Stopped breathing after toking ended up in the ER

I've been smoking pot almost everyday since I was about 15 now 10 years later I was blazing a a couple joints with my friend I only took a few hits of each joint. After about five minutes I told him I had heart pains . So I drank some water and ate some grapes. Then my friend suggested that I eat a piece of bread. While eating the bread I became dizzy ended up passing out and stopped breathing for a few seconds while I had bread stuck in my throat. Woke up to my friend shaking me telling me to breathe . I jumped up scared that I was dying asking WTF happend. Looked in the mirror and I swear I looked like a dead man face pure white lips light purple. This never happend to me in the ten years of toking. I had my friend rush me to the ER where they had me lying down at first. then they sat me up to take an xray on my chest my heart rate dropped almost flatlined. They layer me back down and heart rate became better. After that they took me to another room and did several tests on my heart. I had to stay overnight as they continued taking my blood and doing tests. Each doctor asked me if I smoked and I said yes I smoke cannabis for pain. All the doctors told me at my age cannabis could not have been the reason. They discharged me the day after and the few doctors that saw me before I left told me they don't know what happend but I should rest a few days. I pray this doesn't happen to me while I hike to my guerrilla grows. Anybody else have this problem ? Heart rate dropping and the stop breathing. I have some killed buds that I harvested a few days ago and now I'm scared to even toke in fear it might happen again.

wow
thats crazy
never happened to me and hope it never does

Dude tunda bro,
What the hell. Take a break from the token.
Maybe some edibles for awhile.
But take care of you're self man.

Forgot to mention I hadn't drank in months and the day before this happend I had a six pack of beer. Which usually isn't much to me. Went home after the six pack drank alot of water and ate a decent meal. The next morning after smoking this shit happens. Maybe in a few days I'll take a hit and see what happens.

Just a suggestion, it is possible that there was a small amount of fungus/mold in the ganja. It is possible to smoke that and have a asthema attack. My mother smoked cigarrettes for 30 years, suddenly she smoked one on the couch and she couldnt breathe, her lung collapsed. After ER trip and a few days in the hospital they didnt know what caused it, no history of any trouble. After she was released she smoked a cigarette it happened again. Apperntly she suddenly developed some super alergic reaction to the cigarette smoke. She quit, never happened again. And beleive me, they hospital did much testing. After a few years she did find other irritants that caused asthema to act up, but nothing mike that, jut coughing and irritation, she uses an inhaler and is fine. She never had asthemaa before, and granted, could have got it from smoking, doesnt matter, it did come on suddenly. Research smoking Mold, not good at all...

Im no medic or anything but even things like sudden blood pressure can cause those syptoms, blood sugar shock. The morning after a night of drinking I took a piss, and sinse pissing lowers your blood pressure and my blood sugar was way screwed from the previous night of drinking, I passed out. Came to ina minute or two. I stood up, almost happened again, but I leaned on the toliet and stayed conciou, couldnt see or anything, turned out to be simple explinatation. Never happened sinse.

Could be anxiety, that shit comes in strange forms and honestly can be triggered by smoking ganj, no danger there, just oanic attack.

Could be Just a little heart dusrythemia, also triggered by ganja, they usually pick that up on and EKG, but not always. Still probably not a big deal. Can;t say dont stress about it cause it is what it is, but I wouldnt worry. If you feel wierd again just think about the things that just took place and then rememind yourself to breathe slowly through your nse out your mouth, (It helps keeo your breathing from going fafst, which is just cause your scared) Just pain can be nothing, even indigestion, but if you feel a squeezing or substantial pain, call 911, Im a tough guy and fix myself up to often, not a fan of Dr.'s.. My end result was I had something that was overlooked for 10 years, made my heart go fast enough to pop, called Wolf Parkinsons Disease, not too serious and easy fix, but when I smoked I knew it would happen, sometimes worse then others, but mine was just racing heart and ocasionally passed out. I was told it was anxiety for a long time, I love xanax and all but it got too much to bear and I saw a specialist, fixed me up, never a problem again. I still get the xanax sometimes though.

So my advice is dont worry, the body has a hiccup from time to time. Jut pay attention if you think its something else. No worries though, youll be fine.

Just as an FYI, I started writing this before anyone replied, so i didnt know you drank before. Just blood suger brotha, but seriously, get a vaporizer if your gonna toke that much, way better for the lungs.

Just for shits and gigles test it yourself, get a glucose meter from walmart for like $10. and borrow grandma's digital blood pressure machine. Thats what I did. Blood sugaer in the morning will be jacked, and then test your blood pressure when your laying down, then get up and go right to piss and let it read while you piss and then do again after, you;ll see, it goes all over the place... Kinda interesting huh?

I've been doing mad hikes to my grows and lost a decent amount of weight in a couple of months. Been feeling healthy than I ever did even been eating more fruits than usual. It's beyond me how this happend. The bud had no mold and I watched my friend grow this plant from seed and using all organic ferts. A nurse told me that maybe it was laced and u can trust anybody when u buy herb. I didn't want to tell her that I saw this plant grow from seed and the plant food used was all organic. It's torture watching my gf smoke this bud I recntly harvested . But I guess it's better to be safe then sorry.

bossman88188 said:

Dude tunda bro,
What the hell. Take a break from the token.
Maybe some edibles for awhile.
But take care of you're self man.

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No worries my friend what doesn't kill me will only make me stronger

Get a CT scan done on your chest, this will tell you if you can go on normally or you have to find alternatives to smoking. I had one done because I got to a point that even after one hit i was gasping for breath, pretty fucking scary as i'm sure you know. I can't even hit a vaporizer without nearly suffocating.
If you find out your lungs are no good (as i did) and you do not enjoy edibles then I have one suggestion and one only.
Bubblehash, honey oil, or budder in a vaporizer. I have yet to try bubblehash in my vape but the other two are great! No smoke, no "leftovers", great taste and lots of bake

Tunda said:

No worries my friend what doesn't kill me will only make me stronger

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I should have known.
Stubbarn as I am.
I beleive the same thing.
You know I put a lot of reading into vaporizer's. Much easier on the whole body.
The Easyvape cost's 150$ and is the best you can get under 500$
And the there is a german one that is suposed to be the cadilac.
And then the real cadilac Volcano.
I own an Easyvape. You have to warm it up for a fe minute's.
But the hit's are so tasty and smooth.

bossman88188 said:

I should have known.
Stubbarn as I am.
I beleive the same thing.
You know I put a lot of reading into vaporizer's. Much easier on the whole body.
The Easyvape cost's 150$ and is the best you can get under 500$
And the there is a german one that is suposed to be the cadilac.
And then the real cadilac Volcano.
I own an Easyvape. You have to warm it up for a fe minute's.
But the hit's are so tasty and smooth.

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I'm hoping on a good harvest . I've tried the volcano one and it worked great I'm hoping to get it soon.

If they did tests on your heart and didnt find anything then chances are it wasnt your heart, theres an enzyme that will show up if you had a heart attack
my g/f passes out about once a year from low blood suger

I thought I was going to die because my heart was so screwed up, turns out I'm allergic to food preservatives, now I'm all organic

dang that makes me tweaky as fuck.. idk if i ever want to smoke again now...

Tunda said:

I've been smoking pot almost everyday since I was about 15 now 10 years later I was blazing a a couple joints with my friend I only took a few hits of each joint. After about five minutes I told him I had heart pains . So I drank some water and ate some grapes. Then my friend suggested that I eat a piece of bread. While eating the bread I became dizzy ended up passing out and stopped breathing for a few seconds while I had bread stuck in my throat. Woke up to my friend shaking me telling me to breathe . I jumped up scared that I was dying asking WTF happend. Looked in the mirror and I swear I looked like a dead man face pure white lips light purple. This never happend to me in the ten years of toking. I had my friend rush me to the ER where they had me lying down at first. then they sat me up to take an xray on my chest my heart rate dropped almost flatlined. They layer me back down and heart rate became better. After that they took me to another room and did several tests on my heart. I had to stay overnight as they continued taking my blood and doing tests. Each doctor asked me if I smoked and I said yes I smoke cannabis for pain. All the doctors told me at my age cannabis could not have been the reason. They discharged me the day after and the few doctors that saw me before I left told me they don't know what happend but I should rest a few days. I pray this doesn't happen to me while I hike to my guerrilla grows. Anybody else have this problem ? Heart rate dropping and the stop breathing. I have some killed buds that I harvested a few days ago and now I'm scared to even toke in fear it might happen again.

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Maybe it's a sign to quit smoking... JK! That sux man. I would be freaking out too. Maybe you should smoke out of a vape like the guy before me has JIC.

It was not from the cannabis. It really sounds like a heart problem. I swear I saw a House MD episode where this person had heart issues only when sitting up. If it happens again get to a different hospital, go to Cleveland Clinic or Mayo Clinic for real answers!

I'm Hoping it had to do with my blood sugar levels. My dads side of the family has a history of diabetes. Both sides of my family have heart problems but they usually don't happen to someone as young as me. Weed has only done good for me all my life and I've seen it help soo many people even my own grandmother who has been recovering from open heart surgery. A year ago we were going to put her in an nursing home. Now she is healthier than ever and she is constantly thanking me for introducing her to cannabis and all of it's great benefits. I got her off most of the prescription drugs that seemed to have been killing her. She was like a zombie a year ago from all the meds she was taking.

damn dude thats tripped out

sqhschief said:

It was not from the cannabis. It really sounds like a heart problem. I swear I saw a House MD episode where this person had heart issues only when sitting up. If it happens again get to a different hospital, go to Cleveland Clinic or Mayo Clinic for real answers!

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As soon as thy sat me up I felt alot of heat rush to my head and I felt a blackout coming again. I was scared to death to sit up again. After about an hour I sat up and was fine and even did a treadmill stress test on my heart. Started out walking and 15 min later I was jogging on it like nuthing happend.

I am still convinced that cannabis could save this planet and will continue to spread the truth about it and help as many ppl as I can.