Ketamine + sleep

[ZeroFries]

Hey bluelight, great site you have here been around for a while but this is my first post

Anyways just curious about some of the after effects of ketamine. About 9 hours ago (at 3 AM) I IMed some K and did a line and ended up holing for about an hour. I was feeling somewhat tired when I started doing the K and I figured I'd be able to fall asleep afterwards easily and comfortably like I always have from ketamine, but I just couldn't fall asleep.

I'm wondering if it could've been cut with something (such as meth). Is this common? I didn't experience racing heart but had slight stimulation afterwards. Still don't feel tired just somewhat out of it. Pulse is a steady 50-60 range and no feelings of meth comedown.

 

[Shambles]

Hi, Zero - welcome to PD and BL

I doubt your ket was kut with meth cos there's no way you'd be holing if it were and I'm sure you'd have noticed the stimulation when IMing it. Ketamine does give a rebound effect that wakes me up though. If I use ket when I'm tired it wakes me up. It's possible your ket was kut but would only be guesswork for anyone here to say really. I think the rebound effect is pretty common though.

 

[dococ]

Always keeps me up quite a while after 100-140mg IM. After I get out of hole I just lay in bed totally awake, sometimes for hours.

 

[burn out]

I can't sleep for a while after doing ketamine.

 

[bighooter]

ketamine is nototious for keeping you up, even when the after effects have wore off from high doses.
Its a stimulant in this sense.

Valium always works wonders for getting me to sleep after a K session.

 

[Osymandiaz]

Hi All,

I've been looking for info on K relating to sleep. All I came across was people saying they fall asleep after using it and some even become paralized for a while? HECTIC!
Anyways, I've been doin it 4 bout 4 years now (3-4 grams a week) and the fact that I cant sleep afterwards is really starting 2 bug me.
I dont wana take stuff to slag my system down while the K is boosting it, cos that could cause a seizure, right?
That's what happened to River Phoenix...He took a SpeedBall (line Cok3 + line H3ro!n). The H slags your system and the C boosts/rushes it.

If you guys got sum tips, it'll be much appreciated.

Thanks

 

[mr.mackey]

My understanding of Ketamine is that it doesn't significantly increase or decrease breathing and heart rate (it seems to do both at different times). I think it would be relatively safe to take something like a mild benzo like valium, and K is pretty safe in general (I have heard that at different doses it can have either decrease seizures or prolong them http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...=8321500&md5=bf581fe8ae2d068afea5b53d089823df )

 

[helium-4]

Weird. I never had issues falling asleep. I've even fallen asleep while on K before.

 

[Osymandiaz]

My understanding of Ketamine is that it doesn't significantly increase or decrease breathing and heart rate (it seems to do both at different times).

I completely agree with that and the article was informative. - Thanks.
What is a "mild benzo" valium though?

 

[Osymandiaz]

8(

Weird. I never had issues falling asleep. I've even fallen asleep while on K before.

Duuuuude! I can actually be glad that I have trouble sleeping while on it, cos if I didn't I'd probably be doing 3g's a DAY instead of a WEEK. 8(

 

[altitudes]

I ALWAYS have trouble sleeping after an IM shot. I do suffer from insomnia though, but the K just seems to make it worse.

I used to take an IM shot right before bed, but had to stop from too much lost sleep.

 

[mr.mackey]

by mild benzo I meant a lighter dose of a less potent benzo, like valium, instead of say clonazepam which is much more potent, although i suppose if you used an equivalent dose it wouldn't be that big of a deal (btw 10mg valium is roughly equal to .5 mg clonazepam)