some real advice please!?

[hope full]

So my best friend who iv known for a really really long time has extreme panic attacks when he smokes,he was a big time smoker never had an issue and quit for a while and now when he smokes its balls to the wall panic mode, he says he feels like hez about to die, iv felt his heart before and it beats hard and fast, I try to tell him the shit cant kill you but it dosent work, heas allmost called 911 a few timez, he has panic attacks sober every now and then, but every single time he smoke he has an extreme one, he really misses being able to smoke he says he loves it, not only being high but the whole process before even smoking like breaking the bud up rolling up the j ect, and I feel bad because he explains it with so much passion, and he loves the person he used to be and misses all the fun times he had smoking, he seemz depressed now not like he used to be, can any one give me some advice and tips to help him? I miss my old smoking buddy!! Help please!!

 

[cannabineer]

Some folks don't tolerate the Indicas but do fine on Sativas. Weird but true afaik. Maybe a different strain would do for him.
Otherwise, he might be s.o.l. cn

 

[Corxrew]

smoke less? if he's trying to smoke as much as he used to with really low tolerance that could be the problem. other than that I've got nothing.

 

[Pat the stoner]

That happened to me when I had a string of real bad panic attacks for like a year and finally they went away . But the Cannabineer is right about the sativas . Fear is just sucky , got to stop fearing . Thats the only way they really went away for me .

 

[growone]

i suffer from anxiety, weed can affect you either way, it can lower anxiety, it can also raise it
this is a really complicated topic, but one simple place to start is to try a vaporizer
when you smoke, there's a reaction to the toxic parts of the smoke(carbon monoxide and other stuff) to raise your heart rate
most people aren't bothered too much by it, but some do get a feed back from the increased heart rate, and get panicky, which in turn raises the heart rate
and of course not all strains are the same for panic problems

 

[missnu]

buy lower potency weed and work up...sometimes I still overdo it with some I grow and freak out, but really I just needed not so good weed for a long time...like 5 years, now I can tolerate and enjoy the better stuff...lol. Too hard to find the cheap now anyway...but blah blah blah ---give cheap weed a shot and work up

 

[Fight411]

What kind of bud is it? Its my understanding that bud that isn't mature only or mostly clear trichs can cause em and other mental issuses in some people who are naturally more susceptable, due to having low to no cbd. Try bud with no clear trichs, milky and amber only. The cbd and others in mature bud counter act Paranoia and other mental issues. If its street weed this might be why because most commerical grows are chopped with almost all clear trichs because it stops putting on weight so they just harvest it even tho its not fully mature.

 

[hope full]

Thanks guys much appreciated, from what he tells me its not the effect and feeling from being high but the heart rate, his shit just shy rockets I tell him he cant die... But dam it gets me freaking out, like his shits beatin fast can this mofo die? Im high as fuck what if he passes out lol, but can every one just give there opinions if you can die or not from smoking lol ( im gonna have him read every ones response to if you can die or not maybe hearing it from more people will help)

 

[RawBudzski]

Wheres he from

 

[hope full]

Hes tried smoking twice with me since he quit, it some widow, and I chop at about 65 to 75 percent amber, ill slack off sometimes and chop 50 and lower but hes only smoked my latest batch wich was deff like 70 percent amber at least by the way I read that post s ome really good info in thee about harvesting.

 

[Pat the stoner]

Thanks guys much appreciated, from what he tells me its not the effect and feeling from being high but the heart rate, his shit just shy rockets I tell him he cant die... But dam it gets me freaking out, like his shits beatin fast can this mofo die? Im high as fuck what if he passes out lol, but can every one just give there opinions if you can die or not from smoking lol ( im gonna have him read every ones response to if you can die or not maybe hearing it from more people will help)

I never in my life heard of anyone dying like that or from smoking weed in any way .

 

[cannabineer]

When I was a youngin, I had that runaway heart rate response from some of the ordinary "colombian" we all smoked in our state back then. I remember sitting on a couch in a darkened room for over half an hour, still as a rock, with a heart rate north of 150 bpm. it's scary, and the fear factor feeds right back into the heart rate. So I get it.
Imo it's not life-threatening, unless there are weird extraneous factors like a physical defect in th myocardium or valves somewhere. cn

 

[Carne Seca]

So my best friend who iv known for a really really long time has extreme panic attacks when he smokes,he was a big time smoker never had an issue and quit for a while and now when he smokes its balls to the wall panic mode, he says he feels like hez about to die, iv felt his heart before and it beats hard and fast, I try to tell him the shit cant kill you but it dosent work, heas allmost called 911 a few timez, he has panic attacks sober every now and then, but every single time he smoke he has an extreme one, he really misses being able to smoke he says he loves it, not only being high but the whole process before even smoking like breaking the bud up rolling up the j ect, and I feel bad because he explains it with so much passion, and he loves the person he used to be and misses all the fun times he had smoking, he seemz depressed now not like he used to be, can any one give me some advice and tips to help him? I miss my old smoking buddy!! Help please!!

Tell him to quit smoking. It's not for everyone.

 

[Fight411]

Yea that was a great read. But dam that sucks, maybe edibles might have a different effect.

 

[Jack Harer]

Sativas and Indicas have distinctly different highs. If you aint used to it, My Sats will throw one mother of a panic attack on ya. I've seen it happen more than once. They are really mind twisters. He may need an Indica or Indica dom.

 

[Corxrew]

Hes tried smoking twice with me since he quit, it some widow, and I chop at about 65 to 75 percent amber, ill slack off sometimes and chop 50 and lower but hes only smoked my latest batch wich was deff like 70 percent amber at least by the way I read that post s ome really good info in thee about harvesting.

I honestly think he just has a way lower tolerance now. Have him try just smoking 1 hit

 

[hope full]

Ya I know. Hes only tried twice, I mean he used to burn down with me like no joke hed smoke like a half of some comercial northen lghts a day that we used to get for dirt cheap, dam I miss that shit.... But I have and he hasnt tried smoking in a few weeks now. he loves it tho and its just sad to see him like that.

 

[hope full]

Hey pat what were some of your ways with dealing with your anxiety? Trying to gather all info I can on this from actual smokers for him, hes like my brother one of those friends that no matter what hes by ur side. And thank you to every one whos responded I really fee the love in here!

 

[FR33MASON]

Your Friend should go to a doctor.

From the breif explanation of symptoms I have my feelings as to what might be occurring but I'm not a doctor.

 

[Pat the stoner]

Hey pat what were some of your ways with dealing with your anxiety? Trying to gather all info I can on this from actual smokers for him, hes like my brother one of those friends that no matter what hes by ur side. And thank you to every one whos responded I really fee the love in here!

When my activity level in creased , my heart rate went up and the attacks would come , anticipation made them worse . Stress would also bring them on . I slowed my roll smoking a couple hits only , instead of whole j's . Focused on keeping heart rate down and learned to stop fearing these attacks - thats what they feed off (fear) . Stop fearing and they go away .