xtcgrrrl
Bluelight Crew
hey guys, simple question. got no benzos for the comedown off crack so will Zyprexa (olanzapine) do the trick?
Scrofula that was great advice & very informative but I think you forgot she's talking about cocaine, crack to be specific which that mechanism of action doesn't apply here, but still a good read.Meth and amph work like adrenaline (and other things). They cause adrenaline to be released, and the adrenaline and even amphs themselves, activate adrenaline receptors (this is simplified a bit).
There are different kinds of adrenaline receptor, in two classes, the alphas, and the betas. Each has a bunch of subtypes, alpha1, alpha2, etc. They're called adrenergic receptors.
Activating them does the stuff you're used to with adrenaline and stims: raise your heart rate, BP, constrict your veins, raise your temp, open your airways, make you sweat.
You probably heard of beta-blockers. Those are drugs that block the action of adrenaline, helping you relax. They slow your heart rate and lower blood pressure. There are alpha blockers that do similar things.
And a lot of psych meds block these receptors as a side effect.
If you take a drug like quetiapine cause you were too spun on meth, it would kill your high, and lower the stim-y effects. But it lasts 24 hours. If you took a nap, woke up, and felt groggy, you might do some more stim to wake up. Only it would feel like it's not quite working. So you do a lot more stim, and just feel a bit more awake, so you really load that bowl and go to town, finally feeling kind of high. Until the quetiapine finally wears off, and all that meth you took finally hits your heart, which starts racing in an unpleasant and dangerous way.
Hope that helps.
Scrofula that was great advice & very informative but I think you forgot she's talking about cocaine, crack to be specific which that mechanism of action doesn't apply here, but still a good read.