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Opiate rage

edgewise1

edgewise1

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It seems I remember a thread about this from a few years back so if a merging needs to occur, merge away!

So does anyone who has/is using opiates/opioids long term experienced this rage? I can find myself driving and then go into a rage, cursing fellow drivers for stupid, bone headed mistakes they make, even when the mistake is mine they are still cursed. When I take the time to reflect on what I've done I have to laugh at myself. Yet tomorrow will see this same rage, in full.

Even mistakes I make will usually result in me cursing an inanimate object! So again, does this happen to anyone else? Stories of what you have done are always welcomed.
 
I've gone off on friends/family when I was driving & trying to listen to music while they tried to have convos with me.......I only have gotten rage/agitated when doing oxycodone.......

I haven't touched oxy in years & never will again. After going off on people, I had to apologize for my behaviour & they accepted knowing the meds caused it.

But at the time, you just become a different person, like you're not yourself, very strange! No other pain med has caused that for me.......
 
I've expierenced this a lot. I need weed to even out the middle when it happens. Usually from too many pills
 
Even with high dose codeine I have noticed this not only coming down off it but while feeling nice on it things still set me off lol wierd
 
Yes this is common you can get very erratic when strung out on opiates and your mood changes so often that people around you can be scared to say the wrong thing or do something to set you off. It doesn't matter if we have a whole bunch of dope on us or we feel buzzed we can still get these erratic mood swings and flip shit on people/inanimate objects. Its just what happens to our sick brains when addicted. You can smoke weed or take benzos but still your gonna have problems as long as your hooked on opiates your gonna be more testy with people.

I never used to get mad at people or started confrontation but when on drugs I would call people idiots and that they are worthless or whatever if they piss me off whether its at work or out in public I even threw my lawn mower in the river one day cause it wouldn't start and the scary part is it doesn't even have to be anything serious like you said driving the streets you find yourself cussing people out and acting pretty nuts. Then if you Sat down calmed down and look at what you were getting mad about you would think holy fuck why was I so mad I'm a fucking hot head. Wait till you try to quit opiates holy fuck your gonna want to kill somebody.
 
Usually happens to me coming down from any dose higher than 40mg of oxy or the equivalent. Add benzos in the mix, and it'll happen at a far lower dose. Never happens to me when high, only on the comedown. Also, I noticed it doesn't really happen that much anymore now that I think about it. Before I was a daily user, it happened on every comedown. Now that I'm a daily user, it rarely happens. Guess my body is use to the comedown now, and doesn't freak out as much.
 
I call it the "Opiate irritables":X it happens to everyone on opies (unless they are on a nod out dose) eventually where you will find yourself snapping at people and getting mad super easy.. you just gotta realize when on opiates that you gotta control your 'opiate irritables' when they surface. But don't worry it literally happens to everyone when on opiates. Especially on pharma opies like Oxy and hydrocodone..
 
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It didn't happen to me at first but when I had a small tolerance built I would get angry while high. I was usually just pissed because I wasn't getting as high as I thought I was supposed to and anyone that spoke to me would just kill the buzz and piss me off. That was on hydrocodone, I haven't taken oxy in a while so I don't know if it would do the same.

I don't seem to get angry on kratom or tramadol so I wonder why it's different with hydro. I know they aren't real opiates but they still work on the same receptors.
 
I didn't think I was alone in this! And it seems that some of the same things seem to set more than one of us off!

"Opiate irritables", what a great name. I'm guessing this is something I will go through for the remainder of my life. I am in pain mangement and at an age that long term use would not be unheard of with the type pain I experience.

So......let's hear some more stories of all the dumb shit people we are forced to deal with on a day to day basis. Don't forget the stupid ass objects that also were made solely to frustrate us in our time of need. All sarcasm intended!!!

Edited to add;
Fh, at the height of my tramadol consumption, 30+ pills a day, I found tram to be as bad as the others.
 
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Opiate rage is why I generally am not a fan of opiates. That is definitely not who I am, and I don't like not being who I am.
 
I'm so glad to read this! I love the name opiate irritables myself. The opiate fun outweighs the opiate irritables for me, but it's useful to know other people experience this, so it's not just my problem alone.
 
I suffer from ADHD and GAD it makes me very irritable for nature.... for me the opiates are good to socialize...oxycodone makes me very sociable and friendly to other people...the problem is when the effects start to comedown...I start to feel pissed of and irritable...till I redose , people get mad on me..lol
 
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