Hydrocodone, Marijuana, and Lunesta :(

[lister40]

Okay, so last night I did 30mg of hydrocodone via enema at about 7:30 pm. I took my lunesta at about 10:30 to sleep. I couldn't sleep so at 12:00 pm I hotknifed my weed. It's a way to vaporize it and it makes less smoke which has more thc per hit. I started to feel weird like 10 minutes after I finished hotknifing. I think it may have been my face that was heated up to really warm and then leaving cause my face to tingle.. but it was weird that my whole body did that and started to go numb a little. My heart beat would speed up really fast then go to normal and did it over for a while until I started breathing techniques.. It had been 24 hours since I woke up last.. I think it may have been because of lack of sleep and the lunesta. It also could have been me breathing in something that was apart of the knife? It started to turn purple at the end so it was changing from silver to a slightly diff. color; can anyone help me on this? I was thinking about going to the doctor after I started to check my heart beat. Please and Thank you :)







So I had:
Irregular heart beat
Pins and Needles/tingling on entire body, NOT unilateral. More noticable while not moving and was more pronounced in face and feet.
Perceived shaking.
Confused
Paranoid
Numbness of teeth
When lying down my feet went entirely numb and then I remember falling asleep.

(by the way; lunesta is a nonbezodiazapine, so it has the same advantages with less side effects of benzodiazepines)


(side effects of lunesta cause a breathing 'problem'; it makes the back of my throat like really cold; and also causes a nasty metallic taste [I actually know that it causes a metallic taste, it has nothing to do with last night])

[candyshop]

honestly sounds like onset symptoms of a panic attack
i get these especially with weed

but with any heart stuff i suppose checking with a dr would be a decent idea
(i never do unless i might get pain meds out of it)

what are listed side effects of lunestra?

[lister40]

Side Effects: http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/lunesta_ad.htm

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Yeah, I just realized that those are symptoms of a panic attack. I talked to my psychiatrist about it and he told me that it may have been a panic attack. I called my psychologist's nurse and left a message. She hasn't returned the call yet.

It makes sense. I'm really afraid of driving/being in a car... and we got in a car wreck on thursday. (I'm afraid of driving because my brother and step-dad died in a car wreck)
My mom went out of town on Saturday and didn't call me till about 2 AM after I kept calling. I have been diagnosed as having anxiety. Well, I also froze up and didn't know what to do. I had memory loss.. like I knew I just did something but I didn't know why I did it. I really thought I was going to die. I really wish my doctor prescribes me something for my anxiety. This was my first anxiety attack. I never knew how bad they can be. I used to be like moderately scared when I'm in the car; I'd just keep my eyes on the road, and watch a couple cars. Ever since the wreck on Thursday I watch every single car around. I get very nervous when we are in blind spots of other cars. I don't drive because I'm terrified. My mother drives me around everywhere. My doctor is aware that I abused opiates, but I also think he knows that I really dislike the 'euphoria' of benzos so I think he knows I won't abuse them. Do you know anyone that is/was afraid of driving/being in a car and received treatment? How and what worked for them?

[madnesscult]

Do you know anyone that is/was afraid of driving/being in a car and received treatment? How and what worked for them?

I've had one pretty serious car accident myself, and also was scared to drive for a while, but it slowly goes away. I mean, I'm still not as confident on the road as I was before, but it's nowhere near the fear I had after the accident. Plus, the day after the crash, I nearly got run off the road by a semi, which didn't help matters.

[Dolomiti]

It makes sense. I'm really afraid of driving/being in a car... and we got in a car wreck on thursday. (I'm afraid of driving because my brother and step-dad died in a car wreck)
My mom went out of town on Saturday and didn't call me till about 2 AM after I kept calling. I have been diagnosed as having anxiety. Well, I also froze up and didn't know what to do. I had memory loss.. like I knew I just did something but I didn't know why I did it. I really thought I was going to die. I really wish my doctor prescribes me something for my anxiety. This was my first anxiety attack. I never knew how bad they can be. I used to be like moderately scared when I'm in the car; I'd just keep my eyes on the road, and watch a couple cars. Ever since the wreck on Thursday I watch every single car around. I get very nervous when we are in blind spots of other cars. I don't drive because I'm terrified. My mother drives me around everywhere. My doctor is aware that I abused opiates, but I also think he knows that I really dislike the 'euphoria' of benzos so I think he knows I won't abuse them. Do you know anyone that is/was afraid of driving/being in a car and received treatment? How and what worked for them?

I still get a bit nervous but it used to really freak me out. Still though, but not as bad, I hate being passenger. There are just a few particular people that I trust driving for me. I also have particular reason that it bothers me, but I won't bother with the medical details. Yeah all sorts of things can cause bad anxiety. And it can be treated. May take a while but have hope, there are options and even naturally it can diminish on its own in some cases.

[lister40]

Well, I've had this anxiety over driving for about 6 years coming up.. (that's when the accident occurred.) It's almost a week that I've been having like extreme anxiety.. How should I approach this situation with my doctor? He knows I definitely have anxiety.. Should I just be like "I've been having extremely bad that remind me of the accident?" I think I need some for this because I'm a constant worrier about little shit; like crossing the street.. my psychiatrist told me it's some symptom of something if you like avoid situations because you are nervous about something. As in, I'm afraid to cross the sidewalk at intersections so I go farther down the street where there is not a crosswalk but there is less traffic.. I avoid the crosswalks. I'm a bad wuss.. scared of alot of things :( I wish I wasn't; I'm afraid of rollercoasters, driving, heights, and spiders. plus more.

[candy]

Well, I've had this anxiety over driving for about 6 years coming up.. (that's when the accident occurred.) It's almost a week that I've been having like extreme anxiety.. How should I approach this situation with my doctor? He knows I definitely have anxiety.. Should I just be like "I've been having extremely bad that remind me of the accident?" I think I need some for this because I'm a constant worrier about little shit; like crossing the street.. my psychiatrist told me it's some symptom of something if you like avoid situations because you are nervous about something. As in, I'm afraid to cross the sidewalk at intersections so I go farther down the street where there is not a crosswalk but there is less traffic.. I avoid the crosswalks. I'm a bad wuss.. scared of alot of things :( I wish I wasn't; I'm afraid of rollercoasters, driving, heights, and spiders. plus more.


Hon, sounds like you need an antidepressant, if your not already on them. Sounds like what you are experiencing is a bit of agoraphobia. Do you isolate yourself from others as well? You may also be experiencing a bit of Post Traumatic stress disorder, resulting from the accident regarding your family members.

While benzos will help with anxiety, you need to be on some antidepressant treatment which will deal with anxiety as well.

My Mom didn't drive for over 10 years and had panic attacks everywhere we went. Agoraphobia. It isn't just being afraid of going out of the house. There are many symptoms of agoraphobia and PTSD. You experienced something devastating, the loss of those you loved and in a traumatic way, and without some treatment with meds and behavior modification therapy, you will continue to feel the way you do.
I don't like rollercoasters either or heights. Those are common and normal fears. While we can avoid them, driving is something that we almost all do.
Your going through some tough issues and those of us who use opiates often experience the same issues. Opiates are a great way to medicate pain, emotional pain too!
Talk more with your therapist about meds and behavior modification therapy. It helps to change the way we perceive that of which we fear and we can then modify that behavior to where we can go at it head on and not around it!

Hang in there!

[ProdigalSon]

honestly sounds like onset symptoms of a panic attack
i get these especially with weed



CS , IMHO hit the proverbial nail on the head dude. I think you have anxiety issues. Then again Im not a Doctor, just a person with diagnosed Anxiety. And weed, sends me into a panic attac sometimes that is hell, bro, hell.

Get it checked out. Anxiety is HORRIFIC and there isnt a reason to live life that way. Good luck to you