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DarthGeorge
09-18-2016, 08:42 PM
Hello everyone! My name is George and I'm 27 years old. I'll make this short and to the point:

Back in my high school days and for years after, I was a major pothead. I could smoke all day, everyday. Then, I got into trouble with the law and got sentenced to four years of probation. That obviously meant no more smoking. I became depressed because I didn't hang out with friends, couldn't smoke and gained weight. I went to the doctor about it and he prescribed me 15mg Celexa once (maybe twice?) a day. It seemed to help. Then, 3 years later, my probation ended early and I of course started smoking again. I completely stopped taking my Celexa (which I didn't know was bad at the time). About a year after that, I was riding around with my buddy, smoking and listening to music. It hit me like a ton of bricks; panic, shaking, couldn't breathe, sweating, the works. I had no idea what had happened. My buddy took me home right away and I laid in bed all night.

Ever since then, I quit smoking pot and have been dealing with general anxiety since about 2011. I will post in the other forum, but I have been having a weird episode for the last few weeks.

Great to be here with other people who understand my problem!

Kirk
09-18-2016, 08:54 PM
Welcome to the forum. My daughter who will soon be 26 soon. smoked pot a few times and got severe anxiety, so she never smoked pot again.
Maybe you can talk to your physician and see what he/she says about your latest anxiety episode.

DarthGeorge
09-18-2016, 09:00 PM
It's not uncommon anymore; the pot and anxiety. My friends had no idea why it made me freak out. Now, I talk to old high school friends that are the same way as me now! They turn into a basket case if they smoke.

gypsylee
09-18-2016, 09:22 PM
Hi George and welcome :)

This is interesting because I was actually thinking of starting a thread about pot and anxiety. It's never helped me at all and always made my anxiety worse. It annoys me because I do think it's much safer than alcohol. I've had it in every form possible and it never gels well with me.

Anyway, I hope you find the forum helpful.

Cheers,
Gypsy x

DarthGeorge
09-18-2016, 09:27 PM
Exactly! I used to love smoking and it would relax me...now it sends me into a "can't breathe" panic and I can't enjoy it at all; so I gave it up. You should definitely start a thread. I'm curious about how many other people it affects in that way.

gypsylee
09-18-2016, 10:03 PM
I think there are already a few posts about it if you do a search.

K8LN
09-20-2016, 07:43 AM
Same here, George. I used to smoke all the time and then I lost my job because I failed a drug test. So I just stopped smoking all together, but when I went to visit my brother in Colorado I decided to try it again and that time I just freaked out. It felt awful. I didn't smoke for over a year after that, but then I got sad after a lot of bad things happened all at once so I smoked again. And it just didn't feel the same as it used to. It just doesn't seem all that fun anymore. I didn't get the panic at least but it just wasn't all that fun.