Is it normal to experience a panic attack while you're high?

Around the last week of the fourth of July last year, I'm at work & my coworkers decide to smoke some weed during our lunch break. Now I've smoked weed before but what I'm about to tell yall might come as a shock! So I'm full off Wendy's, hit the blunt 2-3 times & was GONE!!! I mean I had been high before so I kind of knew what to expect, even saw a crab near the entrance of the building. Then about 15-20 minutes later, I realized something wasn't quite right. My heart started racing, I began to sweat, my sinuses felt clogged, I had the worst cotton mouth ever & my stomach felt tied in knots. I couldn't really concentrate so I kept checking my pulse, getting water & breathing deeply. I swear it felt like I was dying, but later found out I had a panic attack. Eventually I came down & I still felt pretty bad cause the high came back. It must've happen a third time & I just wanted to go home. I asked my buddy if the joint was laced with anything that he didn't tell me about & he told me it was Cali Weed! The question that I have is if anyone has experienced something like this & if so, what did you do to deal with it?

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Maybe 8
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  • Jweezee

    Sounds like they had some dank. If you don't smoke a lot and puff some fire ass shit that can happen. Or it could have been laced, but i think you were just too high.

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    • boogie592

      After 3 hits of the "FINEST" when put on Hiatus for like 3-4 years, I don't think my body was expecting to get "high" so quick. Plus trying to be productive @ work only added fuel to that bonfire. . . Thanks for the feedback

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  • nonameforeverwhatlol

    you just took alot :) lower the dose, paranoia sets in when you take too much. you just have to remember its all in your head and nothing is wrong in reality, that usually does the trick for me.

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    • boogie592

      That might've been it, thanks for the feedback

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  • Outsider21

    While high, simply know that nothing is wrong in reality and that it's all in your head. You are not really dying, nobody has died from weed and your not going to be first. Also, if your going to get that high it could be best to stay in if paranoia was a factor in this experience. Your weed was probably not laced and you simply had a panic attack. This can be easily avoided by knowing that for the most part any sort of worrying things like a racing heart, etc. are all in your imagination.

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  • Austalien

    Well it was Cali weed that's really potent strain of weed and that's why it's illegal in most places around the world, Don't smoke it if your not a everyday smoker and then start working (operating machinery) ect.

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    • boogie592

      thanks for the feedback. I won't go back to that stuff anymore, lol

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      • Austalien

        Yeah it's not for everyone, I stopped smoking for years and now get really high, I only smoke it in relaxing eviroments :)

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  • truercheese

    Sounds like you smoked too much dank for someone that doesn't smoke a lot :b

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    • boogie592

      That might've been it, cause I'm 98% sure the joint wasn't laced. Weed be getting stronger by the second! ! ! LoL

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  • shade_ilmaendu

    Hahaha, I see a lot of posts like this on this website. Its normal, youve probably never been that high before, you said you saw a crab? XD If youre so high youre trippin its easy to end up having a panic attack, same thing happens if you take too high a dose of hallucinogenic drugs like acid or mushrooms. Especially mushrooms, from my experience >.>

    How experienced are you with smoking? Im guessing youve smoked it here and there, just a few times in your life?

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    • boogie592

      Well I have smoked off & on, got high with the munches & giggles, but like I say, never experienced that before. Oh btw, the crab was real! I wish I still had the picture on my phone...

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  • Uzzie101

    I tripped massive balls on weed before. I've a bad suspicion the dealer slipped something else in.. I've heard horror stories that some slip hard drugs into their soft drugs to get you hooked.

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    • boogie592

      In actuality, dealers won't "Add" anything extra unless you request it. THat'll cost them more money so I don't quite see that happening alot. . . Thanks for the feedback tho

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      • Uzzie101

        Knowing that particular dealer, I wouldn't be surprised if he did add something though. He's the epitome of scum... I only purchase from trusted friends now.

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        • boogie592

          very true

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  • mattyp86

    Well alright, yes this is totally normal. I actually have been diagnosed with panic attacks, and I take prozac for it. I smoked once with my friend, and shit hit the fan really quickly. My heart started racing, I had terrible thoughts, and I felt like jumping out of my skin! I was worried that i was going to develope Parkinson's because I was shaking so much. The reason why I had this panic attack after smoking was because we werent really in a good environment. The chief session was rushed because my parents would be home soon, and it was very stressful.When you get a panic attack. Just lay down, cry, run, what ever you do to calm down. Just remind yourself "Its just a panic attack, no one has ever died from a panic attack, and This will pass."

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    • boogie592

      Excellent post my friend. I still get them from time to time but it doesn't last very long. I stopped smoking weed so hopefully I won't have to take meds to have them stop all together. Thanks for ur feedback!

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  • Geneva5

    Crack is a much cleaner high !

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    • boogie592

      Well its all on u then cause that's something I don't think I'll do. . . but thanks for your feedback regardless

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  • Antir0b0t

    It may be normal at first. When I started smoking I'd get super bad panic attacks. It went away though, now I smoke all the time and am fine. :) Maybe you're body just needs to get used to it! And if I ever get to that level, I just reassure myself, "I'm just really stoned right now, I'm okay." It helps.

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    • boogie592

      Well thanks a lot for your feedback!
      Much appreciated

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  • Seri

    I've had gravity double and pictures of nose people to melt.

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  • Geneva5

    Weed crack and heroin - I smoke that shit before my coffee in the afternoon before I run my ninja classes - you are all weak fails - give up - get on the meth -

    Ps: I am a qualified ninja !

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    • boogie592

      yeaaaa...more for u & NONE for me
      lol

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  • Bigmac69

    There is not one reported case where someone has died directly from smoking weed. People have been smoking weed for thousands of year and they enjoy it and are not going to stop in my opinion you should be more informed on it then just ignorantly considering it to be a bad drug. That's just my opinion

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    • boogie592

      Thanks for the feedback, but like I say, smoking weed isn't for everybody...

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  • I think you've found your answer by now.

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    • boogie592

      Most definitely got my answer
      lol

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      • Woot woot. Called. It.

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  • Geneva5

    Go straight for the crack pipe ! It's a much cleaner high ! Ps: I am a ninja !

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    • Shackleford96

      Haha! Also a lot shorter high too though.

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      • Geneva5

        Just buy it buy the kilo like I do at the ninja school - crack is the fuckn best !

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        • boogie592

          smh

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      • Lmao.

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    • boogie592

      Allright Ninja, the sensei say "No Dice 4 me!!!"
      lol

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