pussilanimus_possum
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So after doing various opiates on and off for years now via various ROA's, I have finally gotten around to shooting them. Not the best of habits to acquire obviously but tolerance has become quite an issue despite what I would consider to be quite restrained use. (using 1-2 times a month) I have to plug around 60-80mg of hydrocodone or 40mg of heroin just to get a nice buzz.
Anyway my question/concern is that lately I have been noticing quite severe respiratory depression at these levels. I have this pulse oximetry thing I put on sometimes when I notice I am not breathing as much and I have seen some pretty startling values displayed on it as of late. This morning I decided to shoot a 8mg hydromorphone pill and it was quite pleasant, however 30 minutes later I started nodding quite heavily and decided to check what the pulse ox device said. I sat there with it on as I was nodding in and out and to my horror when I came to for a moment and looked at it my pulse had dropped to 48bpm and 68% oxygen saturation. This gave me quite a startle and I quickly stood up and started forcing some deep breaths in and managed to get it up to my normal values. (70bpm and 98% sat.)
So quite obviously I am pushing the limits here... Are there any EMT's medical professionals here that can tell me how bad these values actually are or if they are accurate? Could I have died from this if I hadn't have recognized they were so low and roused myself?
I admit that I went a bit too far this time, I usually don't ever try to take enough to nod, only enough to get a nice buzz. However lately I have noticed that even on a moderate dose where I am just enjoying a decent high and not nodding that my O2 saturation goes down to 80% or so if I don't consciously try to take deeper breaths.
It is my understanding that tolerance to the respiratory effects of opiates decreases faster than the tolerance to the high, could it be that my relatively infrequent use is actually causing a more pronounced reaction like this? Is there anything I can do to mitigate this effect?
Anyway my question/concern is that lately I have been noticing quite severe respiratory depression at these levels. I have this pulse oximetry thing I put on sometimes when I notice I am not breathing as much and I have seen some pretty startling values displayed on it as of late. This morning I decided to shoot a 8mg hydromorphone pill and it was quite pleasant, however 30 minutes later I started nodding quite heavily and decided to check what the pulse ox device said. I sat there with it on as I was nodding in and out and to my horror when I came to for a moment and looked at it my pulse had dropped to 48bpm and 68% oxygen saturation. This gave me quite a startle and I quickly stood up and started forcing some deep breaths in and managed to get it up to my normal values. (70bpm and 98% sat.)
So quite obviously I am pushing the limits here... Are there any EMT's medical professionals here that can tell me how bad these values actually are or if they are accurate? Could I have died from this if I hadn't have recognized they were so low and roused myself?
I admit that I went a bit too far this time, I usually don't ever try to take enough to nod, only enough to get a nice buzz. However lately I have noticed that even on a moderate dose where I am just enjoying a decent high and not nodding that my O2 saturation goes down to 80% or so if I don't consciously try to take deeper breaths.
It is my understanding that tolerance to the respiratory effects of opiates decreases faster than the tolerance to the high, could it be that my relatively infrequent use is actually causing a more pronounced reaction like this? Is there anything I can do to mitigate this effect?
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