Sweets and Opiates

[expo]

I take a lot of oxycodone, (about 30-100mg depending on the day). I noticed that during these times i will eat a lot more sweets than usual. (espesially sour patch kids...dunno) So I was wondering if anyone else noticed an increase in their sweet tooth wile on the ope's. Kinda weird, but I make sure I have candy around if im going to get really strung out. Also, if I feel overwhelmed (in a good way tho) it feels nice to have something sweet. Anyway, lemme know what you think.

[opiobsessed]

I notice the same thing too, I'm on suboxone 24mg a day and some days I eat alot of suger stuff like cookies and all kinds of candy. Some days I get a headache if I eat too much, I get the same thing with vicodin too, then when I had my surgery way back when I was on morphine, wow I was eating ice cream every day in the hospital. Then I had the strangest thing happen when I was discharged from the hospital and I had no more morphine, the first night I had the strangest dream about being in a candy factory and I woke up feeling strange, they sent me home with these lame darvocets and that was a hell of 4 weeks at least, coming down from morph to taking those darvs, god if I had those days to do over again I would have complained about pain till they switched me to vicodin or anything better than them darvs. I also notice when I'm off any opiates alltogether that I suddenly can't stand eating anything sweet for a while until after the wd's are long gone.

[katomic]

it may be because opiates (at least morphine) affects blood sugaer levels. Personaly i get the shackes more often when on opaites.

[paesan]

I most definetely get a sweet tooth when on opies. I actually never eat sweets unless I've been doing opies and when I'm on a few day bender I'll end up at the store buying out the candy isle and having a feild day with all the goodies I just bought. So I'm with you all the way on this...I get the hardcore sweet tooth munchies on opies...

I usually only do m based opiates (that's whats around the most) so the blood sugar thing makes a lot of sense.

[gnat]

yep, definately love chocolate and sweets when on opiates.

[superman]

i've been going through sweets at an alarming rate since i've been slamming oxy everyday. almosts seems to fend off the nod a bit. i hope i'm not becoming diabetic from it all...

[SomniGod]

There's nuthin like a giant DQ softserve cone on the way home from scorin a bag!!!!

~S~

[expo]

glad to hear I'm not the only one. And yea that makes sense, it must be something to do with blood sugar levels. I find that as soon as the high kicks in, im in the candy isle or ive already stocked up for the weekend binge.:D

[GMorris]

I think that happens to MOST people who do opies on a regular basis. Sometimes when I'm good and buzzy I'll eat nothing BUT sweets. Especially candy, although cakes and pies will do if that's all there is.

It's the same way with cigarettes. I've since quit (for the most part - I have a ciggy once in a while nowadays), but when I smoked a half a pack per day I could triple that when on opiates. I can remember being just wasted on Demerol and smoking one cigarette after another, often lighting the next one with the last one! I'd pay for it the next morning though, waking up with a sore throat from all the smoking and hacking my fool head off.

[Coddfish]

I have heard countless stories like these from people on methadone. That's why they get so chubby after being on it for a while.

[expo]

Hah, the thing about the ciggarettes is true too, me and my girl will go through packs in a night when on those pills. I remember when I first started taking the percs I'd smoke one and it would get me higher, now I just chain smoke them. It irritates the hell out of my roommate, but screw him, hes an ass anyway. I can't wait till I get more, I'm so tired of these ups and downs I wish I had a steady supply

[GMorris]

Hey expo, is Oxycodone your D.O.C.? Have you ever done H or Morphine, and if so did you like it better? Just curious, I used to like Oxy a lot, but anymore the amount I have to use to get a buzz just makes me get clammy and sweaty, with a lot of itching too. Not sure why. On the other hand, Morphine is perfect for me, even though I can still get the sweating and itching if I overdo it!

[skeletontea]

I think that happens to MOST people who do opies on a regular basis. Sometimes when I'm good and buzzy I'll eat nothing BUT sweets. Especially candy, although cakes and pies will do if that's all there is.

It's the same way with cigarettes. I've since quit (for the most part - I have a ciggy once in a while nowadays), but when I smoked a half a pack per day I could triple that when on opiates. I can remember being just wasted on Demerol and smoking one cigarette after another, often lighting the next one with the last one! I'd pay for it the next morning though, waking up with a sore throat from all the smoking and hacking my fool head off.
I don't crave sweets, I crave spicy foods, though I don't eat much in the way of anything when opiated in general. Then again, I crave spicy foods all the time, I doubt it has anything to do with the opies. When I go to Thai resteraunts I order a 25 star spice level, the waitresses always give me a hard time, and act like I've never had Thai food before. They say, try 2 stars, thats pretty spicy,....NO IT'S NOT!

I've definately experienced the part with opiates and cigarettes. Then again I tend to chain smoke more if I've been drinking. Generally I don't smoke at all anymore though.

[expo]

I don't know if oxycodone is my DOC, but it gets the job done, and done well(I've had access to them for about 3-4 years). Ive never done H(and I'm not sure I want to go down that path) and I wish I could get my hands on some morphine. I definatly prefer oxy to hydrocodone, and I loath codien, anything over 120mg makes me feel very weird, heart racing, sweaty and in need of xanax pronto. I rarely get oxycontin tho, its usually 10/325 percocet and if im taking 100mg of it, thats ten pills which I usually spread out over the day. Thats adds up to 3,250mg of acetaminophen, which is horrible on the liver but under the 4 gram limit I set. Usually I binge on weekends so its not an everyday thing, tho sometimes I'll make a week of it if I get my hands on enough. I jump on any chance for OC's, but they are hard for me to come by. Also, the percs I get are virtually free(after a turn a few of em).

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And BTW, I looooove the itch.

[gnat]

mmmmmm I'm eating cinnamin toast crunch, on bowl 3 now... scratchin.. and munchin


wtf lol

[steelheadwayne]

i dont really crave sweets but if i have had more than 4 or 5 40mg oxys i chain smoke like a mad man. I sometimes crave sweets but i dont know if its the opiates or just me as i may crave other food too.
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[poppy]

Steelheadwayne, I'm similar the munching sweet stuff doesn't stand out from munching spicy stuff, but like u I do find that heroin, (my prefered drug of choice), makes me smoke like crazy too, but my maintainance dose of methadone doesn't, having said that the meth doesn't give me any kind of buzz either, just gets the monkey off my back (for which I'm more than grateful,don't get me wrong, I love my meth it allows me to lead a semi 'normal' life). Anyway I'm thinking perhaps the smokings more down to being wasted than what u get wasted with, if u know what I mean. I usually smoke a lot when drinking or indulging in odd rock and in my dim and distant past I seem to remember speed made me smoke like a trooper too. Laters Poppyx

[steelheadwayne]

Right on poppy. im with ya with the speed and blow. Im the same with the smoking too. I have always had bad experiances with the methadone when i was on it (finally ODd when the clinic accidently doubled my dose by mistake). As far as the H i've been away for awhile and as much as i love it i think i better stay away or maybe as a once a year treat (ya right....i know me).
love your posts by the way to.
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