r/saplings • u/whyamilikethatomfg • 3h ago
UNANSWERED Took CBD legal prerolled with very low thc % but still felt very high and anxious?
Hi, before I hop into the main thing I’d like to give some context so if anyone choses to help me they can know the whole thing! Idk if this is the best sub but people seem nice here so here goes nothing.
I have a complicated relationship with weed, basically the first 10 times it was a blast, but once I smoked wayyy to much, greened out, had a panic attack, felt like I was falling, the whole deal yk it.
A few months after that I overdosed on a stimulant drug and I fucked up my nervous system. I developed severe and debilitating panic disorder despite never having anxiety in my teens. I tried smoking once (a pen) after and i immediately had a panic attack after the tiniest puff.
After months of hell I got a bit better, then I started to have a lot of horrible health problems (nothing dangerous but feel like shit everyday, think autoimmune disease plus mild chronic pain AT THE AGE OF 19 lucky me) and it spiked my health anxiety.
Ever since I got sick my panic was so horrible I have been on prescription benzodiazepines for the past three months. I take 0,5-1mg of clonazepam nearly every day. I am trying to find a new way to manage anxiety as I don’t want to be on benzos everyday.
I saw that CBD could help with pain, sleep and anxiety. I decided to ask my friend to go to the legal thing in Canada to buy me prerolls, I asked for him to get me the lowest thc % and the highest CBD %. So he came back with 5 prerolls of 0,61% thc and 16% CBD. He said the girl that checked him out said there was no THC bc it’s such a small amount.
Anyways we smoked together and he is a very big stoner. He took the first few puffs as I was quite anxious and scared to have a panic attack. He said it was fine, you barely felt it, he just felt a bit more relaxed so I started smoking. At first I was okay, I felt pretty chill although my chest felt a bit anxious but I didn’t care. I was chill af for the first two hours, and I genuinely felt high like thc high for whatever reason despite the low %. Then I got a bit dizzy.
I went home, started to have a lot of anxiety, my heart was beating so fast. I am very used to physical symptoms from anxiety so I was like well fuck there we go. I ended up sleeping a bit but got woken up by my racing heart. I do have a bit of tachycardia and I’m getting that checked out soon cuz it’s new, probably due to low blood pressure (ik weed makes it lower whatever)
Anyways, not a very relaxing experience all in all honesty. Might be my fault as I am scared of everything especially bc of my two last experiences with weed even though it was very potent thc. I also refuse to try any antidepressants or antipsychotics bc I always get the paradoxal effect on shit istg! The amount of times I ended up in the hospital because something supposed to help made me lose my mind! (Namely lyrica, Tramadol and zopiclone, a bunch of others but that’s the main ones that I had horrible side effects and it never did what it was supposed to do).
So yeah I am wondering, is it possible I was actually high? I have a low tolerance as you probably figured, I am not a stoner. Also is this a good way to manage my anxiety? Is there a better legal option in Canada? Can CBD cause a high and make you anxious?
Thank you for reading, I am sorry for the long rant I just wanted to be precise so I can receive advice. Thanks a lot.
