Hope everyone is well. I made a post last night on here (19F who linked the NHS service). I think my nausea episodes are very much exacerbated by anxiety. I have just found the podcast: we’re all insane. The stories are fucking crazy but honestly it’s so so therapeutic to listen to other people’s insane stories and experiences. Makes me feel less alone in the mental game of it all. 2 days weed free nearly!

Also. I think I am going to use this subreddit to keep updating on how I’m feeling getting out of the prodromal phase. All of my family smokes weed daily (even my like my auntie and uncles) and they kind of belittle my pain and don’t believe it is that bad, but I know it is and I know how I feel. I recognise I am so lucky to have clued up about CHS because I bet my bottom dollar that if I didn’t, I would be high right now to cope with the sickness, making my anxiety even worse etc.

Hello! I am 19F and have been smoking weed to deal with anxiety and depression since I was 14, multiple times a day. I am convinced I have CHS. I have been to the hospital last week to discuss my early morning severe nausea, loss of appetite, dry wretching/spitting, and occasional sickness, I believe I am in the prodromal stage, and I have been prescribed omeprazole yesterday. I have just relapsed today. And I am so worried tomorrow morning is going to be the start of the hyperesmis stage. What makes it worse is that I am booked to fly to Malia on Thursday. I am so so unbelievably worried and I feel so fucking stupid for smoking again when I knew I needed to quit. Does anyone have any advice on reducing anxiety (I’m already on sertraline) and/or minimising the chances that I violently throw up for the foreseeable. Additionally, I am afraid of vomit. Pls help

EDIT: it is the next day, no vomit!!!! I’m sure I’m in the prodromal stage - I feel like where I messed up is, I went to the doctors and immediately brought up my weed consumption. I also have ongoing PCOS issues (suspected) and I have just finished my A Level exams - I believe my body now has the time to actually be ill and show the physical symptoms. Even when doing my a levels I woke up nearly every morning dry wretching and/or vomitting and convulsing on my bathroom floor, whether this was from my nightly smoke or the a level stress I have no idea. All I know is that I want to quit and that this is not worth it in the slightest! I wish I never picked up bud and I don’t even get high anymore so there is literally no point. Kind of making this update so that I can come back to it and hold myself accountable.

Sorry another update aha - just been on the phone to Achieve UK - spoke to a lovely lady called Eloise to https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk/achieve/help me with my mental. Would recommend this service if your struggling with the anxiety aspect of being sick and/or the idea of quitting weed. Also would really like to say that this Reddit has helped me so much and it’s so nice to know I’m not alone and not crazy and that smoking up to 5g a day for 4/5 years is not normal.

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