Anxiety and Drugs - General

Even though many will not admit to it, a great amount of drug users often suffer from paranoia, panic attacks, and the like while high. I have my own personal experience with this, as after four years of smoking pot, I finally had my first panic attack. I eventually learned to ignore them, but I still find it enjoyable to talk to people about them. It kind of helps you realize that you are not alone when the situation happens. What I've made this thread for is so that we as drug users, whether it be recreational or a real addiction, talk amongst each other and give our own personal stories, advice, and tips on getting rid of this anxiety that we can so easily have put upon us. To start it off, if anyone has advice on keeping it calm when you're high, what do you do? I usually take smaller hits over a time period to build up my high, instead of those giant hits that will have the high creep up on you and smack you in the face.

I just realized that shit isn't really important, and that there is literally nothing to worry about. And I've only had anxiety from weed the first times I did it. I have a good friend though who doesn't smoke weed anymore (or at least only on a rare occasion) because he gets anxiety attacks. I've smoked weed so much, it can never be too intense.

Shit man, I nearly always get paranoia when I'm high in public. That's why I just prefer to smoke at home or in the spa with some close friends.

I quit weed because of strong anxiety

Paranoia is half the fun of smoking weed. Having little side thoughts about whether or not that guy that just walked past is an undercover cop and you're walking into a massive trap just around the corner. [editline]07:36PM[/editline] Making up ridiculous situations in your head, then just shrugging it off a few minutes later.

I've never got paranoid or anxiety from weed. Actually, I've been paranoid once, because I got lost on my own outside in the dark and I was a new smoker. I probably wouldn't carry on smoking weed if it gave me anxiety problems

I guess the only time drug-based paranoia has worried me was when I caught a 10pm train on a friday night (going clubbing, so it was kinda busy, but not packed) while coming up on acid. If it wasn't for the fact that 2 friends also on acid were there with me, I think I would've started freaking out. The only cool part about that was that we'd all huddle together and be paranoid together, really loud. Like, we would all stare down the train at a bunch of people and start talking about what we thought they were looking at.

as long as my eyes look straight, i dont have nothing to worry about with the general public. sometimes i just dont give a shit and my eyes could be fuckin red as can be. when confronted by cops when stoned (it happened like 5 times, but never busted), my legs usually start shaking, uncontrollably. i just keep my cool and dont act high lmao.

I used to get mad paranoia my first few times. Thinking people playing frisbee in the park were undercover cops "setting up a perimeter" hahaha. You learn to recognize when you're being irrational though.

I don't get paranoia but damn anxiety. I get confused like fuck, nothing makes sense, so I don't see point in smoking it anymore. If I get opportunity to eat cookies, I will do it, because it comes slowly. Why amphetamine doesn't cause anxiety in me?

^ agreed

[QUOTE=HiddenMyst;22630475]Paranoia is half the fun of smoking weed. Having little side thoughts about whether or not that guy that just walked past is an undercover cop and you're walking into a massive trap just around the corner. [editline]07:36PM[/editline] Making up ridiculous situations in your head, then just shrugging it off a few minutes later.[/QUOTE] Honestly, that's one of my favorite parts of being high. It keeps you sharp, on edge, focused...

Marijuana helps with my anxiety.

[QUOTE=kobilica;22641968]I don't get paranoia but damn anxiety. I get confused like fuck, nothing makes sense, so I don't see point in smoking it anymore. If I get opportunity to eat cookies, I will do it, because it comes slowly. Why amphetamine doesn't cause anxiety in me?[/QUOTE] I don't get anxiety on amphetamines at all. Quite the opposite, HUGE confidence boost, but I get weird paranoia.

Oh yeah, paranoia like "oh fuck oh fuck they are there" then later "who are there?" and even later "seriously, no-one was there" In my mind of course.

[QUOTE=kobilica;22641968]I don't get paranoia but damn anxiety. I get confused like fuck, nothing makes sense, so I don't see point in smoking it anymore. If I get opportunity to eat cookies, I will do it, because it comes slowly. Why amphetamine doesn't cause anxiety in me?[/QUOTE] I love doing low doses of amph and smoking... Really fun combo for me, weed kills my multiple lines of thinking(I'm adhd) while the amph brings my speed back to reality. Oddly enough the two combined I have no anxiety and I'm the king of the world, but weed or amph alone I have tiny bursts of it if I'm in public or someplace compleatly new.

Also on ganja EVERYONE looks at my eyes. I mean I am aware that they're probably not but damn does it look like it. Heh, I once said that to my mate, "notice how EVERYONE is looking at your eyes?" He just stared around a bit and then got scared for a bit. Then I told him I was joking and they don't give a fuck about him... It was better he live in ignorance that day when the men in black scanned him.

I've never had a full blown panic or anxiety attack, but I'm fairly sure I've been on the edge of one. The thing to do is take yourself away from people, find a quiet spot and just regain your composure.