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Opioids Opiate eyes

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blah_blah1991

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Hey peoples.

Was just wondering what your experience is with your eyes and opiates mainly hydromorphone and herion.

Whenever I do 8-13mg of HM IV I always get these big red circles under my eyes, partly from rubbing them all the time from them watering (Which is weird because HM doesn't make me itch like H or oxy). This makes me look terrible and always lets my family know which cause arguments which I don't like when i'm on.

Same thing happens with H but not as bad as HM I am not sure why.

Anyone have ways to stop/reduce this (Not wiping the eyes only helps a little) or any other experiences with opiate eyes.
 
First of all... use benadryl and Visine the "Avanced Relief" kind (will say soothes, refreshes, and gets the red out). Also, if ur a dude it might sound ridiculous, but you can get things like cucumber/exfoliant/purity/whatever peel masks which take 10-30 minutes to use depending on brand and can help out quite a bit. You basically put/rub the mask film on your face then wait for it to dry and peel it off. Also, you should DEFINITELY use lotion. Experiment with lotions that work for you as everyone is different and I have no idea what lotions will help you and which won't. There are also hydrating and or rejuvenating "natural look" products, and even actual cucumbers you've probably seen people even if only on TV put over their eyes. I know, I know... if ur a dude, you might feel like "wtf, im not gonna use all that shit, im not some women and im not gay" but no one has to know about it, and it's not like you'll be using it because you want to look good to be attractive sexually so who gives a fuck if it helps you avoid retarded bullshit confrontation with your family/friends. If anyone ever finds it and you have to, just make up some excuse such as some girl left it with you or you have a gay friend or whatever the fuck you can think of.

If worse comes to worse, you can use concealer (makeup), but even I feel uncomfortable using makeup for ANY reason... but if you HAVE to, it WILL work.

edit: I'm forgetful and added a few things /slapself
 
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Benadryl will help. Not 12.5mg though, take atleast 50mg (usually thats 2 pills). If I take 3-4 I am almost perfectly fine, 2 makes me alot more comfortable though.
 
I have no remedies to make the bags go away, but the thing I notice the most is the blackness I get from dope. When I do oxy or other opiates, I get the pinpoint pupils and bags under my eyes (which I normally sort of have bags under my eyes anyways) so it's still obvious if you're looking for it, but when I do dope i get these dark black rings around my eyes, looks like shadows almost.
 
haha, I like how you said "this makes my family know and cause arguments I dont like when I'm on", totally reminds me of myself. The last thing I want to do after a shot of dope/oxy (whatever) is then argue with my parents about not being high.

Anyway to answer your question, this always happened to me when I was doing injecting opana IR, but also when I shoot too much heroin. Like the above person answered, try taking benadryl. 25 mg is certainly not going to make you over sedated so I doubt you'd have to worry about that.
Also I find that when I have a habit in general, it just effects my face completely but especially my eyes, like I develop this empty look, where you can see right through me. I hate that, because after seeing myself look that way after a while, I start to act like it too.
 
I find in my experience strong opiates put a glitter in the eyes that you just cant hide without sunglasses.
 
In my experience what actually helps a lot is just don't rub your face/eyes. I do it every couple of seconds without noticing until my face is very dry and irritated. Anyways, I usually get damn near pinpoint pupils and a little tint of color to my face unless it was a good dose then my eye either are barely open or somewhat cross eyed. Hah.
 
Here's a novel idea: If you don't want family confrontation don't go around them like that. Itchy red eyes, dark undereye circles, etc. will go away real fast by getting clean and sober. My son did not enjoy the confrontation any more than we (his family) did. We fixed our own discomfort by telling him to have enough respect to not subject us to his problem, which became all of ours as a result of our love and concern for him. Once we forbade him to come around us like that, he got help, currently clean and sober, no more redness, itching or dark circle eyes. Voila! Problem solved. (At least for the time being.) I forgot how good he actually looked. Amazing how usage of certain drugs and abuse of them can make people physically ugly as hell. Mentally too. Eat up to the bone. I am not without compassion, but there is a permanent remedy to your problem when you are willing to stop; that is, if you do not die of accidental overdose before that happens. I know this is not what you want to hear, but... it IS an answer to the problem. Good luck.
 
Since my pupils are large normally, an Opiate high is something my family knows nothing of. In their book, I am "normal and sober" great in my book.

Opiates FTW.
 
Maybe take slightly smaller doses when you're going to be around people who notice? My parents can spot if I'm really intoxicated but moderate opiate effects are not noticeable.
 
People don't seem to notice even when I'm on high doses of hydrocodone or oxy but heroin seems to be different. The two times I've smoked heroin, the people around me said it was really obvious I was on something.
 
I use to worry but now I don't. I mean when I'm high sometimes I feel as if everyones going to know but then I go eh whatever. The truth is most people don't even notice because they aren't looking for it. If anyone does ask me what's up I usually just say I'm tired or allergies and it always works. If you're that worried take less or start wearing some shades. I always love wearing my raybans so that helps as well.
 
i get the pindot pupils and the bags like everybody else, but on top of that, if i do a big ass shot like a half g or up, my left eye, and yes its always the left one, goes off to the side a little bit and it makes it hard as hell to see without closing it. Plus, diphenhydramine puts me in a weird state of RLS, so thats not really an option for me but generally, just wearing some shades can get me through some otherwise possibly awkward encounters.
 
You could try caffienated rub for the bags under your eyes (they sell it at the pharmacy) and I posted here about how to fix pinpoint pupils.
 
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