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Can Smoking Marijuana Cause Tingling And Numbness Sensation?

Hi, I recently started smoking marijuana occasionally and two days ago I smoked it at night and fell asleep. So the next day in the evening I had smoked a cigarette and then soon after I started to feel really tingly all over and kind of numbness sensation it hasn t gone away, what might it be?
Thu, 2 Jul 2015
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Cannot say in your particular case without examing you. AND, hyperventilation will generally cause numbness due to lowered co2 levels. Remedied by breathing under the blankets. Also, it is common to have anxiety attacks precipitated by marijuana (they are temporary but can go on for even a couple months periodically. .. generally hours to a day or so). The only (somewhat) serious condition that can occurs commonly with marijuana is lung irritation/asthma. This can cause hyperventilation. The main reason to get checked is with assurance nothing is seriously wrong, one can easily work through anxiety attacks.
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Can Smoking Marijuana Cause Tingling And Numbness Sensation?

Cannot say in your particular case without examing you. AND, hyperventilation will generally cause numbness due to lowered co2 levels. Remedied by breathing under the blankets. Also, it is common to have anxiety attacks precipitated by marijuana (they are temporary but can go on for even a couple months periodically. .. generally hours to a day or so). The only (somewhat) serious condition that can occurs commonly with marijuana is lung irritation/asthma. This can cause hyperventilation. The main reason to get checked is with assurance nothing is seriously wrong, one can easily work through anxiety attacks.