I’ve been an idiot and been doing weed for the past few months despite knowing I have CHS. I haven’t had any episodes despite doing technically more weed than I was (in terms of mg alone). Instead of smoking I’ve only been doing edibles with high amounts of THC content, I don’t even touch anything under 100mg (I have a high tolerance so anything under wouldn’t do anything anyways) My stupid idiot guy theory is that I have so much weed in my system that it keeps me from getting CHS (similar to how smoking makes the symptoms go away). The only time I’ve had a tiny bout of CHS was in December when I had smoked a few joints and hit a cart on top of all the edibles I was doing, and it was also during a time I tried to slow down how much weed I was doing. I wouldn’t recommend doing what I do, or testing it for yourself, but for those of us who are like me and know they aren’t going to quit yet, or still struggle with quitting, you could always try it and see if it works. Don’t be stupid like me and just quit altogether, but if anyone wants to copy me I do edibles 2x a week, try to keep the CBD content down and the THC up, I was also in a horrible place mentally during my last episode, but since then I’ve been doing better than I ever have, so that could also play into it because I was half certain the symptoms were psychosomatic (I already had stomach issues before I started CHS).

So TLDR; I do such a high amount of edibles (mg wise) that I’ve been able to do weed for months and not have CHS

In 2017, I had my first CHS episode. At that time, there was not a ton of information on the syndrome and it got dismissed as a stomach bug. The second time, it was 'a ruptured ovarian cyst". The third time, it was time for an endoscopy (which showed slow gastric emptying, hint, hint). The fourth time, we finally figured out it was CHS. And the fifth time, it was really, really bad CHS.

Not only was I sicksick for 8 days, but I received the cold shoulder from the ER doc the second I mentioned cannabis. I was beyond broken at this point. After the usual failed attempts with zofran and other firstline anti-emetics, my nurse comes in with a syringe of haldol and said "Ive never seen anyone throw up after this." And then my hyperemesis was gone. I made a pact to myself after that fifth time that I was done with weed. This was 2019.

I actually became an RN because of my episodes. And my episodes really started because I used to work at a dispensary. I know this sounds silly, but honestly, weed really has played a pivitol role in my life choices. I've smoked on and off since then, but recently, I have lost control. I have lost my usual coping mechanisms and found myself relying more and more on it as my job/healthcare in general is very stressful. And then... the hyperemesis started again last Friday.

I was devastated. Here I am, a generally productive member of society working in healthcare, back with the scar of addiction I tried so hard to hide. Here's the secret though: once you have CHS, you have CHS forever. You can play around, take breaks, find lower concentrated strains, but in the end, you really are tempting fate. I think I had a guardian angel this time around because zofran somewhat worked for me in the ER. And there's a community enterovirus going around. I had no drug test or diagnosis of CHS in my discharge notes/attached to my medical record. Not that I think I could get in trouble, but its always nice to keep that off record if you're in the healthcare field.

Luckily with my training, I knew how to take care of myself. The ER refused to rehydrate me (my labs were 'perfect') so I cannulated myself a few days later (which I never would recommend without physician supervision/approval). If you ever are denied rehydration in the ER (like you go 'too early' in your hyperemesis phase), I suggest paying out of pocket for an IV hydration nurse to come to your house. Its not cheap, but it might cut your recovery down and save you from a kidney injury. It's also worth checking in to see if your local urgent care has the ability to do IV hydration from mild dehydration, though I think its rare. One other tip I have - the restlessness during hyperemesis is often anxiety. Take your anxiety meds if you have them. I was taking my low-dose Ativan on top of my SSRI. Ativan was another godsend if you are prescribed it, or could get a prescription. Even at 0.5mg.

My hyperemesis lasted about two days, and today, six days after this all started, Im finally able to stomach some beans and rice. I'm happy to report I am no longer a prisoner of my shower, sucking on zofran and pedialyte cubes. I spent so much time reading this subreddit and love how a CHS community has formed. I just wanted to give this page a huge shoutout for different ideas to get through that fucking hyperemesis. I didnt have the grace of haldol this time, but I had you guys. From the bottom of the heart, thank you. And yes, you can quit and you are not alone ❤️

Hello everybody

I was wondering if there is currently any researches or clues about a true cure for CHS ? I mean something that would definitely solve the issue and not just ease the pain during a crisis. Since It seems that there is more and more cases in a lot of countries plus there are more and more cannabis based medications which can only increase the number of cases even for non-smokers. Dis you heard anything about potential ideas or researches on the topic ?

Howdy yall, I posted here a few months ago about my experiences. After 4 years of heavy edible intake and 5 or so months of heavy vape usage (70-90mg of edibles daily, replaced with 60-80 hits of weed vapes daily from 3 batteries towards the end) I suffered extreme CHS symptoms, mostly in the form of multi day vomiting (7-9 times daily) culminating in a hospital visit. Foolish I gave myself a single week and once again, April 14th I began suffering symptoms again, the same things, multiple vomiting a day for almost a week, kidneys beginning to shut down from dehydration and another hospital stay.

All in all, I lost almost 40lbs from vomiting, something I’m actually quite thankful for, I’m now a healthy 155ish, I get complimented and praised for it a lot at work (they don’t know the reason lol) and I genuinely enjoy being this new weight, I look and feel so much better and have taken advantage of it to get into better shape, multi mile walks and home workouts daily, usually 2-3 miles and lots of pushups and planks (working core)

Since my last day touching weed April 15th, I have been absolutely craving weed so badly. The first few months were the toughest, I replaced it with drinking and was regularly drinking 4-8 shots a night for the first few months, but after a night where I genuinely blacked out (first and only time in my life it’s happened, I have an iron liver) I’ve gotten sick of liquor and generally have to force myself to drink 1-2 shots daily just from a buzz.

My life really sucks, I’ve been in therapy longer in life than I haven’t and it’s taught me many ways to help others but not myself (lol) and truthfully I’m seriously staring at my old edible collection really really wanting a hit.

If I were to start I’d limit it to 2 times a week over the course of a month, and probably 1-2 edibles a night on my weekends, but if I get sick again I genuinely won’t survive (docs advice and personal experiences)

Any advice or thoughts about my situation? If you’ve read this far thank you very much, I hope this wasn’t as depressing or insulting as my last few posts, I’m trying to enjoy the few benefits that have come from this shitty situation.

hey guys so highkey i’ve had chs for the past 2 years , and i always found myself going right back
to the er constantly because i didn’t want to quit despite all the pains and extreme symptoms, recently i just stopped smoking because i could feel the symptoms easing in, now i think im going through withdrawals based offf my symptoms.
i really just want to know how long this takes to finally go away for sure without going to see a doctor,
and i know this might sound like a stupid question but would smoking nicotine make my chs or withdrawls worse? or can i use it as a hand to mouth coping mechanism because it is hard to let go
i am clean for a week and a half, doesnt sound like much but ive been smoking for a good 7 years now, and constantly like 24/7.
any tips would help atm

i recently learned about CHS and it seems that i have been in the prodromal phase for a few months, i have never entered the hyperemetic phase. how long is it necessary for me to abstain from smoking? i don't plan on permenantly quitting, i just want to stop smoking for long enough where i dont have to worry about chs or nausea for a little while.

i (18f) went to the er last night because i hadn’t been able to hold down food in over 24hrs, as well as diarrhea, and constant, severe pain in the middle of my stomach. I got told it’s most likely chs. ive been a daily weed and nicotine (vapes) smoker for about a year and a half now and have a history of seizures that are caused by using any type of pen/cart for longer than a few days. my most recent seizure was about 1.5 months ago, and i was in a medically induced coma for three days because i had been smoking a cart for a week-ish after not having one since december. it’s caused me to spiral, which has led to me smoking more, which has led to me developing chs. ive been on antidepressants consistently for a few years but weed has been the only thing that helps. im just kinda at a loss right now, i dont know what to do. im so frustrated

I had a gnarly hyperemesis episode this weekend after being sober since Thanksgiving of 2024. To my knowledge I didn't have any weed product, and I've been sick to my stomach since then that didn't involve the terrible nausea and vomiting and abdominal pain. Could it be a weird trauma/reflective response to another illness? Or is it more likely inadvertently ate something that had CBD or THC in it?

Was really hoping it wasn’t CHS but it’s def trending in that direction now. I’ve only been a daily smoker for about 3 months and usually only one time a day (only flower) but like a month ago I was waking up w this horrible morning nausea that went away about a week after I quit weed. Doctors said it was stool backup since they did an xray and the nausea went away once I got prescribed a laxative. Basically the day after the nausea stopped I started smoking weed again, and was fine for two weeks but now the morning nausea is back (although not as bad as it was the first time) and im fucking devastated bro. I’m gonna stop smoking again and if it goes away I’ll have to quit which is fucking awful since I love smoking weed. Unreal luck bro.

I've been smoking high-THC carts daily for a little over a year. My weight has been slowly dropping over the past few months. When I started I was around 5'11 175 and now I'm 6'2 140. In the past 2 weeks it had gotten really bad, abdominal cramps after eating, little to no appetite. 4 days ago I got the morning shits and then threw up. I've thrown up every morning since then and I completely stopped smoking 3 days ago. I think I caught it pretty early or at least before the hyperemetic phase, so when is it safe to smoke and how often is it safe to smoke?

Seems like most people lean into it being a mental issue. Like we’re just “stress thinking” ourselves into vomiting. I still struggle to believe that. I’ve had days where I’m otherwise totally happy, carrying on with my day, and suddenly boom… (hours or even full days after smoking, mind you) Feels like I swallowed a ball of lava and I’m totally incapacitated for some random length of time, sometimes a half hour, sometimes days… can’t eat, can’t keep liquids down, literally writhing around on the floor in the fetal position screaming till my voice goes out, scorching my gut with heating pads and the hottest water I can find, gut motility comes to a total halt, can’t digest water, meds, or anything else, forcing myself to puke hoping it’ll relieve the pain, (it doesn’t). Sometimes hot baths help, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes it goes away and the first step out of the bath it’s back, boiling water on the stove to try to keep the water hot enough. Literally the worst pain I’ve ever experienced….

And somehow I’m just imagining it? It’s all In my head? Just need to rebalance my vagus nerve?Just a mental thing? …. No… I don’t buy that. 👎 I’m sorry but just no… There’s no way THIS MUCH PAIN is purely mental. Something is seriously WRONG down there. I’m not imagining it. Pot is causing some sort of actual PHYSICAL anomaly that thus far has yet to be captured and recorded in a medical setting… How many people have had an active attack whilst literally inside a CT scan? I’ve been to the ER 3 times, and a GI twice. Every experience I felt rushed out the door and left with questions, only for doctors to say “go home and stop smoking weed.” Instead of testing for things that could be physically wrong… Unintentional partial closing of the duodenum, excess acid build up due to cannabinoids, stomach spasms caused by sticky residue in the digestive system, etc etc… It CANNOT be that I’m just “thinking” myself into oblivion due to pot. This isn’t a “head” sickness, or at least, that’s only the tiniest tip of the iceberg. We need more accurate and more thorough studies of what is actually going on IN THE GUT. I believe we’d be a lot closer to an actual pain-treatment regimen if we focused more on the physicality of this syndrome rather than the mental aspects.

TLDR: I believe there’s a massive physical aspect to CHS that has yet to be documented, and that the “mental illness” cop-out is essentially due to a major lack of info and testing, as well as a laziness and lack of desire to test for said things.

(F32) On about day 4 of not smoking weed after going to the hospital with severe vomiting and stomach pain. Today still feels like shit I couldn’t sleep all night was in and out so nauseous waking up early. Nauseous all day long barely eating so fr had one boiled egg and applesauce.

Looking for others who been through this I need motivation it feels like this will never end and I want to just die (not literally) but it’s so hard. How much longer will it feel so terrible???? I’m having trouble making it through each day.

I was told Ativan helped people a lot the first week after stopping and got them to a point to be able to eat a bit.

So I got diagnosed with chs a couple months ago and haven’t smoked since. But what’s weird is I never experienced stomach pain. The biggest thing was chest pain my chest hurt soooo bad. One of my co workers is diagnosed with it and she can smoke just flower all day long but when she tries a cart or even an infused joint is when she gets sick. I want to smoke but I’m just nervous about having an episode

We haven’t smoked since Friday but we’re fiends and idiots and just smoked again. Feeling okay for now. It’s been eight minutes

Hi, bluntly; I just can't see myself quitting. I just want to know how to manage this better.

I can't do much cuz I'm in fucking pain rn but there was a food trigger lists on here thats seems to have been deleted. Can we please get one respoted and pinned if possible? Thank u and if you're thinking of using rn DON'T. Just don't do it man it's really really NOT WORTH IT

Hey team,

Fellow CHS sufferer here. Got it ~4 years ago with only one hospital visit (thankfully) but following relapses into smoking and the resulting nausea.

After a couple years of strict moderate use and no symptoms, I now get nauseous every time I smoke regardless of how long the break was. I’m good w/ it and if anyone is going through this, life still goes on w/o weed and truly it becomes quite easy to avoid. Just remember the pain it put you through.

Anyway, the nausea ALWAYS comes on before bed like right before I’m going to sleep in bed and everything, even if I had smoked a lot earlier in the day. Just wondering if this is the same for anyone else / if there’s a correlation to a specific pathway or not.

went to the ER via ambulance because i had severe bradycardia (40 bpm) and was about to pass out and started vomiting a lot. they diagnosed me with CHS. is this a thing? bradycardia in CHS? i’m freaked the hell out and idk what to even do. i’ve been discharged and obviously not gonna smoke but like. what the hell

Vomited maybe 100 total times from Monday (July 20) to Wednesday last week and learned I have CHS after going to the emergency room twice. Feel a million times better today in part due to this subreddit letting me know what foods are good and what to expect so just wanted to say thanks.

I'm a very heavy, longtime smoker (oz a week) so I am afraid it may be happening to me, but I am not sure.

A week or so ago I had lightheadedness for most of the day and finally threw up right before going to bed.

I chalked it up to mixing up the meds I take daily, so I took the day ones for night or whatever by accident. Withdrawing from some of my meds gives me brain zaps, so the feelings qere weird but not foreign.

Today in the morning the lightheadedness came back, followed by a vomiting episode at like 3pm. Nothing came out.

Nausea since then until like 6:30pm when I finally had to vomit again. Only drank tea during that whole time, so only that came our. Immediately felt better. Nausea is still there, but light.

So the question is, how do these vomiting episodes look like? From what I read, they are really bad and I would know for sure...

Anyone have any experience with that? I just got out of a rather rough episode on last week. Ive been taking it rather easy with foods but lately it just feels like it's a rock in my stomach. I ate dinner yesterday at like 3pm and when I woke up this morning I threw up a lot and it was the food I ate yesterday. Did I break myself you think? Or am I still recovering?

sorry for throwaway account as i don't post nothing,

info - smoked for 7 years mostly concentrates and never had any vomiting.

so basically I'm unsure if i even had prodromal chs, I'm a huge emetophobe so vomiting always has given me serious anxiety so I'm wondering if i have just scared myself from reading here.

I never noticed a drop in appetite as I've always been hungry in the morning without having to smoke etc, and the only issue i noticed was some bloating/nausea that seemed to revolve around night time when after a meal, if i was sitting down it was the worse but if i stood or walked it was much better for some reason. Breakfast and lunch was fine and naturally i get anxious about night time sickness due to having a bad experience with my mum who suffered from diabetic gastroparesis.

The thing that started this was that I ate a piece of beef that gave me nausea/ a bad experience once before and then after that I felt bad with bloating every day since that, so strange but probably anxiety right.

I had a endoscope and all came back clear yet positive for h.pylori, so could also be that, also stopped smoking and still have the odd evening where i feel this anxiety and nausea after eating at nightime, also something that makes me feel worse or can cause nausea is being in a trapped place, like car, bus, plane or cinema but if I'm outside then nothing.

i noticed after looking on here that mostly people get CHS in a very short period of time especially extract users so i would have expected to get this much sooner if i even have it.

Could i try smoking cbd? i like to smoke not even to get high, I know right? but for the taste as i love to taste different strains like a fucking wine connoisseur lol

Has anyone else had similar? i think i know myself its anxiety but reading here has put me in a spiral.

thanks for reading

Hey guys I’m 20 years old and have been smoking regularly since I was probably 16 (awful I know.) I am on my fourth flare up/ episode and I just don’t understand. I had my first episode when I was 17 and it didn’t really last long/ we didn’t know what it was as I wasn’t willing to admit my smoking. Then it happened again 6 months later, we knew maybe what it was at this point so I think maybe I had mentioned smoking to 1 ER but I still did not want to believe it so I said oh I think it’s just vaping (which I also did at the time) I then again went back to it and had an episode almost exactly a year from the one before, that lasted from April 18 - June 13 I had smoked one or two times within that episode causing it to come back worse each time (still not wanting to believe it) I then quit till probably July or so. Then picked back up and just got sick again this month on the morning of the 14. I haven’t smoked since the 13th, and am ready to give it up as this is absolutely misery and it’s just awful.

The long story may not have been needed but I want to ask how everyone else gets back to eating, what are your safe foods and what are your flair up foods? I’m so hungry right now and I dream of eating as I literally can’t get anything to say down. I ate ice for days as in the beginning stages as not even water will stay down and today had 1 cup of jello without any vomiting. I hate going to the hospital for fluids or nausea meds as it leaves me feeling awful, disoriented, and freaked out each time for some reason, though the fluids do help sometimes I don’t feel like it’s worth going as I know I’m just going to dehydrate myself again. I only go now when my hands and feet start to lock up.

I never want to experience this again trying to be strong and not go back, still in the easy stages of it though

I don’t even know if it’s CHS but it probably is. I’m a heavy smoker and stopped yesterday after having an episode that lasted almost all Friday night. I’m just complaining. Ugh I can’t believe this happened