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Bad Trip Causes Anxiety Issues

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daniel49570
daniel49570

Today is April 21st, 2016. i still have panic attacks every now and then, Anyways This is how it all started. I had smoked pot since January 2014 and was okay up until December of 2014. i took 4-5 Bong rips of Weed (Exotic) and i didnt remeber anything up until 10 minutes after the last hit, So i lied down for 10 minutes after that hit I'm guessing, then i remember getting up and walking downstairs and being really dizzy (it felt like some one was turning my head side to side really fast), and occasional blackouts. Anyways i remember making it upstairs again and trying to lie down again and i freaked out and had to sit in the windowsil with the window open to get air and i went and lied down AGAIN then i passed out and woke up 30-45 mins later and walked my bike home (forgot to mention i was at a friends house.) I was fine the rest of the day just exhausted. Then i smoked a few weeks after and it happened again. So since then i have not smoked and i still have panic attacks and the same symptoms (NEW SYMPTOM: and it also feels like the room is spinning around me). I started taking Zoloft around May-June of 2015 and stopped cause; it made it worse, Then recently about 3-4 months ago i started Citalopram (Celexa) and it helps a lot i do still have bad days every now and again i just want to know if anyone has similar issues. I also want to know if this is serious or not because it's been a 1 year and 4 months since that bad bad trip and it still haunts me to this day. Someone please tell me if it will go away with time and medication (Celexa).

(I have since left school and started a GED Program 3 days a week a total of 6 hours a week.)

P.S. (I also try to do Mental Thereapudic activities off of the internet)

(INFO: I have also had a few traumatic events such as: Having an alcoholic father, Losing my very close Grandma Septemeber 13th, 2013, Also on February 7th, 2015 my cousin (also a severe alcoholic) was in a drinking and driving accident and killed the other driver. [April 13th, 2016. He was sentenced to 45 Years in prison 24 of which were suspended and he has already served a year so 21 years] [he has to do 85% of that 21 years so roughly 17.85 Years] )

Sorry for the rant i just need help.

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  • Guest
    Guest daniel49570

    Posted

    do you have a therapist or a counsellor or someone who is trained to help?
  • kayla1865
    kayla1865 daniel49570

    Posted

    I'm 18, and I've been smoking weed since I was 14. I didn't have any problems, until after October of 2015. I did 10 mg of 5-MeO-DMT (psychedelic), had a SUPER BAD TRIP... I smoked weed a couple of times after that, with nothing bad happening, except some slight affects from the psychedelic. They didn't scare me, too badly... A couple of weeks later, I smoked a bowl with one of my friends, and he I started shaking, having a fast heartbeat, I couldn't think straight, I was scared, had trouble walking, and it felt like my head was being squeezed. I also, had trouble breathing. I took about 5 big hits, which was normal for me. I was used to smoking about a bowl to myself, anyway. I don't know why, but ever since then, I've had anxiety every single day, and almost everyday, I get at least, a couple of mild anxiety attacks. I don't know what's wrong with me, honestly... sad
  • Howll
    Howll daniel49570

    Posted

    I've always suffered some form of anxiety but nothing like what I'm going through now. It started to get really bad in October of 2015, I got very drunk and went to my sisters friends after a night out. They were smoking weed and even though I don't usually smoke it I was so drunk I did, I didn't realise how strong it was and started to smoke it as if it was a cigarette. I passed out and when I came to I was totally disorientated, literally thought I had died, went into full freak out mode and left with my boyfriend. Since then I haven't been right, and nobody actually believes me when I say that experience is what caused it. Weed isn't good if you've got an underlying mental illness such as anxiety, it can heighten the symptoms. I get anxiety daily now, to a point where I feel so anxious in the morning that I often make myself sick. I stop myself doing things because I worry about what will happen, don't like being alone etc. It's a nightmare and I kick myself because it was all preventable. I have gotten better, I do a lot of meditation to get myself through journeys and stuff, and try and just do whatever I can to push myself to do things. I've started counselling too as I can't take medication.
    • jen123456
      jen123456 Howll

      Posted

      smoking marijuana (only once) did the same thing to me...completely made my anxiety soooooo much worse, which i didn't think possible. I now get hemp seed oil otc (from any health food store) and take that....it has the relaxing part without any of the thc or hallucinagenic parts that freak you out. For me, smoking marijuana is NOT a good idea, EVER. 
  • Emis_Moderator
    Emis_Moderator daniel49570

    Posted

    I've deleted the off topic sub thread.If you do not want to post a constructive reply do not post at all - just ignore the discussion.

    Regards,

    Alan

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