Drugs and Panic - Panic Disorders Message Board

shanaz28 · 10-23-2003, 03:21 PM

Hello everyone!

Just a question if anyone wants to answer...

I've noticed in the past when I would smoke marijuana I would get really bad panic attacks and actually passed out once from it. Has anyone else ever had panic attacks from using any type of drug???

worrywort · 10-23-2003, 04:06 PM

Yes, I actually did lots of drugs but speed(meth)and pot were my favorite, I ended up in the e.r.because I o.d on speed, after I got out of the hospital I smoked pot and had my first and worst panic attack ever, I have been clean from drugs ever since(4 years ago) I did try smoking pot once aftet that and the same thing happened...full blown panic. drugs are not worth it. If I would have known that I would have a panic disorder from using drugs I would of never used them, lesson learned. have a great day.

hry33 · 10-23-2003, 05:27 PM

anxious panicky people should stay off the grass
pot often causes a persons first panic attack
the amount of THC varies a lot and can be quite high due to selective breeding of the plants

DawnMarie1978 · 10-23-2003, 06:53 PM

I agree I used meth for a few years when I was a teen. I also smoked pot in my teens and passed out in class when the teacher challenged my sobriety. Boy did I look stupid when I kealed backwards and got caught by my friend standing behind me.

But on the serious tip most people like how pot makes them feel calmer. But if they do their research the average person has a heart rate of almost double their normal heart rate for a while after smoking it.

Axenstar · 10-24-2003, 05:10 AM

Yeah. I had been doing a little meth for a while. But one day, i was smoking weed with some of my friends, and bam. I got a pretty bad one, but was too messed up to think much of it. Then a couple days later, i got high again and drank some DXM (a practice i have since given up) and the DXM muliplied the effect of the panic attack i had by like 355437643543 times. I was frozen solid in my chair for about 5 minutes feeling my body temperature was decreasing rapidly. Again, i didn't think much of it at all. Then i had a panic attack while sober. That ended it all.

I have noticed that the feeling one gets from Meth is similar to that which is felt during the adrenaline rushes, at least to me. Maybe it was just the security of knowing you had done something to cause the feelings that separates the somewhat good feeling of meth and the horrific feeling of panic.