Been coping so well and now all gone to pot

I had a really bad spell when I first found out I had anxiety,

I am now on 40mg of propranolol and 20mg citalopram and things got so much better for me, i was coping really well with it all I still had symptoms but I didn't worry about them because of the citalopram, I stupidly used drugs last Thursday and today I have been terrible 

I am going dizzy, worrying about my heart worrying about having a stroke having cold sweats it's just driving me crazy 

I can honestly say I will never touch drugs again because it's really messed up my mind I just feel helpless and I'm stuck working away from home 

can anybody please help calm me down sad 

I really don't think the drugs messed up your mind.... It's just the fear of the drugs. You mess up your own mind... Pot is nothing, stop panicking about it and you'll be just fine!

From my experience joshua, i have only done weed a couple times and this was way back when i was a freshman in high school. So its been a while and since then i have never touched that ever again , i was athletic and outgoing and all of the sudden i just started having symptims. I honestly felt scared bcuz 2 weeks after i graduated all this started happening. I been to the ER many times and was always told it was anxiety, i feel in the positiin where i feel HELPLESS , i feel like one day i will end up experiencing a stroke or heart attack . Im scared but i guess its just my Anxiety that has me with negative thoughts. I went to the cardiologists and showed the doctor my EKG from couple days ago wen i went to the ER , and he just told me that he wants me to go to a specialist  and honeslty that freaked me out and just started to cry wen i got home. But again this has to be my anxiety and all we can do is pray and have faith. 

Pot made my life worse i never had anxiety problem but once i smoked pot since that day i never felt same its been almost 6 months i feel very anxious, worried , had 3 panic attacks since then i stop smoking cigarettes bcoz of it now i just i hate pots plz do not try it again it will make your anxiety worse

Thank you for your help everyone ready this and talking to you lot really helps 

Some if us are a little more sensitive than others and that's why some of us have a bad reaction to drugs,while others smoke/take them without  anything but the desired reaction of getting high. Funnily enough,my first ever panic attack was when I was about fifteen and my auntie gave my a joint. 

The good news is Joshua is that what you are feeling now is anxiety and panic attacks and although this was triggered after you had taken the drug....it's not the drug that's keeping you anxious. You reacted badly to it and it spiralled you into a anxious whirl. It hasn't messed your head up or done long term damage...It's just rocked your world for a little while. What you are feeling is fixable. The drug will be long gone from your system now so you can tell yourself that it's gone and there is nothing to worry about. You can tell yourself that you reacted badly,the initial response was panic and your anxious mind is making you think the worse possible scenarios and thought because that's what a anxious mind does.

Try to get plenty of rest. Try to talk yourself down into a relaxed state and when you get to that relaxed state......tell yourself calm and positive things "I will be ok,this is just anxiety,it can't harm me and doesn't last forever,I will get through this"!!!

I have had many bad episodes with anxiety for various reasons.....it's just the way it is for some of us and when we are a little tired and vulnerable,anything can trigger it so if it hadn't of been the drug,it could of been something else.

I don't suffer all the time. My latest episode of anxiety has been the longest but I will get through it and maybe not suffer for years(14 years since my last episode so I did pretty well). 

Just take care of yourself and keep your life as normal,happy and drama free as possible and don't take on to much. When the episode is over,you feel fearless,like nothing will ever beat you so you throw yourself head first into a hectic lifestyle again,take on too much,overwhelm yourself and then another episode hits...I learnt the hard way that I'm not built like everybody else......I need to slow down...take time to relax and live simple.....That's what keeps me well.

Please don't overwhelm yourself with worry Hun. This will pass. I know while you are in the grips of it you feel like you will never be the same again,you messed yourself up but we all think that.......As time goes on,normal life and thoughts take over and anxiety diminishes but you must always be mindful of easily anxiety can hit so must always be mindful of your sensitivity and how overwhelming yourself can leave you vulnerable xxx