Drug use and panic disorder Posted: 03-14-08 03:14am
About 3 months ago, i had a the tinyest of
joints, by myself... and then, i started
to hear strange noises like a meterolite
hitting the ground... it freaked me out so
much.... I was terrified and took me like
8 weeks to get over it... I started ahving
feeling like i was going to dye and that i
had cancer and all these terrible
diseases.I did not take any illegal
drugsthroughout this time as i was fearful
something may happen....!
I did start having the occasional smoke
about 2 years ago. Anyways couple of
nights ago I had a smoke of weed with my
friend and then i couldnt stop laughing,
i had this really strange feeling while i
was laughing lthen i led down... and this
sensation rushed through my bodyespecially
into my neck and head and it felt like i
couldnt breath... now for the last 2 day
my mind has been going haywire and i think
something terrible is going to happen i'm
scared of letting the feeling all the way
in for what might happen do you know what
this could possible be?
According to your symptoms (“thoughts
that something terrible will happen”)
you could be experiencing a panic
disorder. It doesn’t seem likely to me
that marijuana caused that feeling. Even
more, marijuana should relieve you from
that unpleasant feeling. You are well on
the way to replacing panic disorder with
marijuana abuse. In fact, many drug
abusers start to abuse drugs in order to
calm the anxiety.
You should ask for help from a
psychiatrist as soon as possible.
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