What is CHS? Marijuana advocates warn of a little-known condition affecting heavy users
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Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS, causes severe abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting among some heavy marijuana users — symptoms that, strangely, can be eased by taking very hot showers.

You VERY likely have CHS, which means you’re definitely overdoing the weed and should go cold turkey if you can manage that.

Prodromal phase. Symptoms during this time may include:

Often early morning nausea and belly (abdominal) pain. 
Some people also develop a fear of vomiting. 
Most people keep normal eating patterns during this time. 
Some people use more marijuana because they think it will help it stop.
This phase may last for months or years.

Hyperemetic phase. Symptoms during this time may include:

Ongoing nausea
Repeated episodes of vomiting
Belly pain
Decreased food intake and weight loss
Symptoms of fluid loss (dehydration)

If any of the “Prodromal” phase items fit your lifestyle, YOU NEED TO STOP.

Your enteric nervous system is SCREAMING at you that you are overdoing it. Please stop before it gets to the hyperemetic phase (you will lose so much weight that you will fear your own death).

Trust me, vomiting your soul out for 8 hours (5x an hour) is NOT fun and is actually insanely risky depending on the state of your overall health! Drink up, consider the app: Quit Weed

On the off chance this fits the bill, you’re welcome (and I’m sorry) mate @[email protected]

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    6 months ago

    Been a daily smoker for over 20 years, never had any of these issues (so far). Then again, a warned man…

    • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      251·
      6 months ago

      Only a post to be aware not scare!

      I let it fuck up several weeks of my life and did the entire “what could it POSSIBLY BE??? CERTAINLY NOT THE WEED RIGHT?”

      I imagine (esp w/ t-breaks) it’s a non-issue for 99% of people’s normal consumption.

      The person @'d went to the mayo clinic for issues that to me sounded like this so I made the post!

      • Kyrgizion@lemmy.worldEnglish
        24·
        6 months ago

        Oh I’m not dismissing your information, quite the opposite even! Just anecdotally mentioning that I don’t seem affected even after prolonged heavy use. Even though I’m decidedly a lightweight with a sensitive stomach. I’m not delusional enough to claim it can’t harm me. I just hope my body keeps coping well.

      • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
        223·
        6 months ago

        Only a post to be aware not scare!

        Then why it is written like scaremongering tabloid trash?

        • Zuberi 👀@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
          261·
          6 months ago

          Because if you’re vomiting >1x a day, you have a serious medical condition and should see a doctor and stop doing drugs to see if that is what is causing it.

          • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
            223·
            6 months ago

            Yeah, you probably do and should see a doctor to find out why.

            Not trust some lemmy post that jumps to a diagnosis based on literally nothing. This post is less valubalbe then self disgnosing yourself with cancer on webmd.

                  • tobogganablaze@lemmus.orgEnglish
                    211·
                    6 months ago

                    How is spreading misinformation and fearmongering “no reason”?

                    This post is basically picking some rare condition listing some common symptoms and circulstance and then literally giving people adivse beyond “see a doctor”.

                    Any selfrespecting community should remove posts like this ASAP.