Okay to start off my story i not too long ago was smoking weed for the second time actually getting high and i was having panic attacks/anxiety. for about a day and a half. So ever since then i have always been kinda checking up on my heart rate and i find out that its not as normal as i might have thought. I went to my doctor and told her that i tried marijuana and that was the reason why my heart was racing for the next couple days and she said im fine and i should take sleeping medication if i cannot sleep. okay so i know that pot increases heart rate...but i still feel like my heart is not the same and its a little harder to skate like i used to because i need to catch my breath more often. Is this just purely anxiety? Also does anyone know of any ways i can treat this? I am probably one of the few that encounters this, i could be allergic to weed. Anyways any help would be appreciated.

Alex

From the Canadian Cancer Society website:
People generally don’t smoke as many marijuana cigarettes as tobacco cigarettes. Wouldn’t smoking fewer marijuana cigarettes mean that the adverse health effects aren’t as significant?

A few studies indicate that inhaled smoke from any burning plant product causes the same type of damage to lungs and throat as cigarette smoke. The way marijuana is smoked contributes to this damage. Although people who smoke marijuana generally smoke fewer marijuana cigarettes than people who smoke tobacco cigarettes, they tend to inhale more smoke per puff and hold it in their lungs for as much as four times longer. Because of this, some estimate that smoking <st1:time hour="15" minute="57">3 to 4</st1:time> marijuana cigarettes per day is roughly equivalent to smoking 20 tobacco cigarettes. Marijuana users may have many of the same health problems as cigarette smokers, including an increased risk of cancer.


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Alex, being allergic to weed is probably more common than you think.

First off i wasnt smoking joints, i used using a 1 hitter which means the bowls were extremely small and tightly packed. I did 2 the first time and had no real after affect the next day, and then the day after that i tried it again but i shared 1 bowl with my cousin and that was when i began to have panic attacks and such...now, 4 weeks after my heart is still pumping more than it should i think and i dont even know if its just anxiety or what anymore...im kinda scared i want to just get this out of my system and vow never to try pot again.

alex

Are you sleeping o.k. at night?

Well the first couple nights i couldnt sleep at night and if i did it was only like 3 hours...i felt so crappy in school too but its been spring break lately so ive been sleeping more and ive been feeling a bit better...

alex

it sounds like anxiety to me. a real allergy wouldn't just effect your heart rate, I wouldn't think. Try to chill out w/o the weed.

Good luck

I know this is a little late.