Bad Reaction? Allergy? Overdose?

[HarleyHarlow]

A few days ago I was with a group of friends. Two of them are my really close friends, and the others I had never met before but they were good friends of my two friends. We went over one of their houses and they were all smoking weed. I had never tried it before, but I was curious so I did. I took my first "hit" and couldn't stop coughing, after a minute though I was fine and feeling okay. They handed it to me a second time and I took a second, bigger hit. After that I couldn't stop coughing and there were moments where I couldn't breath. I started hypervetalating a little so i went into the bathroom to make sure I didn't throw up. I drank water alot to keep myself from throwing up, but afterward I was shaking and sweating and could barely walk. I was shaking pretty bad for a good while. Was I allergic? Some people say it was an overdose?

The others had no problems, so i'm sure it wasn't laced.

[HarleyHarlow]

Yeah, that day sucked. For most of the day that I was with them after I was shaky and still not feeling too good. The next day when I hung out with some of my other friends (without anything) we had so much more fun and it was such a great day. Like it just wasn't worth it.

[angie868]

thanks darlinggg =) you seem like a smart girl im sure you will make good decisions and its ok to have a little fun sometimes theres just other ways to do it without drugs! when i first got clean i didnt even know how to have fun without drugs, and now its almost been 2 years and im having WAYYY more fun then i ever had on drugs...=)

[HarleyHarlow]

It was weird. I mean I had been to parties, or just peoples houses where it seems like they were all smoking and I wasn't. This time though, it was different. There were only 6 of us, and it would have been way to awkward if I hadn't, but I still wish I shouldn't have.


Thanks for taking the time to talk to me by the way. :) I really hope you do well with your recovery.

[angie868]

Dont be hard on yourself, everyone experiments when their young..its only when it gets out of hand that it becomes a problem.  and as long as you remember how bad you felt when you did try it, then you will have an easier time saying no the next time!

[HarleyHarlow]

Yeah, I don't know why I wanted to try it so bad. I mean it seems like EVERYONE and their mother has tried smoking, but after I did it I just felt like ****. I know my parents would be disappointed if they knew, which I somewhat feel like they do know. I feel like I let my best friend down. When I told him he seemed to be so disappointed in me. I would have taken the dying feeling over that ANY DAY.

[angie868]

haha no no no you definitely dont sound like an idiot trust me. the first time i smoked weed i thought i was going to die. so its no big deal its normal. im glad that you realize you should stay away from drugs because i have seen alot of friends die to this disease and its very hard to control and get over. some people arent born with the gene tho and smoke weed and do whatever once in a while but thats definielty no the case with me haha

[HarleyHarlow]

I probably sound like an idiot to you, but good luck in your recovery. I'm definitely staying away. My best guy friend lost alot of friends because people change when they use. (Sorry if this offends anyone) I talked to him for a few hours today, and I swore to him that it wouldn't be me. That I would always be there for him.

[angie868]

First of all, you CANNOT overdose from weed. trust me, i am a recovering heroin addict and now work as a councilor in a drug rehab. it was probably just because you had never smoked before and didnt know what to expect. this is normal for someone with little experience smoking weed. do not worry about it. but just from my experience with drugs..try to stay away from them they only led to worse situations and harder drugs.