Experience with cannabis

[lalm02]

Hi guys,
Just wondering what your experiences with using cannabis is when dealing with panic and anxiety. I have heard that some people love it and it really helps calm them down, and others it has an opposite reaction.
I am not a user but my boyfriend is and he reacts ideally to it, calm, focused and chill. That is what I want! But I am hesitant because I know some people say they get paranoid when they smoke.

Anyhow, let me know if you have any light to shed on the subject.
Thanks,
Leigh

[Sooti]

Def don't smoke it if your prone to anxiety and panic. I know so many people who get anxiety on it and horrible feelings like your sinking into the earth and stuff. I personally know some people who swear they smoke it to take the edge off and maybe they feel like it does for them but from the outside observing them I can always tell when they are or have been smoking it and I reckon it makes them way more moody and difficult. Maybe there is some merit to smoking a little leaf or something but most people are smoking buds that have been grown to be are really full of THC and its just too strong IMHO.

[sweetlee213]

I used to smoke a lot of pot in my early twenties. While it provided a welcome escape from reality for awhile, if I was smoking in a safe environment I realized that it was not an adult or legal way to fully deal with and conquer my problems. Being high in public or in a social setting with an anxiety problem is the worst. I would be high as a kite and still worrying about what people were thinking of me, I just also worried if I was acting high or twitching which just made it all worse. Is it fun with a few very good friends and a Pink Floyd album-hell yes. They are some of my best memories, hazy as those memories are. I wouldn't recommend it as a medication for anxiety though.

[fortressoforever]

I started smoking cannabis about 5 years ago. It is mostly everyday, but there are times when I go weeks and months without it. It used to be totally enjoyable and I would never get anxiety or paranoid at all when I first used it. As the years go by it seems like it is causing more anxiety.

Hear me on this - with my experience, When I am happy and smoke, I get really happy. But when I am sad or have problems and smoke, all those problems present themself even stronger. That is why I don't understand when you hear people say they smoke to escape thier problems; it's the opposite for me.

I enjoy it when I'm not stressed out. Does anyone else have similar experiences?


btw, I hear that more medical users are requesting cannabis with lower THC and higher CBD content for similar reasons.