Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by dmitryminkovsky on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:34PM
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When I was 17 I had a bad cough and my mom gave me what turned out to be too much codeine cough syrup. An hour later I realized my cough was gone but I had spent all that time staring at my Windows ME desktop, in some sort of euphoric daze, repeatedly selecting and deselecting all the icons. For an hour! It was really, really creepy and deeply unsettling. And this was codeine, a "mild" opiate! Have aggressively stayed away from opioids ever since then.
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Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by steve_adams_86 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:02PM
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Ah, yeah - this is very much like my experience as well. I sat on my bed and just cycled through the same thoughts for a shockingly long time. Nevertheless it felt great. Very creepy.
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by wittyreference on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:11PM
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Ever taken codeine again? You may have a genetic variant of CYP2d6 that makes codeine, in particular, hit you hard. It's not an effect common across opioids.
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by dmitryminkovsky on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:00PM
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Nope never, or any other opioid either, fortunately. But thanks that’s really interesting. Neither of my parents seem particularly affected. But who knows.