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Does Smoking Cause Permanent Brain Damage Having Anxiety And Depression?

Ok I am a very smart girl. I am in college and all. My ex who I was with at the time got some "weed" and we smoked it. Within minutes I couldn't stop laughing and then I started seeing everything in slow motion and in pictures instead of regular sight. I could always hear everything but my sight and touch was messed up. I ended up freaking out because he wouldn't help me and left me all by myself in the house. and I tried to commit suicide my stabbing myself in my legs and head plenty of times but the paramedics saved me. While I was in the hospital I was seeing everything in slow motion for at least 8 hrs straight. The thing is he smoked the stuff too and was okay? But i'm not used to smoking he was a heavy smoker. Anyway after I GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL THEY SENT ME to a drug rehabilitation center where they put me on all these different kind of meds including celexa for depression. Since around the time they put me on celexa I was still recovering from the other drug it's hard to tell if what I am feeling now is from celexa or the drug??? I got my staples taken out and told the doctor about my symptoms and she said since I wasn't on the anti depressant for that long that I could go off of it could turkey. It has been about 2 weeks since I went off of it. and I feel like I am in the daze most of the time I don't feel like myself at all.. I have horrible anxiety. and all I think about is what happened to me. and how I want to feel normal again. it makes me depressed but I always try to look on the bright side. but currently I am very miserable I never can sleep and If I do I don't sleep for long and I usually have nightmares.I am always shaking and it feels like my body is moving in slow motioin. I used to not have a appetite when I got on the depression med but I now I pretty much have that back. I feel fatigue.. always yawning. never like being around people. The side effects for the depressioin med if you stop taking it are the same as what could possibly be the effects of smoking a drug so I am confused and very scared. i'm not sure if I caused permanent brain damage or what??
Mon, 19 May 2014
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Slow down is effect of taking canabis in smoking.and canabis is potent psychotropics . U have fetures of anxiety depression u can consult psychiatrist to deal with it and be part of rehab and councelling
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Does Smoking Cause Permanent Brain Damage Having Anxiety And Depression?

Slow down is effect of taking canabis in smoking.and canabis is potent psychotropics . U have fetures of anxiety depression u can consult psychiatrist to deal with it and be part of rehab and councelling