I'm not sure where to post this, so I'll
give it a shot here. Also, I'm not sure if
this is mental as much as it is physical.
Last October, I drove about three hours to
meet up with some friends at a party. We
started drinking as soon as I arrived, and
at the end of the night one of my friends
passed me his joint and I took a hit, and
immediately everything turned black, I
felt lightheaded to say the least and I
could barely stand and I had to find the
couch. I lay there for about 2-3 minutes
or so and was up and about after that. But
this had never happened to me before and I
figured it was the combination of drinking
and the weed because I had never done
both.
This past January I drove to the same
friends house, and we didn't drink this
time. He was taking hits from a bong with
his other friend and I decided to try. As
soon as I took a hit, everything went
black( exactly like the time before) only
this time I actually fainted, and they
were about to call an ambulance. I finally
regained consciousness, and I haven't
smoked weed since. I really don't know
what to attribute this to? Has anyone ever
heard of someone passing out from a hit of
marijuana? Also, should I be worried about
a lack of oxygen to the brain, or is it
like any other case of fainting? I may be
paranoid(which is likely), but I have
noticed that my short term memory has been
pretty bad lately(I am not a regular pot
user) , and the other day I mixed some
words together when yelling at a co-
worker which is something I've never done
before; I said " you're voice sounds like
chalk on a nail board." I'm probably being
a complete hypochondriac, because I doubt
brain damage occurs whenever one faints?
I have also been fighting a bout of
depression for the past couple of months,
so this may be a factor.
Thanks guys for any input.
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katrina5558
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Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 31
Posted: 03-19-08 09:22am
Hey there j87, I fainted several times
when i was an adolescent and experimented
with pot. That is what made me stop
trying it. But I also have a problem with
fainting a random basis that the doctors
can't quite figure out so I think I am
just more prone to fainting than other
people. Maybe you are too. Do you have
low blood pressure. My blood pressure is
not low enought to be considered
dangerous, but it is always on the lower
end, so I guess that may play a part as to
why I am more prone to fainting. But I am
also a hypochondriac and paranoid, so
maybe that plays a role in it too. But I
have fainted many times over my lifetime,
way more than I would like and every
single time is just as terrifing and makes
me even more paranoid, but it has never
caused me any type of brain damage or
permanent damage and my doctors have
always said that I don't need to worry
about anything permanent from the fainting
spells.
Good luck to you and I would recommend no
more marijuana.
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katrina5558
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 31
Posted: 03-19-08 09:24am
Hey there j87, I fainted several times
when i was an adolescent and experimented
with pot. That is what made me stop
trying it. But I also have a problem with
fainting a random basis that the doctors
can't quite figure out so I think I am
just more prone to fainting than other
people. Maybe you are too. Do you have
low blood pressure. My blood pressure is
not low enought to be considered
dangerous, but it is always on the lower
end, so I guess that may play a part as to
why I am more prone to fainting. But I am
also a hypochondriac and paranoid, so
maybe that plays a role in it too. But I
have fainted many times over my lifetime,
way more than I would like and every
single time is just as terrifing and makes
me even more paranoid, but it has never
caused me any type of brain damage or
permanent damage and my doctors have
always said that I don't need to worry
about anything permanent from the fainting
spells.
Good luck to you and I would recommend no
more marijuana.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 03-19-08 11:07am
It's possible that the drugs were tainted,
too. Or you just react that way to them.
Either way, DON'T DO IT AGAIN!!
On the other hand, you might want to see
someone about the depression...
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j87
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Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 03-20-08 02:27am
I've never fainted before, so it's not
something else. And the possibility that
th e drugs were tainted is 0 because its
happened twice and both times others were
fine while smoking.
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katrina5558
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2008 Posts: 31
Posted: 03-20-08 09:18am
Yeah, I am not sure. I just know that it
scared the crap out of me as well so I
haven't touched the stuff in over 10
years. But I think it might have to do
with low blood pressure, I also passed out
recently when I had a cold and took some
NyQuil and my doctors think it might be
because whatever is in the cold medicine
lowers your blood pressure temporarily and
since mine is already low it had that
effect on me. But I will admit that even
though I can rationalize that to you, I
don't always do very well of convincing
myself of that. I am now terrified of all
medication and all drugs and alcohol and
anything I deem "unnatural" in my body. I
have a total phobia of it now. But I
think marijuana can have that effect
pretty easily, it happend to me a few
times, my sister has had it happen and my
husband only tried it a couple times when
he was younger, but he did faint one of
those times as well.
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Georgia59
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Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 5557 Location: Along the Mississippi, USA
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Posted: 03-20-08 21:14pm
Well, you learn from school (and hopefully
your parents!) drugs are bad. They do bad
things to your body. And people react to
them in different ways -- it sounds like
weed is just not for you.
Next time you get a physical, you might
want to mention it. Don't worry, you won't
get arrested or anything, as long as
you're not currently high a doc won't do
anything about it (except maybe a lecture)
