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Title: Panic Attacks
Post by: arce1988 on February 11, 2013, 02:48:32 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/11/health/anxiety-first-person-irpt/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 02:53:56 PM
 "He now lives in Virginia and manages his condition with drugs and therapy"


my heart goes out to people who have given up on there abilities to cope

it would be like me giving up on being inshape again, that sort of hoplessness is taught by loser friends and loser society
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: makaveli25 on February 11, 2013, 03:02:53 PM
Fuck that I've had an anxiety since I was a kid. I had uncontrollable worry over ridiculous things since I could remember. You get yourself in great shape take care of yourself and face life. You learn how to cope with it. I use a bit of xanax once in awhile if I have to give a speech or something that's it. You have to tackle it head on. I think that's what got into lifting weights.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: arce1988 on February 11, 2013, 03:02:57 PM
  I know people that have this. It sounds scary. It is sad.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: bradistani on February 11, 2013, 03:05:26 PM
panic attacks are fucking bad.. really fucking bad  :'(
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 03:12:26 PM
i think theres two types

one type is you panic because your mind worries

the other type, your not getting enough oxygen to your brain because of something in your diet like too much caffiene and start feeling light headed or scared
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Van_Bilderass on February 11, 2013, 03:15:27 PM

the other type, your not getting enough oxygen to your brain because of something in your diet like too much caffiene and start feeling light headed or scared

Funny how you are often recommended to breathe into a paper bag to stop an attack.

Everyone should experience at least one panic attack. Humbling.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 03:19:31 PM
Funny how you are often recommended to breathe into a paper bag to stop an attack.

Everyone should experience at least one panic attack. Humbling.

i was getting them towards the end i stopped smoking weed

i also got them when i did too much brewers yeast

and drinking too much coffee and not enough food will do it

i think being in diet mode sets the tone for  panic attack as well, i rmember being very lean about 2008 dieting hard but i couldnt be anywhere with flourescent ligghts or id get dizzy and feel faint, the only time i would not feel faint would be when i would eat something
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: makaveli25 on February 11, 2013, 03:41:14 PM
Weed gives me horrible panic attacks. Debilitating panic attacks. I don't understand how people function on it.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Irongrip400 on February 11, 2013, 03:52:11 PM
Funny how you are often recommended to breathe into a paper bag to stop an attack.

Everyone should experience at least one panic attack. Humbling.

Been there, and breathed into a bag after a few late night party sessions. The funny thing is, about 20 minutes later when it passes, you go right back to it. I had a bad one where I thought I was having a heart attack. Too much booze, weed, coke, and adderal in one night.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: arce1988 on February 11, 2013, 03:58:56 PM
:(
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: OneMoreRep on February 11, 2013, 04:06:41 PM
Weed gives me horrible panic attacks. Debilitating panic attacks. I don't understand how people function on it.

My nephew once had one of those debilitating panic attacks while eating weed brownies.

I had to drive upstate to his best friend's home to both calm him down and get him to vomit.

It was one of the scariest things I have ever seen, especially since he kept urging me to call an ambulance, because he needed to get to a hospital immediately.

After he vomited, things got much better.

"1"
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: ChristopherA on February 11, 2013, 04:12:31 PM
Definitely eating too much weed will fuck you up. Smoking it is another story. Handle your shit rookie bitches
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 04:29:01 PM
Been there, and breathed into a bag after a few late night party sessions. The funny thing is, about 20 minutes later when it passes, you go right back to it. I had a bad one where I thought I was having a heart attack. Too much booze, weed, coke, and adderal in one night.

yeah people like to call that an "anxiety attack" when in reality you were about to die

so many of us should feel lucky to be alive after all the shit weve put in our bodies
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Tapeworm on February 11, 2013, 06:06:08 PM
Weed gives me horrible panic attacks.

This.  Had one that was off the scale.  Several episodes of lesser intensity.  It's pretty common.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Irongrip400 on February 11, 2013, 06:13:36 PM
yeah people like to call that an "anxiety attack" when in reality you were about to die

so many of us should feel lucky to be alive after all the shit weve put in our bodies

Pretty sure you're right.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 06:15:21 PM
Pretty sure you're right.
yep been there two bro , wakes you the fuck up in life thats for sure
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Bindare_Dundat on February 11, 2013, 06:52:47 PM
Anxiety and a panic attack are the reasons I quit a weed smoking habit.  Toward the end I often wondered what the fuck was the point of smoking it when the anxiety overtook the five minutes I felt good.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: makaveli25 on February 11, 2013, 07:07:51 PM
Anxiety and a panic attack are the reasons I quit a weed smoking habit.  Toward the end I often wondered what the fuck was the point of smoking it when the anxiety overtook the five minutes I felt good.

Yup and once you get a bad panic attack from it that will creep into your mind again and again. It's almost impossible to enjoy it again once this happens. Unless you balance it with a good amount of alcohol or some kind of benzo. It's to bad because I love the way it smell looks and everything about it.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: arce1988 on February 11, 2013, 07:09:03 PM
  People close to me have them. This is why I am sad.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Irongrip400 on February 11, 2013, 07:12:24 PM
Yup and once you get a bad panic attack from it that will creep into your mind again and again. It's almost impossible to enjoy it again once this happens. Unless you balance it with a good amount of alcohol or some kind of benzo. It's to bad because I love the way it smell looks and everything about it.

This is exact how I feel. It got to where every few times I'd smoke, I'd geek out, thinking I'd be the first to ever have a heart attack from weed. I said, screw it, and quit smoking.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: MikMaq on February 11, 2013, 07:14:01 PM
"He now lives in Virginia and manages his condition with drugs and therapy"


my heart goes out to people who have given up on there abilities to cope

it would be like me giving up on being inshape again, that sort of hoplessness is taught by loser friends and loser society
X2
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: tbombz on February 11, 2013, 07:16:21 PM
panic attack = fear of impending death
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 07:26:49 PM
Yup and once you get a bad panic attack from it that will creep into your mind again and again. It's almost impossible to enjoy it again once this happens. Unless you balance it with a good amount of alcohol or some kind of benzo. It's to bad because I love the way it smell looks and everything about it.
exactly how i feel,

but i beleive its more physical too like your body is not lieing to you and telling you its about to die because it cant handle this shit no more and its time to move on and away from the drug

but you/I sure do miss it
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: BILL ANVIL on February 11, 2013, 08:21:05 PM
 weed smokers always seem emotionally erratic and act like bitches over stupid shit. i swear weed takes away your manhood and ability to cope ..
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Everhard on February 11, 2013, 08:29:18 PM
I have had those were you are worrying so much and than all of a sudden you just lose it. I start to black out and can barely breathe. Not fun at all.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 08:57:05 PM
I have had those were you are worrying so much and than all of a sudden you just lose it. I start to black out and can barely breathe. Not fun at all.

you almost died bro welcome back
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 08:59:06 PM
weed smokers always seem emotionally erratic and act like bitches over stupid shit. i swear weed takes away your manhood and ability to cope ..

the smoke of anything is a poison wich can give stroke and kil


it can take a healthy person and just crush them with the smoke

for me it took years to get to that point
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: BILL ANVIL on February 11, 2013, 09:02:45 PM
u mentioned this before falcon, something about it messing with internal balance and patterns. doesnt happen overnight of course..
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 11, 2013, 09:06:50 PM
u mentioned this before falcon, something about it messing with internal balance and patterns. doesnt happen overnight of course..

i think its small tumors that build up in the arteres , lungs and brain matter

just like wen we were young face smooth and everything but when we get older little bumps here and there skin isnt perfectly smooth like it used to be , same thing going on inside you

as above

so below
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: BILL ANVIL on February 11, 2013, 09:13:37 PM
smoke makes skin complexion suffer and causes moon face, premature wrinkles ect little bumps and blemishes are from the smoke or from stress?
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: James28 on February 11, 2013, 11:06:29 PM
weed smokers always seem emotionally erratic and act like bitches over stupid shit. i swear weed takes away your manhood and ability to cope ..


Yea. Maybe I need one of these 'attacks' to give me more sympathy to such people because right now I see such people as fucking girls with no ability to handle their shit. Face life and handle it you spotty bitch or jump on pills and face life through chemistry.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Whiskey on February 12, 2013, 12:22:28 AM
Panic attacks are not fun, I had one when I was 21 and ended up in hospital for a few days, like everyone else I thought I was
having a heart attack, I had been drinking heavily for four straight days and on the saturday sobered up and went to the doctor
to try and get a sick note for work, she took one look at me and knew I had been drinking, she hooked me up to an EKG and took blood
to see how my liver was, (to my surprise, she took pity on me and wrote a sick note to give to my boss) that saturday I was so shaky from alcohol withdrawal and could nt sleep all night, around 7.00am sunday morning
I was sitting upright in an arm chair nodding off to sleep when I got this massive electric shock in my chest and literally jumped out of the armchair
wide awake, later I found out that my heart had stopped and the brain had sent it a signal to fire up again, it felt like a jolt of electricity, not a nice feeling.

On the monday I went in to work and after a couple of hours things started going down hill, first light headed and turned pale, then hands went numb from pins
and needles, started to feel pain in my left arm, I sat down on the ground and one of the lads came over and I said I better go to the hospital because I think Im having a heart attack, they took me over there and ended up staying 4 days, mainly sleeping on medication, the doctor came to see me and basically said there was nothing wrong with my heart, I was nt going to die from a panic attack but I would die sooner or later from a heart attack if I continued drinking the way I was, he said the alcohol was making my heart work too hard and one day you ll be sitting on a bar stool and it will just stop and that will be that.I had to re-evaluate my life then and thats when I really went for the weight lifting, started working
out with a barbell at home and just progressed from there, cleaned up my diet and tried to better myself, I had a few episodes over the years and try to cope with them without going to hospital, xanax really works but I dont like taking it and get addicted really fast, also withdrawals from Xanax
and nearly as bad as alcohol withdrawals.

The guys who suffer from panic attacks I feel bad for, I brought it on myself through alcohol abuse but some people did nt do anything wrong but have this medical condition, it sucks and for me it was embarrassing also, especially when the doctor tells you theres nothing wrong with you.last thing, I had to stop smoking hash and weed, it brought it on big time (still does) I d be stoned in the check out queue with my snacks in the supermarket, I d have to put the fucking basket down and get the hell out of there.

Regards.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Super Natural on February 12, 2013, 12:52:31 AM
A lot of BB's think estrogen is the devil & not a lot of bodybuilders know this, but having a sever hormonal imbalance by driving your estrogren too low (with anti estrogens, aromatase inhibitors, SERMS etc.) can cause severe anxiety and panic attacks....
 
Check out the side effects of very low estrogen ( as bad as if not worse than too high estrogen)

Effects of low estrogen in men are as follows.

1.Decrease in bone density; bone loss.
2.Joint Cracking or Soreness
3.Lack of libido - but powerful erections in the case of sufficient DHT levels.
4.Heart pump changes, fluttering sensation due to lower blood pressure.
5.Skin changes; hyperpigmentation or pale-looking skin.
6.Hair follicle inflammation - excessive hair growth.
7.Fatigue and depression.
8.Anxiety / Obsessions
9.Blunted emotion.
10.Lack of trust for others; jealousy.

My guess is stress combined with sever substance abuse, pesticides, toxins in our environment & food too may cause hormonal imbalance and your mind/body could potentially freak out..
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: chris-a on February 12, 2013, 01:52:47 AM
weed smokers always seem emotionally erratic and act like bitches over stupid shit. i swear weed takes away your manhood and ability to cope ..

it does, thc lowers testosterone levels dramatically, essentially, smoking weeds pussifies you...
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Powerlift66 on February 12, 2013, 01:27:28 PM
You might want to try some of this stuff..  Helps with relaxation, takes the edge off, helps with sleep.
Some folks become addicted, then have horrible withdrawls when they try to quit..

http://www.primaforce.com/products/phenibut.htm

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Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Marty Champions on February 12, 2013, 01:32:19 PM
Panic attacks are not fun, I had one when I was 21 and ended up in hospital for a few days, like everyone else I thought I was
having a heart attack, I had been drinking heavily for four straight days and on the saturday sobered up and went to the doctor
to try and get a sick note for work, she took one look at me and knew I had been drinking, she hooked me up to an EKG and took blood
to see how my liver was, (to my surprise, she took pity on me and wrote a sick note to give to my boss) that saturday I was so shaky from alcohol withdrawal and could nt sleep all night, around 7.00am sunday morning
I was sitting upright in an arm chair nodding off to sleep when I got this massive electric shock in my chest and literally jumped out of the armchair
wide awake, later I found out that my heart had stopped and the brain had sent it a signal to fire up again, it felt like a jolt of electricity, not a nice feeling.

On the monday I went in to work and after a couple of hours things started going down hill, first light headed and turned pale, then hands went numb from pins
and needles, started to feel pain in my left arm, I sat down on the ground and one of the lads came over and I said I better go to the hospital because I think Im having a heart attack, they took me over there and ended up staying 4 days, mainly sleeping on medication, the doctor came to see me and basically said there was nothing wrong with my heart, I was nt going to die from a panic attack but I would die sooner or later from a heart attack if I continued drinking the way I was, he said the alcohol was making my heart work too hard and one day you ll be sitting on a bar stool and it will just stop and that will be that.I had to re-evaluate my life then and thats when I really went for the weight lifting, started working
out with a barbell at home and just progressed from there, cleaned up my diet and tried to better myself, I had a few episodes over the years and try to cope with them without going to hospital, xanax really works but I dont like taking it and get addicted really fast, also withdrawals from Xanax
and nearly as bad as alcohol withdrawals.

The guys who suffer from panic attacks I feel bad for, I brought it on myself through alcohol abuse but some people did nt do anything wrong but have this medical condition, it sucks and for me it was embarrassing also, especially when the doctor tells you theres nothing wrong with you.last thing, I had to stop smoking hash and weed, it brought it on big time (still does) I d be stoned in the check out queue with my snacks in the supermarket, I d have to put the fucking basket down and get the hell out of there.

Regards.

i dont like drinking more than 3 beers , my heart gets too racy and intense feeling
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on February 12, 2013, 01:33:24 PM
Get a weekly massage with a happy ending.  No more anxiety

Fuck that I've had an anxiety since I was a kid. I had uncontrollable worry over ridiculous things since I could remember. You get yourself in great shape take care of yourself and face life. You learn how to cope with it. I use a bit of xanax once in awhile if I have to give a speech or something that's it. You have to tackle it head on. I think that's what got into lifting weights.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: BILL ANVIL on February 12, 2013, 01:34:31 PM
it does, thc lowers testosterone levels dramatically, essentially, smoking weeds pussifies you...

for sure, almost like it messes with peoples ability to think without using emotions, they get ancy and have little patients for anything..
but you try to tell them this and they won't even take it into consideration. complete denial.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Powerlift66 on February 12, 2013, 01:38:33 PM
Heavy boozing kills testosterone levels as well... Jacks up the estrogen..
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: oldtimer1 on February 12, 2013, 01:50:49 PM
I guess the morale to the story is don't drink to much and don't smoke weed.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: El Diablo Blanco on February 12, 2013, 01:54:28 PM
Tren made my anxiety sky rocket.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: Necrosis on February 12, 2013, 05:25:16 PM
nothing wrong with smoking weed, it helps anxiety for me. You have to not overdo it. it has a U shaped response curve. Low doses will increase serotonin while high doses actually reduce it dramatically, then the panic sets in.

Weed is great for depression and pain also.

I have had several life shattering panic attacks on it and I still find it enjoyable. Likewise, I have puked on booze and wished for death and still will get drunk at a party, however, I barely ever drink.

Drugs have side effects, doing to much will cause issues kids.

The unfortunate thing about weed is that depending on potency the dosage line between happy stoner and panic stricken wreck is very fine.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: leadhead on February 12, 2013, 06:06:50 PM
I watched my dad have one as a teenager and thought he seriously was dying. He thought it also. The ER thought it was a heart attack but it turned out to be a panic attack. I have a fair share of anxiety myself but none more than what I think the average person has. When I use to smoke weed about half the time I would have anxiety also which is one reason I quit smoking, it just wasn't that enjoyable anymore.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: ChristopherA on February 12, 2013, 06:15:30 PM
nothing wrong with smoking weed, it helps anxiety for me. You have to not overdo it. it has a U shaped response curve. Low doses will increase serotonin while high doses actually reduce it dramatically, then the panic sets in.

Weed is great for depression and pain also.

I have had several life shattering panic attacks on it and I still find it enjoyable. Likewise, I have puked on booze and wished for death and still will get drunk at a party, however, I barely ever drink.

Drugs have side effects, doing to much will cause issues kids.

The unfortunate thing about weed is that depending on potency the dosage line between happy stoner and panic stricken wreck is very fine.
x2.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: arce1988 on February 12, 2013, 06:16:02 PM
  This is NOT a WEED post. This is about real panic attacks.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: viking1 on February 12, 2013, 06:48:57 PM
Even electrolyte imbalances can create anxiety. For some, not enough sodium can create extreme pressure and muscle tension... pushing anxiety forward. The heart sends forty more times the signal to the brain than the brain sends to the heart. When many people have extreme muscle tension, it constricts the chest which can constrict the heart. The heart sends a signal to the brain, and the brain tells the body to panic. Its a bad cycle of flight or fight.
Title: Re: Panic Attacks
Post by: BILL ANVIL on February 12, 2013, 07:52:59 PM
nothing wrong with smoking weed, it helps anxiety for me. You have to not overdo it. it has a U shaped response curve. Low doses will increase serotonin while high doses actually reduce it dramatically, then the panic sets in.

Weed is great for depression and pain also.

I have had several life shattering panic attacks on it and I still find it enjoyable. Likewise, I have puked on booze and wished for death and still will get drunk at a party, however, I barely ever drink.

Drugs have side effects, doing to much will cause issues kids.

The unfortunate thing about weed is that depending on potency the dosage line between happy stoner and panic stricken wreck is very fine.

good point