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I believe I've become addicted to rohypnol.


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Better known as the "date rape drug." No worries...I haven't raped anything except myself.

Here in Japan, this drug is still legal with a prescription but it's outlawed in most countries including the US. (Yet marijuana possession still carries a mandatory several year jail sentence with permanent deportation.)

I suffer from kinda severe anxiety/insomnia at night, including night terrors. I can't fucking sleep. Without sleep, I can't function. This has been going on as long as I can remember.

I tried seroquel and halcion in the past but they just fucked with my mood and made me more depressed than usual. And as our old pal Miser used to like to whine about, coming off of benzos is supposed to be some kind of of awful withdrawal process. But he's a fucking pussy. I just plain stopped taking that shit.

Then I got the rohypnol (roofies!) from my doctor for a long flight back to the States. I was so psyched. I thought this shit would knock me out for 12 hours. I was wrong. It produced a 20 minute state of being high, like being pleasantly drunk, and then deep sleep. A normal person should be able to sleep for like 8-12 hours on 2 mg, but I'm a big fat fuck and it only put me out for like an hour or two.

Well, I kept taking em. Cause I gave up drinking and I figured abusing dangerous prescription drugs would be a nice alternative to alcohol. And as far as I know, taking the pills on their own aren't really that bad as long as there's no alcohol in your system. But WITH alcohol? Watch out...that shit's toxic. Remember when Kury Cobain was in a coma in Rome during his failed suicide attempt? Roofies and alcohol.

So now it's several months later. My doctor is either a cool motherfucker or a bastard with no ethics, depending on your point of view, cause even though all my flights are over, he still gives me tons of these for "insomnia."

But I've built up a big ass tolerance. Less than an hour ago I took 8 mg. At once. And I don't feel a goddamn thing.

I wanna quit though. I've only taken them on the weekends the last few months, but now that I'm on spring break I've been taking them daily. I'm wondering if that's long enouth and in big enough quantities to get hooked. I don't wanna be hooked. And unlike that fucking pussy Miser, I don't need an excuse of "tapering" my dose for like a year to try to get it out of my system. I was just gonna go cold turkey. As in....the pills I just took were the last ones.

Anyone who has abused painkillers/benzos/uppers/downers any of that shit have any advice for me? What's the worse that can happen? Will my heart explode? Will I be awake for 97 hours straight? I'm not really a "drug" guy so I don't know much other than what google has told me and a lot of it is contradicting. The anti-drug websites say I'm in serious trouble, and the pro-drug sites say "nah bro 'sall good."

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In my opinion, what you need to do is try and determine why you are anxious about sleep. When you do that, try and rationalize the specific issue.

You'd be surprised at how settling your subconcious can improve your quality of sleep.

Edit: But you should definitely get off the pills, they're just a long-winding path to disaster.

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You can abuse most prescriptions for a long time without too many drastic effects. I think they will cause mental issues before physical ones. There was a time in my life where I would pop three bupropions (amphetamine) at once. I would also pop one or two and get freshman girl wasted. Fucking awesome nights but the hangovers were a bitch!

The doc said my liver function was healthy though.

It's scary stuff. I would do a little research on the internet. Sounds like you've built yourself a tolerance which is quite common for pills. It's chasing the dragon man. But in all honesty you'll know more about this drug than the rest of us, and perhaps your own doctor. So I can only say that if it's working for you then continue taking it but if it isn't, then consider trying another.

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I've taken SSRIs......didn't do shit.

Honestly, the best anti-depressant in the world is getting laid, preferably with someone that really digs you. After that, alcohol or weed, whichever strikes your fancy.

All these pharmaceuticals are bullshit as far as I'm concerned.

Someone once told me the key to happiness is the trifecta....job, family, relationship. When you're in a good place with your family, you like your job, and have a healthy relationship, that's happiness. When one of those is missing, you feel shitty. I think there may be some truth to that. I like my job, love my family, but I'm single as shit. Not as fucking pathetic as McCoy, but still single.

Once I get that squared away, I won't need any of this shit. Alcohol, weed, roofies, prozac, xanax....fuck it. Basking in the afterglow of an epic fuck session with a girl you really like/love is the best drug I've ever experienced.

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It depends on the person.

Haven't felt the urge to fuck anything or anyone for months. Still feel depressed as shit. The thing is everyone needs a hobby, but what if you don't have one? I will tell you right now that it's hell.

And alcohol is fucking glorious. I am surprised you appreciate weed estrangedtwat. You see like you've got some anxiety and from what I have experienced is that weed makes anxiety worse.

That's the beauty or terror about drugs though. They impact everyone individually.

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Years ago when I broke up with my first serious GF I went to the doc's and they gave me Prozac. Took it for two weeks and it made things taste really funny. Like I couldn't drink a cup of tea without it tasting really bitter. The last straw was that it made lager taste really gross so the pills went straight in the bin. :lol:

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The two drugs known to cause death by quitting "cold turkey" are benzos and alcohol. (I'm pretty sure Rohypnol is a benzo.) Quitting alcohol "cold turkey" can cause death but you have to be truly "wet"...as in drinking all day and night for months and years. In rare cases, Opiates could also cause death if quite "cold turkey"....but in most cases. the person just experiences flu like symptoms for a few days.

With benzos, on the other hand, it's much more dangerous to quit "cold turkey". When your body gets addicted to benzos, your brain stops producing certain chemicals necessary for it to function...since it's relying on the benzos to provide those chemicals....long story short, when you stop cold turkey, you don't give your body enough time to "play catch up" with these chemicals....and basically, your brain can shut down....as in permanently.

So whatever you do, don't quit "cold turkey" and seek the advice of your doctor. Good luck!

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I don't know anything about this particular drug your talking about.

Only thing I can say is if you suffer from withdrawel symptoms when you don't take it them you are physically hooked. Which is just as bad as being hooked mentally.

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From what I understand, you have to taper off of medication you've become used to.

It's best to get your mind to adjust to something new, than to go radically from the one side to the next. You'll just end up regretting it if you go cold turkey.

I sympathise with people that go through this shit, I'm very greatful I don't have to.

Also, alcohol might seem like the best solution to your problems, but it fucks up your brain even worse. It's like putting a plaster on a bleeding wound, but every time you remove the plaster it'll just pick the scab and start bleeding again.

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Let's see....got a supply almost 2 weeks ago. 30 pills. 2mg each. I only have 10 left. So that means I took about 20 in 2 weeks....and also the 4 yesterday. So I was taking about 2 a day for less than 2 weeks.

And before that I was only taking them on the weekend...maybe 2-3 pills on Friday through Sunday.

So I wasn't taking them daily except for the last two weeks. Right now I'm not feeling any kind of symptoms except that I can't sleep and obviously I really wanna pop some pills.

Do you guys think 2 weeks was long enough to alter my brain chemistry? I really don't feel that different from normal now....if I can go cold turkey I'd rather just be done with them. I dunno.

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