#overdosed

[afiendishthingy]

Carlos nearly escapes, but is overdosed with Morphine.

9-1-1 Lone Star: 4x04 “Abandoned”

[toomuchkween]

I haven’t posted in a while. Would you believe me if I said I’d been arrested for a bunch of drug related shit, just got out on bail and just got access to my phone?

Or that I’d OD’d. That I was alone in my room getting high, and they next thing I know I’m in the hospital having suffered drug related injuries, and that no one came to visit me because of all the drugs found at my place.

Or that I’ve given up drugs all together, found my higher power and are a whole new person?

Or maybe a little of each?

Ot maybe none at all.

[lovepolly23]

I miss you every single day, Michael. You were my boo & my best friend. Nobody will ever know what we had together. They’ll never know about our closeness. Our cuddles.. our fights.. the love. I love you, Michael John Perna. I’ll see you when I get there💙

[iamkimsmile-blog]

coffee-overdosed

honestly? i forgot or shall i say… i was doing it unconsciously.

i know i had hot coffee with the 2 pcs of stick/sachet of nescafé this morning around 8am. then i got super busy and hungry around 11am. so i thought of another fluid intake, and the next thing was… yes, i made myself an iced-coffee, and that’s another 2 sticks!!!

now, you do the math, sis 😵‍💫

i did some research but.. well i can’t continue researching about it as 400 milligrams is the safe intake of caffeine a day as per my first scroll. hey, i just got consumed 19 times more. only today… unless, i don’t know anymore how to use google. there must be a mistake here.

oh well, i don’t want to give any fuss about it. i think i’ll be mindful next time. because, coffee is life, tho. as long as taking it at its safest level.

[macgyvermedical]

PSA:

Acetaminophen/paracetamol has a hard stop upper dose limit, above which it becomes extremely toxic.

That limit is 4g (8 “extra strength” (500mg) tablets) in 24 hours (about 2 tablets every 6 hours).

A single dose of 22 extra strength tablets can kill you.

Taking 12 or more tablets per day for more than a week can also kill you (this is about 3 tablets every 6 hours).

Symptoms of overdose take up to 24 hours to manifest, and are fairly difficult to distinguish from other problems. They include abdominal pain (especially right upper quadrant), nausea, malaise, and confusion.

The antidote (n-acetylcystine) must be given within 8hours of ingestion in order to be useful.

After 10 hours the only thing that will work is a liver transplant.

You might think “why would I ever accidentally take so much?”

Well, acetaminophen is in almost everything in the cold/flu/pain aisle. Migraine combos like Excedrin, cold and flu combos like NyQuil, basically anything that says “non-aspirin pain relief”, and anything that’s branded as a fever reducer. It’s all probably acetaminophen/paracetamol.

So the goal of this post is to get you to read the labels on your medications. Because taking taking Tylenol and NyQuil together for a week (like you might if you had the flu) could kill you.

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Overdosed

[gb275]

May you keep on typing, and those words would turn to speaking words seeking help. You can't be ashamed on your own, time for you to find refuge out of your comfort zone.

I fucked up really bad

I had 6 months clean - the longest stretch of time since I was 16 years old. I was doing good, but not really. Mentally I was beginning to crumble. My mind began to wander. I couldn’t stop thinking about using. The obsession began and I could not make it stop. I went to meetings every day. But I didn’t talk about it. They told me to find a sponsor, but I never called her. They told me to be of service, but I sat on my ass. So the thought of using crept in, and it stayed in my head until I eventually would succumb  to my demons.

It started with xanax, of course. But that wasn’t enough, of course. I then got ahold of fake oxy30s - the blues. The blues became crystal. I found myself twisting the pipe and holding the straw in between my lips. I was a junkie again. And I kept it a secret, because I was so ashamed.

It gets worse. After smoking the blues, my ex asked if I wanted to hit some pure fentanyl. I said yes. I took one hit - and wow. Did I feel good! I took another hit, and blackness overcame my blurry vision. Just…black. Nothing. I suddenly woke up, gasping for air. There were hospital lights above me. I was naked. Doctors and nurses surrounded me. Oxygen was flowing through tubes up my nose. I was confused, then hit with the sudden realization that I had overdosed.

It was horrible. I silently wept, ashamed and sickened that I had ended up here. The doctor told me I had turned purple. She told me that my heart had stopped beating and that I was not breathing. She told me if I waited any later, I would have been dead. I am so disgusted with myself. I can’t even look in the mirror.

This happened almost 2 weeks ago, and I can’t get it out of my head. I haven’t used since Sunday. It was so hard to stay clean today. It was so hard to stay clean this week. I want to use again, and it’s completely fucked up. I am fucked up mentally and I don’t know what to do. The worst part is - is that nobody knows. I kept my overdose a secret and I don’t intend to tell anyone - maybe I will if years pass me by. But, I’m lucky to be alive. I’m lucky to be typing this.

I feel so alone. I feel like my soul has been sucked out of my body. I try to pray to God; I cry to Her every night. Sometimes all day. I can’t seem to get out of this funk, and that is why I am writing right now. Please, pray for me. Pray that I can stay strong. I need help. I don’t know what to do. So I just type, and type, praying for relief. 

[utilitycaster]

"why should I get invested in shows if they'll just get canceled" I was deeply invested in Heroes (2006) and it was not canceled, it just got really terrible. I also got really invested in the sandwich I had a few weeks ago despite it only lasting like 15 minutes. You must embrace the ephemeral. You must be willing to love things that may not love you back, that might betray you, or that may die an untimely death. As the great philosopher Mr. Mitchell Lee Hedberg said "I'm not gonna stop doing something because of what happens at the end."

[stardust-bridges]

Club Furies Premiere: Lidvall - Overdosed [Ucker Records]

Ucker kicks off the year with an extraordinary release, as well as a powerful and hard-hitting one. When it comes to techno music, Lidvall is one of the most important names today. Based in Tbilisi (Georgia) at the moment, originally from Oviedo (Spain), he delivers a work of five tracks, plus remixes by Linear Phase and STNDRD. Bilbao is the name of the intro. A subtle pad surrounding the main…

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[trans-axolotl]

what do you mean reverse an overdose? How is that possible?

Hi anon.

So, in my most recent post where I was talking about reversing overdoses, I was talking about Narcan (naloxone).

Narcan is a medicine that can reverse opioid overdoses. It works on any opioids, including fentanyl, heroin, oxy, vicodin, etc. It isn't effective in reversing other kinds of drug overdoses, but would still work to reduce an overdose if your coke has fent in it, for example. It functions by blocking the opioid receptors in your brain and helps restore breathing. Narcan is not a dangerous medication, and it is not harmful to your brain, which means you can be dosed multiple times without increasing harm to your body. The experience of being Narcaned can be pretty fucking shitty, because it basically puts your body in withdrawal super super fast, and you might experience some of the effects of withdrawal like vomiting, body aches and chills, fatigue, etc. But there are not other harmful side effects outside of that. Narcan is safe to give to people of all ages, including children.

Narcan comes in both an nasal spray and intramuscular injections, but it's usually easier to get access to nasal spray. This is what Narcan looks like:

[ID: Someone holding a narcan nasal spray, which has a nozzle that can be placed into someone's nose, and a plunger underneath the nozzle that can be pushed up to administer a dose. Text on the image says: Do not test nasal spray device before use. Each device contains 1 dose of medicine. Each device sprays one time only.]

How to Use Narcan

Identify signs of Overdose

Check for Responsiveness

Administer Narcan

Support (other friends/911/medics)

To administer Narcan, you first need to identify if someone is overdosing. Signs of an opioid overdose can be when someone is unconscious, unresponsive, not breathing or slowly breathing, no pulse or erratic pulse, has pinpoint pupils, and/or has blue lips.

If you see some of these things and think that someone is overdosing, the next step is to check for responsiveness. You can do this by loudly calling the person's name, saying that you are going to Narcan them, gently shaking them, and by performing a sternum rub, which is where you rub your knuckles into the place in someone's chest where their ribs meet. If they're breathing and they respond, even if it's just making noises in response to you or physically pushing your hands away, that can be a sign that you don't need to administer Narcan right away. Still, in that case, it's a really good idea to stay with that person in case that changes. If, and only if, the person is completely unresponsive, you should administer Narcan.

Once you've determined that someone is unresponsive and overdosing, the next step is actually administering Narcan. Narcan comes in packs of two nasal sprays. Take the first nasal spray out of the box, put the nozzle in the person's nose, and press the plunger. If the person is still not responsive after 2-3 minutes, take the other nasal spray out of the box and give them another dose. I try to use the lowest number of doses possible to try to reduce the withdrawal experience, and I stop giving Narcan once someone is breathing and responsive. If they still are not responsive or breathing, and you know how to give rescue breaths, you can start administering rescue breaths. If you have to step away for any reason, turn the person on their side in the recovery position first.

After someone's overdose is reversed, it's really important that whenever possible, someone stays with them for at least an hour afterwards. Narcan is active in the body for about 30-90 minutes, so depending on what someone's original amount of opioids was, they might start overdosing again and need you to give them Narcan again. This is also why it can be important to try not to use again right away, which is really fucking shitty when you're trying to use cause you don't want to be sick, but unfortunately using right away can also put you at risk of overdosing again. When people come back after getting Narcaned, it can be a pretty disorienting and uncomfortable experience. You might not know who Narcaned you or why they're in your space, might be feeling really fucking shitty because of withdrawal, and might want to be left alone. If you've just Narcaned someone, introduce yourself and explain that you just gave them Narcan, listen to what they tell you, empathize with their feelings, respect people's boundaries, and give them space if they ask for it. Understand that they're probably feeling pretty fucking shitty in their body, that it fucking sucks when your high gets ruined, and they (justifiably) might not feel happy about the fact that you Narcaned them.

Pretty much all Narcan trainings will tell you that it's "recommended" to always call 911, but we all know that this is not always actually possible in a lot of situations and that cops always fucking make the situation worse. My policy is that I always, always ask for consent before calling 911 and if someone says no, then we brainstorm other ways of keeping safe and we don't fucking call the cops. If there's a situation where I do need to call 911, I never tell the operator that someone overdosed, because that usually gets them to send out the cops alongside ambulance, which can cause delays to care, put a lot of people at risk, and also put people, including bystanders, in legal danger. If I have to call 911, I say that my friend has collapsed/fainted/isn't breathing and keep it more vague, and when paramedics actually arrive on the scene, that's when I tell them more information about the overdose, what drugs someone took, and how many times I've administered Narcan.

You can get free Narcan a lot of places. Next Distro has resources for getting free Narcan by mail for almost every state. If there's harm reduction orgs in your area, they will have free Narcan. There's also a lot of Department of Health programs for free Narcan. Most pharmacies now also have Narcan available over the counter, but that's usually really fucking expensive and often pretty hard to shoplift cause they keep locking it up.

Even if you don't use drugs and you think that your loved ones don't use drugs, it's super important to have Narcan as a part of your first aid kit and learn how to use it. You never know when you're going to need to use it, and it's super good to be prepared ahead of time, in case your friend/family/neighbor/classmate/coworker ends up overdosing while you're there. Or in case you end up overdosing and having Narcan on you means that bystanders can help support you through it.

Here's a guide that goes a little more in depth into how to use Narcan.

Please feel free to ask if you have any other questions about Narcan or other harm reduction topics!