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How To Get Rid Of Panic Attack?

I am 21 and its my first time smoking indica weed. about 15 minutes after i smoked it i started getting a panic attack and feels like i am losing conscious. I tried to relax and closed my eyes but suddenly everything started fading away and it feels like my heart i going to stop beating and losing conscious. I don t know if this feeling is passing out or going to sleep, but i freaked out and fought out of it to regain consciousness. Later i went to bed but just laid there and too afraid to sleep. Every few minutes while laying down i get a weird sensation going through my body. If i resist that sensation and fight it nothing happens, but since the feeling keeps happening every few minutes i tested to see what happens if i do nothing. Then when the sensation occurred again, i didn t resist, when this happened it seems like my mind is sucked into a black hole and losing consciousness, i couldn t move any part of my body and couldn t breathe. it lasted for 10 secs until i desperately tried to regain movement. Could this be some sort of stroke or sleep paralyis (i was still widely awake)? it is worrying me all week because i m afraid it will happen again. I went to emergency room and they tested my blood pressure and said i was fine. I am just worried about that weird sensation that feels like i am going out of conscious and cannot breathe of move any parts of my body.
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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This kind of feeling can often occur after taking cannabis. Anxiety like symptoms, panic attacks etc. It is neither sleep paralysis nor stroke. You need to consult a psychiatrist. You may require an anxiolytic for some duration.
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How To Get Rid Of Panic Attack?

This kind of feeling can often occur after taking cannabis. Anxiety like symptoms, panic attacks etc. It is neither sleep paralysis nor stroke. You need to consult a psychiatrist. You may require an anxiolytic for some duration.