Why does weed cause Social Anxiety??

[GSG9]

Originally Posted by wishbone

i'm really curious in HOW a failed parachute causes deaths in skydivers.

Not like the whole gravity thing....but the HOW.

uhm they hit the ground and their bones turn into a finer liquid then their own blood?

its not falling that hurts. its hittin the ground.... well thats what my boss tells me anyway

[ebbomega]

A way of breaking the ice always helps. I like "Hi".

Yeah, if you're gonna let the drug control you, time to get out.

Try stopping for like a month. That's about the time it takes for all of it to clear out of your system. After that month, do a sanity-check and see how things are going. Anxiety gone? Nailed it. Still there? Start the smoking again.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by omega_image

wow. it's fucking weed people.

quit trying to analyze it. you're just getting cotton mouthed. if you're too stoned to talk, fuck it, don't talk. if you somehow feel that you're missing out on meeting people because you're stoned........ get off the fucking internet and make some.

silence is the true test of friendship.

Yeah. That's why I say fuck it! Stay in. Going out really isn't all it's cracked up to be.

[esoter1c]

After learning alot about plant spirits this summer, weed makes a lot more sense.

It's a teacher plant, it's a sacred plant.

Disrespect it, it disrespects you.

Instead of meditating and listening.

Most abuse it and just want to get "high".

That's why it makes you a dumb shit.

Respect the plants, they will do more for you than you can imagine.

[GSG9]

did you learn all that on your last spirit journey?

[Grapes]

Originally Posted by esoter1c

After learning alot about plant spirits this summer, weed makes a lot more sense.

It's a teacher plant, it's a sacred plant.

Disrespect it, it disrespects you.

Instead of meditating and listening.

Most abuse it and just want to get "high".

That's why it makes you a dumb shit.

Respect the plants, they will do more for you than you can imagine.

Interesting take, but...

I've certainly experienced marijuanna's ability to enhance appreciation of food + music + etc. I've even thought my thought processes to be elevated at times (although sometimes it's hard to tell if that profound conversation you're having would actually be profound were you listening to yourself sober)

But I've also enjoyed pot while watching a stupid movie with friends and laughing my ass off.

Am I "disrespecting" the plant because occasionally I like to giggle hysterically while baked?

[mojo]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Am I "disrespecting" the plant because occasionally I like to giggle hysterically while baked?

Don't you disrespect the plant with your condescending posts Grapes. You and your bunny ears think your sooo witty... the plant knows what you doing, and it is NOT HAPPY.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by Grapes

Interesting take, but...

I've certainly experienced marijuanna's ability to enhance appreciation of food + music + etc. I've even thought my thought processes to be elevated at times (although sometimes it's hard to tell if that profound conversation you're having would actually be profound were you listening to yourself sober)

But I've also enjoyed pot while watching a stupid movie with friends and laughing my ass off.

Am I "disrespecting" the plant because occasionally I like to giggle hysterically while baked?

Same deal with shrooms, you can either learn alot, or laugh and shit yourself.

[C_squared]

I used to get anxiety from weed until i stopped being a pussy. true story...

refer back to grapes' original post.

[GSG9]

Originally Posted by esoter1c

Same deal with shrooms, you can either learn alot, or laugh and shit yourself.

yea i love the mush. like.... i have more 'bad trips' than good. but at the same time, i always learn so much about myself that i consiter all of them to be really good trips. ive never not enjoyed it, no matter now bad things seem to get.

[hardstylin]

back in the day i used to smoke dope like a freak all day everyday and never had any problems.

Now i have 3 hoots and im totally wrecked and not in a good way pot fucking sketches me out now, i dont really like the high anymore.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by hardstylin

back in the day i used to smoke dope like a freak all day everyday and never had any problems.

Now i have 3 hoots and im totally wrecked and not in a good way pot fucking sketches me out now, i dont really like the high anymore.

It's full of fert & chems, people smoke more avid than weed and don't even know wtf avid is.

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by esoter1c

Same deal with shrooms, you can either learn alot, or laugh and shit yourself.

you shit yourself on mushrooms?

[LimeGreenLaser]

he thinks shrooms are shit from mushrooms

[Speechless]

My English teacher told me today to lay off the bong =(

[LimeGreenLaser]

Originally Posted by esoter1c

After learning alot about plant spirits this summer, weed makes a lot more sense.

It's a teacher plant, it's a sacred plant.

Disrespect it, it disrespects you.

Instead of meditating and listening.

Most abuse it and just want to get "high".

That's why it makes you a dumb shit.

Respect the plants, they will do more for you than you can imagine.

This guy speaks the truth. In conclusion I learned a lot.

Much appreciated pot heads

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Speechless

My English teacher told me today to lay off the bong =(

Yeah, you do a lot better in English with the bottle anyways.

[Rayeine]

dust off your records.

[jenai]

supposedly anxiety has to do with the GABA receptors.

this is why Benzodiazepines (bzd) work, and also why you get hooked on them fast.

i would suggest pre-loading with 5 of Valerian (the 5x stuff that's labelled 500mg) a half hr before the next bong hit, and then taking 3 pills a day for about a week, and then 1 pill a night.

Any nervousness I would attribute to MAO action on dopamine, which forms noradrenalin and adrenalin. Though THC-induced anxiety could be due to dopamine release. Since usually, serotonin is tweaked. Hence the earlier sleep-offs after a bake-off.

However one of the CBDs is a dopamine agonist.

Tho, some of those nice dreams may be because of anti-cholinergic influence of another CDB. These canniboids can affect a lot of neurotransmitter receptors other than just dopamine and serotonin.

bzd, acetylcholine, dopamine, serotonin, gaba: these are just a handful being tweaked by weed.

the last time i puffed on weed, i took 3 puffs from chris bennett's doobie and wandered around vancouver on Remembrance Day.

that was about 3 hours I will never get back! it gets really dull and boring walking around in a stoner haze. the worst part was when i was hallucinating my arms were twitching due to a seizure. over the next hour, i must have gotten anxious, but i didn't panic. i just wanted the buzz to go away.

i haven't touched weed since.

man, i wish for the days before that concussion in 2004, when two puffs just made me dizzy and hungry!

anyway, preload with valerian. and keep the brain on an even keel with rhodiola when you aint toking.

[OsmosisJones]

step 1: Quit smoking for at least a month. If you really are smoking as much as you say, then you are permabaked.

step 2: now that you have detoxed, are you still uncomfortable (especially around girls)?. If you are, it's not the weed, you are just a shy guy, you should start a whole new post for this problem.)

step 3: If it was just the weed, ease yourself back in, smoke when you want, as much as you want, around the people you are comfortable with.

I suspect you already know al of this, you just need someone to tell you.

ONLY DO DRUGS IF YOU WANT TO, PEER PRESSURE MAKES FOR A BAD TRIP

[Big R]

needa get yo self a new connect!

[FireWire]

Maybe you should treat your marijuana induced anxiety disorder with more marijuana.

Here's how:
Marihuana and General Anxiety Disorder
News in Science - New cannabinoid compound may treat anxiety - 02/12/2002
Illegal Blog: Study Shows Marijuana May Be Useful in Treating Anxiety, Depression
Somethink to Chew On: marijuana, anxiety, and memory
Cannabis and Stress/Anxiety - IDMU Ltd

[FireWire]

By the way, how's it going? lol

How's the anxiety? I'm in no way being serious in my last post... but it's just funny what I came up with (treating anxiety with cannabis... pft give me a break).

If you still read this thread - then the answer to your problem is to simply to stay off the bud. Whatever anxiety you will have remaining won't be cause of pot... but will be due to lack of social confidence (which can be fixed through social interactions).

[Speechless]

My English teacher told me to lay off the pipe too =(

[SUPER WOMAN]

I know this is old...but maybe you are still looking for advise.

I have been an everyday weed smoker for the past 9 years. I was recently diagnosed with Social and Panic Anxiety. I came across you topic while researching weed & anxiety. My brother (who is also a pot smoker and not a doctor) told me that I have anxiety issues because I smoke pot. I don't believe him because I find smoking weed helps me deal with my anxiety. If I could be constantly high I don't think I would have any anxiety. Maybe you have underlying psychological issues that cause the anxiety. Maybe when your high you are more aware of those issues and it gets your mind going. I am going to a Psychologist to figure out where my anxiety comes from. I had anxiety before I started smoking weed...I just didn't know it...then one night when I was high...it came to me. I don't want to take pills for my anxiety...so I self medicate with weed...I just wish I could smoke it all day. Marijuana does affect everyone differently. So maybe it causes anxiety for you. I think that because I smoke it everyday...I don't get as sketched out as those who do it occasionally or quit then start back up. I can smoke all kinds and I'm just cool...I don't freak out...I might act silly...but I'm a silly girl when not high. When I don't have weed I have anxiety.

So to answer your question...I don't think smoking weed causes social anxiety...but I ain't a doctor.

Those are just my thoughts...hope you get your anxiety figured out...I kinda know how you feel and it really fuckin sucks.