Overdose questions

[TogetherintheSky]

It might be kind of hard to understand what I'm asking here. My question is: When you're doing drugs, will you know it if you're about to overdose?

Say you're doing heroin. If you're already high and you're thinking of upping your dose because you're not as high as you want to be, is there a chance that upping that dose will cause you to overdose? (ie stop breathing, vomit, die, etc.)

Like is the high of every overdose-able drug (coke, opiates, amphetamines, benzos) always going to be noticeably unpleasant before you overdose?

What if somebody was doing, say buprenorphine, recreationally. If they did a high dose and weren't content with the high, because bupe is not very euphoric, they would keep upping... and they would overdose.

Does every drug have a point where you can be content, without having to overdose?

I hope you understand the question...

 

[imighthave]

all i can say is, do one drug at a time, mixing a bunch of drugs is how od's happen, or in the case of cocaine and heroin, injecting too much at once is how you OD. you dont feel it coming it just happens.

 

[rickolasnice]

I thought with heroin you just get higher and higher untill you fall asleep and stop breathing..

 

[Nikolai]

The question is hard to answer. Ive had times where I thought I took too much but that was mostly when I first started using. Now I usually just enjoy the high if it is very strong, but that happens rarely now with my tolerance. If you take too much I doubt you are always going to feel unpleasant before OD'ing, sometimes you probably get hit so hard you just pass out. If you are an experienced user you will know what doses you can probably take, its when you are a beginner that you probably need to be the most careful.

Fentanyl is a drug that many people OD on and I believe part of the reason is because of not knowing what the expect when doing it, since fentanyl has a different feeling from other popular opiates. Fentanyl has never produced much euphoria when I have used it, and this I believe can cause overdoses in those that keep taking more and more waiting for that euphoria to kick in. Fentanyl is unbelievably potent, but that potency doesnt match the high or euphoria it gives, which I think makes it dangerous.

Its really not all that confusing though, different opiates in different people can produce a very individual experience. When a beginner you need to know and probably research what doses should be used to avoid an OD.

 

[jaredvillhelm2002]

Well with depressants if you massively overdose, unconsciousness and death are very rapid. Stimulants are a bit harsher in you are very awake (albeit maybe so stimulated that you are in lala land) and it would be probable that unconsciousness would occur only just prior to death but the cause of death whatever that may be i.e. cardiac arrest would occur while conscious and may be painful, terrifying or both. Be careful texting your limits and with any drug use wisely and if you are unsure or are certain you are in trouble better to dial 911 and alive and in trouble then dead. Best of luck, watch your dosage hun.

 

[TheLostBoys]

When I first tried Oxycontin, I had taken 10mg which was at the begining of me trying opiates & it was with the old formulation, I was really high because I had a really low tolerance level & then I chewed another 5mg.....I started to nod hard off 15mgs. I would catch myself about to sleep & wake myself up. I was too scared to go to sleep thinking I wouldnt wake up. That was at the begining of my adventures but I still watch how much I dose on anything I take. Just dont over due it be contempt with how high you are, no reason to over due it.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

I have to start this out by saying there are many different ways of defining "overdose"...

What if somebody was doing, say buprenorphine, recreationally. If they did a high dose and weren't content with the high, because bupe is not very euphoric, they would keep upping... and they would overdose.

Does every drug have a point where you can be content, without having to overdose?

I take buprenorphine basically daily and I know when I'm about to "overdose". It is extremely hard to die because of a buprenorphine OD, I have a tolerance to opiates but even without a tolerance it is hard to die from ODing on buprenorphine by itself. Most overdoses involving opiates involve opiates mixed with other depressants (such as alcohol, benzodiazepines or barbiturates).

Like is the high of every overdose-able drug (coke, opiates, amphetamines, benzos) always going to be noticeably unpleasant before you overdose?

That question isn't very easy to answer. When it comes to amphetamines, cocaine and other strong stimulants (MDPV, mephedrone, methamphetamine, etc), there is usually a dosage range where it feels better and better to take more, and then negative side effects (paranoia, racing heart, anxiety, tremors, blurred vision, etc) set in. However, this is certainly not the case for everybody.

When most people try a drug for the first time, they titrate the dosages up or down depending on where they want to be. The first time a lot of people do heroin, for example, they get nausea and vomit. If they do it a second time, they will most likely do less (to avoid the unpleasant effects of a higher dosage).

 

[psychedelic muffin]

In a controlled situation, where a fraction of small dose of whatever drug was givin to you via iv drip every few minutes; yes, you most likely would be able to tell when you've had too much. But in real life situations, deciding if you should take more based on side effects alone would not be reliable or safe. You already should have knowledge of what a safe dose of what ever drug you're taking would be before you take it and know the warning signs of an overdose.

With some drugs it's harder to figure out how much your body can handle. With some depressents it can be difficult to tell when it's too much because you can still feel good even when experiencing a minor overdose, esp. opiates. With most stimulants it's obvious when you've taken too much because of anxiety and heart rate.