u/Best-Subject279

I’m a 21 year old woman and have been taking THC edibles regularly for about a year now. Usually anywhere from 20-50mg, maybe occasionally more. For maybe a 6 month period, it was about every night to help me unwind.

I always thought it was harmless but I’ve been seeing articles recently that they can cause heart attacks or strokes (25% higher for heart attacks, 42% for strokes). I’ve stopped since then because it’s freaked me out so badly (I also have very bad anxiety). I want to slowly ease back into them, as they really help with my every day stress and have been a great tool for controlling my anxiety. However, ever since I’ve seen these articles I’ve been spiraling and worried that I’m going to be the next statistic.

My question is how likely is it really for something like this to happen? I know it’s relative statistics, but those numbers are still super scary to hear. It’s been really stressing me out but I went to the hospital a few days ago for a bad anxiety attack and they didn’t say anything looked abnormal with my heart, so I’m just wondering if anyone has any experience with this? Is it really something I should be concerned about or am I just getting in my head?

I (21F) posted on here a week or 2 ago about how I was having classic heart attack symptoms (shortness of breath, heart/chest pain, tachycardia, palpitations, extreme fatigue, etc). When I went to the hospital they did multiple tests and said all is well, so I assume it’s just my bad anxiety. Especially since I have some bad stressors that popped up recently. Posting on here really helped me rationalize that there was nothing wrong, but I still can’t get rid of the physical symptoms.

Anyways I’ve been able to calm myself down mentally about all of this (for the most part) but the symptoms are still lingering regularly. The worst is when my heart feels like it’s beating out of my chest and I’ve genuinely done nothing. It’ll be when I’m laying down or just walking around the house, and still it will flare up really bad.

I am trying to get on some propranolol to calm my physical symptoms, but does anyone have any suggestions for in the meantime? I’m going to try CBD I think, but I have a super busy next few days at work and I can only imagine how bad it’s about to get 😭

ALSO I would really love some reassurance that my heart is going to be okay through all of this. I’ve definitely developed a lot of health anxiety around it since it’s happened, and I’ve been convincing myself that all of these heavy heart beats are going to damage my heart beyond repair, and that I’ll manifest the issues I’ve been so worried about. Is this a rational concern or am I just getting in my head?

Hi all! About a week and a half ago I started having chest pains/tightness, shortness of breath, fatigue, and pretty fast heartbeats regularly. Obviously these are pretty clear signs of a few major heart issues, so I went to the hospital to get checked out.

They did several tests, including an EKG, chest x ray, and blood tests. Nothing came back and they discharged me that night.

I’ve still been having these issues every day, however, and was wondering if anyone else has had similar issues/experiences with this due to their anxiety?

I’ve always had pretty bad anxiety and have a few big stressors that came up recently, so I’m hoping that’s all it is, but obviously anything to do with my heart is gonna freak me out. So, has anyone ever had anxiety flare ups this bad that they appear as typical heart-issue symptoms? Thank you!