Avatar Posted by Arfur 26 days ago (Question)
40 years ago I had brain surgery for epilepsy. I was the first person to have this level of surgery. In June of this year I discovered that I was living next to a Pot House. The tennants were taking in raw weed, processing it and then selling it. The stink permeated my house and severely affected me. Look uip marijuana withdrawal symptoms and you will know what I went through. Basically for every upside of pot there is an anti-christ. The worst symptoms for me were not wanting to eat, paranoia and anxiety. I also started to experience strange "sensations" and emotions in my head. The world around me was real, (no pink elephants or dancing unicorns) but I was experiencing some level of mental disassociation with reality, as though my emotional thoughts were comming from another time and another place. At one time I seriously thought I was possessed.

This was the very same feeling I had when I would start to go into an epileptic siezure. I went to see my family Doctor and told her about the pot house and my fear that the sensations were so real that I was going back to become an epileptic again. She assured me that it was not seizure related and I had a brain scan to show that I didnt have a growth on my brain. I am seeing a pyschologist and psychiatrist. They said I have Generalised Anxiety Disorder. So why is it that I can be thinking of nothing in particular and suddenly I am overcome with with this very real emotion that I am mentally not in the "here and now." I wouldn't mind if this lasted only a few minutes, but for me it can last a day or more. I find that I want to cry my eyes out, and when I do I feel better for it. Why?


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Written by AppleJuiceGirl 26 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Answer: + -

I'm sorry you have to deal with that. I don't know whether or not your were unintentionally getting high from the pot house next door, but it sounds like me when I have smoked marijuana (besides the not wanting to eat part) -- which is why I refuse to smoke it anymore. It really sounds like this might be some other condition, psychologically. I have heard of 'acid flashbacks' but never 'pot flashbacks.' I have gotten this feeling of "is this real? what if I'm in a coma and this is a dream" that has come and gone, but never lasting more than a minute or so. It's a really odd feeling. It's good you're getting this checked out. I'm sorry if I didn't help much, I just thought maybe I could relate somewhat.

Written by Clyde 25 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Answer: + -

Are there any other kind of issues in the family (your family)?

I think it could definitely be another kind of condition, too.

Please let them know about this, print it out, and see what can be done.

Wish I could help you more.

Best,

Clyde

Written by Thisisit 23 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Answer: + -

This IS an anxiety disorder. Unfortunately, I recognize it in a flash -- I've been living it. Find a good therapist. It will take a lot of hard work... but you can overcome it. Hopefully the fact that it is very specific to one certain feeling will make it easier to overcome... but you need help to do it. Be well.


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