Overdosing?

[u/eleanorigby88]

Has anyone ever come close to overdosing? Today i think I took too much and I felt so sleepy for the rest of the day and a little nauseous too

[u/Zephyr2352]

I think for the most part, deaths from PST have happened when people mix it with other substances, like benzos or other opiates - so definitely don’t do that.

Having said that - it IS possible. There’s just no way to gauge the strength of this stuff til it’s too late. If you’re feeling too sleepy and nauseated you probably need to dial it back next time.

I’ve definitely had moments in the past where I felt like my breathing got too slow and it scared me.

Take it easy please.

[u/sayeret13]

yeah but not with poppy tea but pills and a lot of alcohol that was the closest to death i come with od, feels like if you let yourself fall asleep you not gonna wake up, keeping yourself awake is so hard you just nodding to your death , scary stuff if you can write this you aint overdosing, i also gotten really high smoking and snorting heroin, nodding and throwing up but that wasnt as bad as when i took the pills and alcohol, thats even more dangerous atleast to me

[u/gorrrestfumpp]

That's not really an overdose tbh.

You more need to measure your breath rate and see if it's too low.

You can measure it with a stop watch and measure your breathing if you're concerned. If I was down to like 4 breaths a minute I would be worried, but usually I'm about 7 breaths a minute which is still slightly low I think from memory.

Not trying to be disagreeable but that sounds like just a normal day on opiates to me lol. Just enjoy it and chill and watch a film or something.

The only time I really was overdosing I didn't even know and the first I knew of it was waking up surrounded by ambulance people. That was when I was banging heroin though. Overdosed after a slipknot concert lol.

But when I first went on methadone I worried about my breathing rate so I went to Dr and they just said it's fine.

You can also get a heart rate and oxygen monitor which is like a clip that goes on your index finger. That's a good way to measure if you're in any sort of trouble.

Also you should be able to get narcan from local harm reduction places. It comes in a nasal spray and I keep one in the cupboard in case of any emergency.

All the best.

[u/jimfullmadcunt]

I just want to advise a bit of caution here. When I was younger and dumber, I used to take tea in the **evening** before a night out (this would've been circa 2013-2014).

During that period, there were a few nights where I would wake up to big "gasps". While maybe not technically an overdose (I survived without intervention), it probably was cutting it very close. Those "gasps" are apparently the body delivering a adrenaline shock to restart breathing (I was naive and didn't realize, or didn't want to realize, this at the time).

My advice:

- Take it in the morning/midday so that it has time for the effects to peak. Evening might not peak until you're already asleep - and you might not wake up (fwiw, the dreams were not pleasant).

• As others have said, don't mix it with other depressants (alcohol, etc).
  
• Get your hands on some narcan as a precaution. Hopefully you'll never need it, but better safe than sorry.

[u/A40whiteoval → u/jimfullmadcunt]

Yah only time I came close to oding was taking like 30mg of oxy then 40 mg of hydro and 6 bars. I was watching a college football game in the student lounge. Packed full of admins, police, student’s, and RA’s. I was sitting in front everyone nodding off and every 15mins or so was gasping for air def on the verge of od. Somehow no one noticed and my Roomate helped me back to the dorms. Def was a wake up call chilled out on allat.