Heroin Lower tolerance = less euphoria?

[burn out]

I know that sounds completely backwards but does anyone else experience this phenomenon? I recently took 8 days off heroin to lower my tolerance (which I thought would be a good thing) and when I started back using it again, my tolerance was significantly lower but so was the euphoria! Now I experience more sedation, nausea, urinary retention and other side effects than I do euphoria.

As I think about this, I think it has held generally true throughout my heron usage. The greater my tolerance, the more I enjoy the heroin and the less side effects I experience. I found heroin the most euphoric recently when I went on a two week binge, getting very high three times per day. Each time was very euphoric and happy then, with few side effects.

So does anyone else experience this with opiates? Basically, the higher your tolerance/the more dependent you are, the more euphoria you get and the less side effects? I assume this only holds true to a point, in other words there is probably like an ideal ratio between tolerance and euphoria and after that level is surpassed then euphoria goes down even as tolerance continues to increase. But I don't seem to have reached that point yet.

 

[krazikomi]

i hate to break it to you but 8 days off H will not really do much about your tolerance. For me i need at least a month or two off all opiates, including my maintenance drug Subutex to lower my tolerance. And about the euphoria for me the lower the tolerance i have the less opiate i need to get to where i want to be(euphorically nodding out big time).

 

[burn out]

Eight days off most certainly lowered my tolerance. I didn't have a huge habit before that, so maybe that is the reason. But after those 8 days, the same amount of heroin would last almost twice as long as it did before the break, so don't tell me it wasn't long enough.

 

[RunRunRun]

Any length of time between times of using will make your rush better obviously. For instance you will get a better rush after waiting six hours as opposed to just one hour. So maybe that explains why you thought your tolerance was lower. But it really does take a loooong time for a tolerance to go back down. Probably around the length of time as it took to create that tolerance.

But no, I do not experience a greater euphoria with a greater tolerance. It just always seems like the euphoria slowly decreases with each use, like it just doesn't do the same. That's where the term 'chasing' comes from. Your always chasing after those first feelings/highs.

 

[SketchMcGetch]

greater tolerance doesn't increase euphoria at all, but greater tolerance usually means less negative side effects (excessive sedation, nausea, etc.) that are associated with opiates so maybe you enjoy the high more? Idk, my first few times using heroin were the best highs and it hasn't been as great since, no matter how long a break i take

 

[Captain.Heroin]

You do get more out of heroin when you're going from total withdrawal to the high you're craving.

I'd say just quit for good if you can.

 

[Slothicus]

I'd say just quit for good if you can.

I Agree, if you can go 8 days without it, Quit ! - Don't do it every day

 

[CaPoNe.]

I experience greater euphoria when im on a binge cuz im feeling sick then i do a bag and i go from completley horrible to great instead of ok to great so its a greater gap making it more euphric in thatr way if that makes any sense. Thats the only way i could relate to the original post.

 

[burn out]

greater tolerance doesn't increase euphoria at all, but greater tolerance usually means less negative side effects (excessive sedation, nausea, etc.) that are associated with opiates so maybe you enjoy the high more? Idk, my first few times using heroin were the best highs and it hasn't been as great since, no matter how long a break i take

I think that's what it is. When I have a high tolerance from using a lot I don't get nausea or sedation.