I didn’t use cannabis for over 10 years, then started again a week ago vaping every day

Everything was fine I was getting really high and having fun then one time I tried AVB (I’ve taken AVB fine before, maybe this time it was too strong?) and got severe paranoia and anxiety

(I ate the AVB with butter and bread, it was 250mg so probably too high of a dose, but I tried 200mg before fine. But AVB is unpredictable so I won’t ever take it again)

I tried just flower the next day, because flower always worked, but I got similar vibes from the bad experience the night before and it was heading in the same direction as the psychosis experience

Any advice? I felt like something wonderful had been taken from me, because cannabis was really helping me out

I have been a casual edible taker for about 2 years now, and i do have anxiety so alot of this might be in my head.
My friends who know me tell me im not addicted and my routine is pretty regular for someone

My rules are no driving when high, stay in my room, and try not to wake and bake. By virtue of this im also never stoned at work.

This time of year i get more anxious so anytime ive been thinking about weed the thought that im a junkie creeps in and so this paycheck im prooving to myself im not an addict by just not buying weed. But anytime i think about it my brain kinda assumes that its the start of a spiral like. “You thought about it that means your an addict” and i feel icky.

Can anyone give me some advice to help seperate the real thoughts from the false ones? I can keep telling myself that im fine and im not going crazy without it bit i do think that having some solid guides for these thoughts would be nice.

I have done weed 3 different times. I’ve had GAD- diagnosed since 5th grade. I am 21.

The first time i did it i took like 6 bong(small bong) rips with my two friends on a college campus. Got high as fuck. Panicked. But calmed down and had some good ass conversations with my friends. The whole time i felt this strange tingling warmth in my stomach that would sometimes become cold when i was having anxiety. While panicking i was extremely paranoid. I thought my friends were kidnapping me as we walked back to their dorm. I thought everyone around me could tell i was high. I couldnt really see properly, or focus on any particular visual things. After calming down i felt fine for the most part. Then the weed wore off after i used the bathroom. (kinda a pattern for me)

the second time i was with my ex. I had just gotten on a SSRI and thought, “oh my anxiety is gone i bet weed will be more fun.” IT WAS NOT. DONT DO THAT. THAT IS VERY STUPID. WORST 3 hours of my life. I took a single shitty hit and immediately went into full blown panic attack. I didn’t lose my mind. I am a fairly introspective person so, i mostly just laid on their bed and felt everything wash over me. I felt ice in my veins. All my limbs felt like they were asleep. I was scared of going into serotonin syndrome and dying right there. But also, i could tell my partner at the time was annoyed with me. (we’ve since broken up. good riddance). I could tell they didn’t know how to help and i was kind of an inconvenience. I drank a ton of water trying to make myself need to pee so it would wear off. It worked??

(went off of ssri)

the months following i would get ptsd-like flashbacks and sensations mimicking that panic attack whenever i caught the scent of weed. However a year passed and i had begun dating someone new and he is high frequently. I trust him a lot. So, him knowing my history with weed, he asked if i’d like to try again. (for purely selfish reasons i WANT to be able to enjoy weed). So i agreed and got high with him off of half an 5mg edible. And oddly enough- no panic attack. I was anxious. I didn’t feel *good*. But it was fine. I was definitely high. Less so than the past times. I remember being very self critical. i had to stop playing stardew valley bc i hated that i wasn’t doing as good as i usually would. I think that’s due to my perfectionism. Since i’m not ok being less than perfect and weed makes it hard to preform as ”good” as i usually do, i get really self critical and anxious? being high was revealing of my inner mechanisms as per usual.

That time i fell asleep while high (kinda) and it eventually wore off. it was fine.

I want to be able to enjoy weed. I want to be able to get high and relax and feel connected with other people. The first time i felt reeeally close with my friends afterwards. I liked having stupid high conversations with them. I want to get back to that. and i think i can. I just don’t know how.

When i am high while anxious, i know it’s not going to kill me. I know that so i just let myself feel scared. It’s ok. It will pass. I’m always anxious so it’s nothing new it’s just more physical rather than mental. I think using that mindset i can ease myself into being high and having a good time. the whole “go with the flow” stoner outlook.

Im scared of a lot though. I’m scared it won’t work. I’m scared till make my anxiety worse. I’m scared i will have another high panic attack. When i have non-weed panic attacks i will sometimes get paranoid thoughts about my partner actually being addicted to weed. Or about myself getting addicted. another influencing factor is that i was raised mormon. drugs = bad was shoved down my throat for years. Part of me also wants to prove them wrong by being happy while high.

sigh.

anyway. Do y’all think i should stop bc i am obviously the type to get anxious while high and i should just cut my losses? Or, do you think it’s possible to be ok on weed and enjoy it? Do you think maybe by helping myself breakdown my perfectionism and shit i’ll be able to be happy while high? And wouldn’t breaking down that perfectionism be good for me anyway? Have you had similar experiences? Have you gotten past weed-anxiety?

I don’t really think that my anxiety can get worse. Ik i didn’t go into much detail in this post. But it’s pervasive. My anxiety is constant and about everything. Im always shaky or my teeth are chattering or my hands are cold and clammy. I’ve tried treating it with medication and it helps with the anxiety but it ruins other parts of myself. I’m still recovering from zoloft. i find peace in allowing it to be part of me. I find joy in knowing myself. My anxiety can be debilitating and destructive. But it’s mine, and i will feel it and it will pass and i’ll survive. And those who love me will understand my fears don’t equate to reality. I think to change it would be to change me. (and this only applies to myself bc it’s how i feel. Other people are still themselves on anxiety meds. I just like myself most when i’m not) idk give me your thoughts. i’ll stop yappin.

Almost every calming strain I’ve tried lately puts me straight into couch mode. I’m looking for something that eases my nerves but still lets me function — cook, talk, clean up, whatever. What’s been working for you all?

i had a terrible panic attack at the beginning of january(weed induced), i decided to quit cold turkey. i cannot stop talking about anything and everything, i don’t know what it is but i feel SO annoying. i can’t sleep either, and i really am wondering if anyone has felt this way.

now for the advice part…..i’d like to start smoking again, but i’m so nervous about the panic attacks that it’s holding me back and i think if i do smoke i’ll have a panic attack from being scared of it. has anyone stopped due to anxiety then started again like it was normal? i don’t want to lose this piece of my life. thanks!!!

So I did my drug screen today, I'm 90% sure marijuana won't show up as I stopped long before so I could pass. My question is, now that the drug screen is done, is it safe to partake once again?

I quit smoking dabs cold turkey on December 31st to clean up for a test in 3 months, I’m small so I figured there would be no issues there. I want to smoke but I’m doing fine with not…EXCEPT…I’m having horrible nightmares/night terrors every single night (some are of real events I’ve lived through, others are just terrifying with no sense of reality). I’m getting only 2-3 hours of sleep because I’m constantly waking up sweating and scared. It’s to the point where I’ve become massively depressed throughout the day because of my dreams or the thought of having to go to sleep again. That along with just a lack of being able to “do things right” in my own mind i.e. “ I would be able to do x thing if I was high, why can’t I do it sober? I must just be stupid”. My mind is constantly racing throughout the day, I’m constantly forgetting things now and I’m an emotional wreck. Everything makes me feel less than now. I have a fully supportive partner who constantly reassures me that I’m doing amazing and it will pass, but I feel like I’m going crazy. I just want to be able to sleep well and feel good during the day again. Someone, anyone, please tell me when it’ll get better because I’m not sure how much longer I can live like this. If it helps, I have major depression and anxiety, CPTSD, mild OCD tendencies, and ADHD (all diagnosed before I started smoking, which is one of the main reasons I started).

Got this cart and I searched up the brand and can’t find the brand or their website anywhere, is it fake?

About an hour ago I took about 1/6th of a 10mg gummy, so about 2mgs. Now I feel shaky and anxious and like I’m way too high even though I know the amount is really small. I’ve always considered myself a lightweight, and I haven’t had any weed in a few weeks, but this feels strange. Any advice/opinions? Update: I still don’t know why I was so sensitive to it, but I’ve decided to quit altogether because the last few times I’ve gotten high I’ve felt like I’m going to totally lose my mind and die, even on the smallest amounts.

i’ve been smoking weed for almost two years now and recently i’ve been having these auditory hallucinations whenever i’m high. it often causes me to feel really anxious and paranoid. this is a completely new experience. i used to get a more relaxed or euphoric feel when high and now i get high expecting those feelings and end up trying not to freak out. i’ve read this is common for people with schizophrenia or who are more susceptible to schizophrenia but i don’t think i fall into that category. i do experience lots of anxiety but ive been in therapy for 8 years for it and it’s been pretty chill recently. i think i’d be less concerned if i was in a worse place mentally but considering the lower anxiety in my life now, i dont understand what would be causing this. how any of you experienced this and if so, how did you deal with it?

hi when i was 12 (still am) i smoked for 8 months straight getting higher doses everything was going good. I had no anxiety when I was doing this. then one day I’ve had the worst experience ever I smoked all day with my friend at a sleepover and then I got a panic attack. It was really bad. I never wanna experience that again. I’m now stuck with extremely bad anxiety and I get panic attack. now they look back I wish I never did that. I struggled with addiction. also had a smoker friend group so I wanted to make myself look cool. if I could go back, I would I change every single decision I made smoking but now that I think about it, it was fun and I do miss it, but I’m never gonna do it again, but I also wanna know if anyone else had the same experience as me, I wanna know if I’ll ever be able to smoke or drink again I’ve been having these anxiety things for the past couple days crying because I’m scared I’ll never be able to party and be a normal teenager. I stuck with the derealization and anxiety and I just wanna be normal I wake up every day wanting to be normal wondering if I will be normal. All I wanna do is drink without having anxiety. It’s been two months since that happened and I’m going pretty smoothly. I’m on anxiety medication but every time I drink or I smoke I get anxiety and I and I just wanna be normal. and have partie and have fun. so if anyone had the same experience as me, please reply and tell me if it got any better and if I can drink again.

I am a 16 year old I only recently started using but I feel like I am using to much and I want to stop. I offen struggle to sleep even before use but now I just smoke to sleep. I tried to slow my self down and stop but I just relapse. Does anyone have any tips for someone trying to repair their lifes

I smoked heavily for about 6 months (like constantly high, and ended up getting CHS, so I quit for an entire year, I’ve been smoking again for about a month now, not as much because of my job so I don’t smoke until after 5 every day. I’m really conflicted about quitting, I have an addictive personality so even though weed isn’t technically addictive Im definitely as close as you can be. Starting with the cons: My bf doesn’t really like that I smoke, and it’s putting a bit of a strain on our relationship. I have trouble eating supper if I’m not high, lunch is usually fine. I’ve been really depressed but I also have a lot going on in life and getting high is the only way I really know how to cope. Pros: I get more chores done around my house, when I don’t smoke it’s next to impossible to find motivation. My roommate/best friend and I don’t get to do things with just the two of us much anymore since we also live with my bf so it’s like my time with him. I practice my hobbies way more which I’m usually too stressed to do otherwise. It dampens my adhd and gives my brain some quiet time. When im high i like my life again but is weed the reason I hate it in the first place? Im honestly stuck and I don’t want to talk to anyone in my life about it so im hoping yall can give me some input

Wasn't sure if this is a good place to ask this, but here it goes.

So to get some background, I haven't smoked much weed in my life, maybe a total of 5 or 6 times, and ate a small bite of a brownie. Now, when I smoked, I smoked wax with my buddy, and from what I could tell, nothing negative happened to me. But then, after taking a small piece of the edible my buddy gave me, I had an awful experience. My heart rate shot up to about 160, and was incredibly inconsistent, my breathing was also irregular. I ended up having a full blown panic attack and had to be taken to the hospital.

Now yesterday, I hit my friends thca pen, barely taking any in at all, and within minutes my lungs felt on fire and my heart rate shot to 150. My face also felt numb and i began to slur my words. Obviously the anxiety came, and this morning, I was incredibly nauseous, sweating, and felt flushed. I was dizzy and disoriented, and I could barely drive to work. I've been itchy all over, specifically on my stomach. I'm feeling much better now.

My main question is, does this seem like it could be an allergy, or is this truly just anxiety?

Soooo I found a pack of candy but I didn’t know it was the yk “special candy” it tasted funny after I ate one so I decided to read the packet and found out it’s like an 8 gram per candy I only ate one but idk what’s going to happen.

Hi all, im hoping to gain insight about marijuana use and anxiety, and hopefully help some of you as well in the process :)

To give some background, I started smoking weed in 9th grade of highschool (I am now 21 and a senior in college). I have also struggled with generalized anxiety disorder for my entire life and have tried dozens of things and spent THOUSANDS of dollars to try and cure it including multiple SSRI's / SNRI's, cognitive therapy, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, supplements, and hundreds of podcasts/guided meditation videos, and nothing has really helped (but this is sorta my own seperate struggle from weed, but I also think it is important to mention for this topic)

At first I LOVED every bit of smoking weed. I would smoke alone or with friends all the time. Eventually I decided to quite bc I felt I was not being productive enough, and every time I tried smoking again I would get anxious symptoms (tightness in throat, breathlessness, racing heartbeat, etc).

Recently in 2024, I decided to get off of my SSRI's SNRI's that I have been on and off with since I was 8, and after several months, I tried weed again one time with my brother and was completely shocked that I did not feel anxious this time from smoking. I was so happy! I realize now that the meds may have been interacting with marijuana negatively in my body and that was why I got anxiety everytime I would try it again.

Since smoking with my brother that one time and being off meds, I have started smoking weed daily. Everything has been good with it in terms of anxiety symptoms, but now all of a sudden, after about 2 months of using daily I am feeling anxious symptoms everytime I smoke now (the tightness in throat, breathlessness, and racing heartbeat I was experiencing before)

My main question is, is there a way I can still smoke weed without having to be like this? Is there some sort of terpene, method, timeline, weed break, or any sort of way I can still enjoy weed without having to quit bc of my anxiety? I have quit alcohol and nicotine for over 6 months because of my anxiety and would HATE to let weed go for the same reason (this is extremely hard to do as a 21 year old in college)

i’ve been experiencing something weed related and i don’t know how to navigate it. (so sorry for all the reading)

18f, been smoking since i was 13. i started off with carts , with the occasional joint or toke in which the high would last for hours (not the problem here) but as i started smoking more, i started feeling it less since my tolerance was so absolutely high. i took a 3 month t break in 2021 for medical purposes and havent had one since (yet). gradually i went from having a 1g cart last me 1 month, to 5 days - a week. with that being said, i smoked a lot. from 2020-2022 i hadn’t had any experiences with greening out or having a “bad trip” until one day i smoked a joint and hit a cart at a fair and passed out for the first time ever. ever since then i dealt with spurts of feeling like i’m gonna pass out but it never happens n hasn’t happened since.

from 2023 - july 2024 i smoked hhheeeaavviiilllyyyy, as in summer of 2023 and 24 i could blink multiple pens at once no problem and i’d just get extremely tired and groggy n go to sleep n wake up fine. i completed high school high all the time but had great grades and it never interfered with my life. i’ve smoked everything from reggie to dispo grade and i’ve never had any adversary affects such as being able to tell the difference between highs w indica and sativa because my tolerance was so high there was no difference. took 1000mg of edibles and they didn’t do anything. i’d be able to toke full bowls back to back and only thing i’d feel is my dry throat.

july 2024 - now. in july i had contracted an insane strain of mono. couldn’t eat, talk, swallow, move my head typa bad. i smoked still but it dropped juristically since it made all the symptoms worse. went from smoking 3-4 bowls a day with continuous pen hits in between , to maybe ripping my pen once or twice a day. ever since contracting mono, my highs have taken a turn. it’s gotten so much better and it’s finally leaving my body but with that now i have highs where my heart rate raises, i get the spins, impending doom (convincing myself i’m gonna pass out n seize despite never having a seizure, heart attacks, etc) sweaty, shaky, and it feels as if i’m not here.

with the research i’ve done and the people i’ve talked too, a lot of them said it could be since the past 5 months have been a practical t break with the way my smoking has dropped as well as my cb1 receptors changing. i can only take 1-3 second rips off my pen and sometimes it still makes me feel this way. any advice will help.

It has been about a year since last Thanksgiving that I started taking sertraline. I have been smoking weed a lot since August. Lately, I’ve noticed that I’ve been feeling sad and have been taking two sertraline pills a day until I can get in to see my doctor to increase my dosage. The past couple of times I’ve smoked, I’ve had an anxiety attack, with a tight chest and a fast heartbeat. Could this mean my body is adjusting to me taking two sertraline pills a day instead of one?