Andre Agassi this week revealed he took crystal meth. He took it at a low point. He didn’t get addicted. He didn’t sink into a life of indulgence and squalor. And he did not suffer panic attacks. Rather he used it to power him on the drag his tennis ranking from being ranked outside the top 100 to winning several more GrandSlams. He felt euphoric and energised.
Agassi, was lucky however that he did not get addicted and take a slippery slope towards panic attack symptoms and paranoia.
And for most people it is a slippery slope. For example I start each morning with a coffee. Coffee is a drug! It’s a psychoactive stimulant drug. Studies have shown that heavy and prolonged use can induce panic attacks, OCD and even phobic symptoms mimicking mental diseases such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. These symptoms may afflict as many as one in 10 of the population.
And coffee is addictive! I had better watch my intake!
What about alcohol?
Alcohol is rated as the fifth most harmful drug after cocaine, heroin, barbiturates, and methadone. The misuse of alcohol causes an estimated 22,000 premature deaths each year in the UK. (To put this into perspective, the illegal drug ecstasy kills 30 people a year). We know alcohol is addicitive too and creates many problems in society and damages family relationships when it spirals out of control. When misused it also makes it more likely for someone to suffer paranoia and panic attacks.
Smoking cannabis is also known to create an increased risk of psychotic illness. Smokers of cannabis are more likely to suffer panic attack symptoms and 2.6 times more likely to have a psychotic-like experience than non-smokers.
So watch your drug use- what starts out as recreational may start to control your life. If you do have any panic attack symptoms click, here to get help straight away…..
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January 7th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Mary jane give me wicked panic attacks.
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