HORRIBLE weed side effects, Need advice ASAP!!!

[brandonhmills]

Not sure where to post this, I just joined this forum to gain insight on a problem I have.
My name is Brandon, I started smoking weed five years ago. I never had any problems with weed until about a year ago.
Whenever I would take too big of a rip, or take one to many hits I suppose, I experience horrible side effects. I instantly become nausea, my head becomes light, and I have serious amounts of pressure in different parts of my head. My head feels heavy and my ears feel full. Now, many times I would become very close to passing out, like my head would go numb and I snap out of it before I pass out. It had gotten so bad that I stopped smoking. I would also throw up a lot of the times. My heart races every time but i presume that's from being anxious about the whole situation. I took a two month break and came back to it and was fine. Until about a month in I started getting these side effects again. To be completely honest, its a little terrifying, and most of all so annoying that I can't casually smoke anymore. I figure I'd post here before I reach out to a doctor.

It can be tough to explain.
I do have problems with vertigo.

 

[giggy]

i have some problems with vertigo, and some different strains do mess with it worst then others. i would still talk to my doctor about. i never lie to my doctor. good luck.

 

[Hippie420]

Brandon, first off, welcome! Second, do you feel the same negative effects when you use edibles? Do indicas and sativas both cause the bad effects?

Hope you can figure out just what is causing the problems.

 

[Rosebud]

Hey Brandon, i hate vertigo. Really bad. Sorry you have that too.

What kind of pot were you smoking, does it matter what kind or does it all do that to you?

Being an organic farmer, i wonder if it had something in it? Sure sorry that happened to you.

 

[brandonhmills]

Brandon, first off, welcome! Second, do you feel the same negative effects when you use edibles? Do indicas and sativas both cause the bad effects?

Hope you can figure out just what is causing the problems.

I've actually never used an edible, for the reason I am scared of that effect being multiplied, because from what I've seen edibles can be a whole lot stronger. Any strain does this to me, even reggie haha.

Hey Brandon, i hate vertigo. Really bad. Sorry you have that too.

What kind of pot were you smoking, does it matter what kind or does it all do that to you?

Being an organic farmer, i wonder if it had something in it? Sure sorry that happened to you.

My vertigo is actually because of my neck I believe. I play football and the hits to head put my neck out of whack. After 15 adjustments I was vertigo free, until I was back in season and my neck started going out of wack. When I get these attacks my neck definitely tightens up and starts to hurt. I wonder if they are related, could weed be tightening my neck up and giving me these side effects? My head feels full, serious pressure on my temples, and I throw up most of the time. I feel extremely confused and light headed.

All strains do this to me, even the organic stuff. Maybe my body just can't handle THC anymore?

 

[brandonhmills]

And it's so odd, because in my first 4 years of smoking nothing like this has ever happened! It's completely different from just being mindfucked high. Cause this will happened and I'm not even that high. My mind is still completely there.

 

[Rosebud]

Sounds like pot is triggering vertigo in you. You are having just the opposite affects of what the pot usually does. It took my husband a year of trying very mild pot to be able to handle it... But he is an old guy, not a football player. I don't think i would be smoking pot if I was you and I have never said that before in my life. If you have had a lot of hits to your head and cervical spine issues, those symptoms aren't good. So I as an old hippy mom says, quit smoking pot. Sorry. Thanks for checking in with us. Good luck to you an be careful with your body. Have you had a cat scan of your head and neck? I think it is in order. That is coming from an old xray tech.

 

[PencilHead]

Rosebud's on it--go see an ENT doctor. It may not be vertigo, but something mechanical inside your head. I puked many, many times a day for nearly 10 years. I've had my gall bladder removed and have had Botox injections to my pyloric valve. I was prescribed every anti-depressant known to man. When that didn't work, the legacy medical community decided I needed anti-anxiety meds. Let me back up and say I've been to Shands and Mayo--no help. Then they decided I must have cannabanoid hypermesis, a completely ** diagnosis because there is no such thing (there was one really stilted, stupid study out of Australia about a group of people in one small area of Adelaide and it's been debunked totally at this point). As it turned out, by using very young aggressive doctors who knew each other personally, I have a migraine variant--I have no headache but go numb in the frontal lobes--brought on by chronic sinusitis I never knew I had, caused by allergies that weren't detectable by standard testing. Whew!

Mostly, don't give up in your search for what's wrong. I did for several years and just took it as it came. That's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever done, and I've done some stupid crap in my life, trust. Good luck, and DO NOT give up the fight.

 

[TheKlonedRanger]

Ever experience any concussions?

 

[Hippie420]

Ever experience any concussions?

Classic symptoms of it, for sure!

 

[brandonhmills]

Sounds like pot is triggering vertigo in you. You are having just the opposite affects of what the pot usually does. It took my husband a year of trying very mild pot to be able to handle it... But he is an old guy, not a football player. I don't think i would be smoking pot if I was you and I have never said that before in my life. If you have had a lot of hits to your head and cervical spine issues, those symptoms aren't good. So I as an old hippy mom says, quit smoking pot. Sorry. Thanks for checking in with us. Good luck to you an be careful with your body. Have you had a cat scan of your head and neck? I think it is in order. That is coming from an old xray tech.

I have a cat scan of my head, perfectly fine. And yes, the first thing my chiropractor does is x-ray my neck. My neck was completely straight, which isn't good, the neck should have a natural curve to it. Also one bone in my neck at the very top, was facing up 15 degrees, and is supposed to be facing down 10 degrees. I was informed that this bone, is connected to the nerves that go down your face and head. This can lead to pressure and vertigo.

I just never thought that weed could make this worse, could magnify this issue.

I assumed weed can only relieve back, neck, and head issues.

Ever experience any concussions?

I've only had one concussion and it was brief. Although I've had endless amounts of "ringers" - hard helmet to helmet collisions that leave your ears ringing for a couple seconds.

 

[brandonhmills]

Rosebud's on it--go see an ENT doctor. It may not be vertigo, but something mechanical inside your head. I puked many, many times a day for nearly 10 years. I've had my gall bladder removed and have had Botox injections to my pyloric valve. I was prescribed every anti-depressant known to man. When that didn't work, the legacy medical community decided I needed anti-anxiety meds. Let me back up and say I've been to Shands and Mayo--no help. Then they decided I must have cannabanoid hypermesis, a completely ** diagnosis because there is no such thing (there was one really stilted, stupid study out of Australia about a group of people in one small area of Adelaide and it's been debunked totally at this point). As it turned out, by using very young aggressive doctors who knew each other personally, I have a migraine variant--I have no headache but go numb in the frontal lobes--brought on by chronic sinusitis I never knew I had, caused by allergies that weren't detectable by standard testing. Whew

Mostly, don't give up in your search for what's wrong. I did for several years and just took it as it came. That's probably one of the dumbest things I've ever done, and I've done some stupid crap in my life, trust. Good luck, and DO NOT give up the fight.

Was this just normal living for you, or when you would smoke weed?

The human body is crazy, like you said, you may never find answers for some things. I definitely will not be giving up on identifying what is causing this to happen.

Have you ever tried any type of chiropractor care? I believe a few adjustments can fix a whole lot of problems for people. And that's been proven also.

 

[Rosebud]

I worked for a chiropractor for 15 years as an x-ray tech. I couldn't even watch football for years because of watching people get hurt. Chiropractic is awesome. Sounds like you have a good one that will refer you out to a specialist. Good luck Brandon and let us know how it is going for you.

 

[PencilHead]

Was this just normal living for you, or when you would smoke weed?

The human body is crazy, like you said, you may never find answers for some things. I definitely will not be giving up on identifying what is causing this to happen.

Have you ever tried any type of chiropractor care? I believe a few adjustments can fix a whole lot of problems for people. And that's been proven also.

No, man. This stuff started out of the blue. It was episodic for three or four years then it became more of a daily thing eventually. I'm good now, but I do need cannabis for the stomach calming effects. Honestly, some strains make me feel like chucking still, but there's no real rhyme or reason as far as Indica/Sativa for me. It's just this one does, this one doesn't. Usually a truer hybrid seems more likely to do the trick.

Sounds like with your physical issues with your spine, that's going to be your line of attack. Again, good luck.

 

[trillions of atoms]

Pencil...I was going to say he possibly has sinitus, or even allergic rhinitis.

I would suggest going to an ear nose and throat doc as well.

I believe chiro can fix alot but not any real severe damage that will take surgery but it helps I can attest to it!!



I have AR and this sounds like me sometimes when I'm puffing alot. Usually starts with a sinus infection.

 

[UpstairsRichie]

Not sure where to post this, I just joined this forum to gain insight on a problem I have.
My name is Brandon, I started smoking weed five years ago. I never had any problems with weed until about a year ago.
Whenever I would take too big of a rip, or take one to many hits I suppose, I experience horrible side effects. I instantly become nausea, my head becomes light, and I have serious amounts of pressure in different parts of my head. My head feels heavy and my ears feel full. Now, many times I would become very close to passing out, like my head would go numb and I snap out of it before I pass out. It had gotten so bad that I stopped smoking. I would also throw up a lot of the times. My heart races every time but i presume that's from being anxious about the whole situation. I took a two month break and came back to it and was fine. Until about a month in I started getting these side effects again. To be completely honest, its a little terrifying, and most of all so annoying that I can't casually smoke anymore. I figure I'd post here before I reach out to a doctor.

It can be tough to explain.
I do have problems with vertigo.

I saw your post, and read through the replies. Don't know if you are familiar with a specialized type of chiropractor, who work on upper cervical spine.

http://www.nucca.org/patients.php

After going to doctors, chiropractors, etc. from the age of 18 until I was 60, with not much help, I found the NUCCA site, connected with a local practitioner. He helped me immensely. I was injured playing baseball. Hit by a full swing behind my left ear. I suffered from vertigo, extreme hypertension. I'm about 90% improved. The NUCCA treatment helped my problem a lot more than conventional chiro treatment.
It's worth a shot... I know what you are going through.

 

[The Hemp Goddess]

Some strong sativas can give people mild panic type attacks--you might be experiencing something like this.

I have deteriorating discs in my neck and have to keep it aligned or I get bad headaches. Funny how these things come back to haunt you isn't it? I was in a car wreck in the early 80s--a car going about 50 rear ended me while I was at almost a dead stop. Didn't have any problems at all for about 20 years....

You might want to try something very mild. I made up a cannabis vegetable glycerin mixture to be used in an e-cigarette for the mother of a friend of mine. She is in her late 70s and had never used cannabis. She can not handle anything strong--makes her anxious with the unfamiliar feeling. The bottom line is however, regardless of the cause, if cannabis is affecting you adversely you should stop using it. It is not a cure-all for everything and everybody....but it probably comes as close as any substance we have available to us now does.

 

[DogBoy420]

I'd consider a brain scan. There's a definite reason that your reaction to MJ has changed. I doubt it's vertigo.

Better safe than sorry. Anything caught early can be dealt with much better than later...

And be completely honest with the doctor about why you're there, and what your symptoms are.

Just my opinion...