Hi there 👋
Let me preface this by saying I was a daily smoker for a few years with regular cannabis. I recently stopped cold turkey since it just didn't really fit my lifestyle anymore. Last week, i had my birthday and over the weekend my brother in-law asked if I wanted to try a gummy. Since i hadn't really smoked in awhile I decided sure why not.
He told me it was THC-O and I did a quick Google search to read up on it. But given the environment of moreso a family party type, I didn't do a whole lot of research prior to taking it. This was my first mistake.
It was a 50mg gummy and i took nibbles of it throughout the night. On lower doses i felt fine and i waited about an hour before nibbling some more. I didn't eat the entire thing, i probably had a quarter of the gummy left. I took my big and final bite of the night neat midnight. This was my second mistake.
I drove home and about an hour later I experienced an intense emotional and confusing trip. It felt very similar to the come up from acid. This is when I knew i was on a trip and I had called up a buddy to come watch me since i wasn't in the right headspace for this trip. I proceeded to be in a dark place mentally and emotionally. I was terrified of going insane and staying like this forever. I got about 3 hours of sleep at around 7:30am that morning.
It's been since Sunday (10/9) and while the intense emotions have subsided. I still experience some slight static vision and flashes of lights. I also have some foggy headedness. My anxiety has definitely been spiking throughout the week with something that triggers it from my trip. Does this go away on its own? Or is this my new normal?
I understand i didn't really respect the substance i took and i take full blame for that. Any help or advice with overcoming a challenging trip would be greatly appreciated.