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[MEGA]Uncontrollable Shaking/Twitching/Muscle Spasms on Weed

I'm SO relieved that I'm not the only one! It's not that I'm happy someone else has to deal with it as well, but...well, you know. :\ These spasms, twitches, whatever they are, have been bothering me for more than a year! Because I've had more back surgeries than I can remember, every time I have a symptom that could be caused by all the subsequent nerve damage, scar tissue, etc., that's what my doctors immediately ascribe it to, so I figured it was a waste to ask about it, maybe even risky. My reg GP (who also writes all my pain medication Rxs) doesn't even really "talk" about medical marijuana (he speaks in euphemisms when he does, though oddly enough, he has asked me for the info on who I go to for my permit so he could pass it on to another patient...which means he's talking to them about it. But that's not my point. :X It does make a me a little mad though) Then there's the fact that he, my pain specialist, and neurosurgeon are all affiliated with a hospital that has said it's physicians will not write pain medication RXs for patients that use marijuana, regardless of the reason, no exceptions. :! So you can see why I haven't been able to mention it any medical professionals, despite the fact that I see them all the time. I don't have any anxiety issue related to the twitching, so they aren't any better or worse if I try to mentally relax them away. Of course they always seem to come on when I'm trying to sleep, but that's just because I'm usually smoking to try and get some sleep. Xanax seems to work to the extent that I eventually drift off despite the twitching, but I'm wondering if I'm just smoking too much when I do? Anyone see an end to the spasms when smoking less? :?
 
Yeah I tend to get twitches in my legs every now and then when I get reasonably high. It's not constant, my leg just jerks every now and then. I get really shaky though after a few joints. It's annoying man!
 
years ago, this never happened! why?? I think it's because of added substances to enhance bad weed.
We used to get all sorts of exotic weed, from other countries, and never ever did have results as described here.
and it was killer! all really good and not once did I hear of people having this happen.


NEVER! weed should not do this!! even really good smoke. Try a grow, see if your own acts like that.
I never sw or heard of what you guys are going thru.
I've experienced it myself, had it tested and low and behold, I was correct! You never do know who had it before you, if from a trustworthy place, and you have a bad time, then something is wrong!!
 
Ever since smoking synthetic cannabinoids I occasionally get intense leg vibration / very fast shaking when smoking cannabis. Its not to a point were it is a negative, I have just noticed it. Also I have had my whole body shaking like fuck / spasm / vibrating / whatever you call it when I had a lower tolerance and used to get really really high. Doesn't happen really now a days though
 
I smoke weed everyday, usually with a bong. Take one hit and I'm good, sometimes two. But it seems every time I cough while smoking it, it messes me all up. It all starts with my heart, feels like its gonna burst out of my chest then I get really nervous,then i get the shakes. It's really annoying and ruins my high. Sometimes have to take a Xanax, I just assume it's an anxiety attack from some messed up chemicals in the weed or something. Seems homegrown stuff is always the best highs for me so i dunno. I've been smoking on and off for about 15 years now and it's only when i smoke really "good" stuff and if it makes me cough.

Maybe if there's mold on the weed it can give these side effects? Alot of people say some stuff is good bud, but who's to know if the white crystals are good or really mold. Not like im a botanist and carry a microscope with me.
 
Just lately I have been having a bad reaction to weed like this. I have smoked for many years and never taken this kind of this seriously cause it has never happened to me but lately, or more accurately the last bag of weed I have had, made my hart go crazy every time I smoke it. I put it down to nerves at the time but man I though at one stage it was going to pop out of my chest. I’ve just got some more now so I’m going to put it to the test tonight, and see if that was just a wacky sack or am I just not fit for smoke any more..
 
This happened to me last night. "I watched tv and prayed I didn't just step on the boat to hell." These words made me make an account for this sight. Although, it did not scare me out of smoking like it did for others. But the same thoughts went through my head. For my experience I knew I wasn't cold because I was in my bed, covered by a comforter. I'll I knew at the time was I couldn't walk and could barley get up from lying down. So I did as you did and prayed that I wasn't fucked. It's reassuring reading your' comment saying that it only happened one time. I will slow down with my "intake," but i'm not ready to give it up.
 
Pain while high: is it in my head?

For the last few months now, I've noticed that when I get stoned I start to get these really nasty phantom pains.

At first, it would only happen when I got really, really high. I'd start to go through these cycles where I'd feel like, I don't know exactly...one example: feeling like the tendon in my tongue was being pulled really tight and scraped across/down a razor blade. Of course it wasn't really but that's basically what it felt like. Eventually I realized that if I focused very hard on something else the cycles (the pain would come in these waves with each one getting worse until The Worst One) would eventually dissapate as I sobered up.

Then there was a period of about a month where it didn't bother me at all.

Then, starting around February or March, I started to get phantom pains but a) I couldn't make them go away unless I eventually forgot about them, and even then the pain was only subsided, and b) they were now in my joints and bones. If I sat in one place too long it would feel like I was bruising the bones of my ass. Then I'd get up and my knees would start to complain. If I stood for too long or didn't move enough it would get worse.

It only happens when I smoke marijuana. I haven't tried mixing hydromorph and weed since it started so I don't know if that helps.

Here are some theories:
- I'm fucking batshit nuts and it's so bad I can't even convince myself it's in my head.
- I'm having a weird, undocumented reaction (I looked up 'marijuana allergy' and some other stuff and nothing fits)
- I got diagnosed with an early form of rheumatism a while back, but I'm on meds for it, it hasn't re-emerged, and that doesn't explain why it's only when I'm stoned, or the tendon-stretching thing.
- A setting problem?
- Also my tolerance has been pretty low lately?


I'm betting on the first one, although it would be really great if someone knew what this was because other than that I really enjoy weed.
 
Sometimes when I smoke I'll get this small muscle spasm in my shoulder. It's not in my head because I can see it happening in the mirror. Weird shit happening to muscles is commonly reported. As for your case, well, hard to say being not-you and not your doctor.
 
It really saddens me to hear of so many people who get such terrible side-effects from cannabis. I must be 1 of the lucky weed smokers, as it's always been a pleasant high for me for the past 43 yrs. I know sativas can make people get paranoid, but it just energizes me. Indicas, on the other hand, will/can get me so laidback that I'll watch whatever's on the TV if the remote is across the room. Weed is still #1 for me, as I can't drink anymore (I was a 12-pack-a-day drinker for 25+ yrs & have quit cigs 5 yrs ago) because I can't handle the hangovers from booze no longer. Weed has never given me a lousy feeling the next morning, so for me it's the best relaxing substance out there.
 
I get it when I am High and going to bed .. I get a ransom spasms that feels like I am falling off the bed although I am in the middle of the bed .. Or when I have smoked to much that I get anxiety I start to shake a little now and again
 
basically its just a result of smoking too much.

what you described happened to me and since then its just been really shitty times. take a break
 
when i smoke, i often twitch when im have supressed emotions. i just realized this is because the limbic system (emotions, adranaline, etc) is closely tied to the basal ganglia which plays a huge role in movement. when you say... get paranoid, your likely not gonna talk much, i've actually found that when i force myself to talk and interact the anxiety goes away, anyways u listen to music and get happy/mad/anxious or something -> adrenaline/dopamine floods your limbic system -> activating your basal ganglia -> and involuntary movement is the result. thread solved.. >:) your welcome
 
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http://www.botanical-online.com/english/redpoppy.htm

Papaver Rhoeas, also known as the Flanders poppy or the Shirley poppy might help stop the Spasms/Twitching.
I sometimes get discomfort from my prostate area, that same twitching and im going to try and see if it helps against that.

Rhoeadine, being the Alkaloid from the papaver rhoeas.
Summers here and im going picking anyway lol
 
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