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Pot made me go blind?

Ay realm, i got your number here. the same exact shit happened to me many times before.

Its related to blood pressure and dehydration.

I aint a doctor but you sound exaclty like i did i just got it like 50 times more intense.

This is what the doc told me

its called neurally mediated syncope which just means brain-caused fainting.
There is a nerve, the vagus nerve, that goes from your brain to your heart. its pretty sensitive and its a lil unreliable, meaning sometimes it just fucks up for no real reason. jumpy. its like the link from your brain to your body functions. it helps regulate heart rate, blood pressure, and that type of shit.

anyways if you aint ate or drank enough, your shit gets all haywire and will send wrong signals to your brain. i noticed that if i smoke and didnt eat nothin or drink nothin all day, good chance imma feel like passing out.

Because youre already in a sensitive state from not bein hydrated it makes you have a risk for that vagus nerve to malfunction and send the wrong signal to your brain: to drop your blood pressure really fast.

so you smoke, maybe feel a little bit nauseous, (i do at least) and you see the fade out and static and all that shit, like a nasty AZZ headrush right? then you out of it for a minute, feel dizzy and shit when you 'wake up' and dont feel good in general.

your blood pressure dropped long enough to make you go unconscious for a few seconds, it can go longer than that but this shits pretty mild looks like.

its easy to control, what you said, jsut ALWAYS have somethin to drink. but gatorade is MUCh better than water because it got those electrolyttes and shit in there that helps balanace you out. it restores SODIUM also, which helps keep your blood pressure even. to someone with high blood pressure salt is bad but when you got the drop like that, or you feel like you about to pass out, a little sodium pumps your BP back up again and gets you stable.

like you already know smokin weed fucks with your blood pressure and heart rate and all that shit. the more you smoke the more likely you are to pass out obviously

but ay yo, i almost lost my driver license because of it (if you got a chronic passing out condition, like it happens uncontrollably and shit, you ant get a DL cuz its considered a disability that interferes with driving.) BTW, hopefully your doc wont notify the DMV (if youre american that is) because they suspend your license for 6 mos if they have a record of you passing out for a unknown reason. they make you wait 6 mos to see if another episode happens to see if youre gonna be a danger on the road or not. of course if your condition is controlled then youll be straight and you can get the lic. back, but they took mine away when i passed out til the doc verified that i was cool and was followin a "treatment plan" (read = not being dehydrated.)

So basically all you gotta do is what they told me, (drink lots of fluids esp gatorade/powerade, etc, make sure you eat enough and dont mix alcohol and caffeine cuz they both fuck with your blood pressure) and i been straight as hell since then.

I mean shit, they told me to quit smokin weed. did i do it, HELLLLLL NO.
and im straight as hell still. aint passed out once or even thought i was really gonna pass out, ever since i been to the doc and they told me what was up.

and what im sayin is, they did a shitload of tests on me for this. the doc told me that he never seen someone pass out as bad as i did (as far as how long it took me to pass out, how little it took to make me pass out, and how long i was out for) and im cool wit it now. i aint saying be irresponsible, im just sayin, shit man i had this BAD and im still cool, so if im straight, you should have no problem as long as you do what im suggesting.

no need to quit puffin because its extremely easy to control the problem with the right precuations. staying hydrated is the most important thing to do followed by eating, and then if you feel liek youre gonna pass out, lay down or sit down. also, it might look stupid but if you put your feet up in the air and try and make your head the lowest part of your body, your blood will rush to your head and help that a little bit too. thats just what they told me to do.

Well yo i woudlnt worry, cuz this shit aint hard to control at all. sorry if i wrote you a damn book here but that should be just bout all you need to know to stop that shit from happening anymore, hope it helped
 
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le_cerne_brun said:
Wow, thanks! That helps a lot.

It is what I thought, but it is nice to be sure. I don't think I need to see a doctor now.


I knew it had something to do with dehydration, it happened to me the other day while i was shrooming, all i had to drink all day was coke, and some johnnie black label, and i got that familiar feeling, i had to run to my car and chill for about 4 or 5 mins with some water before i was back to normal. Thanks alot lacey, i'm just gonna have to always stay hydrated. Hope i dont forget lol...


Oh yea, this problem is solved admin you can close the thread if you'd like. And make it searchable if this hasnt already been discussed.
 
Whoa man. This happened to me once. I had a few tokes off a J, then suddenly my vision went black and I almost collapsed. It was a hot day and I hadn't had much to drink. It must have been caused by dehydration.

It's trippy though eh? When my vision started coming back everything stayed black except bright colours, which looked REALLY bright. It took a good 15 minutes to be able to see clearly again.

I'm thinking its low blood sugar + dehydration + mj = shutdown.

Thanks lacey! =]
 
Lack of oxygen = vision loss = passing out

It usually only happens with the SUPER dank. Just relax, and take smaller hits. I actually AIM for this stage nowadays, because coming out of a blackout with a bong in your hand going 'wtf...' is pretty groovy. LoL...
 
dude if you AIM for this you have a problem because this always kills my high...
 
The first time i smoked pot i got the static vision that engulfed my whole visual field, then blacked out, and became coherent 5-20 minutes later while tunnel vision got bigger until i could see again.
 
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