r/CannabisHyperemesis

hey everyone. so basically i’ve been smoking flower heavy with T breaks in-between since i was 16 so for about 4 years.. im 20 now. i only experience symptoms of CHS like nausea, not being able to hold food/fluids down, and painful cramping on the first day of my menstrual cycles. i go to the ER everytime i can’t hold down anything in my system, get some IV fluids and nausea/pain meds and boom im back to normal.. and feeling alive again..but its not every menstrual cycle that i have a episode.. its like every 3 months or so or even longer i dont know its very random but i only experience this when i get my menstrual cycle!! is it really CHS or what ?? i’ve been sober for about a month now and really been trying hard not to relapse.. i just want to understand why is this only happening when i get my menstrual cycle is it something else?? open to all feedback thanks for reading and responding <3

CHS is so damn confusing.
After experiencing my first symptoms late April and having an attach may 6th with a period of wellness and then a period of returning first symptoms leading to mental health issues and now finally feeling some wellness and peace again this journey has been so incredibly weird over the last rough month.
Spoken to probably 10 different nurses and doctors and had roughly a 50/50 rate of those telling me it’s probably CHS and those saying it’s probably all in my head and then a couple that have put it down to other issues which have been
1 gastritis
2 peptic ulcers
3 liver cysts
All of which require imagine and procedures that seeming cost 4 digits or require extensive wait times.
All of this has lead to many new mental health issues and suicidal worries, as well as this seemingly Lansoprazole has made me break out into a whole body rash right as summer has come.
Anyone that has been misdiagnosed or went through many tests which found out that CHS was the issue or that doctors just assumed everything was CHS related I would love to hear more stories 🙏👍.

18m 6’1 140lbs
Pantoprazole, famtodine, and currently Vit d2 50,000 uI
Hello, i was told by my doctor that based on my symptoms it’s highly likely that I am in the prodromal stage of CHS as acid reflux meds weren’t helping and I was waking up nasueas . I was wondering if it’s even possible to start smoking again after I fully detox for 3-6 months as recommended by my doctor? I haven’t smoked since the symptom started, if anyone has answers I’d sincerely appreciate it. Thank you!

My mom has had CHS for 2 months now and it hasn’t been getting any better. The first time she showed symptoms, she was extremely nauseous and violently vomiting. My stepdad drove her to the hospital and she stayed there for 3 weeks. The hospital released her and she was getting a little better.

She was talking, able to eat (not much but a little), and walking on her own, but then the doctor told her she could smoke a little weed because they didn’t have a proper diagnosis and they thought it would help her a little with her symptoms. Then she was back in the same state she was in and had to go to another hospital. She stayed there for a month and got released again. The doctor then finally gave a proper diagnosis, CHS. She has not been eating well and has been getting very tiny, only weighing 86 pounds since the only thing keeping her alive was an IV bag.

Today, we just discovered that she was not responding and foaming at the mouth. 911 was called and the paramedics came into our house. They checked on her and they said that she was slowly responding. She was then taken to another hospital. I’m so fucking scared that I’m going to lose my mom, she’s been suffering like this for a couple months. And to those who have CHS, I am so sorry that you have to go through this and I hope the best for your recovery.

EDIT: to everyone that has responded and reached out, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I'm new to this reddit thing, and was not expecting so many responses and chatting with others who relate to this.

we got this.

Mostly a vent session but all comments welcome. I just want to relate to anyone..

I finally decided I'm ready for a new story. I've always smoked weed, and for no particular reason.

I see a lot of folks say they used it for eating, sleeping, coping, and every other reason under the sun.

But I just love smoking.

I love how it feels to inhale and exhale the smoke. I love touching weed, love the smell, love the sound of the grinder grinding it up to popping a bowl into the grav, and LOVE the creative side that my mind would go to.

Since dispensaries have come in, obviously I went that route. Because whatever I was buying off the streets (not quite literally. I did have a trusted source) but it was getting weird. You can tell they were puttin shit in it. Tasted weird. Didn't even smell right. But anyways, ultimately my decision to quit was based on I'm tired of paying taxes on weed. Dispensaries near the West Tennessee area, charge way too much for mediocre pot. No, I have no desire to grow it. Mostly because I don't think I would do any good at it.

However, it's day 5 , the urges do get better everyday but no matter what.. I still just want to hit. Not even to get high. Just to breathe in smoke, and let it out.. I started using one of those shitty vapes from the gas station, needless to say that only lasted about 3 days. Shit has my lungs and chest so tight.. fuck those things.

I've smoked for 25 years. And the only real reason I can actually come up with to quit is because it's become so unaffordable. My husband is the breadwinner, I don't feel right spending money he earns on my habit.

I don't just sit around the house and do nothing, we have a homestead that I tend to. And I just love smoking weed while I do it. But the more I smoke the more lazy I get and now that I'm not smoking I still don't want to do shit. Can't tell if it's just from heavy use of marijuana for the last 20 years or if it's just because the world is going to absolute shit. Which also goes to say the world has always been shit it definitely has a lot to do with how you perceive life, blah blah blah.

Right now I so badly want to smoke.

Smoking has definitely made me a little dumber.. I guess more lazy. Depending on the day, or the type of but I'm smoking but.. why am I on here, ​Trying to find a reason to continue to smoke?

Say I'm not alone.

Is it better to be sober or just enjoy getting stoned?

Yesterday marked three weeks clean. But I’m noticing morning nausea coming back. I’m super fatigued as well. This normal anybody ever experienced this?

Is it a normal recovery or maybe I don’t have CHS? I was doing better at least I thought I was just had some Gerd and some stomach pain. I’m not throwing up but just feel nauseous similar to when all this first started. I’m in a calorie deficit. I wonder if it’s cause I’m burning fat cells and releasing stored THC.

IVE been smoking on and off for about 4 years with this year being my longest binge with smoking everyday and pretty much every couple hours to stay high.(a year or more striaght.) anyways my first symptoms started Friday with severe morning nausea where I threw up 8-10 times in like 10-15 mins and felt instant relief after. 2 days later I wake up fine no nausea, I go to a hot pot, and the day after the hot pot i again woke up nasueas and threw up 4-6 times. The day after I woke up again woth morning nausea wirhout throwing up and it didn’t really subside much, until later in the day. Today it has gotten very slightly better IVE taken so many medications and they have helped only slightly. I haven’t smoked in 2 days as I don’t want to extend to the hypermesis stage if I am in the prodromal stage. If anyone can help id appreciate it thank u!

hi all, i just want to say this subreddit and community has been a super eye opening resource - thank you sincerely to everyone who contributes here.

i have been a daily cannabis user starting from adolescence for many years now, started off mainly with carts from a family friend’s farm and recently slowly transitioning to ontario legal flower and a dynavap. it was a way to cope with chronic muscular pain and central sensitivity (likely cause was sedentary lifestyle from a young age).
i always made sure to complete any responsibilities before getting high and used it as a motivation and reward. you know that classic ball and chain restraint old prisoners used to have? i always explain my usage as taking this chronic pain “ball and chain” off myself for the evening, and i would use this as motivation to push through pain and discomfort during the day.

last night after research throughout this subreddit, i learned about the prodromal phase. today is wednesday, this all started on monday morning when i woke up way earlier than i usually do with far from ideal bowel movements - this was super strange to me. i chalked it up to lactose intolerance (my fatass had a slice of cheesecake at night before sleep - im sure my gut bacteria loved that!). that day, i ended up vaping a few times throughout the afternoon and evening in order to actually be able to push through the nausea and eat.

tuesday morning i woke up again in a similar way - early in the morning, felt stressed and unexpected, had to go to the bathroom and felt super uncomfortable on and off throughout the day.

throughout the last few days i have been dealing with excessive bloating and gas making the top of my abdomen near my ribs feel very uncomfortable. a mild fever and wild random hot/cold flashes.

i tried a hot bath, however the heat only provided a second, less painful sensation that i could focus my attention on, rather than actual relief as i hear is common from this subreddit.

this has all been paired with my lovely (overreacting) anxiety over my current relationship, which cannabis also helped with by calming the racing mind and letting me journal my feelings.
perhaps this was/is a trigger for, though i can’t figure out if it’s a contributor still as i type this today.

essentially, i may be in denial out of fear for losing my coping mechanism, but im really hoping this is just a simple stomach bug, and usually in these cases i would vape just to push through and not feel awful. im trying not to because even if it isnt chs i know gut motility slows with cannabinoids.

the stories about the hyperemesis phase are keeping me strong for now, but (and forgive me to all who have suffered through this) a small part of me thinks actually experiencing hyperemesis might be the trigger i need to quit permanently.

but man… do i just want to feel a little better, which i know weed will temporarily do for me (at expense of my future self…)

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i managed to get through one day and night (last night) without any weed as well as avoiding solids to prevent fermentation and i woke up feeling a tiny bit better than the last two mornings (didn’t feel as stressed, still bloated and uncomfortable)

my current plan is to hopefully push through today and tonight again staying sober, seeing how i feel tomorrow morning, and maybe that evening if all went okay i would hit half of a dynavap bowl and see if things stop improving. i feel if this is a stomach bug then things should settle by tomorrow or friday (day 4 or 5). though realistically i know i should stop for as long as possible.

thank you kindly for reading this long post! means a lot to me. im not sure what i expect out of this post but i hope sharing my experience can somehow help us all a little :)

hello everyone, i have been smoking for about 6 years and i think im starting to show signs of the prodromal phase…

the first year it was pretty low use flower - no symptoms
the second and third year were solely cart usage from day to night - when i would run out, i would be irritable, nauseous, have no appetite, be anxious, couldnt sleep, and would wake up in panic but i attributed this to my anxiety
i then took a two/three month break because i got scared since my lungs were feeling weird and i was going through these “withdrawal” symptoms
the fourth year was just eddies on the weekends - no symptoms
fifth year i went through a bad breakup and ended up getting into carts, although i knew they weren’t good for me so for a big portion of the year i switched it up with flower but just went back.. my usage was still pretty high so the symptoms from before came back.
sixth year and my lungs were feeling funny again so i vowed not to do carts anymore. that was my 2026 new years resolution LOL anyways during 4/20 i got two free carts and ended up using one (gave the other away) but bought two more carts after. fast forward to sunday and i finished my last cart.

i wake up monday morning with abdominal pain, i think this is normal because i usually have to shit the morning after i smoke.. anyways (after having diarrhea with barely anything coming out) i get back into bed and a little while later the pain comes back. i immediately think of CHS and have been going down rabbit holes ever since. monday at 6pm and 8pm i had a few hits of my joint (40% thc) and i cant remember if the pain went away or came back that night, but i think i used the bathroom one more time before i slept. tuesday morning i had similar issues with the pain and diarrhea, i did not smoke tho. today (wednesday) my shit was more solid (YAY) and i havent had any extreme abdominal pain. however since being 2 days sober i will say i am a little nauseous, have 0 appetite, and am weirdly burping a lot.

does this sound like any one else’s experience before they went into the hyperemetic phase? im going camping this weekend and was hoping to be able to smoke a joint or smth, but i dont wanna start vomiting uncontrollably in front of my friends for the whole trip.

i know my relationship with weed needs to be changed and i will quit, but maybe not this weekend LOL i appreciate if you read this whole thing and would like to know what u think??

Been having terrible episodes of vomiting and shaking for a few months now, had to go to the hospital multiple times for an IV since I couldn’t hold any water down and on the most recent visit I got diagnosed with this right infront of my family

Besides the embarrassment of that how do yall do this? I been smoking since freshman highschool year for my anxiety and i cant drink alcohol or have any nicotine because of my stomach

Does this ever go away? Im feeling really screwed over and cheated

After 3 weeks of suspected CHS I payed for a private ultrasound which has revealed 2 cyst/tumors (unknown abscesses) one in my liver one in my gol bladder, will post photos of them later but am in shock currently after being messed around so much by doctors,
What next steps should I take.
Could both be affecting me?
Could the vomiting episode have caused this?

Just got out the ER,
Doctors wouldn’t see me as wasn’t vomiting yet but can feel an attack coming, was sent to mental health team instead.

I’m starting to feel like this will never end, found out my cousin who has been diagnosed only smoked 1-2 times before her symptoms started as well as this it can take 90 days and potentially if “accidentally exposed” can take longer.

How will I ever know what’s going on?
I don’t want to be put on any hard core treatment as i hope it is CHS but am really concerned I’m not going to be able to get through this past 90 days if more attacks come,

Is there any other way to find out if it’s CHS or CVS
If I take a urine test and no THC is present is it CVS?

28m, been hospitalised numerous times over the last year with abdominal pain and vomiting. Doctors are telling me the weed I’m prescribed for my CPTSD is to blame. There are food triggers. Caffeine. Chocolate. Cheese. Onions. Stress also seems to trigger it.

I get really intolerant to heat during pain and vomiting episodes. Like, I need ice packs and icy cold showers and baths to help my symptoms.

Without being too TMI, there’s also blood when I go to the toilet. I’m not sure why, but it’s worrying.

Does this sound like CHS to anyone else?

Additional info about my weed use - I go through about an ounce a month. Usually flower, occasionally edibles. I’ve been smoking it since I was 20, but only been a daily user for the past 4 years or so.

Hello everyone!

Writing this for those who are thinking about quitting and anyone that’s seen my previous posts

Today is day 10 and I feel 10x better, the nausea is gone and I feel better mentally overall than I have in a very long time.

If anyone’s thinking about quitting I would 100% recommend it if u rely on the plant through daily life, it’s hard it’s a weird feeling but u will never know until you try.

Things that I am still getting is:
Eating less and struggling to eat large amounts at once especially

Waking up just as I am about to sleep with a panic attack and my heart racing, as well as not being able to sleep for more than 5-6 hours a night

Headaches have started becoming a frequent occurrence

Stomach pains and churning causing the constant feeling of needing to use the toilet even after going even though stool appearance is normal

If anyone has any advice for this let me know 👍💪

I’ve had CHS since 2015, but this week was terrifying. I went to the ER after 24 hours of vomiting. They gave me IV fluids, Gabapentin, and Ativan.

​I had two separate "attacks" where I couldn't breathe, my throat felt like it was closing (with a loud snoring sound on intake), and my muscles constricted so badly I could only lean to one side.

​The first attack happened Sunday evening, and the hospital staff witnessed it. Despite that, I was still processed for discharge. Then, early Tuesday morning, it happened again. While I was waiting for an Uber in the lobby, I had another attack that was so severe the lobby staff called a nurse thinking I was having a seizure. Instead of re-evaluating or stabilizing me, the staff simply escorted me out to my ride.

​I ended up having to take Benadryl because I remembered it being used for similar reactions in the past, and it finally helped the symptoms subside. I’m honestly afraid that next time I won't be able to catch my breath and no one will help.

​Has anyone else dealt with a hospital ignoring a clear medication reaction or respiratory distress during discharge? What were these muscle/breathing symptoms?

Hi all, I have been a heavy exclusively flower smoker on and off for like 6 years and have never had any problems (25F). This morning I vomited after what was a routine wake and bake and it has my anxiety running rampant thinking I have CHS. This is the first time this has happened and I don't rlly have any other symptoms, my stomach has been twitching and a little sore since I vomited but nothing crazy. I don't feel the need for a hot shower although I was pretty shaky and cold but again it just felt like normal after vomiting grossness.

I take a lot of vitamins in the morning (eg iron, lung supplement, acne medicine, vit d) so my other theory was I didn't have enough food in my stomach. I don't normally eat breakfast just have a high protein milk in my coffee, i also have ADHD and take Vyvanse.

If u have any advice or small signs to look for in the early phase plz I would love ur help, I really don't wanna give it up. ❤️

EDIT: okay end of the day, still feeling kinda funny in the tummy, not bad and no more vomiting, the weed I smoked during the day didn't really help with the nausea, also forgot to mention I started new antibiotics for my skin so rlly hoping it's just that.

I posted before about my fears at the prodromal stage. I am still not 100% sure if I was at that stage, but I did catch the symptoms early. Experienced no vomiting episodes, but did have lasting nausea and stomach pains for the entire 2 weeks between noticing and stopping. Never felt the urge to have a hot shower, though I did notice myself turning the temperature up a few degrees higher (from 40c to 42-45c). Never helped with the symptoms. However I would like to continue thinking that I do have CHS.

ANYWAY… I am now 3 weeks clean today. My parents have started piss testing me and I’m now on a monthly schedule to go back home. I feel really good at the moment, cooking up a storm, laughing so much harder at everything than I ever did when I was getting high all the time.

I also have a question. Normally I can do long-ish stints lasting months at a time, with the mindset always that I’m stopping for good. However, the cravings ALWAYS return and I always manage to convince myself that I’m no longer habitual, and can pick up without smoking every day. Every single time I do that, I don’t even keep strong for the first 2 days. It’s always back to back.

Can anyone share what worked specifically in these situations for them? I usually fail sobriety after a few months and I really don’t want to fall back into that hole again :(

This is my first Reddit post and I hope this post is relevant!!* TW discussing thr*wing up

Hi, so a little back story, I was a daily smoker of just weed and tobacco in a joint (3/4 joints a day) for around 7 years, I would smoke before college, after college, before work, after work etc, It became a massive necessity in my life. About a year and a half ago I had to stop smoking for like 4 days and as soon as I hadn’t smoked for a day I woke up the next morning with severe stomach pain and v*miting multiple times every hour I couldn’t eat or drink anything and I would still be thr*wing up stomach acid, this went on for around 2/3 days before I had to go to A&E due to severe dehydration and had to have an iv drip etc, I was sent home the same day, the next day it was still occurring and I was still being sick, so had to go to a&e again for the same process of rehydration and a drip, I ended up being told to go on a liquid diet for a couple of weeks and that I had ‘gastritis’ but I am wondering why it all started as soon as I quit smoking? I had to get an endoscopy a few months later and had acid burns at the bottom of my oesophagus. And btw a week after I was sent to A&E i started smoking again and my symptoms subsided anyway so I was back to daily use, skip forward to January of this year (2026) I stopped smoking again cold turkey and the same thing happened where I was having severe stomach pain and thr*wing up so had to go to A&E was diagnosed with gastritis and IBS and been taking omeprazole ever since, I ended up stopping weed entirely, and my symptoms eventually subsided but the night I came home from hospital I tried to smoke and had a massive panic attack with shakes, palpitations and literally thought I was dying it was so scary, I don’t know if it was because I was given morphine in the hospital and it was just a bad reaction, so I decided to stop entirely and I felt better but It came with a lot of mental difficulty with panic attacks and anxiety attacks about my heart and health to the point I was calling emergency services quite frequently and had to quit my job and move back home with my parents, I couldn’t go anywhere or stand up for long without feeling like I was going to pass out and it lasted for a few months I’m better now and managing daily life again (not sure if that is relevant to this sub but just thought I’d mention it sorry) but I was just wondering if it was CHS or just a very very bad weed withdrawal or even nicotine withdrawal? I was continuing to use a vape while I quit so not sure it was nicotine but worth mentioning, it’s been over 5 months since I last smoked and recently just started smoking cigarettes, will I be able to smoke weed again? Or will the panic attacks come back if I try? I’m really scared about the mental health side of it as it was honestly one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had to go through, I just want to be able to smoke once a month or something and feel good again, life is just so crappy without it and I still miss it a lot lol I know it sounds stupid but I don’t drink and have (diagnosed) ADHD and a musculoskeletal issue that causes severe nerve pain and joint pain and was using the bud to help manage the pain and symptoms of my ADHD as I have a very active brain that I do not like I have a tendency for anxiety but it was never bad enough to cause panic attacks like I did when I tried smoking again as I believe that was my first panic attack, weed was always nice to shut it off and just relax, I don’t take traditional medication as I’ve got a fear of tablets due to a surprise allergy and haven’t been able to take medication for anything since literally have to take calpol if I’m in pain, I just miss it quite a lot, so yeah to summarise -

Can I still smoke again without having panic attacks?

If I do smoke again one time will I get the same issues with my stomach?

Is there a way I can ease into smoking again to make it easier on myself mentally to avoid the panic attacks?

(Sorry if this is not relevant to the sub or the way I have written it I’m not great with writing and prone to yapping a bit lol)

Hi so i bought weed from someone new and after i smoked it i felt like i was on shrooms everything in my room was getting really big and my heart was racing I know it wasn’t laced because the girl who picked it up for me also bought some of the same weed and she was absolutely fine so that’s not an option my mom thinks it’s chs but looking at the symptoms I’m not to sure can someone let me know if this has also happened to them