. It's depressing for me, because my friends and I (my new ones in college and my old ones from back home) all used to share that kind of thing in common, smoking once in awhile and having a good time. I can't even do that anymore and I really don't understand why.

I don't know if that a warning sign of a bigger anxiety problem or if it's my body just telling me to stop altogether? I thought maybe someone here has had a similar experience.

 

Lua

I dunno if it is showing you bigger problems or not, but I doubt it.

I know the anxiety you are talking about though, I used to get it when I'd smoke TOO much when I first started smoking. I once got so stoned I felt sympathy for every living thing on the earth all at once, and it made me feel horrible because we treat each other so badly all the time.

However now that my tolerance has built up I can smoke a lot more, and just feel...high. I've never gone back to that anxiety stage as of yet, but I definietly sympathize. If you think you should quit smoking, do it. However, I liked weed to much to quit when I got my anxiety over it.

dan3

Maybe you should see a shrink(because the other word is too long :P).

I had severe depression for about four years, not being able to function on think right, suicidal thoughts all the fun stuff...

I started smoking weed more and it made me feel better which inturn made me a nicer person and more fun to be around.. I started hanging out with more new people and kept on smoking and i feel fine today.

As for the anxiety I'm not really sure.. I always have wondered about my existence and no religion/belief is flawless. Just be as nice as you can to everyone and try to live a good peaceful life. Life is too short to keep thinking about how it's going to end.

And is there ever such a thing as too high with marijuana

Hope this helps in some way, Hope things work out for you.

Peace,
Dane

Freedom_User

Bummer man.

When I am in my room smoking alone with my door closed for some reason I get super paranoid. But 9 times out of 10 I smoke with people. This is the only time it ever fucks with me. But as the other dude said, you should quit and talk to a shrink.

Lua

Yes, there is such thing as too high
too high=blackout

 

Buzzby

No. Too high is when a person feels too high. Too high is anxiety, fear, paranoia, disorientation, derealization, depersonalization, nausea, and heart palpitations. Out of control and not enjoying it.

Smoking weed is not a contest. You don't prove your "manhood" (or whatever) by being able to consume vast quantities of weed. People should never be pushed to smoke more than they can do comfortably. That's how people develop anxiety reactions and get panic attacks whenever they smoke.

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Lua

Sorry, I didn't mean it like that.

I know you can get TOO high, hence why I had anxiety when I smoked too much when I first started. I was just trying to be funny guess it didn't work.

Though I really did blackout/pass out from smoking before.

RT_Fufkin

I had similar experiences with cannabis about 10 years ago.I was a regular smoker for years and then, one day I smoked and just got way too uncomfortably high. I chalked it up to environment and smoked again the next day with similar experiences. It was getting to the point where every time I would smoke I would get way TOO high. Even small amounts. I decided I needed to take a break from smoking. I always said I would smoke again when the time was right. Well, seven years passed until I took my next hit. That was about four years ago and I've had a few anxiety attacks since, but I've learned to recognize what happens and I can always talk myself out of it.

Maybe it's time to put the pipe down for a bit if you keep having bad experiences. Or if you have another "bad" trip, try to tell yourself that it's just the weed and that you are totally fine. Once I can calm myself down, I can really turn it into something good and enjoy being really high.

just my two cents...

RT_Fufkin

SpiralArchitect

To me this is normal. I never stop pondering the fabrics of space and time. Then again, I am a tad crazy myself.

Perhaps you need some new friends?

If you desire a break from marijuana, do such. Realign your priorities, perhaps take some 'alone time' to deal with emotional and mental problems, Mary Jane will always be around.

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Passage

I know exactly what you're talking about. The only way to really stop this is to have a really chill environment. I start thinking about all my faults and I feel totally insane, which I somewhat am.

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