Best strains for people who suffer from panic attacks

Metalferrets · Post by **Metalferrets** » Mon 25th May 2009 04:03 pm

Sometimes (pretty rarely but it does happen) my boyfriend and I get panic attacks when we smoke. Now a days it is just brick week or mids that we get but sometimes we can get actual buds. no one ever knows what strains they are though. Back in the day our old dealer would tell us what strains they were as he got his shit from a botanist. Anyway I'm rambling...which strains are nice and mellow and don't make your mind race or make you feel like you might die?

Every time I start to feel funny I just tell myself that I am high and focus on nothing else but my breathing and then I am fine. I tell my boyfriend the same thing when he gets one that he is just high and it seems to help him.

Dambuster · Post by **Dambuster** » Mon 25th May 2009 05:04 pm

strawberry haze from greenhouse is a nice calm,mellow smoke, and it tastes fantastic!

Metalferrets · Post by **Metalferrets** » Mon 25th May 2009 05:51 pm

Nice. We planned on trying that anyway as I LOVE strawberry and haze

Were going to be sampling all the strains we can anyway.

TwoCanucks · Post by **TwoCanucks** » Mon 25th May 2009 06:40 pm

Metalferrets wrote:Nice. We planned on trying that anyway as I LOVE strawberry and haze

Were going to be sampling all the strains we can anyway.

the majority of Panic attacks caused from smoking weed are onset from a lack of proper breathing.

When smoking stronger strains, (one's that are harder on the lungs) the smoker will breath less oxygen after a joint. usually this is from the stress on the lungs. some slight soreness of the lung tissue will cause a smoker to unknowingly take shorter breaths after a joint.

just remember, after smoking a joint... try to take a few deep slow breaths... deep inhale, slow exhale... usually 3 or 4 times will be enough to offset or stop a panic attack.

of course, i'm speaking from personal experience, and results may vary.

Metalferrets · Post by **Metalferrets** » Mon 25th May 2009 07:24 pm

very interesting. I started doing the breathing thing after reading in a natural cures book that most people do not breathe correctly and it causes A LOT of health problems. It really helps me. It helps a lot to just remind myself that I am high and the panic will soon pass and it it something to enjoy not make you worry.

Metalferrets · Post by **Metalferrets** » Mon 25th May 2009 07:26 pm

Also another GREAT reason to use a vape.

TwoCanucks · Post by **TwoCanucks** » Mon 25th May 2009 07:30 pm

Metalferrets wrote:It helps a lot to just remind myself that I am high and the panic will soon pass and it it something to enjoy not make you worry.

I think the biggest problem with this issue is mental. The lack of proper oxygen supply to the brain causes the body to react creating this feeling of panic. It doesn't help that when you remind yourself it's just 'a panic attack', you are still subconsciously thinking 'yeah, it's just a panic attack, but it is a panic attack, fuck here's the panic feeling.'

Another factor is also the blood sugar drop from smoking THC. people forget to keep their blood sugar high while they are 'high'. panic attacks combined with a feeling of low blood sugar is a deadly combo and certainly is hard to overcome.

Just remember... breath, stay nourished... and enjoy your bud.

Peace.

Adamster · Post by **Adamster** » Mon 25th May 2009 07:43 pm

id tell you start by smoking a sativa cause most indica strain will give you some panic or hart attack feeling.i know alot of ppl whom stop smoking weed cause of the feeling they get like panic attack un-normal hart beats ..... felling weird .. un able to control themself and the high...and MOST strret strain are indica so its normal for you to get them feeling....un like from your strret dealer or whatev you get it from amsterdam give you the choise and budtenders are there to anwser your questions you maybe ask what kinna high your looking for? and you reply what you d like has a high!

Greenhouse¯s strawberry haze NICE!!but good luck most of the time OUT of STOCK (last trip out of 10days and 6visit no luck)!! but they good some other nice strain no too strong! like the hawian snow! Arjan haze ... ..

Metalferrets · Post by **Metalferrets** » Mon 25th May 2009 08:42 pm

We will be there for 2 weeks (maybe longer) so we'll go there every day and keep our hopes up. Anything from Arjan will be good for sure we want to try everything we can from him.

I think the blood sugar thing has a lot to do with it because we only eat one big meal a day instead of 6 small meals like we should be doing. Things will be different for us soon when we move though.

We stopped smoking for 10 months because my boyfriend was diagnosed with tachycardia. He hasn't has a spell for a long time though and we have been smoking since Christmas 08 (since we quit) because his dad gave him some bud. I only quit because my boyfriend was buying it and I don't like to smoke by myself. Panic attacks arent enough to make me quit. I have been smoking for 10 years and been just fine. We rarely get them but when we do they suck. I can handle them better because i do the breathing technique. Also I have noticed my boyfriend seems to only get them when we have friends over. We both do have bad anxiety anyway along with us both having mental problems.

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Mon 25th May 2009 11:03 pm

Adamster i would of said smoking an Indica would be better. Less energy and less likely to get the heart beating a bit, more of a sit down chill out vibe. ACE from Paradox could be what you need.

smokestaxlitenin · Post by **smokestaxlitenin** » Mon 25th May 2009 11:54 pm

Adamster wrote:id tell you start by smoking a sativa cause most indica strain will give you some panic or hart attack feeling.i know alot of ppl whom stop smoking weed cause of the feeling they get like panic attack un-normal hart beats ..... felling weird .. un able to control themself and the high...and MOST strret strain are indica so its normal for you to get them feeling....un like from your strret dealer or whatev you get it from amsterdam give you the choise and budtenders are there to anwser your questions you maybe ask what kinna high your looking for? and you reply what you d like has a high!

Greenhouse¯s strawberry haze NICE!!but good luck most of the time OUT of STOCK (last trip out of 10days and 6visit no luck)!! but they good some other nice strain no too strong! like the hawian snow! Arjan haze ... ..

i feel the exact opposite...the sativa gives you that pumped up heart pounding feeling - ie. green crack!!
the indica is was sooths the body down - aka. COUCH LOCK!!

Kamina · Post by **Kamina** » Tue 26th May 2009 04:03 am

other than oxygen level, blood glucose levels, it could be:

The fact that you said you normally smoke brick or mids, which as most people know are not grown right, dried right,cured right etc etc. Since i dropped the mid grade I have not had a single problem =] I doubt you will have this problem in amsterdam! Have a wonderful trip and write a travellouge for all of our reading pleasure!

Metalferrets · Post by **Metalferrets** » Tue 26th May 2009 03:36 pm

Yea regardless of what happens we aren't going to let anything worry us. We will be too damn happy to give a shit. We are going to be buying a small palm cam cord and take lots of pictures for everyone to see. Too bad that won't be until September.

Adamster · Post by **Adamster** » Tue 26th May 2009 04:08 pm

if i smoke some STRONG indica my hart goes crazy and my mind shuts down.
if im smoking sativa i fell relax and normal witch i dont like cause i dont fell high. but will be doin more moving around then just sitting and smoking and other hit!

Each person takes it in diffrenty im guessing?

Can you say Cheese?

goin now to smoke some

peace

Metalferrets · Post by **Metalferrets** » Tue 26th May 2009 04:44 pm

I agree each person does handle it differently.

And our avatar is made out of cheese. I was bored one day while eating it and thought it would be fun to make a cheese monster.