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Everyone likes to say that but as a cannabis user for 20+ years, most cannabis does raise HR when it "hits." It also can cause anxiety. Those two things combine

Everyone likes to say that but as a cannabis user for 20+ years, most cannabis does raise HR when it "hits." It also can cause anxiety. Those two things combined can make HR even higher through a feedback loop. But it's disingenuous to think it doesn't raise HR in higher doses - that it's just an anxiety issue. Indica or sativa, they both cause a HR increase during intake. In my experience, it can taper off and one still remains high. But other times, the effect can last a while and the anxiety can turn into a full blown panic attack. Imagine the scenario where someone legitimately has a HR of 150 from Cannabis. They have anxiety about their heart rate and possibly dying, and their friend OP keeps insisting that they just need to "calm down and be cool" because this is "all in your head." That's what ignorant friends are for :-) "One of the most consistent effects of cannabis smoking on heart is 20% to 100% increase in HR which can last up to 2–3 hours, often accompanied by a slight increase in supine blood pressure. This effect of cannabis on HR is thought to be due to cannabis induced vasodilation causing reflex tachycardia (15,16)." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5542986/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5542986/

Tenoke 5y ago
>They have anxiety about their heart rate and possibly dying, and their friend OP keeps insisting that they just need to "calm down and be cool" because this is "all in your head." That's what ignorant friends are for :-) 999 times of a thousand (likely much more) this is the correct response. As you acknowledged there's a feedback loop and external reasons to justify it are likely to increase your HR even further. Given that it increases anxiety and paranoia the times when people have a real problem are going to be extrme rarer compared to the amount of times they are just causing themselves extra anxiety by freaking out. Also 150 is still not really an issue. Anxiety can cause that and it can safely drop after calming down.
- goldenkey 5y ago
  There's really nothing wrong with going to the hospital to get checked up if you've taken something that might be killing you. 150 is pretty high for a body that isn't exercising. If I had insurance and my HR was that high from a substance, and wasn't falling, I'd be on my way to the hospital if the diazepam I keep on hand didn't help. Your risk assessment is different. Trying to give stats on something neither of us can reliably give, is very silly.

Tenoke 5y ago

>They have anxiety about their heart rate and possibly dying, and their friend OP keeps insisting that they just need to "calm down and be cool" because this is "all in your head." That's what ignorant friends are for :-) 999 times of a thousand (likely much more) this is the correct response. As you acknowledged there's a feedback loop and external reasons to justify it are likely to increase your HR even further. Given that it increases anxiety and paranoia the times when people have a real problem are going to be extrme rarer compared to the amount of times they are just causing themselves extra anxiety by freaking out. Also 150 is still not really an issue. Anxiety can cause that and it can safely drop after calming down.

goldenkey 5y ago
There's really nothing wrong with going to the hospital to get checked up if you've taken something that might be killing you. 150 is pretty high for a body that isn't exercising. If I had insurance and my HR was that high from a substance, and wasn't falling, I'd be on my way to the hospital if the diazepam I keep on hand didn't help. Your risk assessment is different. Trying to give stats on something neither of us can reliably give, is very silly.