Age: 40.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Hypopnoea, Palpitations, Substance use
Clinical narrative: Thi was my third vaccine as I am immunocompromised. I am a chronic pot smoker for last 20 years, and smoke every night. I had just smoked about half a joint (not abnormal for me) and after 10 mins, began to feel a warm dizzy feeling come over me. I got a little sweaty and had to take my sweat shirt off as I felt quite warm. My breathing felt a little shallow and my heart rate went up dramatically.  I just purchased a blood pressure machine so I took my blood pressure to see what my heart rate was and it was 123 BPM. My BP was also very high at 179/110. My BP is usually about 140/89. I thought this was inaccurate so I tried again in a few mins and it showed even higher at 193/120 and my heart rate was about 130BPM. I was very scared and felt very strange sitting down so I got up to move around and take my mind off what was going on. I was feeling like I couldn't breath well; like I was having a panic attack of sorts and tried to tell myself I was OK and that I could breathe. The strange thing is my hubby had been experiencing the EXACT same symptoms whenever he smoked, about 10 mins after. He actually went to the hospital 3 times for his symptoms because he was having chest pain and shoulder pain at the same time as these same symptoms. I asked him if I should go to the hospital because I was feeling quite scared but because they didn't do anything for him there and just sat him in  chair, I decided to stay home. This went on for 2 hours with peak symptoms of high BP and Heart Rate for about 20-30 mins. I stopped taking my BP because I started to feel anxiety about the BP cuff cutting the circulation off my veins as it felt very strange and made my breathing feel worse. At 11PM I went to lie down in bed and was feeling a little discomfort just above  my left breast, not pain but a discomfort.  When I tried to fall asleep, I woke up about 5 times like I couldn't catch my breath. I was fine in the morning. I tried smoking again 2 days later and this time only had 3 or 4 puffs with my hubby. About 10 mins later, he told me he was having thay dizzy spell and was feeling weird. When he said this, it kinda triggered my symptoms as well and my heart starting racing again. It wasn't as bad as the first time and I again told myself I was OK to try and calm myself down.  My breath felt a little lower again but not as intense as last time.  It went away after about 20 mins and I haven't smoked since because I am scared to death of having that experience again. We thought could it be the weed?? But My hubby had been experiencing this for over a month and I had been smoking the same weed (before my third vaccine) with no issues at all so its couldn't be. My friend was also smoking the same weed and it did not have any of these symptoms at all. My hubby is also a chronic smoker, way more than me and he bought new weed from the shop and still experienced these symptoms on a lesser level. He tried a drink and had the same experience. My hubby had an adverse effect on his second shot and had to be laid down and had increased heart rate and dizziness. This is the same experience he gets when smoking now. And now I am getting it too. The only thing that has changed in your lives is getting the vaccine.  We are concerned that marijuana is having an adverse affect on us with being vaccinated. Its the scariest thing ever and I'm so afraid to smoke now, which is difficult because I use weed for migraines (the only thing that cures me).