Hi there. I've been having some problems
the last few months. I've been in and out
of the emergency room, seen countless
doctors, and i'm starting to feel like i'm
losing my mind or something. I've had
obsessive compulsive disorder my whole
life and been dealing with anxiety for a
long time. I've tried a few different
medications for it, which I stopped
because they wern't helping like i'd
hoped. I've seen at least 3 different
therapists and been to a group for ocd.
Nothing seemed to help until I tried
marijuana with a friend a couple years
back.
So I got addicted to it. about two years
into smoking I started getting slight
chest discomfort in the left side of my
chest with head pressure that would seem
to build up in my ears and eyes a bit. I
kept smoking, thinking nothing of it,
until a few months ago, it started getting
really bad and very intense. My chest
would start feeling really tight, start
burning, cramping, tingling and feeling
like someone was pushing on my chest. It
felt deep in my chest, under the bone. I
could feel my heart beating and feel
palpatations. I would feel the tingling go
down my left arm into my hand and up into
my jaw and mouth, as well as down into my
feet a bit. I would get stomach cramps as
well. One specific time I felt the right
side of my face go slightly numb with
tingling up my neck into my head.
Since these episodes, i've been having
trouble sleeping. I get endless muscle
spasms all over my body that seem to
tickle more than hurt. My left arm and leg
feel like they don't get enough blood and
fall asleep(pins and needles) pretty
easily it seems. This all makes me very
stressed, anxious, and depressed.
I've had at least 4 ekg's. Been put on
heart monitors, had a 24 hour take home
heart monitor, a ct scan of my head, an
mri of my head, an eeg done on my head,
blood tests, urine tests. All came back
normal. I'm positive the pot wasn't laced
because i've tried 3 differen't types from
different people, which all yield the same
effects on me. I also gave myself an at
home drug test that came back
negative(except for marijuana ) so I know
it was working.
I'm very confused because the doctors have
all told me they think it's anxiety but
i'm not so sure. I've been dealing with
anxiety for my entire life and this has
never happened except while on marijuana.
I have stopped smoking it, but am still
very worried as some of these effects have
persisted since i've quit.
Please someone help me. Could this be
something serious? I'm in pretty good
shape, I don't smoke cigs or drink much.
My blood pressure is very good and i've
played sports for most of my life.
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redleaven
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 16
Chest Pains Posted: 04-15-07 17:34pm
I have had similar problems and tests. All
the MD's said it's
anxiety. I happened to talk to a friend
just back from China about
my problem and he told me to contact Dr.
Zhu there.
This old doctor told me that my symptoms
were real and dangerous.
He told me to get 3 amino acid products
and take them daily. He also said to get
my iodine checked and if low, to take 1
drop of SSKI iodine with a tbl of apple
cider vinegar in a glass of water each am.
After a week I no longer had as many
occurances and in 2 weeks none at all.
The side effects also were great, I had so
much more energy and lost about a pound a
week. I have written the instructions and
have been asked by a number of people to
send them to them. Most cannot believe how
well it works.
These amino acids are cheep and natural to
the body; but extremely helpfull for the
heart. send me your email address and I
will send a copy to you.
R. Washburn
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mista808
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 1 Location: California
Re: Scared And Confused Posted: 05-16-07 00:50am
quincyb
wrote:
Hi there. I've been having
some problems the last few months. I've
been in and out of the emergency room,
seen countless doctors, and i'm starting
to feel like i'm losing my mind or
something. I've had obsessive compulsive
disorder my whole life and been dealing
with anxiety for a long time. I've tried a
few different medications for it, which I
stopped because they wern't helping like
i'd hoped. I've seen at least 3 different
therapists and been to a group for ocd.
Nothing seemed to help until I tried
marijuana with a friend a couple years
back.
So I got addicted to it. about two years
into smoking I started getting slight
chest discomfort in the left side of my
chest with head pressure that would seem
to build up in my ears and eyes a bit. I
kept smoking, thinking nothing of it,
until a few months ago, it started getting
really bad and very intense. My chest
would start feeling really tight, start
burning, cramping, tingling and feeling
like someone was pushing on my chest. It
felt deep in my chest, under the bone. I
could feel my heart beating and feel
palpatations. I would feel the tingling go
down my left arm into my hand and up into
my jaw and mouth, as well as down into my
feet a bit. I would get stomach cramps as
well. One specific time I felt the right
side of my face go slightly numb with
tingling up my neck into my head.
Since these episodes, i've been having
trouble sleeping. I get endless muscle
spasms all over my body that seem to
tickle more than hurt. My left arm and leg
feel like they don't get enough blood and
fall asleep(pins and needles) pretty
easily it seems. This all makes me very
stressed, anxious, and depressed.
I've had at least 4 ekg's. Been put on
heart monitors, had a 24 hour take home
heart monitor, a ct scan of my head, an
mri of my head, an eeg done on my head,
blood tests, urine tests. All came back
normal. I'm positive the pot wasn't laced
because i've tried 3 differen't types from
different people, which all yield the same
effects on me. I also gave myself an at
home drug test that came back
negative(except for marijuana ) so I know
it was working.
I'm very confused because the doctors have
all told me they think it's anxiety but
i'm not so sure. I've been dealing with
anxiety for my entire life and this has
never happened except while on marijuana.
I have stopped smoking it, but am still
very worried as some of these effects have
persisted since i've quit.
Please someone help me. Could this be
something serious? I'm in pretty good
shape, I don't smoke cigs or drink much.
My blood pressure is very good and i've
played sports for most of my
life.
Did you ever find out what was going on?
I read your story, and I've gone through
almost everything you're talking about. I
even stopped smoking marijuana because of
this as well, but the chest pain is still
here, and they diagnosed me with
costochondritis, but simply by pressing in
on my chest, and by asking a couple
questions. They never ruled out anything
else it could be. I have tingling
feelings in my left arm, as if blood flow
isn't proper. I get fatigued easy, heart
pounds real hard from doing light
activity, I'm only 23 years old, and it's
really making life hard on me. I'm
depressed/paranoid because of it, and I
won't have benefits with my new employer
for another 3 months, so I'm going crazy
wondering if I could have something very
serious or not...
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kmcgoldrick65
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 May 2007 Posts: 6 Location: philadelphia
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Re: Chest Pains Posted: 05-17-07 18:10pm
redleaven
wrote:
I have had similar problems
and tests. All the MD's said it's
anxiety. I happened to talk to a friend
just back from China about
my problem and he told me to contact Dr.
Zhu there.
This old doctor told me that my symptoms
were real and dangerous.
He told me to get 3 amino acid products
and take them daily. He also said to get
my iodine checked and if low, to take 1
drop of SSKI iodine with a tbl of apple
cider vinegar in a glass of water each am.
After a week I no longer had as many
occurances and in 2 weeks none at all.
The side effects also were great, I had so
much more energy and lost about a pound a
week. I have written the instructions and
have been asked by a number of people to
send them to them. Most cannot believe how
well it works.
These amino acids are cheep and natural to
the body; but extremely helpfull for the
heart. send me your email address and I
will send a copy to you.
R. Washburn
Hello R. Washburn,
Can you send me a copy .
Thank you,
Kathy
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Skelly2007
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Indiana
Posted: 06-27-07 23:41pm
Wow, sounds like my episode, please read
this story i'm going crazy over it...
I used to play an online game called
diablo 2, it made me just sit at the house
ALL the time, i played for a whole summer,
and most of the year. eventually i quit,
i had anxiety (i think) around ppl, i
would be so uncomfortable and tense, i
really cant remember the symptoms. It
gradually went away as time went by, very
slowly, also, it felt like stuff was
crawling all over my skull to the point
where i was screaming inside of my head.
I hid it somewhat well, although it drove
me nuts. but anyways the anxiety (i
guess) of being around ppl went away
somewhat, but the crawly feeling on my
head didnt. this was in 9th grade,
uhh...lets see what else...
My hands and feet are always cold, (i
dont know if this is relevant to the story
nor do i know if anyone wants to hear this
lol) I couldn't get an erection when i was
with someone, although if i was by myself
i could for a little while, well...better
than i could if i was with a girl...
alright, 3/4 thru my senior year, i smoked
pot for the first time, it was great,
cool...
then i had symptoms like the host for this
topic had, chest burned very bad, panic
attack i'm pretty sure, (i dont know the
exact symptoms of a panic attack, i think
it varies person to person right?) It was
absolutely horrible... I had only taken 2
hits, rather large ones but only 2,
theres more
when i'm not smoking pot (i dont realy pay
attention when i AM smoking
it...or...rather when i DID, i dont
anymore) it feels like...my hearts just
weak...i dunno, its hard to explain,
perhaps a mixture a stress and depression?
i dont feel bad when i'm laughing for the
most part, like really laughing, but its
hard to make me laugh BECAUSE of that
feeling, just really uncomfortable.
I feel like i'm under a lot of stress, as
well as possibly depressed, i never have
energy, no motivation to do anything
unless i have to or force myself to. I
dont know if this is heart problems,
mental problems, or what...but it has me
so worried....I have no insurance to go to
a doctor, I'm 18 years old. its driving
me to the point of insanity.
I felt a lot better when i had a job that
was active, I work at Geek Squad now so
all i do is sit in a chair and fix laptops
all day...
Sometimes i find myself not able to even
think, like litterally...
when i eat bad foods, i feel horrible, my
head does
if i look up sometimes, i'll get light
headed, but then if i excersize, it goes
away for a while
sometimes I'll get a slight pressure in my
head above my ears, and i'll get an
uncomfortable feeling on both sides of my
forehead, where you can feel the veins if
you lay your finger on them very lightly.
I dont know if these problems are related
to a heart condition, bad blood flow,
mentally brought on myself, stress,
depression, or what...god it scares me...
