Eating decarb bud and bad trips

[Truth Seeker]

I decarb'd some bud the other night in the oven at about 250 degrees for maybe 1.5-2 hours and tasted a little bit at about 11:00 pm. Went to bed and woke up at 3 am hardcore tripping, really unenjoyable and felt my breathing was a bit labored which I greatly disliked.

I had a large dinner so I figured tasting a little bit on a full stomach wouldn't be an issue but boy I was wrong!

My main question is why does eating decarb bud cause the heart to race a bit and making breathing a bit labored? is it something to do with THC?

Thanks for your opinions as I've learned much here and it really bothered me that and dosing via an edible would cause any kind of respiratory discomfort.

 

[Hackerman]

First off, you get off best with a full stomach. Especially fatty foods. So, that was the opposite of what you thought.

250F for 2 hours is probably a little too hot and way too long as well. I usually go 240F for 40 minutes.

As far as I know and have read, the breathing and heart rate are a result of your panic, not the THC but I am not 100% sure on that one.

There is definitely a learning curve with edibles. Do half as much next time.

 

[Tranquility]

I agree with @Hackerman having both breathing and heart issues from eating cannabis seems more a panic attack than a physical response to the cannabis. Heart rate usually increases on use, but breathing issues, in the short-term, are not. The police train for recognizing the signs/symptoms of cannabis use with slides like this:
http://www.cdacweb.com/Portals/0/TS...m/7 Day School/Session 21 Cannabis (2013).pdf

 

[ginolicious]

It was a panic attack bro. Sorry you went through that. It’s not fun at all. I get them weekly. Hence why I use cannabis.

 

[Truth Seeker]

It was a panic attack bro. Sorry you went through that. It’s not fun at all. I get them weekly. Hence why I use cannabis.

I'm not completely 100% sure it was a panic attack, I hope it was but I'm not completely convinced. There's no doubt that edibles can cause a dehydrating effect on the body and even tachycardia so I'm not ruling out that it wasn't something to do with actually ingesting canabis?

 

[Hackerman]

Read about your "fight or flight response".

Yeah, it's definitely caused by the pot and the THC but not directly. The 'high' produces chemical responses in your body that are definitely real (albeit harmless)

The sympathetic nervous system originates in the spinal cord and its main function is to activate the physiological changes that occur during the fight-or-flight response. This component of the autonomic nervous system utilizes and activates the release of norepinephrine in the reaction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response