Marijuana Induced Hell (PLEASE READ/HELP)

I know what you're going through. So 2 days ago, I bought weed off some guy I didn't know off craigslist. I never thought that day would do this 2 me. So, when I actually held the weed, which was a half quarter n I paid $80...the weed looked different from the usual weed I have smoked and when I felt it it was really sticky. I know absolutely nothing about weed so I didn't think anything of it, I thought it was just how the strain of weed was. (Purple dream is what he told me the strain was). I took about six tokes and immediately felt high, but it was what came after that really scared me. After 5 mins, I could see really weird visualizations. It was colours, and it was annoying.It wasn't pleasant. I also couldn't concentrate n felt like my brain was deteriorating.  I then felt depersonalizaton and I began to panic. I ended up telling my mom, and she was freaking out yelling @ me, and she got my sister on the phone to get my sister (the only one that drives) to take me 2 the hospital. When I went to the hospital I waited like 3 hours b4 bn looked at. I did a urine sample and it showed negative for all drugs including weed. I think the weed was out of my system. Its been 2 days n I still feel weird. Like I'm going crazy. I feel depersonalization n I feel like I can't control my thoughts the way I used 2.

Hey there!

So I am aware that this was posted 3 years ago, and you probably won't see this reply, but I think you should know that I am swimming in the same water here. About 5 months ago I had taken about 4 hits from a rough strain that was assumingly laced. The high was awesome until about 25 minutes in. I started having an extreme lag in my vision, to the point where someone could walk across the room, and I would only see about 3 segments of that movement. When I closed my eyes, I saw vivid colors and and little characters dancing around. It's wasn't like anything I had experienced with pot before, and it lasted about 5 hours. When I could see clearly again I threw up about 6 times and then slept in my moms bed, because of how terrified I was of being by my self. Anyways, fast forward a few days and I had gotten this immense sensation of derealisation. It lasted about 3 days and then I lived in fear that it would happen again for about a week. I didn't leave the house for this entire period of time either. I caught a head cold and began not being able to hear anything without a lag in the registers of my brain, which of course led me to believe that I was dying because of a little herb. Living with this feeling of constant anxiety for no apparent reason brought me to my doctor, he prescribed Alprazolam where I took it on a daily basis because life without it was unbearable. Up until about a month ago everything was okay, not better but okay. I started having new thoughts. If I were to walk across the room I would hear a question in my brain that was "what if you didn't really walk across the room and you're actually still standing over there?" And so on. They got worse and worse until I finally consulted a therapist. Currently I'm taking a new SSRI, but I'm terrified of falling asleep, I can't leave the house thanks to a newly developed agoraphobia disorder, I've got anxiety and depression running rampant, I'm never sure whether or not I've actually said something or whether someone else has said something, the thought of dying in always on my mind and my perception of reality is skewed. I also find that when I look at some people I notice an aura of sorts around them. Also when I look at something for long enough, it begins to move right before me. Ive made a little bit of progress towards the road to redemption by telling my self that I'm bound to have bad days, and there's no rush to getting back to normal. I think that the only truthfully terrifying part is that I'm not sure if I'll ever get my brain on track again. And if I'll be 90 years old and it will finally happen only for me to pass on. My adcvice to you is to try to find comfort in what you can. Don't allow this mishap to control your life even though I completely understand how intense it can be. Remind your self that you're not alone and there is someone out there who can diagnose AND treat the problem, and I hope the same for anyone else who has experienced this.

- Haley

I had a horrible reaction to weed. The paramedics had to come. I felt like I wasn't real, like everything was fake, like I was a cartoon and what ever I did wasn't going to matter. I actually tried to stab my friends with a knife because I thought it wouldn't matter because we were not real....... sounds crazy right?? The paramedics said they think the weed was laced with Opium. I woke up the next day and was still high. I just wanted it to stop. So a few years later I smoked again and the same thing happened. It wasn't laced that time though, my entire body starts shaking like I'm cold and I am terrified and my friends wouldn't take me home. I was so scared, I was basically paralyzed. So then again a few years later, I didn't learn my lesson the first couple times, and I smoked again when I was an adult. Same thing happened, my body gets cold, my heart slows to almost no beat, and I am shaking uncontroably as if I were sitting in a tub of ice. I didn't feel safe driving home so I had my sister get dropped off to drive me home. I realized I have an underlying anxiety issue. I forgot to mention, that every time something like that happened to me, God started talking to me (I'm not a religious person AT ALL) I would even come out of my own body and see myself sitting on the couch shaking and say "tisk tisk look what you've done to yourself again christy." After the first time I smoked I started having panic attacks, and the panic attacks would resemble how I felt when I was high. I didn't know they were panic attacks until after having seen many doctors and many blood tests to find out what was wrong with me. I realized I couldn't live my life like this anymore, I had to take back control. So everyone I have a panic attack I would have to talk my self back out of it. I could be sitting in class and out of no where I am having a panic attack, so I start having a conversation in my head with myself to calm my self down. After much practice I have regained control of them. Then when I was in my early 20's they came back even worse. I downloaded an app on my phone for anxiety and there's a lady's voice recording you can listen to where she validates your feelings but talks to you in a way that brings you back together. There have been times at work I had to go sit in my car and plug into the auxillary and just listen to the short recording because I couldn't calm my panic. I haven't had too many more attacks except for when I was pregnant a year ago. I think that what your feeling is panic and anxiety, and that the weed had triggered it for you. You gotta learn how to control it. When I start feeling stuck in life I get another panic attack, and I means I gotta start making moves. Ive learned to listen to my attacks, almost become friends with it. After the last panic attack I had I bought a house. I made a big move, an accomplishment. That panic attack is like my wakeup call, it's like gods telling me I was made for greater things in life and I am wasting my time and need to make some moves........ hope your understanding what I am saying.

Oh my goodness I didn't have a good experience at all with marijuana. Everyone thinks weed is just so great, well I got news for them. I hate that crap.

Idk if this is a good thing or not, but seems the chemicals in my body SOMEHOW make me have the complete opposite reaction to what the specific medicine has been recommended for. Back in my college days, the illicit substances i tried... oops almost always Had this opposite effect. There's a lot i didn't if drugs i WOULD NOT ever do, for the reason discussed here.

But at least at this point in my life, I've had the same Dr for years and years and he knows now, I wasn't kidding when I told him abt these odd reactions. It's just something we've had to make appropriate adjustments to. Btw, not EVERY medicine would have this counter - effect. For instance, an antibiotic doesn't give me a worse infection it works as an antibiotic. Lol. I hope I'm explaining this adequately. It's like this: downers are uppers and uppers are downers. For the love of God don't give me an antidepressant, I will never smoke weed again and also...I will never take NyQuil again either! Those two to my knowledge have no similar ingredients either.

My Dr isn't convinced abt the antidepressant. He prescribed me one not long ago, he says I definitely need to be taking something because I'm extremely depressed. Granted he is right about that but I haven't taken a pill yet and I've had the script for a couple months. My Dr just encourages me to do so but I can't do it, I just don't want another bad experience. So I've been trying to hold out. But I sure hate being this depressed too though. For your deal, I think if you just focus on staying as healthy as you can, you'll eventually overcome it completely. Remember. Exercise. I'm not saying you got to be a bodybuilder I'm just saying get some regular exercise. Even just walking, just stay active. Great for mind and body too. It's SO important. Also try to maintain good eating habits get normal rest. Try not to have too many ... bad(?) Habits. Ya know, partying with friends etc. I promise it's not worth the risks and a fun night that you can barely remember the next morning, it's not worth it.

Risk vs reward. Always weigh those.

If you stick with what I'm saying, your bad exp will be a faded memory. This thread'll be the only reminder. I'll tell you right now though you will most likely need a script on down the line, something for anxiety. And I wouldn't be too quick to assume it's because of the weed experience. Bc it probably wouldn't be, if this was a reality in the future. There's much to be said for honest, hard working and healthy living.

I think it's the secret to having a great life. I bid you well. Good luck

I just now realized after posting a comment that this is an old topic. Omg. I'm an older* newbie. Lol. And it's past my bedtime.

How embarrassing. Okay I'm outta here. From reney

As a 27 year old who's been heavily smoking since 2011 I still dont know what caused my panic attacks to come back (I had a string of them back in 2012, went to the ER and got the works (CT Scan, Xrays, imaging) noting was found other than my white blood cell count being higher than normal, so my body is fighting something. I just dont now what! fast forward to 2017 ive been working at a dispensary for 2 years and in that time I could do 600 mg edibles and gram dabs IN THE SAME DAY. 

I started to feel weird but not because of smoking ( i thought i was allergic reaction since my throat felt funny, vision blurriness, etc.) and i changed my diet but fell off the wagon and i didnt feel bad. After a week I had a edible and i lost my s**t. I could not think straight, shaking, waves of anxiety and bad thoughts, had to go to the ER and they did some blood work and xrays of my heart and again the only thing found was high white blood cell count. 

Im gonna try only smoking flower and adding more CBD to my diet and hopefully I can see a difference. I will be more active on this as a Budtender I want to be able to hear many different encounters with cannabis. 

Hope your sitiuation gets back to normal! I miss blazing and being so focused i could do some hardcore gaming. 

To everyone reading this. I have the same issues as you. Yes it’s a struggle but honestly if you need to get put on something like lexapro, then do it. So many people seem to be against meds but look you smoked some kush and ended up in a s****y spot so a lot of people sound hypocritical. Try an SSRI and have a few benzodiazepines in your house just in case. Ask for a low amount. Yes try to eat healthy and work out. I’m a firefighter and i will say that this is a very weird feeling but don’t worry. Things get better.

I hear you bro, i smoked weed for 10 years, no problems at all, then after a couple of bongs wham, rush of blood to the head, was pacing up and down, couldnt sit down, legs were shaking...wierd thoughts and thought processes just appearing in my head, couldnt sit and have a laugh with my friends, wanted to leave right away. Laying in my bed at night couldnt even sleep i was ill with thoughts, didnt want to leave the house, i had to go straight ro a drugs councillor right away. Got told not to take anything with excessive sugars or additives that would exacerbate the any anxiety. Drank Orange juice every day, stayed in my bed and my room for over a month because thats where i felt safe thats how much i had been freaking out. Its pretty much been an excercise in retraining the brain and getting it to fight against its self to replace the negative thought with the positive. I ave since launched myself into work twice and taken Citalopram and functioning, i made the mistake however after thinking everything was fine forgetting to take them, the withdrawl from them brought all the hell back to me, i felt my life was over then, so if you are taking anything that aint making you a zombie, thats helping and isnt a hassle, just keep taking it, its a price, but a small price to pay compared to the hell. Anyways, there was still the matter of had i gone nuts or not? I did not, but my brain was questioning itself, until recently when i found the answer of what was causing it, it felt like the world had been lifted of the shoulders. It was an OCD that appeared from a chemical imbalance, that was causing all the anxiety. The OCD was constantly making me think of all the worst case scenarios, tricking me into thinking i was nuts, causing extreme anxiety. I aint had no cure, done a lot of mental battling, but if there is a cure, its surely answers and others of us out there helping each other. Peace

How are you doing now?