The last time I smoked weed , I couldn't stop the room from spinning. I felt anxious and paranoid. Worst of all, I kept thinking about how my eyelids were going to peel off at any moment freaky, right? It's safe to say that I was experiencing a bad high. Ever since, I've been reluctant to dabble in THC again. But it did make me curious about what causes bad highs, and whether there anything I could have done to prevent mine, or make it stop sooner.
First, the good news: While they may feel scary, bad highs typically aren't life-threatening, says Peter Grinspoon , MD, primary care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, instructor at Harvard Medical School, and board member of the advocacy group Doctors For Cannabis Regulation.
It's basically impossible, which is one of the wonderful things about cannabis," Dr. Grinspoon says. In fact, he says that's what a bad high is — a type of anxiety or panic attack. They may occur because you're "just someone cannabis doesn't agree with, or you took too much, or because you're not used to it, or because it's a bad setting," he says. For example, maybe you decided to eat a weed brownie, then remembered you have a super-important exam the next day.
Cue, stress. That's why a bad high is often accompanied by a racing heart, panicked thoughts, sweatiness — all signs of anxiety too , Dr. More good news: There are a few things you can do to alleviate your symptoms, once you feel your high taking a turn for the worse. Jackie Bryant is a freelance writer who focuses on cannabis, food, travel, and other culture topics.
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Let go of the high vs. Take strains with a grain of salt. Use your nose. Consider edibles but start small. Know your dose. Using cannabis while pregnant may harm the unborn baby.
Cannabis smoke contains many of the same harmful chemicals found in cigarette smoke. Regularly smoking cannabis with tobacco increases the risk of a baby being born small or premature. Cannabis has not been linked to birth defects, but research suggests that using cannabis regularly during pregnancy could affect a baby's brain development as they get older. Cannabis contains active ingredients called cannabinoids.
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