MaryAnne123
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Oh and I forgot to say with all the nausea and vomiting I wasn't eating and I've lost 45 pounds. I'm 5 feet tall and I weigh 96 pounds
Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome
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ItsOkayDontBelieveMe
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MarryAnne,
I hope you feel better soon! I sympathize with you very much, you have been through a lot, Jesus I can only imagine. I suffered for a week, where I was vomiting incessantly... I couldnt imagine three years. That, is just, utterly, horrible. I cringe thinking about it because I know exactly how bad the abdominal pain is and how horrible the constant vomiting and acid reflux is.
On the bright side, its the beginning of the end. If it is CHS, you will start feeling better very soon since you stopped smoking. Keep us updated PLEASE!!!
Much love your way!
I am 6 ft 7ish and weighed around 300, weight 280 now (lost that in one week). The weight loss is about the only thing Im pleased with... i intend to continue loosing weight, but in much healthier ways!
I hope you feel better soon! I sympathize with you very much, you have been through a lot, Jesus I can only imagine. I suffered for a week, where I was vomiting incessantly... I couldnt imagine three years. That, is just, utterly, horrible. I cringe thinking about it because I know exactly how bad the abdominal pain is and how horrible the constant vomiting and acid reflux is.
On the bright side, its the beginning of the end. If it is CHS, you will start feeling better very soon since you stopped smoking. Keep us updated PLEASE!!!
Much love your way!
I am 6 ft 7ish and weighed around 300, weight 280 now (lost that in one week). The weight loss is about the only thing Im pleased with... i intend to continue loosing weight, but in much healthier ways!
ItsOkayDontBelieveMe
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Cat eyes, also wanted to thank you for the post.
It sounds like there is a decent amount of us that have this as rare as it is.
It sounds like there is a decent amount of us that have this as rare as it is.
I am in the same boat as you, and just recently realize weed needs to be cut out completely in order to get my life back.
It's difficult for me at the moment, I haven't smoked anything since Wednesday night, it's not Friday. I have slept about 6 hours one night, and 4 hours just last night. I got prescription sleeping pills, but after getting up around 4am, I took half a pill, had magnesium, nightytime tea, and still wasn't able to fall asleep.
I think it would've been much easier if I didn't have a lot going on right now, but I do unfortunately.
I'm going to go to a walk-in clinic to get some pills for anxiety to help me out.
I'm against prescription pills, so I'm not too worried becoming addicted or anything, I have taken anti-anxiety pills before for a few days and stopped. I prefer to heal myself naturally, but do need a little nudge to do so especially when I can't afford to lose time right now, I have work projects to be completed, and I need my memory.
I'd suggest you do the same, if of course you are not able to sleep at ALL and/or have anxiety going through the roof.
Good luck to you!
Not a prob
Glad I found this forum in the time that I did.
I do feel better, last smoke was Wednesday night. However, I cannot sleep, sleeping pills aren't keeping me in my slumber for long. I had anxiety but I feel it's a bit subsided this morning? But I can't tell for sure yet. I'm running on 4 hours of sleep right now, however, with no mental fog like I've had with maryjane, even after sleeping for good 8/9 hours.
I feel positive about this. I'm a bit emotional right now though, I'm crying out of happiness that I am actually doing this and not giving up.
I want my life back, I want my weight back, I want my zombie-like-indifference that came with abusing maryjane to disappear.
I'm very hopeful.
That's horrible. I've lost 20 lbs over this past year when I became a heavy user. I'm 98 right now. and I'm 5"3.
You need to take control of your life, start eating healthy, do a cleanse, make green smoothies, overload on fruit and vegetables. Supplement with omega 3, probiotics, B12, tumeric or whatever else you think is necessary. Go for jogs, walks, whatever. Take baths. Add protein/nutritional shakes to your diet. Take this time to heal and pamper yourself, because after 3 years of this and you being a mommy, you deserve it. Hang in there.
ItsOkayDontBelieveMe
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Not a prob
Glad I found this forum in the time that I did.
I do feel better, last smoke was Wednesday night. However, I cannot sleep, sleeping pills aren't keeping me in my slumber for long. I had anxiety but I feel it's a bit subsided this morning? But I can't tell for sure yet. I'm running on 4 hours of sleep right now, however, with no mental fog like I've had with maryjane, even after sleeping for good 8/9 hours.
I feel positive about this. I'm a bit emotional right now though, I'm crying out of happiness that I am actually doing this and not giving up.
I want my life back, I want my weight back, I want my zombie-like-indifference that came with abusing maryjane to disappear.
I'm very hopeful.
I also notice sleeping problems for a few nights after I stop smoking... it should get better relatively quickly. I like to take a little melatonin to help, it works wonders. In the hospital I was able to get some IV benydryl... that was godly.
its probably just a coincidence but ive been emotional the past few days too, extremely happy to know finally what is wrong, and so much more relieved that its not something very serious.
much love!MaryAnne123
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I did go and get a cleanse/detox yesterday. I feel WAY better already. I finally have my life back after so long of not knowing what the problem was. My doc said at first that I has Gastroparesis. Gastroparesis is uncurable. And has many complications. I actually had a plan to kill myself cuz I was in so much pain with no answers. But then I went and had a meeting with the surgeon to get a gastric pacemaker implanted and he told me he believes that I have this cannabinoid hyperemesis. I'm so happy I did not carry through with my plan. Just to find out that all I needed to do was quit smoking weed.
Hi, I'm a 28 year old female, daily smoker. If anyone who thinks they have CHS could reply to me, I would really appreciate it. I'm not sure if this is something I should consider yet. I keep reading everyone is suffering from uncontrollable vomiting and nausea. My symptoms seem a little less severe, I wake up feeling nauseated, heartburn and throw up yellow bile or food if I ate really late the night before.. a couple times a week now. The first time I experienced this was December of last year. It seemed to more or less go away completely over the summer and now I'm back to dealing with it again. I've had ultrasounds, all kinds of blood tests, and I've just scheduled to see a gastro and have all that fun stuff looked at now that it is becoming recurring. I'm on day two of cutting out caffeine and spicy foods all together, thinking maybe it's some kind of acid reflux thing, when I stumbled upon canabanoid hypermisis syndrome in another thread. I guess my question is, has anyone dealt with only throwing up in the mornings or very late into the night? Like 4 am? It's usually a very burning feeling in my chest until I force myself to throw up and feel some relief. But it is not uncontrollable, I have to make myself, and it's not all day. I hate to think it could be marijuana, I love smoking. It provides me muscle pain relief (I also have scoliosis and arthritis) and helps my anxiety and depression. I'm willing to try giving it up if anyone can confirm their vomit has been only in the mornings and usually a stomach acid or white foam?
I'm glad you're doing better.I also notice sleeping problems for a few nights after I stop smoking... it should get better relatively quickly. I like to take a little melatonin to help, it works wonders. In the hospital I was able to get some IV benydryl... that was godly.
its probably just a coincidence but ive been emotional the past few days too, extremely happy to know finally what is wrong, and so much more relieved that its not something very serious.
If you don't mind me asking, how long did it take for you to get your appetite back? I've been sober for nearly 2 days, and still no appetite. I've lost more weight, I'm at 96lbs now.
Sleeping for me was hard for the past 2 nights, even with sleeping pills. I do have melatonin as well, but it's too weak for me. I have a bunch of other natural remedies, but however this is such a critical time for me, I've never went through any kind of withdrawal. Hence why I abused weed to this point.
I'm super happy it works for you though.It must be a good feeling for you knowing that you're on your way to happiness, keep it up, don't lose hope.
I used to think the same thing, that the weed was helping me out with anxiety and depression, until I started to abuse it. If you don't abuse it, and don't use it as a getaway drug then you will be fine. But as soon as you smoke to get rid of anxiety, to give you an appetite, to get rid of your depression, to calm down, etc... that's a huge problem. That's how it started with me and spiraled out of control.
I had A LOT of mucous EVERY morning, non stop, I'd be in a shower trying to gag it all out, but it never ends and it's hard to get out cos it's so slimey and sometimes I'd puke up food with acid yes.
When I say it helps my anxiety and depression, I don't mean that I get stressed or sad about something so I go smoke, nothing like that. I mean that I usually smoke a bowl to start the day, sort of the same way you would use an anti-anxiety/depression medication. I have always been anti pills because there's a history of narcotics abuse in my family and it's not a road I want to go down, so I figure.. weed is better than pills.. it's natural, and I know for a fact I can quit with very little side effects if needed. I have gone days, weeks, months and even years in between smoking at times. I do think I could stand to cut back, I smoke about once a day on average, a few small ground up hits, and up to 4x a day if I have the time. I get the slimy spit too, and when I upped my fluid intake (LOTS of water) that seemed to subside quite a bit.
The acid thing is completely new. When it happened to me the first time in December it was an isolated incident and I didn't think much of it. In the past 2 months it's been about once a week or so, sometimes more, that I wake up with intense heartburn and throw up stomach acid. The more I'm reading, I don't think it's much to do with MJ but rather my other habits. I'm only on day 2 of cutting out caffeine and acidic/spicy foods, so I think I'm going to give that a run and see how it pans out. This morning, it occurred to me I'm dreading it happening so much, I may actually be causing it with the stress. I wake up and EXPECT to feel sick.. I get up to use the bathroom and then just lay in bed waiting for the heartburn and churning stomach feeling to set in. It may be more psychological than I'm willing to admit in the moment. I have a doctor appointment on the 21st, so I intend to eat very healthy, lots of fluids and no caffeine and see how that works. If I am not seeing an improvement, MJ is going to be the next thing I try cutting out. I appreciate all the insight in this thread.. I'm just hoping there's something else wrong so I don't have to stop smoking.
Samwell Seed Well
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i had a similar issues as both of you, acid reflux and mucus from lungs
i moved and lived healthier never once stopped smoking
im not here to say cannabanoid toxcity is not real but i am here to say that the endocannaboid system was barely even mentioned by sciecne untill the last few years
people in haste to label illness's as this or that when the governing system in the body is pretty much unknown as research into the cannabinoid system in teh body was until recently a unpopular thing to talk about
US fed still classify pot and its chemical coctail as non medicinal all while holding medical patents to artificial cannabiniods they try to recreate
my heartburn and mucus was also from bad lifestyle and had little to nothing to do indirectly or directly with my consumption of pot
until science can catch up to what is known through anecdotal use and observation(fucking gallilio), i wil consider this reefer madness if any pledge is made to get others to follow suite or label themselves as such to acondition that for all we know is made up to make pot seem scarey to social groups
i moved and lived healthier never once stopped smoking
im not here to say cannabanoid toxcity is not real but i am here to say that the endocannaboid system was barely even mentioned by sciecne untill the last few years
people in haste to label illness's as this or that when the governing system in the body is pretty much unknown as research into the cannabinoid system in teh body was until recently a unpopular thing to talk about
US fed still classify pot and its chemical coctail as non medicinal all while holding medical patents to artificial cannabiniods they try to recreate
my heartburn and mucus was also from bad lifestyle and had little to nothing to do indirectly or directly with my consumption of pot
until science can catch up to what is known through anecdotal use and observation(fucking gallilio), i wil consider this reefer madness if any pledge is made to get others to follow suite or label themselves as such to acondition that for all we know is made up to make pot seem scarey to social groups
ItsOkayDontBelieveMe
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Oh my god yes, This was how it started with me.
I was having acid reflux problems for weeks. It was on and off and I never thought much about it. Like you, i assumed it was stuff I was eating. I would find myself feeling nauseous, usually in the morning time. I kept ignoring it till I got bad enough where the hospital was my only option. Id recommend taking a week break and see how you feel. If you start feeling well, its a good sign its CHS. Trust me... you do not want it to get to the point of hospitalization, it is the worst experience ever. Take it easy a little and maybe you dont ahve to give up on weed completely, keep going how you are and you may also need to go to the hospital in the not too distant future. Take care of yourself and I hope you feel better.
I actually did go to the ER about a month ago because I felt so weak. Turns out, I was extremely dehydrated. I'm the first one to admit, my eating habits SUCK. I was drinking pretty much zero water, I was eating fast food regularly, drinking lots of soda up to 5 a day or more even, lots of fried foods and just junk in general. I am overweight at that, big surprise right? I halfheartedly cut back on everything in the weeks since, but by no means did I give anything up. Now I am determined to ONLY drink water, no fast food whatsoever, and eat lots of green foods to try and balance my stomach acid. I'm tempted to give up smoking right now because I'm so desperate to feel better, but if I did that how would I know if it was my eating habits that helped or quitting MJ? I just feel so stuck. I guess I'll give it till my doctor appointment.. if no improvement with my eating habits then MJ is the next to go
MaryAnne123
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I went through three years of a whole bunch of different tests very uncomfortable testsvery expensive tests just to find out it was marijuana. So honestly if I was you I would cut out the marijuana first. See if that's the problem before going through all these very uncomfortable tests. And when I mean uncomfortable I mean uncomfortable! There will be tubes and cameras and places you never thought would be. Good luck.
Exactly.I went through three years of a whole bunch of different tests very uncomfortable testsvery expensive tests just to find out it was marijuana. So honestly if I was you I would cut out the marijuana first. See if that's the problem before going through all these very uncomfortable tests. And when I mean uncomfortable I mean uncomfortable! There will be tubes and cameras and places you never thought would be. Good luck.
You know yourself and your body, listen to it, don't neglect it... most of all don't ignore it.
I went through three years of a whole bunch of different tests very uncomfortable testsvery expensive tests just to find out it was marijuana. So honestly if I was you I would cut out the marijuana first. See if that's the problem before going through all these very uncomfortable tests. And when I mean uncomfortable I mean uncomfortable! There will be tubes and cameras and places you never thought would be. Good luck.
You have a very good point. I can always start up again and see if I get the same symptoms, at this point I would rather feel better than do just about anything. I'm curious, how soon did everyone begin to feel relief after quitting? I smoked this morning, so I guess I'll need to start fresh tomorrow. Just wondering how soon I might be expecting to feel different.
MaryAnne123
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I quit 2 days ago. I feel great
Wow so basically instant! I'm going to give it a shot. It couldn't hurt anything to try. Thank you for all the replies, I'll report back if it made any difference for me.
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