I have anxiety disorder. Should I smoke marijuana before a job interview?

I get so nervous meeting people, that I freeze up and I don't interview well at all.

Will smoking marijuana help me professionally, so that I can ace my interview?

I don't think that it's a good idea because they might make you take a random drug test. Also, they'll probably smell at least a bit of it, enough to make them suspicious of you.

I know how you feel, that you think drugs will make it easier because I get really nervous like that too.

What I've been doing lately(and it helped me get these 2 temporary but amazingly well paying jobs and great references!!) is something that my mom and my best friend told me. Just act. Put on the best performance of your life, you want to win an Oscar for this. You're not you anymore, you're Super(insertyournamehere)!! Don't think, "I hafta be perfect, I can't mess up, etc". I have done that sooo many times and I make myself so nervous and stressed out that I look like a total bumbling idiot.

Don't think, just do. I've found that that helps for a lot of stuff in life. Just keep your mind off the topic. I know it sounds hard, but I did it, and you can do it too! =)

Best of luck!

No. Even the use of what's considered to be a very mild recreational drug, such as marijuana, can have serious long-term negative effects. For example, many panic attack sufferers indicate that they had their first panic attack when smoking marijuana. Studies have shown that once the panic attack "brain circuitry" has been opened, it's easier to retrigger it-more frequently and with less stimuli.

Also, anything that stimulates an emotional or mood altering reaction stimulates the nervous system. To heal an overstimulated nervous system, you want to keep it as calm as possible, until it regains its normal health. Continually stimulating the nervous system through recreattional drug use is counterproductive to recovering from an anxiety condition.

NOOO!...thats a big mistake...usually with marijuana it greatly increases your feelings and emotions that you had before you smoked it...so if your really nervous and everything before a job interview and smoke some bud you'll most likely have a bad high and have a panic attack...unless your feeling happy and relaxed before your job interview...i wouldn't do that...if you just want to relax have 1 or 2 drinks beforehand to relax you a little...then you can smoke some weed after your interview

Um...I guess I don't know since I've never smoked marijuana, but just know that getting nervous before an interview is completely normal. If you get really bad anxiety (heart racing, have trouble breathing normally) go to a doctor and get some anti-anxiety meds.

No way! I mean, it might help you get through the interview, but chances are that the interviewer will smell it on you or see that you're stoned, and unless you're being interviewed by High Times, that's probably a less than a truly good thing.

LMAO!!! It might relax you, but when they do the drug test your interview "relaxation method" will have ruined your chances of getting the job, which in turn means you waisted your time going to the interview in the first place....

i dont think so but it depends on how you it affects you.

for me, marijuana would do wonders for anxiety but as far as nailing an interview, i would doubt it. you might be different.

As long as they don't take a drug test, you don't smell like marijuana and you're not high during the interview... Whatever floats your boat!

No! Drug tests are common.

If thats what relaxes you then yeah go for it. Haha. just remember your eyedrops!