Can't sleep

[Ghanjii]

It all started when I had this panic attack after smoking some weed. I felt like I couldn't breathe, the world around me was closing in on me. So I tried to go to sleep. But no matter how high I was I couldn't sleep, which is abnormal since marijuana has always helped me fall asleep instantly. Since then I keep tossing and turning instead of falling asleep. And even when I do fall asleep I'm constantly half asleep. And during the day I don't feel myself. As if I'm a robot, nothing seems real anymore. It's as if I'm dreaming 24/7. And on top of that, my neck keeps popping.

[Etiean]

Nothing seems real, you say? Even you? Depersonalization and Derealization -- bundled into one depressing package as usual. These are miscommunications, disturbing but harmless. Ive found they tend to come during the panic doldrums.

It seems to be something of a defense mechanism, to detach from a situation where you are no longer able to handle it adequately. Or perhaps, a form of extreme fatigue coming from the end of the hyper-vigilant stages of panic, when the hyperreal fades back to normal.

You get used to em. They eventually stop being terrifying and become more of a hassle, but a predictable one.

Avoid mirrors. Those can be...unpleasant.

[terrie5859]

My first panic attack happened in 1984, after I'd had a good deal to drink, these panic attacks terrified me, It was as if something horrible was going to happen, I was so terrified I couldn't even move, but I realized that if I didn't drink alcohol I had almost no panic attacks, I still have them ever once in a while, and I use Xanax to control them. I hope you will speak honestly to your Doctor about your attacks, I'm sure he can guide you down the right path.
Good luck, and God bless, Kat....

[jefelex]

Sounds like you may have some depression issues - talk to a doctor about it, you may need something a little stronger than MJ - are you sure it was not doctored MJ - like with some speed or extasy or something even worse?