CHS is no joke. I started smoking weed with 16 every day, I am 31 now. When I was 17 I had the first episode of CHS. It started with one week of extreme stomach pain and not beeing able to drink or eat. Only hot showers helped, so I was sitting in the shower for hours every day, even in hospital, as they weren't able to find the problem and couldn't do something for me, except giving opiods as painkillers, which only helped for a few hours until the pain came back. At that point I didn't consider the weed smoking as the problem. Usually it helped me with "normal" stomach pain from eating to much and such things, and the doctors had no idea that CHS even existed back then. But things got worse from year to year as I continued smoking weed. The episodes of CHS got longer and longer and appeared more often. From only 1 week in a year at the beginning, when I was 17, up to 2 weeks this year (age 31). This year I had to go the hospital 3 times already and they finally diagnosed me with CHS. Now I almost stopped smoking weed for about 2 month already and I hope I don't have an episode of CHS again in the future. But it's really hard for me to stay clean, as I loved smoking weed and all my friends still smoke. Over all the years I smoked weed and suffered from CHS I noticed some things which could have something to do with it: 1. Out of all people I know I always had the dryest mouth, throat and lips after consuming weed. 2. I have always been the first one falling asleep from the weed we smoked, while others are able to stay awake, even though they smoked the same amount. 3. The episodes of CHS mostly appeared in or after weeks of very high dosages of thc (over 1gram of weed up to 3 grams of strong strains per day). 4. Most of the time my body showed warning signs before the episodes started: getting dizzy while smoking weed and acid reflux before and after smoking weed. My advice if you suffer from a strong episode of CHS pain: 1. Hot showers/ hot water will help, but only as long as you stay in it. As soon as you go out the shower the pain and nausea comes back. Watch out not burn yourself with the hot water, as hotter water helps more, but you sometimes can't feel the pain of burnings anymore, because the stomach pain from chs is so strong. Try capsaicin cream in addition or instead of hot water, as it helps for a longer period of time and you can't burn yourself with it. 2. If you aren't able to drink for more than 24 to 36 hours, go to an hospital or at least an doctor that can give you intravenous infusion as soon as possible! Your body needs water. I once refused to go for more than 48 hours until my parents forced me, which was good, as the doctors diagnosed me with kidney failure from not drinking for over 48 hours😓 3. Tell the doctors the truth about your cannabis consume (even if you are scared to let them know because of the cannabis laws in your country or your parents etc.) and let them know it could be CHS you are suffering from. many doctors still don't know CHS exists! 4. Stop smoking weed completely or at least stop smoking it more than one or two days in a month, and don't smoke too much. I can tell you, from my own experience, it will most likely come back, if you smoke too much.

@SuperJeremy1982

9 ай бұрын

I believe my partner has CHS. She's been having episodes of extreme vomiting for nearly 3 years. She's hasn't been open to discussing her cannabis use with her doctors, as she's afraid of being treated like a drug addict in the hospital. Typically after she's gone through an episode she's open to discussing CHS with me as a potential cause, but after some time of abstinence, she relapses. She's at the hospital now. This is her second episode this month, and 5th this May. I really don't know how to help her.

@Blvckbirdz

9 ай бұрын

@@SuperJeremy1982 First of all your emotional support is very important. The pain from CHS can be very strong, and being alone or only with strangers at the hospital with this pain at least for me is very depressing, which makes it even more worse. So visit her as often as possible, hold her hand or something like this, if she is in strong pain. This always helped me a lot. Second: convince her to tell the doctors about it: Yes, some of them may not be very sympathetic and understanding, but at least they can give you the right medication, as common painkillers for stomach pain usually won't work. It's "just" cannabis, nothing uncommon, doctors have to deal with it everyday . Where I a from, it's illegal to own cannabis, but I still told the doctors. You just have to. Usually benzodiazipin or opioids are the onlything to quickly relieve the pain. In addition she needs infusion to stay hydrated. Try to buy capsaicin ointment, put it very thin on the stomach, and maybe shoulders and back, but not too much, as it burns and feels very hot, like chili. As soon as she can she has to start drinking small amounts of water again, sip by sip, and wait for the reaction. If this works for at least 24 hours start the same with soup, maybe without anything in it at first and then with some vegetables inside. Try to avoid food with much fat, much sugar or acids. After another 24 hours without vomiting try some food like mashed potatoes and other soft boiled dishes. Continue that and slowly work your way up back to your common dishes. All in all try to eat healthy food in general, fast food, sugar, acid and fat is bad for people with a sensitive stomach. If she feels better again, she needs to stop consuming cannabis, thats the only way to stop CHS. It's hard, but she has to. You can consume after a while, but only one day a month or something like that. Last time I suffered from CHS, I only smoked for one week after beeing clean for a month and immediately ended up in the hospital. It's really not worth it. Again, she probably needs emotional support to stop smoking. If all of this doesn't help, she may have another disease and should be checked again by the doctors. I hope everything is understandable, as I am from germany and english is only my second language. I wish both of you the best, try your best to convince her and follow the rules I mentioned, and I am sure she will be fine in a few days.

Omg this video just saved my life, I've been suffering for the past year with all these symptoms, and the Drs from where I am aren't very familiar with CHS so I've literally been at the brink of suicide on how bad the symptoms are, this is me literally down to everything she said. Now I know and thank God. This is one of the most debilitating illnesses ever, it's pure hell. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

@dan3nad

5 ай бұрын

I.have CHS... have you experienced joint pain? Almost debilitating pain

@Abk556

4 ай бұрын

I’ve been experiencing chs every Morning recently but still get cravings throughout the day is it bad to get one puff compared to back then puffin every hour

I abstained for a seven month and fourteen month period. The doctor do-littles still tried to claim that my, by then, very severe episodes were caused by cannabis use in a previous YEAR! If you’re born into some populations they will never help you, no matter how many hoops you jump through.

@lifeoflw84

9 ай бұрын

Bad thing about medical/recreational marijuana.. how long have you had cvs.. mine started as a young child.. many years undiagnosed.. then got diagnosed with CVS at 12.. I’m 39 now and marijuana does help my nausea!! Just “helps” tho.. when I say helps I mean when it wears off I’m back just as sick.. hate y’all have to go threw them saying it’s the weed.. to even get help for CVS at the Mayo Clinic you can’t have any thc in your system.. they won’t even see you for CVS if you do! It’s crazy..

@befaye3696

8 ай бұрын

Hang in there 😢

@23strath

Ай бұрын

Perhaps you really do not want to hear what the doctors are telling you?

@mechadoggy

12 күн бұрын

“I abstained for a seven month” Do you realize that THC is fat-soluble and can be stored in fat tissue and eventually be slowly released into your body system even if you’re completely abstaining?

I love these UCLA Health GI lectures -- thank you for these great lectures ! I listen to some of them repeatedly!

The debate will probably always be up in the air. I started smoking at 20 for maybe 6 months then went through very stressful times and had my first episode. I had stopped smoking for a month to see if that was the issue. And since then I’ve continued with regular use of marijuana. CVS is a monster and we need all the help we can get

@TommyBurnsTF2

Жыл бұрын

Did symptoms return?

@hardstyle719

Жыл бұрын

I'm so confused

@dieseldabz7104

Жыл бұрын

ALL total BULLSHIT

@lifeoflw84

9 ай бұрын

20?! When was your first episode.. most cases that are severe start when we are very young.. stress along can cause nausea.. CVS is really started in the brain.. do you have a GI dr?

I smoked for a couple years in highschool, then took a break for about 4 years, then started smoking again, within 6 months of smoking again I got CHS symptoms but didn’t get a diagnosis until a couple months later. So glad I know it’s the cause but I’m salty I can’t smoke anymore 😢

@necessaryevil455

3 ай бұрын

You're not alone. I hope you're doing well, my CHS symptoms have stopped. It has only been two weeks, and the withdrawal symptoms are murder.

I have had cvs for over 30 years anyone need help i can help with meds or all the stuff I been threw. I’m a open book! CVS sucks!! Wish one day day for a cure but I doubt it..

@caindasler5603

6 ай бұрын

I'm interested in learning more about it and how to deal with the episodes

@sallym7077

2 ай бұрын

I’m really interested as I have been suffering for the past 10 years. Now it’s just getting ridiculous. When I’m stressed, don’t sleep right, eat the wrong type of food, get invited to an event, booking holidays I start vomiting and can’t stop. It’s so depressing and sometimes i worry what if I’m dying.

some withdrawal symptoms after long term cannabis use are identical to CHS, would you still consider it CHS at that point?

Please suggest a doctor in India who has experience treating cyclic vomiting syndrome patient

Have any researchers explored the use of cadmium that is reportedly used in the cannabis industry with possible toxicity associated as a source of cannabis induced emesis?

This is the best synopsis I have seen. Wonderfully useful information w/o the bias some include about marijuana while honestly discussing CHA. As a father of a long time suffer of migraines OB/GYN migraines and now CFS CVS I thank you for including a list of some of the drugs that you have found to be helpful because many of the anti nausea drugs like Compazine and to a lesser extent can cause heart problems

@BigC61503q

Жыл бұрын

Sorry but voice editor made mistakes…Only acronyms I meant to use was CVS and CHS

@andoriannationalist3738

Жыл бұрын

Phenergan (antiemetic) helped me. There’s SL pills that dissolve under your tongue. They are good. The IV is better but you have to know what you’re doing or you could miss the vein and inject the drug into surrounding tissues, and if that happens, people have lost limbs. It makes one sleepy. Good shit .

@tjomg9354

Жыл бұрын

@@andoriannationalist3738 any word on Zofran ? I got prescribed it but never works

@dieseldabz7104

Жыл бұрын

Umm Cannabis is a better med then any of that crap and doesn't have long list of side effects like almost every med nowadays, oh but big pharma doesn't get rich I forgot..

@dieseldabz7104

Жыл бұрын

​@@BigC61503qCannabis and CBD is ONLY thing that's ever helped my Migraines. All those meds you mentioned have side affects and Cannabis doesn't and doesn't bother heart or blood pressure. Don't believe all the lies.

10 years I’d been seeing specialists. Countless MRIs, EKGs,X-rays, scopes. Emergency room rarely helped since they don’t dispense pain meds to something they can’t diagnose. I thought I’d have to get lucky and meet a competent Dr. like House M.D. Made me suicidal and question our medical system. A doctor’s student mentioned CHS the other day…so I’m stopping smoking, and I’ll see.

Omg ive been going through tis with an auto immune diaease and marrage sepperation, this immobilises me sometimes several random times a day, usually brought on by stress bad diet with ibs so i gues ulcerative whateva as my doctor was investigating, now been dumped by all my doctors and after 6 visits to emergency with severe adema, they told me not to bother coming in again that the reason is lack of medical intervention, so what kind of doctor specialises in this stuff?, as of right now i am forced cold turkey off my anxiety meds because the gov says its bad to have with my pain meds, ive allready been through suicide from dv now the anxiety and depreasion of being very alone is pushin me hard just to end it all, seriously, what dont doctors know this stuff?, all my opiates and all have been taken, my quality of life is homeless. I seriously cant finnd a doctor willing to take this pain and anxiety seriously.

The information about chs is incomplete.......

I wonder how this criteria actually help make the diagnosis

Has anyone developed joint pain from prolong CHS???

2:08 waht a strong human

Motion sickness ????????? Be Link to CHS?????

I have had cvs since i was 6 and i started smoking weed from 14 so what she says in that part is inaccurate but i rate that she’s spreading awareness ❤️

I started smoking cigarettes and weed when I was young, somewhered around 14 I was smoking weed daily. I quite when I was 19-20, got back into it recently and I have been waking up sweating cold, nauseous, dizzy and an urge to smoke weed because I think it'll make me feel better then once I smoke a bong I throw up for about 10 minutes every morning and if I don't smoke a bong I will not feel any better, but even smoking this doesn't make me feel great this has been going on for almost a month, I have never had these side effects this often until I got back to daily smoking

@user-te7br3qd1s

5 ай бұрын

Need updates please 🙏. I have the same issue 3 days ago I stopped smoking after a hospital visit for the same symptoms

@hardstyle719

4 ай бұрын

@@user-te7br3qd1s I quit smoking weed and everything went away in 2 weeks it was horrible but Ive been smoking weed again for 2 months now but I feel fine, I'll up date you if I get sick like before if you'd like.

My chs went away. Hot showers took the pain away

@Dankehum

Жыл бұрын

Trust me it may help at times but there will be a time that you would have to jump right back in every 5 minutes. Cuz it stops working and u wont have any other option but to go to the ER. Typing this while on my hospital bed!

@opticlockjaw1033

Жыл бұрын

I throw up a lot haha so I feel this

Can she speak any faster?

@Simone79126

11 ай бұрын

I like it, to each their own…

@SuperJeremy1982

9 ай бұрын

Probably had a limited window.

I'm sorry but as a 43 yr old white male and military vet who first used Cannabis at age 13 and who's used it most my life especially after my spinal cord injury in '00 I call total horseshit on "CHS" I've learned alot over the years with Cannabis and once I got old enough to use it as medication and not smoke to just get high like every 20 yr old I began to educate myself on all the great benefits and healing properties of the plant. I wish people realized and talked more about the fact that they are buying dirty legal Cannabis from dispensaries everywhere and being fooled buy fake inflated THC % to help sell a branda products and ALOT of the labs testing products are being paid off to lie, and dispensaries themselves are doing it as well folks. I've worked in the industry for decades now, rhe first few in the black or grey market and then finally legally yrs ago Best advice is grow your own so know exactly what's going into your body. This entire CHS thing is simply another way BIG PHARMA makes $$ of you all and it's deplorable imo. Notice know mention of the actual "cure?" Because its a fake made up thing to scare people. Not saying some aren't possibly getting sick from bad products however and even allergies/allergic reaction from what they ingested however. So many variables.

@Simone79126

11 ай бұрын

Bullshit for you maybe but CHS with organic weed grown in papas backyard is a real thing.

@terminator1541

10 ай бұрын

This is just false and you're spreading misinformation. CHS is absolutely a very real condition, just got to r/CHSinfo and read post after post about it. For people with CHS, abstaining definitely reduces symptoms. Complete abstinence is the only way to stop CHS once it sets in. It only affects a small portion of heavy users, but it's absolutely real. If you actually listened to the presentation, you'd know that continuous cannabis use is thought to dysregulate the endocannabinoid system's anti vomiting neural pathways. The treatment for CHS is to just stop smoking weed. What $$$ is big pharma making by telling people to stop smoking weed when they do too much? It's not like big pharma is making anti CHS medicine now are they? Get your head out of your ass, maybe take a t break, you'll think clearer.

@SuperJeremy1982

9 ай бұрын

I do agree that it probably has something to do with the garbage that cannabis companies are putting in their pot, but CHS is definitely not horseshit.