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BabyGurl3171

BabyGurl3171

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In my mind. The choices are many, the consequences
So, tolerance is bk and a bitch!

Took my Prilosec (will that help Potentiate?) as rx'd. Then took within 2 hours:

30 mg oxy
2 mg alprazolam
1500 mg gabapentin
7-8 mg clonzepam (sp?)
10 mg cylobenaprine (sp?)
2 Advil liquid gels (yes random but legs hurt like hell, I have ms)
Lidocaine patches, 1 on each leg. 12 hour patches.

Now no nods just tired. What can I do to safely Potentiate these??

And yes, I did a cwe on the oxy's.

Also, can I take my night Meds n still b safe? They are:

50 mg trazodone (sleep)
2 mg risperidone (Tourette's)
.4 mgs DDAVP (accidents in my sleep)
20 mg Zocor (cholesterol)
2 mgs ropinirole (RLS)
4 mg tizadine (sp?) (MS)
1000 mg metformin (diabetes)
10 mg lisinipril (sp? For bp but used for kidney function)

Thanks guys!!
 
Standards are -Tagamet (OTC antacid)
-Grapefruit Juice (pure)
-DXM (dunno how much and also have had no experience with it so keep that in mind)
-Food or lack there of (empty or full stomach)
Sometimes a lot of 'potentiators' provide merely a placebo effect which can also be beneficial, if pharmaceutically sound in your combo of meds. I know nothing about your "night meds" so be sure and do a check on site like http://www.webmd.com/interaction-checker/default.htm or something to be safe.

Are you doin some kind of taper?
 
It is not wise to tamper with a real "Medical" drug regimen.

It is imperative that you do not tinker with your liver enzymes to attain higher blood levels of the drugs you can get high off off.

This can lead to spikes of the non recreational drugs as well...

This can land you in a fatal and possibly painful position...
 
Ty guess! I should b tapering but I'm on a want to get high af month. Nov is terrible for me. Lost 2 children n it's their bdays this month plus my husband cheated n left in nov n I lost my brother to a drunk driver in nov. I kno drugs aren't the answer but it's helpin me cope...

I will check the interaction guide. I did on the ones I already took but not night meds.

Jay, never considered that. Feelin stupid. Thank you! I think I'll only take my Tourette's Meds n my DDAVP so I don't pee like I'm 2 lol.

Thank you both. I tend to be ridiculously cautious n paranoid with pills.

The benzos may seem high but my tolerance is some bs! Up to 20 mg alprazolam n I still kno what's goin on n remem.

The oxy tolerance wasn't high bc I had quit for years but 30 seems to do a decent job. I'd like to take one more 10 but I dnt wanna push my luck. Plus I need em for tmrw ;)
 
Please consider any means but diving off into a binge while grieving.

I am one to understand tragedy, but we simply can't give ourselves excuses to use. It's unhealthy for your mind. These types of things usually lead to very bad patterns of abuse.

As soothing as drugs may be, they will never close the door to your issues within, they will only hold back what one should face and reflect on.


Please talk to someone dear. It does get better.
 
Wow, I can't imagine going through all of that in such a short span of time. The birthdays, husband, and brother all happened in Nov of this year?

Edit: Agree with Jay. Keep close to the closest in your life and grow from there. No physical medication can fully mask tragedies like this. Best of luck to you.


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Thank u Jay & ILS. I'm in counseling 2 x's a week to work on the grief and many other things. The blessing came when I found out not only is my counselor a normal counselor but before this agency she's with she was a drug addiction specialist!

I kno drugs only mask the underlying issues. But, and I kno this isn't an excuse, I'm less bitchy n cry less randomly takin pills.

Yes, it's time to put on my big girl panties n hit this head on before I'm back to where I was 2+ years ago...

Thank you guys (((hugs)))
 
BabyGurl3171 said:
Thank u Jay & ILS. I'm in counseling 2 x's a week to work on the grief and many other things. The blessing came when I found out not only is my counselor a normal counselor but before this agency she's with she was a drug addiction specialist!

I kno drugs only mask the underlying issues. But, and I kno this isn't an excuse, I'm less bitchy n cry less randomly takin pills.

Yes, it's time to put on my big girl panties n hit this head on before I'm back to where I was 2+ years ago...

Thank you guys (((hugs)))
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This is why I love bluelight.

Much love dear.
 
Theoretically speaking, your omeprazole (prilosec) that you are taking should help potentiate opiates. Omeprazole is a proton pump inhibitor and a p-glycoprotein inhibitor. Now, in order to find that information valuable we need to look at how most drugs get to the brain (This is ROA & molecule size dependent) which is via the blood brain barrier.

So you might be wondering what that has to do with p-glycoprotein. The answer is everything. P-glycoprotein inhibitors such as Omeprazole widen the blood brain barrier allowing both larger molecules of drugs to cross, which might normally be unable to cross otherwise, and more molecules cross the blood brain barrier.

Good news, Omeprazole theoretically should increase the amount of drug that reaches your brain. I dont know how your tolerance will play into this but hopefully it will help. Good luck my friend...
 
Psychedelic Jay said:
This can lead to spikes of the non recreational drugs as well...

It is highly unadvisable...
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True... Provided that the omeprazole is taken as prescribed as part of his regular regimen there shouldn't be any notable changes in effect for any of the drugs he has been previously prescribed. However, looking back over OP's regimen i think it would be unwise to take your night time medications on top of the drugs you've recently ingested. Furthermore if you're already nodding and feeling tired there is no reason for you to be taking anything that promotes more sleepiness. I fear you might not wake up if you take all of the medications...
 
Thats a lot of stuff you got going on there. I take a sit and look at it and think.... Is this alright?
 
Thanks Jay! I've already started cutting opiates. Thankfully it was only about 2 wks I was doing them. Yesterday I only took 15 mgs, IIRC.

The benzos I have rx'd for panic so I'm doin my hardest to only take as rx'd. I'll admit I took 6 extra mg yesterday but better than I have been doin!

Today's goal is not to go over 4 mg extra :) (of benzos) & no opiates.

Not again, it's def not alright. But I'm workin on it :)
 
BabyGurl3171 said:
Thanks Jay! I've already started cutting opiates. Thankfully it was only about 2 wks I was doing them. Yesterday I only took 15 mgs, IIRC.

The benzos I have rx'd for panic so I'm doin my hardest to only take as rx'd. I'll admit I took 6 extra mg yesterday but better than I have been doin!

Today's goal is not to go over 4 mg extra :) (of benzos) & no opiates.

Not again, it's def not alright. But I'm workin on it :)
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Take your time.
 
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