tslave
20-02-11, 14:19
Hi all.
I've been using marijuana for some years now on a daily basis. About a week and a half ago i was at a friends house one evening smoking like any normal night, but for some reason i was getting paranoid and looking up brain tumour symptoms online.
After many of these symptoms seemed to fit in with how i was feeling, i started to feel overcome with fear, i started to feel really dizzy.. stood up, walked over to the window and then a loud ringing began in my ears, slowly started losing my vision and i passed out for about 20 seconds apparently. having never passed out or feinted before it was quite scary - i didn't know what i was experiencing.
So, about a week ago, it was about 5am i was still up sat with my friend, smoking cannabis. Out of nowhere, i began to feel dizzy, scared, and just started shaking uncontrollably. this lasted for about an hour, when I got my dad to pick me up and he insisted on taking me to hospital.
After a couple hours waiting, they took a blood test and told me i had abnormally high white blood cell count. I was sent thru for a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia ect. They but me on a drip to re-hydrate me but after seeing a few different doctors couldn't work out what was wrong with me.
They said it was probably a viral infection, and sent me home that day and although i felt horrible that night, slowly got better over the next couple of days. I stopped smoking cannabis as i thought it's probably what caused the panic attack, but yesterday i had another one. i was sat at home alone on the pc, out of nowhere was overcome with fear that there was something wrong with me - felt dizzy, shaking like mad and so on. After a hard time getting to sleep, I woke up around 6am, still scared, shaking etc.
Now today, i felt ok physically when i woke up. but keep telling myself there is something wrong with me, and all day i have felt like i'm going to have another attack. it's horrible!
I will go to the doctors tomorrow and ask for another blood test, and perhaps some anti-depressants or some treatment for my anxiety.
What im hoping for is some advice on how to deal with how i'm feeling. And also, is there any way that my panic attacks (at least i'm assuming they are) could have caused me to have a high white blood cell count? as this is only adding to my fear that there is something wrong with me.
Sorry for the essay... but damn it feels good to get this off my chest.
peace&love
T
I've been using marijuana for some years now on a daily basis. About a week and a half ago i was at a friends house one evening smoking like any normal night, but for some reason i was getting paranoid and looking up brain tumour symptoms online.
After many of these symptoms seemed to fit in with how i was feeling, i started to feel overcome with fear, i started to feel really dizzy.. stood up, walked over to the window and then a loud ringing began in my ears, slowly started losing my vision and i passed out for about 20 seconds apparently. having never passed out or feinted before it was quite scary - i didn't know what i was experiencing.
So, about a week ago, it was about 5am i was still up sat with my friend, smoking cannabis. Out of nowhere, i began to feel dizzy, scared, and just started shaking uncontrollably. this lasted for about an hour, when I got my dad to pick me up and he insisted on taking me to hospital.
After a couple hours waiting, they took a blood test and told me i had abnormally high white blood cell count. I was sent thru for a chest x-ray to rule out pneumonia ect. They but me on a drip to re-hydrate me but after seeing a few different doctors couldn't work out what was wrong with me.
They said it was probably a viral infection, and sent me home that day and although i felt horrible that night, slowly got better over the next couple of days. I stopped smoking cannabis as i thought it's probably what caused the panic attack, but yesterday i had another one. i was sat at home alone on the pc, out of nowhere was overcome with fear that there was something wrong with me - felt dizzy, shaking like mad and so on. After a hard time getting to sleep, I woke up around 6am, still scared, shaking etc.
Now today, i felt ok physically when i woke up. but keep telling myself there is something wrong with me, and all day i have felt like i'm going to have another attack. it's horrible!
I will go to the doctors tomorrow and ask for another blood test, and perhaps some anti-depressants or some treatment for my anxiety.
What im hoping for is some advice on how to deal with how i'm feeling. And also, is there any way that my panic attacks (at least i'm assuming they are) could have caused me to have a high white blood cell count? as this is only adding to my fear that there is something wrong with me.
Sorry for the essay... but damn it feels good to get this off my chest.
peace&love
T