Ever heard of anyone on opiates doing this and why?

Factual Questions
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I know about the nodding off thing people do.

The person in question is taking oxycontin. They’ll go to the refridgerator or stand before a cabinet for example. Then you notice eyes are closed and they start doing this low level growl/almost scream.

You’ll tap them on the shoulder and they just snap out as if nothing weird. Then at night, ugh. you’re woken to this sound midway between a moan and a scream. over and over and over. Go into their room and their just standing up up rocking back and forth and making animal noises.

WTF?

Then also in night, they get up go to bathroom like every 10 minutes. Then you hear the moans and growls and yelps. Crack open door and their just standing there mouth agape, eyes closed moaning or slightly jumping up and down.

As you can imagine it’s very irritating to be around.

2

I’ve been on OxyContin and around people on it periodically in the past. I can agree with the frequent urinartion. As for the rest, it sounds more like something else.

3

its not frequent urination, its more like a sleep stupor or something. except carrying on like the girl in the exorcist.

4

Sounds like they may be having some opiate withdrawal symptoms.

At other times, they may just be crooning along with their inner opioid buzz.

5

I like that description, crooning along with their inner opioid buzz. Seems like an apt and probable description, to me.

6

I know nothing about opiates, but are you possibly hearing a distorted form of snoring? Perhaps their, um, altered state of consciousness is messing with the usual reflexes that keep the airway clear.

(Disclaimer: Not a doctor. Suggest you go consult with a real one in this case.)

7

I have seen people do a lesser version of that while under the effects of heroin. Sleeping and humming/buzzing. Sometimes with eyes open.

8

I believe that oxycontin can disturb the REM sleep cycle & lack of REM sleep can lead to odd behaviors, including growling noises. At least there seems to be anecdotal evidence in my experience.

9

I have heard people on opiates bark like a seal (in the bathtub, no less!), babble and jabber, sing scat, hum, and “get slappy,” which I have never actually seen, but it appears to involve some kind of slap-happy hijinks that, you know, I figure I’m better off not seeing.

I have also seen lots and lots of the “system offline” mode where they will just stand there, say, in front of the sink with the water running, and when you make a noise and startle them, they think they just got there. Or sitting in a chair with a *whole cigarette * that is ash.

I was taking the trash out one night, and just in front of my house was a guy who had nodded off, standing up, on a bicycle. I went up to him, I’m like, excuse me friend, I mean you no disrespect but you know, it would kinda be a buzzkill to wind up in jail, and you’re standing here on Front Street … dig?

He perked right up – oh, yeah, yeah, sure you’re right, off I go.

Went back upstairs, couple hours later I got on my bike to go somewhere, *and he’s still there, * having got about 5 feet away from his previous position, just a singing scooby-doo to himself, all laid-back and mellow.

So I had a further word with him, now you’re gonna get jacked up, you’re looking kinda obvious bro, etc. etc.

Came back a couple hours later, and he had progressed as far as the corner, where he had taken a seat, with the bike akimbo nearby. I shook my head, and went inside.

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I noticed the brainfreeze effect in hospital at the beginning - I would blink and it would be hours later. I think the humming and babbling is because you are warm and fuzzy and happy and nothing hurts, and something in the morphine in my case was short circuiting any sort of inhibition. If I was thinking it, it popped out of my mouth. My mom tells me that I was babbling like I was 2 years old again. <shrug> I know that if I get injured and end up on it again, I will use it until the pain has gotten to an OTC NSAID management level, and I will drop it again. In a world where an addiction to morphine doesnt do the harm it can do to the body, I would happily be addicted to it. In this world, I prefer to be able to actually think and feel the outside world and not destroy my liver and brain.

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I do this thing you are describing. I didn’t always but it started while I was taking Suboxone. I am now researching my symptoms, not much around. I am not addicted at the moment, haven’t been for about 8 years but if I use to much it starts. If I’m up and active, no problem but when I try to nod, I start moaning. No Pain, just sounds like I’m in pain. It has freaked a few people out. This can go on for a few hours. Basically until I straighten out. Would like to of others who do this or know someone who does. Is it an allergic reaction to the contents? dope isn’t always just dope. Is the dope being cut with morphine or other synthetic opiates?

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dextromorphan (robotussin) can do the same.
Its based on morphine… and the its active on the same part of the brain that LSD effects.

Basically, a bad trip…
any of the opiates can do the bad trip thing…

bicycle guy has taken way too much of a sedative, like the oxy or methadone…

13

I’ve just been withdrawing from zopiclone clean off and I’ve started all this as I was doing it and its getting worse
It’s scaring the life out of me
I groan whine sounds like I’m in pain but not
I was in detox for 2 weeks close contact with Psychaitrist
Have a meeting later I also have MEcfs
It’s scaring me so much

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So I know a few people who have made the weird and or annoying noises while being extremely high on opiates (heroin, fentanyl, blues) one person knew who did this while on Heroin would make farting noises, weird high pitched chirping, gagging noises, random phrases said in a high pitched voice ect. They would come out of it if you said their name at first, but after while you would have to scream their name. This person said they weren’t aware they were doing it, it was involuntary like a muscle spasm but with their voice. The other person I knew who did this while on fentanyl would sing-scream. Meaning they would listen to music and sing scream along to it. Not at all in any way in sync with the song playing…just sing scream. And this person would have to be screamed at to be heard over their own screaming. (It wasn’t a full volume scream, just like a medium screeching hahahaha) and they would jerk awake like they had been slapped and would get upset at me thinking I was telling at them for no reason. I had to record this person with my phone to show them how loud and how long it would take me to wake them up.

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Ummm. I think I’d be afraid to be around these people.

I had a stint of having to take so much opioid meds. I scared myself with noises. I was in restraints so I couldn’t move around, but dang I tried. I was also in the hospital the whole time. I don’t think I’d want anyone having to deal with me like that. Unless medical persons.

Do you keep Nar-can stuff?

16

Weird, I was in very large doses of opiates for 15 years, think fentanyl with Percocet on top of it and never experienced this. About the only side effect I had was being tired.

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My wife is on methadone for pain. She does frequently sleep walk, but I think that this has more to do with her having a messed up sleep schedule, getting really tired and trying to be active anyway. So she will wake up early in the morning, decide to do dishes, fall asleep standing up drop a glass, wake up, start tying to clean up the glass, fall asleep, decide in her sleep that she wants ice cream, so get some out of the freezer, then remembering, but puts the ice cream carton in the dishwasher etc. Its always very interesting to see what has changed after a sleep walking binge.

When I notice her sleeping standing up I can usually wake her up by calling her name. Which has has induced the following useful Pavlovian response. Often times when I’m not around and she starts sleeping standing up she will hallucinate me calling her name which wakes her up.

But to my knowlege she’s never made weird noises while sleep walking. The most she’s done is have conversations that make sense only to her (“we need to ask the man about to pay for the balls on the roof”)

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Hey Guys. I have experienced this as well. I dont know whats happening. I started getting high because of the nod. But now. Something way different is happened. From what i can tell. It only seems to happen to me when I use fentanyl based synthetic opiates…i dont know if they are adding something that is causing sever almost psychotic appearing episodes. Ill find myself crying out as if im in severe pain…(no actual pain) or severe moaning or yelling. And be in a complete black out state during it. And then i easily snap out of it will almost no recollection of it…i really do not know whats causing these. I can only speculate. Either there is additives in the current fentanyl that im having some sort of negative reaction too. Animal tranqs or something. Or it could be where ive caused some kind of onset acute neurological disorder. A.k.a brain damage. The first time i ever noticed a opiate induced black out was when i was mixing benzos. Specifically xanax bars and heroin/fentanyl about 2 years ago. Now it happens almost everytime. I dont even feel a calming type euphoria. Sometimes ill stay up all night moaning. Im at a point where its actually promoting my sobriety because ive became so embarrassed from the symptoms. I did notice it more when i was sleep deprived…now it happens almost everytime i try to get high. I was using xanax pretty heavily for a period of about 4-5 months straight. On a high dose. 6-8mg day. And when i stopped taking them i got thrown into the craziest withdrawls of my life. I was experiencing some kind of dilerium tremens. I was awake for 2 weeks straight. I wasnt myself inside my head. I was so scared i would never go back normal. I was up for so long that my eyes were inducing R.E.M rapid eye movements while i was awake. And afted i got my mind back. I couldnt even take 2mg of xanax or it would make me black out. So i dont know if those 2 situations are related. I never blacked out on opiates or xanax before i got into that DT xanax withdrawl. Ive seen a couple people have induced psychotic episodes very similar to mine…it definitely does happen. Im just not 100% sure of the exact cause.

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And let reiterate. This is not some drug induced nod where you cant stay awake because your so high. This is something completely different. Ill be walking sround. Crawling. (Not sleeping, not nodding…but also not conscious or aware.) And the cries of pain is very alarming to people. It sounds like im in very legit termoil. Tears and all. And maybe i am experiencing pain. But its psychosomatic because when i snap out. I dont feel pain physically.