I found that weed's relaxing effects actually give me more anxiety. Just to clarify, I've only been high twice, and off of edibles. The first time I ate too much without realizing and got WAY too high, which caused a great amount of hallucinating and anxiety. But the second time, I ate a good amount and got incredibly relaxed - but that relaxation actually terrified me. I stayed relaxed into the next day, and that is definitely not something I am used to - especially because I am rapid cycling so every other week I'm hypomanic. My boyfriend wants me to try weed again to help me relax, but I'm way too scared! It just doesn't feel right to me. Alcohol feels much better to me but I know I shouldn't be relying on that either.