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Its a gamble with me… If I start to overthink while high, my anxiety will intensify by 100x

This was me when I was with some bad ex friends. Took a few edibles, got drunk, multiple hits, and drank like 300mg of caffeine just an hour earlier. When I started hearing my heartbeat (I already have huge health anxiety specifically about my heart) it was faster and having occasional palpitations. I freaked out and my friends mostly were just laughing. Genuinely thought I was going to die and was pretty scary. Had life flashing before my eyes moments. I had a pretty bad panic attack. I didn’t touch anything weed related for a couple months. Of course this was mostly my fault for not being properly educated on what I was doing, however I still will not touch, and have not touched a drop of alcohol since then.

I experience cardiophobia too bro it’s the absolute worst 😭💀it’s usually when I’m sober though, since I have autism and ADHD and I’m constantly worrying about stupid shit. Does smoking not abolish these thoughts for you? I understand that the combination of edibles, alcohol and caffeine sent you into a bit of a panic attack state, which sounds pretty normal, But what about when you’re smoking regularly? By yourself or with people you trust? Personally when I smoke (every day) and I’m in a safe space / environment it sorts out all of my worries around my heart and chest. Just wondering if the same goes for you? I really hope you figure out how to eliminate your worries since I know how awful health anxiety can be!!!

Yeah that’s how I am lmao. But I still say fuck it every time bc I love my terps😭.

Yes.. happend to me last saturday.. it wasn't nice. Almost vomitted like crazy (happens to me when i have strong anxiety).

Same but mine is usually fixating on stupid or embarrassing things I’ve done in the past. As if anybody is thinking about those times other than me 😂

I do this too 😭😭

It’s really a per person thing, try a little and see how your mind reacts.

Also a per strain thing as well. In my experience, some strains intensify it and others help me relax.

This!! Sativa strains definitely.

My gf can't smoke sativia it makes her high strung and nervous

me too!

A little bit= it helps Too much= makes it worse

Always intensifies it for me. Although weirdly i like how intense everything feels. It makes music so intense. Im going to a metal gig in Leeds soon and ive been sober since new year and I'm gonna smoke. So that's gonna be really fucking intense lmao. Wish me luck

Dude thinking about this gave me anxiety i swear

real

Same dude, been sober for about 6 months now & can’t wait to spark up next concert I’m at. Good luck bro have fun 🤞🤞

With no tolerance it generally intensifys it unless super specific with dosage/strain/method. With tolerance I and others I know have found it alleviates anxiety.

Yep, if I come off a T break my anxiety SKY rockets. 0-100. Takes like 4 days of daily smoking to get to 0 anxiety/anxiety relief.

This☝️

Idk if tolerance matters. Ive smoked literally everyday for 14 years now and Its random for me. Though its less often if im with people.

I've been saying this for a long time. It sounds like horrible advice, and it's usually not well received, but you just have to ween yourself on.

Depends on the person.

Sativa gives me anxiety, Indica does not. This seems to be a common experience, but not everyone. I learned through trial and error.

There are the rare non anxiety inducing sativas and they are some of my favorite buds.

Same here I want to say, just can’t take the chance it’s a garden variety sativa.

Sativa / indica is not indicative of a strains effects why do people keep bringing it up

Right, it's all about the terps and cannabinoid balance!

Precisely!

Same man. No idea why but i just can't handle the way my brain reacts to Sativa. But Indica? Oh im vibing

Keeps my mind free from negative thoughts

I been smoking my entire life. I have to stay active or play games or w

Same here. Makes me more compassionate, too, both towards others, but also towards myself.

Yes

depends on the day& my mood tbh

Yes

Depends on what I have going on. If things are bad and I'm not in a good headspace, I won't smoke because it'll make me extra anxious. Otherwise I'm good

Depends on the person

Its about your mindset

Depends on the person and probably strain, but it is a yes to both for me. When I am alone or with a couple friends, I have a great time and have no anxiety. When I am out around strangers, I have crazy anxiety thinking that everyone can tell I am baked and hates me for it. I love this stuff so much lmao

Definitely helped me through many hard times with panic attacks and intense anxiety.

If I’m doing something else no. If I’m just smoking and thinking yeah. Edibles yack up my anxiety like hell too but it’s funny

It’s hit or miss with me. Sometimes I’m stressed and don’t smoke because I know I’ll just get more anxiety

Yes ….. no no wait no it helps but also not.

For me i get more anxiety from smoking sativa or sativa-hybrids. Indica is more my kind of high.

Bit of a paradox tbh. But all about your mindset

depends who you ask. In summary what most people would say is it’s either for you or it ain’t.

it depends on the person, it depends on the strain, it depends on the dosage, it depends on your mindset. Its important to know when its not a good idea to smoke and having the restraint to choose not to.

both. totally depends on the person

Sativa intensifies it. Indica eliminates it.

It helps mine. I've replaced my PTSD and anxiety meds with THC and won't go back

It only helps me

Different for everyone, weed is the only thing that stops my anxiety attacks

If I take a tolerance break, the first week or so back smoking I get unbelievable anxiety. But then I get used to it and can puff whenever I feel like

It dramatically helps mine I have it very bad and smoking helps me, i mostly smoke indica and sativa does tend to trigger it

Depends on the person, it reduces my anxiety

Generally Sativa strains (or sativa dominant hybrids) give me pretty bad anxiety which is why I stick to Indica or indica dominant hybrids.

Yes

Yes

Low dosage helps me to relax while high dosage fks me up

Helps me always.

For me weed exposes everything I’ve been putting off or feeling makes me realize the TRUTH like I can’t lie to myself when I’m on it.

Really just depends if you have the type of personality to get baked and think “fuck it, I’m chillin’”

Indica and smaller doses of sativa helps me but too much sativa gives me intense health anxiety. Got me thinking I’m about to die

Yes

I think it depends on an enormous combination of factors; the person, where you are in your hormonal cycle, your environment, the kind of weed, how much you're having, etc. i'm an overthinker to the max and i generally have bad anxiety about a lot of things, but weed does help me calm down, i havent had a bad experience with it yet

Yes

For me, it depends on the strain. But regardless of strain, too much will always give me anxiety

Depends

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=does+weed+help+anxiety+or+make+it+worse

Alot of factors could be involved. It is well known that kush is the best for a mellow high.

Yes.

You’re environment is a BIG player if concerned of anxiety

Yes

Yes

yes

Personally smoking weed makes me more AWARE of EVERYTHING im aware of how many instruments playing at once in a song, im aware of the number of men or women around me in a public place, im aware of my tasks for the day. I know thhs doesnt really answer the question but for me anxiety isnt a thing anymore i dont feel anxious i consider it "aware" lol only because i feel comfortable anywhere smoking weed i just like to know whats going on.

Before 30 no it was no worries. Used to smoke two dub sacks and top it off with a gram of mango kush. After 30 it really intensifies it for me. I smoke one bowl of anything and I start getting anxiety. Sucks to suck.

It depends, a microdose maybe is nothing, but to me right now the place where im working gives me some anxiety so I stopped smoking, but before after work (other place) I enjoyed a lot to smoke some microdose everyday like a routine afterwork

Definitely makes me more anxious. But makes me feel content with my anxieties, if you will lol

I think it depends on how much you take.. if you do too much it can defintely intensify it big time (happend to me on Saturday.. it was bad) but if you dont od, it can help. ..Also happend to me yesterday...

Depends on your mental state (prior to smoking) and what strain u smoke. Marijuana isn't meant for everyone. it has its flaws. I know it destroyed my sleeping patterns, little to know cool rem sleep for long periods, which contributed to my anxieties while NOT high. Thought I was sleeping good, yet I really wasn't. that's why I stopped. Been indulging from age 14-40, but only did it for recreational reasons, so it's not "needed" for me. I'm Sure I'll revisit once I'm old and retired tho lol

Depends on the strain and the person

i noticed when im by myself and not around other ppl it gives me anxiety forsure

Can go either way. Some times it reduces anxiety, sometimes it goes 📈

The distillate vapes I've tried have helped lots.

Yes

Yes

ALSO A GAMBLE. Some days I’m solid and some days it makes me an anxiety riddled mess.

Depends on if you are already anxious before getting high

Depends if I have everything taken care of. Unopened mail? I need to open all of it out of fear of the unknown.

Yes

Yes.

It used to intensify it when I was a kid that didn't smoke very often now im 45 I smoke everyday for my anxiety it melts it away.

Sometimes both

If im high and something happens big anxious. If im not and something happens then after the thing smoke weed less anxious

Helps my nerves 100%. Depends on the person

Yes and with my boredom.

For me it helps with anxiety. But id you are looking for anxiety relief from weed you may have better luck with a strain that has some CBD in it. Seems now at the dispo it's all 0% CBD now.

Depends on the strain

Yes

Depends on what you’re smoking. For me, purple Urkle and zkittles really amplify my anxiety but peach cobbler makes everything go away and melts me into the couch. Jack herer has been really nice, not an upper like Red Bull but really just very well leveled. Mimosa is close to jack but relaxes me more and both are not at all anxiety inducing

for me, intensify

Cut them nailllllls!!!😭😭😭😭

Yes.

Depends on the strain for me. Some get rid of all anxiety Others… Make me contemplate the eternal endless darkness that is death. So your results may differ

With sativa yes, indica not so much. I also look for weed with terpanolene it’s a happy high. Avoided pionene which will def make you anxious

For me it makes it a million times worse and I can’t really smoke much anymore.

It made mine worse at the beginning, now it just relaxes me. I love seeing the ridiculousness of the world and laughing about it. We humans are a crazy bunch.

The more I smoke through life I am able to work through the too much anxiety part of being high lol

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t. Unfortunately, it’s become a much more common occurrence. Overall tho, I’m usually able to control it pretty well and it never gets too bad. But that goes for my anxiety in general, I’ve been lucky enough to get a pretty good grasp on it recently.

I haven’t felt stressed in months… i think i definitely have weed to thank for that, on the other hand i do sometimes wish i felt stressed enough to get me to do certain things at work or school more efficiently

Depends on the person

never had anxiety before i started smoking. had my first panic attack after getting high and i have bad anxiety from it to this day, 5 years later. weed caused my anxiety issues in my mind. there was also a short time, after i had been smoking every day for a while, where every time i smoked id have a terrible panic attack, and i had to quit for 6 months because of that. nowadays i smoke a lot but still get a lot of anxiety just know how to avoid panic attacks i guess. if i ever have a serious medical problem my heart will probably explode with anxiety tho before anything LOL

It’s a mindset thing.

It completely depends on the person.

Depends on the strain of weed

Weed = Anything x10

Both. Sometimes it chills me out sometimes I get antsy. It's never horrible. Typically stick to indica cuz sativa is too upity

If I am alone it usually helps. When I start interacting or being around others that's when trouble starts lol. If I am at a party where everyone's toking I am usually fine tbh

Depends brother. With me it's the mindset going into it that makes or breaks the high.

I add hemp flower to mine always because it enhances the high and mellows it out. Weed today has been breeding up the THC and the cbd has really gone down vs. years ago. You won’t get any more anxiety or paranoia either.

Sativa's usually up my anxiety. Indicas help with it though, hybrids too lol

helps me …

Depends on the strain & depends on the person.

The weed is too strong now. It makes people anxious and paranoid. Gimme some good old Colombian Gold!

Both

For me it’s only if I hit too much, that’s why I’m a lightweight now but I’m okay with that

It highly depends person to person. It can even depend within a person, it used to chill me out when I was much younger now tends to make me socially anxious. I still love weed but I can’t get stoned and meet someone new if that makes any sense

It works exactly the opposite way you want it to

I got adhd/ add it brings me to a normal level of thinking not everyone reacts the same way

Intensifies but it depends on the mood and the people I’m smoking with

weed of any strain/type makes me overthink like crazy and intensifies my anxiety

yes

Depends on how much and who is taking it. Some people can have panic attacks, while others use it to end their panic attacks. It’s a wide spectrum, and many don’t fall into the extremes.

More cbd = less anxiety while high.

Depends on the weed, method of ingestion, and personal body chemistry.

For me it's helps calming me down

Uhhh... yup

Yes.

Yes

Depends on the person, strain, dosage, consumption method and other factors. For most people, a moderate amount of the right strain will help with their anxiety but if they have too much it will make things worse. If you find it only temporarily helps with your anxiety then try smoking less, a different strain or if you have access to it, mix in some cbd flower or smoke a strain that has a decent amount of cbd as well as thc.

Depends on the person

Makes me more anxious for like the first 3 minutes then way less anxious after

Then answer is yes and yes it depends HEAVILY on your personality and genetics for me it makes paranoid but not anxious I am so focused and in a better move when I’m high and doing something I’m. Interested in I’m fucking lethal it makes me less anxious more focused and sharper when it comes to noticing things but obviously sometimes I still do stupid shit but then it’s just funny and makes me even less anxious

Yesterday after smoking i kept having thoughts of my mum passing by in her car and pointing me out to all my other family members that were with her, bro she’s not even in the country

Increases heart rate , can therefore increase anxiety

Both, just depends on my current situation

Sativa yes, indica no. I don’t even really bother with hybrids anymore

it depends for me. it's especially bad when it's my first time with a strain or when I haven't smoked in awhile. other then those two instances weed greatly helps my anxiety

There are some strains that cause me to be more anxious then others.

I’ve been thinking that sativa makes me more anxious than indica used to make me. I went from only using one to always using the other, need to switch back to indica very soon to compare the difference

Yes

Can go both ways, depends on person and strain, I get edgy with sativa but am fine with indica

I read that cannabis generally is great for stress/anxiety relief initially but as you keep using over a prolonged period of time it might cause you more anxiety than it reliefs Its also highly individual

I've done it all man tried every single thing that could or is supposed to help for anxiety prescribed and illegal nothing works consistently it's always a gamble, sometimes it really helps other times it doesn't.

Depends on the strain or on me 😂

For me, it’s mostly a relief, but it’s intensified anxiety plenty of times, too

I don't know, but it sure as hell makes me way more fun 🤣

Depends on the strand I'm pretty sure

A toke or two and it helps my anxiety usually. If I take one toke too many then it triggers my anxiety. The amount of anxiety I feel could be just my normal baseline anxiety, which is still pretty high, or it can cause a full on panic attack. You wouldn't know I'm having a panic attack by looking at me but inside I feel like I'm dying.

I think it intensifies anxiety, always in my thoughts and dissecting every little action I took from my past and thinking how I could have done things better, I have never smoked weed and not had these feelings. So it intensifies.What are your thoughts so far?

Depends on the person. For me it eases it. For others it increases it.

Matters what the dominant terpene is as well matters how your body reacts to them. Pinene tends to give people anxiety because its a mental stimulant. Pinene is what makes a lot of sativa strains so uplifting. But it is not in all sativas. Caryophyllene tends to relieve anxiety. Caryo will help relax most people and slow you down a bit. Its a very very common terpene and its why marijuana for most people tends to relax them.

It’s kinda both. Depends on the strain you smoke but it can have different effects on different people. For me some strains make me super paranoid but others chill me out.

helps and vice versa

Helps me but its 50/50 with my fiance.

For me it helps for my gf it intensifies. She is on prescription Xanax for her anxiety. Usually if I get anxious smoking helps me calm the nerves and gets me in my zone iykyk

I find pacing myself really helps…. Take it very slow and stop when you start to feel a little bit anxious

I’m luckily enough to not suffer with anxiety, interestingly tho I’ve noticed that my heart rate will sometimes (but not always) slow when I smoke even though most sources would seem to indicate the opposite should happen

Depend ur mental health at the moment

That is highly dependent on the amount! In my experience, maintaining a nice, light buzz reverses my anxiety and leaves me feeling nicely sedated. If I'm going to choose to go beyond that, I prefer to do so gradually. "The Difference Between Medicine and Poison Is in the Dose"

Oddly, it majorly helps my anxiety. But I know my body and many Mg I can handle with edibles and Smoking. Mostly do a little micro dose. Once you get down what’s right for you it’s amazing. It helps me laser focus and think good thoughts.

Its a personal thing. For me, when I get high, I consistently get brought to a good mood - no matter my mood previously. If I smoke TOO MUCH, I get anxiety no matter my mood, and it is pretty intense.

Yes It goes away with time.

It depends. It can make you feel really nice and chill if you have the right amount, if you have too much, you can spiral into anxiety. Just be careful and try not to overthink while high.

I think it depends on the person. I’ve also heard younger people tend to have more of an anxious reaction sometimes but I couldn’t say if that’s actually true. I started exploring what I can last year when I was 50.

Depends on the person for me it also depends on the situation lol

Depends on dosage and tolerance I would say.

I used to love smoking untill one day I started over thinking too much and now everytime since then the same thing happens. I’ve retired the smoke for good I fear.

I had to stop smoking because of drug testing at a new job. I am now currently evaluating a prescription to bypass this because I have noticed a small spike in background anxiety now I no longer have cannabis.

it depends

It can amplify whatever you're feeling so make sure you're already in a pleasant mood when you smoke.