Sufferer Never Try Drugs! My Ptsd Story.

[shannon james]

Hi, I had a normal life and everything was great, until I tried cannabis that is.

It was all fine at the start I had a joint to myself (I smoked all of it, to fast, to quickly) never trying it again.
I was with my boyfriend and I was laughing and having a good time at the start then all of a sudden BAMM! I had a panic attack.
it felt like I was walking in concrete then my lungs were weak and my heart went INSANE!!! I paniced and screamed in the middle of the street, and for weeks I was disorientated and had no memory at all.

The next day I was fine, felt uneasy but fine until I was sleeping my boyfriends house and out of nowhere I had a panic attack and this was intense shaking, thinking I was going to die, I kept saying "ring 999, ring the ambulance"
But after 30 minuets I started to calm down.

but now ,4 weeks later, im starting to see my world again and my memory is comming back.
ive been diagnosed with PTSD and im still struggling with anxiety.
and even have miniture anxiety attacks everyday but I push past them, but I was wondering

What are peoples own technics to help deal with anxiety, I rung for therapy but they never rung me back.

thank you for reading. Xxx

 

[Cool Cat]

I found the best thing for panic attacks is keep saying to yourself

"Breathe"
"Breathe slow"
"These thoughts are not your thoughts"
"This will pass"
"Keep on breathing"

Try understand that panic attacks are panics, try disregard what your mind is telling you. It takes therapy to learn this, to learn to identify a panic attack. And when you can, you're fine. I had a terrible one yesterday after eating my dinner ( I had chicken ) and I thought I was sick from salmonella or food poisoning which made the panic attack 1000% worse.

Where did you try for therapy?

 

[shannon james]

Thanks ill try that,
Since I live the the south west of England we have a councling and therapist for young people called outlook who said they would ring me back after compleating a deppression CBT test said I need anxiety therapy but never rung me back.

 

[LostOne1985]

I am right there with you, i was prescribed cannabis for my PTSD, anxiety, and depression but i had a crazy panic attack. I really want to stay on my regime but i am afraid of the panic attacks. I hope yours gets better, i hate this ptsd.

 

[shannon james]

Never take anything that makes you feel uneasy I learned that, my doctor wasnt mad at me.

 

[LostOne1985]

I just feel like this PTSD consumes me, i use to like how it would chill me out but now it does the opposite. I have tried other drugs but make me feel like a zombie and it sucks. I just feel helpless to this disease. I just had an episode on the way home some woman just cut me off and i felt like i was going to bust out of my skin. I was flipping her the bird, trying to catch up to her to tell her something. Although, before that was never me, i was never that type to do these things.

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Welcome @shannon james I have a few proven UK Therapy technique's I can PM you if you would like them.

Sending a :hug: from Devon if you accept it

Laurie

 

[Justmehere]

I'm not sure I understand accurately - did you try to use the cannabis for PTSD symptoms you already had? Or was it the cannabis induced panic attacks that are considered to be the trauma that has led to your development of PTSD?

It might change some of what you could try to feel better after this experience. Either way, panic attacks are really scary to endure. So sorry you are going through this! :hug:

 

[Deleted member 1860]

So you left the story out of your story.....ie your trauma.

 

[Sighs]

I would be questioning your diagnosis if there is nothing that meets Criterion A.

Criterion A: stressor
The person was exposed to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence, as follows: (one required)

1. Direct exposure.
2. Witnessing, in person.
3. Indirectly, by learning that a close relative or close friend was exposed to trauma. If the event involved actual or threatened death, it must have been violent or accidental.
4. Repeated or extreme indirect exposure to aversive details of the event(s), usually in the course of professional duties (e.g., first responders, collecting body parts; professionals repeatedly exposed to details of child abuse). This does not include indirect non-professional exposure through electronic media, television, movies, or pictures.

I say this not to disrespect you but if you are wrongly diagnosed you may not be receiving the right treatment.

 

[illusionist]

That sounds like you were having a Whitey....very common but a Whitey does not cause trauma. It happened to me the second time I tried it....scary and was enough to stop me ever trying it again.

 

[somerandomguy]

I used to smoke weed infrequently, then I had some that was a lot stronger than any I'd had before. The result was a week-long anxiety attack. So this is not unheard of.

However, a lot of people find that marijuana really helps them with anxiety issues. So it's not really that useful to just say "don't use drugs" based on one person's experience.