Marijuana induced panic attack?
Today, I smoked marijuana and I felt really high within 15 minutes of smoking it. It was a good high but then in another 10 minutes, I started feeling like my lips and tongue were swelling. It scared me really bad which caused me to start thinking about all kinds of crazy stuff in my head. Then it felt like my throat was closing up. I started panicking and I had a continuous panic attack for about 3 hours. I smoked the marijuana at about 3:00 pm. It’s now 2:43 am and I’m still feeling relatively high. I still feel like my tongue is swollen, it’s hard to keep my eyes open, and it’s hard to swallow. Do you guys think it’s all in my head, or is there something really wrong? Just a little background, I smoked marijuana yesterday too but it didn’t make me feel this way. Any help would be appreciated. And please don’t leave me comments being like, "you’re stupid for smoking weed." That’s honestly not going to help.
Thanks!
We made a home made bowl out of a can. Could it be the chemicals in the can that’s making me flip out?
well it couldve been laced with smthng else like a stronger narcotic type of drug. or u could just be suffering the effects of the marijuana because mj is a hallucinogen no one can know this but ur self if u feel any kinda way about it that ur health is in danger go to the emergency room they should be able to help
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Comment from trek
Time January 17, 2010 at 11:12 am
Some people are predisposed to panic disorder & mental illness. This drug can be a trigger so take the warning you’ve had & leave it alone. If you doubt this check the mental hospitals & talk to some of the pts.
Its fact
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Comment from Josh
Time January 17, 2010 at 11:39 am
While pot sometimes triggers panic attacks, I do not think that’s what happened to you. I think you had a serious allergic reaction and because you were stoned it induced paranoia. The tipoff is that your lips and tongue were swelling and your throat was closing up, those are classic allergic symptoms. That kind of allergy is particularly dangerous because your throat can actually swell to the point where you can’t breathe and then you have only a few minutes to get epinephrine or a tracheotomy or die. So:
- Never smoke marijuana again, it’s life threatening for you
- If you’re still having symptoms, go to the emergency room, they can treat them and give you something that will keep them from coming back.
- Go to an allergist and tell him what happened, he can explore with you what caused it (it could also potentially be a food you ate or something else) and give you a prescription for medicine you can use if you ever have another serious reaction so that you have time to get to the emergency room.
Don’t worry about telling them you were smoking, they won’t tell anyone if you don’t want them to.
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Comment from dee
Time January 17, 2010 at 10:53 am
well it couldve been laced with smthng else like a stronger narcotic type of drug. or u could just be suffering the effects of the marijuana because mj is a hallucinogen no one can know this but ur self if u feel any kinda way about it that ur health is in danger go to the emergency room they should be able to help
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