Panick attacks help?

Question

around 2 and a half months ago i started having panick attacks, had a bad one when going to sleep at night where i thought i was going to have a heart attack, through my own fault of smoking serious amounts of cannabis for almost 5 years, after smoking the next day i gave up the following day just like that, as i began to anxious.

after around a month and a half i began to feel quite good in myself and the anxiety subsided, however the last couple of days i can feel them coming back, i have rushes of blood to the head and i feel dizzy and like i am going to pass out, i sometimes get really bad chest pains.

any advice from any fellow ex pot heads/plonkas who dealt with this.

i feel much better, its just the anxiety, will it ever go away, i have been told 3 months to get it out of my system fully, but i dont think this is connected to it being in my system is it? or is it just i have turned into an anxious cabbage?

Answer 1

In my personal experience with panic attacks (and everyone is different), once they started, I never got them to permanently go away. They would happen more and more often, and many times I would get one because I was so nervous about getting another one. You should know that cannabis (among other drugs) can cause panic attacks and anxiety, and even quitting to suddenly can cause it. You may need to get on a medication for awhile that will treat them. I was on one for several years and I still get em every now and then.

Answer 2

Sorry Ryan but I'm not a pot head or  a plonker--well I hope not--but I do work in a field that deals with people that have these symptoms.Unfortunately this is not an uncommon side affect and should be treated with extreme caution.In some people it eventually passes,but some go on to experience more long term effects.Fear,paranoia,anger and a noticeable lack of concentration are only some of the  more long term problems.If your present condition or any of the others I have mentioned persist, please seek more professional advice sooner rather than later,as some of these conditions can,if left too long,prove to be irreversible.

Answer 3

I also experience panic attacks from time to time.  They come and go, but the worst ones always come right before I go to sleep, and yes it feels like your having a heat attack or your dying in some painful way.  What I do is lay in a comfortable position whether it's on your side with a pillow between your legs or on your back which ever makes you feel good.  Control your breathing, and remind yourself it's only a panic attack and will be gone soon.  The more you panic the worse you are going to feel.  

if you are feeling dizzy while standing up it's nothing serious, just the blood rushing back to your brain... Everyone experiences it one time or another in life, just try getting up slowly if it happens more times then usual, but again nothing serious, and nothing linked to your panic attacks.

Thirdly, Chest pains could be a symptom of your panic attacks because you are in a state of panic, but they should go away as your panic attack goes away.  If you are having chest pains while you are not having a panic attack see a doctor as soon as possible!!!!  If could be caused by something far worse then your panic attacks.

Just remember that panic attacks don't last forever and I haven't been on medication for mine because I can control them in the length that they last.  Just stay calm and remind yourself that it is only a panic attack and nothing else.

Good luck to you hopefully you too can control them so they don't interfere with your life.  

Answer 4

go to the forum here, they will really help you xx

www.nomorepanic.co.uk

Answer 5

the main thing to do is control your breathing, when you feel an attack coming on try to slow down your breathing and not inhale too deeply. breathing into a paper bag really will help. too much oxygen causes the other symptoms so if you can control your breathing you will control the attack. knowing you can control them may also help to stop the happening again. good luck to you  and dnt worry!!

Answer 6

ok, here's from an ex addicted pot smoker..... its definatly normal to feel anxious after any prolonged period of substance abuse, and yes can bring on hypertension, panic,anxiety,and fear.....thats the rough ride of coming off something.....but perserve......if need talk to your gp and ask if anxiety or palputations can be treated with a drug like propanalol, for a rest bite period.  dont use any other substance to numb this feeling, if anything else......time, healthy diet and activitys will do the trick.

Answer 7

i have anxiety attacks my selelf ive had them for three years the doc has tried me on everything im on some **** called dizepan at the mo makes you feel propa monged so u should like the stuff lol aswell as make you better il let you no if it works for me lol