Is it normal to start to black out when you smoke weed?

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Okay, so i just started smoking pot,weed,marijuana,ect.(all the same thing) I had one type and after a few hits out of a pipe i would be high but it was just making me laugh and i was physically okay. I went to a friends house and took 2 hits off a pipe they had and i stood up and i almost blacked out. I got extremely dizzy, hot, my ears began ringing and my eye sight went black. I sat back down and took in deep breaths and put my cold hands on my neck, to try to cool down.
That helped, but when i got up again, i started to do the same thing. I got dizzy, hot, ears began ringing and my eye sight blacked out. I sat down once more and started taking in deep breaths again.
I was wondering if that is something normal or what? No one else that smoked with me had that effect at all. It kinda scared me and im not sure if thats something i need to worry about.
I've never heard of anything that serious happening to anyone. I thought it may have made me forget to breath?? and the lack of air did that effect? I'm not sure.
let me know what you think.

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  • jussstsimpleme
    11 years ago

    i smoke weed. and that happens at times.. its probably the strain of that weed you smoked.

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  • mystery7
    8 years ago

    I've blacked out once on some weed that I suspect was laced with something real strong. I was hallucinating like it was an acid trip.

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  • truercheese
    11 years ago

    Just move a little slower when you blaze :b
    And eat food if you feel tooooo high, it can help a bit. Besides that, you'll probably be hungry anyways.

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  • linefly1231
    11 years ago

    You know how when you get up really fast from sitting/laying down for a decently long amount of time, you get dizzy, tunnel vision also occurs, black outs are possible. This is called *postural hypotension*

    Symptoms include hearing distortions as well...

    I've gotten up fast enough to the point where I blacked out for about 5 seconds, I hit my head on the doorway. Well what I'm getting at is that the symptom is caused by blood pooling in the legs upon a change in body position. The overall effect is an insufficient blood in the upper part of the body aka your brain. It is quite common and can occur briefly in anyone.

    *and those with low blood pressure*

    Smoking weed lowers your blood pressure because marijuana dilates your blood vessels, which is the reason your eyes turn red when you're blazed.

    It happens when the blood vessels in your legs do not constrict as you stand up, causing less blood to the brain, since the vessels are already dilated you're more prone to having this happen.

    Just get up slower, chill maannn and enjoy your weed :D

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  • drank723
    11 years ago

    did you eat that day? usually happens when you dont have enough to eat earlier

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    11 years ago

    Thanks for all the comments. I was super concerned. I'll leave this up incase it happens to someone else!
    I have to stop soon for drug tests for jobs!

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  • randypete
    11 years ago

    don't smoke it

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    It's Bad for you

    Stop

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  • Metazoa
    11 years ago

    The big down fall off buying from people is not truely knowing what it might be laced with unless you stick with a trust worthy dealer. But on top of that it can also just be the weed itself completely distrupting your body in a negative way. Ppl say weed is harmless, which is bs for certain people. Like everything in life its not for everyone and will produce negative effects just like other drugs will. If it keeps happening just stop smoking weed, or stop now.

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  • Energy
    11 years ago

    I never blacked out. But I been very paranoid when smoking alone. And I'm VERY paranoid that the weed I get may be laced... One of my biggest fears. That's why I plan to grow my own someday. Thank God I'm in Colorado!

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    • linefly1231
      11 years ago

      That last part, youuu boob... luckyyyy :P

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      • Energy
        11 years ago

        :D

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  • Andrew256
    11 years ago

    It's perfectly normal. I've been smoking every day for 16 years and from the start, when I'm really stoned, if I stand up too fast, I'll get really dizzy and start to black out. Just get up slowly after taking a couple deep breaths and youll be fine.

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  • Anonymous Post Author
    11 years ago

    well thank you very much. It was the 2nd type i had.

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    • crimsonprodigy
      11 years ago

      I think its normal, my 3rd time doing it at a friends house, we were on a stairway, I took like 3 hits, felt high. As we started walking down the stairs, I don't even remember what happened, but he said I grabbed the stair walkway, and slowwwwwly started sliding down until I got to the bottom of the stairs lol.

      Woke up 10 minutes later he said, barely felt high and had a couple more blackouts.

      Was normal after that, but no more weed .-.

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  • NeuroNeptunian
    11 years ago

    No, not really. You could have smoked something laced or that didn't agree with you. I know that I once... or twice... smoked some really strong stuff that made me feel like I was just going to die and that I was on a different planet with no fucking atmosphere wow.

    Different strains and breeds of weed produce different reactions and sometimes they totally just go wacko with your body, depending on your brain chemistry.

    If this isn't a regular occurrence, then I wouldn't worry about it.

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