Stimulants how likely is it to OD on meth?

[SunThatShines]

*Dear, MODS- I've searched but did not find anything specific to my question. BTW, great work MODS/ADMINS for keeping bluelight educational and professional.*


How likely is it to OD on Crystal Methamphetamine? (specifically by smoking it, not IV,oral,nasal.)

And when I say "OD"(overdose), I mean as in life threatning, or death.

I'm aware that the heart can take a pounding from Meth, and of course this answer is going to depend on if the person has medical problems,age, etc.

But in general, Is it pretty rare? I've heard its pretty difficult to OD on meth..

I've smoked a LOT (actual known mg's or grams unknown) but probably around 35 medium/large hits of pretty good quality crystal from a pipe in a 5 hour time frame with a noticed increase of heartbeat afterwards...


Thanks,

 

[Sweet P]

In my experience (I've been smoking crystal meth heavily for years and years), it's extremely hard to overdose on it by smoking. I'm sure it's possible, especially if combined with other stimulants, but it would probably take a large quantity. As with any drug, IV'ing carries the highest risk of overdosing.

 

[SunThatShines]

In my experience (I've been smoking crystal meth heavily for years and years), it's extremely hard to overdose on it by smoking. I'm sure it's possible, especially if combined with other stimulants, but it would probably take a large quantity. As with any drug, IV'ing carries the highest risk of overdosing.

Yeah, you can OD by IV'ing pretty easily I think.. But smoking- not so sure. Curious though because when I do use crystal, I tend to smoke enough to keep a small army high for a good 24hours lol.. and I'm not wanting to accidently smoke too much and end up fuckin' dying...

 

[Sweet P]

^ Put it this way, I'm one of the heaviest meth smokers I know (I'm not meaning to dick-size - I'm just saying), and I've never once overdosed from smoking it. One of my friends recently said that I was carrying enough crystal to keep someone awake for a month... I smoked it all in a couple of nights and never felt in danger. Like I said, I think the overdose risk would be higher if the meth was combined with another stimulant, or IV'd.

 

[SunThatShines]

Ok, so lets just say that its highly unlikely to OD on meth by smoking it....But what happens when you keep on smoking after your already high as kite? I've heard that some people can smoke too much and it makes them passout/fall asleep...Any info in regards to that?

 

[Sweet P]

^ It's never happened to me. Sometimes I've had heart palpatations and overheating from doing that, but nothing too serious.

 

[ziggo]

I've heard your body won't let you smoke enough to OD, one thing is your throat closes up so you physically can't inhale more. happened to a dude I know.

 

[SunThatShines]

I've heard your body won't let you smoke enough to OD, one thing is your throat closes up so you physically can't inhale more. happened to a dude I know.

"throat closes up so you physically can't inhale more" - That sounds intense, and possibly life threatning, especially if the person it occurs to has a stuffy nose LOL.

 

[SunThatShines]

Also, After smoking a shit load of hits (30+), I've realized I have this occasional moderate pain on my left side of my head above my ear... I've been yawning literally like 3 times every few mins (Yes, I yawn repeatedly on meth, it may be a tick or something?) and sometimes I have to kinda force the yawn out and thats why my head may be hurting?

 

[wolfwhistle]

Ive smoked(this time ONLY smoked) to the point where i kept going in and out of consciousness(i think?) and had to remember where i was constantly(every time i would "wake up" from what i thought to be passing out or something, i would forget what was going on/where i was/etc.. and this happened at least ten times within an hour or so).

I'm never one to notice my heart beat speeding up or slowing down and even when my friend told me to check it(she thought it was really fast) it didnt bother me or anything. I also kept yawning, like non-stop. and i also felt like i either had to keep burping or swallow.

i kept seeing spots everywhere and those would kind of scatter to the point where it was like i was looking through a mesh screen of little dots. i was probably on the verge of a lethal OD, but i was mostly calm about it.

i kept thinking i was back at my friends house, but me and her were in a hotel room in vegas-- nowhere near looking like her room. if i heard something out in the hallway i would assume it was her mom outside walking around in the house, and then remember that it was just me and her hundreds of miles away from her mom and her room.

I would start talking about something and then randomly catch myself either rambling random words that made no sense or would "wake up" again from one of my black out episodes(mentioned earlier). My friend was asking me to explain the shadow people to her(this was the first time i've experienced them), but half way through, id have to ask what i was talking about again. this happened frequently with almost all our convos

One of the times i "woke up," i asked where my phone was like it was urgent and had something i needed it for(the only thing id need it for was when my brother was supposed to call me. but that call was supposed to come around 9-10am and this was going on at 12-1 am.)
i jumped up to get it, walked over to my pants on the floor and grabbed my phone out of the pocket and then on the way back to the bed i lost my sight(like when youre really light headed), and collapsed as soon as i got to the bed.

i was afraid to go to sleep, thinking i wouldnt wake up, but was having a really hard time staying awake. this was weirding my friend and I out because i was spun as fuck, but kept nodding out(on meth!).

i was looking for a thread like this but couldnt find it. but reading through so many thread on here kept me occupied until i was fine.

another thing that was weird was that i wasn't scared, didnt get anxiety, and was super content; like i knew i would get through it and be fine. but all the things happening were what i assumed were signs of an OD. NONE OF THIS HAS HAPPENED ANY OF THE OTHER TIMES. and i also smoked more after a couple hours %)


**sorry this is so long. but if you read it-- what do you think about this being close to an OD?

 

[Captain.Heroin]

If you are an otherwise healthy adult, and aren't on other medications/drugs, it would be hard to have a fatal overdose.