DOSE:

1

oral

Cannabis

(edible / food)

BODY WEIGHT:

215 lb

A little background info: I’m a 21 year old woman with depression, and two of my siblings are bipolar. I LOVE to smoke weed. Usually it makes me relaxed, talkative, and easily entertained. This story is about the first negative experience I’ve ever had with weed. Anxiety is a side effect of my antidepressants so that probably contributed to what happened, which was essentially a 2-hour long anxiety/panic attack. Luckily this happened at a friend’s birthday party, where I had planned to spend the night.

So, I was trying out a new edible from the dispensary – a candy about the size of a Jolly Rancher. I figured it was one dose so I took the whole thing. When it took effect an hour and a half later, I found out it was WAY more than one dose - I’m guessing 3 or 4, at least for me (I have pretty low tolerance).

While I was coming up, a lot of weird, paranoid shit started going through my head. I thought I was as big as a galaxy and the kitchen as big as the universe. Then the room started slanting until I thought I was on a 45 degree slope. I say “thought” but it was similar to the way I “think” things when I’m dreaming. I felt like I was in a dream actually, or on a TV show. I was also having very extreme emotional ups and downs. I kept thinking that I was having a manic episode, because I felt like I was dying or going crazy. Physically, I had severe chest tightness/heaviness but no other major side effects.

In order to calm down, I had to be distracted constantly – I was texting a stoner friend of mine trying to get an idea of how long this would last, and that helped a lot. I had to keep reminding myself that I wouldn’t get hurt from being high. Another friend, who was at the party with me, had gone through a similar experience a couple weeks earlier when she was rolling. Talking to her helped me immensely. If she hadn’t stayed with me and kept me engaged in conversation, this trip would have been even worse.

It was still early on in the night, but I had to take a time out from the party. I went to my friend’s room to watch cartoons and comedy. I was feeling better, but still embarrassed and guilty about acting weird; at one point I realized I had been rocking back and forth for several minutes.

I finally started coming down after about 2 hours (3.5 hours since eating the candy) and I felt incredibly happy. Overall, I was undeniably high for at least 8 hours and at a 1/10 the next day until 2 or 3 pm.

Exp Year: 2014	ExpID: 103350
Gender: Female
Age at time of experience: 21
Published: Jul 9, 2019	Views: 780
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