bad panic attacks while smoking weed…HELP?
everytime i smoke i get start to freak out thinking im having a heart attack. im only 17 amlost 18 so i dont think i have that much of a chance. people just tell me its a panic attach but idk.i need sum good advice. my heart beats fast and i freak out and hard to breath. i think ill drop dead any second but is that truly a heardtattact or is it all my head. PLEASE HELP! i just wanna know it will be ok and i wont die when i have a panic attack while smoking.
That used to happen to me too but for some reason it doesn’t anymore. Marijuana does increase heart rate. This coupled with the paranoia associated with being high leads to a marijuana panic attack. So it is both physical and mental. After a while your body/brain get used to it and you don’t notice it so much. But until then try to keep track of how much you are smoking and don’t do more than you can handle. Certain practices can help reduce the effects of a marijuana panic attack. Try telling yourself that it is all in your mind and that you are fine. Breathe deeply and relax, the less you worry about it the better you will feel. Try to focus your attention on something else, like tv or a video game. Just try to keep your mind busy with other activities so you aren’t thinking about your body.
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Comment from Bryant
Time March 1, 2010 at 4:35 pm
A bad trip.. if youre feeling that way you shouldnt be smoking it my friend before it do happen to you. id stop while your ahead.
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try them it may save your life.
Comment from da Giants
Time March 1, 2010 at 4:46 pm
it probably is a panic attack. when my friend smokes he’s convinced that he’s gonna get attacked by ninjas, but if your nervous you shouldn’t smoke
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Comment from Heather
Time March 1, 2010 at 5:03 pm
i smoked weed for about 2 years, then one day i started feeling like what you described. i quit because that just sucks. if i smoke now it’s only when i’m really drunk and it’s only a lil bit. you’ll be fine. just go to bed.
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Comment from Brett
Time March 1, 2010 at 5:15 pm
This happens to my friend when he smokes blunts or wraps, try smoking a bettter type of weed, maybe mid-grade, and also try smoking from a glass pipe or bong, my friend has panic attacks when he smokes to much so try that
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Comment from Ken F
Time March 1, 2010 at 5:52 pm
It’s a panic attack and you likely will not die. That is a sign that you should seriously stop though. I used to poke smot all the time, I regret it big time now.
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Comment from Tara F
Time March 1, 2010 at 6:41 pm
panic attacks are not usually life threatening. but if you find it hard to breathe and you actually feel like you are "going to die" then this could be your trachea swelling up. if this is happening then you may be allergic to marijuana. this is what happens with some people who have an allergic reaction to the herb. you probably should not smoke…
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Comment from byrontheburninator
Time March 1, 2010 at 6:52 pm
yeah honestly why would you keep smoking if it makes you feel that bad?
thats like saying everytime I punch myself it hurts how do I make it stop hurting
just stop smoking weed.
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Comment from Claireabelle
Time March 1, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Panic attacks are a side effect, as are fast beating heart. In other words, the effects are both physical and psychological. Either way, it’s not good for your health (weed is also a carcinogen) – you’re probably not going to drop dead if you’re only 18 but you may want to question why you are doing something that makes you feel like crap.
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Comment from T.O.
Time March 1, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Then don’t smoke weed.
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Comment from Hannie.(:
Time March 1, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Okay, well when i smoke, i get sort of like that. My heart starts racing, i can’t really think and that makes me worry, and i panic about if it’s normal or not… I think it’s normal, because everytime that happens, and i’m always fine afterwards. I think it’s in your head, and you’re just trippin balls,Ahaa; you just gotta tell yourself that it’s the high, not a panic attack, and you’ll be allright after it fades away… Also i think you trip out more if you’re a lightweight, like me. I’m only fourteen byy the wayy, and i’m always fine afterwards no matter how trippy and freaked out i get. …Good Luck.
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Comment from uncertain
Time March 1, 2010 at 8:33 pm
Dude i’d just not do it. You might have an allergic reaction to it. Bruce Lee died of allergic reaction to drugs they found traces of weed & coke in his system.
Not saying that weed is gonna kill you but its obvious its not healthy for you.
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Comment from Slightly retarded wrestlermonk
Time March 1, 2010 at 8:53 pm
95% of people who smoke weed will feel a mild euphoria for a number of hours. the other 5% have panic attacks. lucky you!
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thats actually true^^^
Comment from NiCk
Time March 1, 2010 at 9:25 pm
don’t focus so much on your high, just let it be. have fun with it. do something that makes your high fun, like eating, or video games, or basketball. etc.
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Comment from Bob G
Time March 1, 2010 at 9:49 pm
If you get panic attacks, why smoke weed? It kind of misses the point, doesn’t it? Are you smoking for your pleasure or because your friends all do it? Since the first doesn’t seem to be the case, why are you smoking weed?
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Comment from Steven L
Time March 1, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Thats because your a newb and you get really high everytime you smoke and then freak out because your not used to the high.
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Comment from foxy28
Time March 1, 2010 at 10:27 pm
unless you have significant heart problems you’ll probably be good. i mean weed does tend to speed up your heart but really the only people at risk for having a heart attack from smoking weed are people with heart problems and the elderly. at 18 you shouldn’t have a problem, you’re probably just freakin out. i occasionally start flippin out too, but then i realize how high i am and i calm down.
if you’re really concerned about it definitely see a doctor to help determine if heart issues are a possibility. but i’m guessing that if you had a heart problem it would have revealed itself earlier in your life (and while you were sober).
good luck and take care
peace
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Comment from EVEI
Time March 1, 2010 at 11:02 pm
If that is the case, then don’t smoke at all. If you know that you cannot control your high and smoking weed will make you sick to the point where you would probably stay in the hospital, then don’t smoke and be smart. Leave the smoking for those who think they can handle it then in the latter years all these diseases will catch up to them and they will walk around complaining 24/7 about how they have lost their sex drive and how they have arthritis and other conditions.
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Comment from K_Alejandro
Time March 1, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Can this be harmful? Yes, if you keep it up.
If you don’t have problems yet, you can get them this way.
Your heart isn’t indestructible.
Other people will always tell you BS crap that doesn’t apply to you because they aren’t you. Their experience is different from yours because they aren’t you.
Someone with real medical experience will give you real information about what could be happening to you. It is true that some people have strong *negative* reactions to MJ. It’s also true that some people have strong reactions to MJ that aren’t definitely negative, but merely strongly amplified.
Both do represent real dangers to you, although the symptoms and mechanisms for WHY it is happening may be quite different.
I’d agree with the others on this though. Stop before you end up a statistic that goes ignored by pro-MJ propaganda promulgators.
MJ doesn’t usually pose any significant risks, but you don’t seem to be a usual case, so you could be at significant risk.
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Comment from handrober
Time March 2, 2010 at 12:10 am
That used to happen to me too but for some reason it doesn’t anymore. Marijuana does increase heart rate. This coupled with the paranoia associated with being high leads to a marijuana panic attack. So it is both physical and mental. After a while your body/brain get used to it and you don’t notice it so much. But until then try to keep track of how much you are smoking and don’t do more than you can handle. Certain practices can help reduce the effects of a marijuana panic attack. Try telling yourself that it is all in your mind and that you are fine. Breathe deeply and relax, the less you worry about it the better you will feel. Try to focus your attention on something else, like tv or a video game. Just try to keep your mind busy with other activities so you aren’t thinking about your body.
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Comment from Halii
Time March 2, 2010 at 12:55 am
Just chill. Breathe deep, get something to drink {cold water is good if you get that pukey feeling}, lay back, listen to some nice music and close your eyes. You can’t die of it. There have been NO ‘marijuana overdoses,’ ever.
You’re just paranoid when you’re stoney, by the sound of it.
What you need to do is put yourself into a positive frame of mind before and during your high. Relax and love everything that’s around you, feel all of the peace radiating from within you and everyone else. [:
Happy toking!
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pothead.
Comment from Woisme
Time March 1, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Buy better weed
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