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The point is that the panic attack is most likely not due to the substance itself, but due to how you used it. The experience of others shows that it's possible

The point is that the panic attack is most likely not due to the substance itself, but due to how you used it. The experience of others shows that it's possible to use it and not get panic attacks, even if that was the original reaction.

farahabdi 8y ago
As someone who is weighing up right this moment whether to buy some weed to break a 37 day streak, I would consider his anxiety attacks a blessing in disguise. Smoking pot under the age of 25 years old is one of the worst habits you can have. Not only are you changing your brain chemistry at a time when it's still developing, ages 18-25 is really a time when you should be focused on developing skills & human capital. With regular pot those years will fly by in an instant with nothing to show for in terms of achievements. I love pot, but I wish I had discovered it when I'm over 30 and settled.
- hutzlibu 8y ago
  Possible, that his fear helped him, not to turn into a lazy pothead. But I found, pot can help you a lot figuring out what you want and get new ideas what to do - so if you then overcome the stonedness and actually do it, then it can be good around that time... Time can also fly away, working like a log on something you don't love and then you equally wasted your time.
- slowmotiony 8y ago
  It's not so bad. I smoke every damn day since university (10 years+ now), got my masters, switched countries, learned a new language, now have a nice manager position at a fintech company with lots of people interactions and some deep-dives into tech as well. No issues. My only issue is that it's very hard to quit after such long time, because things like chores or working out become tedious and boring, it's hard to motivate myself to do them, and I get irritated easily.
adriand 8y ago
I don't agree with this, even though it's a common opinion. There is something about the combination of cannabis and certain people (their mental makeup? their neurophysiology?) which either inevitably, or randomly, leads to poor outcomes from consuming even very small amounts of cannabis even under ideal conditions. If you know yourself well enough to understand a substance is not for you, then the solution is simple: don't consume it, and don't listen to people who say you're doing it wrong.
- folkrav 8y ago
  To play Devil's advocate, you don't really know if it's really about one's physiology or just how you used it. I had two consecutive panic attacks back when I was 18 that led to me completely stopping for years before I tried it again years later in smaller doses, and I haven't had panic attacks since. Been smoking occasionally for about 5-6 now.

farahabdi 8y ago

As someone who is weighing up right this moment whether to buy some weed to break a 37 day streak, I would consider his anxiety attacks a blessing in disguise. Smoking pot under the age of 25 years old is one of the worst habits you can have. Not only are you changing your brain chemistry at a time when it's still developing, ages 18-25 is really a time when you should be focused on developing skills & human capital. With regular pot those years will fly by in an instant with nothing to show for in terms of achievements. I love pot, but I wish I had discovered it when I'm over 30 and settled.

hutzlibu 8y ago
Possible, that his fear helped him, not to turn into a lazy pothead. But I found, pot can help you a lot figuring out what you want and get new ideas what to do - so if you then overcome the stonedness and actually do it, then it can be good around that time... Time can also fly away, working like a log on something you don't love and then you equally wasted your time.
slowmotiony 8y ago
It's not so bad. I smoke every damn day since university (10 years+ now), got my masters, switched countries, learned a new language, now have a nice manager position at a fintech company with lots of people interactions and some deep-dives into tech as well. No issues. My only issue is that it's very hard to quit after such long time, because things like chores or working out become tedious and boring, it's hard to motivate myself to do them, and I get irritated easily.

adriand 8y ago

I don't agree with this, even though it's a common opinion. There is something about the combination of cannabis and certain people (their mental makeup? their neurophysiology?) which either inevitably, or randomly, leads to poor outcomes from consuming even very small amounts of cannabis even under ideal conditions. If you know yourself well enough to understand a substance is not for you, then the solution is simple: don't consume it, and don't listen to people who say you're doing it wrong.

folkrav 8y ago
To play Devil's advocate, you don't really know if it's really about one's physiology or just how you used it. I had two consecutive panic attacks back when I was 18 that led to me completely stopping for years before I tried it again years later in smaller doses, and I haven't had panic attacks since. Been smoking occasionally for about 5-6 now.