Feeling weird almost 2 days after smoking weed

[Benjii24]

Around  9 days ago I smoked some weed with my friends and we used a homemade bong (like a plastic bottle, etc.) After 2 or 3 hits, I got this super weird feeling like I was gonna die or pass out, my vision seemed blurred or impaired somehow, my heart was beating really really fast, and it scared me so much. It's a Sunday now, about 1:30PM and on Friday (around 40 hours ago) I got together with some friends and we smoked a bit more - I wanted to find out more about this strange feeling I was having, and to see if it would happen again, etc. At about 7/7:30PM on Friday, I took maybe 3 hits from my friend's glass bong and sure enough, within minutes after smoking I got that same feeling. This extreme "feeling" lasted for about 3-5 minutes the first time, and maybe 5-10 this time (my sense of time was distorted, however.) At about 8, we went out to meet up with some more friends, and when we got to this other person's house I started to get that feeling again (after it had seemingly gone away before.) I was in front of my friend's parents when this happened, and I felt suddenly drained of energy, so much so that I proceeded to sit down on the gravel outside my friend's house. The feeling then disappeared after maybe 3 minutes, and we went for a walk into some field. I was actually okay on this walk, and was kind of feeling the nice high I'd expected. After I got home to the friend's house where we smoked earlier, I took maybe 2 more hits from the bong at about midnight on Friday to see again, what this thing was and since I'd began to feel okay earlier, if it would come back yet again. At first, I thought it wasn't coming back, but shortly it did. I will give a full description of what I felt like below, but there is something else I'm more worried about. So anyways I went to sleep that  night at about 2AM. I woke up at about 6, and dozed on and off until about 9 when I finally got up. I felt okay to begin with, but then I began to feel like everything was a blur. I wasn't having the "feeling", but I kind of felt as if I was high. However, I am not entirely sure what it's like to be high, as the first time I did it I got drunk at the same time, and the second I didn't really feel that high, as such, although both the other times i never got this "feeling". Back to the story, throughout the day after smoking, I felt an indescribable feeling, as if I were high, but it didn't feel nice at all. It was, and still is, scary for me - I want to be back to normal. I read about "weed hangovers" and how low tolerance can cause people who don't smoke very often to feel strange the day after smoking. So, after becoming very scared, I tried to ignore this feeling, and go to bed, where it literally took me 2 and a half hours to get to sleep (I went to bed at 11:30PM, and fell asleep at 2AM.) So, now it's Sunday and I woke up around 8AM, and dozed on and off till I got up at 11:30AM.  At first, I thought I'd just woken up and everything was fine, but I soon realized that i still had that indescribable feeling from the day before. I was having breakfast at around 12 when my dad starts  talking to me about getting a job and stuff (I'm 16 and about to leave school; I'm halfway through my GCSEs and on half term at the moment.) Suddenly, I feel as if i have the "feeling" again I seemed to get straight after smoking 2 days ago, and a week before that. As I said before, I'll give a full description below. It only lasted for roughly a minute, but it scared the life out of me. I continued talking to my dad normally the whole way through it, too, as I didn't want to tell him as I don't know what it is, and if he found out I'd smoked weed even once he'd kill me. after that "feeling" was gone, I've just felt out of it again like I did yesterday. I've actually just started feeling a little worse while writing this -  currently my eyes are weird, like they won't focus, like they're throbbing a little, and like I can't stop "staring into space" - its very scary. I feel like my eyes are zoomed out, almost like I'm not in the moment, but I continue to type this, getting more and more scared, and I am genuinely struggling to describe how I feel, or to know if it's normal. I have been known to worry a lot over nothing, and I feel like this is happening again, but I can't stop worrying. This kinda feels worse than yesterday, almost like it did on the night I got high, except after the "feeling" where I though I would die. I get feeling like "is this going to be forever" etc and I don't know what to do. I can't do anything I'd normally do as these feelings cause me to be tired, while also becoming so bad where I can;t concentrate on anything for long, or focus my eyes well - often when I focus I end up staring into space
immediately. It's currently as if I'm feeling a toned down feeling of the "feeling" where I thought i would die. Now to describe the "feeling" where I thought I would die:

- I was panicking and very scared.
- I thought I would pass out, or even die, especially the first time.
- I felt further disconnected from reality than I do now.
- I felt like I was locked behind a glass screen. (I feel like this now a little, too.)
- I felt very dizzy and felt the need to sit/lie down; I also felt immediately tired.
- My eyes felt very weird, like they were staring past everything and staring into space, like they weren't working properly and like they were blinking/refreshing noticeably, or like they were flickering.
- There's probably more I've forgotten

As for what I feel like now, and felt like yesterday:
- I feel like my eyes won't focus, and immediately stare into space again. I also feel kind of like I have tunnel vision.
- I feel like I'm not in the moment, zoned out, zoomed out, disconnected from reality.
- I feel like I'm high in a way; though, as I said, I'm not sure how this feels exactly.
- I feel like all I want to do is sleep
- I kind of feel like my head is in a different place from my body.
- I feel like I don't want to do anything, and feel almost like a different person to the one before Friday night, as I also can't really imagine the future - in my head, this is it, although I don't feel like a completely new person or anything.
- I have felt a little like I'm out of control, or going to go crazy.
- There's probably a little more, but I can't come to describe it well, due to the way I feel.

I looked up about the "feeling" or severe panic, and thought maybe I had been having panic/anxiety attacks, which had been triggered by the weed, and if this is the case it would explain why I panic so often, however I can't be 100% sure. I'd really appreciate any help, because this is so so scary for me, especially since I want to avoid my parents knowing at all costs, and since in a week I go back to doing exams, something which also seems unreal. I'm still panicking and don't know what to do, I feel like I am overreacting but then this feels so strange. Please help me.

[dominosarah]

The side effects can intensify if you would of kept smoking too.  There are so many different types of weed out there now.  Let us know how you are doing.

[Benjii24]

Yeah, lucky I didn't really. Thanks for helping me, I still feel weird overall but sometimes when I'm distracted I feel okay-ish. Hoping it'll be gone by the time I wake up tomorrow.

[dominosarah]

The weed nowadays is so much stronger than it used to be.  I hope you will just stay away from it as the side effects are what will happen to you. Try not to panic as the side effects will subside.  Hard lesson to learn.  Do you know these kids you hang out with well?

[Benjii24]

Yeah, I do know them well, and I definitely think I'll be staying away from it after all this. The most scary thing was the "what if it never goes" etc, so I appreciate the help :)

[VICourageous]

Hello & Welcome to our Substance Abuse Community.

You are so young and I sure hope you learned a lesson from this. It sounds like a Pot High and YOU have a young clean Brain, so it affected it highly. Also you never know if it was laced with something else too.

I sure do Pray that you do not go down this Road anymore. Look up Addiction and see what happens to our Brain Chemistry when we use mind altering substances. I got clean at the age 56 and have used & drank off and on for years. I sure wish I could take it all back!!!!! It took yrs for my Brain to balance out and I had damaged some organs like my Heart.
Trust me..YOU do not want to wake up one day at a older age and wonder where all the time went. Plz seek some help or support. Maybe it would be a good idea to stay away from people who do drugs. Drugs & Booze will hurt you and your future. Do NOT smoke anymore!!! Give this time to flush out of your Body & Brain by drinking tons of fluids and mostly water. The way you feel right now is NOT fun is it?? Just think if you keep on using it could be permanent damage. Use your BRAIN and have some good sense. Thank of your future that is ahead of you. 16 yrs old is so young and you have so much to look forward too. Plz stay away from drugs and drinking. I sure do Pray that you will go on with your Life and have a great career with a wonderful loving Family too. JUST SAY NO!!!
Bless U
Vickie

[Benjii24]

Thank you so much, I have definitely learned my lesson, and won't be going near anything like it again. As I said, this was only the 4th time doing it so I guess I'm lucky this happened, as long as it goes away soon. Thanks again, and I really appreciate your support :)