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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: s-aint on July 04, 2013, 04:51 pm

Title: do opioids make you afraid?
Post by: s-aint on July 04, 2013, 04:51 pm
I've noticed when using H/oxy/codeine/etc. I feel I'm likely to develop this strange deep fear. If I'm all alone, I have to avoid certain things like unfamiliar music, horror movies, anything connected to the supernatural, thinking about the 'shadow people', even just a picture of an alien from a movie or something.

I swear it's like being a seven-year-old kid in the dark. I have to keep all my thoughts in check, keep my mind busy with light stuff like cartoons or whatever or I'll terrify myself. When I'm not high, or if there's people around, I'm not scared of any of that stuff like wtf
Title: Re: do opioids make you afraid?
Post by: tree on July 04, 2013, 06:10 pm
That's really weird.. The only less common side effects I get sometimes are stimulation and edginess/irritability. I've never heard of paranoia from opiates before, it's quite the opposite for me :P
Title: Re: do opioids make you afraid?
Post by: delaney28 on July 04, 2013, 06:25 pm
Tree: I've experienced the same thing. I took upwards of 500mg (thankfully not anymore) of Vicodin a day for well over a year and it gave me a serious rush of adrenaline. Very odd. It's been almost a year since I've been on that kind of dose, now if I take it ... it knocks my ass out.

Paranoia... interesting, I've never experienced that. However, our bodies are incredibly different so reactions, of course, will be very different. I don't think it's wise to assume you will ever have the same response/reaction to a drug as someone else. Regardless of how many people who have the same type of experience.

Make sense???
Title: Re: do opioids make you afraid?
Post by: s-aint on July 04, 2013, 07:15 pm
It's not really like drug-induced paranoia though; like when I get paranoid from uppers or weed, it's mostly "oh crap other people can tell I'm on drugs. am I acting weird? I should leave." it's very internalized, feels more like worrying and being anxious, but not actually scared.
Title: Re: do opioids make you afraid?
Post by: LPL on July 04, 2013, 08:03 pm
 Not in my experience, but anxiety is definitely one of the withdrawal symptoms.