Allergic to THC?

I believe people like us have a greater number of THC receptors in our brains and thus become really overwhelmed I even a small amount of pot. I used to smoke pot once a week or so in high school and college -- I never liked it, but for some reason would always take a puff or two when someone had a joint... Always horrible mentally, and occasionally horrible physically. I stayed away from it for about 10 years until it was recommended that I try medical marijuana; tried the THC/CBD blend and still got horribly paranoid, whereas the high-CBD strain just did absolutely nothing. Last night I tried "pure indica" -- i.e., a different part of the plant that's supposed to give you a non-psychogenic "body high" -- yeah... No. ParanoidAF, mind racing, just horrible. After about two hours I drink some vodka and was able to get to bed... this morning I feel a bit hungover but that's probably more from the vodka.

Our brains are just wired differently… Don't let any pot enthusiast try to tell you it's your fault or that you have underlying anxiety or paranoia or that you're just not in the right "place," or, my least favorite, that our society condemns marijuana and therefore you think of it as taboo and that makes you paranoid. Our society DOES NOT condemn marijuana... Our society celebrates marijuana.

I'm a nurse and no your not the only person who this has happened to. I have had patient who have become psychotic most of which do not have any other psych diagnosis. It can take 1 week to 6 weeks to break the psychosis. It makes me very angry when the pro pot professionals refuse to talk about the severe adverse affects of pot. Stay off of it. Everytime you are exposed the symptoms will get worse.

Your not the only one. I’ve been smoking for years and now until recently I’ve had bad reactions. Like what you say. I was just hanging around an friend and I sat in the cloud thinking it would not harm me, and minutes later I felt like I could not breathe and felt an intense panic over come me, I felt like I was gonna die, had a hard time reaching for the lorazepam in my pocket and took it. Felt a small relief but the intense panic and feeling of death was taking over had to relax and fight through it. No way not getting near it again. Stay away.

Really!!! What is it that makes people so defensive and unwilling to admit that someone can be adversally affected by weed? Your body is not my body or anyone else's.

the same thing has been happening to me! took about 12 hours to calm down as well, basically until i wear my mind out long enough to finally pass out. i always wake up the next day still feeling high and out of it but not trippy anymore. i’m still not sure what causes these bad trips, i know the weed isn’t laced and i barely smoked any so it’s not from smoking too much. all i know is i’ll never be smoking ever again. worst experience of my life

I smoked once it was a blunt and a half or something like that and i took about 8 hits next thing i know is i was frozen in time im currently having side effects such a numbness in my mouth and a tingling sensation in my hands YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

I have had a similar experience where I could hear white noise in my ears and I felt unbalanced as if the floor was vibrating. All of my limbs went heavy and I felt like I was too weak to move. I came up in a cold sweat and threw up every time I tried to move for about an hour and a half. I then fell asleep/lay down for 2 hours and got up completely normal just a bit tired.
I have no bad mental health history, I'm just assuming bc I rarely bun, my body was not prepared for the amount that I smoked. I also think the quality of it played a part bc it was from a shitty dealer. My experience was weirdly similar to one I've had drinking too much cheap wine so dunno what the f**k it meant tbh.
Some advice I nicked from my mates might not b true but here u go:
I think I did too much too fast so if u have this problem and still want to smoke, slow down and wait until it hits u (even if this high is only small) before you consider taking another hit so you are entirely in control of your reaction. Maybe mix w some baccy to slow u down even more. I would invest in some weed u know is quality from someone who can tell u about where it all came from so u know what ur smoking. However, I would try to avoid bunning entirely as that is the best option for your health and the best way to prevent a similar reaction.

I'm feeling the exact thing now. My friend let me hit a Blount with him and felt everything that you felt right now

I felt the same way and I feel it now. I smoked last night for the second time ever and I feel so weird. Like I'll do something then forget that I did it or I just feel like I don't remember or something idk.

Same experience for me last night. I thought my friend laced it but he smoked it more than me and was fine. But I still feel weird. I fothey things that I do and stuff

Same sh*t happens to me, I found it was just smoking to much, especially if you have a low tolerance

Why did this make me laugh so much loool

I’ve been a pot user for years and only recently has this problem with numbness happened as well. Has anyone considered that it could be pesticides and other contaminants on the bud? There have been several recent articles of this happening especially in CA because there is no federal regulation on pesticides. These pesticides become toxic to our bodies when heated - vaped or smoked. I wish there was a way to recover faster so I can try some organic herb.

I realize the original post is a year old however I wanted to chime in as this thread has helped me in some ways. Although no real answer as to why it happens, it’s nice to see others are experiencing the same.

I wouldn’t say my episodes are paranoia, I think the paranoia comes as a result of what I go through.

I’m 40. In my teen years I would smoke when offered. Nothing would happen. About a month later after smoking every day, I finally got high. It was creep up on ya kind of high. For about two months I really enjoyed what I was feeling. Even seeing the art work I created.

Then out of nowhere one night when we were smoking I started to feel out of control. Everything was hyper noticeable like how every second seemed to reset and I had to figure out what was going on. Because of how I was feeling, that brought on the anxiety and paranoia. It’s like my body and mind was resisting to giving up control which put me in full blown panic mode.

Every single time I’ve tried even just a super small puff I get the same exact reaction. I would take showers to try and snap out of it. It felt like I would be in there for hours and sure enough it was only minutes. It was the only thing that kind of helped.

I kept trying different kinds from dispensaries at some point hoping it would help because of all the positive results using marijuana for pain, but no success for me.

Then, I tried cbd oil. Guess what? Same exact reaction.

Maybe we’ll never know the answer or if someday there will be a form that would help medically without all these side affects but I can say this....I’m sick of people saying it’s in my head and to “let your mind go free” and per medical research I have found there are references by acredited sites that say you can have serious adverse reactions to weed and cbd oil.

I tried for 25 years to get back to the original feeling I got when I first smoked, and it has never got better.

Oh my gosh same thing happened to me and I also feel awful two days later. Depressed, anxious, wanna crawl out of my skin!