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[MEGA]Combinations of cannabis with other drugs

One of my absolute favorite feelings is being very high and on ativan (or any benzo). It feels like a dream. The combo seems to really eliminate all pain you may have and it puts me in a state of bliss. Definitely a good combo in my book. But,,, you can't do this all the time, benzo dependence/withdrawal is pretty bad. But... I've been taking ativan for the past 4 years ever since my health started going bad. I took it on average of about once every 3 days for 3 and a half years at 1 mg and experienced no withdrawal or anything like that. Finally about 6 months ago my tolerance went up to the point of my doc upping my dose to 2 mg. But really, I think once every 3 days is a good rule of thumb, in my experience at least.
 
lately all i think about is fucking toking a bowl. and then when i smoke its like hard to breathe and i feel like imma have a heart attack. Could this be the fact that i smoke a lot of cigs? Is the weed just dank as fuck? And i do have some xanax so wud it help me w/ this?
 
its probably 1 of my favorite mixes.

@stingray2323 it could be that you smoke a lot of cigs, xanax can actually cause resperatory depression (harder to breathe) so that would be a bad idea. It depends what you smoke out of to, a bong is the cleanest hit you can get and it gets you higher (:. do you by chance have any medical problems such as COPD or athsma?
 
na no medical problems. just when i get blazed off my ass my heart and lungs just fucking hurt. idk what i should do. It doesn't feel like anxiety, im completely mentally there, but breathing is just shitty
 
stingray2323 said:
lately all i think about is fucking toking a bowl. and then when i smoke its like hard to breathe and i feel like imma have a heart attack. Could this be the fact that i smoke a lot of cigs? Is the weed just dank as fuck? And i do have some xanax so wud it help me w/ this?
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I have the same problem as you. Since I don't have all the details, I can't say for sure, but here's some info that might help explain your problem.

A lot of people have the impression that pot is a miracle drug in that it has no negative physiological effects aside from those caused by the smoke. This is not true. THC causes delayed gastric emptying, meaning that what you have in your stomach stays there longer. When food is in your stomach, it continually stimulates the release of digestive acid. On top of this, THC causes the lower esophageal sphincter (the valve connecting the esophagus and stomach which opens to let food into the stomach and then closes to prevent acid from refluxing) to relax. You can see where this leads. Excess stomach acid easily refluxing due to a malfunctioning valve. What people don't realize is that acid reflux is not always felt as heartburn. It can be felt as a tightness/pressure in the chest and can even cause your larynx to swell causing difficulty breathing, hoarseness, and throat pain. It also interferes with peristalsis of the esophagus causing food to move more slowly through the esophagus. This can cause a feeling that something is stuck in your throat or distended feeling in the chest. These symptoms are actually worsened if you ingest your THC, because your often taking a higher dose than when you smoke. I thought I could get around the horrible chest problems by ingesting my THC, but I found out I just had to quit using THC altogether, which definitely sucks, but I ended up with an eroded esophagus and a voice so hoarse I could barely talk. Had to have a nissen fundoplication (surgery where they wrap your upper stomach around your lower esophagus to strengthen the valve to prevent reflux) to get my esophagus to heal.

Also, if the reflux goes on long enough, your esophagus and throat increase in their sensitivity to pain as a result of constant painful stimulation. This is a phenomenon known as Visceral Hypersensitivity. The sensitization occurs in the peripheral esophagus and also centrally in the dorsal horn neurons, the same spinal region that mediates sensation in the heart. So you become more sensitive to your heart beat, and it feels extremely intense even though it's beating normally. This happened to me and now even though my esophagus has healed, I have chronic pain in my esophagus and throat, and I feel my heartbeat every moment that I'm awake. I have always had digestion issues, my whole life. So I was particularly susceptible to these issues, but I wish I had known that weed could aggrevate these issues before I started using it regularly... Oh well. Also, this sensitization usually occurs temporarily on many occasions before it becomes a chronic situation.

Obviously, this doesn't happen to everyone, but I have definitely heard a lot of accounts from friends that they have the chest tightness, feel like your having a heart attack thing when they smoke and even moreso when they ingest...

Just something to be aware of as many people are under the impression that THC is harmless physically.
 
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idk. the cigarettes make sense to me, but iv only been smoking for 3 yrs so idk if thats enough to make me feel as shitty as i do right now. I don't think peristalsis is whats going on but i could be wrong.
 
I don't mean to scare you with my story. My case was unusual. But most people do experience reflux from marijuana short term, and it could be a contributing factor. Try taking 150 mg zantac a half hour prior to taking your THC. This helps most people with reflux. It didn't help me, but again, I had digestive problems to begin with.

Nicotine also relaxes the LES.
 
Honestly, your screwing yourself over when you have to add somthing to take care of a side effect that will only grow and will probably manifest itself in the form of

1: benzodiazepine addiction,
2: the increasing inability to deal with cannabis in its solitude,
3 (this is the worst): malignant and SERIOUS mental illness in eventuality



-dont do it
 
^ That

I'm not against benzos, I use them on occasion... But using them everytime you want to blaze is so stupid I can hardly believe it was suggested. Enjoy the effects, then enjoy the WDs and addiction.
 
Pneumothorax and Marijuana

I was watching a documentary on BBC called "Should I Smoke Dope?" The pulmonologist on the program showed a CT scan of a set of lungs with many small holes and a pneumothorax, or collapsed lung. The lungs were from a 22-year old pure cannabis smoker.

A couple of years ago, I had a spontaneous pneumothorax. After getting a chest tube, my both lungs continued collapsing and I had a couple of surgeries. I had to stop smoking after that because my lungs would collapse every time I smoked [blunts and bowls].

I was diagnosed with a rare, uncureable lung disease but my CT scans look almost exactly like those mentioned above. I told the doctors I smoked marijuana but they said it was not the cause. I'm curious as to how many daily weed smokers, especially those who have been smoking at least a couple of years, have had a pneumothorax or pneumothoraces. Any responses would be appreciated for my "research."
 
If your doctors told you it wasn't the cause, I would say it wasn't the cause.

The fact that you have 1 post makes me feel like you have a agenda posting here, or are a troll :o
 
doctors are more likely to over diagnose than under diagnose so if they say that marijuana is not the cause then you should probably listen
 
chainer3k said:
If your doctors told you it wasn't the cause, I would say it wasn't the cause.

The fact that you have 1 post makes me feel like you have a agenda posting here, or are a troll :o
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I only have one post because I just joined a couple days ago.
 
I've never heard of marijuana causing pneumothorax. Pneumothorax is caused by a breech in the pleura, which is the negative-pressure maintaining, lubricated 'bag' in which your lungs sit. Marijuana certainly isn't advisable for anyone prone to this condition, but in and of itself it isn't capable of causing this.
 
Hello dputty,
Regarding your acid reflux & cannabis post.
I have the same problem as you do, the things get very nasty if I smoke and I was a heavy smoker before :(
Do you have any tips for me so I can smoke again without feeling like dying every second ?

Thanks
 
mihu332 said:
Hello dputty,
Regarding your acid reflux & cannabis post.
I have the same problem as you do, the things get very nasty if I smoke and I was a heavy smoker before :(
Do you have any tips for me so I can smoke again without feeling like dying every second ?

Thanks
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Try a vaporizer or learn how to cook using cannabis.

I have a feeling anything you could take for acid reflux while smoking pot would only mask the symptoms temporarily, and when your medicine wears off you'll feel worse than ever.
 
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