Bad highs?

Hi, first time poster. This is probably gonna be sort of long, but bear with me if you can.

Anyway, I've been smoking for only a few weeks now and have been loving the medicated feeling I get from it. Last night though, I had one of the most terrifying experiences ever. I had some type of California chronic strain (probably a kush, but not positive). I took two HUGE rips from my bong, I mean bigger than I've ever done before. I was soooo baked, more than I've ever been before. well, it started out nice and all, then for some reason, I started getting this paranoia that I was going to go insane or die. I kept feeling a sinking feeling in my heart and gut and my mind kept telling me all these bad things and I couldn't stop it. I felt helpless. The only way I can describe it is like waking up from surgery while they are still working on you but being paralysed and not able to say anything. It kept getting worse and worse. My mind started telling me that I would never get out and it was making me sink lower an lower. I was almost convinced that I would never come out of this.

I ended up making myself sick and I threw up a few times. After all this I tried to go to sleep, but every time i was about to fall asleep, my body went completely numb and I thought I was dead so my heart would go into my stomach like I was falling and I was burst awake. Did this for about an hour straight at least until I finally fell asleep. I slept for a good 8 hours. Well its noon now the next day and I still feel high. I'm groggy as shit and still don't feel normal yet. My body sways almost like it's natural and moving against the "current" feels wrong.

Sorry for the long winded story, but has anyone else experienced a high like this? It seriously has terrified me and I am scared as shit to get high again, I'm scared that this exact same shit will happen and next time it will be too much to bear. Any advice or insight is appreciated.

PS. I have smoked this same batch of chronic a few times before this experience so I really really doubt there was anything else in it.

I dunno, sounds to me like you were just really really baked. I guess just try and not take such huge rips or something, that must be some dank bud. I've been that high before a couple times. I crushed a blunt to myself at a party a couple days ago and got too baked to stay there, i thought i was gonna die too lol.

It sounds like a chain reaction. You were paranoid, which caused you to think bad things, then you got nervous and felt sick. I used to have panic attacks when I was in college. Same description almost. I would get really nervous about something and then my mind would start racing causing an attack. Your not going to die from smoking, you will be fine. Just try to enjoy it man. Relax. Put on some of your favorite music or have some buddies over to talk to next time. Better yet, watch a funny movie. I have watched How High so many times I have lost count. I think you said you just started smoking, after a while you will get used to it.

I can't say I've experienced exactly what you've gone through but I've had a very similar experience about a year ago.

Long story short, my house was burglarized 2 times in 2007 by pathetic teenagers desperate for money. First time they stole all my buds and money, digital cameras, etc. Second time I wasn't dumb enough to keep anything at my house, they broke in by smashing a window with a tire iron, no gloves or anything nah cause they thought they were geniuses. Didn't find any of my shit, tore the whole house apart, trashed it, stole my parents and sisters jewelry, even family heir lumes which we ended up never getting back, even sentimental shit that my mom had that was her dads (who died of Alzheimer's when she was still a teen). Oh and they decided they take my sister's 2 year old, 6 pound chihuahua as a bonus, which essentially got them caught within 4 days and the one kid shot at the cops and then blew his brains out. I felt no pity for him or his family, he deserved to die for what he did, call me heartless but stealing an innocent dog is heartless.

Anyway, anytime I used to talk about this story or discover new info, my heart would start pumping and my adrenaline would get going. So one time, my dude came by with some bangin headies and we blazed 2 huge bowls out of the illadelph. By the end of the second bowl I was extremely ripped but it just came getting more intense. Then we started talking about the burglary and idk if it was that subject or just the bud, but my heart started pounding like crazy. I figured it would stop within a few minutes but it didn't. My dude had to head out to work, and I wanted to get some eats. I got up, walked him to the front door and he left. Then it hit me, I was insanely baked.

I stood there for a minute and the paranoia set in. Keep in mind I've been smoking daily for years now so my tolerance is way up. All of a sudden I freaked out and thought the cops were coming so I grabbed anything in my house and hid it really well then I sat on the stairs continuously watching out a window to see the red and blue lights pulling up out front. My mom (my parents are cool with blazing, they even do it, they're rule is as long as I do my work and don't f*ck up then it's cool with them.) even looked at me before going to the grocery store and was like what the hell is wrong with you you look completely tweaked out. I guess my eyes were insanely beat, and my heart was still pounding. For some reason I started to think I was going to overdose on weed (yeah i know, crazy thought isn't it? considering that's pretty much impossible). The reason I thought this is because my heart was pounding really hard and I thought I could feel it thru my chest and it seemed really heavy. Also when I felt the left side of my head near my sideburns it was like a main vein was sunken in and it hurt to touch, weird. So I start to think I'm dying, I go ask my dad if it's possible to die on weed, even though I know the answer and he's like dude you're paranoid, stop freaking out, go lay down, the worst that could happen is you'll fall asleep. So that relieves my worries a little but my heart is still pounding, I'm light headed and confused. I ended up putting on music at a low volume in my bedroom, laying on my bed sideways and thinking that these were the last few minutes of my life due to the immense beating of my heart. It was a ridiculous time but for some reason I wish I could get that high again because it was awesome now that I look back on it. I'm tired of the same old head highs and couch locks. Those headies were amazing and even after I smoked them for the next month I never once got that baked again. Go figure.

I think it may just be the mind set you are in when you smoke in. I also think there are a ton of factors that go into the high you experience from the bud you smoke, of course good kill is better but either way. I can however tell you that I've never ever gotten freak out highs from poopy weed.

Sorry for the long and dragged out post. Just thought I'd share my 2 cents.

amount19 said:

Hi, first time poster. This is probably gonna be sort of long, but bear with me if you can.

Anyway, I've been smoking for only a few weeks now and have been loving the medicated feeling I get from it. Last night though, I had one of the most terrifying experiences ever. I had some type of California chronic strain (probably a kush, but not positive). I took two HUGE rips from my bong, I mean bigger than I've ever done before. I was soooo baked, more than I've ever been before. well, it started out nice and all, then for some reason, I started getting this paranoia that I was going to go insane or die. I kept feeling a sinking feeling in my heart and gut and my mind kept telling me all these bad things and I couldn't stop it. I felt helpless. The only way I can describe it is like waking up from surgery while they are still working on you but being paralysed and not able to say anything. It kept getting worse and worse. My mind started telling me that I would never get out and it was making me sink lower an lower. I was almost convinced that I would never come out of this.

I ended up making myself sick and I threw up a few times. After all this I tried to go to sleep, but every time i was about to fall asleep, my body went completely numb and I thought I was dead so my heart would go into my stomach like I was falling and I was burst awake. Did this for about an hour straight at least until I finally fell asleep. I slept for a good 8 hours. Well its noon now the next day and I still feel high. I'm groggy as shit and still don't feel normal yet. My body sways almost like it's natural and moving against the "current" feels wrong.

Sorry for the long winded story, but has anyone else experienced a high like this? It seriously has terrified me and I am scared as shit to get high again, I'm scared that this exact same shit will happen and next time it will be too much to bear. Any advice or insight is appreciated.

PS. I have smoked this same batch of chronic a few times before this experience so I really really doubt there was anything else in it.

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yup def. too high

all the typical symptoms of to highness are there

i had this bad high once where every time i moved my head it felt like i aws hitting my brain against a Gong or somthing , like i could feel the blood in my head moving anyway i was like that for 30 min in my bathroom anthen i puked in the toilet

aww, the good ol times i wish i would still get that stoned

Zerotilt said:

It sounds like a chain reaction. You were paranoid, which caused you to think bad things, then you got nervous and felt sick. I used to have panic attacks when I was in college. Same description almost. I would get really nervous about something and then my mind would start racing causing an attack. Your not going to die from smoking, you will be fine. Just try to enjoy it man. Relax. Put on some of your favorite music or have some buddies over to talk to next time. Better yet, watch a funny movie. I have watched How High so many times I have lost count. I think you said you just started smoking, after a while you will get used to it.

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See the crazy thing is that my Girlfriend was there and she did it with me so i was talking to her and we were also watching Pineapple Express. It started during the movie. That's why I can't figure out why it happened. There was nothing negative going on. She and I were just relaxing on the couch, laughing, and watching the movie... then all of a sudden it just started happening. There was 0 stress around me.

congratulations you had your first whitey, your now a true toker

Thanks for all the replies. Good to hear others have had experiences like this... I'm just wondering how after something like that, you would want to do it again? I seriously have 0 desire to toke again right now anyway. It sucked so bad. I think what made it all the worse is that I hate it when I'm not in control. ex- I get nervous flying in an airplane cuz Im not flying it, even though I have no knowledge on how to fly a plane. While all this anxiety was happening, I felt like I wasn't in control at all and it made me worse.

I was never really like that. I think what really kept me smoking for a long time was the longing to want to reach that "first high" feeling again, which I probably will never be able to feel again. But either way I just like smoking or vaping buds. It's relaxing for me. I'd pick smoking a j over drinking a beer any day, although in a perfect world I'd probably do both simultaneously haha.

Besides that, my first few times were amazing, and then eventually my tolerance built up. I've had crazy experiences here and there but I have never really had one that made me want to quit. Except for the times back when I used to smoke too much of the "I can't find my keys" weed during senior year and I'd lose things like large wads of money, my keys, my cell phone, my iPod, need I say more?

Worst trip ever for me: 3 good brownies couchlock me, and then my non high friends decide they all want to watch The Strangers. I was feeling good before the movie, but I basically shit my pants as I watched it. It definitely broke the high though, halfway in I went into the fetal position and kept freaking out and after that, I was fine, not high, not scared, just pissed that at least 4 hours of good high was wasted by watching that movie.

pokey said:

Worst trip ever for me: 3 good brownies couchlock me, and then my non high friends decide they all want to watch The Strangers. I was feeling good before the movie, but I basically shit my pants as I watched it. It definitely broke the high though, halfway in I went into the fetal position and kept freaking out and after that, I was fine, not high, not scared, just pissed that at least 4 hours of good high was wasted by watching that movie.

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Crazy how you could get rid of the high so quick. I tried to get rid of it and it seemed futile. I mean shit, I smoked this stuff about 13 hours ago and I could swear Im still high right now. It seems crazy but I really don't feel normal. I'm still swaying, I'm still forgetful and I am still getting tongue tied. Although right now I'm feeling pretty good as opposed to last night but still not enjoying it like I have in the past. Music helps.

Another question has come to my mind. Does mixing bud with other drugs make it more intense or different? I just realized that a like an hour before I smoked last night, I had a headache and took 2 tylenol. I wasn't planning on smoking that night, but my girlfriend came home and wanted to watch a movie, so we decided to smoke, and I totally forgot I had taken the tylenol just a bit earlier. would this mess with the high?

I don't really know about OTC drugs like Tylenol. I always try not to take that crap unless I'm in like severe head pain and even then I usually just try to smoke a bowl and forget about it. Another reason why I feel that cannabis should just be legalized for medical purposes in PA. I do know that drinking and smoking doesn't work out well for people that aren't used to either of the drugs. I usually don't mix pills and alcohol either.

I pulled the same thing with my gf amount19, I had stopped smoking for a month, then I got 2 grams of this really dense weed, tried to smoke like I did before I stopped, took 6 hits and held them all in till no smoke came out, everything started out great, me and my gf were laughing, but then 20 mins later, we were laughing hysterically, then I got paranoid that my g/f was laughing too much and that she was gonna stop breathing, after that it all went downhill, time slowed down alot, my body felt numb, everything sort of become "static" sooo it took alot of will power, and some good tunes to finally stop the paranoia, so your experience sounds like a bad whitey, smoked more than u were accustomed to, shitty deals eh

LedZeppelin8906 said:

I pulled the same thing with my gf amount19, I had stopped smoking for a month, then I got 2 grams of this really dense weed, tried to smoke like I did before I stopped, took 6 hits and held them all in till no smoke came out, everything started out great, me and my gf were laughing, but then 20 mins later, we were laughing hysterically, then I got paranoid that my g/f was laughing too much and that she was gonna stop breathing, after that it all went downhill, time slowed down alot, my body felt numb, everything sort of become "static" sooo it took alot of will power, and some good tunes to finally stop the paranoia, so your experience sounds like a bad whitey, smoked more than u were accustomed to, shitty deals eh

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I hear ya man, that's what it sounds like I did. Well I definitely need a break. I don't need it to have fun, it's just a different experience is all. I'm still kinda high right now and its just not as fun as it was before this episode.

it is possible that the tylenol reacted with the mj as both drugs effect the liver. Tylenol can cause liver failure and many ingredients in mj are metabolized by the liver. It is also a possibility that u just got to stoned. Especially if u havent been doing it for that long. When I first started paranioa like I'm gunna die paranoia would set in at medium high. Now I can get super duper baked and not be paranoid or feel sick because I worked my way up. Get some good sleep then when u wake up just get a little high.

lol 2 days ago i got reallllyyyy stoned. i was sitting in dark - i forgot to turn up the volume for my TV and were chatting on RIU in complete silence. after ~20 minutes i started to feel ghosts everywhere.. i was like - damn why theres ghosts in my room!? fuck! i dont like ghosts, ok i went to clean my teeth and went to sleep just to forget about ghosts lol i even were little bit scared..

i dont believe in ghosts and im not afraid from dark but that high was really weird..

i had only 2 more bad expierences with weed but im bit too lazy to write them all

amount19 said:

Hi, first time poster. This is probably gonna be sort of long, but bear with me if you can.

Anyway, I've been smoking for only a few weeks now and have been loving the medicated feeling I get from it. Last night though, I had one of the most terrifying experiences ever. I had some type of California chronic strain (probably a kush, but not positive). I took two HUGE rips from my bong, I mean bigger than I've ever done before. I was soooo baked, more than I've ever been before. well, it started out nice and all, then for some reason, I started getting this paranoia that I was going to go insane or die. I kept feeling a sinking feeling in my heart and gut and my mind kept telling me all these bad things and I couldn't stop it. I felt helpless. The only way I can describe it is like waking up from surgery while they are still working on you but being paralysed and not able to say anything. It kept getting worse and worse. My mind started telling me that I would never get out and it was making me sink lower an lower. I was almost convinced that I would never come out of this.

I ended up making myself sick and I threw up a few times. After all this I tried to go to sleep, but every time i was about to fall asleep, my body went completely numb and I thought I was dead so my heart would go into my stomach like I was falling and I was burst awake. Did this for about an hour straight at least until I finally fell asleep. I slept for a good 8 hours. Well its noon now the next day and I still feel high. I'm groggy as shit and still don't feel normal yet. My body sways almost like it's natural and moving against the "current" feels wrong.

Sorry for the long winded story, but has anyone else experienced a high like this? It seriously has terrified me and I am scared as shit to get high again, I'm scared that this exact same shit will happen and next time it will be too much to bear. Any advice or insight is appreciated.

PS. I have smoked this same batch of chronic a few times before this experience so I really really doubt there was anything else in it.

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I've gone through some of the same feelings dude, and it was really because I was just tooooo high for what my mind and body could handle at that time (not to mention my tolerance level was a lot lower in those days)

Really, the best thing I had found to do is let all of your natural instincts and inhibitions go, and just try to understand that there is no way YOU can control what is going on. As with most mind altering substances, you just gotta let it run it's course and try not to freak yourself out.

I'm really just repeating a lot of good advice I've already read in this thread, but I figured it couldn't hurt to help and reinforce those wise words...

Lot of people have been in your position though, so don't let it turn you off to how great cannabis really is.

Trip

ripz said:

congratulations you had your first whitey, your now a true toker

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mmmmhmmmmm what he said, dont worry it stops happening if you smoke abundantly and frequently

berbonder, damn, i have to find new avatar lol

when im reading your posts sometimes i think that theyre mine..