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Opioids Had an extremely weird Hydrocodone experience last night

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I am no novice to opiates. I have tried both codeine/promethazine syrup (lean) as well as hydrocodone on many occasions.

It usually takes me about 20-25 mg of hydrocodone to get high.

Last night I go for my pill jar which I usually do once a week when I'm bored at night, and I grab 25 mg (5 pills) as usual. I pop them as usual and wait for the effects. However, something really weird started to happen.

Instead of the usual warm opiate euphoric buzz that I get when the drug starts to hit me, I get a random wave of anxious paranoid feelings. It was the worst feeling ever and I have never experiences this as a side effect of opiates. Like I was having a borderline panic attack for like 10 minutes, but I managed to control the anxiety/paranoia and after about 10 minutes, it faded and the nice sleepy opiate buzz came on and I enjoyed the rest of the night.

However, I am super curious as to what may have caused this. I was in a good mood that night and did not take anything else, just the usual waiting for the buzz to kick in while listening to some music. Is anxiety a side effect of vicodin?

I took my usual dose of 5/500 vicodins (took 5 as I said) and this wave of random anxiety/paranoia hit me almost similar to the anxiety people get on a strong strain of weed. It was horrible and I have no cases of anxiety in my family.

Extremely random and shocking nonetheless. So basically my question is, can opiates cause anxiety/paranoia? And why do you think this might have happened?
 
Not to talk shit, but taking codeine and hydrocodone in those doses doesn't make you, "no novice." And taking that much acetaminophen(in the form of 5/500s) is no good. If you're going to do opiates, get some decent gear man, don't kill your liver.

As for the feelings you're getting; if your mindset isn't quite right going into, and or, during a drug experience, you can have feelings of anxiety just do the fact that you're in an altered state of mind. Although, it's atypical with opiates.

I would also wonder if the pills you're getting are legit, or maybe something else altogether. That's the only logic I can use to explain it. I've done every variety poppy based chemical, included the sap straight out of a bleeding bud, and have never experienced what you're talking about. Either you have some heavy imbalance of chemicals in the ol' brain box that had manifested itself during your drug experience, or you're getting some bunk gear.
 
Yes, by no means are you "no novice" IMO, again, to reiterate I'm not trying to be rude or dicksize, but saying that you're experienced at that level is like saying I'm "no novice" when it comes to driving formula 1 race cars because I have no trouble driving a Prius. Lol.

Please look into performing a cold water extraction as you are taking excessive amounts of Acetaminophen which is likely a contributing reason you got adverse effects.

Also, yes, opioids can cause anxiety and paranoia especially in those who aren't tolerant to it, like you.
 
How often have you taken hydrocodone before? Sometimes people who are sensitive to hydrocodone don't experience the side effects until they have taken it several times. Also people who are poor metabolizers of hydrocodone can get all the side effects and not much of the good effects, but that doesn't seem to be the case for you if you got "a nice sleepy buzz" afterwards. Opioids - especially codeine, hydrocodone and Tramadol - have been known to cause anxiety in some people. There have also been a few threads on here on the subject of people getting anxiety/panic attacks from opioids.
 
If you truely took 25mg of hydrocodone and only take them pills once a week i dont see how you could hav felt that way unless 1. The pills are bunk 2.your taking more then what youv said and your tolerance is becoming higher or 3. Your body had a bad reaction to all that tylenol! That much tylenol is no good might as well go get yourself a 30mg oxycodone or a couple perk 10s
 
LOL at the professional who has tried codeine and hydrocodone....DAMN DUDE YOU ARE DEEP INTO OPIATES....that shit is FUCKED up...your at the top of the food chain my friend, time for REHAB! Okay, okay sorry but the thought of getting high off of 25mg of hydro makes me laugh, ohh the good old days when I could feel hydro. Anyway taking 2500mg of Acetaminophen is just plain stupid and you are destroying your liver. As for the anxiety, who knows man, it's probably your brain saying why the hell is this idiot trying to destroy my liver...
 
In my experience when I first started taking hydrocodone, I would get this feeling of rapid heart beat followed by a wave of anxiety. This would last for about 10-30 min followed by increased talking, hyperactivity, and euphoria. I noticed it only happened when I was increasing my dose. The only thing I can compare it to is when I would go to the er and get pain medications IV but not nearly as intense.
 
Like swimmingdancer said, it's not unheard of to get anxiety as a side effect. It's listed as a common one under side effects (as a combo) by the FDA.
As for why it came on now and not before, I have no idea. I can attest that side effects have come on in what seems like a random fashion with other meds for me.

I miss back in the day when I could take just a few vicodin/lortab or percs, and even preferred the hydro back then over the percs for some reason. As a piece of advice, I'd take comments like this one and others in this thread as a warning to at least just stick with low doses of hydros.
 
Tbh I think that happened because of the amount of Acetaminophen in your pills. I've taken 2 grams of tylenol with some 7.5/500's made me sick as fuck. But I take my norco 10/325's, and I can take like 5 of them and feel great.

Tylenol. Not even once.

lol
 
i mean sure 2.5 grams of Tylenol isnt good for your liver but once a week its not going to hurt you. On Tylenol bottles it says you can take up to 4 grams a day safely. I still agree taking that much Tylenol regularly isn't good and you should do a cold water extraction but you guys are making it seem like that much Tylenol will kill him today.
Your telling me you have never taken 5 Tylenol in a day before? In the commercials where they compare it to Aleve they say take 2 Aleve for all day relief which is naproxen or take up to 8 Tylenol and OTC Tylenol is 500mg a pill so the commercials even saying you can take up to 4 grams a day.

Anyways It prolly was just a unrelated feeling you experienced that caused your odd panicky feeling. Also 25mg of hydrocodone is still a pretty small amount to get high from and most would still consider that a novice. Which is a good thing all of us with higher tolerances envy you trust me.
 
for all those saying 2500 mg is bad for ur liver and gonna kill you, well its actually not as bad as ur making it. sure apap is horrible for ur liver. but at that dose its not going to kill you. the most u can take in one say is like 4000. thats 8 5mg hydros. ive taken that on many occations and i am fine. dont do it everyday, then it will be back. but everyone now and then its not going to kill u
 
wrxya33 said:
i mean sure 2.5 grams of Tylenol isnt good for your liver but once a week its not going to hurt you. On Tylenol bottles it says you can take up to 4 grams a day safely. I still agree taking that much Tylenol regularly isn't good and you should do a cold water extraction but you guys are making it seem like that much Tylenol will kill him today.
Your telling me you have never taken 5 Tylenol in a day before? In the commercials where they compare it to Aleve they say take 2 Aleve for all day relief which is naproxen or take up to 8 Tylenol and OTC Tylenol is 500mg a pill so the commercials even saying you can take up to 4 grams a day.

Anyways It prolly was just a unrelated feeling you experienced that caused your odd panicky feeling. Also 25mg of hydrocodone is still a pretty small amount to get high from and most would still consider that a novice. Which is a good thing all of us with higher tolerances envy you trust me.
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3-4 grams spread over 24 hours is much different than 2.5 grams in one sitting.
 
I actually have experience with Codeine in which I've had bad paranoia which struck me as a very odd condition to be paired with opiates. I was in a bad mood prior to ingestion and this may have had some effect... no way to be sure
 
wrxya33 said:
i mean sure 2.5 grams of Tylenol isnt good for your liver but once a week its not going to hurt you. On Tylenol bottles it says you can take up to 4 grams a day safely. I still agree taking that much Tylenol regularly isn't good and you should do a cold water extraction but you guys are making it seem like that much Tylenol will kill him today.
Your telling me you have never taken 5 Tylenol in a day before? In the commercials where they compare it to Aleve they say take 2 Aleve for all day relief which is naproxen or take up to 8 Tylenol and OTC Tylenol is 500mg a pill so the commercials even saying you can take up to 4 grams a day.

Anyways It prolly was just a unrelated feeling you experienced that caused your odd panicky feeling. Also 25mg of hydrocodone is still a pretty small amount to get high from and most would still consider that a novice. Which is a good thing all of us with higher tolerances envy you trust me.
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Your a dumb-ass. If someone already has a damaged or weak liver from alcohol consumption or genetics, 4 grams at once very well may cause your liver to fail leaving you to experience a slow agonizing death. And just because you haven't noticed immediate side effects, doesn't mean your liver won't be completely fucked a few years down the line.
 
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