Is this a normal high?

[FatBob]

SWIM got some new weed and he used it. Both times he had really really good highs. His body tensed up but it felt really really good. And it felt like he was floating and being held (he's feeling that now). The first time it happened it scared him but now he likes it. Is that normal because he hasn't heard of anyone else having that.

[FatBob]

Well actually he can't tell if his body is tensing loads or relaxing loads. He thinks it's tensing...

Sorry for double post.. can't edit

[fnord]

my friend swims not very good at puting into words how drugs feel,but he has n a budy buzz from pot all the time,how many times have you smoked?

[FatBob]

SWIM has smoked quite a few times but he thinks he wasn't smoking enough because he's only just started having these really good highs. He thinks it might just be because he is thinking about floating... it just feels really good so it can be anything.

SWIM is still high now and it's getting harder to type.

[enquirewithin]

Originally Posted by FatBob

SWIM has smoked quite a few times but he thinks he wasn't smoking enough because he's only just started having these really good highs. He thinks it might just be because he is thinking about floating... it just feels really good so it can be anything.

SWIM is still high now and it's getting harder to type.

Everything is just fine!

[fnord]

i wouldent say its a bad thing,swim took a while to start getting high,well higher then he was getting.

[AntiAimer]

Simply put, no one can tell you what a normal high is. Everyones body chemistry is just to differen't. There is no "normal".

[JDreaming]

That sounds like a perfectly normal pot high. The floating feeling, like you're gripped with a mild energy and are just swimming happily through the oxygen, is a typical symptom for most people, hence people say they feel "high". And it's fairly normal that when you someone first feels that body high, heightened pulse, and that slightly altered state, they might be paranoid or alarmed by it at first before later learning to love it.

[FatBob]

Ok.. SWIM has realised that is normal now and he has enjoyed it many times but the other day he did have a really weird experience.

He smoked a normal amount and expected to get high but he didn't really. Then he just felt a bit worried for no reason and got like a shiver as his heart rate increased. Then his senses got kind of mixed up. He could taste the sounds in his mouth and hear an itch on his forehead.

He thought that was strange and got a bit paranoid which then made the whole thing crap because he couldn't take his mind off it. Is that normal?

[Crass]

Swim and his friend smoked a new batch and had the same feelings. Swim's friend's heart started to "jump" out of his chest, swim could feel his heart popping out... But swim and his friend wern't high. Then swim and his friend got paranoid for what seemed like ages, but then swim and his friend started to go onto the computer and the paranoia left.

[JDreaming]

Originally Posted by FatBob

He smoked a normal amount and expected to get high but he didn't really. Then he just felt a bit worried for no reason and got like a shiver as his heart rate increased. Then his senses got kind of mixed up. He could taste the sounds in his mouth and hear an itch on his forehead.

Now this is interesting! The blended senses symptom you're describing where you can taste sounds and such is called synesthesia. SWIM has NEVER gotten synesthesia from cannabis. It usually happens to people under the influence of strong psychedelics, such as LSD, 2C-B, or mescaline. SWIM has never even had any really good synesthesia on psychedelics yet! (although he has not yet tried D-lysergic acid).

Synesthesia from pot... not a dangerous symptom, but pretty abnormal and rare. Pot commonly causes slight intensification of the senses, but very rarely blending of the cognitive processing of those stimuli. I'm sorry it startled SWIY; SWIM would have been overjoyed to get such an interesting result from such a light drug.