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Q: Anxiety or mental illness ?
asked by: RobertHamilton on June 18th, 2009
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Hey,
My name is Robert, I'm 17, 18 in less than a month. I feel like I'm losing it but I think (hoping) it is anxiety rather than some serious mental illness. I started feeling like this 6 days ago, well that's when i think it started, that's when i know i felt unwell anyway but i wasn't really panicky.. i just felt like i was sick; I had extreme fatigue. It has now progressed to intense worrying of becoming insane or already insane and i'm literally really scared and I just can't stop worrying about it. A bit over a week ago before I started feeling like this I did have marijuana, it was a very small amount (like 2 breathes in from a bong) but i had the most horrifying traumatic trip which could be related to this. It felt like i was trapped and in another world; i felt derealisation and depersonalisation and that's what i have been feeling like a bit too recently. I have done marijuana about 3 or 4 time before then but it never really hit me much, no trips or anything like that, i was just happy or scared. The 9 or so days after the trip i felt like my own self but now i don't and i'm just really scared of everything and people, even family. I feel like a different person sometimes and reading about all these mental illnesses on the internet just makes it worse i think. I try to keep telling myself that i'm fine and that it's just anxiety when i start thinking those irrational thoughts. I also feel extremely fatigued and it feels like my head is buzzing tonight and i feel slight dizziness when i walk around, i might have a headache or migraine. Last night i thought i had a tumor or that there was a bug inside my head eating my brain :\. It's also very hard for me to concentrate or remember things unless i try really hard. I'm seeing a doctor tomorrow and that's scarying me.. i keep thinking It'll turn out that i'm crazy. I just need someone to really comfort me and someone to tell me that i'm not insane. I also feel depressed. I have no idea how i'm going to get to sleep tonight.. last night was pretty hard as i went to bed at like 9pm, that is really early for me but i was very tired. Initially i was worrying but i somehow feel asleep but only to wake up again at 4 in the morning after a dream which wasn't that scary really. Then when i was trying to go back to sleep at 4am it was quite hard i had to put all these rational thoughts into my head and tell myself i was okay and it worked, which was strange because i felt my real self again and i was happy but that did not last long.. anyway i'm babbling on here but i did get back to sleep and woke up at 9am feeling normal at first but then as soon as i remembered about my condition i started worrying again. Please can someone tell me what they think it is and comfort me, this is freaking me out. I just want to feel normal again.
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whynot22
replied on June 21st, 2009
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Hi Robert,

I went through exactly the same thing, about a year ago. It all started from taking an ecstasy pill, i freaked out while on it which had never happened before I went through the same process as what you're going through now worrying that I was going to go crazy (or was already crazy), it became so irrational and I was constantly thinking about it worrying non stop. I couldn't sleep, I felt dizzy, i felt weird around everyone friends/family etc. It lasted about 6 weeks and the I finally woke up to myself and snapped out of it.

If you want more info let me know and I'll be happy to send you some information that helped me get through it. I can assure you though that it is just anxiety and with the right information and relaxation methods you'll return to feeling normal again.
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LisaJoanne
replied on June 21st, 2009
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I agree with the above post that it is anxiety that is causing you these problems, and the doctor should be able to help with this and put you on the right path to overcoming it. I think you will get over a lot of it when the doctor tells you you are not insane or have a brain tumour etc. But a word of caution. I would give up the weed, because it definitely can lead to mental illness and it is just not worth it. I have seen it happen to a friend's son and now his life is wrecked. After years of smoking pot he has become schizophrenic which has lead to a total degradation of his life as well as alcoholism. He cannot hold down a job and goes about looking like a complete derro. Life for his family has become hell. I'm not trying to say that this happens to everyone who smokes the stuff, but it is a risk that I personally would not take. I value my mind too much!
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