Please help me find out what happened, Possible Serotonin Syndrome (oxy+hydro+SSRI)

[lowberry]

Ok I had a really scary experience last week and will try my best to explain what happened.

I take a daily dose of 20mg paxil (my last dose was prob about 24 hrs before the incident)

I took 7.5mgs hydrocodone and 10mgs oxycodone a few hours before the incident. (AKA 1 percocet and 1 7.5 vicodin)

I was smoking weed throughout the night up to about an hour before the incident.

The first symptom was probably an hour before I was just feeling warmer than usually and everyone else was wearing sweaters while i was wearing a short sleeve outside (then again I don't get cold easily so I dont know)

about 20-30 mins before the incident im in a car and i feel my jaw shivering/trembling every now and then, I really didn't think much of it...

fast forward 20 mins im standing outside a restaurant, and every now and then i get the jaw "shivers" and it starts to get harder and harder to breathe

I start taking deep breaths and i notice im losing oxygen/air supply as it gets harder and harder to breathe.

As im taking deep breaths I eventually lose ALL oxygen supply to my brain and start to get very lightheaded and pass out/collapse suddenly to the ground.



I was probably down for about a minute and my friend says my jaw was open and my eyes were rolling to the back of my head.
My friends walk/carry me to the car and on the way I lose consciousness again.
In the car my vision was VERY blurry and I couldn't make out anything, I regained my regular vision 5-10 minutes later...


Nothing like this has ever happened to me, it was very scary. At first I was thinking a seizure but now im leaning more towards serotonin syndrome?

I'm thinking it could maybe be an interaction between the paxil and 2 pain pills i took but the thing is i've taken way higher doses in the past eg 20mg hydro 20mg oxy, 40mg oxy.....


I know I should probably visit a doctor and I will when I get a chance but I have no insurance.


Please help me figure out what happened, should I never take opiates again?

 

[Pjkt2501]

I think you were just overdosing man, you're really lucky to be alive. Those are very high doses for someone without a tolerance (didn't see you mention a pre-existing habit or anything).

Edit: SS manifests itself over many hours, not in a short spike, or wave.

 

[lowberry]

I think you were just overdosing man, you're really lucky to be alive. Those are very high doses for someone without a tolerance (didn't see you mention a pre-existing habit or anything).

Edit: SS manifests itself over many hours, not in a short spike, or wave.

lol are you serious?

you are saying I OD'ed on 1 percocet and 1 vicodin?? is that even possible??? I was barely even feeling the effects tbh

And I didn't mention I have a slight opiate tolerance, but id say thats irrelevant given the small dose I took

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

Possibly a reaction between the Paxil and the opiates.

No way of telling you what happened or not...but serotonin syndrome is unlikely. There are other types of adverse drug reactions besides serotonin syndrome.

 

[lowberry]

Possibly a reaction between the Paxil and the opiates.

No way of telling you what happened or not...but serotonin syndrome is unlikely. There are other types of adverse drug reactions besides serotonin syndrome.

Yea Im thinking it has something to do with the paxil, Its just weird as ive taken much higher doses while on paxil (even IV'ed heroin once) with no issues, It could be anything I guess, I need to visit a doctor, I don't wanna never be able to take opiates again

 

[Pjkt2501]

lol are you serious?

you are saying I OD'ed on 1 percocet and 1 vicodin?? is that even possible??? I was barely even feeling the effects tbh

And I didn't mention I have a slight opiate tolerance, but id say thats irrelevant given the small dose I took

I'm sorry, I misread your post. I thought you had a total of 80mg in you at the time due to the numbers at the bottom. My apologies for that.

Despite that, my statement about SS's time-frame stands.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

Yep.

I'm going to close this thread because there's no way of us to know what happened to you...and all we really can do is speculate...which isn't harm reduction.

If you continue to have negative symptoms or other reactions, I recommend speaking with a medical professional.