Daughter 100s of miles away at uni having ‘bad trip’ . Help

I’m so glad your DD is okay.

It can cause psychosis with some people (which is on the rare side), so it would be wise if she kept away from it.

If OP was the type of parent who'd call her child pathetic and stupid, her daughter wouldn't trust her enough to share her fears and mistakes, and OP would be none the wiser. OP says very clearly that her daughter is young for her age - so you're not telling her anything she doesn't already know, just being unkind.

Yes whilst good she's ok it would be a massive worry that she doesn’t mix with her flatmates so is going out as she is lonely.

Op, you say she is young for her age and has done something worrying before, it's only Nov you'll have a nightmare 3 years if this is a sign of things to come.

Can't she transfer to somewhere nearer? Why is a young for her age girl hundreds of miles away anyway, doesn't seem a good choice tbh.

Honestly cannabis has a really odd effect on some people. Me being one of them when I tried it in my younger days. Having not suffered with schizophrenia I can’t say for sure that’s what it feels like but your daughter sounds similar to me and that was exactly what I imagined schizophrenia to be like. Extreme paranoia and convinced everyone was out to get to me, it was terrifying. Locked myself in my room for a couple of hours as I didn’t want to talk to anyone. It then wore off and I was completely fine and thought wtf was that all about. I’ve been able to laugh about it since and compare it to the “ambulance or mummy” scene from the inbetweeners.

The plus side is that once it wears off you tend to be fine, and secondly if she’s half as scared as I was she’ll have learnt a horrible lesson and won’t be in any hurry to repeat. Hope she’s ok and it’s positive that she could tell you when she’s in trouble. I’ve no doubt you were worried sick, but I think most people would rather know that their kid is in trouble, no matter what the circumstances are, so they can try and help, than risk a worse outcome because they were too scared to call.

If she had synthetic cannabis it can cause very strong, scary psychoactive trips. Especially if she ate it on an empty stomach or with alcohol.
It wasn’t around in my day, but we have had some teenagers at my work walk in a while back (I work in a public building) suffering after taking some.

Sounds very scary for her, maybe once she's come down you and she need a chat about the why and if she needs to be talking to accomodation about a different more socal flat she can make friends with to allow her to stop compensating for lack of socal conecetions. Ds had this senario with out the drugs and it helped to move . He did have flatmates who tripped but it wasnt for him. Dd is a young uni 1st year and has a very social townhouse at her uni, its been so much better.

Drinking coca cola stops the affects of cannabis?! I can tell you for a fact that's total bollocks.

Glad to read she’s ok now

And just how do you think a "bollocking" will have any positive effect on this girl's behaviour? All it would do would be make it increasingly unlikely that she would ever reach out to her mother again in any sort of similar situation. She's technically an adult now, a bollocking from Mum is highly unlikely to stop her from doing what she wants going forwards. I think it's just lovely that she has such a close relationship with her Mum that she felt safe enough to call her when she was scared. I would never have felt able to do that with my Mum at uni! That's a bond to be nurtured as she gets older. Kindness and some practical advice is what's needed here, not anger.

Glad you heard back from her but I just wanted to say what a huge testament it is to you that she chose to call you in the situation. Parenting definitely done right!

Well it’s pathetic. She’s running riot at uni and doing stupid things. I’d be telling her to get her arse home.

Constructive and empathetic. Well done.

What a silly girl.

Glad she's OK and brilliant that she feels able to tell you everything - you've done something right there. Hope her uni experience improves. Can she move halls? Or has she had any luck joining any clubs / societies - is she still playing sport?

You must be relieved. Your daughter obviously had enough sense to phone you when she was scared and thought she needed hospital. Thank her for doing this (even though you are probably mad at her).

Students are so vulnerable when they have no one to look out for them. Years ago I helped saved the life of a uni student who choked on her own vomit in a toilet cubicle in a nightclub. She was blue when we entered the loos and saw her on the floor of her cubicle, through the gap. One of us climbed over the top of the cubicle, got her body out the way to open the door, dragged her out, we turned her on her side, whacked her on the back and cleared out her mouth. Got her breathing again. She made a weird noise, and threw up more and turned pink again.

We washed the sick off us, then carried on clubbing after the paramedics took her away, her now semi conscious. We were pretty drunk ourselves and it didn’t register what a close call it was. I expect she was 18 and the first year of uni.

Happened to a some I know a long time ago. It was a magic mushroom though, not weed.

Not helpful. Taking any drug is a serious matter and a welfare check is a good idea. She may have passed out or she may be very ill. This insouciant attitude to taking chemicals of unknown composition is insane.

I think the main takeaway from this is you need the numbers of a couple of her friends in case of emergency. Not just something like this - if she’s sick or in hospital etc

Edibles are very different and much stronger than you think. Weed is stronger than when we were young. You absolutely can have what feels like a bad trip.

Edibles claim to be cannabis, but the reality is it's an unregulated and illicit industry.

Most edibles I come across in my work are SCRAs - Synthetic Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists. They aren't really cannabis, they are chemicals which hit off the same receptors in the body.

You may also know of this as spice or mamba and the effects are wholly unpredictable because you haven't the faintest idea what you're taking.

You might get the ones that act like cannabis and are soothing and calming. You might get another which makes you scream and hallucinate before vomiting all over yourself and passing out.

Edibles are NOT safe drugs. They are just the next step in the drug dealers attempts to make spice look attractive.

Spice is often adulterated still further and this can include synthetic opiates which are exponentially stronger than morphine or heroin.

I cannot stress enough that some of these edibles have killed people, and not even contained opiates.

To the posters saying they did it at uni and were fine... The problem is that weed nowadays is much stronger/purer. It really is not the same. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/cannabis-strength-soars-over-past-half-century-new-study/

Glad she’s OK. Suggest asking her if a friend who lives nearby would mind her giving you their number for emergencies.

If she calls you at such times, you can’t do much other than advise her or ask someone local to help, given you’re so far away. And so worrying when she then didn’t let you know she was OK or pick up.

I bet she’s mortified today that she woke you up.

Instead of telling her not to do it again, talk to her about why she’s unhappy, does she have any friends there ? Can she join any groups, is Uni for her if she’s so unhappy. Can you both talk to a counsellor there ?
Then talk to her about being safe around drugs and alcohol, friends taking care of each other.
Get a number of a friend that can check on her if the same situation comes up.
Remember, she called you, that says a lot for your relationship. ☺️

How stressful. Glad she is ok. Why are some teens so stupid. When I was growing up we had this ad in TV. Maybe that’s why we never touched drugs or cigarettes and I none of my friends at school or university did it either.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=BHubxKRlx4g&pp=ygUXbGEgZHJvZ2EgbWF0YSBjb21lcmNpYWw%3D