I have tried to get answers in other sections and found none and the sheer amount of information and support in this section is really motivating... figured it wouldn't hurt to get more eyes on this. A few questions...
1. I had a reaction after a weekend involving 300mg tramadol (once a day for three days), 350 mg SOMA, 50mg Demerol (taken only on friday, 1st day), and a lot of marijuana... after the third day i took the 300mg trams and a 350 SOMA that were fine the first two days and everything went to hell. Got an intense electric feeling, dilated eyes, insane pressure behind the eyes, lsd like sensations and visual disturbances, shaking, confusion, numbness, basically blacked out (though the benzos i took to try and neuroprotect the craziness in my head may have been more responsible for the blackout). Came to later that night and went to the ER. What's weird is that I felt very 'off and awful' for a few days after, but it wasn't until the fourth day that my nightly weed bowl caused a recurrence of symptoms. insane heart rate, fully dilated eyes, sensory disturbances, confusion, thought i was going to die. Next two days I felt like I was coming down from a horrid acid trip, and it's been hell from then on.
Since then i cut out almost all drugs, and after a 5 or so weeks I felt mostly recovered and decided to take amoxicillin for a recurring sore throat i was having (in retrospect likely was due to weed withdrawal) and had an insane recurrence of symptoms. Laid down in bed to die; spazzing muscles, numb extremities, agony... actually thought it might have been a partial seizure or epilepsy triggered by the drug reaction but eeg returned normal, as did mri. Overall the amox seemed to have severely delayed my recovery. I am now two months in and feel maybe 60-70% recovered. Crippling anxiety, hallucinations, regular episodes of reccuring symptoms... most of this is gone and all that is left is insane drug sensitivity and a nagging buzz in my head (sometimes accompanied by fatigue or restlessness). I mean crazy drug sensitivty, one hit of low potency weed pushes me to the threshold of having an 'episode', and one stool softener dilated my eyes and drove me to take a benzo 8 hours later to fight off confusion, panic, and other symptoms. I have had severe sensitivty to everything but benzos (even ambien, claritin, stool softener, alcohol, caffeine, SOMA; small doses result in agony). Does this sound like the long SS recoveries in this thread or something else?
** Today, 2 months later I am alright as long as I stay completely clean. Occasionally ill feel tired and depressed, or conversely I'll have this buzzing feeling in my head that is accompanied by slight pupil dilation, euphoria/mania. Occasional (weak) heart palpitations and auditory/visual disturbances (floaters, hearing static, light sensitivity). I still feel noticeably depressed than I think is normal but this may have to do with constantly smoking weed throughout 4 years of college and then quitting due to this health issue... I often times feel like I am just 'making it through the day'. I socialize with my co-workers, but by the time i get home I am so burned/bummed out... ive def withdrawn socially. Working out, which I have started doing more often as symptoms clear and actually allow me to do so, is the only thing that seems to help.
2. Has anyone posting here (or anyone else that has had strange drug reactions of this sort) seen a full recovery from this type of thing? How long did it take you and what was your use history like before the episode?
3. To those in recovery... were you ever able to enjoy weed the way you used to (ie not worrying about intake causing symptoms). I am finding that weed was truly a medicine for me. Even as withdrawals pass and my normal self returns I am realizing how helpful it was for my add and anxiety. I would hate to think that i'll have to be completely straight-edge for the rest of my life (the thought of hard drugs make me sick now. But id be lying if I said I wanted to live a life without smoking, social drinking, and coffee).
Many thanks for your replies... I realize I am newbie on here but I am so worried about this stuff. From what i can tell Blers may know more about this than my doc, who insists that i just have an anxiety disorder (i have had anxiety all my life... this is chemical/biological and im sure of it).
1. I had a reaction after a weekend involving 300mg tramadol (once a day for three days), 350 mg SOMA, 50mg Demerol (taken only on friday, 1st day), and a lot of marijuana... after the third day i took the 300mg trams and a 350 SOMA that were fine the first two days and everything went to hell. Got an intense electric feeling, dilated eyes, insane pressure behind the eyes, lsd like sensations and visual disturbances, shaking, confusion, numbness, basically blacked out (though the benzos i took to try and neuroprotect the craziness in my head may have been more responsible for the blackout). Came to later that night and went to the ER. What's weird is that I felt very 'off and awful' for a few days after, but it wasn't until the fourth day that my nightly weed bowl caused a recurrence of symptoms. insane heart rate, fully dilated eyes, sensory disturbances, confusion, thought i was going to die. Next two days I felt like I was coming down from a horrid acid trip, and it's been hell from then on.
Since then i cut out almost all drugs, and after a 5 or so weeks I felt mostly recovered and decided to take amoxicillin for a recurring sore throat i was having (in retrospect likely was due to weed withdrawal) and had an insane recurrence of symptoms. Laid down in bed to die; spazzing muscles, numb extremities, agony... actually thought it might have been a partial seizure or epilepsy triggered by the drug reaction but eeg returned normal, as did mri. Overall the amox seemed to have severely delayed my recovery. I am now two months in and feel maybe 60-70% recovered. Crippling anxiety, hallucinations, regular episodes of reccuring symptoms... most of this is gone and all that is left is insane drug sensitivity and a nagging buzz in my head (sometimes accompanied by fatigue or restlessness). I mean crazy drug sensitivty, one hit of low potency weed pushes me to the threshold of having an 'episode', and one stool softener dilated my eyes and drove me to take a benzo 8 hours later to fight off confusion, panic, and other symptoms. I have had severe sensitivty to everything but benzos (even ambien, claritin, stool softener, alcohol, caffeine, SOMA; small doses result in agony). Does this sound like the long SS recoveries in this thread or something else?
** Today, 2 months later I am alright as long as I stay completely clean. Occasionally ill feel tired and depressed, or conversely I'll have this buzzing feeling in my head that is accompanied by slight pupil dilation, euphoria/mania. Occasional (weak) heart palpitations and auditory/visual disturbances (floaters, hearing static, light sensitivity). I still feel noticeably depressed than I think is normal but this may have to do with constantly smoking weed throughout 4 years of college and then quitting due to this health issue... I often times feel like I am just 'making it through the day'. I socialize with my co-workers, but by the time i get home I am so burned/bummed out... ive def withdrawn socially. Working out, which I have started doing more often as symptoms clear and actually allow me to do so, is the only thing that seems to help.
2. Has anyone posting here (or anyone else that has had strange drug reactions of this sort) seen a full recovery from this type of thing? How long did it take you and what was your use history like before the episode?
3. To those in recovery... were you ever able to enjoy weed the way you used to (ie not worrying about intake causing symptoms). I am finding that weed was truly a medicine for me. Even as withdrawals pass and my normal self returns I am realizing how helpful it was for my add and anxiety. I would hate to think that i'll have to be completely straight-edge for the rest of my life (the thought of hard drugs make me sick now. But id be lying if I said I wanted to live a life without smoking, social drinking, and coffee).
Many thanks for your replies... I realize I am newbie on here but I am so worried about this stuff. From what i can tell Blers may know more about this than my doc, who insists that i just have an anxiety disorder (i have had anxiety all my life... this is chemical/biological and im sure of it).
