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WingedScarab
WingedScarab

Hey, everyone. Um, so. I have this issue that I'm going through, and I can't quite place a time frame on it, but it's been well over a month at this point. I suppose I can start off by saying that I am a highly anxiety induced individual, but when this issue arose, I was actually smoking marijuana. Which, strikes me as super weird, because I've always been weed friendly.

BUT, but, I GUESS NOT THAT NIGHT. I remember suddenly just feeling like I was going to die, and suddenly I felt like I couldn't breathe, and I began to manual breathe, and I suffered with that for a couple days. HOWEVER, it went away, but I have found out now that it has developed into AN ACTUAL ISSUE, because it comes and goes now. it's almost like, I never had this symptom before then ONE NIGHT RANDOMLY while smoking. which I've done for so long without any issues, BOOM. I had the chest tightness, and then began manual breathing. Now, NOW it's just this thing, and all DAY LONG, I have been suffering with it. It's not always this bad, but it's at the point where it's effecting my everyday life, even laying down or just sitting and gaming is an issue, although it tends to ease up when I'm not focused on it. I sleep fine, breathe fine when I'm sleeping, but DURING THE DAY? Nope, as soon as I wake up, I dread this issue, and then it manifests. It isn't typically an all day thing, but TODAY it has been, which is prompting me to write about it.

It's like, I have to focus on my breathing, I began hyper-fixating on it, and if I don't, I just don't breathe at all. This is a nightmare, guys. I don't know what to do, because now it hurts to even wear a MASK during these times, and that was never an issue for me before. I'm going on a trip soon, and air travel requires them, so I'm over here extremely stressed about it. I can't deal with this. I don't believe it's anything physical actually wrong with me, because I'm not choking and suffocating, I just have these extended amounts of time where this happens. I've been told by people that they go through it, but only for short amounts of time, so. FYI, I'm not on any medications, or anything like that. But, help. Help is lovely. If ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING, or has been through this, PLEASE let me know, and help me fix this, or give me advice, or ANYTHING.

Thanks.

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 WingedScarab

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    I have read many posts where people who have anxiety are having a bad reaction with Weed.anxiety affects the brain in its own way and so does weed. There are people who eventually have bad reactions with those two together. first of all stay away from the weed right now. And because this has happened you are hyper fixated on your breathing and you can tone that down.

    try relaxing your mind as much as you can by practicing some breathing exercises for anxiety. You can find these on YouTube. They work for me every time. Practice them over and over each day. By doing this, you are telling your mind that you are not in danger. When you overthink, you are telling your mind that something is wrong so adrenaline will keep being sent out and you will have that breathing issue. Just slow everything down. There are also some great total body relaxation meditations. I do hope you get some relief from this! Take care

    • WingedScarab
      WingedScarab jan34534

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      So, I'm not the only one who goes through this "manual" breathing? Also, it's very true, I'm scared of it. So, when I think about it, it DOES send anxiety adrenaline out, and I can FEEL that. it makes it worse, and then it's just a whole thing.

  • Notpia
    Notpia WingedScarab

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    You are definitely not alone in this!

    I used to be a heavy smoker (up to 5g a day) and was doing just fine until one time randomly I lost my vision totally for about half an our. Almost died from panicking but apparently it was just low blood pressure. I quit for a while and after some time started again. It was fine for about 2 years and then again randomly I couldn't breathe, I was panicking, I felt my heart beating so fast it felt like it's gonna explode... I needed about 8 hours before I calmed down. And now even just the smell of weed almost makes me have a panic attack.

    the thing is, if you are more likely to suffer from stress, anxiety or any other sort of mental issues ESPECIALLY mental disorders, that could potentially cause stuff like psychosis. weed can act like a strong psychedelic and can sometimes leave long term effects on you. I still have bad health anxiety and feel like I never get enough oxygen when breathing.

    so my point is, nothing is physically wrong with you but bad experiences with any potentially psychedelic substance can make you have "fake" symptoms for a long long time. sadly I can't smoke any more cuz I don't wanna risk going through that "bad trip" again

    (sorry if I made any mistakes, english is not my first language lol)

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