thatoneguy801

Hey guys

Its been a year since my first haha. For a while I loved doing it, every weekend me and my friends would burn and hang around. It was a good time. Around july was the first time I strated smoking out of a bowl. when I started getting comfortable with it I took deeper and longer hits, thats how I always did it. Around july something happened though, we finished the bowl, my friend whent to go cash it and I walked in his house. Keep in mind we where sitting this entire time. When I got into the kitchen I noticed I was stumbling and was really dizzy. My vision was very, very dark. It was like when you stand up quickly after a long period of inactivity, and you get really lightheaded. Only it was 2 times that. Anyway, I sat on his couch and I started to experience an intense rinign in my ears, and all the sound was muffled. It lasted a good 4 minutes. the whole time I sat there saying to myslef "Never again. never. Im done with this shit." When it was over I felt great. I felt the highest I had ever felt and the rest of the day was great. About a month later it happened again. This time we where standing up doing it, and agian I was taking huge hits, keeping it in my lungs for a good 7-10 seconds. On the walk back to his house I started feeling the symptoms again. i ran in the house I layed on his couch for a while. It wore off and agin I felt amazing. Now, in October we where hanging out, playing xbox and trying to find some bud. We finally og some. It was the shittiest stuff I had ever layed eyes on. It was like dried leaves that had been crushed up in someones hand. Barely and nugs, so no need to break anything up. we had nothing else to do so we whent to go smoke it. We where in his shed, standing up, and againI was taking masive hits like I always do. Then it started happening again. I started feeling dizzy and my legs where shaking back and forth, it was scary shit. Everytinh whent black and I woke up on his floor. Feeling 100% better. Like the other times. ONly this time they called the ambulance. I whent to the ER and of course I didnt get a straigth answer. All they said was my heart rate was high. But isnt that what weed does to you? I wasnt in pain or anything, it was just an intense feeling of lightheadedness. I didnt happen everytime I did it though. Just those three out of 8 or so times. With like two or three setions in between them too. So what do you guys think happened? Ive been reading around and ive seen alot of people mention similar stuff, the intense ringing, dark vison, and passing out. havent smoked since but I want to start up again for the summer. The only thing is im nervous about it haha. So, if any body here can give me some info on what they think happened, or if anyone else experienced this or something similiar I would love to hear from you. Thanks! Ohh by the way, from what i heard from the only non-high person there I was only out for 30 seconds or so. Maybe even less.

the_hitman

Holy wall of text.

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Everlong2019

could be oxygen deprivation, take smaller hits and take big breaths of air in between hits, see what happens.

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doyoulikegreen

+1. You shouldn't be holding it in for 7-10 seconds, more like 3 seconds...

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Canta

It wasn't oxygen deprivation, you had a panic attack, you smoked more than you could handle. These are not dangerous or fatal but can be shit scary. I've smoked a shitload of weed and have only felt this twice. I didn't let it hold me back, you just need to know when to stop. After a while (if you are a regular smoker) there comes a point when you won't experience this any more.

smokedup

yeah this happened to me the first time i smoked. i did way more than i could handle and just was gone..

nornerator

It sounds more like oxygen deprivation/low blood pressure.

This happens to me sometimes, although its not terribly unpleasant. If I stand up after sitting down or move after not moving for a while everything will get dark and I just hold onto a wall or sit down for a minute, then it goes away. Just low blood pressure probably.

detsiwt

When your post is full of

"I was taking lots of huge hits and holding them in for longer than I should"

You probably know the answer already.

Please format your post next time :P

thatoneguy801

Haha sorry guys. I just wanted to make sure I got every detail in. I really appreciate the answers though, it eased my nerves about doing it again. Thanks a lot.

jdogg2112

That happened to me once or twice, and it really freaked me out. Your description exactly matches what I experienced. I agree with previous posters that once you start smoking more it won't happen to you. The most important thing is to make sure you sit or lay down when it happens and don't try to walk places. There's a possibility you'll fall and hurt yourself or something. Otherwise it's not particularly dangerous, just not fun. In that sense it's like a bad trip on off-topics, though maybe not as bad.

Speaking of bad trips, it just occurred to me that (at least for me), my highs on weed were much more like mild trips when I first started smoking, and now that I've become more experienced, I'm a lot more functional, in touch, and less spacey. Perhaps the decrease in panic attacks coincides with weed trips becoming less trippy as you become more experienced and build up a little bit of a tolerance.