I’ve never been a big user, but as I’ve grown older, pot has made me pass out more than once. I took a drag off of a joint at a festival a few years ago and passed out and couldn’t be revived for 5-10 minutes. They said my blood pressure dropped dramatically. I’m wondering if this happens to anybody else
The big problem in your situation is your blood pressure dropped significantly. Maybe it was just a coincidence, maybe not, but you should definitely see a doctor and talk to them about your blood pressure and see what they have to say. Lots of reasons that can happen.
I just had a checkup and everything was fine
Did you tell them about your blood pressure dropping and passing out?
Yes, he just said it was odd and I shouldn’t do it
Then you should probably listen to your doctor and not seek a 2nd opinion from randoms on the Internet. If you look long enough you’ll hear what you want to hear.
I do that. I got thc-v extract isolated in a lab from someone in the industry (supposedly a bit more of a simulant), when I took it I passed out until the next day and was depressed for a week after that. There’s some poorly understood relationship here, but my doc said it confirms my (very mild) type 2 bipolar.
Not that I’ve seen in anyone near me in my 20ish years of dabbling.
I have almost ptfo from coughing so much while trying to stand up though. But one can feel this situation coming
I only ever have seen that happen in RimWorld.
I have experienced this, a grand total of twice, but not for 5-10 minutes (once I was in a towel and came back around vibrating on the floor which was confusing but probably was the longest one at a minute or two).
I was a chronic joint smoker and would get lightheaded standing up in general. Typically since having switched to vaping it no longer happens. Is the high otherwise pleasurable for you?
Do you have a heart/lung/blood pressure condition in general?
Everything is good on me, but I was standing when it happened.
Apparently not, your blood pressure dropped and you passed out.
I wouldnt call that everything is good
i have high blood pressure and was smoking while they sorted it out with medication. when it was finally under control the doc suggested i keep it in the cocktail, it definitely lowers your blood pressure.
I’ve passed out twice while high but it was in combination with alcohol and while urinating… so not the same experience
This happened a few times with friends. They just dropped like a rock and then were pale for a few hours. It’s not uncommon but I would avoid smoking if it keeps happening. Being knocked out for 5-10 minutes is a long time. Passing out is generally considered a medical emergency.
Couple of things it could be:
- You locked your knees without realizing it, shut down the blood return from your legs, then had a drop in blood pressure due to decreased blood return to your heart causing you to pass out.
- You took a big hit, expanded your chest, held it, decreased blood flow through your thoracic cavity due to the increased intrathoracic pressure then a blood pressure drop as above.
- Your vasovagaled yourself somehow (bearing down on a held hit maybe or just due to weed effects) which is increased parasympathetic nervous system tone that drops blood pressure
- Some weird shit 🤷🏼♂️, the body can be odd and changes as we age so maybe you just can’t smoke weed now cause of the earlier mentioned weird shit
I agree with your doc (I’m a family med physician), don’t smoke if all of a sudden you’re passing out.
