31 year old adult that smoked weed daily from like 16 on until about 28. Always thought I was "treating my anxiety" with weed. Nope, it absolutely was just mak

31 year old adult that smoked weed daily from like 16 on until about 28. Always thought I was "treating my anxiety" with weed. Nope, it absolutely was just making it worse. I quit for a few months and the anxiety got worse. Dad then died of a congenital heart condition. Symptoms of the heart condition mimic anxiety. Took 9 years of doctors telling me "it was a fluke" my dad died of it/ that there's no way I had that condition showing symptoms in my 20's. That it was weed and smoking cigarettes. Finally had a doctor take me seriously. EKG showed nothing (Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia symptoms aren't just gonna show up on command). Got a 30 day halter monitor. Proved I have it and would've died within a few years without meds. Got on heart meds and 80% of my anxiety dried up. Didn't really feel the need to smoke weed anymore outside of for fun. Not trying to say everyone that can empathize with this post has IST - but, self medicating is real, and you need to advocate for yourself in medicine to try and get true care. Every other month I do a Twitter thread on being a young adult with heart symptoms and not being taken seriously because of young age or smoking cigarettes, etc. We have a little club of 12 now - 11 people I've helped walk through the bullshit Byzantine procedures a young adult needs to go through to get a heart condition diagnosis. Always happy to walk anyone through the process who might see this post. Basically shoots and ladders and logic puzzles with medical professionals to get your 30 day halter monitor - but it's so worth it for a diagnosis.