I Get Very Paranoid About People Noticing I'm High Off Weed

[Charmonium]

Nope. I vape Indica strains for my MS. Try it.

Ah yup. Indica is pronounced in-da-couch

This. It happened to me more often back when I was a new smoker, but nowadays, it's either a strain that isn't to my liking and/or I've had too much.

Same here. Historically, I've been a borderline hypochondriac. So those are the fears that are the first to pop screaming out of my chest (Alien ref). Now when I worry if I'm dying, I'm scared for about 2-3 seconds, max. Then I'm like, eh, fuck it. Let's see where this goes.

Anyway, to get back on topic, HEPA filters are your friend. Now, it sounds like that sort of thing might not be in your budget. OK. You have a birthday, right? Then there's Xmas/Hanukah/Kwanza/Chinese New Year, etc. Do you also have family/friends with a few extra cubes of cheddar? Yes? Well . . . .

edit: Also, as the eternal sage and wisest of all men Dirty Harry once said - a man's gotta know his limitations.

 

[nakedfrog]

Certain high-THC Sativa/Sativa-leaning hybrids will do that to me once in a great while .... usually strains mixed with East Coast Sour-Diesel.

Still trying to figure out exactly what chemical property that type of bud has which can trigger mild anxiety so I can avoid it.

Overall its not a serious problem though unless you are prone to panic-attacks .... those can be dangerous for multiple reasons.

The last one for me was Dr. Who, an indica-dominant hybrid. I just mixed it up with another strain until I'd gone through it

 

[sandorski]

Certain high-THC Sativa/Sativa-leaning hybrids will do that to me once in a great while .... usually strains mixed with East Coast Sour-Diesel.

Still trying to figure out exactly what chemical property that type of bud has which can trigger mild anxiety so I can avoid it.

Overall its not a serious problem though unless you are prone to panic-attacks .... those can be dangerous for multiple reasons.

I watched some thing a few years back that suggested that Low or no CBD Cannabis was more likely to produce such an effect. Especially with High THC strains.

 

[Charmonium]

Overall its not a serious problem though unless you are prone to panic-attacks .... those can be dangerous for multiple reasons.

Oh fuck yeah. Hey, you don't actually know me, right?

Luvox has helped me tremendously but it can be a tough drug to tritrate up on. Took me literally several months to get to my current 300mg dosage. If you go up too fast (bear in mind, this is MY personal experience and I'm pretty weird), you'll want to kill yourself. Fortunately, the more you think about it, the more you realize it's just too much fucking work and you can barely move or think anyway. It's an antidepressant but also the number one choice for OCD. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

 

[nakedfrog]

I watched some thing a few years back that suggested that Low or no CBD Cannabis was more likely to produce such an effect. Especially with High THC strains.

While I was experimenting to figure out exactly what it was in cannabis that helps prevent my opthalmic migraines, and finding out that some strains didn't seem as effective as others, I've been typically mixing some 2:1 CBD:THC flower into my preferred strain for day-to-day use, and it seems to have proven beneficial overall. Now I'm down to typically 2-4 episodes in a year, which is pretty good.

 

[Captante]

I watched some thing a few years back that suggested that Low or no CBD Cannabis was more likely to produce such an effect. Especially with High THC strains.

That was one of my first thoughts but I have not found it to be the case.... CBD doesn't do a lot for me aside from some pain-relief.

Too bad too because that would have been easy... every grower in CT lists the CBD % on the label even if the amount is zero.

Problem is that I'm leaning towards it being some combination in the terpene-profile of the anxiety-causing bud which MIGHT be listed but often is skipped over (or completely not available) depending on where you get your weed.

 

[Captante]

Oh fuck yeah. Hey, you don't actually know me, right?

I had the camera's installed awhile back.

 

[Charmonium]

I had the camera's installed awhile back.

SHIT!

I'm going to assume that they're hidden and broadcast on a band I'd need at least 3 different bug sniffers to find.

Bastard.

 

[Captante]

I've actually had a serious panic-attack myself but it was chemically induced by the one "drug interaction" I've had with weed in my life. (with the antibiotic Erythromycin)

Keep in mind this was back when weed was still very illegal almost everywhere so I have no idea what was in the stuff I smoked however I can recall I had a big bag of it and only had that reaction one time. I had also taken that antibiotic before but not smoked while on it and been fine.

I got a different antibiotic the next day anyway!


"marijuana is known to inhibit cytochrome p450 enzymes produced in the liver. These enzymes are responsible for the biosynthesis of certain macrolide antibiotics like troleandomycin, erythromycin, and miocamycin.

So if marijuana use is inhibiting these enzymes, you’re more vulnerable to any side effects caused by the antibiotic."

~ Greenhealthdocs.com


Known Cannabis drug interactions (Drugs.com)

The list is short thanks to the failed war on drugs throttling MJ research.

 

[nakedfrog]

That was one of my first thoughts but I have not found it to be the case.... CBD doesn't do a lot for me aside from some pain-relief.

Too bad too because that would have been easy... every grower in CT lists the CBD % on the label even if the amount is zero.

They do here as well, but so far overwhelmingly the options are "mostly CBD", "effectively no CBD", or the one grower I've found that always seems to have a couple options for 2:1 CBD:THC (at least around here, that's what I tend to see).

Problem is that I'm leaning towards it being some combination in the terpene-profile of the anxiety-causing bud which MIGHT be listed but often is skipped over (or completely not available) depending on where you get your weed.

Yes, it seems to be specific to the grower here whether terpenes are listed, so I haven't done much research there.

 

[Charmonium]

You probably know this, but zithromax is pretty much the same drug - fyi.

In my case, it's sort of quaint to call them "panic attacks." Usually, some sort of benzo is enough to put a leash on normal panic attacks. I need a f***ing anti-psychotic.

I've had these my whole life to different degrees. When I was in grad school, I cured them with high (but not toxic) doses of niacin. Not niacinamide. No "flushing" effect with the latter. FYI, anything over 500mg can be toxic unless it's timed-release. And even then, I wouldn't want to gamble.

More recently, I've only gotten them a few times but they were all in the couple decades while I was developing type ii diabetes. The first I think was olanzapine. That's known to affect glucose levels IIRC. Then later it was when my glucose control had gone to complete shit. And most recently, when I ran out of my Victoza and had to try to manage it with what I'll cal band-aid meds like repaglinide.

This last time I actually had forgotten about this causal link and when I got back on my Victoza, I spend a couple of days right on the borderline between just feeling shitty and full out terror. Once I figured it out, I grabbed that bottle of Seroquel so fast, I think the space-time distortion must have been picked up by LIGO.

 

[sandorski]

That was one of my first thoughts but I have not found it to be the case.... CBD doesn't do a lot for me aside from some pain-relief.

Too bad too because that would have been easy... every grower in CT lists the CBD % on the label even if the amount is zero.

Problem is that I'm leaning towards it being some combination in the terpene-profile of the anxiety-causing bud which MIGHT be listed but often is skipped over (or completely not available) depending on where you get your weed.

Makes sense. Sounds like a good study candidate.

 

[Captante]

You probably know this, but zithromax is pretty much the same drug - fyi.

In my case, it's sort of quaint to call them "panic attacks." Usually, some sort of benzo is enough to put a leash on normal panic attacks. I need a f***ing anti-psychotic.

I've had these my whole life to different degrees. When I was in grad school, I cured them with high (but not toxic) doses of niacin. Not niacinamide. No "flushing" effect with the latter. FYI, anything over 500mg can be toxic unless it's timed-release. And even then, I wouldn't want to gamble.

More recently, I've only gotten them a few times but they were all in the couple decades while I was developing type ii diabetes. The first I think was olanzapine. That's known to affect glucose levels IIRC. Then later it was when my glucose control had gone to complete shit. And most recently, when I ran out of my Victoza and had to try to manage it with what I'll cal band-aid meds like repaglinide.

This last time I actually had forgotten about this causal link and when I got back on my Victoza, I spend a couple of days right on the borderline between just feeling shitty and full out terror. Once I figured it out, I grabbed that bottle of Seroquel so fast, I think the space-time distortion must have been picked up by LIGO.

They're from the same "macrolide" antibiotic family and are similar but not identical. Azithromycin has never given me any problems.

A couple of the primary advantages of azithromycin over erythromycin are substantially fewer drug-interactions and milder side-effects interestingly.



And that's a lot to deal with... I'm glad/hope you're doing okay now!

I had taken the erythromycin approx an hour before smoking on an empty stomach (derp) so I pretty much knew that the drugs I put in my system were causing me to freak out.

Despite my knowing that it would almost certainly ease up shortly on its own it was still awful but it wasn't the same as your situation at all!

 

[Charmonium]

They're from the same "macrolide" antibiotic family and are similar but not identical. Azithromycin has never given me any problems.

A couple of the primary advantages of azithromycin over erythromycin are substantially fewer drug-interactions and milder side-effects interestingly.



And that's a lot to deal with... I'm glad/hope you're doing okay now!

I had taken the erythromycin approx an hour before smoking on an empty stomach (derp) so I pretty much knew that the drugs I put in my system were causing me to freak out.

Despite my knowing that it would almost certainly ease up shortly on its own it was still awful but it wasn't the same as your situation at all!

multo thx dude. I really do try not to exaggerate these things but I was munching on valium and atenolol and still screaming myself to sleep. I really should be much, much more damaged than I seem to be.

edit: I have to add this because I'm both a dick and a pessimist.

One never know, do one?