extreme anxiety and panic attacks due from smoking weed

[savysav123]

Im an 18 year old girl in good health and do not have any medical problems what so ever my doctor haves tested me for everything under the sun. All came back negative she said its anxiety and I should start taking meds but i wanna resolve this on my own.
Ive been smoking cigarettes (pack a day) and drinking every weekend since i was 14. I also drink caffeine often I love energy drinks and coffees especially at school :) anyway to make a long story short things have been pretty ****** lately my lil sister was in the hospital and she was deathly ill. My older brother who is a daily weed smoker offered for me to smoke with him. I've never smoked before but I have lied to him and told him I have smoked before to fit in. so i was in a really bad place with stress and depression i thought weed could help. So anyway I took maybe 3-4 big hits and didn't feel anything so told him thanks and went back into my house. Suddenly the world starting to spin I felt dizzy and sick like I was gonna throw up I felt like I couldn't breath and My heart was beating so fast I though it would explode I felt like i was gonna die I literally went into a corner of my room and sobbed and cried and screamed for help no one was there other than my brother who was way to high to notice or he just didn't care. and I didnt have a phone to call 911. So I just layed there like that for an hour till it finally passed. after that day i get these attacks similar to the bad trip everyday some times it will last all day. the felling of suffocating and not being able to breath comes on and off all day. Im afraid of death I feel like I will die at any minute. Im unable to do anything I enjoy anymore I cant excrise  I cant smoke cigarettes I cant drink alcohol I cant even drink a can of diet coke without these attacks happening. Will this ever go away its been 2 months since Ive smoked. It haves approved but its still pretty bad. Please help I dont know what to do I dont wanna go on meds :(

[Dink31]

Yeah anxiety attacks really suck, I smoked weed for 15 years then one day I was playing video games with a homie of mine and I started to get horrible chest pains, and my whole body stared tingling and I went in to a full blown panic mode, I had my wife rush me to the hospital only for them to tell me I was fine. Ever since then I always have a bit of anxiety when I leave the house for fear of it happening in public. I tried to smoke a few times since then but very very very little amounts. which was fine some times, other times I would go in to panic mode again and have to go for a bike ride with my head phones on.  just something you gotta learn to deal with, I would look at it like your body telling you to chill on all the **** anyways. get a healthier life style, and you will definitely feel better

[Eflower]

hey there :)

If it's been two month and you're still feeling like this maybe it's time to listen what your doctor says. I know you don't want to take any meds, but also remember that they don't have to be forever. Many people take them and feel better and after awhile are able to come off of them and they feel great.

I would also look into some therapy, it sounds like your could benefit from talking to a professional.  

It sounds like you feel awful but there are ways to fix it. It's also easier to make decisions when you feel like your mind is in the right place.  Maybe try some meds and see if they help. You have a life to live and they can really help.

[Paxiled]

You don't need meds.  The silver lining is you've stopped consuming a lot of things that aren't good for you.  What you suffred is common with pot -- it makes a lot of people paranoid or anxious -- but you're holding on to it because you were already heading that way.  It would be a good thing to see a therapist of some kind if you feel you need a level head to talk it out with, but mainly you're suffering a kind of PTSD from the bad experience that you need to get past.  And you will as long as you don't condition yourself to thinking anxious thoughts.  It was one bad day, and you know how not to repeat it.  Peace.