Heart Attack? From Weed?

Hey guys, too be honest i really don't think my problem is from weed but i've seen other people here with similar problems.

Its happened about 4-10 times now. I'll be just sitting around, standing, what ever... and all of the sudden with a new breath my left chest gets the most intense, sharp, "stabbing" pain . I can't breathe and i have to take tiny "quarter" breathes for 1-2 minutes. then it goes away as suddenly as it hit.
- I can't move when it happens (cause i cant breathe), it feels as though i am passing a damn knife through my heart or left lung.

I am not sure if its a heart attack (god i hope not) cause im only 18 and im pretty darn healthy. Ride 50 miles every week on my bike, don't eat bad foods often, and i skateboard every day.

The reason im on this site as apposed to calling 911, is that as i can remember, at least the last 2 times it has happened while high.... although it killed my high completely. so i am not sure if its from weed....
please share your thoughts and thanks for reading

your heart is actually in the center of your chest, just off to the left a little. you may have pulled a muscle in your lung area while choking on a bong hit. or it's heartburn.

haha i wish i only pulled a muscle from smoking.... but it happens not right after smoking, like hours later and i feel as though my lungs are pretty healthy, i used to have asthma but through a lot of exercise i out grew it a few years ago

shits happened to me before, sometimes taking a huge deap breathe takes it away, even tho that hurts

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really? i never thought of trying that, with how much it hurts, i don't know if i'll try next time it happens, but thanks for the advice.

I've had similar experiences, thought mine don't sound nearly as painful as yours. I would have no warning, and then upon intaking i would get a sharp pain as well. Very slow, cautious deep breaths always helped. It's been a long time since it happened, but i think its likely that inhaling smoke over a period of time caused my breathing pains. I doubt the fact that it was weed smoke made any real difference.


But 4-10 times? I'm leaning towards not a heart attack

you'd know if you had a heart attack, you'd hear the ambulance coming. lol

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i hope it never comes to that.

you should really go to the doctor for medical advice...not a buch of pot heads.....








just a thought

haha, but i feel more comfortable talking to you potheads than some closet alcoholic who makes thousands of dollars to tell me "try an aspirin regiment"

umm, yea i used to get those alot.... you can either wait for em to go away or take a huge breath and it will like..."snap" and the pain will be gone. it will hurt like shit but only for a 1/2 a second.

i think they are minor clots in the lung? phuck i don't kno.....all i kno is that they are fairly common and never caused me any probs.

operator: hello 911 what is your emergency.

caller: i smoked some weed now i am having a heart attack.

operator: calm down, calm down, was is street swag or FDDs good shit.

caller: street weed.

operator: you'll be fine, click

just joking man. i was thinking a panic attack, until i read danknugz post. i had that happen before. i also have had panic attacks that i sure though was a heart attack.

LightFusion said:

umm, yea i used to get those alot.... you can either wait for em to go away or take a huge breath and it will like..."snap" and the pain will be gone. it will hurt like shit but only for a 1/2 a second.

i think they are minor clots in the lung? phuck i don't kno.....all i kno is that they are fairly common and never caused me any probs.

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that sounds like the most probable thing. Thanks +rep for you! it may be that when i smoke a lot (like now in college) the smoke makes my asthma come back or shit

this sort of thing has happened to me and a few friends too... this guy we knew who was an emt said its your lungs cuz of too much smoke... i guess tar build up or something...? but its not from just pot smoke. cuz its happened to my friend who smokes a few packs a day but only a joint about once a year... so no need to stop toking... but im willing to bet my life its NOT a heart attack considering your age and work out routine.

yelodrvr said:

operator: hello 911 what is your emergency.

caller: i smoked some weed now i am having a heart attack.

operator: calm down, calm down, was is street swag or FDDs good shit.

caller: street weed.

operator: you'll be fine, click

just joking man. i was thinking a panic attack, until i read danknugz post. i had that happen before. i also have had panic attacks that i sure though was a heart attack.

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HAHAHA TOO FUNNY!!!!! ill rep you when it lets me

nickfury510 said:

you should really go to the doctor for medical advice...not a buch of pot heads.....








just a thought

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thats funny and so is this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrZLc9lqQM0

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that is funny shit, what a dumbass, cop got what he deserved

lol. what a convo that would be with the dispatcher...

and just an fyi, i got them before i started smoking more then i do now that i have smoked for a few years.........kinda odd but wtf

that is weird, as long as i can remember, i have only had them since i started smoking, but that was a year ago and they have come and gone

still don't think it could be muscle issues near your lungs though, eh? you know when you go joggin' you don't feel it until the next day.

could be muscle spasms.