1. anxious
2. dizzy
3. nausea
4. respiratory constriction, difficulty breathing
5. then I pass out ...
PLUS - for DAYS afterward I feel lightheaded and disoriented.
Too bad, I used to like it but it's just not worth it anymore.
i know that allergies to thc are out there. my room mate has the allergy to thc, so i have to avoid smoking in the house or around her. but she tells me that her throat closes up and has hard time breathing. but i really think some people here who say they get dizzy, itching, hard hard time walking and for some it actually makes them nauses(probably from feeling all dizzy) and of course your gonna throw up. i was really messed up from hitting my first blunt. my vision was messed up, and how i explain it is that my eyes where looking everywhere i felt my eyes shifting radidly. i got this horrible dry mouth, i felt like my tongue were like sucksion cups and they it felt like they were sticking to roof of my mouth. i was at a party but when i went inside, everything was soo confusing, people where dancing, playing wierd party games and too many things where happening and it made me soo paranoid and anxious that i had to be by myself. then in a few hours, i ended up puking from being so dizzy and confused. but what im saying is that you can go through some really bad first or second or third trips, but after u get used to it. you will know what you will expect so you will get used to it.
SO GET HIGH AND STOP BEING PUSSIES;)
I am so relieved to find this blog. I am relieved to see that I am not alone and that it wasn’t all just “psychological”! My story is long but I figured that sharing would help at least one person out there.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
I’ve always been a healthy and athletic guy growing up and now I am 25 years old and I just don’t feel like I used to. I have NO family history of any allergies of any sort, only occasional seasonal allergies. I first started smoking pot while I was in my junior year of high school. We smoked out of pipes, bongs, blunts, hookahs, vaporizers, mayonnaise jars and even apples! (Kids come up with the craziest ideas of what to smoke out of) I used to smoke weed daily when I first started in high school. NEVER CIGARETTES—that’s just gross and smelly lol. Later down the road, being a poor college kid, I bought food rather than pot and then only smoked occasionally or “recreationally”. We actually used to skip class and go take a couple hits in the car in our college’s parking lot, then go back to class. I smoked up until my freshman year of college when I had to immediately stop because I was admitted to the hospital for an allergic reaction which caused my throat to close (anaphylaxis).
I used to get an upset stomach after smoking sometimes. There was a time or two I’d get light headed, or I’d even see everything in green, feel like I was talking underwater, extreme migraines, twitching or I would just fall asleep right after I’d do it. The reactions would stay the same but seemed to get a little worse, a little bit every time. I never thought anything of it though because marijuana is natural. Everyone smokes it and no one has EVER been allergic to it and I had never even have any sort of reaction to food or anything EVER before, so I would brush it off every time, as if it were normal ya know, like the munchies.
Me and my buddies were sitting around packing a bowl with the same stuff we’d been smoking for the last few days. I took the first hit and let it out and then my throat clenched and I remember trying to ask for help, but I couldn’t even get a breath out-- I passed out. I came to, lying on my side to my friends shaking me and the room spinning all around me. My heart was pounding like I just ran a marathon. It was pounding so hard that my actual chest hurt like I got punched full force and my head felt like it was going to pop off. I could barely breathe; I couldn’t sit up without falling over on my side; I couldn’t speak or even cry! My mouth was totally dry. My tongue felt like a weird rock or something in my mouth when I wriggled it around. My friends rushed me to the Hospital and I was immediately taken in and given a few shots of whatever it is that they give you for that sort of reaction along with an I.V.
I felt better after a few minutes. My throat opened up and I could swallow and drink water. When they asked what happened, I said that I must have eaten some nuts somehow. I didn’t want to tell them that I had been smoking weed. I wasn’t even allergic to nuts but I said that I was allergic, just so that I wouldn’t get in trouble! Actually, I ate nuts my whole life without any reaction. The only thing that gave me an itchy throat was Watermelon and Cantaloupe…
Well, anyone would think that I learned my lesson the first time I was sent to the ER, but I didn’t. It happened again two more times, for a total of 3 allergic reactions to cannabis in a matter of less than two months. I finally came clean to my regular doctor and he told me that it was probably a bad batch and that he has never heard of a marijuana allergy before. Which seems totally legit-- why didn’t any insane reactions happen when I smoked the day before? Or the day before that from the same stash? It wasn’t mixed or laced. Second time is because I thought it would be okay to stay in the room while everyone else smoked and I didn’t. NOPE! Apparently these reactions can occur as a result of inhaling airborne particles, skin contact with particles. My bad…
The third time was because I had picked up my buddy and we drove to get some food. I hadn’t smoked in a few weeks but he smoked before I picked him up. I only had one cold water bottle in the car and I let him drink some and I drank right after him and my throat started closing my heart started racing and he drove me back to the ER. On the third visit they said that it was all in my head and that there wasn’t anything that they could do to help me and suggested that I go home, take some Benadryl and get some rest. It didn’t help… I should have just jabbed myself with an epi-pen, that probably would have helped. THOSE THINGS HURT THOUGH!
After my whole marijuana ordeal, I developed random food allergies and my daily running schedule just about killed me so I had to stop running and lifting weights altogether. I had no energy and felt like I couldn’t get enough air. I smoked for over 2 years and was still able to run at the time. After with my initial major reaction I now have heart palpitations, random asthma issues, food allergies and I choke on food and water pretty often and just about any exercise takes everything out of me. I’ve had to push myself even harder to do stuff that I had literally just done the week before prior to any of my unfortunate events. I’ve just learned to deal with it. I still think pot should be legalized. I have no hard feelings at all and as much as it sucks for me, if smoking (420-- not cigs) makes you happy by all means enjoy it!Medical Marijuana Patients Get Their Day in Federal Court with the Obama Administration
July 30th, 2012
D.C. Circuit to hear oral arguments this October in lawsuit challenging marijuana's federal classification
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed to hear oral arguments in Americans for Safe Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration, a lawsuit challenging the federal government's classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical value. The D.C. Circuit will hear oral arguments reviewing the scientific evidence regarding the therapeutic value of marijuana which are scheduled to take place Tuesday, October 16, at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in downtown Washington, DC.
If the rescheduling lawsuit is successful and marijuana is reclassified, federal defendants will then gain the basis for a medical necessity defense.
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Anyone who says "YOu cant be allergic" is ignorant... especially you who said there is no way cause its a "super drug. SHut the
F#(K up! I have been smoking, without problem for over ten years. ABout two years ago I started to have allergy type problems. PResent day if my skin even comes in contact with some small leaves after rolling a J, my skin will break out in a rash. I dont get paraniod or anxious... it isnt anything psycholigical. If I smoke I become asthmatic. If I am around marijuana that is in the flowering stage of their life cycle, I get severe seasonal type allergy symptoms... asthma, ithcy eyes, itchy skin, my eyes swell up, sneezing...ect.
People are allergic to all kinds of legal drugs, vicoden, antibiotics, aspirin... so saying because its a "super drug" used for cancer patients, so it cant induce an allergic reaction is irresponsible to even say... you could give someone some serious bad advice and have their death on your hands, in an extreme case of course.
Just trust your body, if you get sick , dont use it... Its not that awesome anyways.
Saying you're allergic to THC is like saying you're allergic to dopamine (used and produced by the body everyday) or being allergic to testosterone, or estrogen, get it?
It is infinitly more likely to be allergic to one of the 100's of other compounds and chemicals found in the marijuana plant, than to THC itself.
i had the same feeling last week. everything went black and i couldn't hear anything at all. i could barley walk even, then i smoked again a couple days later but it was waaaay worse. i was puking everywhere and couldn't even stand up, my heart was beating so quick it was unbelievable. I' m allergic to it :( you might be too.
ive been reading these posts and it seems like im really not the only one who has bad reactioins to THC. ive only smoked three times in my whole like. the first time i was fine. barely even high. probably reggie. the secone time i smoked i took three hits from a bong for the first time and i started to feel slow, the it would go black for a second then i would come back to feeling slow and bounce back into the black then back to slow. i started to feel a burning feeling that started in my diaphram and would grow with intensive pain, it hurt so much i would scream. whenever i screamed it would grow smaller. when i stopped screaming it would grow big again. my friends would touch me, not even on the skin, and the burning would start from there and grow. this would all happen as i faded in and out of conscousness. i would also have "cotton mouth" so bad to the point where i couldnt even tell if my lips had gotten wet from licking them. but i would touch my lips with my had and they would be wet. also i would see still shadows move and change into shapes of animals or people. the worst was a little girl that would go from being one of my friends shadows to a full blown person, with color and very real. she would have blood on her hands, one streek down her left cheek and three streeking handprints on her light blue nightgown. she had long dark brown hair that was perfectly brushed. no tangles at all. and solid black eyes. the creepiest smirk u will ever see. this lasted for about two hours. i slept it off and woke about 14 hours after i finally passed out. i had after effects of the same constant "cotton mouth" effect and the feeling of being slow for about 4 or 5 days after i woke up. the third and last time i smoked i tripped even worse. as im writing this i still have the after effects that havent really gotten better. i did this last smoke on monday Dec. 17. its been 9 days since then. when i tripped i only took one hit. i felt fine for about 2 or 3 minutes. then i started to feel slow and bounce in and out of the blackness. same as last time. i was with one of the people i was with the first time i tripped and two others. i didnt get any burning but my heart started to beat about as fast as a tiny dog that had just finished running a mile or so. i have a heart condition that causes my heart to skip a beat every 67 beats. so i was scared that my heart would give out. then i tried to concentrate on my breathing and calming my mind. as i did this my brain would forget to make me breathe and i would stop breathing for a few seconds. i would realize that im not breathing and would force my throat to open back up again and take a few breaths and then i would stop. this went on for a little while and then i had someone make me walk and i couldnt feel them touching me and in couldnt think straight. whenever i would hear something i would either laugh at it or scream at it or start to cry. when i finally passed out, i didnt wake for about 30 hours or so. now i cannot feel myself being touched by my own skin or any other objects. about half of my nerve endings have stopped working. the ones that do work lag in sending the message to the brain that something is touching the skin. when i get touched by another person or expirience pain it is amplified as though all of my nerves decided they were going to start working and be very sensative. btw im only 17. i know im not even supposed to be in all of this stuff but im just a kid. yes my parents know what have happened. they not too happy. but i still need to know if im allergic to the THC or not. what i do know is that all of this is not supposed to happen. i would like some answers about what has happened. then maybe i can figure a way to get better. if anyone has any answers for please help.
Looks like the majority of these cases are occurring in a social situation where everyone has been having a few to drink... rule of thumb, if you intend on smoking up at a party, be sure to take a couple of hits before you take even a sip of alcohol, cuz if you do it when you are already drunk... let's just say - it's not good news.
I cannot believe it has been this long since anyone has posted anything to the subject of possible allergic reactions to smoking (or eating, ect) marijuana! But, here I am! :-) I am a 58 year old male of great health. I have always been pretty healthy and have tried just about every kind of drug, except heroine and that is not something I will ever touch! I even used a needle a couple times when I was young and dumb and that was with barbiturates. Why am I telling all this? Well, I want to give an honest account of what experiences I have had with marijuana allergies and not leave out the details of the use of other c**p. The very first time I ever smoked it was with some junior high buddies on our walk to school. We maybe smoked one joint and went on our merry way. As we were walking down the sidewalk I realized they were way out ahead of me and I was falling behind. I tried to yell out for them to wait up but could not get more than a soft sound out of my voice box. The whole day was hell! I do not know how I did not get sent home or to the hospital for the way I was acting; just all nervous and freaked out. As the years went by I continued to try and fit in with all the "cool people" by smoking pot with them whenever the party came along. I fit in just fine. I wasnt a nerd or anything but I felt I had to smoke to be a part of the people I liked and liked me. But as the years did go by I more and more felt like every time I smoked I was nervous and had chest pains and pressure and could not sit still. The "only" thing that helped to get the bad feelings gone and the good feelings of the pot to stay was to drink alcohol. One of the posts stated that they thought one should never smoke if you had been drinking. It was just the opposite for me. I had to be drinking to "handle" the effects of the pot! I smoked every kind of pot there was in the 70's and 80's. But as I realized that smoking and drinking was not getting me anything I needed to have a responsible and productive life I decided that I must be allergic to the main ingredient in marijuana, THC; therefore I quit smoking it. Gradually of course. I just got tired of feeling bad. Alcohol was and is today my drug of choice. I am not (in my opinion) an alcoholic but I do like my beer or two (or three) a couple times a week and when I am with my girlfriend (of 8 years now) we like our vodka. Thank God that the government has not brought back Prohibition! They want us drugged up anyway, so they can control us better. If your reading this and you do not know what Prohibition means, search it on google. I guess all I really wanted to express on this forum is the fact that there really are negative effects of marijuana on certain individuals and it is (in my opinion) not good and safe for everyone and therefore should not be legalized anywhere! They finally figured out that smelling salts were bad and outlawed it. Why do we all seem to think we have to have some kind of brain numbing drug to handle our lives? Young people everywhere........get your act together without the use of all that c**p! Once you do actually have your lives in order you can recreate any way you want and it wont effect your long term success in whatever you decide to do with your lives. Yes, I did it, and I am alive and healthy. I even own a small business and am struggling to have everything I always wanted in life, but......if I had not tried to prove to everyone that I was Mr. Cool (when I already was an ok guy) and concentrated on my life goals, who knows where I would be or what I would have today. Cannot go back, this true but I am going forward and I am doing it knowing what my limits are and what not to be a part of just because everyone else thinks its ok to do so. If marijuana makes you sick, leave it alone and concentrate on your future, not the sickness you had last time you decided to do something you already knew was not good for you. There is such a thing as people allergic to the effects of marijuana. They are not just light weights. We are all individuals with entirely different chemical make-ups in our bodies. I for one will be glad when the government allows clinical trials for the effects of marijuana on humans. Will they ever do it? Probably not, too much money to be made off it when they finally legalize it everywhere (and control it's cost too).
Smoking marijuana, especially the Cannabis buds and flowers, has also been reported to cause allergic reactions, including allergic rhinitis, asthma, urticaria, angioedema and anaphylaxis. Marijuana smoke would be expected to contain Cannabis plant and pollen allergens, and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which may also trigger allergic reactions.
A report of 17 people with allergic reactions to marijuana smoke was published in 2012, all with positive skin tests to a homemade allergy extract made from Cannabis buds and flowers. The study did not address how these people were treated, and other than avoidance of smoking marijuana, there would not be another treatment option currently available. While allergen immunotherapy (allergy shots) with Cannabis pollen could theoretically be helpful for marijuana allergy, this hasn’t been studied to date.
Other reactions from smoking marijuana have resulted from contamination of the marijuana with Aspergillus, a mold that commonly causes allergic diseases. Aspergillus-contaminated marijuana has been reported to have caused allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), in addition to allergic rhinitis and asthma.