My mystery illness. Cannabis makes it worse :(

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  1. #1 Sacerdotal, Aug 31, 2013
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    I have gone through hell this year because of some unknown illness I have. I hope someone can give me some insight or a hint at what the cause might be. Maybe someone here have had the same. I am researching a lot online and have gone through multiple doctors and medical tests and they found some things but not a lot. Here is my story:
     
    The last 2-3 months of 2012 I have been feeling some weakened muscles but nothing too much out of the ordinary. While meditating and breathing heavily my chest would tighten a bit and I had to change posture and lie down. On Dec 30 I started going through a nerve shock/crisis because of a certain event in my life. I was hugely depressed and didn't do any sport or any activity other than smoking weed and playing poker so that I don't think about my problems. I started noticing a progressive weakening of my lungs (or breathing muscles) and my strange way of hold-it-for-a-long-time-then-exhale-a-bit-then-inhale-again-and-hold made it worse. I also started noticing acute pain in the left part of the head. All these symptoms worsened and even inhaling through my vaporizing bag made my chest tighten and I felt pain.
     
    By the beginning of March I could barely breath. I had great trouble breathing while walking and had to take stops every few steps. The acute pain in my head was extreme and made me curve in a ball. It was a pulsating pain. I was a wreck. I decided to play poker 12 hours a day because that way I could lie in my bed and breath through my diaphragm. At about the 5th of March I couldn't move my lungs (or breathing muscles). I had to move my whole upper body in order to breath or do squats and then get up and expand my chest by extending my shoulders to the sides. I entered a nearby hospital.
     
    After 5 days in the hospital my lungs were extremely weak. I could walk no more than a few meters before taking a 10 second break. I could barely talk, walk or do anything else. Any physical effort like bowing made it worse. I wanted to die. I just lied in my bed counting the seconds.
     
    By the 30th of March I got much better and could walk for a few hours a day and talk a bit. I had 2 days when I could breath without effort in some postures even though it hurt a lot. I was extremely happy. The next day it was rainy so I stayed in bed all day and didn't do anything. I didn't meditate (which helped me every day SO INCREDIBLY MUCH when i moved the energy of the chest around - it was my most important work every day). I didn't walk around that day. The next 6 days my breathing got so fucking bad I wanted to die again. As if my lungs had collapsed again.
     
    And this is when I made my biggest mistake so far!
     
    On a Saturday morning I took 3 grams of natural unmentionables that look like penises. I thought that they would loosen my muscles a bit so I would breath better. During and after the experience my breathing got extremely bad to the point that I could have stopped breathing while sleeping. I hated myself so incredibly much that I just had to be around other people so I don't do anything stupid. Little by little my breathing got a bit better but whenever I overexert myself my breathing would worsen and I would be back to where I was a month ago. Right now I have tightness in my head that increases if I overexert myself. I cannot run because I cannot breath that fast and if I do try to run, my throat would tighten a lot and my head would start tightening and pulsating. It would take me 3-4 seconds to inhale to the maximum and my lungs would feel very tight. After a laugh my throat is tight and I cannot inhale fast. If I inhale smoke of any kind - my breathing gets much worse. I am extremely vulnerable to the environment and any actions I do.
     
    I tried eating cannaoil - 2.5 grams of some weak bud that wasn't good for smoking (I was told so). At first I was so happy I was high again but then my breathing got much worse. My head got tight and I got very lightheaded, expecially upon standing up. I was just waiting for the high to wear out cause I was not enjoying it cause I knew I made my situation worse like I had already done on multiple occasions.
     
    I started going to many, many doctors and here is what became certain:
     
    I DON'T have anything wrong with my lungs or breathing pathways/organs.
     
    A scan (CT scan I think, i dunno - it was a big round machine) test revealed that my thymus is too active. I have thymus hyperplasia. At least according to the doctors who performed the test. Another doctor who looked at the disc said he saw nothing wrong and called the other docs which later confirmed that they thought I had a persistent thymus.
     
    Other tests revealed that I MIGHT have a chronic nerve infection. Additional tests are needed.
     
    Conclusion:
     
    Most probably, I have a chronic nerve infection and this nerve is related to the breathing muscles and possibly the brain (the acute pains in the head). Because of this nerve infection I cannot move my breathing muscles fast and effectively.
     
    Cannabis relaxes my breathing muscles, just like the unmentionables so it makes my breathing much worse.
     
    Right now I can't overexert myself (can't run/lift weights and so on). I always make a conscious effort to breath, which isn't very pleasant. There isn't a single second when I breath properly. Even a seatbelt in a car makes it difficult to breath. I cannot drink cause its a nerve depressant. I cannot use cannabis or unmentionables cause they weaken my breathing muscles.
     
    Has anyone heard anything similar to my story? Any tip on how to overcome it? I have many aces up my sleeve to try but I am getting more and more desperate  cause nothing seems to help me. If anyone has any ideas or know of someone who has gone and overcome something like this - please share it with me. Thank you :).

     
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  3. Need cliffs for analysis
     
  4. Cannabis has absolutely no negative effects so LOL at that triggering something bad LOL. 
     
  5. #5 Dankdiddy42097, Aug 31, 2013
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    holy shit im not reading all that, weed is not making anything worse, you're an idiot
     
     
    Enough with the name calling. We don't tolerate that kind of behavior here. Chunk
     
  6. ^ o ffs read the fucking post before posting ignorant shit like that. He possibly has a nerve infection and the effects of drugs relaxing his breathing apparatus aggravate the condition. Seriously people fuckin read.
     
    To op i have no idea how to help man :( just keep seeing doctors and don't let them tell you it's something or treat you and have it no work if it's persistent after treatment tell them so and be aggressive with requesting treatment. It's your health no theirs.
     
  7. #7 Sacerdotal, Sep 1, 2013
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    yea, man, thanx. In my experience at least 95% of conventional doctors are careless egocentric unprofessional uneducated people. After it was known that my lungs and breathing pathways are all fine none of them made the simple connection that MAYBE my breathing muscles are the problem. How hard is it to suspect that if you are a fucking doctor!?! Many of them said "you are just bullshitting everyone, go do some sports" . LoL and I am talking about the best doctors in my country who have specialised in Switzerland, Germany and so on.
     
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    That's not true in people who have lung problems. All smoke is less than good for your body. 
     
  10. That's quite peculiar, I have these pains sometimes, although mine is rooted in the anxiety that is triggered and I overpowered it with relabeling the panic signals.
     
    I've never know of anyone having such a situation, if the doctor's can't find it then its going to be more appointments until you find out what it is, you can always go holistic and search for non invasive ways to tackle your problem.
    Good luck
     
  11. Plz read b4 making such a statement. There is credible reason to believe weed may make things worse in this case. 

     
     
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    What a fucking joke you two. Do you even read or just smoke pot.
     
  13. Do you even sarcasm? Apparently not.

    Sent from my cerebrum.

     
  14. why post in the thread at all if youre not going to post anything helpful or relevant to the OP?  why post in the thread at all if all you're going to do is "sarcasm"?  boost post count?  for likes?  sad sad sad.  
     
    OP...it sounds like smoking anything is not good foryou, if you still want to get high try out them edibles man
     
  15. tried em. Makes my breathing muscles too weak and worsens my breathing a lot.
     
  16. Then it sounds like marijuana is not for you my brotha. Sad but true sometimes. Just keep in mind no on has ever died from weed
     
  17. chronic fatigue?
     
  18. followed by the lawyers when OP files a malpractice lawsuit 
     
  19. #19 mr man fan, Sep 1, 2013
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    Jokes on them, they are the fucking idiots here.
     
    Enough with the name calling in this thread. Chunk

    OP man, that sounds really rough. Not being a doctor and never going through something similar I can't really help. I wish you well though. Hopefully what is wrong is found and sorted. 

    Weed or any or drugs don't sound like the best idea right now. Develop a hobby that doesn't require much physical exertion, stay healthy and hopefully the doctors can define exactly what is wrong and you can make a recovery soon.

    Good luck brotha.  
     
  20. I still dont understand why people make medical advice threads in GC General..... seriously guys? You're asking for medical advice from random strangers that are most likely young kids that know nothing. If real doctors and a 5 day stay in a hospital didn't give you answers GC isn't going to.
     
    Really sucks OP, I had pneumonia one time pretty bad and couldn't breathe after a few steps, shit was scary. Maybe you should stay away from drugs and weed for a while....
     

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