I need some opinions, guys. 2 weeks ago, Friday, I was at Bear Creek music festival and a friend and I took an unmentionable that is usually taken at raves. However, we seem to think it was impure and it was my first time taking an unmentionable ever. It happened to be really cold that night and we didn't want to see any bands so we stayed in the tent and smoked 2 joints of some really dank bud. Usually I don't ever smoke this much so ontop of feeling whatever it was (i only took a half tab) I was too high. I got into a loop of shivering and not being able to stop it. If I breathed naturally and relaxed it would go away for a bit but I gave into the cold every time until I eventually fell asleep. I think of it as a half ass panic attack (I've never had a panic attack before) and it really sucked. Since I got back I've been stressed and anxious at times. It seems like my neck muscles are tense which is causing this weird feeling in the upper neck/lower back of my head region. This also isn't omnipresent. I sleep just fine at night and when I wake up I'm fine for at least an hour or so then it comes. Occasional I'll get stuck focusing on this feeling and sketch out. This will sometimes trigger a minor episode but I can usually get it under control. Smoking bud exasperates this which is really disheartening considering I've always been able to be super relaxed even in adverse situations when high. I love being high, but right now I can't enjoy it cause it causes me to sketch out. What do you guys think/recommend? This is really starting to affect me (except not really, I'm just having an episode right now) occasionally and then it sucks!
Haha, first off if this feeling is one you don't like, I'd suggest never taking those again. Secondly, just chill out bro. Go out and get some exercise, lay on your bed and listen to music, realize this is real life, you have control, there's nothing to be anxious about. I feel like an illuminati PR announcer
i know we arent supposed to discuss unmentionables but i cant help but answer im guessing you took some X, since its your first time it would affect you more X floods your brain with serotonin and it usually has after effects lasting for like a week + serotonin is the feel good chemical, and you are probably low on it, and when you smoke your brain attempts to put our some more serotonin, and since you are low, it wont feel so good also, some people experience what is called '' serotonin syndrome '' on these things, and it makes you feel anxious like hell, try googling it this should go away
Thanks for the replies, guys. I googled Serotonin Syndrome and I think I may have had it that night I took it as I was certainly shivering/twitching and my heart-rate was way up. Right now, I may have MINOR, MINOR agitation and anxiety. I may have had a small amount of a natural MAOI in my system as well (a lot of parsley in my meal Thursday night) which could have helped exasperate it. Today has been excellent, no anxious feelings or anything but still I feel slightly off. I also likely caught a sickness at Bear Creek since it was smoky as all hell the entire time (massive controlled burn down the road) and I have been having a clogged nose. Fakir, the way you described what happens when I smoke seems to explain it perfectly. You guys helped a lot. I certainly never, ever plan to take said unmentionable again. Definitely not worth it. I was feeling amazing for the first 30 minutes then the cold and shivering/tremors set in and that was the end.
You had a panic attack. It wasn't a good idea to mix anything with weed. Weed makes people paranoid. You can't breathe, you feel like you need fresh air. Your head spins, then you pass out. Sorry to say, you now have anxiety. Mine hasn't gone away yet and weed makes it worse. I just kept smoking and eventually I don't get panic attacks anymore, though I am now on pharma stuff. Weed helps other issues of mine though, but the anxiety is bad. Can't decide if I should quit, seems like most people quit because it gives them anxiety...and jobs, parents, jail, etc Be careful, anxiety can lead into depression, which could make add worse.
Ahaha, none of this sounds accurate at all. Are you telling me that weed makes me feel like I can't breathe and feel like I need fresh air? My head spins and I pass out? Sounds like seriously subjective symptoms. "You now have anxiety," like it's an STD. Give me a break dude. Don't tell someone they have anxiety like it's a permanent defect, that's ridiculous. If weed makes it worse, stop it. Seems pretty damn logical to me. I guess some minds just weren't cut out for this shit.
Ya know - even using the word "unmentionable" is against the rules - NO discussion means ZERO discussion. Not even as thinly veiled. You'll still get an infraction
[quote name='"CaptainCCC"'] Ahaha, none of this sounds accurate at all. Are you telling me that weed makes me feel like I can't breathe and feel like I need fresh air? My head spins and I pass out? Sounds like seriously subjective symptoms. "You now have anxiety," like it's an STD. Give me a break dude. Don't tell someone they have anxiety like it's a permanent defect, that's ridiculous. If weed makes it worse, stop it. Seems pretty damn logical to me. I guess some minds just weren't cut out for this shit.[/quote] Definitely better than saying he has seratonin syndrome rofl My anxiety is getting better, I never said it was a permanent effect. Weed can bring out underlying mental illness, ie. skitzophrenia
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIEvHCyb4Ms]"Smoke Two Joints" lyrics- Sublime - YouTube[/ame] lol
its called serotonin syndrome first of all, and it most likely what caused this, as he seemed to have most of the symptoms and he used something that is a very common trigger for serotonin syndrome, which im not eve nsure you know what is anyway so keep the '' rofl '' to yourself unless you got something constructive to say
[quote name='"Fakir"'] its called serotonin syndrome first of all, and it most likely what caused this, as he seemed to have most of the symptoms and he used something that is a very common trigger for serotonin syndrome, which im not eve nsure you know what is anyway so keep the '' rofl '' to yourself unless you got something constructive to say[/quote] Rofl.
Nice to see you guys arguing in my thread. The anxiety has calmed down a bit, I haven't smoked since Saturday and everyday I've been a little bit better. I'm hoping that if I continue on this track of eating healthy, working and relaxing I'll be 100% better in the coming weeks. I hope to eventually be able to smoke bud again like before. My tolerance has always been low so I don't need to be able to burn joints at a time, I just want to take a couple snaps without getting anxious.
I became extremely paranoid and thought people were talking about me making fun of me saying I'm high and shit or saying he looks weird. Then I just finally said next time I get high I'm gonna be happy nothing's gonna be wrong with me. When I got high I was happy and felt nothing wrong just chilled out