I’ve never been a big user, but as I’ve grown older, pot has made me pass out more than once. I took a drag off of a joint at a festival a few years ago and passed out and couldn’t be revived for 5-10 minutes. They said my blood pressure dropped dramatically. I’m wondering if this happens to anybody else

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The big problem in your situation is your blood pressure dropped significantly. Maybe it was just a coincidence, maybe not, but you should definitely see a doctor and talk to them about your blood pressure and see what they have to say. Lots of reasons that can happen.

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I just had a checkup and everything was fine

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Did you tell them about your blood pressure dropping and passing out?

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Yes, he just said it was odd and I shouldn’t do it

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Never used it myself, but my mother has told me when she was much younger she tried pot a few times and stopped because it just put her to sleep, and this was well before the strong strains we have today.

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That’s… the exact lie I told my kids.

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I mean, it puts me to sleep so not really a lie

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Not a lie, have a good relationship with my mum. Still holds true when she had some in Amsterdam again recently. 😅

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If your tolerance is zero then it will make you sleepy no matter the strength.

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Was far more than just sleepy. She’d zonk out immediately.

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Quit downvoting this, yeesh people. Absolutely nothing wrong with this comment, it’s probably true, and it’s completely reasonable. And I’ve smoked plenty of weed in my time.

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it’s probably true

what? marijuana making people sleepy? That’s unheard of.

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I have the same reaction. Weed makes me sleepy, and the only good thing about it is some of the wildest vivid dreams I had happened right after smoking it.

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I only ever have seen that happen in RimWorld.

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Last straw : Smokeleaf addiction.

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Couple of things it could be:

  1. You locked your knees without realizing it, shut down the blood return from your legs, then had a drop in blood pressure due to decreased blood return to your heart causing you to pass out.
  2. You took a big hit, expanded your chest, held it, decreased blood flow through your thoracic cavity due to the increased intrathoracic pressure then a blood pressure drop as above.
  3. Your vasovagaled yourself somehow (bearing down on a held hit maybe or just due to weed effects) which is increased parasympathetic nervous system tone that drops blood pressure
  4. Some weird shit 🤷🏼‍♂️, the body can be odd and changes as we age so maybe you just can’t smoke weed now cause of the earlier mentioned weird shit

I agree with your doc (I’m a family med physician), don’t smoke if all of a sudden you’re passing out.

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Thank you very much. It’s happened multiple times and every time I was standing up. Fortunately, I don’t find the effects of cannabis super enjoyable so I think I’ll just stop.

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This happened a few times with friends. They just dropped like a rock and then were pale for a few hours. It’s not uncommon but I would avoid smoking if it keeps happening. Being knocked out for 5-10 minutes is a long time. Passing out is generally considered a medical emergency.

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Oh, it was. I spent an hour in the festival medical tent

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