Can anyone relate to this?

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A few days ago I smoked weed. Probably wasn't the best idea. As soon as I smoked I started to feel very bizarre like I was not in my body and my body was going very fast. I have really bad anxiety, depression, and a mood disorder, as well as Aspergers, Fibromyalgia and Lupus. I was so scared when this happened. This is the second time it has happened to me. I will never be doing that again, but the past few days
I have been feeling like they have been speeding by. I take seroquel and I didn't take it last night and I feel some what better. I don't feel like I am a sleep walking zombie. I just am very paranoid and stuff. I am also very tired because seroquel is about one of the only things that can help me sleep. I have been feeling like crap in the morning though like I have to wake up and try and realize if the day before was a dream or reality and it seems like I have no dreams I guess. If anyone can write anything that they have experienced similar to this, or what has helped them please let me know. Thank you!

I used to smoke a little hash or weed sometimes when I was a student many years ago. However, looking back at my behaviour I think it was responsible for triggering instability in my moods and depression. If you have a mood disorder / cyclothymia / bipolar I think such drugs are best avoided.

You mentioned that you take seroquel and then you stopped taking it and felt better. You also mentioned you have a mood disorder. Stopping this medication abruptly is very dangerous. "Feeling better" Might be the start of a manic or psychotic episode. Speaking from personal experience. See your psychiatrist immediately.

I don't smoke weed, never have. It really smells bad. Oh and it mucks up your brain.

I take it mainly because it helps me sleep.

Seroquel is a pretty potent drug that builds up in your blood stream over time even if you're only taking once a day. You can definitely experience withdrawals if you stop taking it suddenly. I don't think there's a great reason to take a drug in that class for sleep alone. There's much better drugs for that. Over-the-counter melatonin works for me, though it causes bad dreams if I overdo it so I tend to stick to a smaller dose.

As for marijuana, I don't know. I've only tried it once and it didn't have that affect on me. I'm thinking mixing different drugs can cause odd effects on some people and it might only happen intermittently. I know anti-psychotic drugs like Seroquel and/or Risperdol can cause a serious side effect called akathisia that feels like fingernails on a chalk-board, or an itch deep inside that you can't get to. I've also had a very bad reaction to taking a benzo for sleep that didn't crop up until I'd been taking them regularly for a few months. It was like I would instantly switch back and forth between being extraordinarily sleepy and feeling hyper-emotional and/or near-panic-attack level anxiety with no in between.

I haven't smoked weed since that incident and I am having this out of body feeling. I feel like I am losing my mind. I don't know what to do. Could it be panic attacks from anxiety?

I smoke a lot of weed and I take Seroquel. The first time I smoked weed after I started taking Seroquel I was pretty highly stoned. I did keep smoking though and now I'm more used to the effect.

Seroquel makes me feel zombieish too. I don't take it to sleep; I take it so that my mind functions better. In my case I will take the zombie feeling over the alternative.

What you decide to take or smoke is up to you; no one can know what works best for your body except you. I would say that stopping the Seroquel so abruptly might be risky. You should probably talk to your doctor about what you're going through and how you want to deal with it. Sometimes you have to come off a drug slowly - like every other night ... every third night ... etc.

I have been bugging bad lately. I feel like it might be panic attacks but they get really bad. I feel like I am not in my body and stuff. I don't hear things or see things that aren't there. I just feel like I am in a dream or something. It scares me really badly. I need a new psychiatrist so I can talk to that person about my new issues.
Gah it is never ending though!