The OP didn't say it was his first time smoking it in 30 years, so the strength then/now argument isn't really valid. I'd put my money on some sort of additive in the weed. There are stories about all kinds of things being put in it to keep the user using. The best thing is to know and trust your source, as is true with many things in life these days. (Take the H1N1 vaccine for example. People are blindly trusting the source which is driven by one thing - $$$$$$.)
To the OP, you have said that you needed to calm down and relax a bit after days of partying. The weed may not have been the only factor in your reaction. Your immune system was already lowered from the partying. You had residual alcohol in your system. Had you taken pain killers for the hangover? Are you on other medications? Had you eaten anything nourishing while partying? You need to look at the whole picture if you want to explain the reaction. These things don't just happen on their own, and certainly, unadulterated weed isn't going to send you into a panic attack. I hope you're feeling better.
To the person answering the OP: Your suggestions are valid, but your view on weed is straight out of Reefer Madness. Weed is a useful medicine. It wouldn't be prescribed by some medical doctors if it didn't have beneficial results. For example, it helps with appetite for those who are suffering from horrible diseases. As a recreational drug, it has been proven time and again to be less harmful than alcohol. It's not the evil demon you put it across as being. There are immensely more people who are way more fucked up because of use and mis-use of prescription drugs than there ever will be because of weed.
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After partying for a few days, I decided to turn to my friend weed to calm me down and relax a bit. After about 15 minutes I was in a full on grand mal panic attack. I was peeling hard boiled eggs for this Caesar salad with my g/f and I started pacing around and had these 'intrusive' thoughts that I had done something really, really bad. I ran outside and was on the streets for over an hour saying to myself 'this is not happening', 'this is not happening'. I should have been committed. This has never happened to me before. I was so confused and couldn't make sense of anything. What the fuck happened to me? Anybody else ever had a panic attack like this on weed before? I'm really being sincere here about this so don't burn me and say shit like I should go kill myself or whatever. Thank you all for listening.
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"Weed" today is a hell of a lot more potent than it was 30 years ago, so that probably has something to do with it. And to think there are a few people out there that actually think this stuff should be legalized. Wow.
Next time if you want to calm down and relax a bit, try yoga or meditation. Both work, are very healthy and most importantly, harmless.
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