I'm so worried about my daughter. Please read!

What is cha chs?

What is MCAD?

I hope your dd feels better soon. 

Please don’t feel as though you failed her. I don’t smoke and barely drink but both of my kids smoke and, given the opportunity, my ds would drink often. We do the best we know how.  When we know better we do better. 

hugs. 

Requoting the above for others to read..



Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the U.S. Young adults are the most frequent users. A small number of these people develop CHS. It often only happens in people who have regularly used marijuana for several years. Often CHS affects those who use the drug at least once a day.
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Recovery phase. During this time, symptoms go away. Normal eating is possible again. This phase can last days or months. Symptoms often come back if the person tries marijuana again.



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I don’t think it is common, at all. I live in a state where it is legal, and know a lot of people in other states where it is legal and not legal.

Honestly, it’s a shame it is so stigmatized by so many people, because, quite frankly, perfectly normal and responsible people are smoking, eating edibles etc both regularly, and from time to time.

A lot of the “kids” my kids ages (23-30) partake more in weed/derivatives than in alcohol. And as a parent that has never smoked (anything) or tried any edibles, I had to do a ton of research to feel like I knew what I was talking about.

Anyway, out of all the adults I know that partake, I don’t know any that struggle with similar illness, and as far as I know, none of the “kids” in my kids friend groups either. My son rarely drinks, but recreational pot from time to time. Her ex was a long term, daily smoker/edible user, who had an insanely high tolerance. My daughter described it in terms of how much of an edible candy bar he would consume vs what others in their group would consume. If it matters for our “Pea Research” he was a shortish guy, slight build. Worked a good, physical job. Seemed normal. But it came to my attention because he begged off on alot of things because he was sick. Also, the seizures. It just kept progressing and progressing. Eventually he moved back to his parents house in another state to deal with the seizures etc because he wouldn’t quit.

I have no idea how he is now. I hope he’s better. And I’m glad as hell they broke up. I don’t think it’s common at all, and I don’t know how much of the severity or the presence is related to volume, longevity or abuse.

I think CHS is more common than people realize. Not everyone has violent vomitimg (CHS groups call it scromiting) and instead have almost daily nausea and heartburn, as well as other milder symptoms. Some people even get sick only in the morning and then go about their day. A classic symptom is a feeling of what I call general ick where you can't eat unless you smoke a little to settle your stomach. And most people don't share GI issues.
Pot today is so much stronger than previous history knew.

So glad your DD's illness has a cure!

And thank you for educating me about CHS - I had no idea. Two of my kids are in college and have close friends who have (in their words) an addiction to weed. I will pass this along to them.

Although they claim not to use it, I am aware that its use has been normalized at both colleges. It scares me, tbh, because I don't know how they can tell what's in it - I'm afraid one mistake might be one mistake too many.

I’m glad there seems to be an easy resolution to this for her.

I’m not a doctor, nor am I an expert. It’s true, that I can be different for everybody, but there are definitely threads that are in common. Therefore, I’ll simply say that to me, my understanding is, it’s much like an alcoholic, waking up with the tremors in the morning.

This is been going on long enough that I don’t think your daughter was only using marijuana at school. I hope your daughter gets it under control, and I agree it is awesome that she’s able to go through this while not during the term. I’m glad that she’ll have the opportunity to not have an affect her education. Her choice though.

Listen to the doctors and care team.

Maybe mental health services can be added if needed.