how much has my tolerance dropped

[falsifiedhypothesi]

I've taken about 2 months off of opiates due their lack of availability. it wasn't a completely clean two months as I did use a relatively small amount of hydrocodone once(one dose 20mg) early in the first month. Before that i was using about 30-90 mg of hydrocodone a week. I know my tolerance and usage wasn't high by any standard. I've been doing this for about three years slowly escalating my dose.

it would usually take me 20-30mg of hydro to get a good buzz. I'm wondering if it's possible that my tolerance could have completely reset to the point where 10mg would get me a nice buzz again. I was also using kratom fairly frequently before quitting.

 

[donetherebeenthat]

3 years if steady opiate use with 2 months off , I doubt your tolerance has reset to day one. Chances are your tolerance has reset somewhat though. Try 10 mg. to start ya never know. You can always re dose after an hour or so.

D.T.B.T.

 

[Smoky]

This is a good question. There are many factors involved, and you bring them up --- which might point to some answers. You haven't reached a partial state remission off opiates though as you used a little in-between. Your system might not be fully back to normal homeostasis yet. I'm almost 2 months off but still have symptoms.

I guess my question would be did you experience withdrawal intermittently? That might be a sign. I know when I used again (had a month off but clean now), my body could not handle the previous amount I was tolerant to. Your tolerance might be reset, hard to say ... but could easily escalate quickly… and the body/brain remembers.

I started with 10 had a nice buzz and within a week was back to a very high amount. Although this ime.

 

[falsifiedhypothesi]

I only experienced withdrawals, or what I perceived as withdrawals, once from kratom. after I stopped a 2-3 week regimen of 6-10 grams of kratom a day i went into minor withdrawal. My most notable symptom was the the severe depression that lasted a couple days. This was almost half a year ago I believe, I don't use more then a couple days in a row often.

 

[Smoky]

I have not tried Kratom, but know it's used for opiate withdrawal so must have some similarities. I've seen it mentioned a bit on BL. I doubt w/drawals were perceived. Of course there is always perception involved, true … but I heard Kratom can be potent.

I reread and see now you were not taking them daily maybe (?). I didn't have withdrawal til I started using on a daily basis mostly, and 4-5 days prior to that, I had a few. If you were consistently using 30 - 90 a week (unless it was spread out?), and it was only a couple days, yeah… you wouldn't have withdrawals, ime/o. But, without the withdrawals at that dose there would be a hangover I would think somewhat.

I would start with 10. It would be safer anyways.

 

[falsifiedhypothesi]

I don't really give a shit about safety, I know the doses I would take won't harm me. I want to hit the sweet spot with the first dose since I hate redosing. I'll probably use 15-20 mg if I end up getting any.

 

[Corazon]

I don't really give a shit about safety, I know the doses I would take won't harm me. I want to hit the sweet spot with the first dose since I hate redosing. I'll probably use 15-20 mg if I end up getting any.

That should be enough to give you a buzz the first time.

The key at this point is to keep your use at an "enhancement" level. If you don't re-dose, and you space like 3 or 4 days in between doses, that 15-20 or whatever can provide positive effects for a while, before another tolerance break is needed.
When you chase that high and try to re-dose (often with little benefit when we are talking hydros), and when you use every day, you get to the point where you don't want to do shit without your hydro, mild withdrawals set in, you crave the high, and even a nice subtle buzz is kind of disappointing.

Of course it's hard to tell the emotional part of the brain that more of something good isn't better.

 

[Smoky]

I don't really give a shit about safety, I know the doses I would take won't harm me. I want to hit the sweet spot with the first dose since I hate redosing. I'll probably use 15-20 mg if I end up getting any.

Good point if you have taken that amount prior.

 

[LilikoiMoon]

After using 120mg of oxymorphone a day, I can take a break, do one 5mg oxymorphone tablet, and be stoned.

Start off slow when your tolerance has dropped. The 10mg, just one, will probably give you a buzz, if you've been off for a while.