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TheDude0306

I started smoking about 12 months ago, but havent smoked for the past 3 months, well small amounts, and I will tell you why.

When I first started smoking, I really enjoyed it. After a few months, I started smoking more amounts on the 2 or 3 days a week I did it.

Then after about 7 months I started smoking even more amounts and sometimes up to 4 times a week.

I always ignored the pounding in my chest. My heart would feel like it was going to F**K** EXPLODE. It worried me a lot, because I have a heart murmer, that I was born with. But the pounding in my heart would usually go away after about 30 mins, then I would enjoy the high.

About 2 months ago, I had something very upsetting happen in my life. Let me just say I lost something that was very dear to me. I also live with two cronic medical conditions, that limit from doing a lot of things I would like to do, mainly because I am in pain and always feel sick to my stomach.

Well weed was my escape, I enjoyed it SO MUCH, I smoked and smoked. And I also found that when stuck home on a weekday not hanging with friends, I would smoke up lots and fool around on the computer. I could spend hours entertaining myself on the computer. It was a great way to pass the time away in my boring life.

Well a few days after the disaster in my life, I was smoking heavy, still enjoying it, and it helped me escape reality.

I awoke one morning with what felt like a racing heart. I had trouble breathing, and this would come in go in epsiodes. Of course I stopped SMOKING right away.

But the symptons returned. Finally on DAY 5 I felt exhausted and breathless. I could no longer take it, and had a friend drive me to the ER on a Sunday night.

Now I have never done any other drugs in my life but marijuana, but I did drink heavy once or twice a week. I also never have smoked cigarettes only marijuana.

When I got into the ER, I could barely explain what was wrong I was so out of breath. They took my blood presure first and told me it was a little high.

They then hooked me up to a heart monitor, they told me my heart rate was exactly 180 beats per min. I was actually turning white, I felt at that moment I was having a heart-attack. The quickly gave me and IV, brought down my heart rate, gave me a Xanax and sent me home 4 hours later.

It took me 2 months for the pains to go away in my chest. Of course I have no insurance, but needed to have my heart murmer completly checked out again. So after lots of test, ecocartograms, etc, etc, my heart doctor said my heart murmer is FINE, and has not changed since it was last checked out roughly 10 years ago.

Of course after this I swore to GOD I would never smoke again. But one night I tried smoking some of the same batch then I think caused this whole epsiode.

I smoked just a 3 small hits from my bowl. Again my heart started to POUND! I had a brutal anxiety attack, no one home and no one to help calm me, (but I couldn't have told parents I was having an anxity attack from smoking weed, they dont know I smoke even though I am 24 years old) I took a DOUBLE XANAX and it didn't DO A THING. I had to sweat it out for almost 3 hours. I hoped that my heart would come back down and it did.

The next day I flushed the remaining weed. One month later I tried smoking again with a close friend. This time I took just 1 small hit. I felt good, of course I had a few beers in me (atleast 8) so I took another bigger hit. Then the same thing, not as bad this time, but the terribly anxiety was there. I tryed everthing to hide it from my friend, and I just couldnt. This panic attack did not last nearly as long, perhaps because I was very drunk.

Now after another 3 months I haven't smoked since. No matter even if I smoke a drop, My mind constantly worries about my heart rate, and in-turn I cannot enjoy the HIGH AT ALL.

I am so disapointed, my smoking career of about 7 months is now over. I miss smoking weed so much, it helped me get through most of my boring days of life. It also helped me escape reality and forget about my (not life-threating), but just annoying inconvient illness.

Now I think about growing my own pot. I think maybe my body can't handle weed with that has sativa in it.

Maybe I would be able to handle a full body indica? I dunno. I do know that I like smooth SLOW HEAVY BODY stones. I cannot take any uppty HIGH stones, because right away I freak about my heart.

I dunno if my whole epsiode with my heart was brought on, by the terrible thing that happened in my life, combined with the heavy smoking lack of excersise at the time, and heavy drinking?

I dunno what to think. I do know that in my mind I can no longer smoke, because the only thing I can think about after taking a HIT is my heart rate.

Very disapointed. I find myself trying to find some other type of drug, that could remove me from reality just for a little while. Weed was perfect. To afraid to try anything else, have been considering mushrooms, really the only other drug I think I would try, but wondering if I cant handle a GOOD stone anymore, I would probably FREAK on shrooms.

I think maybe I could try popping a good dose of Xanex before smoking, but I don't want to get into that habbit. Besides I get the Xanex through a connection, and I pay out the ass for them. And who knows how good taking Xanex would be EVERY time you want to smoke a little weed.

Desperate for any advice from anyone here. Are my SMOKING DAYS OVER? FOR GOOD?! God I hope not. I can't tell you how much I truly miss it.

 

HappyMan

There has been a correlation made between smoking marijuana and an increased risk of heart attacks. While a correlation does not mean a direct link, you may want to take it into account.

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ButterflyDreams

oh. um....

anyway... I had a girlfriend once who always thought she was allergic to cannabis. Everytime she got high, ten minutes later she was selling buicks to the porcelain gods.

After serveral subtle "contact highs" I defied her to puke after getting high with me. We sat on the bed and I smoked. She took one, then two then more hits.

After two hours I asked how long she'd been high. She was amazed and never puked again.

I too have had problems with the heart and know exactly what you describe. I was amazed a few weeks ago when I made the comment that I ' had a couple of heart attacks a year' and wasn't exagerating. At least not in the strictest sence.

any way... I think you need to stick with indicas, as you have deduced. You also need to smoke with someone you trust explicetly the first few times. Whatever meds they gave you for the palpitations, keep around, etc.

Basically, your psyching yourself up to have p[roblems even before you get high.

Relax and enjoy it.

Good luck.

BD

anduin

i've do notice my heart beating faster when i smoke, but so does pretty much everyone i know. i'm not concerned about it. but what i never bothered to take notice of, was whether it did the same when i ate it.

irrelevant, but i'll tell it anyway, 'cause i've started thinking of it: my first time with weed was eating a gram with melted cheese on biscuits. i moved once in the four hours after it kicked in, and that was to get a drink and see how strange the treadmill felt. i also laughed my head off at the ending of american beauty, which if you've seen the movie, wasn't meant to be so funny.

TheDude0306

Well I went to a friends house the other night. His wife was out with her friends for the evening.

Of course we always drink atleast 12 beers a piece.

I took a shower, got dressed and this time poped a Xanex abut 45 mins prior to getting to his house.

I haven't eaten for atleast 7 hours, so I felt the Xanex kick in. I then had about 3 beers, and decided to try to smoke again.

This was another new batch of weed, so I tryed my luck.

I took a medium sized hit, inhaled deeply but did not hold it long at ALL, I have heard holding it to long could cause my heart to race even more. I guess it common sense, holding your breath for any reason causes your heart to beat quicker.

I continued to take small DEEP hits throughout the night, I felt good, but not blasted out of mind.

I guess the Xanex is what helped. But I also think it may be mental also. I think a few more sessons with the help of a Xanex, and I may be able to get back to smoking without the help of a Xanex.

I have to say this was the first time I felt nice and mellow while stoned, since the my epsiode with my heart a few months ago.

Does the Xanex take away from the stone? I love to get slight visuals, but I didnt get anything. The only thing weird was I was seeing double for atleast and hour, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop it.

It might have been the beers I dunno. Just don't think getting stoned is that great anymore.

 

John Markes

What other drugs/medications are you using? Some drugs, medicines and herbs react badly with marijuana.

Pounding heart is common among infrequent users, with most people adjusting to it if they use regularly/consistantly. But some other drugs/substances exacerbate it.

I was forced to stop taking several meds some years ago when I had reactions to the combo. Since marijuana is currently the only med that keeps me alive, my doctors and I decided to stop the other meds.

John Markes

SirSmokesAlot

It is NOT a good idea to mix Xanax with ANY other drugs OR alcohol unless your doctor tells you to!

Mixing Xanax with Alcohol can be DEADLY!!!

Xanax is a Benzodiazepine which is a Central Nervous System Depressant. Also, do not forget that the Benzodiazepines are some of the most addictive medicines out there!

Stick to Marijuana!

McBiff

i used to freak out about my heart and still do on occasion, i have no idea why i still do. it always feels now like my throat kinda starts to close up and **** and i feel like i'm startin to sketch really bad. i try to tell my self it's just an anxiety attack but it doesn't really work. i think i have a borderline anxiety disorder, seriously, but i don't know the exact symptoms.

HillBilly

Howdy!

Dude... With a heart murmur, my first question would lead into "Do you have mitral valve prolapse?" I'm sure this would show up on tests that have been ran on your ticker.

Get a medicaid card. Call your local dept of health and human services. Get some type of insurance. You can't afford not to have some back-up with a questionable heart condition.

Next. Find a regular doctor. Tell them about your problems. Let them know that a Xanax from the ER helped. 180 bpm is high. You might need a prescription for Xanax (which is a usual medicine for mitral valve prolapse and symptomatic murmurs)

And like sir smokes said, don't drink amy alcohol while taking Xanax, or any medicine that affects the Central Nervous System.

be cool, relax, and be confident that you're gonna have a good buzz, not a heart pounding episode.

~~hb

potheadreturns2

Why not eat the weed dude? Just make a nice batch of cannabutter cookies and forget about your ****ing heart murmur. Dude I know it must suck not to be smoking but you gotta realize what smoking does to your heart. It really ****s it up. So does drinking but you didn't ask about that, so. .. just eat your weed and be high!!

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