heart problems? help please !

From: xman (threedworlds_at_poczta.onet.pl)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: 12 Jul 2004 05:01:56 -0700

A half year ago I have done something stupid. I tried marihuana.
Everyone says this drug is harmless. In my case it wasn't true.

I'd like to tell what I experienced after using marihuana and what
symptoms I feel until now.
This letter is long and I would be very grateful if people which
occupy with cardiology would read my letter and help me.

That night I brought marihuana to my home. Even I didn't know how to
use it. I inhaled once.
I didn't feel effect of it so I inhaled once again and again. I think
I overdosed marihuana, because after few moments I had felt that my
heart was beating very fast. I got out of my home very scared and I
started to run thinking that it would help and I was waiting when my
heart will calm down. I had felt that my chest was heavy. I thought I
could die for a moment.
I was very aware what happened with me. After few hours I came back
home. I played relaxation music and I waited scared to death to fall
asleep.

I was scared in next days too. I felt pain in my chest and sometimes I
thought I could have a stroke in anytime. After one week I went to
doctor. He said that my heart is beating properly.
After visiting a doctor I felt much better and I thought my problems
are close to end.
I stopped to care about my heart and only what I felt was a stabbing
pain in my left part of my chest from time to time or feeling that
something is disturbing me in my left part of my chest. I tried to
do not care. After few days I felt fast beating heart at night. Cause
of it was probably fear and recollection about that night when I used
marihuana. Again I felt that I could get a stroke in anytime and I was
scared all time.

I performed ECG, Holter and echo (or response .. I don't know how to
say it correctly) of heart.

ECG and Holter revealed I have additional cramps in my atrium of
heart.
Doctor said that I had those additional cramps for long time, but now
they have been revealed. The doctor also said that those cramps are
not dangerous.

I also performed echo ( response? ) of heart.
The doctor said that heart is okay.
Since that time I haven't seen cardiologist.
Now I also I'm not scared I would have a stroke.

Unfortunately I feel some pain symptoms every day and I don't know how
I can get rid of them.

Symptoms:

- I feel pain in my chest every day. It's like something stabbing,
stinging me from inside my chest, feeling that my chest in heavier;
feeling that something heavy is in my chest. Symptoms are increased
when I sit or stay straight.
- When I run or go down using stairs I feel that my chest and entrails
in chest are moving.
- I feel like in the centre of my chest is a stone which is harden
when I lay on my back or I go out from home to cold weather.
- When I swim I feel that my entire chest is heavier and it does
harden.
- Sometimes I feel that something is stinging in my left part of my
chest. It takes form 30 sec. to few minutes.
- Since that time when I used marihuana I feel that my heart is
beating harder.
- When I think about my problem about heart ( and I think often about
it, because I feel pain ) .. symptoms are increased.
- When I flied by airplane ( my first time in my life and therefore
stressful ). I felt my heart is heavier and "crushed" rest of my body.
Especially when plane raised.

What decrease my symptoms?:

- when I'm very busy and very focused doing something I forget about
pain, but I feel that something is disturbing me inside my left part
of my chest.
- I don't feel pain when I take bath in warm water and I'm very
relaxed.
- Usually I don't feel pain when I'm under influence of alcohol and
I'm relaxed.
- When I'm very tired I don't feel pain before falling asleep and
shortly after I wake up when my consciousness is not fully awake. But
when I'm awake I start feel that my chest is going to be heavier,
"stinging" me.

I hope that you read this letter to this point.
Please help me, give me some advices.
How to get rid of this pain? It sometimes takes away my will to life.

Don't use marihuana. Ever!

Cheers,
Leo.

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