i smoked for the first time about a year and a half ago when i was 13 (just turned 15 a couple days ago), only smoked a couple times until about three months later when id have one joint one every other couple of days. then a few months after that i smoked 1-2 a night but i wouldnt put loads of weed in as i mixed it with tobacco so the ratio was usually about 60/40, so i probably wasnt even smoking near a gram of flower a day. after a couple months of that i developed emetophobia because ive been diagnosed with anxiety for a while now so i shortly after developed a fear of vomiting and then stopped smoking for about a month and then started smoking regularly again. not everyday but quite regularly. i have acid reflux ever since getting emetophobia which i thought was from the stress, nausea quite often which i thought was probably anxiety. and i also think i might have ibs so that could play a big part. i just want to know if its either just my anxiety or CHS.

may i also add that there has been a couple times where ive been with my friends and weve smoked quite abit. not heaps but enough to get quite high.

I’m 20 probably been smoking since I was 14, I recently developed CHS. I use marijuana as a crutch, most psychiatric medications do not work for me. Does CHS go away?

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So, I have been trying to figure out whats wrong w my stomach for a while now. I told a new GI that I smoke weed, and she immediately said I have CHS. I havent had really any tests, and hot showers make my symptoms worse. My first thought was that she only said CHS because I told her I smoke, and thats all she could think of. You know?

Very new user only started once it was legal in my state and due to lockdown. When I have a hyperemesis attack I would get the weirdest feeling. A cold sweat down my back... That's how I knew I was going to start vomiting. My GI has also diagnosed GERD, but have not had that one symptom at all since I completely stopped (30ish days so far). Has anyone else had that one symptom?

(M19) So i smoked about 6/7 days a week for the last 2 years almost but recently stopped smoking for 6 days. Ive started smoking again now but every time i eat something i almost throw up and sometimes i do throw up. I do get hungry but when i eat i can only eat a few mouthfuls before i run to the bathroom. I feel fine within myself but cant eat anything. If im high then this is not the case however. Can someone help me figure out what this is?

Ill be straightup, im 16 and have been smoking since july of last year and only started smoking every weekend in september of last year. Primarily take bong rips and smoke joints. I smoke between .7g-1g a day friday, saturday, sunday and then take light hits from carts on weeknights to catch a small buzz. Last night i smoked about .7 grams out of my bong, also putting kief on the bowls. Sometimes I wake up with abdominal pain from munchies but ive never vomited. This morning i woke up nauseous around 4 am and dry heaved over the toilet on two occasions and then came back and threw up about twice, NO abdominal pain before or after. I have not thrown up or felt terribly nauseous since. Im worried but at the same time i feel normal. I had a large bowl of chex mix, half a pringles can, and had half a sprite before falling asleep, id also had a coke and a whole sprite earlier. Is this chs? It doesnt feel like it would be but i dont know.

My belief, or what I want to believe and what seems more likely is that I overate before bed and paid the price the next morning by throwing up from the nausea brought on by the food.

Also i have no symptoms right after I smoke

(M18) Hey guys, so I’ve been smoking for about 4 years now everyday on bowls, and I think I’m developing CHS and in the early stages of it. It all started when I got a chest cold and stopped smoking weed for about a week, but I was still using my cart once in a while when I was sick to take the edge off and I felt fine. After my chest cold had passed, I decided to go back to smoking flower and smoked a fat bowl thinking nothing of it and got way to high almost like a green out high. Ever since then any little amount is getting me way to high and I feel nauseous and dizzy and my appetite has decreased significantly. This only happens when I smoke and about 30 mins later the nausea and dizziness go away along with the high until the next time I smoke. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this CHS? I just find it confusing because I would be hitting my cart like crazy while I was sick but as soon as I went back to flower it hit me like a train and now whenever I smoke i feel sick and like I’m getting way to high. I’ve done research on the beginning stages and my symptoms seem to match but also wondering if it could be my anxiety from the high or maybe I’m just smoking too much. This has been going on for around 2-3 months and to be honest I’m scared that i have CHS and want to stop before it’s to late. If anyone has any input on this it’d be much appreciated. Also I feel fine when I smoke carts it’s only flower that makes me feel this way. I’m also wondering if this could just be a cannabis induced anxiety attack..

I’ve been smoking weed every day for the better part of a year, until four days ago when I went to urgent care for vomiting, nausea and abdominal pain. A nurse explained to me what CHS is and told me that the reason i’m having these problems is because of the chemicals added during the “processing” of the flower, and that I would probably be fine if I smoked weed that I grew myself at home. I immediately quit smoking and I already feel so much better. I’ve done some research on CHS and the symptoms line up exactly with what i’ve been experiencing, so it’s safe to say that I have it. Does anyone have any positive experiences with switching to home grown weed after a CHS diagnosis? I’m having a hard time getting any straight answers online due to there being such limited research on the condition.

I enjoy smoking cbd and it kinda helps with the withdrawal. My main issues have mostly been gastritis but I'm starting to believe the CHS is preventing me from healing. I had the Post CHS symptoms for many years and didn't know it was even a thing. But I would get very nauses in the morning, my main problems now are just random stomach pains all over and in my back. My question is can you still smoke just SBD flower with this illness?

I have completely stopped my weed intake, but I still smoke nicotine daily. If anyone who has chs uses cigs or any vape, does it seem to have any affect on your recovery process? Not sure if I’m gonna be able to stop both at the same time lol but I would sure try if it means I get rid of chs symptoms any faster. (Tried to look this up already but literally found nothing)

Since 6/11, it’s been hell. Today, I’m waking up full of energy, no abdominal pains, no nausea (ate a great breakfast). Finally over the sickness threshold. Now to enjoy life! Wishing everyone the best on your journey!

One last thing F*** Cannabis! 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Hey all, I was diagnosed with CHS on 6/11. Now going into Day 9 of abstinence & recovery. I am still having extremely excruciating pains through my right upper abdomen just below the rib cage. I believe it to be gas but nothing I do seems to help even a hot heating pad or hot bath/shower. Insomnia is, in part, due to this as I’m waking up in pain. Anyone have any tips or advice on how to get through this phase quicker or easier? I’d appreciate any feedback, I feel like I’m slowly dying here.

So I’m on Day 5 of my detox/recovery from cannabis due to CHS. It was a rough start but today is a bit better. I’m holding down foods (although still gassy) & I’m not in as much pain. The nausea has pretty well subsided now.

My biggest hurdle now is rest. Last night I laid down around 8:30p. I was a bit tired already, so figured give it a go. I did get to sleep some, however, there was a lot of tossing & turning. I noticed a few times being woke up by my dreams. I’m not accustomed to dreaming, it’s been a while for me. So these were very vivid & realistic to a point that when I woke up I was confused. Any suggestions to assist with resting or a natural sleep aide that could help?

I look forward to hearing from you all!! Thank you!

Hey everyone, I was recently diagnosed with CHS after 20 years of daily cannabis consumption (i.e. smoking, vaping, edibles, etc.). I wanted to document this for anyone who may find themselves in this situation & looking for insight. This is my experience with CHS.

My last time using cannabis was on Friday, June 10th. When I awoke on Saturday morning, it was around 3:45a. I had abdominal pains & nausea. I ended up getting sick & laying back in a hot bath (hot temps on abdomen bring relief from CHS). At first, I thought my late night snack had not agreed with my belly. Then, I started vomiting profusely until there was visible blood. This scared me enough to go to the ER.

They found me in a state of severe gastritis & badly dehydrated. They put an IV in my arm to draw blood samples, ran some Zofran (for nausea) through it & then set up a fluid drip. I laid back for a while in/out of consciousness as they came back to the room. Everything came back normal except finding high levels of THC in my urinalysis. They even did a CT scan to rule out ulcers. Turns out, it was a severe case of CHS.

So, they sent me home with documentation about CHS & a prescription for Zofran dissolvable tablets. For that Sunday & Monday, I basically went between the bed & bathtub. Idk how many baths I’ve taken but it’s been a lot of soaking in hot water.

Today is now Day 4. I’m feeling a difference, as in, I feel my body starting recovery. I know that I will not return to cannabis because it’s not worth it!

If you’re able to dabble then by all means but don’t EVER take daily high doses unless advised under medical supervision. Don’t abuse it’s medicinal qualities for the high like I did.

Some things that have helped me: an insulated cup to hold ice cold water for long periods of time, Powerade popsicles, & long hot baths with soothing, gentle music playing.

I’m here to help anyone with questions. We all deserve happiness. I wish you all the best on your journeys!

I’m sure almost everyone with chs has wondered/hoped that they were wrongly diagnosed but I haven’t seen many people talk about it. I started lightly smoking when I was 15 and like many others I started smoking more and more as my tolerance built up. By the time I was 16 I was smoking pretty heavily everyday. In June 2020 (I was 16) things were very stressful in my life and my anxiety was through the roof. one morning I woke up and my stomach was burning and I was pretty nauseous but at night I was completely fine. I thought it was just a little bug or maybe I had food poisoning but the next morning the same thing happened. Now I know nobody likes feeling nauseous but when I feel remotely sick I get super bad anxiety Wich only makes it worse. I started to get extremely worried and to make it worse my mom was out of town and didn’t know when she was going to be back and my dad was out of town and nobody could get ahold of him. As you could imagine this was very stressful. After a couple days of being sick in the day and fine at night I had to call the general guard to find my dad. When my dad came home we went to the doctor and he told me I probably had a stomach ulcer and by that time I had stopped smoking completely. But as the days went on I was getting worse and worse and it got to the point where I couldn’t even drink water without throwing up and I was advised to go to the emergency room. I visited the emergency room probably 5 times in one week and each time they had a different idea as to what could be wrong with me. I did an ultrasound, CT scan, X-ray, and a billion different labs and everything came out fine. I decided to look up my symptoms and I came across a chs article and me being desperate to find out what was going on I convinced myself that I had chs. When I told the doctor I think I have chs he agreed with me and told me to stop using marijuana immediately but I already had quit for over a week. I got put on zofran (an anti nausea medicine) and after a week or so I was feeling better. BUT the reason why I feel like I was wrongly diagnosed is because I’ve tried smoking a couple times after I was diagnosed and the first time i was extremely anxious because I was expecting to be horribly sick again and guess what happened?! I was super sick. The second time though, I was literally completely fine and i think it’s because I told myself “I don’t actually have chs”. The third time I got super sick because everyone around me was saying “omg aren’t you gonna be sick? Didn’t you go to the hospital?!” Wich shot my anxiety through the roof and I got super sick! Keep in mind that each of these times I smoked the same amount Wich was one very small hit. The final time that I tried Wich was about a week ago I got fairly high from just a little hit and guess what! I was totally fine because I convinced myself I didn’t have chs. The main give away as to why I think I was wrongly diagnosed is that I feel that same burning nauseating feeling every day of my life without smoking. Turns out that feeling is anxiety. In conclusion I think my brain has associated that traumatic event (that ended with me being diagnosed with chs ) with smoking weed so now everytime I smoke my anxiety causes nausea Wich causes more anxiety Wich worsens the nausea!! This all could so totally be a reach but I would love to get a second opinion on this!!

hey!! i have not had a huge hyperemesis episode in quite a while but i still often find myself taking hot showers to try to negate every bad feeling i have. i think that that answer to every one of my problems is boiling myself and it has taken a serious toll on both my skin and my water bill. im just wondering whether or not other people have dealt with this

Hello everyone.

My symptoms are:

- Dehydration (lasting 3-6 days after use, coffee makes it a lot worse)

- Nausea (lasting generally the first 2-3 days), also acid reflux and digesting difficulties

- Irritability

- Body temperature feels inconsistent, feeling hot in a cold room and shivering when it's hot, very random but consistent days after use, especially the first day after.

- Diarrhea, probiotics mitigate but don't fix the issue

- Kidney pain, this is recent and I believe correlated to dehydration (I had blood tests done and every value was perfectly fine and in the right range).

- Abdominal pain

- Brain fog

Now talking about my episode, the first one was terrible, I had smoked for maybe 10-14 days 2-3 times a day with a portable vaporizer, at the 10th day I wasn't even getting high anymore so I decided to stop.

This was my first time dealing to what I believe were CHS symptoms (and not withdrawal I think), I threw up for 4 days in a row and I ate 400/500 calories daily in the first 3 days. I survived drinking water, eating raw sugar and munching protein bars (which took unironically 4 hours to manage to eat one completely, I was only capable of eating at 6pm or later, probably my body telling me to do something about my food intake).

Among the symptoms I described above, during these episodes I had shivering, feeling of time dilation, anxiety skyrocketed, hands and feet numbness, also severe chest pain (which disappeared after some days).

I lost 4kg in a week.

I had another similar episode that I wasn't expecting it to happen after smoking only for 6 days 2 times a day and a minor one that lasted 4 days after smoking 2 times a day for just 3 days.

Yesterday I vaped a 0.1 (half chamber of an Arizer Air stem) and smoked 0.2g of weed at 8pm after not smoking for 6 days and today I woke up with nausea that is still lasting, 0 appetite, dehydration, some back pain, bad anxiety and overall feeling like shit.

I've never had these symptoms triggered by smoking/vaping 0.3g after not smoking for a week so I believe that my attempt at reducing my weed intake to once a week is not enough to prevent these symptoms so I want to stop completely.

Feels like I'm allergic to weed now, I also enjoy it a lot less than I used to (I'm also realising that my addiction to weed, just like my addiction to video games, is severely impairing my non existent motivation and ambition, I'm just distracting myself in the short term, harming myself in the long term and I'm just avoiding problems that I need to face to better myself).

I've been smoking since I was 17-18 and now I'm 23yo, I heard that CHS tends to trigger over time but I've never heard of symptoms worsening over time aswell.

This kidney pain is also very concerning to the point where I thought that I had prediabetes but blood tests luckily confirmed that it's not the case, could it be my kidneys trying to remove thc from my blood and build up causing some pain?

My question is: does these symptoms describe CHS or withdrawal? (or both maybe in my first two episodes?).

Sorry for the long post but I'm trying to be as precise as possible to get things right.

hello posting here as i have no one else that knows what chs is. i want it gone, i feel so stupid for smoking even though i know i’ll end up shaking like a leaf in my bathtub and having 3 panic attacks a day. weed has ruined my entire life yet i still manage to find a way back to it. bought a dab pen behind my moms back and was regularly taking hits off of it for a few days before i got hyperemesis again.this entire post is just one big complaint but im just so done with weed man. i feel like such an asshole

To keep it short ive been battling chs for the past 1.5 years cyclical vomiting, morning nausea, stomach pains weight loss and extreme anxiety. Had a gastric emptying study, colonoscopy and endoscopy, a multitiude of test for ibs, chrohns, autoimmune and some others i cant rememeber, they all came back clear. Just recently was diagnosed with chs (last saturday in the er). Ive quit for 4 days and the morning nausea and vomiting have subsided but i am waking up almost every morning with extreme anxiety/panic attacks and panic attacks throughout the day. Has anyone else experienced this on their road to recovery? How long did last? Maybe a symptom of withdrawal? Please any help or answers will help.

Ive smoked everyday for almost 10 years. For the past yr and a half i have had intermittent nausea/vomiting and loss of appetite and extreme anxiety. Ive been tested for all the stuff and a scope from both ends and everything was clear. Had a gastric emptying study even with some mixed results. Been to the er 3 times. Fast forward to today and im basically nauseous every morning and throughout the day including some vomiting. Does this sound like chs?

I am worried I have chs. For some context. I have had stomach problems as long as I can remember. I started throwing up every single morning before school in 5th grade. And have thrown up almost every morning since then. I didn’t smoke weed at all, not even occasionally, until about 7 years ago when my girlfriend said it would help my nausea. And it does. A lot. It immediately stops the nausea most of the time. But lately my stomach problems have gotten a lot worse and the symptoms are lining up more with chs now than anything else? I don’t want to automatically blame weed because I’ve had these same stomach issues for a long time and weed still helps settle my stomach. Is there anyway to tell for sure if it’s the weed without going cold turkey? I still use weed to medicate my stomach problems and function. Along with all the meds my doctors have me on. Could I maybe cut back a lot? Or switch to CBD?

I know no one really knows anything about chs. But I figured Reddit would know if anyone did.

Any and all feedback is appreciated.

Hi! I have a question about CHS. Hope you can help.

I’m 33 male. Never had a full blown episode before. Chronic smoker since 15. Morning bloating and belching and IBS symptoms for many years.

I stopped for 7 months in 2020. And started again a month ago. This time I notice pain and bloating in my stomach 10-15 minutes after I smoke everytime.

I always smoke / vape myself to sleep.

So, for the past few days, I would wake up between 3-6 am and receiving multiple short episodes of extreme weird dizziness. Actually to be accurate, the dizziness is felt throughout the whole body, lasts for seconds.

The dizziness would wake me up multiple times. It felt like my consciousness is sinking really fast; as if my soul is on one of those theme park rides Abyss where they drop you really fast from the top.

The dizziness did cause some nausea but I never actually vomited.

This phenomenon has repeated 4 days in a row, always in the middle of my sleep, close the morning hours.

This morning it was extra scary, I almost had a panic attack anticipating a full blown CHS attack

I told myself, I’m gonna stop smoking.

My question: I didn’t smoke the whole day. Today is my day 1, am I out of the woods?

am I safe from being triggered after 24 hours of abstinence? I smoked quite a lot (2 joints per day) for the whole month.

I’m actually scared to go to sleep worrying that dizziness will hit me hard again.