Q:

So I smoked marijuana yesterday. It isn't the first time or anything, but what is unusual this time is that the next day I still feel like my heart is just beating out of my chest. My pulse seems about normal but my chest just feels like it is working. Is it that I am just a hypochondriac and I am paying really close attention to it or is there something going on?

 

A:

If you haven't felt that things are back to normal by the time this is posted on the web, you should be checked to make sure all is okay.

Marijuana can cause tachycardia (racing heart)and anxiety as typical side effects, but it shouldn't last this long. It is possible there was something else with the marijuana so you have had another drug exposure, but the primary concern is to make sure your blood pressure and heart exam are normal.

~The Doc