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Toxic Drug Combos

jaystyle

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Hello,

I am an oxycontin addict--- so I constantly ahve some in my blood, and an OD would be nearly impossible at this point.... I say this, because getting HIGH now a days it almost impossible due to tolerance.

I've been super stressed and using other drugs lately too--- I take xanax and/or ambien at night to sleep. I dont take large doses of xanax/ambien btw... I rarely drink alcohol... I also use cocaine sometimes and tonight, for the first time, I took some adderall... kind of a lot? 60mg for my first time and I am quite high... (no cocaine tonight--- just adderall). So it's not uncommon for me to be on oxycodone and cocaine, and using xanax to chill out and ambien to sleep at night due to the jitteryness.

So, at the moment i'm on adderall, oxycodone, and just took some xanax to relax because I am super high. I took a small piece of xanax to chill out just now, and some oxycodone to relieve my anxiety.

I don't feel like Im in danger at the moment, but I started thinking about those news articles --- "Guy foud dead with toxic mix of this, that and this". I am not sweating--- no heart pain, fully concious--- just really speedy feeling and very high! I dont think I'm in danger but now im getting alittle paranoid thinking about stuff:

So, I am wondering, when these celebrities croak--- is it because they took obscene amounts of everything? Is it because they have abused their bodies for so long and for so hard, it couldn't take it anymore? Because although I take drugs, I dont try to be self destructive (For isntance, I assume these celebrities are pickling their livers nightly, staying up for days with no food on speed, and taking suicidal doses of things without tolerance or concern. Also, doing these things while piss drunk!" Is this the case? Or, is what I am doing something similar and I am in serious risk too doing what i'm doing tonight....? Using cocaine in the past never felt that scary to me because I am just always on my oxycodone, so it's not like I feel like I am getting high on a speedball, I feel like I am on my usual medicine & doing some cocaine, then doing a little xanax to relax at the end and maybe osme ambien to sleep. No super high doses of anything, but the mix of drugs is there, and now I worry if that is super bad.

So--- tell me what you think about what it takes to croak on drug combinations. Any particularly scary mixes I should avoid? I know alcohol is primarily a culprit in most deaths... Also, it seems like anti depressants mix poorly with hard drugs... almost always hear of an anti depressant in the mix of these celebrity deaths. I heard speed ball deaths often result when users take high opiate doses because the speed keeps them awake, but when the speed wears off the opiates kill them (or the opposite)

Thanks,
 
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You've got a good handle on the situation.

-Don't mix SRIs with other SRIs or MAOIs as you are at risk of serotonin syndrome.
-Don't overdose on a mix of or single depressant as you might pass out and stop breathing.
-Don't overdose on a mix of or single stimulant as you might have a seizure, stroke, heart attack, etc.
-When mixing uppers and downers ensure neither is masking the symptoms of the other such that you OD on either.
-Sleep, exercise, and eat healthy. Minimize the booze to protect your liver and take breaks from cocaine as it is cardiotoxic.

Regarding the celeb deaths it is usually --> was drinking and got high on opioids (possibly masked with cocaine for the party animals), took some sleeping pills (benzos or z-drugs) and stopped breathing.
 
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