Is it normal to have a really bad trip the first time you try weed?

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Okay so my friends said I wouldnt probably get high the first time. I took a couple big hits and it burned like hell, and I waited for a minute and suddenly everything when fuzzy and the rest of the day was a mess.
I couldn't look straight at things or concentrate at all, the walls were crawling a little, I kept tripping out on the radio that was on, and got really paranoid that someone would smell the weed and get us in trouble.. i started having really deep thoughts but couldnt express them properly and then my friends laughing started to scare me so I went into a room by myself and sat curled on a couch and stared at a tv that wasnt on, and i was terrified to talk to anyone. i looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and couldnt see my reflection clearly.
then my friends wanted to go to the beach and thats where things got really weird. i started shaking pretty badly and suddenly everything seemed really far away and i lost complete track of time and space and we nearly got hit by a car because we were so out of it.
I think the sun was really bad for me because everything really started to slow down, and i suddenly lost track of my senses and i remember i had trouble putting my beach towel down and i kicked sand at a lady who was sitting beside us and I could barely speak to apologize... my voice was really low, slow and quiet for some reason.
then i was staring up at the sky and it seemed really close to my face and i thought i could touch it... the high started to wear off but you see I have had some really serious residual effects.
i get really bad anxiety attacks in public groups, i have had trouble with my memory and with communicating with others. i have felt extremely isolated from people, and have trouble trusting people's sincerity. i have talked about my experience with friends and family, and delt with a lot of guilt and regret. i just dont know if i will ever get back to feeling normal again.
none of my friends had the same experience, they said they had an intense high but none of them tripped out. im really concerned ive done permanent damage to my brain.
it still feels a little hazy even to this day, and that was a year ago. seriously. I am still feeling like im battling the anxiety and loss of memory.... and i have never felt so depressed in my life. it took away my love of life, my sharp intellect and the crisp feeling of my senses. i lost a lot of my will power and my passion for life, and ive been fighting every day since to get it back.

has anyone else experienced this dramatic a first high? it was terrifying and i will never touch drugs again on my honour. i hope those of you who are interested in the side effects before you try them read this and take my advice, it is not worth the risk.
i realize this is probably rare but hey i was told i wouldnt get high and now i feel like ill never come down.
do yourselves a favour and don't try this stuff.

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  • JoeyB123
    12 years ago

    I belive that bad experiences on weed are genrally due to conditioning. You were probably told by most sources of authority through your life that smoking weed is bad and will turn you into a dribbling psychopath but for whatever reason you decided to smoke it anyway. That conditioning will never go away and even if you think you're going into it with the right head on, those mental blocks will still be there subconsciously and ruin your time, even posssibly making it dangerous. If you smoke weed again don't block it within your brain, just chill the fuck out.

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  • squikki
    14 years ago

    maybe it was crack.

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  • boothekool
    12 years ago

    No. This is not a normal first experience. If the weed had not been laced, you would have felt a bit fuzzy, had a light headache and felt tired. The weed you smoked was most likely laced. Get your friend to buy some better weed. Laced weed can be very dangerous. Many people don't realize that mixing drugs can cause near instant heart attacks and perment brain damage.

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  • instapwn
    14 years ago

    that was not weed nigga!

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  • TrevorSociopath
    14 years ago

    OMG i know how you feel.. My sister has used weed for years and one day she randomly wanted to introduce me to it and It was my sister i trusted her.. She made me take 3 hits off a bong (Yes a Bong my first, and only time). My throat and my lungs hurt so bad, everytime i took a breath of air in i felt like i was dying so I just laid on the cold floor for what seemed to be 5-10minutes. After I got up i couldnt stand.. I was totally tripping.. I was shaking randomly every 3-10seconds.. Almost like a jump.. And I felt things before i saw them. Like Id hit the table, feel it, then hear it, then saw it.

    It took me a week or maybe longer till i felt back to normal. But Nah I will never be the same since ive done that.. I just feel so different now like I'm not even the same person. So I'm going to say its normal.

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  • jacobward33
    11 years ago

    I smoked weed for the first time today and we smoked a joint first and i didnt feel much then i hit off of a bong 4 times and everything started geting 3Dish and everything was so funny and i was so happy. The food tasted absolutely amazing but cotton mouth sucked lol. His mom came in laughed an smoked with us it was an amazing experience

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  • scenequeen699
    12 years ago

    What the fuck. Okay I have no idea why your friends would tell you some bullshit like you won't get high your first time. That's ridiculous and that's not normal to have effects like that unless it was laced with a dangerous drug. I'm pretty much a stoner I get high almost every day and I'll tell you from personal experience and from all people I know, I've never tripped on weed like that and neither have any of my friends. That's just not normal. You shouldn't be afraid to smoke weed again, what you should be afraid of is the people you buy it from. You have to be careful with that kind of thing.

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  • jimmorrison
    13 years ago

    ha ik how u feel it was like tht for me the first 3 times then it gets amazing but the last time i did it we smoked over a once and man i was flying

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  • HarshbutTrue
    14 years ago

    yeah man, GREAT FRIENDS U GOT there, fail man......just.... fail

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  • Jorden
    14 years ago

    Holy shit dude I hope u read this becuz I'm dealin with the same thing okay so I always would smoke alot and then I didn't for like 4 months in like June 2009 I smoked with my cuzin I took like two hits and all of a sudden shit got weird I thought I was in a movie n thought cars were wolves it was messed up as soon as I was high I didn't wanna be anymore a little later a came down n felt super chill n was feelin super good but the next day I felt weird ever since tht day nothin feels real my cuzin was fine idk comment back I was lookin for someone that this has happened to also I'm hopin everything will get better for me and to u too

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  • No_War
    14 years ago

    I've had bad highs before, but never that extreme. I'm kind of thinking that your weed was laced with something. However, I do remember when I used to smoke and couldn't express what I was thinking (although it seemed brilliant) and people just didn't understand, so I know what you mean there.

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    • sparrowfeed
      14 years ago

      lol YA dude i always feel like that. i stopped toking, but YAA.. i know what you mean!

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      • sparrowfeed
        14 years ago

        dude,

        that's not really normal, but i know what you're talking about. after a year--however--it's not the weed anymore. my doctor told me that it's usually not the weed after the first day or two (i had a similar experience.. panic attack).

        there is probably something underlying there. i would advise you to see a doctor. sometimes exercise and a healthy diet can work for this. also, you're probably putting too much emphasis on the feeling weed gives you. i know a little how it is to put emphasis on it, because i used to do that too (and would freak myself out). but just realize that you're not high anymore. there's nothing in your system. furthermore, the pot hasn't actually re-wired anything in your brain, so that all of it is just the same.

        i think you're correlating it with the wrong thing. in my case, my doctor told me my weird episode was just low blood sugar that sparked the panic attack (and maybe because the feeling of being high was fresh in my mind). don't put so much emphasis on it. do rational exercises to make you think about eliminating it. tell yourself:

        1. i don't feel guilty for smoking
        2. life is filled with all sorts of perils, and how could i have known this would happen?
        3. it's just a HERB.

        you might also want to try some meditation or the like..

        sorry i wrote so much on it lol. if i were you i would definitely consider seeing a doctor (don't know why you haven't yet!)
        not a psychiatrist. just see a regular family doctor. you might have depression or anxiety or something.. chances are before you smoked you may have had a latent anxiety disorder (which sometimes happens in the case of prolonged depersonalization).

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        • sparrowfeed
          14 years ago

          BUT.. then again, you don't seem like you did.

          maybe you really just had a bad trip and you're having trouble processing it. but remember that it's all in your head.

          you need to develop some positive strategies to cope. go to the doctor (first thing).
          maybe talk to your parents and explain to them what has happened. some of this isolation might be because you feel guilty for 'doing this to yourself' without knowing the side-effects (like 'how could i be so stupid'?). i think talking about it will help. and MORE IMPORTANTLY, did you talk to your friends about it?

          i'd be willing to help you out.
          if you like, email me [email protected]

          i know a little of what you're experiencing (to a certain extent) and i am willing to speak with you.

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  • trenchparty
    14 years ago

    sounds like it was laced with something.

    but you really feel the same way after a year? that sucks if its true.

    try getting high again

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  • coulterb
    14 years ago

    as an experianced stoner i can tell that u are not the type of person that should smoke if u do again then just b chill go withe flow and the person above me has a point it might have been laced with coke (cronic) but there is such a thing as strong weed ive never felt bad while smoking just lt it (free ur mind) relax and enoy bing ucked up

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  • proudleo
    14 years ago

    your first time experience isn't what happens to most people. you've had a really bad experience. most of my friends and i have tried drugs - some continue to use them, and this hasn't happened in my group. i can recommend a possible way out - email me if you want.

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  • nothing2
    14 years ago

    some people get intense when they get wrecked and feel like talking. it happens.

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  • Paris
    14 years ago

    I smoked weed and drank a little bit once and had the same things you described. I thought it was the alcohol and weed, but I had a weed cookie a couple weeks ago and had the same exact feeling again. I was completely paranoid and I couldn't remember who I was. It was like nothing was real anymore, I had to keep saying my name over and over again just so I wouldn't freak out. I went and laid on the floor for three hours until I felt ok. That was the first time I actually got high, I'd smoked weed before but nothing had happened. I don't like weed so much anymore :p

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Don't you know that drugs are bad for you? You could have died!

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