Anyone have an aniexty disorder that they use weed to treat?

MasterMD22

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Hello,

I have severe panic disorder. I have anywhere from 1 hour a day to 8 hours of sheir panic. A lot of you know exactly what I'm talking about, this thread is meant for you. So when I was taking xanax and valium I was able to use a strain of white widdow crossed with mowie wowie that would perfect the mix of drugs and make me totally relaxed. Since then, they took me off all my benzodiazepams and have me on citalopram and quintiapine. Also, since then every time I smoke I don't get the relaxation I use to. Some times I panic, other times even though I feel high as a kite, my emotional state has no changed.

So, what I'm looking for are any tips from people suffering from an anxiety disorder to comment on what kind of weed they feel helps (strain, how long do you let it grow, what do the trics look like when you want a nice relaxing high) or even if people have found oil + hash combo works or whatever. I vaporize and smoke oil dipped in THC crystals. The oil seems to make things a little better than vaporizing. I'm not a weed smoker (like joints or whatever) but if that helps the anxiety then I'll go buy some zig zags on the way home. I'd hate to have to give up weed all together, anyone else have any usefull feedback? I'm doing cognitive therapy as well as seing counsillors and going to panic support groups, none of which make a huge difference.
 

growone

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i have moderate anxiety issues, nothing like you're describing though
never the less, it is a quality of life issue, it does create bad states of mind
i take St. Johns wort for depression, but it's a balancing act, too much kind of pushes me into the anxiety zone
i've found northern lights to be helpful, harvested with quite a few clear trics and some amber
your cross you mentioned looked to have quite a sativa streak in there, i found that sativa anxiety didn't mix well from years past when i bought bag weed sativas
 

MasterMD22

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i have moderate anxiety issues, nothing like you're describing though
never the less, it is a quality of life issue, it does create bad states of mind
i take St. Johns wort for depression, but it's a balancing act, too much kind of pushes me into the anxiety zone
i've found northern lights to be helpful, harvested with quite a few clear trics and some amber
your cross you mentioned looked to have quite a sativa streak in there, i found that sativa anxiety didn't mix well from years past when i bought bag weed sativas
Good to know. My next crop is afgan dream which is indica. I'll try harvesting it a little earlier too, I've been waiting till it was 50% amber and 50% cloudy.
Anyone else have anything to add?
 

MrBlanco

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I have anxiety but not that bad. Think of sativas like uppers and indicas like downers. Or, use sativas when you need to get up and get stuff done and indicas when you need to calm yourself down. Your other meds changed so this one is going to have to as well. Maybe try a blueberry or kush strain.

Don't forget that marijuana is a mood enhancer. If you want to chill smoke/vape and seek to chill with your conscious mind. If you're anticipating the relaxation you're actually adding to the anxiety.

Also, are you physically capable of exercise? Even just a daily walk will help out a lot.
 

Sakca

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Good to know. My next crop is afgan dream which is indica. I'll try harvesting it a little earlier too, I've been waiting till it was 50% amber and 50% cloudy.
Anyone else have anything to add?
I gotta strain that was crossed with Urkle X Trainwreck! Now I smoked that one plant all w/cloudy trichcomes due to time constraints. Some of em' were clear. (like 1.5%) It's on my outdoor and my harvest posts too. Now although I was submerged in anxiety for long moments of a day (more like my own preliminary drug), lol. So I smoked the whole plant. Then after some physical running and a early day scheduel it ended itself. And got to growing :leaf: new strain with a touch more Indica.:-P it was just a bagseed that I keep secretive...
 

gogrow

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I have anxiety but not that bad. Think of sativas like uppers and indicas like downers. Or, use sativas when you need to get up and get stuff done and indicas when you need to calm yourself down. Your other meds changed so this one is going to have to as well. Maybe try a blueberry or kush strain.

Don't forget that marijuana is a mood enhancer. If you want to chill smoke/vape and seek to chill with your conscious mind. If you're anticipating the relaxation you're actually adding to the anxiety.

Also, are you physically capable of exercise? Even just a daily walk will help out a lot.

I dont (at the moment) have the capability to be self-sufficient, or buy decent pot, but i do use cannabis to help with a mood disorder.... what kind at this point does not matter, it (thc in general) is the ONLY drug i've found to help with my issues..... which can vary from severe depression, anxiety, or mania.... or a mixture of all..... I dream of the day when i can grow big enough to start finding specific strains to better help my specific problems.
 

MasterMD22

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Thanks for the input. I have merinol (100% THC pills, perscribed), I don't find that they help or that they make things worse, I use it to increase appetite when my nausea produced by my anxiety makes it so I can't eat for a few days... they give me the munchies basically, a little bit of a body stone but nothing near a good vap session. As for excersise, I run my dogs every day, and yes it does help, but not to the extent I'm looking for.
 

MasterMD22

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Also, blueberry made me way anxious and the kush was pretty good for anxiety, but it didn't get me baked at all so I dropped both those strains. Buddy has some trainwreck clones, maybe I'll scoop some of those up.
 

gogrow

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Thanks for the input. I have merinol (100% THC pills, perscribed), I don't find that they help or that they make things worse, I use it to increase appetite when my nausea produced by my anxiety makes it so I can't eat for a few days... they give me the munchies basically, a little bit of a body stone but nothing near a good vap session. As for excersise, I run my dogs every day, and yes it does help, but not to the extent I'm looking for.

i have no experience with the Marinol, and everyone is different, especially when you get into mental issues..... i do manual labor for the exercise, as i cannot make myself excercise otherwise..... in my experience, (with the nausea you speak of) it is half in your head..... the fact that you know you have a problem makes you stress about the problem more.... (IE, stressing about being able to go to sleep isnt going to help your insomnia).... i suggest when you need to eat, it doesnt matter what you are smoking, just the simple fact that smoking makes eating a bit easier... you probably wont be "hungry", but you know you have to force yourself to eat some food, and the munchies can help you to do that and be able to keep it down
 

MrBlanco

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I dont (at the moment) have the capability to be self-sufficient, or buy decent pot, but i do use cannabis to help with a mood disorder.... what kind at this point does not matter, it (thc in general) is the ONLY drug i've found to help with my issues..... which can vary from severe depression, anxiety, or mania.... or a mixture of all..... I dream of the day when i can grow big enough to start finding specific strains to better help my specific problems.
I also have a decent case of depression. I've been on Zoloft and Prozac for that and Buspar for my anxiety. I really didn't like how they made me feel. Marijuana helps my problems way better than the chemicals did.

Most of my smoke is schwag right now, but I'm growing four different strains. Two blueberry mixes one indica dominant and the other sativa dominant, white widow, and some schwag bag seed to experiment with.

Also, blueberry made me way anxious and the kush was pretty good for anxiety, but it didn't get me baked at all so I dropped both those strains. Buddy has some trainwreck clones, maybe I'll scoop some of those up.
What kush did you try? Purple kush worked pretty nicely for me and I smoke a lot of weed. Trainwreck's pretty good. Other strains I like are bubbleberry and granddaddy purple.
 

growone

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I also have a decent case of depression. I've been on Zoloft and Prozac for that and Buspar for my anxiety. I really didn't like how they made me feel. Marijuana helps my problems way better than the chemicals did.

Most of my smoke is schwag right now, but I'm growing four different strains. Two blueberry mixes one indica dominant and the other sativa dominant, white widow, and some schwag bag seed to experiment with.
i have seen this story so many times on how the current medications will 'go bad' after a period of time
the more i read about them, the more they scared me
i don't want to begin talking up weed as some magic cure all for depression, but i can say it hasn't given me any nasty side effects after 2 months
use to be a rec smoker many years ago, but now it's just about feeling better
 

monkz

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Hello,

I have severe panic disorder. I have anywhere from 1 hour a day to 8 hours of sheir panic. A lot of you know exactly what I'm talking about, this thread is meant for you. So when I was taking xanax and valium I was able to use a strain of white widdow crossed with mowie wowie that would perfect the mix of drugs and make me totally relaxed. Since then, they took me off all my benzodiazepams and have me on citalopram and quintiapine. Also, since then every time I smoke I don't get the relaxation I use to. Some times I panic, other times even though I feel high as a kite, my emotional state has no changed

So, what I'm looking for are any tips from people suffering from an anxiety disorder to comment on what kind of weed they feel helps (strain, how long do you let it grow, what do the trics look like when you want a nice relaxing high) or even if people have found oil + hash combo works or whatever. I vaporize and smoke oil dipped in THC crystals. The oil seems to make things a little better than vaporizing. I'm not a weed smoker (like joints or whatever) but if that helps the anxiety then I'll go buy some zig zags on the way home. I'd hate to have to give up weed all together, anyone else have any usefull feedback? I'm doing cognitive therapy as well as seing counsillors and going to panic support groups, none of which make a huge difference.
I was on xanax and valium, now only on citalopram like yourself.
I grew Snow white a couple months back and it was a very nice relaxing high.
Im currently growing super lemon haze, blackjack, applejack, blueberry cheese, white widow, strawberry cough, ak-48, blue moonshine and critical jack herer.

You could follow my journal because ill definately post up results of the different highs which the strains produce
 

MasterMD22

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I was on xanax and valium, now only on citalopram like yourself.
I grew Snow white a couple months back and it was a very nice relaxing high.
Im currently growing super lemon haze, blackjack, applejack, blueberry cheese, white widow, strawberry cough, ak-48, blue moonshine and critical jack herer.

You could follow my journal because ill definately post up results of the different highs which the strains produce

Thanks, I think buddy has some snow white clones too, I'll give em a try. I think you'll like the white widdow, it worked for me for a while then I got immune to the strain.
 

Ant Grows Dank

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Hey dude whats up, you basically just described me. I have serve in anxiety, I do not know what triggered it but it started about a year and a half. With mine I get real anxious and feel like I can't breathe which is super gay. Sometimes when I smoke it's fucks with me like I am to high and freaks me out but sometimes I smoke and feel great. I use to be a huge huge toker but I stopped alot when my anxiety started but recently started toking like 4 months ago. It's all in my head pretty much, talked to about 10 different doctors and all said they can not find anything wrong with my breathing. They basically said I have serve anxiety and perscribed me lexapro pills to help and it's also a depression medicine which I am deapress from my anxiety.

I still smoke weed and never will stop because it helps me alot with my bipolar but I do hate when I get the to high feeling and my mind races.

Also for medicine try strawberry cough it is actually a anti anxiety weed. I tried to grow it but my bean didn't sprout so Ill probably do it next round.
 

monkz

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Hey dude whats up, you basically just described me. I have serve in anxiety, I do not know what triggered it but it started about a year and a half. With mine I get real anxious and feel like I can't breathe which is super gay. Sometimes when I smoke it's fucks with me like I am to high and freaks me out but sometimes I smoke and feel great. I use to be a huge huge toker but I stopped alot when my anxiety started but recently started toking like 4 months ago. It's all in my head pretty much, talked to about 10 different doctors and all said they can not find anything wrong with my breathing. They basically said I have serve anxiety and perscribed me lexapro pills to help and it's also a depression medicine which I am deapress from my anxiety.

I still smoke weed and never will stop because it helps me alot with my bipolar but I do hate when I get the to high feeling and my mind races.

Also for medicine try strawberry cough it is actually a anti anxiety weed. I tried to grow it but my bean didn't sprout so Ill probably do it next round.
yo man i have that gay breathing thing too because of my anxiety, and sometimes when i smoke i go into this crazy frenzy just like you lol

so i researched anti-anxiety srains and blackjack and strawberry cough were 2 of the best, so those are 2 of the strains which im growing this time round
 

MasterMD22

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yo man i have that gay breathing thing too because of my anxiety, and sometimes when i smoke i go into this crazy frenzy just like you lol

so i researched anti-anxiety srains and blackjack and strawberry cough were 2 of the best, so those are 2 of the strains which im growing this time round
Seems to be what I've found too. I'll try to pick up those two strains and cross my fingers.
 

monkz

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To be fair Citalopram has worked quite well for me and im only on a 10mg dose every 2nd day now.
 

JonnyBtreed

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Hello,

I have severe panic disorder. I have anywhere from 1 hour a day to 8 hours of sheir panic. A lot of you know exactly what I'm talking about, this thread is meant for you. So when I was taking xanax and valium I was able to use a strain of white widdow crossed with mowie wowie that would perfect the mix of drugs and make me totally relaxed. Since then, they took me off all my benzodiazepams and have me on citalopram and quintiapine. Also, since then every time I smoke I don't get the relaxation I use to. Some times I panic, other times even though I feel high as a kite, my emotional state has no changed.

So, what I'm looking for are any tips from people suffering from an anxiety disorder to comment on what kind of weed they feel helps (strain, how long do you let it grow, what do the trics look like when you want a nice relaxing high) or even if people have found oil + hash combo works or whatever. I vaporize and smoke oil dipped in THC crystals. The oil seems to make things a little better than vaporizing. I'm not a weed smoker (like joints or whatever) but if that helps the anxiety then I'll go buy some zig zags on the way home. I'd hate to have to give up weed all together, anyone else have any usefull feedback? I'm doing cognitive therapy as well as seing counsillors and going to panic support groups, none of which make a huge difference.

So did you have anxiety before the weed or do you think the weed is giving you anxiety? I have mild OCD and Extreme anxiety. The weed def helps with me.
I smoke white demon primarily from BC Seeds. One of their cheaper strains for $60 I got 20 free so 30 seeds altogether for $60.. ha, nevermind.They don't have it anymore. Anyways it was a skunk/lights/haze and I thought it did wonders for the anxiety... Might walk around like a zombie for a bit but no anxiety :bigjoint:
 
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