Weed + previous paranoia = bad idea?

Question

I'm a very paranoid person, was diagnosed a couple of years ago with paranoid personality disorder and possibly schizophrenia, I now no longer get therapy for it

Im 16, and quite a few of my friends occasionaly do weed just to relax when with friends, as do most teens I guess. I've been offered a joint quite a few times but have declined it as I'm not sure what to do cause of my paranoia.

I'm not beeing pressured at all to do it, this is something I want to do myself, but if I get stoned, being prone to paranoia will the chances of me getting like that greatly increase, or even worse worsen it for life?

Thanks so much if you can help

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Answer 1

no don't do it...trust me. You will get into your mind too deep and have a bad trip, possibly a panic attack which might end badly...I only know bc it happened to me

Answer 2

yes hun,it is most likely if you do it,and you do spin out drink a glass of water and eat fruit like oranges/watermelon the sugars in the fruit r good for some reason trust me!!

Answer 3

It's likely a bad idea. The first few times I was VERY paranoid. Of being caught. Of my parents finding out. You get especially paranoid of what time it is, because the speed of time sort of gets messed up in your mind. Of EVERYTHING.

I also had panic attacks the first 2 or 3 times I tried it. It was my first experience with a panic attack.. I'll assume you've had one before if you have PPD, but I actually thought I was dying. The sensation I described it as is that would heard is beating so hard, you have to concentrate on you're senses to feel them. To see, you would have to stare at something.. Then you'd realize you were blocking out the sound and feeling and taste... so you'd focus on something you were eating and realize you couldn't feel any of your other senses, which then makes your paranoia worse.

If you really want to try it, just make sure someone is there that can control the situation if you do get out of hand, as I know some people freak out their first time (a girl i know went crazy, was so convinced she was dying that she ran into a KFC and jumped the counter and called herself and ambulance because she was "dead").. But yeah, make sure there is someone there, go somewhere you're really familiar and comfortable with, and give yourself alot of time as your first high feel like it lasts forever. Also, just do a very very small amount, like a half a breath and leave it at that for about an hour. That will give you a taste of what miight happen.

I know i still get panic attacks sometimes, not often, bus usually in the middle of the night after I smoke pot. So if you are really set on trying it, it wont do any permanent damage, but you may have a bad trip and most likely a panic attack, and yes, alot of paranoia so just do a tiny amount, make sure they'res someone sober enough to supervise that knows what to do if something gets out of hand, and be in a familiar location.

If you want to know more about what to expect/what it feel like, send me a message because it would be alot better if you know what to expect,... Cuz i definetly remember my first time  

Answer 4

uhhhhh don't do weed to releax and what kind of friends do you have that use drugs for relaxation!!!!!! BAD IDEA do what you want to do to relax and no effence but find new friends!!!!! and some kids at my school do drugs to and they're my age and i'm only in JR. High (middle school) so please don't do drugs you sound liek anice and pretty girl and think this " What about my younger or older siblings? What will they think of me if they find out that i do weed to relax?" and if you do drugs for the rest of your life ur gonna end up like some freak in the REHAB HOSPITAL and if you want a real life with no drugs and a great future, listen to what i'm writing to you!!! please don't do drugs!!!  

Answer 5

For all the (omg dont do it answers!) -you probably have never smoked it, and partly dont know what theyre talking about. but i am for the weed will help you answers.

but,

honestly, if you smoke i think that if there was something you were paranoid about prior to smoking, it would be a bad idea. but for say if you were with friends, nothing was wrong, and you felt like smoking, go ahead. It will most likely calm you down and lessen your paranoia

Answer 6

I'm all for weed when it comes to smoking it reponsibly and keeping yourself otherwise tip top. But, unfortunately, I would advise against smoking it with your history. Sorry, but I have to take age into account too. Because mindset and weed go hand in hand, smoking it with an mindset that's developing and already messed up with hormones, it's easy for your mind to go the wrong way.

Answer 7

I think no weed would be best... for anyone!

Answer 8

Well, I'm a very paranoid person, along with other mental "disorders", and i find that smoking the ganj actually calms me down quite a bit. If you're chilling with people you trust, in a safe environment, you should be set.

If you're in an unstable environment, you might get super paranoid. I remember smoking a blunt once outside the doctor's office near my old house and getting paranoid that communists were coming to get me and my sister. But I'm just strange.

Give it a try if you'd like, in a safe place.

Answer 9

it will get much worse if you smoke weed.

Answer 10

Usually I'm quite relaxed when I smoke. Just don't go out in public because then you might be paranoid of getting caught. Just sit at home or where ever you are most comfortable with and smoke away.

Answer 11

weed will relax u and calm u down.