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Im a heavy weed smoker. but 2-3 weeks ago i stopped smoking completely then started again a few days ago. i started feeling numbness and heaviness in my left arm whenever i smoke. i feel like its most probably anxiety but it intensifies with time?

Q: im a heavy weed smoker. but 2-3 weeks ago i stopped smoking completely then started again a few days ago. i started feeling numbness and heaviness in my left arm whenever i smoke. i feel like its most probably anxiety but it intensifies with time?

: Young heavy weed smokers have been known to sustain strokes and heart attacks, both arrhythmias and coronary in type. The obvious answer here is to stop smoking weed or tobacco. If left arm symptoms recur at other times an evaluation for cardiovascular disease and/or nerve impingement in your neck or shoulder is advised.

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

Young heavy weed smokers have been known to sustain strokes and heart attacks, both arrhythmias and coronary in type. The obvious answer here is to stop smoking weed or tobacco. If left arm symptoms recur at other times an evaluation for cardiovascular disease and/or nerve impingement in your neck or shoulder is advised.

Answered 8/12/2022

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A member asked:

Im a heavy weed smoker. but 2-3 weeks ago i stopped smoking completely then started again a few days ago. i started feeling numbness and heaviness in my left arm whenever i smoke. i feel like its most probably anxiety but it intensifies with time?

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

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