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Can weed mess up your nervous system and body phyically after a massive panic attack?

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johnnie99998
johnnie99998

Hey everyone Wanted to say a couple of things of whats been going on with its like no one wants to listen and my family and no one is here for me they think im just going crazy yeah i seen a lot of docters they say everything is normal blood work aswell ekgs good aswell i was going to the hospital mostly everyday because a sitution of a bad reaction to weed had a huge massive panic attack my friend was fine i was the only one that couldnt calm down or calm down my heart it was about 180 or 190 perminute thats how bad it was i wanted to jump out the car while he was driving i dont know why i just started panicking really bad none stop until i through up and it went it calm down but was a bit shaky but ok anyways im a male im 20 years old aswell ever sense that day i stoped smoking i have about six months with out smoking sense thanks giving thats the day it happend but the point problem is why ever sense i dont feel right anymore like i dont even smoke anymore i been having heart racing daily body physical sympthoms i never experinced before like spasms all over my body pressure on my chest thats comes and goes , vision unreal dream like its just crazy i feel like immdying slowly or something six months living in hell with out knowing whats really wrong with me till this day i stilk see my friend that i smoked with that day and he is still smoking enjoying his life and im here stuck with out knowing whats really going on this has beeb bothering me and making me depressed a bit and really stressed ful because all these physical sympthoms are daily mostly everyday none stop when im laying in bed my heart beats hard and times and pulse on my neck when i get up from bed my neck seems to get tite and i could feel my pulse just beating fast and hard when i start breathing in out it starts going away my neck jerks and heads like my shoulders and aswell and back moves uncontroably in order to try to relax all this is wierd and im getting a bit mad i get really nervous for anything or going out some where i get this feeling in my stomach that goes up to my throat like i cant relax and six months my body is pain everyday and just tierd of this my heart worries me the most i seen two cardiologist had a 7 day heart monitor plus a stress tess ran on a trim mill said everything is fine a day before taking back the monitor i hsd a massive panic attack what ever it was it just made my heart jump up to 170 he saw it and called me right away i guess the monitor warned him and he till me its nothing dangerous to try to relax that it seens i have a little bit of arrythmia but not a dangerous one he told me it has be something with stress that i have Ok cool he didnt give me no medication because he said my heart is fine . i saw nerologist aswell because i was scared if i was going to die so i went there got mri done it came back normal also they put some nervous system wires i think it was on my head and arms everything seemed fine he said but honestly im tierd after that bad experinced it chsnged me im not the same anymore before that happen i was msoming weed for two or three years sometimes it would have me calm and relax and really hungry and other times my heart would be besting really fast but i use to control it but after that one day it just i guess my body couldnt take it anymore probably it was the strain in the weed or was really smoked or my body was sending me warning to chill out and i wasnt listening and now it messed me over i use to love smoking weed mostly ever day now its like it messed me up physically and mentally and no im not thinking abot what happen to me im just wondering all these phycally sympthoms what are they its annoying its a everyday thing hope fully god can give me a chance and help with this im still trying to enjoy life and keep processing . Any advise anyone ? thanks from Johnnie

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  • amy08203
    amy08203 johnnie99998

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    I was a late bloomer I started smoking in my 40 like really bad, my first year into smoking I had an anxiety attack to where my neck was tight my feet, hands and nose were ice cold. I couldnt breath and I couldnt move my body my fiance had to carry my down the stairs put me in the car get me out the car and carry me into hospital. For them just to tell me I had an anxiety attack I had never had one I honestly thought I was having a heart attack. After that I kept smoking for another year till one day I had another one went to the hospital and the Dr asked me what was my drug of choice I told him weed. He was like look Ive check your heart every thing is fine. I suggest you quit smoking because if not this will continue to happen. After that I was about 2 1\2 yrs into smoking that I finally quit cold turkey. I felt everthing you felt, I started having digestive problems like acid reflux, anxiety and panic everyday. It was like I was fighting myself to save myself. Yes the vision is off, light headed , loopie and scared all the time. Remember if you were a weed smoker like me and smoked all the time. Our brain was always high and now that you don't smoke your brain knows that so it starts going can of crazy you are withdrwaing from weed. For some people it takes 3 weeks, 6 months for me it was almost a year. But now that I'm not numb or should I say high I have to deal with my past. For the first time in my life I'm not living in Chaos, I'm not on survivol mode . I'm on learning how to live, but just pust through I know its scarey and no one understands you caus you honestly feel like you are going to lose your mind. But you have to fight through it cry embrace this experience you can't push it away. If you have anymore questions or just want to vent message me back. If you need details message me back

    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 amy08203

      Posted

      Thanks this made me feel better people i know think im just going crazy hopefully this goes away and another thing is how did yours went away ?
    • amy08203
      amy08203 johnnie99998

      Posted

      I took about a good took about 11 months that my digestive was getting a better and I want to say about 9 to 10 months that the withdrawlas stopped. But the part about going crazy remember you brain is use to being high and its not so just be patient, give that part 8 months or sooner.
  • SaberWolf
    SaberWolf johnnie99998

    Posted

    I had the same problem as you Johnnie. In January 2017 I smoked weed and did cocaine. It was a very bad experience my heart was racing to 145bpm I thought I was having a heart attack sense i also went into shock and was dizzy. Paramedics came and got me checked my heart and told me I was just having a panic attack. So ever sense then I stopped both weed and cocaine they can trigger any time. My palpitations stopped . but the anxiety is still there still managing to control it fully.
    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 SaberWolf

      Posted

      yeah mines is really bad 6months still with this and havent been smoking or drinking ever sense that weed experincing and im having physical sympthoms daily everyday none stop its just worries me because i never had this after that day i smoked the weed its a crazy feeling my body is tierd and in pain of this everyday stress
    • alesha59336
      alesha59336 johnnie99998

      Posted

      My first time smoking Weed, I had an out of body experience is the only way I can describe it. I thought I was tripping acid. That's what it felt like anyway. Never done acid so I don't know. Ever since then I get panic attacks everyday. Fear that I will feel that one day i smoked again I guess. All I know is, i have never been the same and it is a constant struggle everyday.

    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 alesha59336

      Posted

      yeah i dont get this like how can it all be my mind its feels like its just my nerves thats really bad also
    • lauren29919
      lauren29919 alesha59336

      Posted

      this was how i was when i had my first edible. i got a really bad panic attack and i felt like i was dying. ever since then i’ve been having panic attacks everyday.
    • lauren29919
      lauren29919 johnnie99998

      Posted

      i’ve been like this for about 4 months now. i’m taking prozac as of right now.

    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 lauren29919

      Posted

      your taking meds for it i been this way for 6 months and havent took no meds at all
    • lauren29919
      lauren29919 johnnie99998

      Posted

      i honestly didn’t want to take meds. i’m literally on the lowest dosage, because my head is that sensitive. idk it doesn’t really seem to be doing anything. i’m still in fear everyday and literally the littlest thing sets my off. whether it’s standing up or just laying down. my heart too does get up into the 180+ so i know what you’re dealing with.
    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 lauren29919

      Posted

      Yeah its a crazy feeling i dont know but that weed messed me uo bad for real i want to enjoy again i want to drink with friends hang out with out feeling anything but just joy and thats why i havent took any meds because meds like that just mess with your mind or make things worst and its like you have to keep taking them rather try to deal with it on my own with my own power and try to be strong let everything hit me but just try to keep on going
    • lauren29919
      lauren29919 johnnie99998

      Posted

      i totally agree. i’ve been slowly getting off of them. before i was taking 3 pills now its down to 1, and it’s half of what it used to be. i feel the same way about the pills as you and about wanting to enjoy life again.

      before these attacks i never once was concerned about my heart or the blood running through it but now i find myself checking my pulse constantly. i’ve been getting better at not doing it though. i just want to go back to not caring anymore. i want to live my life without this fear that i’m going to drop any second.

    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 lauren29919

      Posted

      yeah like i be good but the physically body sympthoms is thats driving me crazy like i have something wrong with my body and head dont know its just wierd
    • lauren29919
      lauren29919 johnnie99998

      Posted

      literally me right now. my head feels like its about to explode. i tend to get bad headaches after my attacks.

      have you felt good at all before? since you’ve been having them. if so, keep those moments in mind. know that even though these symptoms are discomforting asf. they’ll go away.

    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 lauren29919

      Posted

      I felt good only sometimes but this is a daily thing every day different sympthoms i never experineced before let me name them for you get really rapidly heart rate that jumps up , short ness of breath at times feeling like im holding my breath at times with out even knowing , pain all over my body like if im sore my vision seems to be wierd at times like dream like or unreal , spasms all over my body like my nerves just be moving really fast then goes to a different parts of my body , chest pains at times the the problem is that this is mostly everyday daily i dont think its my mind even doe i seen two cardiologist and saw adifferent docters at the ER When it first happend i was going to the hospital alot to find out what was wrong with me because i wasnt smoking after what happen to me like a bad reaction with the weed that made my heart race to 190 my friend was smoking from the same joint i rolled and he was calm and chilled i was the only one going nuts but after that it continued with out even smoking for months now i got six months this way and still cant find out whats wrong and i just dont think its my mind because i actually feel all this physically
    • lauren29919
      lauren29919 johnnie99998

      Posted

      that is exactly what happened to me. i get the same way too. i get nasty palpitations, numbness, spasms, neck and back pain, tremors, vision problems, headaches, etc.

      these symptoms are all very scary. if you notice though the more you think about it the worse the pain gets. try doing belly breathing. it really calms you down. especially if you find your heart beating really fast. just know that if there was really something wrong with your heart, it wouldn’t relax by deep breathing.

      i have a question, do you get stomach problems too?

    • johnnie99998
      johnnie99998 lauren29919

      Posted

      Yeah i get like bad pain in my stomach at times and i have a question how often yours happen mines its mostly everyday and my vision to aswell how is your vision?
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