Please help...did I OD?

[andreatheandroid]

Hi Im Andrea from Houston. Im trying toget so.e insight on a very confusing experience. Ive seen many heroin ODs where people kinda quietly go to sleep...forever. Im confused because my experience is opposite and I wonder if this is something anyone else knows about. The other night Id been smoking meth as usual then went to shoot some dope. I put a lot in but didnt think that much. After a minute or 2 I was feeling a strong rush and while i was sitting there and texting suddenly I could no longer type. From nowhere I suddenly felt like I had 0 control of my body. I couldn't grab onto things as if my hand wouldnt go directly where it should just grasping around an item. I felt that while talking I suddenly couldnt make my mouth form the words correct almost like the nerve from my brain to my mouth was severed. But my boyfriend said I sounded fine. I suddenly felt like just trying to not slip out took everything and that at any second I could go black and be dead and I had zero control. I couldn't stand up. I was banging on the yelling"hospital". I screamed over and over each time I felt like I went out and came back. It felt like my body was trying to shut down but i was fighting it. EMTs came and over 20 min or so I gradually felt better and back to normal. Ive experienced this twice but very mild versions. I was sure I was going to die this time. Ive never ODd before and Ive been using 20 years. Any thoughts?

 

[sekio]

Part of the explanation may be that "dope"/"down" is more often than not more fentanyl than heroin, especially in North America. Both are opioids, but for whatever reason fentanyl tends to make people behave strangely on large doses.

For instance, back in my dope days I discovered that taking a little too much fentanyl produced this baffling, paradoxical state where I would lose awareness of what I was doing and, though concious and breathing, was unresponsive to commands, unable to converse, and behaving like I was on bath salts or some shit instead: rolling in the mud, running around yelling, etc.

On top of that, even with authentic heroin the euphoria disappears if the dose is escalated too high. It's not stricly true that an overdose of heroin is totally painless and serene. My close friend actually came close to a fatal OD when he (being so used to the heavily cut street dope) decided to do 300mg of pure dihydroheroin IV. Thankfully I didn't need naloxone or worse, but it was obvious that he felt awful as he returned to conciousness. The opioid had triggered a massive histamine rush that apparently knocked him unconcious with a wave of prickling pain, his face and lips swole up like baloons, and his breathing was very shallow, but was breathing.

Similarly it's not too hard to find accounts of people who end up pushing e.g. an oxy dose a little too high. The result is usually dysphoria.

Depending on your worldview, this could be a sign that it's not your time to leave this mortal coil quite yet. Or maybe it's dumb luck. You make the call. Please take care of yourself....

 

[Jabberwocky]

Welcome to Bluelight @andreatheandroid.

I'm going to move this to The Dark Side where you'll get more views, although sekio did provide a very thoughtful response.