So I fainted but i think it may of been etizolam o something

[ldawg616]

maybe it was the bllod pressurre pill clonidine which is suualy dont mix together, but this time i did. so for a while im feeling good then otside i go and talk to my mom whp is smoking a cigurette and i pass out and stop breathing. Does etiizolam lowe blood pressure? I barel remeber anything but now myy parents wantme to go in to my psychietrist abd have a bull shit family meeting where im most likely gonna be put into some esidentioal treatnment center which i dont need to go there...so myy question is, analyzing this what do you think i should say to the doc/do?

 

[25I_am_so_wonderfu]

If you are taking taking etizolam and/or clonidine to the extent which you are fainting, a residential treatment center where you can dry out under medical supervision doesn't like that that bad of an idea. You may want to consider it.

 

[ldawg616]

only 1 relply? Man I almost died, they had to hook me up to an iv and give me a shot to start breathing again. Idk if it was the etizolam though, i took my bood pressure pil at the same time and i think etizolam lowers blood pressure does it not?Ive taken way more than what I took the other day, i just dont nderstand it

 

[25I_am_so_wonderfu]

I'm sure they do have the effect of lower blood pressure. Especially in combination with clonidine. Perhaps the reaction was a cumulative effect from unprocessed metabolites still in your system. Or perhaps it was your body telling you it just couldn't take anymore of what you were doing to it. If you almost died, don't ignore these symptoms and continue on like you have been. Listen to what your body is telling you. There is a reason for it. Consider taken an extended break and drastically reducing your intake of both drugs but if you care about your long-term health, you should stop consuming them immediately.

 

[pasha]

It was most likely the clonidine.

Clonidine poisoning usually causes depressed sensorium, hypotension, and bradycardia. Some patients manifest respiratory depression and miosis simulating narcotic overdose. Supportive care with judicious administration of intravenous fluids, occasionally supplemented by a dopamine infusion, usually reestablished adequate blood pressure. Tolazoline, an alpha-blocker, may reverse clonidine's effects should other efforts fail. Atropine should be used if bradycardia is hemodynamically significant. With massive overdose, clonidine's partial alpha-agonist properties may predominate, resulting in marked hypertension requiring cautious therapy. The experience at Parkland Memorial Hospital with clonidine overdose in six patients demonstrates the myriad of clinical presentations possible.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7013572

We can't tell you what to say to your doctor. I'm glad you pulled through but rules are rules, even if you had near-death experience.

Closed. PM me if you have any questions.