Looking to get back on track (20M)
Since November 2024 I was a heavy user of THC and various products ranging from pens, edibles, to actual bud. I was high all day, everyday, 24/7 mostly to numb the pain from my depression and anxiety that’s been crippling my life and progress lately. On top of that I’m already a heavy smoker of nicotine as well.
It all came crashing down on April 27th. I smoked my usual amount but what followed was an insane chest tightness, racing heart, vomiting, and a huge sense of dread that this was it, I was going to die. I immediately rushed myself to a local care physician who said my vitals were fine besides a slight elevated heart rate (sometimes normal after THC consumption), so I went back home fine. Next day I wake up with horrible chest tightness, feeling like I can’t breathe, so I rush myself to the actual ER. My heart rate and pulse was extremely high and I felt the sense of dread and dying again. I was able to get an EKG done which came back perfectly stating my heart was fine. I survived one more day trying to be normal (the symptoms lingered) but found myself in the ER again with the same issues, elevated BP and pulse. I got another EKG and some blood work done that stated once again I am healthy. But these past 2 weeks have felt like a nightmare, my life has been on pause as I’m too scared to go to work, too scared to even shower or eat, all I can think about is my heart pounding and how it feels when I get up and try to be active.
Currently they prescribed me propranolol, hydroxzine, and flouextine to try and help calm my anxiety. I’m still in the early stages though so they haven’t helped me too much yet. My life the past 2 weeks have consisted of fatigue, excessive sweating, nausea, chest tightness, and pounding heartbeats on my chest and stomach (I am underweight for my age though, only 120, due to some other mental health issues, so maybe thats why my heartbeat is so noticeable?). I just don’t know what to do, I know I sound silly but I just wanted to get this off my chest. Should I be concerned or did my green out lead to a severe case of cardiophobia?