High Blood Pressure/heart Pounding Posted: 09-12-05 19:27pm
Hello. I am only 16 years and this really
worries me. One time I smoked weed, and
it was a bad decision. I had a really bad
reaction and my heart started pounding. I
thought I was going to die. I know this
is wrong, but please read.
To get to the main point of the story, two
weeks later. I was going to bed, and I
felt my heart beating abnormally hard. It
worried me, and I couldnt sleep. I let it
go on for a few days, and it would really
pound hard sometimes. It seemed sometimes
like it would pound more when I stood up,
then sat down. I was scared, so I went to
the doctor. The doctor told me its most
likely anxiety, and to lay off on the
caffeine. If that did not help it, then
call back. I called back 3 weeks later,
as it still did it. He scheduled me a
cardiologist, and I went and visited her.
At this point, it did it much less, but it
still pounded. She told me it was also
most likely anxiety, because my ekg or
whatever looked good, and my heart sounded
healthy. At the time, my blood pressure
was somewhat high. It was around 130/80,
which is high for somebody my age. She
told me it was stress, because my
grandfather had just died. She told me to
just relax, and if it kept going on, call
back. It kept going on, but not as bad.
I hoped it would go away, but it didnt. I
called for another doctors appointment,
because my blood pressure might still be
high.Sometimes I get chest pains, but
there not too bad. I got it checked, and
it was. It ranges from 130-150/80-90. It
is somewhat high for a kid.
Now heres the question, could all of this
be caused by high blood pressure? Or
could this high blood pressure be due to
something wrong with my heart. Could
smoking have had something to do with it
all, since it did somewhat start with
that? Please help!
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mad max
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Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 4 Location: luton
Rapid Rescue Just 4 U My Little Chum Posted: 09-14-05 20:00pm
Try snorting some coke that should put you
and your heart to ease, let me know once
you have then tell me how you felt.
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drsashii
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Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 1 Location: india
Re: High Blood Pressure/heart Pounding Posted: 10-09-05 13:13pm
hellohelpmeplease
wrote:
hello. I am only 16 years
and this really worries me. One time I
smoked weed, and it was a bad decision.
I had a really bad reaction and my heart
started pounding. I thought I was going
to die. I know this is wrong, but please
read.
To get to the main point of the story, two
weeks later. I was going to bed, and I
felt my heart beating abnormally hard.
It worried me, and I couldnt sleep. I
let it go on for a few days, and it would
really pound hard sometimes. It seemed
sometimes like it would pound more when I
stood up, then sat down. I was scared,
so I went to the doctor. The doctor told
me its most likely anxiety, and to lay off
on the caffeine. If that did not help
it, then call back. I called back 3
weeks later, as it still did it. He
scheduled me a cardiologist, and I went
and visited her. At this point, it did
it much less, but it still pounded. She
told me it was also most likely anxiety,
because my ekg or whatever looked good,
and my heart sounded healthy. At the
time, my blood pressure was somewhat high.
It was around 130/80, which is high for
somebody my age. She told me it was
stress, because my grandfather had just
died. She told me to just relax, and if
it kept going on, call back. It kept
going on, but not as bad. I hoped it
would go away, but it didnt. I called
for another doctors appointment, because
my blood pressure might still be
high.Sometimes I get chest pains, but
there not too bad. I got it checked,
and it was. It ranges from
130-150/80-90. It is somewhat high for a
kid.
Now heres the question, could all of this
be caused by high blood pressure? Or
could this high blood pressure be due to
something wrong with my heart. Could
smoking have had something to do with it
all, since it did somewhat start with
that? Please
help!
even me (44f) suffering this high bp
(140/100) with heart pounding. Even
after medication my diastolic pressure
didnot reduce nor the pounding
stopped...Me too need some advice
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audio gnostic
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Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 4
its not the weed bro Posted: 07-28-08 02:21am
ive got a friend who had a similar
experience with weed, and he thought there
was something wrong with his heart several
months afterward and was very nervous. i
can assure you this is not the case, most
liekly what you experienced is a panic
attack, and are currently experiencing
stress. you may actually have high blood
pressure due to other reasons, im only 18
and i have the same bp as you. but i can
assure you its not the weed, i have been
smoking marijuana heavily for over 6 years
and currently have a medical license, i
have done much research on teh topic
including reading some pretty giant books
cover to cover since i am very careful
abotu waht i put into my body. marijuana
actually speeds up heart rate and lowers
yoru blood pressure, and long term it has
actually been shown to decrease blood
pressure. to test it, check your bp before
smoking, and after, after smoking its
usually liek 15 points lower, unless youre
flipping out.
