daddysgone
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Hi all
I know this seems like an absurd question, but Im wondering if someone can describe what opioid related respiratory depression feels like.
Is it like you are trying to breathe but have difficulty drawing a deep breath?
Or is it simply that you are half falling asleep and without even being aware of it, your breathing becomes slow and shallow?
Lastly, Im wondering if there is any chance that someone could experience any sort of dangerous respiratory depression if they are capable of walking around in a very "soberish" manner, not "nodding" in any way, able to carry on a completely intelligble conversation with no slurring or anything like that.
I ask because though I take opioids often, I never take doses high enough where I am nodding out, staggering, sloppy, etc. So Im wondering if I am ever in danger of respiratory depression without my knowing it.
I know this seems like an absurd question, but Im wondering if someone can describe what opioid related respiratory depression feels like.
Is it like you are trying to breathe but have difficulty drawing a deep breath?
Or is it simply that you are half falling asleep and without even being aware of it, your breathing becomes slow and shallow?
Lastly, Im wondering if there is any chance that someone could experience any sort of dangerous respiratory depression if they are capable of walking around in a very "soberish" manner, not "nodding" in any way, able to carry on a completely intelligble conversation with no slurring or anything like that.
I ask because though I take opioids often, I never take doses high enough where I am nodding out, staggering, sloppy, etc. So Im wondering if I am ever in danger of respiratory depression without my knowing it.