a really common question is how long does it take for symptoms to go away. it’s different for everyone. for me, it was probably around 2ish weeks before the nausea started to subside. comment below how long it took for you to feel normal. This comment sections has so many stories that people relate to and I really hope it’s helping people feel less alone.
@@moonbeam8120 I hope you get well - This is my third episode this year of this crap. I just stumbled upon this CHS couple weeks ago and haven’t stopped looking into ever since. This is day number two for me in 15 years without THC - flower only smoker to boot.
It really does feel like you’re dying… you can’t eat, sleep, you’re just shaking… the pain is immense, and then it fades for a bit and you feel like you’re fine and out of nowhere it punches you right in the gut again
Yep, the pain for me was worse than anything I have ever felt, when I first got symptoms I thought maybe it was food poisoning, then It would happen again, and again, the final time I almost died from it, I was so dehydrated and I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t keep water down, I was going pale, getting cramps elsewhere and could barely move, if I was living alone, it might have gotten to a point where I would have died in my own bed. I spent time I the ER hooked on a drip IV, and medications, and when I got out I had to slowly get back into eating. I was only able to eat watermelon and soups at the time because my stomach was just not prepared for eating. This condition was absolute hell.
@@Dopamine1245 This happened to me too. But, I've read many articles from patients and different doctors that THC disables your gallbladder and pancreas from digesting food, so when you eat, you get way sicker after you eat because your body can't digest food properly. The only cure is to quit smoking. It takes 30 days to go back to normal, the same time frame it takes THC to leave your system.
To all of you who spent days in the tub/shower like I did ... I just want y’all to know I love you and you’re not crazy. It gets better when you quit, I promise!
I didn’t believe it either. I had smoked 20+ years without any issues, but then I almost died. Even then I didn’t think it was marijuana. I had quit for 2 years and within 2 months after starting back I almost died again. I had one bout of puking 24/7 for 12 days. I now have ptsd but I’ll never smoke again. The puking is nothing like any puking you’ve ever felt. It tasted like pure vodka or straight alcohol every time I puked. Thank you so much for bringing this to light. The decline your body goes through and how fast is unlike anything else. I had thrown up so much the doctors literally tried a burning cream to get my mind off of puking and it did nothing but burn like hot magma. I’ll never smoke marijuana again.
i thought i was dying. i had constant hot flashes, sweaty hands and feet, horrible stomach aches and diarrhea, vomiting for no reason and i felt like i needed to take baths to feel better it was the only thing i wanted. i couldn’t eat
Yep same here idk if I have this but, all those symptoms, not really stomach ache like hurting wise? But my stomach was grumbling like crazy. And baths or hot showers were a saving grace. But I’m in Texas and I don’t want to get in trouble but I feel so bad. And I don’t do it often just corona made it stressful for me cause of work and college so I got some karts and just smoked at night to help me sleep and occasionally I’ll hit a dab but I started smoking last July 2019 and these is second time the first wasn’t nearly as bad. But anyways
Daisy Mapes i watched a video about how there’s a natural pesticide called neem that could be making us sick, the guy went to a dispensary that had pesticide free marijuana and he felt like he used to, no illness, he immediately felt better, idk if this is a fact.
@It’s blitz not true I’ve had it and it’s still there but over time it gets depressed and as long as you don’t smoke everyday it’s fine I smoke every week and I don’t have any more issues with CHS
@@iheartoxyz id love to smoke once a week, but that would literally be the most stressful thing ever, for me I want to get as high as I possibly can (i have an addictive personality), pretty much I want to od on weed so I can feel released. Sadly me and people like me cant do it on occasion, the feeling of needing more would just over envelope me eventually, ending up in the same place im at now, Sadly ill have to give up my sweet love mj. I really do love her and it makes me sad I have to untangle out roots with each other.
Man two years ago I was having my first episode and had never heard of this. I thought I was dying. On my second trip to the ER they asked if I smoked a lot of weed and when I said yes she said I should stop to see if that’s the cause. I thought she was just a weed hating doctor so I sparked my wood as soon as I got back in the car thinking it would help😂BOY was I wrong. I’m on day 3 of an episode rn and haven’t smoked(in 3 days)it’s taking everything in me not to spark up.
I find that the the further we legalize weed- we will start to discover not only more benefits but unfortunately more side effects as well. I do not have CHS, however I do have terrible abdominal pain and intestinal issues that arose after I stopped smoking. I was also heavily dependent on weed for my depression. I understand the struggle of not having it there- it’s been one of the craziest battles I’ve fought with myself on. I appreciate your courage in sharing your story and hope that further research will explore more of how and why CHS occurs.
Depending on weed to help relieve depression- yep!! Im in the same boat completely, helps the mood short term, longterm use makes it worse, I like to kill time being high thats all I do basically. That song by Afroman: "i was gonna clean my room until I got high" is true, I have barely any motivation for anything anymore
YES THIS my siblings all smoke we have for years and the past weeek I’ve bene going thru this and I finally searched it up and found out what was wrong and of course they don’t believe it because “weed doesn’t do that “
@@fvckkatie5317 I had it today and thought I almost died worst feeling every just sold my bong and kush can’t do it won’t ever go through that again I don’t care how weed feels that shit was ass
CHS has been the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. just found out i had it on thursday. i also thought i was going down and i have never been so scared
Shad Ruth it’s not 100% effective, about 90% tho. I rarely need showers anymore. You have to be careful not to let your stomach run out of gas and if it does you have to prime the pump with A&W and the stomach will go away and allow you eat normal instead of getting worse and having nausea. If you have to drink the root beer in the shower and by the time you pee once or twice you’ll be out the shower feeing great 👍🏻 you will burp and feel the gut rot subsided. It’s a strange feeling. Like when you have bad heartburn and the antacid just kicks in. Takes the burning away. And it has a pleasant sweet root beer aftertaste LoL 😂
Shad Ruth CHS can only be Prevented if you don’t smoke weed. But the effects of CHS can be combatted with healthier foods and hot showers. But if I didn’t have a HOT shower I would still be up shit creek. About 1-2 times a week I still have to use the shower but I haven’t been to the hospital in over 5 years . I have it under control
Shad Ruth see the pinned comment on my video , it’s a video about stomach health. The root beer primes the pump. It feeds the good bacteria in your stomach th-cam.com/video/M95w0lAyOAM/w-d-xo.html
It's crazy watching this video and realize how similar our experience was. Not just to you, but all the people in the comment-section aswell. I literally thought I was going to die the first time this happened to me. The suffering can get unreal, especially if your alone, and no one's there to help you. (Bring you water, help regulate the temperatur, etc) Last time things got bad was 4 years ago. I told myself that next time this shit happens, Im quitting for good. Then two days ago, it was go-time again. Like holy ****. I was so sick I even had some illusions. I'm still a young man, my worries is getting this sick when I'm older... I don't think a old body can cope with this. Atleast not as good as a young body can. So here I am... 11 years down the road from my first joint. And guess what? Im quitting this shit. I love weed, but this illness. Naaah, it aint worth the high! Good on you for putting the information out there. This will help alot of people getting to the bottom of this. Best of luck to you in the future :) !
I’m 60 and after 40 years of smoking I started having these symptoms which landed me in the hospital. Yes as you age your body changes snd you may develop sensitivities and reactions you never had before. You are wise to stop now.
How are you keeping to not having it more? I think you make a very wise choice to abstain from things while you are still young. I am nearing 40 and habits we make in our youth are hard to shake as time goes on, so any you can foster that are healthier for you id applaud. Hopefully you’re feeling good and making choices that benefit you! Not to sound preachy, 😅
10 years in and out of the ER😢😢😢 GRATEFUL TO HAVE A DX!!! AND SOLUTION!!! ABSTINENCE!!! CHS IS COMPARABLE TO CHILDBIRTH, WHICH IVE DONE TWICE....THANK YOU JESUS!!!!
My situation is very similar, went to urgent care 3 times this year for CHS. I started my sobriety journey yesterday. The sickness isn’t worth it in my opinion. Thankyou for sharing!
this video really helped me realize that this isn’t as rare of a syndrome as it would seem, makes me feel a little bit more normal.. i’ve been smoking for almost 4 years now and it didn’t hit me until last year. the last time was yesterday and omg never again! what a nightmare having cold chills and hot flashes, sweating, crying and throwing up when anything was in my system. i was also in denial denial denial… the minute i felt somewhat fine again i’d started smoking again and eventually get carried away to the point of being so weak and nauseous. it’s just not worth it for me anymore, the side effects hurt so much i can’t even fight them off enough to enjoy flower like i used to.
My bf is heavily dependent on weed for his depression and trauma.. he doesn’t have CHS but he’s just CONSTANTLY worried about weed and nothing else and doesn’t wanna believe he has a problem. It just reminded me of him and I hope one day he’s able to see it and slow down. Everyone is so pro-weed but they don’t realize it can have negative effects and it IS ADDICTIVE.
Can you go into detail? I’m struggling right now. I have an addiction to it for my depression and anxiety. I need to know about the light at the end of the tunnel.
That dying feeling is a combination of the stomach cramps and blood pressure drops. I paid extreme attention to what I was going through at the time I noted aside from the uncontrollable retching my arms and legs started loosing sensation and peripheral vision was fading. Fist thing that came to mind is. “Oh god I’m going to die here on my bathroom flood”. It was an agony like no other. Exquisite even…
I’m never smoking again I’ve been dealing with this for 6 yrs I never wanted to admit that I didn’t want to stop now this is my fault and I’m so happy I found someone who knows my pain
Omg I feel your pain. I’m 39 now, been smoking daily since I was 16 or so. My chs started in 2016 right after they legalized it in my state. I didn’t want to believe it either. Took years to accept it. It would pass and I would start smoking more again. Never again. Day four without right now. Almost cost me my management job last week.. it’s caused me to get in a car accident, caused me to loose roommates, lovers. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.
I'm 39 and just found out today the 27th of March 2022. I watched this video and laughed and cried and watched it again and again and again. Thank you for this video. I feel so much more normal now. Xxx
This is crazy. Turns out I’ve been having symptoms for two years. So many appointments and procedures just to be misdiagnosed. I thought I had bad acid reflux or stomach ulcers but now this makes so much sense. I wish I had done my research earlier
This just happened to me, literally last week. Now I can’t stop learning about it and it needs to be talked about! Thank you for sharing your experience
It’s nice to find others that are or we’re going through the same thing . I feel like if you haven’t gone through it you wouldn’t understand the pain that is chs patientes have. There are no words to describe the amount of pain and discomfort that chs causes for one
Been smoking for 10 years this year. I do not have CHS, but was completely surprised to find out that this condition even existed, thank you for shedding some light on the matter. Coupled with this coronavirus pandemic I think I'll be on hiatus for a while. Hope everyone remains safe in these difficult times, and at least thinks of giving it a break even if just for a while🙏
Americans been selling mildew moldy weed to the public for years, if im lying why has this not been reported in Holland or Jamaica????????????????? #ur government dont give a fuck about you.
Ive known its been from weed and i always just go back momths later and ease into it, eventually ending up sick again. I am so proud of you and i hope your sobriety continues
I said the same thing to my husband when my vomiting episodes started. I felt like I was dying! I completely understand you and I don’t think it was extreme, it is how it really feels. I slept on my bathroom floor waking up every hour of the night drenched in sweat and this was the same night they gave me a dose of zofran! I needed two for it to work at all and they didn’t give me enough to last thru my sickness
I've been a smoker for 2 straight years. 1st year was just occasionally with friends. I started buying my own 1/8ths. Then straight to ounces. Then 2 ounces a month. Then I switched to dabs, 8 grams per 3 weeks to a month. I was smoking myself to sickness dude. I love marijuana and all its benefits, I love that its helped my family. I love that it helped me for a short time! But I am an addict, I have to admit that. I have to CONFESS that I am not a responsible smoker, drinker - anything. I am not responsible enough with my own emotions to enjoy something recreational like that. Because it started as medicinal, but that ended VERY quick like. I was nauseous all the time, everyone thought I was pregnant for months and months because I was so nauseous all the time. It's my 4th day sober and it's been a fuck shit storm of emotions. And it's hard as fuckkkkk. But with my own mind and my own personality, I cannot continue to smoke and pretend that it's not damaging my mental health and my lifestyle. People get so judgemental over this because "weed is the end all be all, replacement for ALL pharamceuticals." It can be for some people. But to assume everyone will get benefits from smoking weed is stupid. My bipolar 2 and dabs DO NOT MIX. I remember reading an article about the dangers of bipolar disorder and smoking because bipolar can be such an intense mental illness - you CANNOT smoke randomly throughout the day just whenever to self medicate - it will make everything worse (for me). My bipolar I've discovered needs exact routines to keep my mood stable. You cant STAY high ALLLLL the time even if you try. There will always be a come down, and then you'll get high again. That constant up and down tripped my bipolar out, because it was trying to do its OWN up and down shit. My husband had to sit me down and have an intervention. He told me that I'm not the same, he said I was avoidant, said I was neglectful of him AND my cats (deadass), i was spending every cent on dabs. Literally the other day i had 2 cents in my bank account because i had bought dabs the day before, and i still had a week til payday. Addiction doesnt give a FUCK what you want or what your priorities are, what your true needs are. Addiction says i want it and I want it now, and if I dont get it I'm gonna cause a mothafuckin scene. Thank you for this video, sheds so much light without putting marijuana users or marijuana itself down. 💜 you are inspiring my continuing sobriety 💜
i’m so glad you looked inward and realized what you had to do. as good as marijuana can be for some people, it doesn’t interact well with others. take everything one day at a time. focus on the present and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. I wish you the best of luck ❤️
Just got home from the hospital from that crap honestly one of the worst pains i felt in my life. I smoke a jay a day for a little over a year. Can’t believe this happened to me.
Same honestly, I’ve heard of this being more common in people who smoked for yearssss. I’m genuinely scared I’m not sure if I have it or not but the symptoms seem pretty similar, how would I know for sure ?
Thank you for this video. I’m just getting over my second CHS experience and it’s the worst. No one else I know has experienced this. I have been hospitalized and thought I was dying and STILL didn’t want to quit. This is a wake up call that, as much as I don’t want to admit it, I have a problem. I do the same thing where I say I’ll ease back into it but eventually start smoking all day every day again. I need to find better ways to cope with life, time to start my sobriety journey
thank you so much for sharing your story, your story is exactly like mine to the point. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video, this can truly educate people.
Grateful for your story and your transparency. We found out our daughter has CHS as well. She has just fully stopped cannabis she's in the middle of a 5-day episode right now. It definitely affected her worse at the beginning of her cycles. She's used cannabis to cope during covid to relieve her anxiety and had been smoking pretty heavily the last two months. She had an episode over Thanksgiving a few weeks ago and was good for a bit and then started back in last Wednesday. She's always had a sensitive system So she was already prone to stomach issues. She's so grateful to actually know now what is going on with her.
How do you stop when its the only thing that makes you feel okay. I'm going through this rn, I diagnosed myself about 3 weeks ago and I can't stop. I go to the dr tomorrow and I'm gonna try to get through this
After 12 hours of not smoking you’ll feel a little better then you hit 24 hours and then 48 hours. I’m almost at 24 hours rn the abdominal pain is almost gone I’ve been dealing with REALLY bad sweating shaking and anxiety. The shaking is getting better. None of the anti nausea medications were working for me I was given reglan it gave me the most relief out of all the others they tried. I ended up having to go to the hospital but tough it out for 24-48 hours without smoking and see if you feel better.
I've smoked for 20 years and this shit just started with me over the past year... I quit smoking for just 2 days and I am feeling almost normal again... I would wake up every single morning and be sick for 4 or 5 hours every morning..
It’s so frustrating, because most of the time I’ve ever felt sick before I’d smoke we’d and feel better, but now weed is making me feel sick and it just hurts my soul lmao
When you said you were almost 6 months sober...I felt that. I almost teared up bc I know that’s gonna be hard for me. My head has been up my ass too, and I’m finally coming to terms after years of stopping and starting again. Just. Like. You. This video was the perfect testimony I needed to hear. Do you honestly ever want to smoke again or have you smoked again?
I'm 50 now and have been a daily toker for 32 years (minus 4 in which I quit). Weird thing is...back in the 90's, when all I could get was bud with stems and seeds, I never experienced this syndrome. About 2015 this started on me. Luckily, I've rode them out except once I went to the ER. They didn't come up with anything. Only seemed to begin when I started cartridges. Not saying that's the cause. Flower and other kinds of products today have just gotten quite strong. This syndrome with me is a crapshoot. I've quit before and when I look back, yah I wasn't sick for those years. So I've slowed to just a few flower tokes a day but I'm still taking chances. Yes, abstinence is unfortunately the only answer. You'll find that your intestines will return to normal after a while, bowel movements, etc. and that daily pit in your stomach feeling will go away. You can eat again and the insomnia will lessen daily. Knowing I've stopped before makes this time quitting really much easier. Good luck all.
I stopped smoking today I smoked yesterday and was fine then 30 mins I had my right side of my body hurting I was on the floor in pain I didn’t know what it was. Then it went away I smoked another joint 30 mins later same feeling I thought I was going to die. I jumped in the shower and it went away. Then I looked it up then CHS came up and I didn’t wanna believe it. So I grabbed all my weed and dumped down the toilet.
GIRL THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. I’m on day 7, nausea has gone away but still sweating through my sleep, tossing and turning, and now coughing up flem :.) so cute. We got this!!!!!
i am crying so hard right now i cant believe this is actually my life now. im trying to graduate while going through the first symptoms of chs and im so anxious but i know i have to stop, its been 5 years now how am i supposed to do this
You have to take all your weed paraphernalia out of your place of living. I gave all my weed and shit to my friend 5 days ago, and I don’t have any cravings whatsoever cuz CHS is currently fucking me
@@dr1lltrckz147 see with me i think i had it a cpl months ago. I woke up daily for roughly a month or a little more than that feeling like complete shit. Nauseus as well but i only threw up once on two of those days and havent had anything like that happen since then. Ive smoked almost daily since then. Im quiting now tho for atleast a month to see what happens. Because although i had chs related feelings it doesnt seem to compare to everyones trips to the ER and stomach pains which i didnt have either. Hope your feeling better at this point🙏
My girlfriend was diagnoses recently and i told her id stop smoking with her, its been so hard for me giving it up. But i dont want her to feel like she has to quit alone, all her friends smoke and i want her to know she doesn’t have to go through it alone, because it is difficult for sure.
my other half is currently experiencing the most painful symptoms of CHS amd this video has really helped me to help him. thanks for this. Not enough ppl talk about this.
Forty seven years old and hospitalized for the first time last Tuesday. For the last six months I have been struggling with appetite, nausea, and vomiting. After seeing an urgent care, an appointment with my primary care doc, and an ER visit they finally nailed it. I was convinced that I had a terminal illness leading up to last week. Numerous tests, X-rays, and CT scans revealed no issues which created an immense amount of anxiety. So happy to find you and so many others who are dealing with this. *** If you are experiencing the symptoms explained in the video or described in the comments please do yourself a favor and abstain. It progresses and each instance more intense and severe. *** Love y’all. Take care!!!
Thank you for sharing. I’m currently in the bath dying and I appreciate this video. I’ve started my sobriety journey today. I can’t do this anymore. I don’t know if it is chs or cvs but its worth a try. If I can stop getting sick, it’s worth it!
I’ve been in and out of ER. Your story completely matched mine. I smoked heavily everyday. To cure my anxiety, to cure my depression, to cure my stomach and abdominal pain that started about two years ago before discovering I had CHS today after I had an endoscope I received a lot of answers but was sad because I knew what I had to do which is quit. All day today I’ve been emotional with the drastic changes etc. My Gi doctor also noted muscle spasm but stated it’s mainly coming from all the usage of cannabis. Each time I tried to express my story to my friends who are smokers they would NOT believe me. I made the mistake today and smoked one time. To get rid of the nausea and to gain some appetite. After seeing this video I want to make a plan to completely stop smoking. The thought of it sets fear into me because I am sooo dependent on it for everything. Any recommendations during the withdrawals of more anxiety sweating episodes etc? to get through everything without weed?
I am 45 years old been smoking since I was 19 this vomiting started for me about 4 years ago, i discovered the research on this subject 5 months ago and decided to stop and see if it helped me cure myself, which it seems to. I see a lot of different opinions from people of different age groups etc on this and other videos/articles/discussions of this subject and it does make me wonder if this isn't occurring because of modern botany techniques related to growing pot, some say they grow their own and still have this illness. My question is where do they acquire their seed and has the entire seed stock become polluted (as we have heard Monsanto has done through genetically modifying the corn seed stock)?? Prior to the last ten years and the legalization and mass marketing of weed I have never once heard of these symptoms in anyone and that covers users of 2 years to long term users of 20+ years. In short I believe this is a real problem but not a naturally occurring problem. I think the powers that be are messing with the botany folks, not good!
also awhile back, the thc percentage used to be 4-6% and now its up in the 30s. that and wax that is commonly used now makes for a lot more thc than in the past
I’m 38 and been smoking since I was 16 . Started vomiting about 3 years ago. I never heard of this either until a few years ago. There needs to be more research on this.
I should mention I quit smoking about a year ago and after two days aLL my nausea went away. I still smoke now but Hardly smoke flower. I just stick with oil and it seems to help. No nausea in the mornings no vomiting. I have to stop tho around 6pm at night and I’m fine. If I smoke later I seem to have a little nausea in the morning. I used to smoke an eighth a day at least now if I get an eighth it’ll last me 3weeks. Just take one or two hits off a small bowl and I’m fine. Takes the edge off. I’m working up to completely quitting but it was just so hard to sleep without it. I was sleeping only a couple hours a night when I quit completely I started going insane from sleep deprivation but I had no nausea so I still felt way better. Nothing worse than vomiting bile every morning ugh good luck with everything. Thanks for sharing. Think there needs to be a ton more research on this
Thank you for making this video. It's always weird hearing someone else's experiences with it because they always seem to mirror my own experiences so closely. I'm so happy you've found sobriety, you're an inspiration to me. I'm 1 week sober as of today, looking forward to the rest of my life.
Do you think I have it the strongest nausea for me has been when I stopped using weed related to withdrawals I'm trying to detect if the vape is causing nausea or is it the marijuana that I smoke daily I noticed after vaping Nicotine I get nauseous sometimes I puke from vaping most mornings I wake up with a abdominal pain cramps relieved by use washroom vaping nicotine seems to bring on the symptoms and smoke marijuana seem to relieve the symptoms of nausea cramps and bloating so I'm confused on rare occasions out of nowhere after smoking weed from a bong 15 to 10 minutes after suddenly I had strong nausea and I vomited a few times this is only happened once 10 years i chronically smoked weed one thing I noticed if anyone knows experiences this but I tend to experience periods of feeling cold chilly quite frequently I'm not sure if it's smoking related but warm hot showers make me feel so much better it's not so much nausea that I'm taking the showers is the fact that I'm chronically feeling cold all time but even the nausea that I'm feeling from hitting Vapes I feel that having a hot shower even makes me feel better drinking hot beverages like tea and coffee also seem to make nausea go away
Other times that I've had vomited associated with marijuana use was because I was already sick to begin with with a cold or flu and cough spell from hit bong caused gag reflexes to make me puke especially after having a drink or eating something
a gengar with a sexy smile I have quit this is the end of my 2nd day should i have gone to we first? I am not diagnosed but I know it’s what I have because that’s all I’ve been doing since quarantine and have the same symptoms I can’t tell my parents I smoked because they will be mad should I just drink Pedialyte and stay away from the herb?
This CHS is the WORST.. I’m experiencing it alone and it’s bringing me unhealthy, unnatural thoughts.. feels like I’m dying every second or literally just want to tell everyone to take me out of my misery.. I’ve been clean from the flower for a week and a day.. I’m so sad all the time it’s the worst.. I don’t know what to do.. I thought I was going through this alone.. Do you have any advice on something that could be helpful for the anxiety? This video hit home for me.. Weed helped me face the world now that I can’t smoke it.. there’s heavy anxiety on top of the CHS pain..
I've seen so many videos and articles on CHS and I've been in denial for a while now but this video really got to me. Guys and girls, we're all different, however I can safely say that moderation does not make it go away, it will come back, and it comes back worse every time. I hate quitting the bud, yet I value my life and my health. Stay safe out there my friends🙏🏼
for all you that have chs once and quit weed for months and went back to it and smoked for months and symptoms never came back I’m telling you it will come back again. Trust me u have to put the Pipe down for ever . Happened to me already three times and I’m done for ever I will never smoke it
I’ve been to the urgent care multiple times along with multiple er visits due to this. I also smoked more thinking it would help. I’ve never been in so much stomach pain in my life. Every time I get these spells of nausea and stomach pain I uncontrollably sob. I was in the er last night getting an iv bc Zofran doesn’t help. I haven’t smoked in about 4 days and I plan on not touching it anymore.
Literally only been smoking flowers for five months, once a day nearly everyday and I still got it. My sister and father have been smoking daily for years and are fine. It’s the luck of the draw really
I'm nearing 7 months sobriety at this point. I lost so much weight that I had to go into eating disorder programs but no one there understood what I felt like during my withdrawal period. I'm glad people are able to openly talk about this so we can educate and help people when it's needed.
Does anyone know if it’s mostly concentrates that’s cause this? That’s what I’ve heard and from what I’ve experienced it seems pretty accurate. When I was in the ER the nurse told me that a lot of people have recently been coming in with the same symptoms. He also said that a lot of the time it was pens that people were smoking not the plant naturally.
I began to experience CHS about a year ago. The vomit began in the afternoon at work and could be quite intense. Still, it was cyclical at the time. In November, 2024, it started to become a daily experience. I've been sober for 20 days now and I haven't had any episodes in two weeks. I feel so much better. I hate being sober, but I hated being sick even more
Ive been suffering for 3-4 months so far. I have terrible anxiety on top of CHS, so on top of the nausea sweating and stabbing pains I couldn’t breathe. I would go from being normal to needing to gulp like a fish/ take deep huge breaths but I still felt like it wasn’t enough air. That stresses my body so I black out/ start shaking bad. I started staying up all night damn near like insomnia because in the back of my mind I knew it’s always worse when you wake up. So shi* if you don’t fall asleep you don’t have to wake up and be super sick. I’m not able to eat all day until the night time when I finally give in to smoking and I can finally eat one huuuge meal. I’ve lost 20 pounds in a couple weeks and I’m already 120 pounds. I had to quit my new job because I literally couldn’t show up every day and function without deep breathing through the pain and almost passing out. The weed feels like the only thing that soothes you, your stomach, your anything. I didn’t really get high anymore to get high I was smoking to maintain. Sparking a blunt in the morning made me want to throw up immediately but as soon as the high sets in you think you feel better.
I’m having that burning feeling now for like a month now, I have never threw up but I do be feeling real bad And it’s like I have to force myself to eat
Omg I’m literally going through the SAME THING I wake up every day at 8am from severe stomach pains I been smoking for YEARS and I’m 22 years old , I been to the hospital everyday this week because I thought I was gonna die from the pain but I still feel the urge to smoke when ever I feel angry or sad . I definitely wanna stop smoking but if I do I don’t wanna turn into a horrible person 😢
You will be a better person once you are clean im going through the same thing I was just in the hospital for 24 hours. Just quit its gonna be tough but when your free from weed u realize its trash anyway
I know the thought of giving up that vice is hella crazy, but I promise you that when you give it up, the pain and sickness will go away too! I’ve smoked TOUGH for years and always thought I needed my weed too. It’s gonna be a little difficult giving it up, but once you do you’ll see that it’s completely worth it. Good luck mamas!
So glad to find your video! thank you so much for clarifying, thought I was crazy for so long 😭 First got sick in 2020 during the pandemic and thought that's what it was but it always starts off feeling like the worst hangover ever and then it just doesn't stop.! Was sick for 2 months that first time but I routinely jump into new cities and whenever I do I never smoke weed and those were always the times that I would never get sick so I started putting two and two together and then I was sick all last December in 2021 for 45 days and I went and got blood test and they couldn't find nothing, and then it started happening this year and then I got really sick this last month working a new job and my manager was like dang what's wrong with you, so I cut out everything sequentially until the last thing left was the weed and so I did some experiments and went through another few weeks of torment of the worst absolute nausea you could possibly have, it's total torture and nothing I ever want to experience again, is the closest thing to death and gets very psychedelic if you push it too far and just think that the weed is going to help you. waking up in the morning and feeling like absolute death is the worst thing in the world, and to feel like you're crazy and that you're either pregnant or going to die loll it's the worst! But thank you so much for this video, I feel so much better just knowing that all these people in the comments went through it too and I'm sure we'll hear about it more as we gets more and more legal. Thank you so much !!
I cut back dramatically and my chs got way better. I'd rather use some cannabis and feel bad for a day or two every few months than not use cannabis at all. I cut my use to about 1/4 of what it was and I haven't puked since. It's been almost 1 year.
Yeah i smoke to deal PTSD and insomnia its real tough to hear you can't smoke anymore,thankfully If i smoke less and healthier i can still smoke and wake up feeling great
iv been somking for over a year but i dont smoke to cope with anxiety i only smoke at night and mostly to munch you think ima get this if i keep smoking
For 22 Years since I was 13 Years old, I've lived with nausea, extreme vomiting, extreme stomach pains including all the other symptoms associated with CHS, including taking Long Hot showers, taking anywhere between 5-20 times day. I had smoked for 22 Years straight and only find out recently what CHS was. I Haven't smoked any Weed for 3 Days now and I'm feeling Better than I've ever felt in the last 22 Years. You have no Idea how much torture I've endured during those 22 Years. I will never Touch Marijuana again!
So for the past few years I’d get these moments of headaches and nausea and would throw up bad I hated it seems like I could sleep it away but no it had to run it’s course. Sometimes I would even leave work it would be so bad. It wasn’t an everyday thing but enough to make me question what’s wrong with me. Like I said I’d have moments where I feel normal enough to not really go to a hospital plus at the time no Heathcare. Anyways this week I’ve been soo nauseous not much headache but throwing up. One time I immediately felt sick after smoking a backwood blunt and thought the wrap was maybe moldy. Today I googled ‘sick from backwood’ and that brought be here... I’m the person who’s been smoking almost daily all day since I was 12 I’m 33 now. I’m not sure if I have this syndrome but I will stop smoking soon cause it’s not worth dealing with this.
Thank you for this video . I was always in my head thinking that there’s no way all of a sudden I’m just getting sick every morning. I’m currently in bed trying to feel better but everyday it’s nausea . Yesterday I actually decided to let go . Hopefully I can make it through this . 🙏🏽
Cayenne Pepper with water helps this problem as well. But, need to stop smoking completely because THC disables your pancreas and gallbladder from properly digesting food for almost 30 days. The higher THC buildup you have in you, the longer the recovery. You can eat normally after 30 days. If you eat heavy during the first week of recovery, you will get very sick because your gallbladder and pancreas need time to rid itself of THC. It'll take 30 days until you can eat heavy again, only stick to fluids and light stuff the first 3 weeks. I went thru all this. I love you all.
I’m currently going through it right now I quit a couple days ago since then the nausea and pain kind of stopped but comes back when I wake up at 2 in the morning every single time I feel bad for having to wake my mom up so she can distract me from it . It’s terrifying honestly i get a lot of anxiety too but the only time I know I’m gonna throw up is when the anxiety does come it’s a horrible thing to go through I remember I went to the doctors a month ago (I’ve been experiencing this for more then 2 months) and I lost about 10 to 15 pounds and I’ve been in and out of the ER hecka times they did not say I had this because they never wanted to do anything to help me besides give me some unhelpful medication that I threw back up so I did researching and I literally had all these symptoms I gave all my 🍃 supplies to my mom and told her not to give it to me ever no matter how much I ask for it or beg also it’s strange how people that have this wake up around 2 then stay up till 5 due to the constant nausea that caused me to stop sleeping because I didn’t wanna feel sick
Had a similar ER experience last week. Uncontrollable vomiting with every test coming back negative and feeling utterly helpless. When I finally told them I smoke weed they easily connected the dots and now I'm on my 4th sober day. I'm in for a long ride but I'm glad I'm not alone.
I just started to research this syndrome yesterday and unfortunately I think this is gonna be my problem FOR about 6 YEARS !! too, but im not 100% sure. My story is same, but kinda different. I im 27 and im smoking weed for like 11 years. I smoke more than 8 years everyday and allways arround 1 - 1,5 G per day, sometimes more. I dont remember a day without weed anymore... About 6years ago i woke up with terrible stomach pain and nausea (throw-up feeling shooting trgough stomach to my throat every couple of seconds) and i spend couple of days like you said- showers, heating pad (i burned my back bcs of it, still got a 2inch scar ), EMPTY-vomiting, drinking and vomiting that water instantly. Didnt eat. After like 3-4 days it was gone so I tought it was not serious. About a half year after, it started again and it was for like 6days. Went to the hospital and everything negative. Got some med but it i didnt felt difference. So after that few days i didnt feel sick anymore so I just lived on and smoked. After another half a year it went big. I was vomiting for a week and trough that, I only ate A ONE HALF OF APPLE. I had simmilar feeling like you- weird vison, talking slowly and I couldnt walk properrly. I had to lean on somebody to walk. So my gf dragged me to the bus and from bus to the hospital (shes unfortunately my ex but she was amazing with that) There were some tests, and like a surprise, everything negative. I dont know what he did there, but he pushed on my stomach kinda hard and suddenly my stomach made little bit of stomach sound and I suprisingly went a bit better. Even doc didnt know what he did so I think its just coincidence. I went home, next day I was good so i lived same for another half a year and.... AGAIN... this time it was better and I went trough it without hospital. But I knew I have to start to treating it. So I went in couple of hospitals, everything was allways negative and they only said i have a mud in gallbladder (forreshadow of gallstones) but its not serious. I got some medications and this changed my life. I got some natural drug, wich should help to improove the microflora in my stomach (i know its weird but thats what doc said). I dont know what happened but instead of heavy CHS syndrome every half of year, I have a less intense pains EVERY MORNING, but only for like half a hour. The hot shower allways keeped the pain down until it disappeared. If I dont use the shower, i will start empty-vomiting till I got some hot water on my stomach. So I live like that for something like 4 years. IMPORTANT THING - 3y ago, I switched from showers to hairdryier and it was good until i saw by back in the mirror 3 days ago. Lower half of my back is darker and its obvious i burned my back...So now I cannot camp, I have to be close to the hot water every morning, all my vacations started as a disaster because we allways drove trough night, cannot drink alcohol, because I started to be sick after two shots (at least beer is harmless in small amounts), food became to be just a fuel thing - I dont enjoy food as much as i did, I just chasing away a hunger feeling... So a LOT of things is now a problem for me. Yesterday i found that and i just said to myself ITS FUKIN ENOUGH and I didnt smoke for the whole day. I know its not much too but like I said, I dont remember a day without weed. I hope i will get to the state when i can smoke at least one joint per day . I will try last as long as i can. WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS !! :)
I have chs I stopped for 10 days and then I gave it a chance but got stupid ass high then next weekend I smoked again got lit like i was 14 again then my tolerance came back but i smoke on weekends only and it hasn't fucked me up if i feel kind of off i put 10 to 14 days between next time i do it because i really love weed as well but eating healthy and drinking water I dont feel bad I think it has alot to do with how we treat our bodies
i think its all the dabs and super potent weed that is in the dispenceries I know people whove smoked 30 years everyday without any effects like this in the uk
@lucky m3x thats fucked when i stop the only withdrawals i really get are finding it slightly harder to sleep (i know everyones different) but i imagine if i was have some the mad strains and dabs and shit in the US those withdrawals would definitely be worse
Same! I wouldn’t eat and could hardly drink anything either.. so when I did throw up it was nothing but stomach acid. I had to force down a few gulps of Gatorade so that I could throw that up instead of dry heaving stomach acid.
I currently have that 😢 and it’s not easy to quit. Hopefully I’ll be able to soon. Thank you for the informative video. When I get sick, it feels like pure acid.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I relate to you in so many ways. i just got out of the hospital yesterday from this. This will now be my 4th time going to the er. I was told i have chs the 2nd time i went in and i kept telling myself i would stop and i just couldn’t. i relied on weed to feel normal and i realize that the only way to fix this is to stop smoking. i do wonder tho if somewhere down the line i can smoke again without getting this after going a while without smoking? i’m so glad i have someone to relate to and i’m not alone in this because everyone around me has never been through this or never even heard about it. i’m starting my sober journey today. it’s hard but i’m pushing through.
Had acute panky in 2022, now have chronie panky in 2024. Developed CHS in march, stopped smoking all together. Acute panky smoked the hell outta me. Definately who has ever been through this will see life completely differently.
I’m glad I’m not insane going through it right now for the third time like you say I didn’t believe It but quitting is the answer stay strong people and make this known NOT EVERYONE WHO SMOKES GETS/HAS CHS IT IS RARE If you suffered puking in hot showers like I have god bless you it will be okay to the people who don’t have it you’ll never understand
Ruined my life. Ran a medical marijuana retail shop and had it for 7 years. Got prescribed 32mg of dillaudid and 100mcg fentanyl patches every day. Finally lost it and went sober and quit everything and ended up in a coma in the ICU. Came out the other side super grateful. Still get the hunger pain thing.
I also have CHS. Had the whole line of symptoms like excruciating chest pain, extreme acid reflux, constant uncontrollable vomiting, and extreme weakness. Was admitted into the ER, and was so sick from it that I had lost about 12 lbs. So glad to feel hundred percent again, but really hope that somehow there will be a cure for CHS sometime in the future. I've been 420 sober since October 2019, and am curious if there is a possibility of being able to partake once every couple of weeks or something? If anyone can get back to me on that, that would be great!
I think about that a lot too. with my dependency there’s more factors for me, but most people I know who suffer with it are not able to smoke at all. I just try and not think about the future and just take every day one day at a time. I know that’s not the most helpful but it’s all we got for now :(
@@Alliebbkay Thank you for your reply back. I haven't tried it since i was admitted into the ER due to fear, but yeah it's definitley a big temptation at times for sure.
redflare100 I think I might have it too, did you get bloating and bad digestion too? Every time I stop smoking my digestion gets way better and my stomach hurts every day when I smoke. I smoke daily
Ive had chs for 6 years. You can smoke but very little, if youre offered a bowl or joint just take 1 hit. I dont recommend smoking more than 3 times a week though. Ive been smoking a lot during this quarantine mine flared up yesterday so i chilled tf out lol, that sickness is scary af.
You’re spot on , it really feels like body is shutting down. I went through this seven times in about 16 months before being diagnosed with CHS. I’m 45 years old and started smoking at 16. By the time I was 18 I was smoking daily so stopping was a life challenge like I had never undertake. I’ve smoked twice in the last 8 months I hope to stop for good.
is CHS always accompanied by vomiting and stomach pains?? i felt sick myself but never stomach ache or vomiting.. just headaches, dehydration and feeling like you are going to die.. also, do you vape or smoke cigarettes?
One thing I’ve learned is that no one will understand the experience unless you’ve gone through it. Worst stomach pain in the world and you feel extremely helpless. I have a high pain tolerance too but chs does not care! God bless anyone going through it rn. Just had an episode about a week ago for 2 weeks straight and it was awful. I lost about 15 pounds. I’m done with weed, not worth it
Been dealing with these symptoms myself, really don't want to quit smoking but I see it's the only way to stop this from progressing. Here's yo hoping I'm able to quit cold turkey. Anyone leave a reply if they have any advice/tips
I had the same problem I been smoking for over 5 years and when I was 19 when I got it not fun at all I got better then started smoking again i quit yesterday and it's hard I'm addicted to weed but I no I can do it again I just get irritated easy and I have 2 babys to care for and it's even harder but I made my choice up and I'm done smoking it's not worth feeling sick and missing out playing and loving my kids and it stops me from going out and getting a job and doing daily things I need to get done pray for me!😑😭🤮
Im on day 37. When i first felt the symptoms I ate some dough and i assumed thats what made me sick, i realized hitting the cart after work made the symptoms go away. I only smoked carts for 4 weeks but heavily. Its hard to sleep, stomach aches come and go, headaches, these 2 are 24/7 mostly, diarrhea, heartburn, 170 heart rate, no medications, quit cold turkey, nausea, dizzy, feels like im dying, doctors say im fine. Cant even talk some mornings just suck up the pain. I promise I will never touch it again. Can someone tell me how long it took them to feel better
a really common question is how long does it take for symptoms to go away. it’s different for everyone. for me, it was probably around 2ish weeks before the nausea started to subside. comment below how long it took for you to feel normal. This comment sections has so many stories that people relate to and I really hope it’s helping people feel less alone.
SMH no more smoking weeed had this 4 times in a year takes about 2 weeks of bad vomiting for it to go away
What about medical smoke ????
@@moonbeam8120 unfortunately it’s any form of THC; smoking, edibles etc. I would also avoid CBD.
@@dazzle3096 thank you for your help im just so miserable wirh the gastroparesis and daily nusea and vomting im at my wits end I'd try anything
@@moonbeam8120 I hope you get well - This is my third episode this year of this crap. I just stumbled upon this CHS couple weeks ago and haven’t stopped looking into ever since.
This is day number two for me in 15 years without THC - flower only smoker to boot.
It really does feel like you’re dying… you can’t eat, sleep, you’re just shaking… the pain is immense, and then it fades for a bit and you feel like you’re fine and out of nowhere it punches you right in the gut again
Yep, the pain for me was worse than anything I have ever felt, when I first got symptoms I thought maybe it was food poisoning, then It would happen again, and again, the final time I almost died from it, I was so dehydrated and I couldn’t eat, I couldn’t keep water down, I was going pale, getting cramps elsewhere and could barely move, if I was living alone, it might have gotten to a point where I would have died in my own bed. I spent time I the ER hooked on a drip IV, and medications, and when I got out I had to slowly get back into eating. I was only able to eat watermelon and soups at the time because my stomach was just not prepared for eating. This condition was absolute hell.
How I am feeling right now the first time was bad but this time was really fucked up I got everything you just said never again that's crazy man !!
You people are doing dabs like crazy that’s why.
@@Dopamine1245 bullshit.
@@Dopamine1245 This happened to me too. But, I've read many articles from patients and different doctors that THC disables your gallbladder and pancreas from digesting food, so when you eat, you get way sicker after you eat because your body can't digest food properly. The only cure is to quit smoking. It takes 30 days to go back to normal, the same time frame it takes THC to leave your system.
To all of you who spent days in the tub/shower like I did ... I just want y’all to know I love you and you’re not crazy. It gets better when you quit, I promise!
thanks for that brother
Actually thanks for this man
thank u! day 1 today
Thanks brother. One day 5 now.
@@ashton6280 I’m on my second day n I’m feeling alittle better still feel the symptoms but not as much as the first day, first day was hell.
I didn’t believe it either. I had smoked 20+ years without any issues, but then I almost died. Even then I didn’t think it was marijuana. I had quit for 2 years and within 2 months after starting back I almost died again. I had one bout of puking 24/7 for 12 days. I now have ptsd but I’ll never smoke again. The puking is nothing like any puking you’ve ever felt. It tasted like pure vodka or straight alcohol every time I puked. Thank you so much for bringing this to light. The decline your body goes through and how fast is unlike anything else. I had thrown up so much the doctors literally tried a burning cream to get my mind off of puking and it did nothing but burn like hot magma. I’ll never smoke marijuana again.
i thought i was dying. i had constant hot flashes, sweaty hands and feet, horrible stomach aches and diarrhea, vomiting for no reason and i felt like i needed to take baths to feel better it was the only thing i wanted. i couldn’t eat
Same i cant take it anymore
VampGirl KaylaHargrove please tell me . How are u doing???? I’m going through it right now
I’m going through a gnarly episode now...how long until I start waking up feeling normal it’s my 2nd day weed free
Yep same here idk if I have this but, all those symptoms, not really stomach ache like hurting wise? But my stomach was grumbling like crazy. And baths or hot showers were a saving grace. But I’m in Texas and I don’t want to get in trouble but I feel so bad. And I don’t do it often just corona made it stressful for me cause of work and college so I got some karts and just smoked at night to help me sleep and occasionally I’ll hit a dab but I started smoking last July 2019 and these is second time the first wasn’t nearly as bad. But anyways
I’m currently in the hospital for this ive been here for 2 nights going on my 3rd smh
I was just realeased yesterday with chs and really appreciate finding more people who understand. Feelin like death
Daisy Mapes i watched a video about how there’s a natural pesticide called neem that could be making us sick, the guy went to a dispensary that had pesticide free marijuana and he felt like he used to, no illness, he immediately felt better, idk if this is a fact.
@@babyboop8056 yeah neem oil is nasty shit if you ingest it. idk if legal grows use it, I would hope not, but some amateur growers do for sure.
Holy shit the pain in my abdomen is really unmatched with any other pain I’ve ever felt
@It’s blitz not true I’ve had it and it’s still there but over time it gets depressed and as long as you don’t smoke everyday it’s fine I smoke every week and I don’t have any more issues with CHS
@@iheartoxyz id love to smoke once a week, but that would literally be the most stressful thing ever, for me I want to get as high as I possibly can (i have an addictive personality), pretty much I want to od on weed so I can feel released. Sadly me and people like me cant do it on occasion, the feeling of needing more would just over envelope me eventually, ending up in the same place im at now, Sadly ill have to give up my sweet love mj. I really do love her and it makes me sad I have to untangle out roots with each other.
Trust me none of us wanted to believe it
Fr tho this shit is wack
Dude im 17 smoked 1 joint for second time and i was fucking dying of that shit . It didnt go fucking well worst thing happened to me last night
Man two years ago I was having my first episode and had never heard of this. I thought I was dying. On my second trip to the ER they asked if I smoked a lot of weed and when I said yes she said I should stop to see if that’s the cause. I thought she was just a weed hating doctor so I sparked my wood as soon as I got back in the car thinking it would help😂BOY was I wrong. I’m on day 3 of an episode rn and haven’t smoked(in 3 days)it’s taking everything in me not to spark up.
amir zamani some nights are rougher than others friend
Loes C I’ve heard it gets really fucking bad if you don’t stop homie, like, kidney failure bad
“Didn’t want to believe it” sums up the stage I’ve been in for probably 3 years
SAME. I’ve been aware of chs, but not willing to do my research. Turns out I’ve been in this boat for two years 😭
Same here man
Same
Same wtf how is this so common all my homies are fine
Act on it brother change your life.
I find that the the further we legalize weed- we will start to discover not only more benefits but unfortunately more side effects as well. I do not have CHS, however I do have terrible abdominal pain and intestinal issues that arose after I stopped smoking. I was also heavily dependent on weed for my depression. I understand the struggle of not having it there- it’s been one of the craziest battles I’ve fought with myself on. I appreciate your courage in sharing your story and hope that further research will explore more of how and why CHS occurs.
Depending on weed to help relieve depression- yep!! Im in the same boat completely, helps the mood short term, longterm use makes it worse, I like to kill time being high thats all I do basically. That song by Afroman: "i was gonna clean my room until I got high" is true, I have barely any motivation for anything anymore
@@britndayz make a plan before you smoke then carry it out and enjoy it more because you’re high
@@britndayz when you smoke, just get up and make yourself do whatever you want to do, once you start you’ll be invested.
Fucking love that there are others out there, especially when people who don’t experience say “that’s not true, weed doesn’t do that”.. so frustrating
Yup im going thru it
YES THIS my siblings all smoke we have for years and the past weeek I’ve bene going thru this and I finally searched it up and found out what was wrong and of course they don’t believe it because “weed doesn’t do that “
There’s no test to prove it. “G.I specialist specific words”
@@dresmith8086 so are you trying to say it’s fake? What lmao
@@fvckkatie5317 I had it today and thought I almost died worst feeling every just sold my bong and kush can’t do it won’t ever go through that again I don’t care how weed feels that shit was ass
CHS has been the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. just found out i had it on thursday. i also thought i was going down and i have never been so scared
i’m so sorry:( it’s such a bad feeling I hope you start to heal soon ❤️
ezvic420 so it can be prevented really?
Shad Ruth it’s not 100% effective, about 90% tho. I rarely need showers anymore. You have to be careful not to let your stomach run out of gas and if it does you have to prime the pump with A&W and the stomach will go away and allow you eat normal instead of getting worse and having nausea. If you have to drink the root beer in the shower and by the time you pee once or twice you’ll be out the shower feeing great 👍🏻 you will burp and feel the gut rot subsided. It’s a strange feeling. Like when you have bad heartburn and the antacid just kicks in. Takes the burning away. And it has a pleasant sweet root beer aftertaste LoL 😂
Shad Ruth CHS can only be Prevented if you don’t smoke weed. But the effects of CHS can be combatted with healthier foods and hot showers. But if I didn’t have a HOT shower I would still be up shit creek. About 1-2 times a week I still have to use the shower but I haven’t been to the hospital in over 5 years . I have it under control
Shad Ruth see the pinned comment on my video , it’s a video about stomach health. The root beer primes the pump. It feeds the good bacteria in your stomach th-cam.com/video/M95w0lAyOAM/w-d-xo.html
It's crazy watching this video and realize how similar our experience was. Not just to you, but all the people in the comment-section aswell.
I literally thought I was going to die the first time this happened to me. The suffering can get unreal, especially if your alone, and no one's there to help you. (Bring you water, help regulate the temperatur, etc)
Last time things got bad was 4 years ago. I told myself that next time this shit happens, Im quitting for good.
Then two days ago, it was go-time again. Like holy ****. I was so sick I even had some illusions.
I'm still a young man, my worries is getting this sick when I'm older... I don't think a old body can cope with this. Atleast not as good as a young body can.
So here I am... 11 years down the road from my first joint. And guess what?
Im quitting this shit. I love weed, but this illness. Naaah, it aint worth the high!
Good on you for putting the information out there. This will help alot of people getting to the bottom of this.
Best of luck to you in the future :) !
I’m 60 and after 40 years of smoking I started having these symptoms which landed me in the hospital. Yes as you age your body changes snd you may develop sensitivities and reactions you never had before. You are wise to stop now.
I think I have it like I only threw up twice yesterday but it might have been food poisoning but
How are you keeping to not having it more? I think you make a very wise choice to abstain from things while you are still young. I am nearing 40 and habits we make in our youth are hard to shake as time goes on, so any you can foster that are healthier for you id applaud. Hopefully you’re feeling good and making choices that benefit you! Not to sound preachy, 😅
10 years in and out of the ER😢😢😢 GRATEFUL TO HAVE A DX!!! AND SOLUTION!!! ABSTINENCE!!! CHS IS COMPARABLE TO CHILDBIRTH, WHICH IVE DONE TWICE....THANK YOU JESUS!!!!
My situation is very similar, went to urgent care 3 times this year for CHS. I started my sobriety journey yesterday. The sickness isn’t worth it in my opinion. Thankyou for sharing!
wishing you the best of luck 💙
this video really helped me realize that this isn’t as rare of a syndrome as it would seem, makes me feel a little bit more normal.. i’ve been smoking for almost 4 years now and it didn’t hit me until last year. the last time was yesterday and omg never again! what a nightmare having cold chills and hot flashes, sweating, crying and throwing up when anything was in my system. i was also in denial denial denial… the minute i felt somewhat fine again i’d started smoking again and eventually get carried away to the point of being so weak and nauseous. it’s just not worth it for me anymore, the side effects hurt so much i can’t even fight them off enough to enjoy flower like i used to.
My bf is heavily dependent on weed for his depression and trauma.. he doesn’t have CHS but he’s just CONSTANTLY worried about weed and nothing else and doesn’t wanna believe he has a problem. It just reminded me of him and I hope one day he’s able to see it and slow down. Everyone is so pro-weed but they don’t realize it can have negative effects and it IS ADDICTIVE.
pls don't have kids with him...been there...it gets worse if not addressed
I was like your boyfriend weed is truly the only thing that helped until I got Chs and now I have no choice to quit but it’s for the best
9 months clean over here and believe me it was like learning to walk again.. I'll never go back
Can you go into detail? I’m struggling right now. I have an addiction to it for my depression and anxiety. I need to know about the light at the end of the tunnel.
@@emilinebelle7811 hit me up ig: therealjulez
i'll explain my experience. but know this there is no other cure than stoppin cannabis for good.
@@therealjulez7886 bro what was ur experience during the symptoms? Does it get better if you quit week by week?
@@andrecorleone9673 I’m tryna know too😭
@@bigmanzae3746 Im on day 10 and feels better than before 🙏 first week was tough
That dying feeling is a combination of the stomach cramps and blood pressure drops. I paid extreme attention to what I was going through at the time I noted aside from the uncontrollable retching my arms and legs started loosing sensation and peripheral vision was fading. Fist thing that came to mind is. “Oh god I’m going to die here on my bathroom flood”. It was an agony like no other. Exquisite even…
I’m never smoking again I’ve been dealing with this for 6 yrs I never wanted to admit that I didn’t want to stop now this is my fault and I’m so happy I found someone who knows my pain
Omg I feel your pain. I’m 39 now, been smoking daily since I was 16 or so. My chs started in 2016 right after they legalized it in my state. I didn’t want to believe it either. Took years to accept it. It would pass and I would start smoking more again. Never again. Day four without right now. Almost cost me my management job last week.. it’s caused me to get in a car accident, caused me to loose roommates, lovers. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy.
I'm 39 and just found out today the 27th of March 2022. I watched this video and laughed and cried and watched it again and again and again. Thank you for this video. I feel so much more normal now. Xxx
I feel like the panic attacks are the worse part of it Nd the stomach pain
Alex the skater xx rip xxxtentacion
Rip x fuk chs
Love that you're sharing your story girl
This is crazy. Turns out I’ve been having symptoms for two years. So many appointments and procedures just to be misdiagnosed. I thought I had bad acid reflux or stomach ulcers but now this makes so much sense. I wish I had done my research earlier
exactly me
Did your vomiting last for say a week straight or more like a day every so often? I’m trying to figure out if I have this.
This just happened to me, literally last week. Now I can’t stop learning about it and it needs to be talked about! Thank you for sharing your experience
It’s nice to find others that are or we’re going through the same thing . I feel like if you haven’t gone through it you wouldn’t understand the pain that is chs patientes have. There are no words to describe the amount of pain and discomfort that chs causes for one
Been smoking for 10 years this year. I do not have CHS, but was completely surprised to find out that this condition even existed, thank you for shedding some light on the matter. Coupled with this coronavirus pandemic I think I'll be on hiatus for a while. Hope everyone remains safe in these difficult times, and at least thinks of giving it a break even if just for a while🙏
Americans been selling mildew moldy weed to the public for years,
if im lying why has this not been reported in Holland or Jamaica????????????????? #ur government dont give a fuck about you.
@@gemcommunityorg and look at all the chemicals they are putting in it now
Ive known its been from weed and i always just go back momths later and ease into it, eventually ending up sick again. I am so proud of you and i hope your sobriety continues
Took the words out of my mouth, “without chs, I would’ve never realized I had a problem”
I said the same thing to my husband when my vomiting episodes started. I felt like I was dying! I completely understand you and I don’t think it was extreme, it is how it really feels.
I slept on my bathroom floor waking up every hour of the night drenched in sweat and this was the same night they gave me a dose of zofran! I needed two for it to work at all and they didn’t give me enough to last thru my sickness
Lol same
I've been a smoker for 2 straight years. 1st year was just occasionally with friends. I started buying my own 1/8ths. Then straight to ounces. Then 2 ounces a month. Then I switched to dabs, 8 grams per 3 weeks to a month. I was smoking myself to sickness dude. I love marijuana and all its benefits, I love that its helped my family. I love that it helped me for a short time! But I am an addict, I have to admit that. I have to CONFESS that I am not a responsible smoker, drinker - anything.
I am not responsible enough with my own emotions to enjoy something recreational like that. Because it started as medicinal, but that ended VERY quick like.
I was nauseous all the time, everyone thought I was pregnant for months and months because I was so nauseous all the time. It's my 4th day sober and it's been a fuck shit storm of emotions. And it's hard as fuckkkkk. But with my own mind and my own personality, I cannot continue to smoke and pretend that it's not damaging my mental health and my lifestyle. People get so judgemental over this because "weed is the end all be all, replacement for ALL pharamceuticals." It can be for some people. But to assume everyone will get benefits from smoking weed is stupid.
My bipolar 2 and dabs DO NOT MIX. I remember reading an article about the dangers of bipolar disorder and smoking because bipolar can be such an intense mental illness - you CANNOT smoke randomly throughout the day just whenever to self medicate - it will make everything worse (for me). My bipolar I've discovered needs exact routines to keep my mood stable. You cant STAY high ALLLLL the time even if you try. There will always be a come down, and then you'll get high again. That constant up and down tripped my bipolar out, because it was trying to do its OWN up and down shit.
My husband had to sit me down and have an intervention. He told me that I'm not the same, he said I was avoidant, said I was neglectful of him AND my cats (deadass), i was spending every cent on dabs. Literally the other day i had 2 cents in my bank account because i had bought dabs the day before, and i still had a week til payday.
Addiction doesnt give a FUCK what you want or what your priorities are, what your true needs are. Addiction says i want it and I want it now, and if I dont get it I'm gonna cause a mothafuckin scene.
Thank you for this video, sheds so much light without putting marijuana users or marijuana itself down. 💜 you are inspiring my continuing sobriety 💜
i’m so glad you looked inward and realized what you had to do. as good as marijuana can be for some people, it doesn’t interact well with others. take everything one day at a time. focus on the present and worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. I wish you the best of luck ❤️
This isn't weed it's an indoor product made by man SMOKE NATURAL
Just got home from the hospital from that crap honestly one of the worst pains i felt in my life. I smoke a jay a day for a little over a year. Can’t believe this happened to me.
Same honestly, I’ve heard of this being more common in people who smoked for yearssss. I’m genuinely scared I’m not sure if I have it or not but the symptoms seem pretty similar, how would I know for sure ?
@@GeeW0rld quit smoking and if your symptoms go away then it’s Chs
Thank you for this video. I’m just getting over my second CHS experience and it’s the worst. No one else I know has experienced this. I have been hospitalized and thought I was dying and STILL didn’t want to quit. This is a wake up call that, as much as I don’t want to admit it, I have a problem. I do the same thing where I say I’ll ease back into it but eventually start smoking all day every day again. I need to find better ways to cope with life, time to start my sobriety journey
thank you so much for sharing your story, your story is exactly like mine to the point. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video, this can truly educate people.
Grateful for your story and your transparency. We found out our daughter has CHS as well. She has just fully stopped cannabis she's in the middle of a 5-day episode right now. It definitely affected her worse at the beginning of her cycles. She's used cannabis to cope during covid to relieve her anxiety and had been smoking pretty heavily the last two months. She had an episode over Thanksgiving a few weeks ago and was good for a bit and then started back in last Wednesday. She's always had a sensitive system So she was already prone to stomach issues. She's so grateful to actually know now what is going on with her.
How do you stop when its the only thing that makes you feel okay. I'm going through this rn, I diagnosed myself about 3 weeks ago and I can't stop. I go to the dr tomorrow and I'm gonna try to get through this
After 12 hours of not smoking you’ll feel a little better then you hit 24 hours and then 48 hours. I’m almost at 24 hours rn the abdominal pain is almost gone I’ve been dealing with REALLY bad sweating shaking and anxiety. The shaking is getting better. None of the anti nausea medications were working for me I was given reglan it gave me the most relief out of all the others they tried. I ended up having to go to the hospital but tough it out for 24-48 hours without smoking and see if you feel better.
Fuck no I wouldn't feel better after 48 hrs
Thank you so much
I've smoked for 20 years and this shit just started with me over the past year... I quit smoking for just 2 days and I am feeling almost normal again... I would wake up every single morning and be sick for 4 or 5 hours every morning..
It’s so frustrating, because most of the time I’ve ever felt sick before I’d smoke we’d and feel better, but now weed is making me feel sick and it just hurts my soul lmao
When you said you were almost 6 months sober...I felt that. I almost teared up bc I know that’s gonna be hard for me. My head has been up my ass too, and I’m finally coming to terms after years of stopping and starting again. Just. Like. You. This video was the perfect testimony I needed to hear. Do you honestly ever want to smoke again or have you smoked again?
I'm 50 now and have been a daily toker for 32 years (minus 4 in which I quit). Weird thing is...back in the 90's, when all I could get was bud with stems and seeds, I never experienced this syndrome. About 2015 this started on me. Luckily, I've rode them out except once I went to the ER. They didn't come up with anything.
Only seemed to begin when I started cartridges. Not saying that's the cause.
Flower and other kinds of products today have just gotten quite strong.
This syndrome with me is a crapshoot. I've quit before and when I look back, yah I wasn't sick for those years. So I've slowed to just a few flower tokes a day but I'm still taking chances.
Yes, abstinence is unfortunately the only answer. You'll find that your intestines will return to normal after a while, bowel movements, etc. and that daily pit in your stomach feeling will go away.
You can eat again and the insomnia will lessen daily. Knowing I've stopped before makes this time quitting really much easier. Good luck all.
I stopped smoking today I smoked yesterday and was fine then 30 mins I had my right side of my body hurting I was on the floor in pain I didn’t know what it was. Then it went away I smoked another joint 30 mins later same feeling I thought I was going to die. I jumped in the shower and it went away. Then I looked it up then CHS came up and I didn’t wanna believe it. So I grabbed all my weed and dumped down the toilet.
Do you still smoke?
GIRL THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. I’m on day 7, nausea has gone away but still sweating through my sleep, tossing and turning, and now coughing up flem :.) so cute. We got this!!!!!
i am crying so hard right now i cant believe this is actually my life now. im trying to graduate while going through the first symptoms of chs and im so anxious but i know i have to stop, its been 5 years now how am i supposed to do this
You have to take all your weed paraphernalia out of your place of living. I gave all my weed and shit to my friend 5 days ago, and I don’t have any cravings whatsoever cuz CHS is currently fucking me
@@dr1lltrckz147 see with me i think i had it a cpl months ago. I woke up daily for roughly a month or a little more than that feeling like complete shit. Nauseus as well but i only threw up once on two of those days and havent had anything like that happen since then. Ive smoked almost daily since then. Im quiting now tho for atleast a month to see what happens. Because although i had chs related feelings it doesnt seem to compare to everyones trips to the ER and stomach pains which i didnt have either. Hope your feeling better at this point🙏
Forgot to mention these feelings were from roughly end of march til around may at some point
@@Ant1121 how long were you smoking for ?
@@chrisfosu4619 6-8 months
My girlfriend was diagnoses recently and i told her id stop smoking with her, its been so hard for me giving it up. But i dont want her to feel like she has to quit alone, all her friends smoke and i want her to know she doesn’t have to go through it alone, because it is difficult for sure.
A NOTE: I didn’t have any issues that would make me smoke I just really liked smoking weed
my other half is currently experiencing the most painful symptoms of CHS amd this video has really helped me to help him. thanks for this. Not enough ppl talk about this.
Forty seven years old and hospitalized for the first time last Tuesday. For the last six months I have been struggling with appetite, nausea, and vomiting. After seeing an urgent care, an appointment with my primary care doc, and an ER visit they finally nailed it. I was convinced that I had a terminal illness leading up to last week. Numerous tests, X-rays, and CT scans revealed no issues which created an immense amount of anxiety. So happy to find you and so many others who are dealing with this.
*** If you are experiencing the symptoms explained in the video or described in the comments please do yourself a favor and abstain. It progresses and each instance more intense and severe. ***
Love y’all. Take care!!!
Thank you for sharing. I’m currently in the bath dying and I appreciate this video. I’ve started my sobriety journey today. I can’t do this anymore. I don’t know if it is chs or cvs but its worth a try. If I can stop getting sick, it’s worth it!
Hello I was wondering how your doing now? I’m currently in the bath dying as well. It’s just so hard to stop.
I’ve been in and out of ER. Your story completely matched mine. I smoked heavily everyday. To cure my anxiety, to cure my depression, to cure my stomach and abdominal pain that started about two years ago before discovering I had CHS today after I had an endoscope I received a lot of answers but was sad because I knew what I had to do which is quit. All day today I’ve been emotional with the drastic changes etc. My Gi doctor also noted muscle spasm but stated it’s mainly coming from all the usage of cannabis. Each time I tried to express my story to my friends who are smokers they would NOT believe me.
I made the mistake today and smoked one time. To get rid of the nausea and to gain some appetite. After seeing this video I want to make a plan to completely stop smoking. The thought of it sets fear into me because I am sooo dependent on it for everything.
Any recommendations during the withdrawals of more anxiety sweating episodes etc? to get through everything without weed?
I am 45 years old been smoking since I was 19 this vomiting started for me about 4 years ago, i discovered the research on this subject 5 months ago and decided to stop and see if it helped me cure myself, which it seems to. I see a lot of different opinions from people of different age groups etc on this and other videos/articles/discussions of this subject and it does make me wonder if this isn't occurring because of modern botany techniques related to growing pot, some say they grow their own and still have this illness. My question is where do they acquire their seed and has the entire seed stock become polluted (as we have heard Monsanto has done through genetically modifying the corn seed stock)?? Prior to the last ten years and the legalization and mass marketing of weed I have never once heard of these symptoms in anyone and that covers users of 2 years to long term users of 20+ years. In short I believe this is a real problem but not a naturally occurring problem. I think the powers that be are messing with the botany folks, not good!
also awhile back, the thc percentage used to be 4-6% and now its up in the 30s. that and wax that is commonly used now makes for a lot more thc than in the past
Darxyde Dave I’ve thought this same thing myself.
Thanks for that bit of info, still researching this subject. You are doing a valuable service with this video keep up the good work.
I’m 38 and been smoking since I was 16 . Started vomiting about 3 years ago. I never heard of this either until a few years ago. There needs to be more research on this.
I should mention I quit smoking about a year ago and after two days aLL my nausea went away. I still smoke now but Hardly smoke flower. I just stick with oil and it seems to help. No nausea in the mornings no vomiting. I have to stop tho around 6pm at night and I’m fine. If I smoke later I seem to have a little nausea in the morning. I used to smoke an eighth a day at least now if I get an eighth it’ll last me 3weeks. Just take one or two hits off a small bowl and I’m fine. Takes the edge off. I’m working up to completely quitting but it was just so hard to sleep without it. I was sleeping only a couple hours a night when I quit completely I started going insane from sleep deprivation but I had no nausea so I still felt way better. Nothing worse than vomiting bile every morning ugh good luck with everything. Thanks for sharing. Think there needs to be a ton more research on this
Thank you for making this video. It's always weird hearing someone else's experiences with it because they always seem to mirror my own experiences so closely. I'm so happy you've found sobriety, you're an inspiration to me. I'm 1 week sober as of today, looking forward to the rest of my life.
I just got diagnosed with CHS yesterday in the hospital, I came right to TH-cam to find my people🙏🏼
Do you think I have it the strongest nausea for me has been when I stopped using weed related to withdrawals I'm trying to detect if the vape is causing nausea or is it the marijuana that I smoke daily I noticed after vaping Nicotine I get nauseous sometimes I puke from vaping most mornings I wake up with a abdominal pain cramps relieved by use washroom vaping nicotine seems to bring on the symptoms and smoke marijuana seem to relieve the symptoms of nausea cramps and bloating so I'm confused on rare occasions out of nowhere after smoking weed from a bong 15 to 10 minutes after suddenly I had strong nausea and I vomited a few times this is only happened once 10 years i chronically smoked weed one thing I noticed if anyone knows experiences this but I tend to experience periods of feeling cold chilly quite frequently I'm not sure if it's smoking related but warm hot showers make me feel so much better it's not so much nausea that I'm taking the showers is the fact that I'm chronically feeling cold all time but even the nausea that I'm feeling from hitting Vapes I feel that having a hot shower even makes me feel better drinking hot beverages like tea and coffee also seem to make nausea go away
Other times that I've had vomited associated with marijuana use was because I was already sick to begin with with a cold or flu and cough spell from hit bong caused gag reflexes to make me puke especially after having a drink or eating something
Its crazy cause my first bout in the hospital with CHS being involved they said i had pancreatitis too. It would def explain the pain for sure.
It's the cb1 and cb2 receptors I heard they are permanently damaged after the over use of thc it happens to ppl faster when they use concentrates
permanently
@@kaybt what?
a gengar with a sexy smile is it permanent?
@@AdrianA-yj3ei I think it is everytime I tried to smoke eventually it comes back
a gengar with a sexy smile I have quit this is the end of my 2nd day should i have gone to we first? I am not diagnosed but I know it’s what I have because that’s all I’ve been doing since quarantine and have the same symptoms I can’t tell my parents I smoked because they will be mad should I just drink Pedialyte and stay away from the herb?
This CHS is the WORST.. I’m experiencing it alone and it’s bringing me unhealthy, unnatural thoughts.. feels like I’m dying every second or literally just want to tell everyone to take me out of my misery.. I’ve been clean from the flower for a week and a day.. I’m so sad all the time it’s the worst.. I don’t know what to do.. I thought I was going through this alone.. Do you have any advice on something that could be helpful for the anxiety? This video hit home for me.. Weed helped me face the world now that I can’t smoke it.. there’s heavy anxiety on top of the CHS pain..
Girl it feels so good to know I’m not the only one going thru this u have no idea
I've seen so many videos and articles on CHS and I've been in denial for a while now but this video really got to me. Guys and girls, we're all different, however I can safely say that moderation does not make it go away, it will come back, and it comes back worse every time. I hate quitting the bud, yet I value my life and my health. Stay safe out there my friends🙏🏼
Holy shit. I’ve found my people here. I really wish this was more talked about and taken more seriously by ALL cannabis users🙁
Nothing worse than when someone says weed can’t cause an illness like this you feel so invalidated
How do i get chs but snoop dogg or wiz khalifa dont get it
HUGE MOOD. i’ve never understood that
because they smoke the real thing and the highest grade. U were probably hitting carts.
for all you that have chs once and quit weed for months and went back to it and smoked for months and symptoms never came back I’m telling you it will come back again. Trust me u have to put the Pipe down for ever . Happened to me already three times and I’m done for ever I will never smoke it
Agreed but if you smoke a little bit it doesn't seem to come back as strong
@@themetalicious7195 not as strong, but it’ll still come back at some point
I’ve been to the urgent care multiple times along with multiple er visits due to this. I also smoked more thinking it would help. I’ve never been in so much stomach pain in my life. Every time I get these spells of nausea and stomach pain I uncontrollably sob. I was in the er last night getting an iv bc Zofran doesn’t help. I haven’t smoked in about 4 days and I plan on not touching it anymore.
Have you found anything that’s been helpful?
Literally only been smoking flowers for five months, once a day nearly everyday and I still got it. My sister and father have been smoking daily for years and are fine. It’s the luck of the draw really
it really is
I'm nearing 7 months sobriety at this point. I lost so much weight that I had to go into eating disorder programs but no one there understood what I felt like during my withdrawal period. I'm glad people are able to openly talk about this so we can educate and help people when it's needed.
Does anyone know if it’s mostly concentrates that’s cause this? That’s what I’ve heard and from what I’ve experienced it seems pretty accurate. When I was in the ER the nurse told me that a lot of people have recently been coming in with the same symptoms. He also said that a lot of the time it was pens that people were smoking not the plant naturally.
Yeah the carts will
Do it ,even dispo carts aren’t good..
I began to experience CHS about a year ago. The vomit began in the afternoon at work and could be quite intense. Still, it was cyclical at the time. In November, 2024, it started to become a daily experience.
I've been sober for 20 days now and I haven't had any episodes in two weeks. I feel so much better. I hate being sober, but I hated being sick even more
Ive been suffering for 3-4 months so far. I have terrible anxiety on top of CHS, so on top of the nausea sweating and stabbing pains I couldn’t breathe. I would go from being normal to needing to gulp like a fish/ take deep huge breaths but I still felt like it wasn’t enough air. That stresses my body so I black out/ start shaking bad. I started staying up all night damn near like insomnia because in the back of my mind I knew it’s always worse when you wake up. So shi* if you don’t fall asleep you don’t have to wake up and be super sick. I’m not able to eat all day until the night time when I finally give in to smoking and I can finally eat one huuuge meal. I’ve lost 20 pounds in a couple weeks and I’m already 120 pounds. I had to quit my new job because I literally couldn’t show up every day and function without deep breathing through the pain and almost passing out. The weed feels like the only thing that soothes you, your stomach, your anything. I didn’t really get high anymore to get high I was smoking to maintain. Sparking a blunt in the morning made me want to throw up immediately but as soon as the high sets in you think you feel better.
I’m having that burning feeling now for like a month now, I have never threw up but I do be feeling real bad And it’s like I have to force myself to eat
Omg I’m literally going through the SAME THING I wake up every day at 8am from severe stomach pains I been smoking for YEARS and I’m 22 years old , I been to the hospital everyday this week because I thought I was gonna die from the pain but I still feel the urge to smoke when ever I feel angry or sad . I definitely wanna stop smoking but if I do I don’t wanna turn into a horrible person 😢
You will be a better person once you are clean im going through the same thing I was just in the hospital for 24 hours. Just quit its gonna be tough but when your free from weed u realize its trash anyway
I know the thought of giving up that vice is hella crazy, but I promise you that when you give it up, the pain and sickness will go away too! I’ve smoked TOUGH for years and always thought I needed my weed too. It’s gonna be a little difficult giving it up, but once you do you’ll see that it’s completely worth it. Good luck mamas!
How are u now?
So glad to find your video! thank you so much for clarifying, thought I was crazy for so long 😭 First got sick in 2020 during the pandemic and thought that's what it was but it always starts off feeling like the worst hangover ever and then it just doesn't stop.! Was sick for 2 months that first time but I routinely jump into new cities and whenever I do I never smoke weed and those were always the times that I would never get sick so I started putting two and two together and then I was sick all last December in 2021 for 45 days and I went and got blood test and they couldn't find nothing, and then it started happening this year and then I got really sick this last month working a new job and my manager was like dang what's wrong with you, so I cut out everything sequentially until the last thing left was the weed and so I did some experiments and went through another few weeks of torment of the worst absolute nausea you could possibly have, it's total torture and nothing I ever want to experience again, is the closest thing to death and gets very psychedelic if you push it too far and just think that the weed is going to help you. waking up in the morning and feeling like absolute death is the worst thing in the world, and to feel like you're crazy and that you're either pregnant or going to die loll it's the worst! But thank you so much for this video, I feel so much better just knowing that all these people in the comments went through it too and I'm sure we'll hear about it more as we gets more and more legal. Thank you so much !!
I cut back dramatically and my chs got way better. I'd rather use some cannabis and feel bad for a day or two every few months than not use cannabis at all. I cut my use to about 1/4 of what it was and I haven't puked since. It's been almost 1 year.
Just found your video! Thank you for sharing this story. I was recently disgnosed with CHS and it's good to see others out there on the other side💓
I get it when ever I’m going through stressful times
Same
Yeah i smoke to deal PTSD and insomnia its real tough to hear you can't smoke anymore,thankfully If i smoke less and healthier i can still smoke and wake up feeling great
Same I have it right now. Kms
Same here, not enough sleep or stress.
@@vampgirlkaylahargrove9482 does it go away
I just got diagnosed it sucks I can't smoke ever again
The cure for CHS lies within Snoop Dogg!
i swearrr
and Tommy Chong and Willie Nelson
Factz
@It’s blitz Indeed, Daniel Jackson (as quoted by Teal'c from Stargate SG-1)
America is fucked.
iv been somking for over a year but i dont smoke to cope with anxiety i only smoke at night and mostly to munch you think ima get this if i keep smoking
Only if you take a high dose of stimulants.
For 22 Years since I was 13 Years old, I've lived with nausea, extreme vomiting, extreme stomach pains including all the other symptoms associated with CHS, including taking Long Hot showers, taking anywhere between 5-20 times day. I had smoked for 22 Years straight and only find out recently what CHS was. I Haven't smoked any Weed for 3 Days now and I'm feeling Better than I've ever felt in the last 22 Years. You have no Idea how much torture I've endured during those 22 Years.
I will never Touch Marijuana again!
the thing that sucks is that we never know, and we keep shooting ourselves in the foot by smoking again and again and again to relieve the pain.
thank you so much for sharing. makes me feel im not alone
Sameeeeee! Everything the same, crazy. More people need to know about CHS it would save a lot of pain & doctor bills.
me to
So for the past few years I’d get these moments of headaches and nausea and would throw up bad I hated it seems like I could sleep it away but no it had to run it’s course. Sometimes I would even leave work it would be so bad. It wasn’t an everyday thing but enough to make me question what’s wrong with me.
Like I said I’d have moments where I feel normal enough to not really go to a hospital plus at the time no Heathcare.
Anyways this week I’ve been soo nauseous not much headache but throwing up. One time I immediately felt sick after smoking a backwood blunt and thought the wrap was maybe moldy.
Today I googled ‘sick from backwood’ and that brought be here...
I’m the person who’s been smoking almost daily all day since I was 12 I’m 33 now.
I’m not sure if I have this syndrome but I will stop smoking soon cause it’s not worth dealing with this.
Thank you for this video . I was always in my head thinking that there’s no way all of a sudden I’m just getting sick every morning. I’m currently in bed trying to feel better but everyday it’s nausea . Yesterday I actually decided to let go . Hopefully I can make it through this . 🙏🏽
how was the experience i’m in the same situation rn, every fucking morning
Cayenne Pepper with water helps this problem as well. But, need to stop smoking completely because THC disables your pancreas and gallbladder from properly digesting food for almost 30 days. The higher THC buildup you have in you, the longer the recovery. You can eat normally after 30 days. If you eat heavy during the first week of recovery, you will get very sick because your gallbladder and pancreas need time to rid itself of THC. It'll take 30 days until you can eat heavy again, only stick to fluids and light stuff the first 3 weeks. I went thru all this. I love you all.
going to keep this in mind thank you. hope you are still going strong homie
Thankyou so much
this is literally the exact same thing that happened to me the past few months, got diagnosed yesterday. today is day 1 of no smoking :)
Are you still sober ?
I’m currently going through it right now I quit a couple days ago since then the nausea and pain kind of stopped but comes back when I wake up at 2 in the morning every single time I feel bad for having to wake my mom up so she can distract me from it . It’s terrifying honestly i get a lot of anxiety too but the only time I know I’m gonna throw up is when the anxiety does come it’s a horrible thing to go through I remember I went to the doctors a month ago (I’ve been experiencing this for more then 2 months) and I lost about 10 to 15 pounds and I’ve been in and out of the ER hecka times they did not say I had this because they never wanted to do anything to help me besides give me some unhelpful medication that I threw back up so I did researching and I literally had all these symptoms I gave all my 🍃 supplies to my mom and told her not to give it to me ever no matter how much I ask for it or beg also it’s strange how people that have this wake up around 2 then stay up till 5 due to the constant nausea that caused me to stop sleeping because I didn’t wanna feel sick
you remind me so much of myself it’s trippy lmao, but i’m glad ur doing better love! i’ve been experiencing similar stuff recently it’s rly shitty.
Had a similar ER experience last week. Uncontrollable vomiting with every test coming back negative and feeling utterly helpless. When I finally told them I smoke weed they easily connected the dots and now I'm on my 4th sober day. I'm in for a long ride but I'm glad I'm not alone.
Are you still sober ?
Are you still sober ?
@@BreyelBanks Yes!! I'm in the best shape of my life, graduated university with honors, and haven't thrown up since. 🙌
I just started to research this syndrome yesterday and unfortunately I think this is gonna be my problem FOR about 6 YEARS !! too, but im not 100% sure. My story is same, but kinda different. I im 27 and im smoking weed for like 11 years. I smoke more than 8 years everyday and allways arround 1 - 1,5 G per day, sometimes more. I dont remember a day without weed anymore... About 6years ago i woke up with terrible stomach pain and nausea (throw-up feeling shooting trgough stomach to my throat every couple of seconds) and i spend couple of days like you said- showers, heating pad (i burned my back bcs of it, still got a 2inch scar ), EMPTY-vomiting, drinking and vomiting that water instantly. Didnt eat. After like 3-4 days it was gone so I tought it was not serious. About a half year after, it started again and it was for like 6days. Went to the hospital and everything negative. Got some med but it i didnt felt difference. So after that few days i didnt feel sick anymore so I just lived on and smoked. After another half a year it went big. I was vomiting for a week and trough that, I only ate A ONE HALF OF APPLE. I had simmilar feeling like you- weird vison, talking slowly and I couldnt walk properrly. I had to lean on somebody to walk. So my gf dragged me to the bus and from bus to the hospital (shes unfortunately my ex but she was amazing with that) There were some tests, and like a surprise, everything negative. I dont know what he did there, but he pushed on my stomach kinda hard and suddenly my stomach made little bit of stomach sound and I suprisingly went a bit better. Even doc didnt know what he did so I think its just coincidence. I went home, next day I was good so i lived same for another half a year and.... AGAIN... this time it was better and I went trough it without hospital. But I knew I have to start to treating it. So I went in couple of hospitals, everything was allways negative and they only said i have a mud in gallbladder (forreshadow of gallstones) but its not serious. I got some medications and this changed my life. I got some natural drug, wich should help to improove the microflora in my stomach (i know its weird but thats what doc said). I dont know what happened but instead of heavy CHS syndrome every half of year, I have a less intense pains EVERY MORNING, but only for like half a hour. The hot shower allways keeped the pain down until it disappeared. If I dont use the shower, i will start empty-vomiting till I got some hot water on my stomach. So I live like that for something like 4 years. IMPORTANT THING - 3y ago, I switched from showers to hairdryier and it was good until i saw by back in the mirror 3 days ago. Lower half of my back is darker and its obvious i burned my back...So now I cannot camp, I have to be close to the hot water every morning, all my vacations started as a disaster because we allways drove trough night, cannot drink alcohol, because I started to be sick after two shots (at least beer is harmless in small amounts), food became to be just a fuel thing - I dont enjoy food as much as i did, I just chasing away a hunger feeling... So a LOT of things is now a problem for me. Yesterday i found that and i just said to myself ITS FUKIN ENOUGH and I didnt smoke for the whole day. I know its not much too but like I said, I dont remember a day without weed. I hope i will get to the state when i can smoke at least one joint per day . I will try last as long as i can. WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS !! :)
slaaava how are you doing now bro!
I have chs I stopped for 10 days and then I gave it a chance but got stupid ass high then next weekend I smoked again got lit like i was 14 again then my tolerance came back but i smoke on weekends only and it hasn't fucked me up if i feel kind of off i put 10 to 14 days between next time i do it because i really love weed as well but eating healthy and drinking water I dont feel bad I think it has alot to do with how we treat our bodies
i think its all the dabs and super potent weed that is in the dispenceries I know people whove smoked 30 years everyday without any effects like this in the uk
@lucky m3x thats fucked when i stop the only withdrawals i really get are finding it slightly harder to sleep (i know everyones different) but i imagine if i was have some the mad strains and dabs and shit in the US those withdrawals would definitely be worse
Every single thing you said was accurate, thank you for putting into words how so many of us feel..
Did anyone experience bile? Like runny nose ALL the time and then throwing up something yellow
Yes. I throw up yellow bile, phlegm, mucus, runny nose, and can't keep down liquids for ~12 hours
Runny nose.. the effect of dry mouth too when you try to quit for good
Same! I wouldn’t eat and could hardly drink anything either.. so when I did throw up it was nothing but stomach acid. I had to force down a few gulps of Gatorade so that I could throw that up instead of dry heaving stomach acid.
I currently have that 😢 and it’s not easy to quit. Hopefully I’ll be able to soon. Thank you for the informative video. When I get sick, it feels like pure acid.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I relate to you in so many ways. i just got out of the hospital yesterday from this. This will now be my 4th time going to the er. I was told i have chs the 2nd time i went in and i kept telling myself i would stop and i just couldn’t. i relied on weed to feel normal and i realize that the only way to fix this is to stop smoking. i do wonder tho if somewhere down the line i can smoke again without getting this after going a while without smoking? i’m so glad i have someone to relate to and i’m not alone in this because everyone around me has never been through this or never even heard about it. i’m starting my sober journey today. it’s hard but i’m pushing through.
Had acute panky in 2022, now have chronie panky in 2024. Developed CHS in march, stopped smoking all together.
Acute panky smoked the hell outta me. Definately who has ever been through this will see life completely differently.
I’m glad I’m not insane going through it right now for the third time like you say I didn’t believe It but quitting is the answer stay strong people and make this known NOT EVERYONE WHO SMOKES GETS/HAS CHS IT IS RARE
If you suffered puking in hot showers like I have god bless you it will be okay to the people who don’t have it you’ll never understand
Ruined my life. Ran a medical marijuana retail shop and had it for 7 years. Got prescribed 32mg of dillaudid and 100mcg fentanyl patches every day. Finally lost it and went sober and quit everything and ended up in a coma in the ICU. Came out the other side super grateful. Still get the hunger pain thing.
I also have CHS. Had the whole line of symptoms like excruciating chest pain, extreme acid reflux, constant uncontrollable vomiting, and extreme weakness. Was admitted into the ER, and was so sick from it that I had lost about 12 lbs. So glad to feel hundred percent again, but really hope that somehow there will be a cure for CHS sometime in the future. I've been 420 sober since October 2019, and am curious if there is a possibility of being able to partake once every couple of weeks or something? If anyone can get back to me on that, that would be great!
I think about that a lot too. with my dependency there’s more factors for me, but most people I know who suffer with it are not able to smoke at all. I just try and not think about the future and just take every day one day at a time. I know that’s not the most helpful but it’s all we got for now :(
@@Alliebbkay Thank you for your reply back. I haven't tried it since i was admitted into the ER due to fear, but yeah it's definitley a big temptation at times for sure.
redflare100 I think I might have it too, did you get bloating and bad digestion too? Every time I stop smoking my digestion gets way better and my stomach hurts every day when I smoke. I smoke daily
Ive had chs for 6 years. You can smoke but very little, if youre offered a bowl or joint just take 1 hit. I dont recommend smoking more than 3 times a week though. Ive been smoking a lot during this quarantine mine flared up yesterday so i chilled tf out lol, that sickness is scary af.
Nothing Nothing I got lots of bloating. Fucked me up big time. Hate weed now. And that’s after smoke for 20 years
You’re spot on , it really feels like body is shutting down. I went through this seven times in about 16 months before being diagnosed with CHS. I’m 45 years old and started smoking at 16. By the time I was 18 I was smoking daily so stopping was a life challenge like I had never undertake. I’ve smoked twice in the last 8 months I hope to stop for good.
is CHS always accompanied by vomiting and stomach pains??
i felt sick myself but never stomach ache or vomiting.. just headaches, dehydration and feeling like you are going to die..
also, do you vape or smoke cigarettes?
Yhh mad dehydration & dry mouth
This is what’s happening with me, I see you said this 9 months ago, are you fine now or are you fucked and off weed?
One thing I’ve learned is that no one will understand the experience unless you’ve gone through it. Worst stomach pain in the world and you feel extremely helpless. I have a high pain tolerance too but chs does not care! God bless anyone going through it rn. Just had an episode about a week ago for 2 weeks straight and it was awful. I lost about 15 pounds. I’m done with weed, not worth it
Currently in the hospital for this going on my 3rd night I wanna smoke soooo bad lml
You got this! The stomach pain and nausea isn’t worth it Cole!!!! I was in the er last night because of it. Ik how you’re feeling
Been dealing with these symptoms myself, really don't want to quit smoking but I see it's the only way to stop this from progressing. Here's yo hoping I'm able to quit cold turkey. Anyone leave a reply if they have any advice/tips
I had the same problem I been smoking for over 5 years and when I was 19 when I got it not fun at all I got better then started smoking again i quit yesterday and it's hard I'm addicted to weed but I no I can do it again I just get irritated easy and I have 2 babys to care for and it's even harder but I made my choice up and I'm done smoking it's not worth feeling sick and missing out playing and loving my kids and it stops me from going out and getting a job and doing daily things I need to get done pray for me!😑😭🤮
Sara Belin you smoked with kids living with you??? Good thing you got sick. Those kids have a chance
Im on day 37. When i first felt the symptoms I ate some dough and i assumed thats what made me sick, i realized hitting the cart after work made the symptoms go away. I only smoked carts for 4 weeks but heavily. Its hard to sleep, stomach aches come and go, headaches, these 2 are 24/7 mostly, diarrhea, heartburn, 170 heart rate, no medications, quit cold turkey, nausea, dizzy, feels like im dying, doctors say im fine. Cant even talk some mornings just suck up the pain. I promise I will never touch it again. Can someone tell me how long it took them to feel better