It happens to me with only the tiniest little green speck in a bowl. Regardless of strain. Sometimes it's because someone took to much, but some people really do just get panic attacks from it.

I used to be a daily smoker, then something in my body just flipped. I have a couple friends where the same thing happened in their early 30s.

I've gotten bad anxiety from smoking too much in the past, but these are different. Full blown panic attacks with heart-attack-like symptoms and crushing fear. (My cardiologist checked me out, it really is just panic attacks).

It did used to be great at preventing nightmares for me (and it was fun). Sure, sleep quality was worse than ideal but I almost never had an ideal night of sleep. But now I've tried too many times to find "the secret" to stop me from having panic attacks, nothing works and it's just made me become anxious at the sight/smell of weed.

Interesting, thanks for sharing. If you haven't tried it, Alprazolam (Xanax) has been a miracle for panic attacks, although these days it's pretty difficult to get from doctors. Modern American society seems to have decided that any medication that can possibly be abused is evil and must not be used even if somebody could really benefit from it. If you get some though, do NOT take it all the time and build a physical dependence. Withdrawing from Benzos is worse than opioids. If you only take it occasionally though you won't have any issues.