I have a fairly high tolerance to opioids taken orally. I don't really get much (or anything) of a high off opioids taken this way anymore and I'm not looking to take them by any other route. This has been my situation for several years now and I really just want to come off them, which I'm working steadily towards. However I have noticed that after certain kinds of stressful event I feel some opioid effects to the point where I can get a moderate high from a dose that would normally do nothing for me except cause constipation and stave off withdrawals. Obviously nobody wants to stress themselves out for the sake of a mediocre opiate high, and the amount of stress to produce this effect has to be significant. I'm curious about the mechanism behind this though and wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience? My working theory is that after a significantly stressful experience my adrenalin levels are temporarily depleted. I wonder if chronic opioid use is causing my body to produce excess adrenalin to counteract the drugs, then when my adrenal system is temporarily exhausted, the opioids are relatively unopposed. Does this sound plausible?
EDIT: Just wanted to add that I'm not talking about normal, every day stress. I'm stressed pretty much every day. The effect I'm talking about only happens after the kind of stress where you feel physical and emotional exhaustion afterwards. Definitely not worth it for a lukewarm high.
EDIT: Just wanted to add that I'm not talking about normal, every day stress. I'm stressed pretty much every day. The effect I'm talking about only happens after the kind of stress where you feel physical and emotional exhaustion afterwards. Definitely not worth it for a lukewarm high.
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