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Does anyone abuse sleeping pills to sleep through shit?

i take diphenhydramine hydrochloride almost every night whether i need it or not, and sometimes much earlier than i need to, just to get that sleepy feeling and be able to just go to bed. :|
 
Sweet P said:
Tried all that - hasn't worked. Plus I'm a total recluse at the moment cos I haven't had meth for a couple of days and I'm starting to enter withdrawals, so I don't really feel like leaving the house.
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Do amphetamine/methamphetamine WDs take a few days to set in?

This is off-topic, but I just assumed they set in similar to opiate WDs.
 
Romie1092 said:
when my old doctor use to prescribe me valium I did this all the time Sweet P. Was a way to escape. If I was home bored and lonely I would just pop afew valium and sleep the pain away.
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I can totally relate mate.
 
Carl Landrover said:
Do amphetamine/methamphetamine WDs take a few days to set in?

This is off-topic, but I just assumed they set in similar to opiate WDs.
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Yes, there's the comedown which lasts up to a couple of days after you stop using. Then the withdrawals tend to kick in, which can last one or two weeks. A lot of people get confused about this. Check out this entry in my blog for an explanation.
 
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Yes definitely. Especially near refill day on my opiates when I'm running low and have to save them. Keep myself comatose off of temazepam/clonazepam/weed, luckily won't be doing that for another month, refill is on Thursday <3
 
Wow, I'm quite surprised at the number of people who do the same thing!
 
I used to do this and still do to some extent. During opiate withdrawals (or as is the case now when i have the heebie jeebies from the PAWS) i'll comatose myself with clonazepam, gabapentin, weed and whatever else i got. Sometimes i'll use seroquel (stuff kinda sucks), zyprexa, risperdal or methotrimeprazine to put myself to sleep with other meds or just make me not care. After 2mg's of risperdal taken at once it's hard to care about anything :|
 
meth wd'd are far worse than an opiate wd in my opinion. this is considering were using for a 2 week period. meth will make you feel straight REEEETARDED for days.
 
paranoid android said:
I used to do this and still do to some extent. During opiate withdrawals (or as is the case now when i have the heebie jeebies from the PAWS) i'll comatose myself with clonazepam, gabapentin, weed and whatever else i got. Sometimes i'll use seroquel (stuff kinda sucks), zyprexa, risperdal or methotrimeprazine to put myself to sleep with other meds or just make me not care. After 2mg's of risperdal taken at once it's hard to care about anything :|
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same thing here sort of. no w/d's, but harldy any painrelief either though...

i think i have all those except methotrimeprazine, i have 4mg risperdal's hehe, but i couldnt imagine 1mg now, .5 would probably almost put me out, seroquel sent into mania and mixed states for 3 days, and made my left forearm numb for 8 months... so n/t/y! just the taste neuroleptics puts in my mouth is bad enough.
 
panic in paradise said:
seroquel sent into mania and mixed states for 3 days, and made my left forearm numb for 8 months... so n/t/y! just the taste neuroleptics puts in my mouth is bad enough.
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That's quite a nasty reaction! What dose were you taking?

I'm prescribed 100mg's of Seroquel a night which usually gets me to sleep. I've also got a bottle of 5mg haloperidol tablets to be used "in severe distress", but I've tended to ignore that instruction. Best sleeping pill I've ever had. Benzo's don't do shit for me anymore, sadly... I'm far too tolerant to them.
 
serequel and a couple others didnt agree with me, one gave me what was obviously neuroleptic malignent syndrom, the other intense euphoria and the dysphoria, then sleep. then we tried lithium and klonopin; one of the greatest reliefs! i took the seroquel for 2 nights, both times it put me out, the third, wow.

klonopin used to knock me out, now it just does what its supposed to.

im trying everything i can, to safely, sainly, and legaly avoid pain. i knew the nurse i saw last wouldnt give me narcotics, so i staight asked for something to make me sleep i off/through. he was fine with that lol, so he gave me hydroxypam 25mg, that makes me feel like ass though.

i recently, and conveniently developed anemia( i guess to compliment the leukocytosis), so that gives me even less of an appetite, and helps me easily sleep for 20 hours with out drugging myself.

it could be way to easy to eat a few too many, half asleep, frustrated, and in a hurry. i set extras out, or on top of the bottle to avoid this.

but alas, the problems are still there, everyday, for now.
 
ya completley

ive drank to sleep, used dope to sleep, taken 10 valiums all o that

i tried something new yesterday. if you need to nap do not nap in the bed you sleep in at night. cause when night comes you wont be able to sleep. your body gets used to the sleep environment around you. ill post another tip later

and seroquel is really good to help a night sleep but i feel like garbage the next day
 
"if you need to nap do not nap in the bed you sleep in at night. cause when night comes you wont be able to sleep. your body gets used to the sleep environment around you."

whaaat?

"ill post another tip later"

what what?!?

i do use relaxation techniques, and self guided meditations to try and help sleep, or have deeper sleep, and more vivid dreams. the environmental affect is interesting. i will try and lay down until im drop dead tired, or i just get 'refreshed' feeling haha, and up again.
 
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I do sometimes yes. As with you, it's usually when there's a lot of shit going on that I don't want to / can't bare to deal with.
Yesterday infact - I went to the docs as I was having yet more trouble sleeping so she gave me 7 x 20mg Temazepam. When I got home I took 2 and did some cleaning around the house.
Then, as I was so tired and feeling really quite shit (mentally), I got into bed (this was around 12pm).
I woke up around 7-8pm, got some food, took the other 5 and got back into bed at around 10pm or something.
It was fucking stupid of me but I just didn't care :| Didn't want to be conscious yesterday.
 
Actually just last week. I had a really boring out of town gig with a lot of down time and I was feeling really depressed because I was nearing the end of my monthly Klonopin script and was tapering too fast to feel comfortable so I used half a months worth of Ambien to sleep through the dull moments and the long rides in the van. I've never really done that before but between running on minimal amounts of Klonopin and running into my ex girlfriend right before I left and being on a shitty gig I just decided to sleep as much as possible.
 
I'll be taking some generic Ambien when I go to this show at the weekend, Rocky Horror live by the way and I really do not like that bloody 'Time Warp' song - drives me mad.
 
I don't abuse my sleeping meds, but I sure need them to get to sleep some nights.

I guess if you consider snorting doxylamine succinate "abuse" you could say yes for me, but I don't really think that's "abuse", especially since I only had to snort 1/4th of a tablet.

I certainly utilize sleeping meds to help sleep off come downs, etc. Psychedelics and stimulants are good examples.
 
I take a ton of thorazine and knock myself out with a few klonopin and ambien to get through the suicidal moments.
 
i take midazolan and clonazepam..... last time i get IV midazolam.... holy fuck
 
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