thats a very uncomfortable thing to have happen, any ideas as to why that happens to someone ???

Of course, it makes you DAMN paranoid!!!

Your heart rate increases along with your blood pressure. That's why.



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Some people just can't smoke it because they're minds are already paranoid. I've got a friend like this and I told him to never smoke again, he just can't deal.

.....why i dont smoke the reefer

Yes it is uncomfortable!!!!

I think it's called a heart palpitation or some really good shit!!

nakedpianoplayer said:

I have a friend who has panic disorder and she tells me that research shows a strong link between the onset of attacks and dope use. At first she got them only when smoking, but then they'd come randomly and now she's got the full-blown disorder (and hasn't smoked in years). It's a horrible thing.

I've never had one from smoking pot... but I've had a panic attack and it felt like a heart attack. It was the most awful thing... shortness of breath, pressure in my chest, sweating and then chills, feeling of dread. I literally thought this was it. And... nothing prompted it. It just came about one evening.

If you get these from smoking... I'd say stop!

well, i used to smoke all the time, daily really anyway, one day, i had some stuff that my ex brought over, i only took a few hits, and felt nothing, then, in about 3-4 minutes i was completely fucked up !!!! i truely was crying, thought that was the last night of my life....i begged him to call for some help, he laughed at me and said, you are totally stoned, just sit down ! i cant tell you exactly how i felt, but the pressure in my chest was horrible, i was so dizzy i couldnt hold my head up, and i was sweating instantly. that was almost 7 years ago now, i havent smoked since then, but, lately friends around me have been smoking, i miss it sometimes...and wondered if it was just some really good shit i had, or if that was a sign to never do it again ?

anyway, has anyone ever died from smoking pot, or the effects from it ?

nakedpianoplayer said:

wouldn't really good shit not make you feel like you're dying?

nakedpianoplayer said:

Who can say? Since you've stopped for seven years now, I'd say why go back... or lean in and get a contact.

Unfortunatly drugs is a area I know alot about.No you cant od on weed alone.
Smoking marijuana the chemical that leads to its high is called (THC) which affects the user at the cellular level. The short term effects of marijuana include increased heart rate, memory and coordination loss, difficulty thinking, anxiety, and panic attacks.The higher the (THC) level and the more you smoke the greater chance of having on of these symptoms.
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nakedpianoplayer said:

Well... see...

This is your brain:





This is your brain on drugs:






I dunno... more than likely from smashing their car into something after smoking.

Yes. That's why I stopped smoking it!!!! I'm actually asthmatic to any kind of smoke so when I would smoke it I would get high and then have problems breathing, which would make me panic.

I had panic attacks, very severe, for years due to being sick from my appendix. I had attacks so bad that my arms would go numb from the elbows down and my hands would lock into one place and I couldn't breathe, my throat would close up and it felt like I was having a heart attack. When I had my surgery I asked the doctor if appendicitis would cause a panic attack and he said absolutely not. Before the surgery I was having these horrible panic attacks nearly every day. After I had that rotten thing taken out, I had 3 in the next year!

It's funny cuz weed makes me totally hyper instead of mellowing me out.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Nearly every day!? How horrible! I've only had that one and I don't ever want to experience another one of them. Damn...

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It makes me giddy and then I fall asleep. That quick, usually. I've never been hyper on it, well, unless I was drinking, too... but all that did really was increase the buzz I already had. I was never too much into smoking, I figured what's the point... I end up falling alseep and missing the party.

I do think it should be legal though...

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

sometimes there is nothing better than a great high i miss that feeling, just dont wanna fuck up and get the other one again plus, it doesnt help me that my girlfriend left her shit here for me, so now, its just waitin to be smoked...

No, this has never happened to me, but I know many people who stopped smoking pot for this very reason. Luckily for me, it relaxes me and makes me very happy

Geritzla said:

Basically.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yours must've been laced.

YES!!! I suffer from panic attacks, but the one I got on pot was easily the worst! I think its highly likely that it was laced, since it had never happened before, and it hasn't happened since (although that's not saying much, since I've only done it once since then, and that was almost three years ago).

A nurse-practioner friend told me that they occassionally see people who have this reaction, and as near as they can tell, a mix-up occurs in the brain. Instead of triggering your euphoric feeling chemicals, it instead unleashes the flight or fight chemicals, making you go into a panic. The brain wants to find some reason for why it feels this way, so your fear becomes projected. I became terrified that I was accidentally going to harm someone or something dear to me, and I wouldn't leave my bed for hours. I actually still felt quite terrified for several days afterward, although my friend said that it was basically because the brain felt as if it had gone through some sort of traumatic experience

The panic attacks I normally suffer from are not even near this level of terror.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Dude, we're talking about weed, not coke!

JediMaster said:

i remember thinking almost exactly that same thing...i have never had a panic attack like the one i had that night, never, EVER.....not before, and not since.

No, but i sometimes think i'm going to die laughing when i'm on it, does that count?

I have had twice - I thought I was dead and that made me scared.

nakedpianoplayer said:

Directly from pot? It rarely happens. There's one recorded case that was in the news about three months ago. Some guy had been smoking six joints daily for 20-30 years and finally died from THC toxicity. The article mentionned it was extremely rare -- hence the article.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I had a major panic attac ones and it lasted over 12 hours, after that I never smoked again.

Supa I'm also asthmatic, but the funny thing is, as soon as I take a smoke my attac fades and I feel fine (untill the next day, it'll be twice as bad )

I don't think weed is any worse than beer or wine, just as long as you know how to use it, and not take to much. The problem is, with weed it's harder to know if you have the good stuff than with wine or beer.