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In 2014 I ended up in the hospital due to an abnormally high concentration of material in an edible. Slept through 90 degree heat and had potassium depletion. W

In 2014 I ended up in the hospital due to an abnormally high concentration of material in an edible. Slept through 90 degree heat and had potassium depletion. Woke up and immediately couldn't control my muscles and had arrhythmia. Thought I was dying. Never touched an edible again.

dj_mc_merlin 5y ago
Surely the problem was not the edibles if sleeping in 90 degree weather paralyzed you? I've sweated large amounts in my sleep, especially while sick, never have I considered I could sweat out enough potassium to paralyze me. Were you eating fine?
- celdon25 5y ago
  Considering that when I got out of the hospital late the next day, I was still extremely stoned, I'm going to have to disagree.
  - whimsicalism 5y ago
    What? That does not show anything
latchkey 5y ago
At least in California, the stuff (especially gummies) you get from the dispensaries is in well controlled doses. Once you find your tolerance levels for a specific brand (through experimentation with smaller amounts) it is easy to just eat half of one, know you're getting X mg of THC and use that as a baseline. Then you just keep buying the same thing and even with different brands, you still have that X mg baseline to go from.
- celdon25 5y ago
  It was in California.
  - vmception 5y ago
    4 years before recreationally available in California under the legal framework
    - celdon25 5y ago
      Do you need to see my medical card, officer?
      - vmception 5y ago
        I don't know anything about how the medicinal framework and supply was then Its still interesting how too big of a dose and sleeping in heat has you in perpetual fear of edibles nearly 10 years later As opposed to the correct dose Like I absolutely think your experience is valid, it seems out of place to share a scary anecdote in a thread that assumes people are taking something within their tolerance range
        celdon25 5y ago
        > it seems out of place to share a scary anecdote in a thread that assumes people are taking something within their tolerance range It's not at all out of place. You don't know what you're getting with an edible. The point being that these pseudoregulations aren't enough to keep you safe, even in a state like Kalifornia. Medical Marijuana had been implemented since 1996 there Is it out of place to suggest edibles in such a way that implies that there's no danger to them?
        vmception 5y ago
        > Is it out of place to suggest edibles in such a way that implies that there's no danger to them? That's an interesting assumption. I would say it is out of place, for the people that do that. At the same time I don't think a disclaimer is necessary for about figuring out your dosage and that some people experience anxiety as a gatekeeping to discussing a product at all, because we don't do that for anything else. I think its something people should be aware of. That's up to the consumer, but I would absolutely love FDA style packaging with disclaimers about known side effects from actual clinical trials and studies. But we don't have that right now.

dj_mc_merlin 5y ago

Surely the problem was not the edibles if sleeping in 90 degree weather paralyzed you? I've sweated large amounts in my sleep, especially while sick, never have I considered I could sweat out enough potassium to paralyze me. Were you eating fine?

celdon25 5y ago
Considering that when I got out of the hospital late the next day, I was still extremely stoned, I'm going to have to disagree.
- whimsicalism 5y ago
  What? That does not show anything

latchkey 5y ago

At least in California, the stuff (especially gummies) you get from the dispensaries is in well controlled doses. Once you find your tolerance levels for a specific brand (through experimentation with smaller amounts) it is easy to just eat half of one, know you're getting X mg of THC and use that as a baseline. Then you just keep buying the same thing and even with different brands, you still have that X mg baseline to go from.

celdon25 5y ago
It was in California.
- vmception 5y ago
  4 years before recreationally available in California under the legal framework
  - celdon25 5y ago
    Do you need to see my medical card, officer?
    - vmception 5y ago
      I don't know anything about how the medicinal framework and supply was then Its still interesting how too big of a dose and sleeping in heat has you in perpetual fear of edibles nearly 10 years later As opposed to the correct dose Like I absolutely think your experience is valid, it seems out of place to share a scary anecdote in a thread that assumes people are taking something within their tolerance range
      - celdon25 5y ago
        > it seems out of place to share a scary anecdote in a thread that assumes people are taking something within their tolerance range It's not at all out of place. You don't know what you're getting with an edible. The point being that these pseudoregulations aren't enough to keep you safe, even in a state like Kalifornia. Medical Marijuana had been implemented since 1996 there Is it out of place to suggest edibles in such a way that implies that there's no danger to them?
        vmception 5y ago
        > Is it out of place to suggest edibles in such a way that implies that there's no danger to them? That's an interesting assumption. I would say it is out of place, for the people that do that. At the same time I don't think a disclaimer is necessary for about figuring out your dosage and that some people experience anxiety as a gatekeeping to discussing a product at all, because we don't do that for anything else. I think its something people should be aware of. That's up to the consumer, but I would absolutely love FDA style packaging with disclaimers about known side effects from actual clinical trials and studies. But we don't have that right now.