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What Causes Breathlessness And Heart Palpitations After Smoking Marijuana?
Hi doctors,
i have a strange thing going on ... I'm 28 years old and yesterday was my first experience with weed. I only smoked very small amount (like 6 or 7 puffs) and actually it was awful. Today I woke up a little bit dizzy, so i had breakfast, smoked a cigarette (only tobacco cause I'm a smoker) and drank a lot of coffee ... yeah lots of coffee like two big spoons of Nescafe in a mug of hot water. After a while, I started feeling like I'm high again and my sense of time wasn't right, but maybe i was just in a shock because of my first weed experience. Now, it's been like 19 hours since I did weed and i feel much better in terms of feeling the time, but i think that I have been hypertensive all day long without paying attention to that. My heart is beating fast, I'm anxious and I'm out of breath.
Is it high blood pressure or a weed thing ... and things do I need to do?
Thanks in advance
i have a strange thing going on ... I'm 28 years old and yesterday was my first experience with weed. I only smoked very small amount (like 6 or 7 puffs) and actually it was awful. Today I woke up a little bit dizzy, so i had breakfast, smoked a cigarette (only tobacco cause I'm a smoker) and drank a lot of coffee ... yeah lots of coffee like two big spoons of Nescafe in a mug of hot water. After a while, I started feeling like I'm high again and my sense of time wasn't right, but maybe i was just in a shock because of my first weed experience. Now, it's been like 19 hours since I did weed and i feel much better in terms of feeling the time, but i think that I have been hypertensive all day long without paying attention to that. My heart is beating fast, I'm anxious and I'm out of breath.
Is it high blood pressure or a weed thing ... and things do I need to do?
Thanks in advance
Mon, 22 Jun 2015
Hi Dear,
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern.
Breathlessness and heart palpitations after smoking Marijuana is very normal because it causes increased adrenaline rush in body because of presence of nicotine in it. It is because of activation of sensory nerve endings. These sensory nerve endings causes constrictions of blood vessels and increased circulation.
Avoid smoking smoking marijuana. If ever you will take that go out for ventilation and not in closed space. Visit physician once if anxiety attacks increasing as this is something you need proper check up and you have to quit your habit.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
Welcome to HCM.
Understanding your concern.
Breathlessness and heart palpitations after smoking Marijuana is very normal because it causes increased adrenaline rush in body because of presence of nicotine in it. It is because of activation of sensory nerve endings. These sensory nerve endings causes constrictions of blood vessels and increased circulation.
Avoid smoking smoking marijuana. If ever you will take that go out for ventilation and not in closed space. Visit physician once if anxiety attacks increasing as this is something you need proper check up and you have to quit your habit.
Hope your concern has been resolved.
Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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