Comedown - Cannabis causing Headaches after Exercise

[augentier]

Toonces notices that if she smokes weed after working out, on the come-down she gets a headache..feels like a tension headache. She usually doesn't get a headache from the weed she smokes..she has been smoking the same strain for a couple years so it's not a change in the weed or anything. Why would this be causing headaches specifically after cardio exercise? What are the biological factors behind this, anyone know?

[Pietttaimf]

SWIM told me that the headache is propably caused due to
dehydration (more than 80% af all headaches are caused by dehydration).
The fact that she gets headache specifically after workout supports this idea. Already 0.5% difference in the bodys water household can show effects to the human body.
While the workout she loses water this causes that the blood is thicker than before and oxygen, nutrients and so on cant be transported so properly (to the muscles, brain,...).So after workout the body is weaker than before because it is exhausted. Smoking weed weakens the body additionaly and because it is kind of an intoxication there is propably an increase of the body s water consumption.
SWIM thinks this is the most reasonable and easiest explanation.

To prevent the headache i would try to drink more water, eat healthy food
and i recommend eating a few sweets immediately after workout to raise the blood sugar level (not too much sweets).

This is just an idea and maybe the headache is caused by sth different.
Just try if these things can help.
I hope the explanation is not too bad it is not that easy for me to write things like that in english sry.

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[Nature Boy]

Originally Posted by Pietttaimf

Smoking weed weakens the body additionaly and because it is kind of an intoxication there is propably an increase of the body s water consumption.
SWIM thinks this is the most reasonable and easiest explanation.

Intoxication is caused by chemicals of a considerable toxicity. Cannabis is not one of those. You may, however, be correct about the increase in the body's water consumption. Cannabis is well-known for lowering blood pressure and causing dehydration (commonly called "cotton mouth") when the user has not taken on any fluids.

augentier, I would recommend your lab monkey to water up after exercise and only start smoking when back in a comfortable state of normality in regards to breathing and heart rate.