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Is Numbness In Left Side Of Body Normal After Smoking Weed For First Time?

I'm 17 years old male. I'm 5 feet and 7 inches (171 cm) and I'm 117 pounds. So here it is:Last Thursday (22nd December) I smoked pure THC crystals. I took 2 small hits from a joint and, as I didn't feel anything for about 5 minutes (I was impatient, though) I took another 5 deeper hits.About 5-10 minutes later, everything started. I started laughing e feeling my mouth really dry and I was quite enjoying the feeling. However, about 5 minutes later I started to feel a numbness on my left side of the body. Then, I felt kind of spacey (I felt like I was in a movie or a dream). These ''mental'' effects stopped about 4 hours later.However, that numbness/tension my left leg and sometimes my left hand is still there. 4 days after I smoked.I think it's everyything in my head because I can really react to anything in my leg but it feels weird...Is it normal to happen to unexperienced weed smokers (It was my first time I got high though I smoke tobacco sometimes)?Sorry for my eventual bad English but I'm Portuguese :')
Mon, 4 May 2015
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Hi,

Yes, these kinds of sensory abnormalities which persist for some time are often reported by first time users, especially if the dose was quite heavy, like in your case. Please do not worry. This should gradually improve over the next couple of weeks.

Best wishes.
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Is Numbness In Left Side Of Body Normal After Smoking Weed For First Time?

Hi, Yes, these kinds of sensory abnormalities which persist for some time are often reported by first time users, especially if the dose was quite heavy, like in your case. Please do not worry. This should gradually improve over the next couple of weeks. Best wishes.