quite literally everything. I got sober about a decade ago and I notice addictive behavior in people who are into almost literally anything. I personally had to give my finnances over to my brother as I started shopping and it was becoming an issue.
Honestly, this increase in ER visits might not even mean an increase in total actual cases. Just now that it is not illegal, people are more willing to seek medical treatment instead of being fearful of what the authorities will do.
It's not like this condition is known to the average person, so most people won't link their vomiting to their use of weed. So this is highly unlikely to be the case.
@@10kanutt it's known to the average stoner here in Australia and the "weed sickness" has always been a thing between the daily weed smokers especially bong users here since the 90s at least, it definitely has a lot to do with eating habits and another thing about it is most people want to take a lot of really hot showers to feel better
I would agree with you in regions where possession is illegal, however in Australia possession or use alone has not been illegal for many decades in most states, you needed to have significant amount to be in trouble (ie. you were a dealer). The uptick of hospitalizations in Australia appears to coincide with an increase in use, not how comfortable people are to go to hospital.
CHS is just reefer maddeness all over again. I've had stomach issues since I was born. A male with an Eating Disorder. I've been trying to get a diagnosis for 30 years, and nothing better than acid reflux. Now whenever I go to the ER for vomiting, they ask if I smoke weed, and if I say yes they immediately call it CHS. Even when I try to explain that this has been going on LONG before, I even knew what weed was. Nothing. If you vomit and smoke weed, it's CHS. Of course, cases rise when you call ANYTHING dealing with vomiting as CHS.
Not the same. I've had alcohol poisoning, shit my pants and vomited all day the next day. But this is different someone near me had it and vomited all day unless she was in a hot shower for 2 weeks
@@trophyscene5015True. It isn’t addictive in the chemical sense as in it doesn’t have any substances that is inherently addictive. But like porn, video games, and social media, weed is addictive in that way.
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about how mushrooms and psychedelics treats anxiety, but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, doctor Greg mushroom I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
As a cannabis lover for over 40 years I can't imagine smoking 8 joints a day. I can't imagine smoking 4 joints a day. I can't even imagine smoking 2 joints a day. The flower today is so potent that just a couple puffs is all I need for multiple hours of effective results. If you overdo just about anything you will achieve a negative result. People need to learn to moderate their intake and everything will be fine.
Its very sneaky though. The symptoms actually don't always happen when you are high. So sometimes the connection between the two may be unclear at first.
Did you ever watch the video? It's not about getting too high. Is just randomly happens to some chronic users. As in people doing it all the time. 4+grams a day for a long time
@@Justin-og9gu Agreed, but general rule of thumb is that any time you're taking pride in how high your tolerance is/how much you can consume, you're probably on your way to a bad time.
As a near-daily cannabis user for the past few years, I can say I've definitely felt nauseous at times and even started oversalivating, which typically happens before someone vomits. But I've never actually vomited. I just stopped smoking for the day and would be fine the next. It's definitely important for people to exercise moderation, especially as more people use cannabis to self-medicate
@@krisp1871 shhhh, no as in people have chronic pain that doctors have no idea what to do with. and even medicine that you are given isn’t enough and this is the only thing that gives relief. especially late in the evenings when exercise and such isn’t exactly an option anymore. broaden your thinking bro.
I think it’s normal effect maybe they smoke to much for the that’s they’re issue or it’s like biological but I’ve never even heard of it xD serious! Never lol n ya just sound normal like someone eats to much feels sick drinks to much feels sick etc. like smoking to much 🤷🏻♀️
@@thatsabadname6242no it’s not from smoking too much like eating too much. It genuinely makes you feel sick and unwell. Not like eating something bad where you throw it up and feel better.
Doesn't the fact that weed is legal make the work of these researchers much easier? They have more and better data to work with since people don't fear legal retaliation. They could, eventually, inform the public about safe weed usage and its real consequences. Since, as you said, most of this research is done in placed where it is legalized, this may be the case. BTW, I'm a frequent weed user and I love that your videos show the negative health effects of smoking pot. Better to be informed!
Weed isn’t federally legal so not as many studies have happened as i would’ve hoped for but as of this year, the government ordered exponentially more weed, mushrooms, lsd, dmt, etc than they usually would to be studied. Big step in the right direction Edit: if you’re in the US
It wouldn't be a problem if it is treated like a drug, as it should be. It has both narcotic and therapeutic properties, which makes it much closer to being a controlled drug. Drug trials are routine, and that is the formal way of doing it. We used to sell opium freely in the early industrial era and paid a massive price, probably why we became so hostile to weed.
I used to work at an edible place and someone did get sick from doing too much! They were eating edibles on an empty stomach every single day and not having appetite for months so it was really just a matter of time. Hopefully people figure out how to chill instead of overdosing themselves
that compounded with the amount of marijuana never been consumed like this. this is the equivalent to throwing away all beer and only having moonshine every time you drink. Weed was never meant to be this strong, it was something kids smoked in the 60s and now has to be the strongest strand known to mankind enough to put you into a coma of euphoria
It’s nice to see weed related diseases being taken more seriously. I wish there was more research on its relationship with anxiety. For myself and a lot of other people, once I started getting older, weed just made me anxious instead of feeling fun/good. It made it really easy to quit but I’ve always wondered why that was the case.
I have a friend and he doesn't smoke for that same reason. My guess is that just like how some drugs are effective for some but not others is the same reason, everyone's bodies are just different. Stinks that you get too anxious but I've had times where I'll get super anxious too, but Its usually due to my mindset and what I'm thinking about.
I've never liked weed for it's 'feel good' component. I honestly don't enjoy being high. I do like it because it calms my anxiety significantly. I've been on 10 different sleeping medications and nothing helped compared to weed. Just slows my brain down enough to relax, really helps when I'm overstimulated (public areas) and when trying to sleep. Purely an anxiety medication for me It affects everyone differently based on how/why they're using it. I use a tiny amount because of my low tolerance (0.05-0.1g vaped) at bedtime, infrequently use 2x in a day
From 17-29. I was your typical stoner, high every hour of every day, legit 24/7. Not a sober day in those 12 years. Always thought i was just a naturally anxious being. I had to quit for probation and not even 6 months without smoking, and my anxiety became almost non-existent. And my social anxiety was the worst. Going in public alone was never an option. I couldn’t even go into a store, or a corner shop, not even a drive-thru. Pretty pathetic, but real life. I’ve always had some social anxiety within me, but over time it progressed to that. I always thought weed was helping me, but eventually it became the reason it was so bad to begin with. Never went back to smoking like that. I support it in moderation. But do i think people need to smoke, every day, all day? Absolutely not. It’s pointless, a waste of productive time, and a waste of money. Haha
Andrew Huberman made a video about the effects of cannabis. I don’t remember exactly why, but he said there’s commonly a flip that happens for chronic users and they’re even 4x more susceptible to things like depression
This happened for me too. But I’ve been able to use it again since I started looking into the terpenes of weed and being VERY careful about what I use. Now I stick very exclusively to indicas (bc they just tend to have a terpene profile that works better for me) and I also try to find ones that have CBD in them (like 1:1s). Having CBD in there seems to help neutralize the unpleasant THC effects. That and of course making sure to not ingest too much right off the bat. They make edibles that are infused (later in the process) with strains with specific terpenes and extra CBD and those have been a godsend. I don’t have to smoke and I can tightly control my dose. The process of making edibles apparently ruins terpenes, so the only way to re-include them is by adding something later in the process I guess. Honestly I’m so glad I did give it another try, too, because cannabis helps me SUBSTANTIALLY with my mental illness, physical pain, and sleep issues. But yeah I’d love to know more about why that change happens as we get older!!!!
Ive had this condition since i was 13 years old. Im 23. Ive tried to quit many times and i always seem to fail. The pain and nausea i feel every single day is absoulutley brutal. When i dont have weed or try to stop i get even more sick, almost like a a heroine addict. Thank you for making this video and bringing awareness to this. It is a real thing. And it is devastating to deal with
That's strange, I think you smoke modern weed with excess THC, I live in Mexico in a mountainous part and I grow my own natural organic grass low in THC and I add some CBD and I have never had problems, obviously I exercise daily, I eat well and I always drink water, zero alcohol, check your habits or the weed you smoke, or both, peace
Regular smoker for over 50 years I had something similar a few months back that happened every few days for a few weeks. I didn't see a doctor haven't seen one for decades. Have a variety of strains to switch between to reduce tolerance. After realizing it was the gg 4 every time I was sick I then started inspecting the inside of the buds closely. What I found was small amounts of mold. And mold can cause headaches stomach cramps and vomiting. I composted what was left from that plant. Haven't been sick since.
There is this place I use to visit where the budtenders would purposely sell moldy weed to people. Wouldn't the mold be killed in the combustion process though?
I had this happen to me, I was a heavy smoker for about 15 years, the last 5 years i would get intense bouts of sickness, sometimes lasting up to 5 days, just constant puking, I thought i was going to die a few times honestly, after I heard this could be the cause I slowed down my intake and it seemed to help, I've been weed free or over a year now and haven't had the problem since, just watch how much you smoke people! save it for a good time not use it for a long time!
@@elephantoflight3362 I smoked the buds, skunk not pot/hash. I live in the UK where it isn't legal, I was smoking about 4 pretty packed joints per day on weekdays and about 6-7 on weekends
@@Moostery 6 years + med patient. It's just dumb dumbs that smoke or eat too much with the rare accounts of adverse effects. 1g concentrate a week avg. Personal accountability is what is lacking. The higher the THC, the less I use. Balance.
@@goku64100Not to mention people like me with chronic health issues that can’t really function without being medicated. I’m not talking simple back pain, I’m talking pure agony and being unable to step out of bed out of fear of how intense the pain would hit. They had me on gabapentin for years till my body kept adapting to higher and higher doses, eventually getting to such a high dose that I couldn’t even sit up without getting dizzy and seeing the walls start to “breath”. My family has a history of addiction, so I refused to have any meds that would chemically hook me. Ended up taking my mother’s gummies in the hope that they’d help, which they almost instantly did. Never was a drinker, never smoked or anything, let alone took a gummy before that. I’m not saying it “fixed me” but my quality of live hasn’t been this good since I was 12. Weed makes life worth living, sure pain is still awful but I can always dose up on my bad flare ups. If it ever become illegal again, I probably wouldn’t “stick around” for very long.
@@richardbailey5541 I used to think this too but realized that alcohol is too easy to make to control it the same way as other hard drugs. It's not like you can buy a jug of apple juice, let it sit in your closet for a few weeks, and all of a sudden it's meth.
Lifelong stoner here. My suggestions are as follows; don't take dabs that completely eclipse the end of your tool, take a T break once in awhile, stay hydrated, and most important of all, vet your sources. Do you wanna buy from Tim down the street who drips fish oil in his crop or do you want to buy from Jackie on the other side of town who uses black strap molasses or some strict regiment of various concentrated nutes to foster his plants? Trick question, both are better than the guy who pulled a bag of rejected crop from a dumpster somewhere and is selling bags with bugs and all.
Yes, if we would grow our own, it would be natural. I fear the vomiting is from the nutrients these people (that don’t love you) put in the soul, to get beefy nuggets with oozing oils. Just resist the additives! Don’t purchase from places that use those chemicals! Go natural!
Long term smoker here, but living for 15 years in India. The plants we have here are non-hybrid and have lower levels of THC. The buds you have in North-America are sooo strong.
One of my best friends had this issue. She had surgeries and multiple week long hospital stays and was diagnosed with gastro paresis. Then one day she found a Reddit forum talking about this and quit smoking and hasn’t had issues since. It’s crazy how real this can be.
IT is a form of GURD, My mother had it, and she's never touched marijuana. And she was magically better after coming to the hospital too. Ain't that why hospitals are 4?
I have it. I had it for years before I was diagnosed. I wound up in the ICU with renal failure. I quit smoking in 2015 and except for one time when I had the flu, I haven't vomited since.
Just answered all of my questions in under 7 minutes. Been seeing different doctors for almost 2 years dealing with these symptoms and every doctor has looked at me like I'm nuts. Thanks!
Warm baths offer temporary relief. Your best bet is to stop cold turkey until your symptoms go away. Then if you miss it you can do like I did and use in moderation. Avoid gravity bongs, dabs, anything that people use to force as much weed in their body as fast a possible. Its unnecessary and way more likely to cause a CHS problem.
Pretty sure you have some other issue causing this, or at least interacting with the weed in a bad way. I have smoked for 21 years, and I have never heard of this.
hey man i had these symptoms 2 years ago and this video exactly explains what happened to me smoked too much and couldnt eat would throw up water and go for hot showers for relief but itll hit hard after my recommendation is to lay off the weed man trust me i stopped and increased my food intake after 2 months u should be fine to smoke again just dont forget to eat
So partaking in moderation rather than constantly trying to green out is the key to avoiding scrommiting. When I could still smoke the stuff it was a small amount. Enough to get a buzz and relax a bit on occasions.
Governments need to realize that "regulating" recreational cannabis doesn't just mean taxing the hell out of the revenue generated from it, but QUALITY CONTROL as well. Not just anyone should be allowed to grow and sell the stuff.
No anyone should be allowed to grow it. Its a plant. Understanding your own tolerance is a part of growing up. I did go to schoolwoth a guy who could not smoke anymore he was a chronic and over did it, every time he smoked he puked and finally had to quit. As far as government goes they can keep their garbage! All of it.
I have CHS. I also spent many years making extracts for a living and trafficking bud/BHO and have smoked more than most. My point in saying that is that pretty much everyone I've associated with the last 15 years is a stoner and I only know 3 people who for sure have this, including myself. It's real, just somewhat rare imo. Also, the details and severity of CHS seem to differ from person to person.
I believe that. Old skool smoke better plant cause they are lower thc unlike nowadays. Especially when these illness came from a heavy thc. Ive also seen comments each time the younger one that diagnosed but oldskool will comment like this guy👆🏻. Moderation is key.
I was diagnosed with CHS. It is honestly the most agonizing thing. I was severely underweight and had no idea what was wrong with me. I was hardcore in denial about it for about a month and then i quit. It was one of the hardest things I've done but after about 2 weeks it was like night and day. I wasnt an anxious mess and i wasnt having to lay in the shower everyday from the pain..best decision ive ever made
@@Dj_Rancho6448 You have never had original White Widow or real Super Skunk from the 90's, it was at least as potent as these allegedly 25% + strains of today. To much inbreeding and sole focus on THC did not make weed better
I like how "cannabis hyperemisis syndrome" implies they actually can exclude the possibility it's pesticides, synthetic nutrients or mold etc causing this phenomenon
I got it after only 6 months of regularly smoking back in 2020. Extremely unlucky and scary considering I was essentially dying of dehydration after throwing everything up including bile. Lost so much weight and had to get help to get my health back to normal. for a year or 2 after diagnosed even smelling weed would upset my stomach immediately and my night out was essentially over. Only "cure" is to stop smoking all together. I quit the minute my doctor told me I could be hospitalized. Love seeing this get more light bc nobody I know knew what CHS was until I told them. Im not anti weed at all tho, just love the awareness to what could happen to the unlucky few.
Totally agree with your last sentence. I have nothing but sympathy for people who are in this neverending cycle and smoke more to deal with the morning nausea. I dont think weed is bad, but a detox is def needed and some people might benefit from lowering the doses of thc they ingest. recently ive been trying to experiment with lower thc but consuming other cannabinoids. Our weed is so strong nowadays lol
@@AzafTazarden 1) They're not the cause, they're the trigger. Very different things. 2) How many people are allergic to peanuts and how many suffer from usage of recreational drugs? 3) Nice try. 😂
I have had this syndrome once, I never wish for it again!!! I was so sick, imagine weed making you not hungry, irritable, sick and constant vomiting even though you can't eat.... it's hell
It is interesting that now we cultivate it more and commercially purchase it that this has now become a thing. I have grown up with potheads and never seen this before, but now my bf has it but he refuses to believe that's what it is.
It's possible there was a cannabinoid that has been bred out that was responsible for it. Mushrooms cause the giggles, THC isn't wholly unlike LSD in certain aspects. I'd be willing to believe there's a cannabinoid that replicated the giggly effect from mushrooms since it's the same shape to hit the same receptor. Though weed back then was a lot less potent and societal pressures where a lot different so it might have just been a physiological symptom of stress relief and not psychologically knowing how to cope with it? Either way, unless proven otherwise I see no reason to deny the possibility.
I got misdiagnosed with this in the ER while waiting to get in with a gastroenterologist. for me I had an unknown gluten intolerance, GERD, IBS, and a hiatal hernia. so frustrating being handed pamphlets on literal rehab when I needed an actual endoscopy and a specialist 😅
Yes !!! Yess! Finally !! Somerone who had the same issue! I've been hospitaled twice and my dr's want to say i have chs and won't even consider that i have for years been treated for anexity, gerd, ibs, have a hietal hernia, and possibly chrons. i think i have cyclic vommitting. problem is i see a gastro and still don't have an answer. i will say this even tho i think i have cvs and not chs i am willing to say the chs is a possiblity but the symptoms dont line up nearly as well as cvs
@@fluffyashes i saw a thread on twitter today saying nausea meds don't work on cannabinoid hyperemesis. zofran, pantoprazole, and GERD meds (at different points) all helped. not eating gluten also helped immensely lol. the gastro didn't even entertain the ER's diagnosis, honestly. I was crying from hunger, dehydration, pain, and frustration and they said "aw, I know, it's a cycle isn't it" 🤬 they gave me milk of magnesia that didn't help lol.
@@milor6138 what fixes it for me is iv protonix and zofran. I take oral protonix daily and have oral zofran as needed to prevent the cycle. Have been on protonix and bentyl from gastro for years before this
@@MoonWomanStudios now that you mention that I did have an ovarian cyst burst ~5 months afterwards. it caused horrible pain but my PCP/obgyn wouldn't order imaging and blamed it on my ptsd 🤙🏻 completely awful. cannabinoid hyperemesis is almost always a lazy diagnosis to get people out of the ER.
You know what, that shit got me sober, helps me with my Ed and confidence, and most of all helps block out CPTSD nightmares by not dreaming. This is the safest thing I’ve ever used, and congrats to anyone staying sober and might use weed occasionally. Don’t let anyone dictate YOUR sobriety. Just be safe, mindful, function, and know your limits ❤️
Yup. Had, well have drinking problems . Weed has been helping a ton with that. Calms nightly depression/anxiety. Combo thc pen and sletzer water cans to replace the action of drinking is helping a bunch. I used to dog on this stuff too.
It’s all fun in games untill your kidneys shut down. Or your heart starts to beat irregularly. People who have contracted chs should avoid weed all together. It took me years of stomach aches and kidney pains to realize what was causing it. I stopped smoking for over a year felt great was able to eat normally and put back on weight. Then I started smoking again and instantly the stomach aches came back and I couldn’t eat. Kidneys hurting all the time. Now I’m here 2 weeks sober and never going to look back. To each there own but your right don’t over do it stick to smoking bud and not dabs. Make sure your weed is clean and from a reputable source. But this is a serious problem coming up in the places weed is legal. And drs are not diagnosing this. I don’t know if they don’t believe it or if they are using marijuana as a way to keep people sick.
I use gummies because I have chronic pain, c-ptsd, depression, schizotypy, & anxiety. I’ve tried so many anti depressants, anti anxiety meds, & antipsychotics that didn’t work that my doctors literally gave up on pills. & some days I can’t eat Currently I’m using edibles to help me eat while going through grief. & it helps so much. The edibles even help me to embrace my emotions more.
This happened to me a couple times as a teenager. I was heavily HEAVILY into marijuana. One episode, I was so dehydrated from the constant vomiting that my extremities were cramping, curling inwards & locking up. I had to go to the ER & went through bag after bag of IV fluids. The antiemetics I was given had legitimately zero effect, & I'll always remember how much this shocked the nurse. I honestly believe that if I was in a place where I couldn't get to a hospital, I would've died. Everything in moderation, folks.
I've known a few people over the years who thought they were allergic to weed. It was probably CHS. Maybe those of us who started smoking way back in the day when nobody could find, much less afford, 4 grams a day allowed our system to get accustomed to it over time.
had stomach issues for years. also been a smoker for years. doctors told me it was related to my weed use, and although i told some of the doctors that i did not smoke they all assumed this was what was bothering me. i was in pain and vomiting uncontrollably for months on end. I even gave up smoking for months as well, nothing seemed to help. turns out my appendix was inflamed and i had to have an emergency surgery. glad there is research on this subject, but doctors seem to lazily slap it onto patients in some cases such as mine. i am a heavy smoker, and fortunately have not smoked until ive had to scromit.
I don’t have an appendix. Could’ve simply been appendicitis, & not the weed. I’m an avid smoker since 16, appendectomy was done at 13…doubt it was the weed. I’m 25 now
I think they probably slap it on anything too. My friend was old and really underweight already. Its a syndrome, not a disease. But it is not hard to quit when you make up your mind.
Occam's razor and NAXALT; 9 times out of 10, it is not ebola or monkeypox, it is a common flu that shall pass but every now and then there will be an outlier that has matches with something in the media or in the minds of the collective hivemind.
We've reached pretty much peak strength for cannabis at this point I think. Unless you start going into concentrates. But you're not wrong either. I know a lot of people who were getting "good shit" from their dealers and figured that they'd go with the strongest strains at the stores. A lot of them got absolutely messed up by how strong those were since the internet keeps saying legal strains are trash... Not that there wasn't any strong strains on the black market either, but anecdotally, it seems like people really overestimated the quality of what was going around before legalization, at least in Canada.
You still won't be able to OD. If anything people reach psychotic breaks before any sort of physical overdose. However, with the huge THC content and non-existent CBD content, there's evidence being discovered that those ratios can actually create some sort of physical dependency. Not just mental anymore.
@@qwerfa Oh most definitely. I'm 38 and STILL hear arguments from people like Dead Heads who claim the weed so much better in the 60's-70's and I"m like, "there's NO WAY weed was stronger growing illegally in a random field versus a heavily monitored controlled grow farm.
Thank you so much for talking about this. I developed CHS last year and struggled for months with multiple doctors trying to figure out what it was, and ended up learning about it from Reddit. I lost thirty pounds in a matter of months - it was brutal and the culprit was right in front of me the whole time
I saw this as a nursing student a while back and had never heard of it before and living in a not so weed friendly location I thought it was BS at first. When I got home and looked more into it, I was intrigued. The thing i remember most from this patient was the doctor having to perform rounds on him in the shower because it was the only place he could find relief and stop vomiting. Thanks for shedding more light on this.
I really don't understand "if they stop vomiting in the shower, it must be CHS." Do people not understand a cold or hot bath can help shock you out of a lot? A hot shower can reduce a heart attack. A cold shower has been used to cure hangovers for a millennia. Ei vomiting caused my alcohol. CHS is completely made up. We are the first generation to only be eating processed food. There's thousands of studies showing how the unhealthy food we eat is causing adverse effects. Two Crack pot studies pointing to weed as the culprit and everyone jumps on board. More people are smoking, and more people are open about it. Correlation does not mean causation.
Please don't believe this propaganda. I'm not sure if he knows it is or not, but this is 110% made up and does not exist. Both studies have been debunked and proved biased.
My brother got affected by this. I remember looking it up and found a some forum post that mentioned that neem oil poisoning shares similar symptoms. Neem oil being a pesticide used in some weed farms
I’ve had 2 CHS episodes. The last episode was the worst. I had severe abdominal pain that not even pooping could help. Eventually, there was nothing in my system to poop out because of the constant need to vomit, which then became dry heaving. I felt like I was dying and sounded like I was dying to everyone else 😅. All of this went on for a few hours until I went to the ER. There, they gave me an IV and some sort of steroid pills to ease the swelling in my esophagus. Felt better after another few hours and then went home. All of this happened overnight. CHS affects a percentage of heavy smokers. I was taking bong rips several times a day, just feeling medium. I also didn’t drink enough water throughout my day to support this habit. Be careful with how much you smoke. You can still smoke (at least I can), but everything in moderation. Drink lots of water and eat your green vegetables 👍🏼 There are 3 stages: Prodromal, Hyperemetic, and Recovery. If you are feeling symptoms, chill out on the weed and purge on water. Don’t overthink if you might have one either because anxiety may be able to trigger more symptoms. You're body is most likely digesting, or maybe you ate something recently that is upsetting your stomach. Whatever you do, resist the urge to throw up as much as you can when in these moments.
Thank you for this advice. My roommate had this syndrome, but he always told me weed had no side effects and was perfectly healthy. I've always avoided it because when I get high I get anxious, but I never judged him for smoking. Then recently, he started getting like this and I didn't know what to do or why. I think this might be why and I'm gonna ask him to see a doctor about it, but until then I wanna use these tips to help him feel better !
I’m so glad to find this! Everyone would literally give me eye rolls and call me dramatic and paranoid., I KNEW it was weed. I used to smoke very heavily every day.. constantly puking, couldn’t ever eat too much I’d feel sick, very nauseous like my stomach was crammed full about to explode., constant panic attacks, severe Anxiety which impacted SOO MUCH in my life, I’m talking damn near Agoraphobic and hard to form full conversations because I was so scattered by the anxiety,… I was literally down to 95lb. Before I was 175. No one believed me and my fiance just would push me into it more.. everyone mocked saying weed doesn’t make you sick and would call me anorexic and that’s it.. well it took me nearly a year out of it all to feel better, to be able to digest food, to gain weight, to have fluency in speaking, to regulate my sleep and energy, it took Alonggggg time to recover fully and be able to be myself again. Now I can’t even take a hit., I’ve tried, and just in 1 hit it sends me in full psychosis and i freak out, my whole body felt like it was crawling or about to just explode, every muscle through my body was twitching and ached but especially my stomach.. I thought it’s what a seizure felt like. I don’t think I can ever smoke again and don’t want to but it’s hard because yaknow sometimes I do want that one hit yaknow.. NEVER and I pray for you, NEVER let it get that bad.. you start puking and realize you’re losing weight you need to stop.. you don’t want to feel how sick you get to feel it felt like my body was decaying and I could die at any moment I was so weak and always sick every day it’s a horrible horrible feeling and not worth it. I had ignored it because I was happy to lose weight, i thought I could lose weight just by smoking, great! But you don’t realize how awful you feel.. not to mention every other day feeling like you might just have a heart attack but everyday a fleeting thought that you’ll die soon.
I'm Dutch and I like a joint every once in a while as well ;). Marihuana has been condoned here in the Netherlands for almost 40 years. Yet, the Dutch do not know many cases of Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. After watching the video I did a little bit of reseach about what's known in th Netherlands on the websites of the Dutch drug-information institutes and even institutes that combat drug-use or treat addiction in the Netherlands, like Jellinek, state that cases are very rare, though it might be that there are more cases, but misdiagnozed. Furthermore they state that taking a warm bath can relieve the symptoms and quiting the use of marihuana immediately stops the symptoms all together. Excessive showering and hot bathing is also done often by people who have developed CHS. Still, it hardly appears here, even though smoking or ingesting marihuana products is relatively socially accepted here and has been done for a long time. Pharmaceutic companies and many doctors actually would like a full legalization, due to the potentials for new medication that aren't allowed to be researched at this moment. Studies on especially CBD that have been done do show amazing resultst for cancer, Parkinsons, Alzheimer and depressed patiënts and people with ADHD (and more). I'm speculating why there is such a rise of CHS cases in countries that only recently condoned or legalized marihuana, like the US, Australia and Canada, compared to countries that have condoned/legalized it for decades, like the Netherlands and Portugal. It might be that the composition in American marihuana is different, like way more THC or CBD. I know the marihuana here is checked here to ensure not too much THC or CBD are present. This system is quite flawed though: there's only a check on the sold marihuana from stores (which we call "coffeeshops") and not on the level of production (which ironically is illegal). So there's a lot of weed and hasj going around that exceeds the allowed limits. Still, most of the marihuana products aren't contaminated (much) with other chemicals. Many other countries like Spain and Portugal also have systems of condoning/legalizing marihuana use and also here there is strict supervision in the composition and distribution (better and stricter than in the Netherlands). Maybe this is different in the US and Canada (and Australia)? I honestly don't know much about the production, composition, consumption, sale or checking procedures of marihuana outside of Europe. So I can only guess here. Or possibly there are behavioural differences, like perhaps American users just use more marihuana or in higher dosis in one sitting than the Dutch, which might explain the difference in cases? The average Dutch(wo)man has a more physically active lifestyle than the average American (we cycle and walk A LOT and cities and villages are designed to suit cyclists and pedestrians rather than cars). Also, most Portuguese walk a lot and have a relatively active lifestyle. Maybe having a better stamina and physical condition reduces the chance of developing CHS? It does work that way with many other ailments, both physical as biochemical. I mean, eating a lot of meat and having a sedentary lifestyle increases the chance on heart failure and arthritis more than eating loads of meat, but exercizing a lot (cholesterol and vit A)(though switching up some of that meat for veggies would be waaay healthier :P). Spending all your time indoors increases the likelyhood of a depression more than when you take a long hike outside in the sun every day (vit D). Maybe CHS works similar? Is there any information about other binding (behavioural/genetic) factors in the known cases? Or is there a specific group of users that is statistically more likely to get it? Or maybe even environmental influences? Or perhaps American doctors are just easier to freak out over drug related ailments? Or the European doctors don't freak out enough and therefore miss cases? Maybe the Americans visit their hospitals straight away when vomiting, while most Europeans have to visit their physicians first for non-life-threatening ailments, before being send to the hospital? I don't know I do hope you guys let us know more, once more information becomes available, I'm curious :). Love the channel, keep it up :D
You have s lot of interesting questions. Definitely worthy of some research. As I understand. There's a big difference in what types are accessible and how potent. Between North America and Europe. When I was younger, I would occasionally smoke weed at parties. Every single time I smoked while drunk. I puked, as soon as the weed started worked. Whereas if I only started drinking after being Stoned, I never had a problem. Don't know if that's a general thing. And if so, if theres a difference in how alcohol and weed is generally consumed in different countries, that could be part of the discrepancy you mention. I'm from Denmark. Our alcohol culture is pretty insane, and cannabis is illegal. So we Don't have many studies from here.
These ideas are interesting and probably close to the truth. Considering states where recreational weed is legal, the THC% can be quite high! Some states regulate the percent of TCH available for recreational vs medical use, where some states limit the type of product. For example, in my state, I can purchase 97% TCH in a vape, but I can't get 40mg TCH per gummy, and can only get 10mg THC per gummy. In another state, I can get concentrates (I'm new school, so I've heard "concentrates" described by old school people as being 'more potent than hash', and it comes in a form you have to melt without lighting on fire). So, that + consider that the average American simply has more body fat and more sedentary lifestyle. Marijuana is stored in your fat, and bod fat effects how much you hold, and how much longer you hold onto it. Losing or gaining weight can also effect how the high feels/lasts. If you have less THC overall, and the body isn't storing it as much, you won't be as likely to get sick from it. It IS hypothesized that the higher potency of THC is why we're seeing this more now, but it was possibly existent, but extremely rare in the past before marijuana was being bred and refined these ways. I was morbidly obese and also was getting sick all of the time. I was doing a bunch of research into this. It wasn't the marijuana in my case, but I lost weight and cut back. Anecdotally, I've noticed that the weed does effect me differently now that I'm more active and have way less body fat.
I had to quit back in 2021 because of CHS. I was using a pen everyday for 8 months straight. One night I did my typical routine and suddenly felt really shaky, weak, and sick to my stomach. The pain and extreme nausea lasted for a week straight until I finally went to the ER and got some IVs. If you do smoke, please stay hydrated and TAKE TOLERANCE BREAKS. A couple years later I still can’t smoke without the nausea and weed induced anxiety kicking in quickly
You can’t smoke ever again or you will get sick again. We can recover from chs but it never goes away meaning once we start using again we will get sick again.
I'm the exact opposite situation. 20 years of trying to get a diagnosis for my eating disorder, now everyone wants to call CHS. Even stopped smoking and vomiting increased. Weed was the only medication that works. So I have to continue smoking. But now I can't see any doctor or admit I smoke or else they just believe I have CHS. I will have to live my life undiagnosed solely due to propaganda of CHS.
Consuming 4g a day, everyday, in any form is just an absurd amount of cannabis. I also think having such a high amount of THC on the market doesn't help either. 20% and higher is waaaaaay to much. Recently a dispensary near me started selling "old school" weed that's got around 6% THC and 15% CBD. Its a great option, and definitely going to be my choice moving forward.
I don't know how much is a normal amount, but that's the problem. Limits would be nice to keep people from getting sick. Lower amounts might help people understand how much is too much, although there will always be people who want to overdo it because they're self treating some mental health issues.
@@aellalee4767 i smoke half or 2/3 of a joint like every 2-3 hours each with like 0.3g of weed with a bit of tobacco (not really much because tobacco can knock me down easy) so around a gram a day maybe. In my mind i am smoking all day every day but I am pretty sure I am in the low end of the graph about heavy users :D
I went to the ER once after smoking (hours prior) and they diagnosed me with cannabis hyperemesis but I actually had Norovirus, which was completely unrelated to my cannabis intake.
Please mention the temperature symptoms! When you have CHS you almost always CRAVE heat like a warm bath. Like uncontrollably crave it and it temporarily relieves the nausea when nothing else works. Its one of the ways you can tell it apart from other illnesses with similar symptoms. I had a CHS episode way back before ER docs knew what to call it. I still smoke but less volume and so far have been feeling well for 5 years since my episode. I love to tell my friends since often they have never heard of it. CHS was some of the sickest I've ever been. Unable to keep down food for 11 days.
This is exactly how I found out that’s what I was experiencing. I felt like I was a fish outta water. 😂 but then I was waterlogged. I lived in the shower with steam for days until I connected everything together. Moderation is the key to everything
Same, I think something that people haven't examined is HOW you smoke might make a difference too. I wasn't smoking a huge amount when I got CHS but I was using a gravity bong. After going to the ER several times, I stopped smoking for several years. I eventually started again but in addition to moderation I decided never to use gravity bong again. No problems even after smoking daily for the past few years.
Yes! I keep telling my Dr's that heat makes it so much worse which is why i think i have cyclic vommiting instead of hyperemesis. I thought the hot shower thing was a well known symptom of chs? I'm worried my dr's want to keyhole me with chs instead of even considering cvs. it's such a catch 22 the symptoms that give me the cvs are medicated by the substance they are telling me is causing the issue. Depending on if its chs or cvs they're right
this happend to me when i was a senior in high school and steadily smoked more and more until I was smoking 4 times a day. I ended up in the ER twice with uncontrollable vomiting and dehydration. needless to say I eventually quit smoking weed and felt like myself again after. Glad to see coverage on this syndrome because noone ever knows what I'm talking about when I say CHS.
I’d be interested in seeing where these people affected are getting their supply of marijuana (home grown, government, etc) and how that changes things.
Or how many doctors just saw it in their system and just lazily said it was that. Or how many are just trying it out and got paranoid after a bad experience.
I use it both recreationally and medicinally. Because of this I treat it like I treat alcohol or other migraine medications, respectively. Everything in moderation. I use it socially, or when I'm trying to wind down after a rough day, like I would with a glass of wine. If I'm having a migraine, I only take enough to manage the pain, which, for me, is low enough that I don't really feel high. For me, microdosing has been very helpful. 3mg edibles is enough to relieve my pain (or one short hit from my pen if I need instant relief), and 5mg is enough to get me buzzed without being blitzed.
Edit: guys this is at 420 likes please don’t like anymore 😂 I smoked weed every day for years. One day I couldn’t stop throwing up, went to urgent care and they told me I had CHS. they said more than half of the patients who came in uncontrollably vomiting were doing so due to weed, specifically the highly concentrated weed we have today. I quit that day. It was horrible. I couldn’t hold down water for a couple days. I couldn’t hold down food for 5. I lost almost 30 lbs over two weeks. I’m 5’11” with a regular build and went from 160 to 133 lbs. anyways, shit sucked.
you where lied to becuase its not even a REAL disease its a made up one because drs are to lazy to find out the real reason why folks are picking but even folks who do not DO Canabus in any way are having bouts of this issue
Sorry you went though that. Did this episode just put you off weed because how horrible it was, or is it that once It happens to you the symptom is permanent any time you take it/smoke?
@@itsmeLori both. I wanted to continue smoking, but the doctors said that it would continue to happen if I did. I did some research and decided it wasn’t worth that risk.
Ugh i take cannabis for medicinal reasons it's the only thing that works for all the injuries I got in the military (beside harder pain killers) it helps me sleep with some nasty muscular skeletal injuries I got during my time in the service so if I end up like this I am screwed. I don't want to go back to using opioids if I end up with this condition 😑
It's because of concentrates. I had cannabis hyperemesis for a long time and it was caused by doing dabs. I had to quit smoking all weed for a while, but now I can smoke flower and I don't get sick from it.
Its more complicated than that, there's many variables that goes into who get CHS besides chemicals added. Research definitely needs to be done on this.
i started smoking in 2019 and in 2021 is when the fits started getting bad. i've been hospitalized for diagnosed with CHS everytime. these puking fits would last days until i did go to the ER and i'd be puking every 5-30 mins. the worst stomach pain i'd ever felt. and the only thing that helped ironically was the weed, but i was too sick to even think about smoking. i'm so glad this is being talked abt
I've been diagnosed with this, anecdotally I can say I haven't had an episode since I started doing psilocybin to treat my treatment resistant mental illnesses I think overall though I find it easier to get nauseated and vomit than it was before the episodes started, but my smoking habits haven't changed if gotten worse lol and I'm now like 9months without an episode
Been smoking forever and I’ve never thrown up or felt sick, the only time I’ve been close to throwing up is from coughing after a big hit or something, besides that I’ve personally never gotten sick or known anyone to get sick.
That’s what I’m saying, I probably breathe more Mary Jane than oxygen and never had an issue besides maybe 🤮 from coughing too hard which rarely happens
It's still better to be safe. A lot of people say they were fine and then suddenly they weren't. A lot of people are also saying that they couldn't go back to doing it after getting CHS. I'd say take their advice and take tolerance breaks and make sure to hydrate so you can keep enjoying cannabis and it's effects without having to worry about getting CHS one day.
As a former commercial grower, I'd like to say that often THC is the culprit. Cannabis has over 400 cannabinoids and all except for CBD are ignored. Straight cannabis can cause headaches, anxiety, nausea and vomiting. The only way to avoid this is to make an essential oil from the whole plant. It's called Rick Simpson Oil, or RSO for short. A solvent (Acetone) is used to strip the plant of everything, then the liquid is strained and reduced down to a thick paste with low heat. You stay higher, longer with none of the side effects.
I got cured from CHS from smoking CBD I believe. I couldn’t smoke for years without developing severe CHS, then I quit THC for a year and a half, smoking purely CBD flower and CBD hash for a year of that break then went back to THC and never developed it again. Going on almost 3 years clean from CHS thankfully. I smoke more now than ever before. Sometimes 3+ ounces a month, where as previously I couldn’t smoke more than 2 G a week without getting CHS… So strange…. I wish more research was put into it
I've read about how CBD could partially antagonize CB1 receptor sites. Diminishing the potency of the high. But it's still considered theoretical. Doesn't necessarily mean it's not true though
Bruh i took 3 month break but also switched how i smoked and stopped mixing tobacco in bong hits. Completely different now i smoke more without issues with joints and blunts
nah, dabs make me wet my pants. i like bud. plus, if carbon footprints were actually a thing and not some kind of darvo-@ss shamewashing... of course, then, what's my excuse with the ol?
A few years ago, I began trying to stop smoking weed but found If I don’t smoke for more than a day I start to get nauseous. Goes away after about a week. My body definitely has developed some kind of reliance. Can’t be great.
Modern strains (especially legal strains) have done their best to jack up the THC and dropping the CBD content as much as possible. There's also evidence (not nearly enough to call it a fact) that such a vast dichotomy in percentages creates actual physical dependence. Which would explode the long-held belief that THC isn't physically addictive.
@@TypicalZamasuI am sorry to hear that, man. I know from my experience that, if you start smoking weed regularly as a trauma response because pot high makes you feel good, it’s a dangerous path, you build dependence. And It's not good. Once I became aware of my dependence, I chose to fight the hard battle of withdrawal. I did cold turkey. The first 4 days were AWFUL. But I hold on to the sheer power of my mental will. And after 7 days, it got easier. I eventually completed a 2 month cannabis break. Now I enjoy smoking a joint once every 2-3-4 days.
I relate actually, for a long while I was smoking more than I needed to, I was throwing up until is was only stomach acid coming up, horrible appetite, and I continued to smoke to try and get my appetite back which made it worse, I went to a doctor and they thought it was a stomach bug or bacteria in my gut. During this I moved and didn’t have access to weed for a few months and I was completely normal again. I really didn’t think much of it until it happened to my friend. This video really helped have things make more sense, since no one talks about the bad side effects of weed. Throwing up nothing up stomach acid all day every day, cant drink water or eat food was torture. Moderation is key. I smoke still but in moderation
@@moistbreadd4051I’ve had this for years . I only get sick like 2 times a year . I feel like it’s when I start smoking more and more. I’m a daily smoker about 3-4 times a day I smoke 1-2 bowls each session . I’ve noticed when I slow down i don’t get sick but when I’m smoking and eating a lot it triggers the vomiting. Kind of weird . I’m looking to quit weed .😢
My boyfriend didn’t have an issue with marijuana until a few years ago. He didn’t partake regularly at all (when he did partake, it wasn’t in excess) and seemed to show up out of nowhere. All the symptoms described here is what he had gone through and it was bad enough of an experience that he won’t even chance with even the tiniest amount. I wonder if some people are predisposed to this disease/disorder based off other factors
Seems to be highly related to other stomach issues from what I’ve noticed. The few people I know who have it are very skinny and also have gastrointestinal issues like me lol
Thank you for posting!!! I grew up with a stoner step dad and specialists never knew what was wrong. More research has come out and years later my now ex boyfriend was diagnosed with this. It answered so many questions for me because I realized he had all the symptoms my stepdad had. The oddest but most telling similarity was that the only thing to ease the symptoms was a hot bath. So many nights I remember my step dad in the tub. I told my boyfriend after a bad episode that I’d leave him if he didn’t stop smoking. I grew up watching my mom suffer taking care of my step dad and I wasn’t about to follow that path. I love weed, but if you’re a lifelong chronic smoker, know it’s really know worth this.
I've smoked everyday for 20 years and don't have this occurring. There are nuances to this life it's not as black and white as "If you do X then Y will happen".
Everyday smoker for fifty years, smoking one now, never have I ever seen anyone affected by this condition. I think it’s young people just being stoned and stupid.
Crazy thing is I just learned about CHS. Everything thats going on with me seems to be what others are experiencing. And I've been soaking in hot baths lately as it's been the only thing to really subside the pain. When my kidneys were acting up two years ago I was heating my back with a heating pad.
@@Trace-l7kit's not. Some people can't handle their weed, just as some people can't handle their alcohol. This isn't generational, or anything like that, but it also doesn't effect many people, which is why you haven't met anyone who suffers from this. Either way, it's not the fault of the marijuana, but the person who's trying to get high. It's like saying planes are bad because some people can't fly them due to poor eyesight.
This is interesting. I was easily smoking as much as 4 joints/day in my early 20s. I had a med card, and convinced myself that cannabis was the best route to helping with depression. However, one day, I fell extremely ill after smoking. I got the spins, felt extremely hot, got tachycardia, and spent a good part of the night vomiting. I had had a few bad experiences from overdoing it over the years, but nothing came even close to that. It took me a while to smoke again after that, and most of the time when I would try to from then on (especially when taking edibles), those feelings would return even when I consumed very little. Being high became synonymous with extreme anxiety and nausea, and to this day I can't take more than a hit of a joint every couple months (and I usually regret it when I do). What's more, I became a far more anxious person afterward. I had always had bouts of depression, but had never really experienced anxiety until that point-and unfortunately it's something that has stuck with me. It actually seems rather similar to PTSD in some ways. Anyway, what you're describing does sound pretty similar to what I experienced, and I've never really had a potential explanation for it until now, other than assuming I had some sort of mental breakdown.
My little brother recently figured out this is why he's always throwing up, he stopped for a while. Then picked it back up again from time to time due to stress and has had issues again since using it. Crazy that this can happen, I'm also in the UK
hmm this happened to me about 10 years ago when i was smocking weed out of a bong and mixing with tobacco. The only thing that helped was hot baths and eventually quitting bong + tabacco
@@freelikeyveBecause people are ignorant about cannabis since they have grown up in a society in which these substances have not only been outlawed but demonized. Pot is still the devil.
Finally. There are some delusional people in the comments that are literally arguing that cannabis should be illegal because of this very rare syndrome. Guess they've never heard of alcohol poisoning? Or pharmaceutical abuse.
I've had serious gastroparesis since 2001 and have many ER visits for uncontrollable vomiting and many nurses have tried to say it was due to cannabis use when it obviously wasn't.
I kept on getting very ill and vomiting when I would eat different foods issue didn’t really start until I was heavy drinking. I stop drinking, but when I would eat different things, it would happen anytime I would go to the ER they would say it’s because I smoke. I would tell them I wasn’t even smoking that day and they were still Saints because he smoke. I started to cut different things out my diet and then, because of that found out I have a gluten allergy and it’s gluten that makes me violently ill not weed. my issue with this disease is all they do is ask you if you smoked weed don’t ask you any questions about your diet or drinking habits, and that actually might be the cause of the vomiting not the weed
@@ssahism I've been getting knocked out by pasta and white bread for decades, like instantly needing a nap and drained of all life the next day. Just realized its gluten sensitivity. What did we get in the school lunch program back when I was declared 'unattentive' and constantly going to the nurse with stomach issues? White bread every day.
I didn't run into "excessive weed use" accusations when my gastroparisis made me go to the ER. I got accused of overusing opiates and when the drug screen came back negative for opiates they tried to say I must be a noncompliant diabetic. Nope. Sorry. Not that either. It's Ehlers-Danlos. It's a genetic connective tissue disorder. Took me until I was 39 to get the diagnosis. Makes me so mad that the first thing emergency medical staff jumps to is accusing people asking for help and answers of being drug addicts and then a blatant refusal to take care of themselves. The treatment is reglan. It's an awful drug that causes depression and anger, and those can be permanent. It has a black box warning (it can kill you). The only other option (in the US) is a neural stimulator to basically give your stomach and guts little zaps to convince them to keep moving. Not as painful as it sounds, but still not fun time.
@@ThisIsATireFire I tried reglan years ago but now I bite my tongue randomly because of the side effects. Tardive dyskinesia doesn't go away so if you get symptoms stop taking the meds. And the fact that they didn't help me at all wasn't worth the cardiac risk either.
I got CHS last year. I’ve been smoking regularly for about five years and daily for two years. Worst two nights of my life. Thought I was gonna die. Was dehydrated from nonstop vomiting. Worst of all, I kept smoking trying to get some relief. I didn’t know it was CHS. I ended up in the emergency room and the doctor told me to lay off the grass for two months
My immediate thought is, because it's blocking the vomit receptor, the body tries harder to trigger it. The longer it's dulled, the harder and harder the body tries to trigger it until it finally overcomes the suppressing weed effect.
I got misdiagnosed with thise twice because I'm a hispanic male. I was struggling with constant nausea from panic attacks in my early 20's and my doctor's didn't want to help me much unless I stopped smoking, which was the only thing that was helping me at that moment. I had to switch doctors offices to be treated. Years later, I got on a high dose of Zoloft that my body reacted poorly to. I was vomiting almost daily and had to go to the ER due to dehydration... they told me to stop smoking marijuana. Turns out I have OCD and ADHD witch tics. I feel very mistreated every time they bring it up, like my struggles could only be cause by drugs because I'm a young hispanic man :(
That had nothing to do with you being Hispanic ffs. Many doctors won't prescribe certain medications if you use illicit substances of any kind and will want you to stop using those things to make sure they aren't the cause. I'm a white male, allegedly so privileged lol, but I've had the same problems. Stop crying victim.
I really needed this video. It explained it so much more clearly what my doctors have been saying. They said I would make my anxiety “worse”, but to me it made it better. Now I understand why/ how exactly that happens. This video will make it much easier to come to terms and cut back like I need too. Thanks pot head scientist 💚
Be cautious, there seems to be kind of an elastic band effect with weed. Like, it helps, it helps, it helps, then suddenly it snaps back and makes everything a hundred times worse, and it can be difficult to realise it’s the weed if it has been genuinely helping for a long time. It’s what happened to me, and reading these comments, to a lot of other people too. I smoked for over a decade, and for much of that time, it was something I thought was making a huge positive impact on my mental health. Then my anxiety and depression actually cleared up entirely when I quit the weed and started doing the things that scared me the most, I got into a drug treatment programme and the number of people I met who had had the same experience was crazy.
Thanks for making this video. We are seeing a rise of admissions to the hospital for this and people aren't aware of this syndrome. We always rule out any other acute issues, but there are always tell-tell signs of CHS. Patients will literally take 5+ hot showers in a day.
This happened to me when I was in HS, I used to smoke every single day back then until the vomiting started. Luckily I would only throw up once or twice each time it happened, but I quit cold turkey since it just wasn't worth it after a while. Back then I thought it was caused by panic attacks from the THC exacerbating my anxiety, but this explains so much, thank you!
What a lot of people don't realize is that unlegalized drugs can be MORE dangerous because illegally buying drugs is more dangerous and having drugs be illegal can lead to people buying drugs illegally and winding up with other, more dangerous drugs in the mix
exactly. when illegal drugs are illegally purchased from illegal sources, the illegal drug user tends to illegally wind up with illegal drugs containing illegal substances other than the illegal substance that the illegal drug user meant to illegally buy from their illegal dealer of illegal drugs. did i mention that all of this is totally illegal?
Yeah, the best path to go forward is legalization and **control**! There are norms on how much alcohol you can consume. There are classification norms. (Like, there can't be 70% alcohol beer). There's testing and certification, so that methanol doesn't appear in drinks. If the same is done with cannabis - we can reduce the risk and crack down on illegal cannabis
I really appreciate this kind of approach to science, though you are favor of smoking personally, you pursue objectivity and inform us to be critical and aware, you are awesome ❤
Was legalizing weed a mistake? Absolutely not. Just like legalizing alcohol wasn't a mistake. Nanny state never, ever works. Prohibition and the war on drugs is a complete failure. Stop trying to control what adults do to their own bodies. There will always be people who abuse these things. Best we can do is given them all the information, and if they make wrong choices - it's on them.
I have Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome and CHS is making my life more difficult. They won’t treat my CVS properly until they give me a drug test that is clean. Which takes time and it makes me suffer longer before they help me. It’s really obnoxious. :(
I remember the potheads in college would experience this. I personally never had an issue because I don't really enjoy being high. It's crazy how moderation needs to be practiced with everything, and yet culture pushes extreme use from weed, alcohol to other vices like it should be a badge of honor.... Nope a little is okay for most things.
My doctors at first blamed weed for my vomiting issues. I ended up pushing against that in my mind because it helped during the day if I got really nauseous. I got in with GI then we did some studies. My stomach emptying is not normal it only emptied 30%. The average person in four hours will empty to 10%. Within the timeframe that it took to get all of these studies, I got a VNS implant to control my seizures because I am medication resistant. After a few months when it got turned up to 2.85 amplitudes in going off every three minutes my vomiting went down. My G.I. suspects it was Gastro paresis because they are doing studies on gastroparesis and how a VNS can help because it works on the stomach as well. I can feel the VNS go off in my stomach every three minutes, it is weird and now I can eat full meals without vomiting. It’s really nice and I wish that I could’ve been part of those studies because I am an example of how it can help.
I have been smoking since I was 14 years old. I stopped for 3 years never had CHS. Started back last year and now only 6 months smoking I have CHS. Worst sickness ever, I lost 20 pounds in a month. Today is my last day smoking, as that is the only way to stop it. Moderation or don't smoke at all. Personally I am all in or nothing. So I have to put it down. Great video!
I’m 23 and i have CHS. I grieve weed like an old friend so this video was admittedly hard to watch. it gave me scromiting and serious panic attacks, i probably can’t ever smoke it again. My mental health is still not great but at least this has given me the chance to find better ways to unwind & cope with life. I’m actually trying & not just smoking it away. But a year after diagnosis, i still cry about it. I lament just smelling it, seeing people roll up, passing smoke shops. i’m a genuinely good person and i know it’s not a “deserve or not deserve thing” but i can’t help but wonder why me. i’ve known much heavier smokers than me who don’t have it, maybe it’s only a matter of time. I hope they find a cure one day or at the very least, i hope there’s weed waiting for me in heaven.
Same here, I had two incredible experiences with edibles and then I had one edible I vdkrivr was laced with spice. One trip to the A&E later and I haven't been able to even smell weed without heart palpitations and losing my sense of temperature. But like the video said maybe these reactions will get better as we get older 🙏
Were you a heavy smoker or does it just happen after a couple puffs? I'm very curious. Also what about things like either vaping or edibles? Have you tried different forms of consumption with the same results? Tincture maybe?
When stuff like that happens to me (and it often does), I have to realize usually God trying to shut certain doors in my life to show me a new one that He wants me to focus on and walk through. His ways are not like our ways. Very mysterious and effective. You would be wise to go with His flow. Maybe pray about it. He wants you to talk to Him exactly like you talk to us, although respectfully. He created order and it's in our best interest to adapt to it. He loves us like a Father and knows way more about our lives than we do, and I promise He has your best interest at heart. God requires us to retain a "sober mind". A sober mind is a mind that can keep track of itself and avoid sin. God says we can drink, lightly, so knowing that, He probably wouldn't mind if we lightly use cannabis (especially since we have a natural endocannabinoid system unlike for alcohol), BUT, the problem is when these things become our idols; ...When we think we NEED substances over whatever God has to offer us. I'm finding out that cannabis is my idol. I think I cannot be happy without it, but God keeps telling me something entirely different. ONE DAY soon, I'll stop using cannabis. One day I will trust that God will fill the holes I think the weed left. We pleasure seek to fill whatever hole we haven't let God fill. Normal happy people don't use drugs because their bodies naturally produce feel good chemicals. Also, sometimes God wants us to suffer like He did on the cross. It's a fallen world. We really do deserve what we get. Good thing He promises us eternity at total peace and satisfaction for simply believing He died for ALL of that. Finish the race.
I gave it up 9 months ago after it gave me near suicidal depression and incredibly intense self reflection. You can do it. I had to replace it with alcohol consumption before getting off substances entirely. If you have a stash, destroy it so you can’t come up with excuses later. Don’t let yourself make excuses to start again. Police your own willpower while it’s strong so that when it’s weak it won’t snap.
Same here. I used to have edibles each day after work but always ended up with CHS sooner or later. Unfortunately, I’m not one of those lucky people that can moderate their consumption… so I decided just to stop altogether. It sucks knowing you can’t moderate yourself but I’m glad I have my appetite back and no longer feel sick in the mornings.
My girlfriend had/has this! she hasn't smoked in 6 months and is feeling mostly better, but in the beginning it was super hard for her, we had 3 ER visits and none of the doctors knew what was happening. she eventually diagnosed herself with CHS and had to stop smoking along with avoiding trigger foods with high cannabinoids like chocolate, spinach and broccoli. it was terrible to see her suffer from something she thought helped her!
Hi, that’s a really hard experience, I’m happy to hear that things are getting better for her and there seems to be less to worry about. As a person with multiple chronic illnesses I’m curious to know what ‘mostly better’ is though
@laurettamae9573 she still has been feeling nauseous occasionally and we aren't sure if it's because she is starting to eat some of the foods I listed above more often (she has been eating a lot of spinach for her lunches) or if it's something else. Hard to know since there is so little known about CHS and I dont know if CHS counts as a chronic illness
@@jacobcristofori8097 That’s understandable. CHS is not a chronic illness, and there are other types of G.I. issues that are. I was asking because of my experience with doctors thinking it was CHS for me then it turned out that gastroparesis was the actual diagnosis I was closest to. It can range rom mild to severe, and in my experiences with doctors they look at the most obvious one first especially if you happen to be ‘too young’ to have any more serious issues or they think it’s too rare. In my experience being your own advocate if the problems continue to happen is the best you can do. That’s over time of course, I also eat ‘easy to digest’ foods recommended by my G.I. but I got lucky and had a surgery for my epilepsy that helped my gut as well so my vomiting has significantly gone down along with nausea. but yeah there’s just been a lot of talk about rare diseases are actually not that rare they’re just under diagnosed community lately. It’s very hard to see someone that you love suffer and I just wanted to share some information because not a lot of people know this kind of stuff. I hope for you guys it ends up going away and you don’t have to worry about it but if the problem persists definitely look further into it and her symptoms and bring those up to the doctor and get a referral to a G.I. I hope no offense was brought from my comments. I am just a random person on the Internet trying to spread a little bit of awareness about this because it’s something that I’ve become passionate about.
Did she have any pre-exsiting stomach conditions or nauea related anexity issues prior to smoking? I only ask cause my dr's and i are trying to figure out my own diagnosis and I say i have cycllic vommitting but they say i have chs
Part of me is like "this guy is trying too hard to connect with young people" but then I realized young people are exactly who need to hear this message! Way to go 👍🏼
I was a daily smoker for many years and after suddenly making several trips to the ER, was diagnosed with CHS about 3 years ago. I've found that if I limit my intake to only on weekends, and let my body clear out during the week I can still enjoy smoking.
I have CHS but it doesn’t make me vomit. It just gives me intense pressure in my left rib cage and gives me a feeling like I’m having a heart attack. I had CHS for 3.5 years and then finally decided to quit and I’m coming up on 3 weeks clean and I’m so happy I don’t have to be sick anymore. I wish I could still smoke but it’s sooo not worth the pain.
@@conog1888 Im Almost 60 Days Clean From The Green Have not been sick since. im so happy i decided to quit it has been a long battle of sickness. crazy to me that Weed was the problem but i can say at this point it was 100% the issue. i miss weed like crazy i stare it in the face everyday at work as i am a manger at a pot dispo but not being sick is so much better than smoking.
Thank you for explaining this! I experienced this a few years ago and had no idea what was wrong with me. Ended up in the emergency room because I was vomiting black tar-like stuff (my stomach was empty). I had been smoking weed all day, every day due to depression, stress, and insomnia. My appetite loss confused me as well since weed was supposed to help with eating; as a result, I lost 80 lbs. in about a year while taking high doses of weed per day. I felt horrible and sick all the time, and I even had a manic episode where I felt out of control (emotionally). I had to go cold-turkey for a couple months. I still use weed now for my insomnia on a nightly basis, but I notice the symptoms when my tolerance gets too high and my consumption of it increases. The appetite loss comes along. Nausea when trying to eat also. So now I take regular tolerance breaks (anywhere between 2 weeks and 2 months) to reset my body.
You know, I acknowledge that this is an actual problem that people have, but it still makes me angry that doctors tried to blame weed for my nausea multiple times. When I'm pregnant I get hyperemesis gravidarum, which is nonstop puking. I got so weak I couldn't get in and out of the shower on my own and barely could get out of bed, I couldn't eat or drink anything. Now, the doctors gave me medications that were supposed to help reduce my nausea but it was like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound. Doctors tried to give me stomach acid reducers after I started repeatedly tearing my esophagus and started vomiting blood.... Now I had smoked in the past before getting pregnant, but I stopped any and all smoking once I got that positive pregnancy test. What makes me angry is I'd go to the ER vomiting blood and they'd tell me because I smoked weed that that was why I was vomiting. I got angry with one of the doctors and was like "do you really think I couldn't and wouldn't stop smoking for my child?" And he kinda rolled his eyes at me, I told him none of the medications were working and he asked me "well I don't know what you want me to do for you" I just wanted to be able to drink water! I started smoking after that visit and I was finally able to eat, I was able to sleep, and my body stopped being so incredibly weak and shaky because I could finally eat and drink without consequence. As a result of me smoking I had to deal with doctors being judgemental and I had to deal with CPS saying I "neglected" my child, I was doing what was best for us both. Not only me, but my whole family and my husband were afraid I was going to die before I started smoking weed... So how is it wrong, how did I neglect my child? I was just doing the best thing for us both. Now I have a perfectly healthy and happy baby who is growing really well and is off the charts smart. So again, I acknowledge this is an issue with certain people, but for me marijuana was my saving grace and it quite literally saved me and my child.
Doctors did the same to my wife, she’s gotten ill when she got pregnant with our daughter. The sickness was supposedly caused by toxoplasmosis, and she is also a type 2 diabetic, this has been going on for 6 years and she has had multiple surgeries. Magnesium seemed to help for the most part but marijuana has always been a part of mine and her lives. Never had a problem with it until she went through child birth, but that doesn’t stop the doctors from filling up her file with “marijuana overdose” claims.
Wellp at this point I just straight up hate doctors so, all I really have to say to that is. Yep. I believe every world you wrote and honestly I imagine your experience is worse than you fully remember or even know.
I work at a dispensary. We're forced to give out pamphlets that tell of the "dangers" of smoking weed while pregnant. I mostly laugh at them. Obviously, burning weed, or literally anything, introduces carcinogens, something we don't want babies to be in contact with. That being said, if you eat meat, you've been ingesting just about as much. Smoking weed isn't especially dangerous to a fetus, and I regularly sell weed to pregnant women, and I always do my best to make sure they don't feel judged for it. You do whatever you feel you need to for that child and yourself. Have a great day, and congratulations on the kid!
You are feeling like that BECAUSE you arent smoking weed anymore. You think marijuana is the solution to your problems but in reality its only the “solution” to problems that it itself created
My mom had complications from a stomach surgery that caused her to vomit uncontrollably from time to time and she was in and out of the ER because of this. About three or four years ago, I remember sitting in the ER with mom as she was experiencing severe pain and vomiting again. The doctor refused to look into the problem and treat her because he automatically thought she was doing pot and had that cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. Fast forward four years and her body was shutting down from lack of treatment. Last year, her body finally gave up and she passed away on September 20, 2023. She was 70 years old and never smoked or did any kind of drugs and seriously thought pot was evil.
Some doctors do that, they do that when they don't want to do their job and they don't really care about the patients, sometimes its "anxiety" sometimes someone with chronic pain is a "drug seeker" a lot of doctors will come up with anything to get out of the job they need to do, if a doctor ever does something like that search for a second opinion until you're healthy.
I have Chron's Disease and I've experienced what can only be described as "greening out" a few times over my life. weed anxiety, shakes, feeling really nervous or uncomfortable. Ironically wether its from Dabs, Edibles, or Bong rips I've never felt even the slightest bit of nausea, it's the opposite and always has been! Lucky!
I got CHS 2 months ago! Hands down, one of the toughest things I’ve gone through. Unlike people are saying I honestly didn’t smoke much and when I got sick I was a few days clean then BOOM. Coupled with a panic attack, I thought I was dying, 100%. But I’ve been clean since then which is something I’ve wanted to do for a while!
Yeah this was awful I feel that. I believe once you go above a certain threshold in your system you will stay sick until you go below that. For me the first time was like 3 weeks.
thank you for this video it’s so important I live in a mega stoner town and have explained this condition to substance use counsellour s who had never heard of it so clearly it needs to be talked about more!! also I didn’t know the decrease in appetite from chronically smoking can turn into this and now i’m quite afraid 😅 just another good reason to try to cut down on
the mistake is letting big companies doing the same thing to cannabis as done to the tobacco industry, adding fillers and chemicals, ending up with a product with little cannabis in it.
thanks for this -- we also need to consider consumption methods, botanical variety, and contamination of plant material (bugs, molds), when digging into this
For some odd reason it’s been a hot minute since i have kept up with a youtube channel, finding this channel has been a blessing for i can totally relate to most topics covered here and also i have learned new things in this channel. Thanks once again for the great content.
It's almost like everything needs to be done in moderation.
Right? What a surprise, who would've thought
i love breathing in moderation 😂 (just being a goof i totally agree)
quite literally everything. I got sober about a decade ago and I notice addictive behavior in people who are into almost literally anything. I personally had to give my finnances over to my brother as I started shopping and it was becoming an issue.
Who would've thought
Yeah, including met-
*breaking bad song starts playing*
Honestly, this increase in ER visits might not even mean an increase in total actual cases. Just now that it is not illegal, people are more willing to seek medical treatment instead of being fearful of what the authorities will do.
This is absolutely it
It's not like this condition is known to the average person, so most people won't link their vomiting to their use of weed. So this is highly unlikely to be the case.
@@10kanutt it's known to the average stoner here in Australia and the "weed sickness" has always been a thing between the daily weed smokers especially bong users here since the 90s at least, it definitely has a lot to do with eating habits and another thing about it is most people want to take a lot of really hot showers to feel better
I would agree with you in regions where possession is illegal, however in Australia possession or use alone has not been illegal for many decades in most states, you needed to have significant amount to be in trouble (ie. you were a dealer).
The uptick of hospitalizations in Australia appears to coincide with an increase in use, not how comfortable people are to go to hospital.
CHS is just reefer maddeness all over again. I've had stomach issues since I was born. A male with an Eating Disorder. I've been trying to get a diagnosis for 30 years, and nothing better than acid reflux.
Now whenever I go to the ER for vomiting, they ask if I smoke weed, and if I say yes they immediately call it CHS. Even when I try to explain that this has been going on LONG before, I even knew what weed was. Nothing. If you vomit and smoke weed, it's CHS. Of course, cases rise when you call ANYTHING dealing with vomiting as CHS.
“People are vomiting uncontrollably because of weed!”
Alcoholics: “first time?”
lmfao
Not the same. I've had alcohol poisoning, shit my pants and vomited all day the next day. But this is different someone near me had it and vomited all day unless she was in a hot shower for 2 weeks
*chuckling
Yet people still believe and want to pretend that weed isn't addictive at all..reap what you sow.
@@trophyscene5015True. It isn’t addictive in the chemical sense as in it doesn’t have any substances that is inherently addictive. But like porn, video games, and social media, weed is addictive in that way.
As someone who suffers with extreme severe anxiety I can totally relate to her. I would stop eating for days at a time as a punishment. I worry a lot about my life, everyone around me and pleasing everyone. It's absolutely crippling, so glad she got the help she needed, lovely young lady it's so sad that society has 1 in 3 people suffering mental health issues. I hope everyone seeks help
People need to realise that people with anxiety disorders have oversensitised nerves, it's not a simple case of manning up and getting over it.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about how mushrooms and psychedelics treats anxiety, but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!
Yes, doctor Greg mushroom I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.
Please, how do I reach doctor Greg?
Is he on the internet?
As a cannabis lover for over 40 years I can't imagine smoking 8 joints a day. I can't imagine smoking 4 joints a day. I can't even imagine smoking 2 joints a day. The flower today is so potent that just a couple puffs is all I need for multiple hours of effective results. If you overdo just about anything you will achieve a negative result. People need to learn to moderate their intake and everything will be fine.
I smoke a lot and you are 2000000% right
Lol 100%, all I took was 3 big puffs and I was good
smoking 8 blunts a day is actually insane lmao
@@Spaced0ut000 weel trust me is not when you are addicted, i can smoke 8 if don't control my self
@@SoulyG true, but i stg ive been smoking for 10 years and the most i ever had was 4 -5 blunts in a day but everyone handles their shit differently
Don't get blackout drunk, don't get scromit high.
You'd think it would be common sense
Its very sneaky though.
The symptoms actually don't always happen when you are high. So sometimes the connection between the two may be unclear at first.
Did you ever watch the video? It's not about getting too high. Is just randomly happens to some chronic users. As in people doing it all the time. 4+grams a day for a long time
also dont smoke 4 grams a day constantly!!!! who does that???
@@Justin-og9gu Agreed, but general rule of thumb is that any time you're taking pride in how high your tolerance is/how much you can consume, you're probably on your way to a bad time.
As a near-daily cannabis user for the past few years, I can say I've definitely felt nauseous at times and even started oversalivating, which typically happens before someone vomits. But I've never actually vomited. I just stopped smoking for the day and would be fine the next. It's definitely important for people to exercise moderation, especially as more people use cannabis to self-medicate
"self-medicate" as in toxic coping mechanism?
@@krisp1871judge much?
@@krisp1871 shhhh, no as in people have chronic pain that doctors have no idea what to do with. and even medicine that you are given isn’t enough and this is the only thing that gives relief. especially late in the evenings when exercise and such isn’t exactly an option anymore. broaden your thinking bro.
Just drink lots of water it works for me
@@krisp1871U gonna fix my autism?
There absolutely no reason for this syndrome to affect the legality of cannabis.
I think it’s normal effect maybe they smoke to much for the that’s they’re issue or it’s like biological but I’ve never even heard of it xD serious! Never lol n ya just sound normal like someone eats to much feels sick drinks to much feels sick etc. like smoking to much 🤷🏻♀️
@@thatsabadname6242no it’s not from smoking too much like eating too much. It genuinely makes you feel sick and unwell. Not like eating something bad where you throw it up and feel better.
Doesn't the fact that weed is legal make the work of these researchers much easier? They have more and better data to work with since people don't fear legal retaliation. They could, eventually, inform the public about safe weed usage and its real consequences. Since, as you said, most of this research is done in placed where it is legalized, this may be the case.
BTW, I'm a frequent weed user and I love that your videos show the negative health effects of smoking pot. Better to be informed!
Weed isn’t federally legal so not as many studies have happened as i would’ve hoped for but as of this year, the government ordered exponentially more weed, mushrooms, lsd, dmt, etc than they usually would to be studied. Big step in the right direction
Edit: if you’re in the US
it is in Canada
@@Spartan0917Maybe for the US, but not all of us live there
sure, like alcohol, were thousands of lives are destroyed every month...
It wouldn't be a problem if it is treated like a drug, as it should be. It has both narcotic and therapeutic properties, which makes it much closer to being a controlled drug. Drug trials are routine, and that is the formal way of doing it.
We used to sell opium freely in the early industrial era and paid a massive price, probably why we became so hostile to weed.
I used to work at an edible place and someone did get sick from doing too much! They were eating edibles on an empty stomach every single day and not having appetite for months so it was really just a matter of time. Hopefully people figure out how to chill instead of overdosing themselves
can't imagine taking an edible and not having an appetite, these damn gummies in my cabinet are the reason i can't lose weight lmao
Learning how to chill is hard, a lot of us hate ourselves and we all know that being around someone you hate all the time is stressful.
that compounded with the amount of marijuana never been consumed like this. this is the equivalent to throwing away all beer and only having moonshine every time you drink. Weed was never meant to be this strong, it was something kids smoked in the 60s and now has to be the strongest strand known to mankind enough to put you into a coma of euphoria
an edible place.. like a gingerbread house?
@@Ristaakthe realest comment so far
It’s nice to see weed related diseases being taken more seriously. I wish there was more research on its relationship with anxiety. For myself and a lot of other people, once I started getting older, weed just made me anxious instead of feeling fun/good. It made it really easy to quit but I’ve always wondered why that was the case.
I have a friend and he doesn't smoke for that same reason. My guess is that just like how some drugs are effective for some but not others is the same reason, everyone's bodies are just different. Stinks that you get too anxious but I've had times where I'll get super anxious too, but Its usually due to my mindset and what I'm thinking about.
I've never liked weed for it's 'feel good' component. I honestly don't enjoy being high. I do like it because it calms my anxiety significantly. I've been on 10 different sleeping medications and nothing helped compared to weed.
Just slows my brain down enough to relax, really helps when I'm overstimulated (public areas) and when trying to sleep. Purely an anxiety medication for me
It affects everyone differently based on how/why they're using it. I use a tiny amount because of my low tolerance (0.05-0.1g vaped) at bedtime, infrequently use 2x in a day
From 17-29. I was your typical stoner, high every hour of every day, legit 24/7. Not a sober day in those 12 years. Always thought i was just a naturally anxious being. I had to quit for probation and not even 6 months without smoking, and my anxiety became almost non-existent. And my social anxiety was the worst. Going in public alone was never an option. I couldn’t even go into a store, or a corner shop, not even a drive-thru. Pretty pathetic, but real life.
I’ve always had some social anxiety within me, but over time it progressed to that.
I always thought weed was helping me, but eventually it became the reason it was so bad to begin with.
Never went back to smoking like that.
I support it in moderation. But do i think people need to smoke, every day, all day? Absolutely not. It’s pointless, a waste of productive time, and a waste of money. Haha
Andrew Huberman made a video about the effects of cannabis.
I don’t remember exactly why, but he said there’s commonly a flip that happens for chronic users and they’re even 4x more susceptible to things like depression
This happened for me too. But I’ve been able to use it again since I started looking into the terpenes of weed and being VERY careful about what I use.
Now I stick very exclusively to indicas (bc they just tend to have a terpene profile that works better for me) and I also try to find ones that have CBD in them (like 1:1s). Having CBD in there seems to help neutralize the unpleasant THC effects.
That and of course making sure to not ingest too much right off the bat. They make edibles that are infused (later in the process) with strains with specific terpenes and extra CBD and those have been a godsend. I don’t have to smoke and I can tightly control my dose. The process of making edibles apparently ruins terpenes, so the only way to re-include them is by adding something later in the process I guess.
Honestly I’m so glad I did give it another try, too, because cannabis helps me SUBSTANTIALLY with my mental illness, physical pain, and sleep issues. But yeah I’d love to know more about why that change happens as we get older!!!!
Ive had this condition since i was 13 years old. Im 23. Ive tried to quit many times and i always seem to fail. The pain and nausea i feel every single day is absoulutley brutal. When i dont have weed or try to stop i get even more sick, almost like a a heroine addict. Thank you for making this video and bringing awareness to this. It is a real thing. And it is devastating to deal with
That's strange, I think you smoke modern weed with excess THC, I live in Mexico in a mountainous part and I grow my own natural organic grass low in THC and I add some CBD and I have never had problems, obviously I exercise daily, I eat well and I always drink water, zero alcohol, check your habits or the weed you smoke, or both, peace
Regular smoker for over 50 years I had something similar a few months back that happened every few days for a few weeks. I didn't see a doctor haven't seen one for decades. Have a variety of strains to switch between to reduce tolerance.
After realizing it was the gg 4 every time I was sick I then started inspecting the inside of the buds closely. What I found was small amounts of mold. And mold can cause headaches stomach cramps and vomiting.
I composted what was left from that plant. Haven't been sick since.
There is this place I use to visit where the budtenders would purposely sell moldy weed to people. Wouldn't the mold be killed in the combustion process though?
@@theghosttiger1446Heat doesn't destroy mycotoxins ubfortunately.
It’s almost like you should by legal marijuana that’s tested and QC
@FreeThinker2024 I wish my man
@@ChristianSandoval-f6rits possible, you just gotta do stuff. Can't use Doordash or ubereats.😂😂😂
I had this happen to me, I was a heavy smoker for about 15 years, the last 5 years i would get intense bouts of sickness, sometimes lasting up to 5 days, just constant puking, I thought i was going to die a few times honestly, after I heard this could be the cause I slowed down my intake and it seemed to help, I've been weed free or over a year now and haven't had the problem since, just watch how much you smoke people! save it for a good time not use it for a long time!
Wow, fascinating thanks for sharing
I am curious about how much you were using? Flower or concentrate?
@@elephantoflight3362 I smoked the buds, skunk not pot/hash. I live in the UK where it isn't legal, I was smoking about 4 pretty packed joints per day on weekdays and about 6-7 on weekends
I'm a medical smoker so if this happens to me I am screwed either way.
@@Moostery 6 years + med patient. It's just dumb dumbs that smoke or eat too much with the rare accounts of adverse effects. 1g concentrate a week avg. Personal accountability is what is lacking. The higher the THC, the less I use. Balance.
“Weed shouldn’t be legal because it makes people throw up”
*looks at alcohol*
so alcohol should be illegal then?
@@danielz1666 nope I don’t think something should be illegal because some people take it too far.
Alcohol would be a class A drug if it were discovered today.
@@goku64100Not to mention people like me with chronic health issues that can’t really function without being medicated. I’m not talking simple back pain, I’m talking pure agony and being unable to step out of bed out of fear of how intense the pain would hit.
They had me on gabapentin for years till my body kept adapting to higher and higher doses, eventually getting to such a high dose that I couldn’t even sit up without getting dizzy and seeing the walls start to “breath”. My family has a history of addiction, so I refused to have any meds that would chemically hook me.
Ended up taking my mother’s gummies in the hope that they’d help, which they almost instantly did. Never was a drinker, never smoked or anything, let alone took a gummy before that. I’m not saying it “fixed me” but my quality of live hasn’t been this good since I was 12.
Weed makes life worth living, sure pain is still awful but I can always dose up on my bad flare ups. If it ever become illegal again, I probably wouldn’t “stick around” for very long.
@@richardbailey5541 I used to think this too but realized that alcohol is too easy to make to control it the same way as other hard drugs. It's not like you can buy a jug of apple juice, let it sit in your closet for a few weeks, and all of a sudden it's meth.
Lifelong stoner here. My suggestions are as follows; don't take dabs that completely eclipse the end of your tool, take a T break once in awhile, stay hydrated, and most important of all, vet your sources. Do you wanna buy from Tim down the street who drips fish oil in his crop or do you want to buy from Jackie on the other side of town who uses black strap molasses or some strict regiment of various concentrated nutes to foster his plants? Trick question, both are better than the guy who pulled a bag of rejected crop from a dumpster somewhere and is selling bags with bugs and all.
I literally lol when I read trick question bro! Bugs and all 😂
Yes, if we would grow our own, it would be natural.
I fear the vomiting is from the nutrients these people (that don’t love you) put in the soul, to get beefy nuggets with oozing oils.
Just resist the additives!
Don’t purchase from places that use those chemicals!
Go natural!
Long term smoker here, but living for 15 years in India. The plants we have here are non-hybrid and have lower levels of THC. The buds you have in North-America are sooo strong.
flower is childs play
@@JapaAppathis guy definitely dabs 😂
@@Ron.Burgundy. every hour on the hour
Mm you've got the real unadalterated version.. be happy your not smoking this trash sprayed mutant weed US is in the middle of rn.
@@Chris-ny5hv this is facts.
One of my best friends had this issue. She had surgeries and multiple week long hospital stays and was diagnosed with gastro paresis. Then one day she found a Reddit forum talking about this and quit smoking and hasn’t had issues since. It’s crazy how real this can be.
IT is a form of GURD, My mother had it, and she's never touched marijuana. And she was magically better after coming to the hospital too. Ain't that why hospitals are 4?
You are thinking of a different syndrome, cyclic vomiting syndrome. They are distinctly different. @@DannyLeeOGT
@@DannyLeeOGT you're not getting it.
I have it. I had it for years before I was diagnosed. I wound up in the ICU with renal failure. I quit smoking in 2015 and except for one time when I had the flu, I haven't vomited since.
@@DannyLeeOGTtotally different.
Just answered all of my questions in under 7 minutes. Been seeing different doctors for almost 2 years dealing with these symptoms and every doctor has looked at me like I'm nuts. Thanks!
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Warm baths offer temporary relief.
Your best bet is to stop cold turkey until your symptoms go away. Then if you miss it you can do like I did and use in moderation.
Avoid gravity bongs, dabs, anything that people use to force as much weed in their body as fast a possible. Its unnecessary and way more likely to cause a CHS problem.
Pretty sure you have some other issue causing this, or at least interacting with the weed in a bad way. I have smoked for 21 years, and I have never heard of this.
hey man i had these symptoms 2 years ago and this video exactly explains what happened to me smoked too much and couldnt eat would throw up water and go for hot showers for relief but itll hit hard after my recommendation is to lay off the weed man trust me i stopped and increased my food intake after 2 months u should be fine to smoke again just dont forget to eat
Sounds like it's affecting more than your stomach if you've had this issue for 2 years and never put two and two together.
Ive never watch a video so well explained and ilustraded! you are awesome! thank you for the content
So partaking in moderation rather than constantly trying to green out is the key to avoiding scrommiting. When I could still smoke the stuff it was a small amount. Enough to get a buzz and relax a bit on occasions.
Governments need to realize that "regulating" recreational cannabis doesn't just mean taxing the hell out of the revenue generated from it, but QUALITY CONTROL as well. Not just anyone should be allowed to grow and sell the stuff.
No anyone should be allowed to grow it. Its a plant. Understanding your own tolerance is a part of growing up. I did go to schoolwoth a guy who could not smoke anymore he was a chronic and over did it, every time he smoked he puked and finally had to quit. As far as government goes they can keep their garbage! All of it.
Way too much tax and def not enough quality. It's bull
Also the weed grown these days is grown to have stupid amounts of delta 9 in it. It's crazy how strong it is
Sounds pretty anti capitalist to me
@@7thdayproductions330 getting robbed at every turn, a capitalist classic
I'm 51 and have smoked heavily with few breaks since I was 19. Never once experienced this condition or met anyone else who has.
I have CHS. I also spent many years making extracts for a living and trafficking bud/BHO and have smoked more than most. My point in saying that is that pretty much everyone I've associated with the last 15 years is a stoner and I only know 3 people who for sure have this, including myself. It's real, just somewhat rare imo. Also, the details and severity of CHS seem to differ from person to person.
I got it from thcp.
I believe that. Old skool smoke better plant cause they are lower thc unlike nowadays. Especially when these illness came from a heavy thc. Ive also seen comments each time the younger one that diagnosed but oldskool will comment like this guy👆🏻. Moderation is key.
Happened the first time I smoked - was very excessive smoking though.
@@AsibadabidaAsiIm actually 18 nd started smoking when i was 15, havent had this once. infact weed helps me eat as well as making me less anxious
I work in the ER and we literally had a patient in for this same thing. Vomitting, anxiety, etc. and cannabis use.
I was diagnosed with CHS. It is honestly the most agonizing thing. I was severely underweight and had no idea what was wrong with me. I was hardcore in denial about it for about a month and then i quit. It was one of the hardest things I've done but after about 2 weeks it was like night and day. I wasnt an anxious mess and i wasnt having to lay in the shower everyday from the pain..best decision ive ever made
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Sounds like you were just anorexic.
Lay off the weed man
They did @@omgstephen98
@@omgstephen98 she did lol, she said it
I like how "cannabis hyperemisis syndrome" just literally means "what happens when too much weed inya blud"
i have it it aint that bad and it isnt like 247 its only in the mornings for me
@@warzonii it be making me think im laced then I remember how strong tree is these days it's just not the same as 2018
@@Dj_Rancho6448 You have never had original White Widow or real Super Skunk from the 90's, it was at least as potent as these allegedly 25% + strains of today. To much inbreeding and sole focus on THC did not make weed better
I like how "cannabis hyperemisis syndrome" implies they actually can exclude the possibility it's pesticides, synthetic nutrients or mold etc causing this phenomenon
@@Dj_Rancho6448I miss pre covid weed
I got it after only 6 months of regularly smoking back in 2020. Extremely unlucky and scary considering I was essentially dying of dehydration after throwing everything up including bile. Lost so much weight and had to get help to get my health back to normal. for a year or 2 after diagnosed even smelling weed would upset my stomach immediately and my night out was essentially over. Only "cure" is to stop smoking all together. I quit the minute my doctor told me I could be hospitalized. Love seeing this get more light bc nobody I know knew what CHS was until I told them. Im not anti weed at all tho, just love the awareness to what could happen to the unlucky few.
Totally agree with your last sentence. I have nothing but sympathy for people who are in this neverending cycle and smoke more to deal with the morning nausea. I dont think weed is bad, but a detox is def needed and some people might benefit from lowering the doses of thc they ingest. recently ive been trying to experiment with lower thc but consuming other cannabinoids. Our weed is so strong nowadays lol
"This is literally the cause of the problem but oh no it's not bad. 🥺" FFS you're all ridiculous. 😂😂😂
@@MusicLoverInTheSky Peanuts are the cause of peanut allergy, which can be fatal. Does that mean peanuts are bad?
@@AzafTazarden 1) They're not the cause, they're the trigger. Very different things. 2) How many people are allergic to peanuts and how many suffer from usage of recreational drugs? 3) Nice try. 😂
@@MusicLoverInTheSky We get it you have a differing opinion, but why be a condescending asshole about it?
I have had this syndrome once, I never wish for it again!!! I was so sick, imagine weed making you not hungry, irritable, sick and constant vomiting even though you can't eat.... it's hell
Back in my day, weed would sometimes give us uncontrollable laughter.
It is interesting that now we cultivate it more and commercially purchase it that this has now become a thing. I have grown up with potheads and never seen this before, but now my bf has it but he refuses to believe that's what it is.
It's possible there was a cannabinoid that has been bred out that was responsible for it. Mushrooms cause the giggles, THC isn't wholly unlike LSD in certain aspects. I'd be willing to believe there's a cannabinoid that replicated the giggly effect from mushrooms since it's the same shape to hit the same receptor. Though weed back then was a lot less potent and societal pressures where a lot different so it might have just been a physiological symptom of stress relief and not psychologically knowing how to cope with it? Either way, unless proven otherwise I see no reason to deny the possibility.
I got misdiagnosed with this in the ER while waiting to get in with a gastroenterologist. for me I had an unknown gluten intolerance, GERD, IBS, and a hiatal hernia. so frustrating being handed pamphlets on literal rehab when I needed an actual endoscopy and a specialist 😅
Yes !!! Yess! Finally !! Somerone who had the same issue! I've been hospitaled twice and my dr's want to say i have chs and won't even consider that i have for years been treated for anexity, gerd, ibs, have a hietal hernia, and possibly chrons. i think i have cyclic vommitting. problem is i see a gastro and still don't have an answer. i will say this even tho i think i have cvs and not chs i am willing to say the chs is a possiblity but the symptoms dont line up nearly as well as cvs
@@fluffyashes i saw a thread on twitter today saying nausea meds don't work on cannabinoid hyperemesis. zofran, pantoprazole, and GERD meds (at different points) all helped. not eating gluten also helped immensely lol. the gastro didn't even entertain the ER's diagnosis, honestly. I was crying from hunger, dehydration, pain, and frustration and they said "aw, I know, it's a cycle isn't it" 🤬 they gave me milk of magnesia that didn't help lol.
@@milor6138 what fixes it for me is iv protonix and zofran. I take oral protonix daily and have oral zofran as needed to prevent the cycle. Have been on protonix and bentyl from gastro for years before this
Omg, I had the same thing and an ovarian cyst a couple times that was blamed on this!
@@MoonWomanStudios now that you mention that I did have an ovarian cyst burst ~5 months afterwards. it caused horrible pain but my PCP/obgyn wouldn't order imaging and blamed it on my ptsd 🤙🏻 completely awful. cannabinoid hyperemesis is almost always a lazy diagnosis to get people out of the ER.
You know what, that shit got me sober, helps me with my Ed and confidence, and most of all helps block out CPTSD nightmares by not dreaming. This is the safest thing I’ve ever used,
and congrats to anyone staying sober and might use weed occasionally. Don’t let anyone dictate YOUR sobriety.
Just be safe, mindful, function, and know your limits ❤️
Well said.
Agreed.
Yup. Had, well have drinking problems . Weed has been helping a ton with that. Calms nightly depression/anxiety. Combo thc pen and sletzer water cans to replace the action of drinking is helping a bunch. I used to dog on this stuff too.
It’s all fun in games untill your kidneys shut down. Or your heart starts to beat irregularly. People who have contracted chs should avoid weed all together. It took me years of stomach aches and kidney pains to realize what was causing it. I stopped smoking for over a year felt great was able to eat normally and put back on weight. Then I started smoking again and instantly the stomach aches came back and I couldn’t eat. Kidneys hurting all the time. Now I’m here 2 weeks sober and never going to look back. To each there own but your right don’t over do it stick to smoking bud and not dabs. Make sure your weed is clean and from a reputable source. But this is a serious problem coming up in the places weed is legal. And drs are not diagnosing this. I don’t know if they don’t believe it or if they are using marijuana as a way to keep people sick.
I use gummies because I have chronic pain, c-ptsd, depression, schizotypy, & anxiety. I’ve tried so many anti depressants, anti anxiety meds, & antipsychotics that didn’t work that my doctors literally gave up on pills. & some days I can’t eat
Currently I’m using edibles to help me eat while going through grief. & it helps so much. The edibles even help me to embrace my emotions more.
This happened to me a couple times as a teenager. I was heavily HEAVILY into marijuana. One episode, I was so dehydrated from the constant vomiting that my extremities were cramping, curling inwards & locking up. I had to go to the ER & went through bag after bag of IV fluids. The antiemetics I was given had legitimately zero effect, & I'll always remember how much this shocked the nurse.
I honestly believe that if I was in a place where I couldn't get to a hospital, I would've died.
Everything in moderation, folks.
I have smoked daily for almost 30 years and had NEVER heard of this or seen anyone affected by it.
Its moderation, most pot smokers wont ever be affected
It sounds like people don't know when to quit after getting stoned or baked. 4g's a day might be excessive to some. (unless you're a rapper! 😂)
That's because this is complete bullshit.
I've known a few people over the years who thought they were allergic to weed. It was probably CHS. Maybe those of us who started smoking way back in the day when nobody could find, much less afford, 4 grams a day allowed our system to get accustomed to it over time.
@@angeladansie4378 That's a pretty sound theory man.
had stomach issues for years. also been a smoker for years. doctors told me it was related to my weed use, and although i told some of the doctors that i did not smoke they all assumed this was what was bothering me. i was in pain and vomiting uncontrollably for months on end. I even gave up smoking for months as well, nothing seemed to help. turns out my appendix was inflamed and i had to have an emergency surgery. glad there is research on this subject, but doctors seem to lazily slap it onto patients in some cases such as mine. i am a heavy smoker, and fortunately have not smoked until ive had to scromit.
I don’t have an appendix. Could’ve simply been appendicitis, & not the weed. I’m an avid smoker since 16, appendectomy was done at 13…doubt it was the weed. I’m 25 now
I think they probably slap it on anything too. My friend was old and really underweight already. Its a syndrome, not a disease. But it is not hard to quit when you make up your mind.
Why was your appendix inflamed?
scromitting is terrible
Occam's razor and NAXALT; 9 times out of 10, it is not ebola or monkeypox, it is a common flu that shall pass but every now and then there will be an outlier that has matches with something in the media or in the minds of the collective hivemind.
The argument was always you have to take so much to od but the strains are getting more powerful everyday
Youd have to smoke your body weight. We arent making strains that can actually kill someone physically
We've reached pretty much peak strength for cannabis at this point I think. Unless you start going into concentrates. But you're not wrong either. I know a lot of people who were getting "good shit" from their dealers and figured that they'd go with the strongest strains at the stores. A lot of them got absolutely messed up by how strong those were since the internet keeps saying legal strains are trash... Not that there wasn't any strong strains on the black market either, but anecdotally, it seems like people really overestimated the quality of what was going around before legalization, at least in Canada.
People are dumb. Just smoke less
You still won't be able to OD. If anything people reach psychotic breaks before any sort of physical overdose. However, with the huge THC content and non-existent CBD content, there's evidence being discovered that those ratios can actually create some sort of physical dependency. Not just mental anymore.
@@qwerfa Oh most definitely. I'm 38 and STILL hear arguments from people like Dead Heads who claim the weed so much better in the 60's-70's and I"m like, "there's NO WAY weed was stronger growing illegally in a random field versus a heavily monitored controlled grow farm.
Thank you so much for talking about this. I developed CHS last year and struggled for months with multiple doctors trying to figure out what it was, and ended up learning about it from Reddit. I lost thirty pounds in a matter of months - it was brutal and the culprit was right in front of me the whole time
I saw this as a nursing student a while back and had never heard of it before and living in a not so weed friendly location I thought it was BS at first. When I got home and looked more into it, I was intrigued. The thing i remember most from this patient was the doctor having to perform rounds on him in the shower because it was the only place he could find relief and stop vomiting. Thanks for shedding more light on this.
I really don't understand "if they stop vomiting in the shower, it must be CHS."
Do people not understand a cold or hot bath can help shock you out of a lot? A hot shower can reduce a heart attack. A cold shower has been used to cure hangovers for a millennia. Ei vomiting caused my alcohol.
CHS is completely made up. We are the first generation to only be eating processed food. There's thousands of studies showing how the unhealthy food we eat is causing adverse effects. Two Crack pot studies pointing to weed as the culprit and everyone jumps on board.
More people are smoking, and more people are open about it. Correlation does not mean causation.
Please don't believe this propaganda. I'm not sure if he knows it is or not, but this is 110% made up and does not exist. Both studies have been debunked and proved biased.
My brother got affected by this. I remember looking it up and found a some forum post that mentioned that neem oil poisoning shares similar symptoms. Neem oil being a pesticide used in some weed farms
Yep very commonly used for mite control.
I’ve had 2 CHS episodes. The last episode was the worst. I had severe abdominal pain that not even pooping could help. Eventually, there was nothing in my system to poop out because of the constant need to vomit, which then became dry heaving. I felt like I was dying and sounded like I was dying to everyone else 😅. All of this went on for a few hours until I went to the ER. There, they gave me an IV and some sort of steroid pills to ease the swelling in my esophagus. Felt better after another few hours and then went home. All of this happened overnight.
CHS affects a percentage of heavy smokers. I was taking bong rips several times a day, just feeling medium. I also didn’t drink enough water throughout my day to support this habit. Be careful with how much you smoke. You can still smoke (at least I can), but everything in moderation. Drink lots of water and eat your green vegetables 👍🏼
There are 3 stages:
Prodromal, Hyperemetic, and Recovery.
If you are feeling symptoms, chill out on the weed and purge on water. Don’t overthink if you might have one either because anxiety may be able to trigger more symptoms. You're body is most likely digesting, or maybe you ate something recently that is upsetting your stomach. Whatever you do, resist the urge to throw up as much as you can when in these moments.
Thank you for this advice. My roommate had this syndrome, but he always told me weed had no side effects and was perfectly healthy. I've always avoided it because when I get high I get anxious, but I never judged him for smoking. Then recently, he started getting like this and I didn't know what to do or why. I think this might be why and I'm gonna ask him to see a doctor about it, but until then I wanna use these tips to help him feel better !
@@cakiepop2038 glad that helped!
Why resist the urge to vomit?
@@UnseemlyGenie00 For me at least, it triggered more vomiting
I’m so glad to find this! Everyone would literally give me eye rolls and call me dramatic and paranoid., I KNEW it was weed. I used to smoke very heavily every day.. constantly puking, couldn’t ever eat too much I’d feel sick, very nauseous like my stomach was crammed full about to explode., constant panic attacks, severe Anxiety which impacted SOO MUCH in my life, I’m talking damn near Agoraphobic and hard to form full conversations because I was so scattered by the anxiety,… I was literally down to 95lb. Before I was 175. No one believed me and my fiance just would push me into it more.. everyone mocked saying weed doesn’t make you sick and would call me anorexic and that’s it.. well it took me nearly a year out of it all to feel better, to be able to digest food, to gain weight, to have fluency in speaking, to regulate my sleep and energy, it took Alonggggg time to recover fully and be able to be myself again. Now I can’t even take a hit., I’ve tried, and just in 1 hit it sends me in full psychosis and i freak out, my whole body felt like it was crawling or about to just explode, every muscle through my body was twitching and ached but especially my stomach.. I thought it’s what a seizure felt like. I don’t think I can ever smoke again and don’t want to but it’s hard because yaknow sometimes I do want that one hit yaknow.. NEVER and I pray for you, NEVER let it get that bad.. you start puking and realize you’re losing weight you need to stop.. you don’t want to feel how sick you get to feel it felt like my body was decaying and I could die at any moment I was so weak and always sick every day it’s a horrible horrible feeling and not worth it. I had ignored it because I was happy to lose weight, i thought I could lose weight just by smoking, great! But you don’t realize how awful you feel.. not to mention every other day feeling like you might just have a heart attack but everyday a fleeting thought that you’ll die soon.
I'm Dutch and I like a joint every once in a while as well ;).
Marihuana has been condoned here in the Netherlands for almost 40 years. Yet, the Dutch do not know many cases of Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. After watching the video I did a little bit of reseach about what's known in th Netherlands on the websites of the Dutch drug-information institutes and even institutes that combat drug-use or treat addiction in the Netherlands, like Jellinek, state that cases are very rare, though it might be that there are more cases, but misdiagnozed. Furthermore they state that taking a warm bath can relieve the symptoms and quiting the use of marihuana immediately stops the symptoms all together. Excessive showering and hot bathing is also done often by people who have developed CHS. Still, it hardly appears here, even though smoking or ingesting marihuana products is relatively socially accepted here and has been done for a long time.
Pharmaceutic companies and many doctors actually would like a full legalization, due to the potentials for new medication that aren't allowed to be researched at this moment.
Studies on especially CBD that have been done do show amazing resultst for cancer, Parkinsons, Alzheimer and depressed patiënts and people with ADHD (and more).
I'm speculating why there is such a rise of CHS cases in countries that only recently condoned or legalized marihuana, like the US, Australia and Canada, compared to countries that have condoned/legalized it for decades, like the Netherlands and Portugal.
It might be that the composition in American marihuana is different, like way more THC or CBD. I know the marihuana here is checked here to ensure not too much THC or CBD are present. This system is quite flawed though: there's only a check on the sold marihuana from stores (which we call "coffeeshops") and not on the level of production (which ironically is illegal).
So there's a lot of weed and hasj going around that exceeds the allowed limits. Still, most of the marihuana products aren't contaminated (much) with other chemicals. Many other countries like Spain and Portugal also have systems of condoning/legalizing marihuana use and also here there is strict supervision in the composition and distribution (better and stricter than in the Netherlands). Maybe this is different in the US and Canada (and Australia)? I honestly don't know much about the production, composition, consumption, sale or checking procedures of marihuana outside of Europe. So I can only guess here.
Or possibly there are behavioural differences, like perhaps American users just use more marihuana or in higher dosis in one sitting than the Dutch, which might explain the difference in cases?
The average Dutch(wo)man has a more physically active lifestyle than the average American (we cycle and walk A LOT and cities and villages are designed to suit cyclists and pedestrians rather than cars). Also, most Portuguese walk a lot and have a relatively active lifestyle. Maybe having a better stamina and physical condition reduces the chance of developing CHS? It does work that way with many other ailments, both physical as biochemical. I mean, eating a lot of meat and having a sedentary lifestyle increases the chance on heart failure and arthritis more than eating loads of meat, but exercizing a lot (cholesterol and vit A)(though switching up some of that meat for veggies would be waaay healthier :P). Spending all your time indoors increases the likelyhood of a depression more than when you take a long hike outside in the sun every day (vit D). Maybe CHS works similar? Is there any information about other binding (behavioural/genetic) factors in the known cases? Or is there a specific group of users that is statistically more likely to get it? Or maybe even environmental influences?
Or perhaps American doctors are just easier to freak out over drug related ailments? Or the European doctors don't freak out enough and therefore miss cases?
Maybe the Americans visit their hospitals straight away when vomiting, while most Europeans have to visit their physicians first for non-life-threatening ailments, before being send to the hospital? I don't know
I do hope you guys let us know more, once more information becomes available, I'm curious :). Love the channel, keep it up :D
Very interesting ideas 😊
You have s lot of interesting questions. Definitely worthy of some research.
As I understand. There's a big difference in what types are accessible and how potent. Between North America and Europe.
When I was younger, I would occasionally smoke weed at parties.
Every single time I smoked while drunk. I puked, as soon as the weed started worked.
Whereas if I only started drinking after being Stoned, I never had a problem.
Don't know if that's a general thing. And if so, if theres a difference in how alcohol and weed is generally consumed in different countries, that could be part of the discrepancy you mention.
I'm from Denmark. Our alcohol culture is pretty insane, and cannabis is illegal. So we Don't have many studies from here.
I would read all that, but I wouldn’t do that to myself on a friday
These ideas are interesting and probably close to the truth.
Considering states where recreational weed is legal, the THC% can be quite high! Some states regulate the percent of TCH available for recreational vs medical use, where some states limit the type of product. For example, in my state, I can purchase 97% TCH in a vape, but I can't get 40mg TCH per gummy, and can only get 10mg THC per gummy. In another state, I can get concentrates (I'm new school, so I've heard "concentrates" described by old school people as being 'more potent than hash', and it comes in a form you have to melt without lighting on fire).
So, that + consider that the average American simply has more body fat and more sedentary lifestyle. Marijuana is stored in your fat, and bod fat effects how much you hold, and how much longer you hold onto it. Losing or gaining weight can also effect how the high feels/lasts.
If you have less THC overall, and the body isn't storing it as much, you won't be as likely to get sick from it. It IS hypothesized that the higher potency of THC is why we're seeing this more now, but it was possibly existent, but extremely rare in the past before marijuana was being bred and refined these ways.
I was morbidly obese and also was getting sick all of the time. I was doing a bunch of research into this. It wasn't the marijuana in my case, but I lost weight and cut back. Anecdotally, I've noticed that the weed does effect me differently now that I'm more active and have way less body fat.
Culture and enirnoment is everything
I had to quit back in 2021 because of CHS. I was using a pen everyday for 8 months straight. One night I did my typical routine and suddenly felt really shaky, weak, and sick to my stomach. The pain and extreme nausea lasted for a week straight until I finally went to the ER and got some IVs. If you do smoke, please stay hydrated and TAKE TOLERANCE BREAKS. A couple years later I still can’t smoke without the nausea and weed induced anxiety kicking in quickly
The same exact thing happened to me but no one believed me , thank you so much for speaking about you experience now 7 months weed free 🙏
You can’t smoke ever again or you will get sick again. We can recover from chs but it never goes away meaning once we start using again we will get sick again.
I'm the exact opposite situation. 20 years of trying to get a diagnosis for my eating disorder, now everyone wants to call CHS. Even stopped smoking and vomiting increased. Weed was the only medication that works. So I have to continue smoking. But now I can't see any doctor or admit I smoke or else they just believe I have CHS.
I will have to live my life undiagnosed solely due to propaganda of CHS.
Sounds like a panic attack?
So you were dehydrated 🤦🏻♂️
Consuming 4g a day, everyday, in any form is just an absurd amount of cannabis. I also think having such a high amount of THC on the market doesn't help either. 20% and higher is waaaaaay to much. Recently a dispensary near me started selling "old school" weed that's got around 6% THC and 15% CBD. Its a great option, and definitely going to be my choice moving forward.
Right?? Some dispensaries in Winnipeg have started selling weed rolled in hash or whatever, it's like 45-50%!!! Absolutely insane
Louis CK actually has a GREAT bit about weed today v weed back then.
4g is,, not that much to smoke for a super heavy stoner lol,,😅😅😅
I don't know how much is a normal amount, but that's the problem. Limits would be nice to keep people from getting sick. Lower amounts might help people understand how much is too much, although there will always be people who want to overdo it because they're self treating some mental health issues.
@@aellalee4767 i smoke half or 2/3 of a joint like every 2-3 hours each with like 0.3g of weed with a bit of tobacco (not really much because tobacco can knock me down easy) so around a gram a day maybe. In my mind i am smoking all day every day but I am pretty sure I am in the low end of the graph about heavy users :D
you know i noticed that when i would blaze to escape the maze only to find the problem stays. this is an awesome video guy!
I went to the ER once after smoking (hours prior) and they diagnosed me with cannabis hyperemesis but I actually had Norovirus, which was completely unrelated to my cannabis intake.
Yea most of the doctors diagnosing this issue are full of shit
@@enderthexenocide760 And nothing else can cause it, it must be the weeds. We all know pharma drugs are 100% safe.
Please mention the temperature symptoms! When you have CHS you almost always CRAVE heat like a warm bath. Like uncontrollably crave it and it temporarily relieves the nausea when nothing else works. Its one of the ways you can tell it apart from other illnesses with similar symptoms.
I had a CHS episode way back before ER docs knew what to call it. I still smoke but less volume and so far have been feeling well for 5 years since my episode. I love to tell my friends since often they have never heard of it. CHS was some of the sickest I've ever been. Unable to keep down food for 11 days.
Agreed. A hot shower was the only thing that helped. This shit is real and very scary when it happens.
*fist bump*
Yep, was taking 2-3 showers each hour around the clock during my vomitting episode. Sleep, wake, vomit, shower, gatorade, sleep x30-40 times a day.
This is exactly how I found out that’s what I was experiencing. I felt like I was a fish outta water. 😂 but then I was waterlogged. I lived in the shower with steam for days until I connected everything together. Moderation is the key to everything
Same, I think something that people haven't examined is HOW you smoke might make a difference too.
I wasn't smoking a huge amount when I got CHS but I was using a gravity bong.
After going to the ER several times, I stopped smoking for several years. I eventually started again but in addition to moderation I decided never to use gravity bong again. No problems even after smoking daily for the past few years.
Yes! I keep telling my Dr's that heat makes it so much worse which is why i think i have cyclic vommiting instead of hyperemesis. I thought the hot shower thing was a well known symptom of chs? I'm worried my dr's want to keyhole me with chs instead of even considering cvs. it's such a catch 22 the symptoms that give me the cvs are medicated by the substance they are telling me is causing the issue. Depending on if its chs or cvs they're right
this happend to me when i was a senior in high school and steadily smoked more and more until I was smoking 4 times a day. I ended up in the ER twice with uncontrollable vomiting and dehydration. needless to say I eventually quit smoking weed and felt like myself again after. Glad to see coverage on this syndrome because noone ever knows what I'm talking about when I say CHS.
It's a medical disease called "pusscake babywuss" it's a very serious and lifelong condition.
4 times a day! Rookie.
Thanks for listing your sources, it's quite rare on youtube.
I’d be interested in seeing where these people affected are getting their supply of marijuana (home grown, government, etc) and how that changes things.
exactly! I bet the information would be very interesting
Or how many doctors just saw it in their system and just lazily said it was that.
Or how many are just trying it out and got paranoid after a bad experience.
Exactly I've never heard this from street dealers
Right?! This is straight up propaganda.
I'd be interested in wether these people took a certain medication recently...
I use it both recreationally and medicinally. Because of this I treat it like I treat alcohol or other migraine medications, respectively. Everything in moderation.
I use it socially, or when I'm trying to wind down after a rough day, like I would with a glass of wine.
If I'm having a migraine, I only take enough to manage the pain, which, for me, is low enough that I don't really feel high.
For me, microdosing has been very helpful. 3mg edibles is enough to relieve my pain (or one short hit from my pen if I need instant relief), and 5mg is enough to get me buzzed without being blitzed.
Edit: guys this is at 420 likes please don’t like anymore 😂
I smoked weed every day for years. One day I couldn’t stop throwing up, went to urgent care and they told me I had CHS. they said more than half of the patients who came in uncontrollably vomiting were doing so due to weed, specifically the highly concentrated weed we have today.
I quit that day. It was horrible. I couldn’t hold down water for a couple days. I couldn’t hold down food for 5. I lost almost 30 lbs over two weeks. I’m 5’11” with a regular build and went from 160 to 133 lbs.
anyways, shit sucked.
Me too brother. Quitting was the easiest decision I’ve ever made
you where lied to becuase its not even a REAL disease its a made up one because drs are to lazy to find out the real reason why folks are picking but even folks who do not DO Canabus in any way are having bouts of this issue
Sorry you went though that. Did this episode just put you off weed because how horrible it was, or is it that once It happens to you the symptom is permanent any time you take it/smoke?
@@itsmeLori both. I wanted to continue smoking, but the doctors said that it would continue to happen if I did. I did some research and decided it wasn’t worth that risk.
Ugh i take cannabis for medicinal reasons it's the only thing that works for all the injuries I got in the military (beside harder pain killers) it helps me sleep with some nasty muscular skeletal injuries I got during my time in the service so if I end up like this I am screwed. I don't want to go back to using opioids if I end up with this condition 😑
It's because of concentrates. I had cannabis hyperemesis for a long time and it was caused by doing dabs. I had to quit smoking all weed for a while, but now I can smoke flower and I don't get sick from it.
I was actually diagnosed with this and have quit smoking weed because of it. Best change I’ve ever made!
Good for you! Positive changes!
you started it yourself tho lol
@@dereknueveuno no one cares about your opinion. I’ve made changes and I’m proud of it you keyboard warrior
I been battling this for years . Happens to me like 2 times a year , horrible.
I need to quit smoking any tips ?? Thanks 🙏
Egg
It’s almost like pumping the plants full of different chemicals to increase potency has caused some weird side effects.🤔
No this is directed linked to THC, not random foreign chemicals introduced to the Cannabis.
Its more complicated than that, there's many variables that goes into who get CHS besides chemicals added. Research definitely needs to be done on this.
i started smoking in 2019 and in 2021 is when the fits started getting bad. i've been hospitalized for diagnosed with CHS everytime. these puking fits would last days until i did go to the ER and i'd be puking every 5-30 mins. the worst stomach pain i'd ever felt. and the only thing that helped ironically was the weed, but i was too sick to even think about smoking. i'm so glad this is being talked abt
I've been diagnosed with this, anecdotally I can say I haven't had an episode since I started doing psilocybin to treat my treatment resistant mental illnesses
I think overall though I find it easier to get nauseated and vomit than it was before the episodes started, but my smoking habits haven't changed if gotten worse lol and I'm now like 9months without an episode
@@Ytinasniiable Ketogenic diet is a way better option. Have a look into it you will be surprised what you find.
Great video! Lots of interesting information. Like the little drawings. Thanks for posting!
Been smoking forever and I’ve never thrown up or felt sick, the only time I’ve been close to throwing up is from coughing after a big hit or something, besides that I’ve personally never gotten sick or known anyone to get sick.
That’s what I’m saying, I probably breathe more Mary Jane than oxygen and never had an issue besides maybe 🤮 from coughing too hard which rarely happens
It's still better to be safe. A lot of people say they were fine and then suddenly they weren't. A lot of people are also saying that they couldn't go back to doing it after getting CHS. I'd say take their advice and take tolerance breaks and make sure to hydrate so you can keep enjoying cannabis and it's effects without having to worry about getting CHS one day.
Black market supply or a source you can trust that there are no pesticides or additives?
@@alexanderleuchte5132 a medical dispensary
As a former commercial grower, I'd like to say that often THC is the culprit. Cannabis has over 400 cannabinoids and all except for CBD are ignored. Straight cannabis can cause headaches, anxiety, nausea and vomiting. The only way to avoid this is to make an essential oil from the whole plant. It's called Rick Simpson Oil, or RSO for short. A solvent (Acetone) is used to strip the plant of everything, then the liquid is strained and reduced down to a thick paste with low heat. You stay higher, longer with none of the side effects.
I got cured from CHS from smoking CBD I believe. I couldn’t smoke for years without developing severe CHS, then I quit THC for a year and a half, smoking purely CBD flower and CBD hash for a year of that break then went back to THC and never developed it again. Going on almost 3 years clean from CHS thankfully. I smoke more now than ever before. Sometimes 3+ ounces a month, where as previously I couldn’t smoke more than 2 G a week without getting CHS…
So strange…. I wish more research was put into it
I've read about how CBD could partially antagonize CB1 receptor sites. Diminishing the potency of the high. But it's still considered theoretical. Doesn't necessarily mean it's not true though
Bruh i took 3 month break but also switched how i smoked and stopped mixing tobacco in bong hits. Completely different now i smoke more without issues with joints and blunts
nah, dabs make me wet my pants. i like bud. plus, if carbon footprints were actually a thing and not some kind of darvo-@ss shamewashing... of course, then, what's my excuse with the ol?
A few years ago, I began trying to stop smoking weed but found If I don’t smoke for more than a day I start to get nauseous. Goes away after about a week. My body definitely has developed some kind of reliance. Can’t be great.
I can Relate been smoking since my dad died and I can't go a day without being sober
Try getting a nausea medicine, and see if that helps you quit.
Modern strains (especially legal strains) have done their best to jack up the THC and dropping the CBD content as much as possible. There's also evidence (not nearly enough to call it a fact) that such a vast dichotomy in percentages creates actual physical dependence. Which would explode the long-held belief that THC isn't physically addictive.
You're not addicted, you just have nausea. You should actually see a doctor and not get medical advice from the Internet.
@@TypicalZamasuI am sorry to hear that, man. I know from my experience that, if you start smoking weed regularly as a trauma response because pot high makes you feel good, it’s a dangerous path, you build dependence. And It's not good.
Once I became aware of my dependence, I chose to fight the hard battle of withdrawal. I did cold turkey. The first 4 days were AWFUL. But I hold on to the sheer power of my mental will. And after 7 days, it got easier. I eventually completed a 2 month cannabis break. Now I enjoy smoking a joint once every 2-3-4 days.
I've recently been diagnosed with CHS , I am struggling to stop smoking but I am distracted by learning more about CHS thank you
I relate actually, for a long while I was smoking more than I needed to, I was throwing up until is was only stomach acid coming up, horrible appetite, and I continued to smoke to try and get my appetite back which made it worse, I went to a doctor and they thought it was a stomach bug or bacteria in my gut. During this I moved and didn’t have access to weed for a few months and I was completely normal again. I really didn’t think much of it until it happened to my friend. This video really helped have things make more sense, since no one talks about the bad side effects of weed. Throwing up nothing up stomach acid all day every day, cant drink water or eat food was torture. Moderation is key. I smoke still but in moderation
I had the same issue but I'm still going thru recovery. How long do u go cold turkey for and since u slowed , have you had any chs attacks
@@moistbreadd4051I’ve had this for years . I only get sick like 2 times a year . I feel like it’s when I start smoking more and more. I’m a daily smoker about 3-4 times a day I smoke 1-2 bowls each session .
I’ve noticed when I slow down i don’t get sick but when I’m smoking and eating a lot it triggers the vomiting. Kind of weird .
I’m looking to quit weed .😢
My boyfriend didn’t have an issue with marijuana until a few years ago. He didn’t partake regularly at all (when he did partake, it wasn’t in excess) and seemed to show up out of nowhere. All the symptoms described here is what he had gone through and it was bad enough of an experience that he won’t even chance with even the tiniest amount. I wonder if some people are predisposed to this disease/disorder based off other factors
Seems to be highly related to other stomach issues from what I’ve noticed. The few people I know who have it are very skinny and also have gastrointestinal issues like me lol
Thank you for posting!!! I grew up with a stoner step dad and specialists never knew what was wrong. More research has come out and years later my now ex boyfriend was diagnosed with this. It answered so many questions for me because I realized he had all the symptoms my stepdad had. The oddest but most telling similarity was that the only thing to ease the symptoms was a hot bath. So many nights I remember my step dad in the tub. I told my boyfriend after a bad episode that I’d leave him if he didn’t stop smoking. I grew up watching my mom suffer taking care of my step dad and I wasn’t about to follow that path. I love weed, but if you’re a lifelong chronic smoker, know it’s really know worth this.
I've smoked everyday for 20 years and don't have this occurring. There are nuances to this life it's not as black and white as "If you do X then Y will happen".
Everyday smoker for fifty years, smoking one now, never have I ever seen anyone affected by this condition. I think it’s young people just being stoned and stupid.
Crazy thing is I just learned about CHS. Everything thats going on with me seems to be what others are experiencing. And I've been soaking in hot baths lately as it's been the only thing to really subside the pain.
When my kidneys were acting up two years ago I was heating my back with a heating pad.
That is absolutely true about the only thing easing the symptoms is a hot bath, when I had cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, that happened to me too
@@Trace-l7kit's not. Some people can't handle their weed, just as some people can't handle their alcohol. This isn't generational, or anything like that, but it also doesn't effect many people, which is why you haven't met anyone who suffers from this. Either way, it's not the fault of the marijuana, but the person who's trying to get high. It's like saying planes are bad because some people can't fly them due to poor eyesight.
I love your cartoon style! Also thanks for the PSA.
yall are still slaying the science video scene after all these years. keep it up!
This is interesting. I was easily smoking as much as 4 joints/day in my early 20s. I had a med card, and convinced myself that cannabis was the best route to helping with depression. However, one day, I fell extremely ill after smoking. I got the spins, felt extremely hot, got tachycardia, and spent a good part of the night vomiting. I had had a few bad experiences from overdoing it over the years, but nothing came even close to that. It took me a while to smoke again after that, and most of the time when I would try to from then on (especially when taking edibles), those feelings would return even when I consumed very little. Being high became synonymous with extreme anxiety and nausea, and to this day I can't take more than a hit of a joint every couple months (and I usually regret it when I do).
What's more, I became a far more anxious person afterward. I had always had bouts of depression, but had never really experienced anxiety until that point-and unfortunately it's something that has stuck with me. It actually seems rather similar to PTSD in some ways. Anyway, what you're describing does sound pretty similar to what I experienced, and I've never really had a potential explanation for it until now, other than assuming I had some sort of mental breakdown.
Sounds like cannabis induced panic attack
Cannabis hypermieses syndrome Is the worst only 3/10 smokers get this , our body is basically allergic to it
Diagnosed with this ten years ago here in the UK, I still smoke but have issues at times
My little brother recently figured out this is why he's always throwing up, he stopped for a while. Then picked it back up again from time to time due to stress and has had issues again since using it. Crazy that this can happen, I'm also in the UK
I had it also I quit smoking 4 years ago
hmm this happened to me about 10 years ago when i was smocking weed out of a bong and mixing with tobacco. The only thing that helped was hot baths and eventually quitting bong + tabacco
Still a million times better/ safer than cigarettes and Liqour
For real, like why the hell do weed smokers get all the damn hate?
@@freelikeyveBecause people are ignorant about cannabis since they have grown up in a society in which these substances have not only been outlawed but demonized. Pot is still the devil.
Good lord, no one mentioned this at all. The conversation is about CE.
@@xxIncognitoxx No, the conversation is
"should weed still be legalized due to Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome" read the title.
Finally. There are some delusional people in the comments that are literally arguing that cannabis should be illegal because of this very rare syndrome. Guess they've never heard of alcohol poisoning? Or pharmaceutical abuse.
I've had serious gastroparesis since 2001 and have many ER visits for uncontrollable vomiting and many nurses have tried to say it was due to cannabis use when it obviously wasn't.
I kept on getting very ill and vomiting when I would eat different foods issue didn’t really start until I was heavy drinking. I stop drinking, but when I would eat different things, it would happen anytime I would go to the ER they would say it’s because I smoke. I would tell them I wasn’t even smoking that day and they were still Saints because he smoke. I started to cut different things out my diet and then, because of that found out I have a gluten allergy and it’s gluten that makes me violently ill not weed. my issue with this disease is all they do is ask you if you smoked weed don’t ask you any questions about your diet or drinking habits, and that actually might be the cause of the vomiting not the weed
@@ssahism I've been getting knocked out by pasta and white bread for decades, like instantly needing a nap and drained of all life the next day. Just realized its gluten sensitivity. What did we get in the school lunch program back when I was declared 'unattentive' and constantly going to the nurse with stomach issues? White bread every day.
I didn't run into "excessive weed use" accusations when my gastroparisis made me go to the ER. I got accused of overusing opiates and when the drug screen came back negative for opiates they tried to say I must be a noncompliant diabetic. Nope. Sorry. Not that either.
It's Ehlers-Danlos. It's a genetic connective tissue disorder. Took me until I was 39 to get the diagnosis.
Makes me so mad that the first thing emergency medical staff jumps to is accusing people asking for help and answers of being drug addicts and then a blatant refusal to take care of themselves.
The treatment is reglan. It's an awful drug that causes depression and anger, and those can be permanent. It has a black box warning (it can kill you). The only other option (in the US) is a neural stimulator to basically give your stomach and guts little zaps to convince them to keep moving. Not as painful as it sounds, but still not fun time.
@@ThisIsATireFire I tried reglan years ago but now I bite my tongue randomly because of the side effects. Tardive dyskinesia doesn't go away so if you get symptoms stop taking the meds. And the fact that they didn't help me at all wasn't worth the cardiac risk either.
I got CHS last year. I’ve been smoking regularly for about five years and daily for two years. Worst two nights of my life. Thought I was gonna die. Was dehydrated from nonstop vomiting. Worst of all, I kept smoking trying to get some relief. I didn’t know it was CHS. I ended up in the emergency room and the doctor told me to lay off the grass for two months
I like you ❤
What happened after 2 months?
What happened after two months?? Pls
My immediate thought is, because it's blocking the vomit receptor, the body tries harder to trigger it. The longer it's dulled, the harder and harder the body tries to trigger it until it finally overcomes the suppressing weed effect.
I got misdiagnosed with thise
twice because I'm a hispanic male. I was struggling with constant nausea from panic attacks in my early 20's and my doctor's didn't want to help me much unless I stopped smoking, which was the only thing that was helping me at that moment. I had to switch doctors offices to be treated. Years later, I got on a high dose of Zoloft that my body reacted poorly to. I was vomiting almost daily and had to go to the ER due to dehydration... they told me to stop smoking marijuana. Turns out I have OCD and ADHD witch tics. I feel very mistreated every time they bring it up, like my struggles could only be cause by drugs because I'm a young hispanic man :(
How are you now?
That’s valid! Doctors are an insular group, who hold a lot of stereotypes about people of different race, class, and ethnic backgrounds.
That had nothing to do with you being Hispanic ffs. Many doctors won't prescribe certain medications if you use illicit substances of any kind and will want you to stop using those things to make sure they aren't the cause. I'm a white male, allegedly so privileged lol, but I've had the same problems. Stop crying victim.
I really needed this video. It explained it so much more clearly what my doctors have been saying. They said I would make my anxiety “worse”, but to me it made it better. Now I understand why/ how exactly that happens. This video will make it much easier to come to terms and cut back like I need too. Thanks pot head scientist 💚
It helps me with my mental health too. So I guess the most important thing is being mindful of how much we take.
Be cautious, there seems to be kind of an elastic band effect with weed. Like, it helps, it helps, it helps, then suddenly it snaps back and makes everything a hundred times worse, and it can be difficult to realise it’s the weed if it has been genuinely helping for a long time. It’s what happened to me, and reading these comments, to a lot of other people too. I smoked for over a decade, and for much of that time, it was something I thought was making a huge positive impact on my mental health. Then my anxiety and depression actually cleared up entirely when I quit the weed and started doing the things that scared me the most, I got into a drug treatment programme and the number of people I met who had had the same experience was crazy.
Thanks for making this video. We are seeing a rise of admissions to the hospital for this and people aren't aware of this syndrome. We always rule out any other acute issues, but there are always tell-tell signs of CHS. Patients will literally take 5+ hot showers in a day.
Seeing any bowel related issues? (constipation/diarrhea - maybe cyclic)
More diarrhea than constipation. Although by the time they reach our doors they are pretty much cleaned out from the hyperemesis.
0:24 That wasn't weed bluddy 😂😂😂
This happened to me when I was in HS, I used to smoke every single day back then until the vomiting started. Luckily I would only throw up once or twice each time it happened, but I quit cold turkey since it just wasn't worth it after a while. Back then I thought it was caused by panic attacks from the THC exacerbating my anxiety, but this explains so much, thank you!
What a lot of people don't realize is that unlegalized drugs can be MORE dangerous because illegally buying drugs is more dangerous and having drugs be illegal can lead to people buying drugs illegally and winding up with other, more dangerous drugs in the mix
The data doesn't back up your claims. This very video is evidence of that.
That’s stupid
legalising drugs puts an idea of them being safe into general populus´ minds
exactly. when illegal drugs are illegally purchased from illegal sources, the illegal drug user tends to illegally wind up with illegal drugs containing illegal substances other than the illegal substance that the illegal drug user meant to illegally buy from their illegal dealer of illegal drugs. did i mention that all of this is totally illegal?
Yeah, the best path to go forward is legalization and **control**! There are norms on how much alcohol you can consume. There are classification norms. (Like, there can't be 70% alcohol beer). There's testing and certification, so that methanol doesn't appear in drinks. If the same is done with cannabis - we can reduce the risk and crack down on illegal cannabis
I really appreciate this kind of approach to science, though you are favor of smoking personally, you pursue objectivity and inform us to be critical and aware, you are awesome ❤
Was legalizing weed a mistake?
Absolutely not. Just like legalizing alcohol wasn't a mistake. Nanny state never, ever works. Prohibition and the war on drugs is a complete failure. Stop trying to control what adults do to their own bodies. There will always be people who abuse these things. Best we can do is given them all the information, and if they make wrong choices - it's on them.
I have Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome and CHS is making my life more difficult. They won’t treat my CVS properly until they give me a drug test that is clean. Which takes time and it makes me suffer longer before they help me. It’s really obnoxious. :(
I'm sorry that it's making your life harder :( 💙 I hope you find relief 💙
I remember the potheads in college would experience this. I personally never had an issue because I don't really enjoy being high. It's crazy how moderation needs to be practiced with everything, and yet culture pushes extreme use from weed, alcohol to other vices like it should be a badge of honor.... Nope a little is okay for most things.
My doctors at first blamed weed for my vomiting issues. I ended up pushing against that in my mind because it helped during the day if I got really nauseous. I got in with GI then we did some studies. My stomach emptying is not normal it only emptied 30%. The average person in four hours will empty to 10%.
Within the timeframe that it took to get all of these studies, I got a VNS implant to control my seizures because I am medication resistant. After a few months when it got turned up to 2.85 amplitudes in going off every three minutes my vomiting went down. My G.I. suspects it was Gastro paresis because they are doing studies on gastroparesis and how a VNS can help because it works on the stomach as well. I can feel the VNS go off in my stomach every three minutes, it is weird and now I can eat full meals without vomiting. It’s really nice and I wish that I could’ve been part of those studies because I am an example of how it can help.
I have been smoking since I was 14 years old. I stopped for 3 years never had CHS. Started back last year and now only 6 months smoking I have CHS. Worst sickness ever, I lost 20 pounds in a month. Today is my last day smoking, as that is the only way to stop it. Moderation or don't smoke at all. Personally I am all in or nothing. So I have to put it down. Great video!
I’m 23 and i have CHS. I grieve weed like an old friend so this video was admittedly hard to watch. it gave me scromiting and serious panic attacks, i probably can’t ever smoke it again. My mental health is still not great but at least this has given me the chance to find better ways to unwind & cope with life. I’m actually trying & not just smoking it away. But a year after diagnosis, i still cry about it. I lament just smelling it, seeing people roll up, passing smoke shops. i’m a genuinely good person and i know it’s not a “deserve or not deserve thing” but i can’t help but wonder why me. i’ve known much heavier smokers than me who don’t have it, maybe it’s only a matter of time. I hope they find a cure one day or at the very least, i hope there’s weed waiting for me in heaven.
Same here, I had two incredible experiences with edibles and then I had one edible I vdkrivr was laced with spice. One trip to the A&E later and I haven't been able to even smell weed without heart palpitations and losing my sense of temperature. But like the video said maybe these reactions will get better as we get older 🙏
Were you a heavy smoker or does it just happen after a couple puffs? I'm very curious. Also what about things like either vaping or edibles? Have you tried different forms of consumption with the same results? Tincture maybe?
When stuff like that happens to me (and it often does), I have to realize usually God trying to shut certain doors in my life to show me a new one that He wants me to focus on and walk through. His ways are not like our ways. Very mysterious and effective. You would be wise to go with His flow. Maybe pray about it. He wants you to talk to Him exactly like you talk to us, although respectfully. He created order and it's in our best interest to adapt to it. He loves us like a Father and knows way more about our lives than we do, and I promise He has your best interest at heart. God requires us to retain a "sober mind". A sober mind is a mind that can keep track of itself and avoid sin. God says we can drink, lightly, so knowing that, He probably wouldn't mind if we lightly use cannabis (especially since we have a natural endocannabinoid system unlike for alcohol), BUT, the problem is when these things become our idols; ...When we think we NEED substances over whatever God has to offer us. I'm finding out that cannabis is my idol. I think I cannot be happy without it, but God keeps telling me something entirely different. ONE DAY soon, I'll stop using cannabis. One day I will trust that God will fill the holes I think the weed left. We pleasure seek to fill whatever hole we haven't let God fill. Normal happy people don't use drugs because their bodies naturally produce feel good chemicals. Also, sometimes God wants us to suffer like He did on the cross. It's a fallen world. We really do deserve what we get. Good thing He promises us eternity at total peace and satisfaction for simply believing He died for ALL of that. Finish the race.
I gave it up 9 months ago after it gave me near suicidal depression and incredibly intense self reflection. You can do it. I had to replace it with alcohol consumption before getting off substances entirely. If you have a stash, destroy it so you can’t come up with excuses later. Don’t let yourself make excuses to start again. Police your own willpower while it’s strong so that when it’s weak it won’t snap.
Same here. I used to have edibles each day after work but always ended up with CHS sooner or later. Unfortunately, I’m not one of those lucky people that can moderate their consumption… so I decided just to stop altogether. It sucks knowing you can’t moderate yourself but I’m glad I have my appetite back and no longer feel sick in the mornings.
My girlfriend had/has this! she hasn't smoked in 6 months and is feeling mostly better, but in the beginning it was super hard for her, we had 3 ER visits and none of the doctors knew what was happening. she eventually diagnosed herself with CHS and had to stop smoking along with avoiding trigger foods with high cannabinoids like chocolate, spinach and broccoli. it was terrible to see her suffer from something she thought helped her!
Hi, that’s a really hard experience, I’m happy to hear that things are getting better for her and there seems to be less to worry about. As a person with multiple chronic illnesses I’m curious to know what ‘mostly better’ is though
@laurettamae9573 she still has been feeling nauseous occasionally and we aren't sure if it's because she is starting to eat some of the foods I listed above more often (she has been eating a lot of spinach for her lunches) or if it's something else. Hard to know since there is so little known about CHS and I dont know if CHS counts as a chronic illness
@@jacobcristofori8097 That’s understandable. CHS is not a chronic illness, and there are other types of G.I. issues that are. I was asking because of my experience with doctors thinking it was CHS for me then it turned out that gastroparesis was the actual diagnosis I was closest to. It can range rom mild to severe, and in my experiences with doctors they look at the most obvious one first especially if you happen to be ‘too young’ to have any more serious issues or they think it’s too rare. In my experience being your own advocate if the problems continue to happen is the best you can do. That’s over time of course, I also eat ‘easy to digest’ foods recommended by my G.I. but I got lucky and had a surgery for my epilepsy that helped my gut as well so my vomiting has significantly gone down along with nausea.
but yeah there’s just been a lot of talk about rare diseases are actually not that rare they’re just under diagnosed community lately. It’s very hard to see someone that you love suffer and I just wanted to share some information because not a lot of people know this kind of stuff. I hope for you guys it ends up going away and you don’t have to worry about it but if the problem persists definitely look further into it and her symptoms and bring those up to the doctor and get a referral to a G.I.
I hope no offense was brought from my comments. I am just a random person on the Internet trying to spread a little bit of awareness about this because it’s something that I’ve become passionate about.
@@jacobcristofori8097 Might be pregnant, after all the nausea is a sign of baby forming.
Of course if she didn't ate any cannabis in months.
Did she have any pre-exsiting stomach conditions or nauea related anexity issues prior to smoking? I only ask cause my dr's and i are trying to figure out my own diagnosis and I say i have cycllic vommitting but they say i have chs
Part of me is like "this guy is trying too hard to connect with young people" but then I realized young people are exactly who need to hear this message! Way to go 👍🏼
I was a daily smoker for many years and after suddenly making several trips to the ER, was diagnosed with CHS about 3 years ago.
I've found that if I limit my intake to only on weekends, and let my body clear out during the week I can still enjoy smoking.
I have CHS but it doesn’t make me vomit. It just gives me intense pressure in my left rib cage and gives me a feeling like I’m having a heart attack. I had CHS for 3.5 years and then finally decided to quit and I’m coming up on 3 weeks clean and I’m so happy I don’t have to be sick anymore. I wish I could still smoke but it’s sooo not worth the pain.
gg glade to hear u are feeling better. im 6 days clean going for atleast 30days no smoking hoping i have same results as u
@@magiclunchbox88What was the results?
@@conog1888 Im Almost 60 Days Clean From The Green Have not been sick since. im so happy i decided to quit it has been a long battle of sickness. crazy to me that Weed was the problem but i can say at this point it was 100% the issue. i miss weed like crazy i stare it in the face everyday at work as i am a manger at a pot dispo but not being sick is so much better than smoking.
@@conog1888not the same guy but i’m also around 10 days sober and the left rib pain is gone.
Ive thrown up a couple times but I have the same pressure in my left upper area glad to hear this😅 thought it might be sum else
Thank you for explaining this! I experienced this a few years ago and had no idea what was wrong with me. Ended up in the emergency room because I was vomiting black tar-like stuff (my stomach was empty). I had been smoking weed all day, every day due to depression, stress, and insomnia. My appetite loss confused me as well since weed was supposed to help with eating; as a result, I lost 80 lbs. in about a year while taking high doses of weed per day. I felt horrible and sick all the time, and I even had a manic episode where I felt out of control (emotionally). I had to go cold-turkey for a couple months. I still use weed now for my insomnia on a nightly basis, but I notice the symptoms when my tolerance gets too high and my consumption of it increases. The appetite loss comes along. Nausea when trying to eat also. So now I take regular tolerance breaks (anywhere between 2 weeks and 2 months) to reset my body.
You know, I acknowledge that this is an actual problem that people have, but it still makes me angry that doctors tried to blame weed for my nausea multiple times. When I'm pregnant I get hyperemesis gravidarum, which is nonstop puking. I got so weak I couldn't get in and out of the shower on my own and barely could get out of bed, I couldn't eat or drink anything. Now, the doctors gave me medications that were supposed to help reduce my nausea but it was like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound. Doctors tried to give me stomach acid reducers after I started repeatedly tearing my esophagus and started vomiting blood.... Now I had smoked in the past before getting pregnant, but I stopped any and all smoking once I got that positive pregnancy test. What makes me angry is I'd go to the ER vomiting blood and they'd tell me because I smoked weed that that was why I was vomiting. I got angry with one of the doctors and was like "do you really think I couldn't and wouldn't stop smoking for my child?" And he kinda rolled his eyes at me, I told him none of the medications were working and he asked me "well I don't know what you want me to do for you" I just wanted to be able to drink water! I started smoking after that visit and I was finally able to eat, I was able to sleep, and my body stopped being so incredibly weak and shaky because I could finally eat and drink without consequence. As a result of me smoking I had to deal with doctors being judgemental and I had to deal with CPS saying I "neglected" my child, I was doing what was best for us both. Not only me, but my whole family and my husband were afraid I was going to die before I started smoking weed... So how is it wrong, how did I neglect my child? I was just doing the best thing for us both. Now I have a perfectly healthy and happy baby who is growing really well and is off the charts smart. So again, I acknowledge this is an issue with certain people, but for me marijuana was my saving grace and it quite literally saved me and my child.
Doctors did the same to my wife, she’s gotten ill when she got pregnant with our daughter. The sickness was supposedly caused by toxoplasmosis, and she is also a type 2 diabetic, this has been going on for 6 years and she has had multiple surgeries. Magnesium seemed to help for the most part but marijuana has always been a part of mine and her lives. Never had a problem with it until she went through child birth, but that doesn’t stop the doctors from filling up her file with “marijuana overdose” claims.
@Rustyshackleford752 why do people keep saying weed makes you vomit when it does the opposite that makes no sense to me
Wellp at this point I just straight up hate doctors so, all I really have to say to that is. Yep. I believe every world you wrote and honestly I imagine your experience is worse than you fully remember or even know.
I work at a dispensary. We're forced to give out pamphlets that tell of the "dangers" of smoking weed while pregnant. I mostly laugh at them. Obviously, burning weed, or literally anything, introduces carcinogens, something we don't want babies to be in contact with. That being said, if you eat meat, you've been ingesting just about as much. Smoking weed isn't especially dangerous to a fetus, and I regularly sell weed to pregnant women, and I always do my best to make sure they don't feel judged for it. You do whatever you feel you need to for that child and yourself. Have a great day, and congratulations on the kid!
You are feeling like that BECAUSE you arent smoking weed anymore. You think marijuana is the solution to your problems but in reality its only the “solution” to problems that it itself created
My mom had complications from a stomach surgery that caused her to vomit uncontrollably from time to time and she was in and out of the ER because of this. About three or four years ago, I remember sitting in the ER with mom as she was experiencing severe pain and vomiting again. The doctor refused to look into the problem and treat her because he automatically thought she was doing pot and had that cannabis hyperemesis syndrome. Fast forward four years and her body was shutting down from lack of treatment. Last year, her body finally gave up and she passed away on September 20, 2023. She was 70 years old and never smoked or did any kind of drugs and seriously thought pot was evil.
Some doctors do that, they do that when they don't want to do their job and they don't really care about the patients, sometimes its "anxiety" sometimes someone with chronic pain is a "drug seeker" a lot of doctors will come up with anything to get out of the job they need to do, if a doctor ever does something like that search for a second opinion until you're healthy.
I have Chron's Disease and I've experienced what can only be described as "greening out" a few times over my life.
weed anxiety, shakes, feeling really nervous or uncomfortable.
Ironically wether its from Dabs, Edibles, or Bong rips I've never felt even the slightest bit of nausea, it's the opposite and always has been! Lucky!
I got CHS 2 months ago! Hands down, one of the toughest things I’ve gone through. Unlike people are saying I honestly didn’t smoke much and when I got sick I was a few days clean then BOOM. Coupled with a panic attack, I thought I was dying, 100%. But I’ve been clean since then which is something I’ve wanted to do for a while!
Yeah this was awful I feel that. I believe once you go above a certain threshold in your system you will stay sick until you go below that. For me the first time was like 3 weeks.
thank you for this video it’s so important I live in a mega stoner town and have explained this condition to substance use counsellour s who had never heard of it so clearly it needs to be talked about more!! also I didn’t know the decrease in appetite from chronically smoking can turn into this and now i’m quite afraid 😅 just another good reason to try to cut down on
the mistake is letting big companies doing the same thing to cannabis as done to the tobacco industry, adding fillers and chemicals, ending up with a product with little cannabis in it.
Using enough drugs would lead to drug-related consequences? I'm "shocked"
thanks for this -- we also need to consider consumption methods, botanical variety, and contamination of plant material (bugs, molds), when digging into this
My first partner got this illness when she was 19, she said it was the worst illness she's ever been through
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