Man I messed up with edibles a month or two ago. There’s a syrup/tincture I really like that’s 20mg/ capful (1000mg total). I have a pretty high tolerance so I’ll typically have 4-5 caps (80-100mg) at night. Anyways recently went to a different dispensary and bought a different syrup. About the same size physically and also 1000mg total. So I “assumed” also 20mg/ cap so I had 5 caps….. long story short I was convinced I was going to have a heart attack, couldn’t breathe normal- which in return meant I legit couldn’t talk. Couldn’t stand up, shaking like crazy, heart rate through the roof, etc.
I was 100% Normal before this & it all hit at once so my girl was VERY confused what was happening (plus keep in mind I couldn’t talk)- her initial response was thinking it was diabetes related (I’m type one for those who don’t know). I had to literally use my phone to communicate with her that it wasn’t.
She was stressed, I thought for sure I was going to have a heart attack so I was very stressed as well. Had her drive me down to the ER (30 min away) but I hate hospitals so I didn’t go in. I just wanted to be there in case something happened. I think this was about 10pm when we got to the hospital, we sat in the parking lot until 4am before I finally felt good enough to at least know my heart wasn’t going to burst & drive home.
I ended up investigating this syrup and found it was 50mg/cap so I thought I had 100mg but actually had 250mg. On top of that I was on an empty stomach (I just finished making dinner and my girl was making her plate when this hit me), and not sure if it was a contributing factor but also just got home from training, so had that caffeinated adrenaline (upper) mixed with the syrup (downer).
Anyways I won’t make that mistake again.
Last year we went to visit my girls dad out of state and he bought some 500mg chocolate bars. He ate some, then when munchies hit he ate the whole thing. (Big dude, probably 6’5” & 350 lbs), I’ll just say he stayed in the same spot on a living room recliner for 3 days with slanted eyes and some giggles….. and he wasn’t even home (slumber party at his sisters house for a couple nights).
And to think I only had 1/2 that.