pot made my heart race and sent me to the ER

ok, so i'm a med patient in socal; i get very good med stuff, and i REALLY don't think it is laced, it is just very very potent, i have some jedi (some trainwreck cross, and a lovely daytime smoke), and some bubba kush (very very heavy, sleepy, and the only strain to bug me mentally so far: one time gave me a ton of depression/self loathing)


anyway, so, one night i smoke the bubba and my heart races a bit; another time i smoke the jedi and it races a bit as well; then once i smoke (let me clarify: i'm using a vaporizer, the vapolution) and my heart starts really going; i ended up having my roomate take me to the ER; my heart was going 120 or so at most, and was over 100 for about an hour

they gave me an EKG and everything looked fine, but the heartbeat was fast, the drug they gave me to calm it (adaran or something?) didn't do anythin, and they discharged me pretty quick, saying "that heartbeat is nothing dangereous, it's not that fast and it's regular; you just got some bad pot" (i told the doc i smoked pot, medically, and thus no entanglements with cops or any such (though i was freakin on the way in that they would call the cops on me, even though i'm legal in cali, it freaked me)

anyway, i was REALLY scared; the funny thing is it didn't feel i was having an anxiety attack, though i guess it's possible i could have, i've been rather depressed and anxious lately, tough time in my life

i really thought i might die (so maybe that means i was having an anxiety attack but it lasted a LONG time), but the reason was that my heart was really racing, and it seemed that it was just because of the drug

so, this is a real bummer; i love pot and it's been very good to me previously; i'm a very casual smoker, but it helps me with anxiety, depression, chronic pain, sleeping etc. but now i'm off it and bummed about that

well, that's my verbose story; it was genuinly frightening; i'm 25 and i don't know if i've ever been that scared for my life; not even rock climbing some sketchy shit

oh, and i smoked both types before and they didn't bother my heart then, so i again don't think they're laced

oh, and another important thing: i've also been on vicoden lately for pain, and took a couple pills earlier that day

Probably the most important thing came in one's third post! Although you say you've been on it lately? Are you prescribed to Vicodin? As you probably know, that can very well be the cause of your anxiety-attack or you're a hypochondriac? You say you're twenty-five years old? What do you do for a living? Do you have many friends? Are you currently in close-quarters with someone you might consider friend? More importantly, how are your relationships with the people around you?

My cousin got extreme heart palpitations when she tried smoking cannabis the first time, which was enough to make her never want to try it again.
Sometimes after I hit a really phat bong with scuff, I go extremely hot and for a little while after my heart rate is really fast compared to normal which if I don't prepare myself for it will knock me back a few steps and I need to just chill out for a min or two.
I would suggest getting high gradually, I think that would stop your heart rate from going threw the roof.

damn that sucks, but weed does raise ur heart rate..
you where just to high.. lol
Kush fucks you up.. bubba is good but try some og kush!!!Heavy HIGh. just dont die though.. lol :rastasmoke:

It's people like oqm that give the anti-cannabis sect ammunition, did you tell the MD that you were taking vicodin? Do everyone a favor and stop using weed.

learn to focus and you'll be able to keep that shyt under control next time. similar stuff would happen to me, and likely lots others when i'd smoke a whole bunch of good stuff. then i recieved my jedi powers on facebook so its cool

another 'marijuana induced emergency room visit' for the prohibitionists :thumbsup:

I've been in somewhat similar situations, never that bad, but I understand what was happening. I would never tell anyone (especially a doctor) that it was 'caused by marijuana'. Not only does it give cannabis a bad name but it's just not true.

Just gotta chill out man.