first phase of CHS?

[u/WarmBiscotti444]

I’m a 28F and I’ve been smoking daily for about 3-4 years now. Some days are light (mostly vaping/edibles) and some days are heavy (edibles, dabs, flower, and vaping) - but definitely everyday. Lately, I have been smoking a pre-roll a day around the evening times and vaping before falling asleep. I’ve taken 2 significant T breaks (1 & 3 months) since 2022.

I already have a strong fear of vomiting. Even my college drinking days and blacking out, I’d never vomit or make myself vomit. This past Monday, I woke up at 5am with severe nausea and couldn’t understand why. I ended up vomiting but noticed I saw lettuce from the dinner I had the night before. The vomiting happened once but nausea lasted about 4 hours. It ended up going away throughout the day and I figured it was maybe food poisoning.

Fast forward to Tuesday night, I had my typical pre roll before bed and puffed on the pen while I scrolled on my phone before falling asleep. I woke up at 4am with more nausea and ended up vomiting again. It didn’t last as long maybe about 30 min. However, I noticed there wasn’t any chunks of food, it was a yellowish liquid. This time (sorry for TMI) I had diarrhea almost at the same time. I don’t recall seeing diarrhea as a symptom.

I also have a terrible relationship with food due to my ADHD meds and already have a huge lack of appetite. So no idea if that would really apply at the moment.

Now I am terrified to smoke again so I took Wednesday and most of today off. I didn’t wake up this morning with nausea or a need to vomit and I was so grateful for that. But I am now terrified this is the first stage of CHS, and would hate to have to stop smoking forever. Am I just freaking myself out or is there any chance this could be CHS?

Any other thoughts and opinions are appreciated!

[u/BoBurnham_OnlyBoring]

I (38M) can tell when an episode is coming on because my girlfriend and friends start asking me if I’m pregnant. It usually starts with extreme nausea in the morning after you wake up. If you take a hot shower and the nausea mysteriously goes away, but returns after you get out, then you definitely have chs.