Comedown - Post-Cocaine Crash: Experiences, and Ways Users Deal with it

[Nicaine]

It's a state where you can't fall asleep, and you can't stay awake (literally, on both counts). You're in between, in neither state, really... it's cola's Twilight Zone.


Any of you hardcore nutcases like me know what I'm talking about? Sometimes it can be mellow, floatyand totally "don't give a shit" but sometimes it can be paranoic and miserable too. Usually it turns into the latter if you're out & doing stuff rather than sitting around at home with a ton of free time.

[Jingleballicks]

Nopers, sounds like it's shitty. Niacine, read my post in the Recovery forum, please...

[dayslug24]

i hear ya - fuckin hate that spot. usually lasts me a few hours and really hits going into my 3rd day of non stop.

I always get it between 7am and 2pm, then feel ok(but still geekin) the rest of the day/night.

[phas3d]

Finally felt the stuff for the first time last night...


My gf and I did about 1.6g. We've only done the stuff a few times, but last night was definately the most intense. It's 3:10pm the day after, and I still can't get myself to go to sleep. I tossed and turned all night last night with my mind jumping from one thing to another. The high was incredible, but this comedown is crucial. Anyone have any tips for new-users?


I was thinking perhaps if I spaced the shit out over the night instead of rushing to finish off the bag before my roomate gets back would work better.Based on some of the other posts I've read, some herb sounds like it might help, but I feel too tired to even smoke! Any suggestions are welcome.

[bowlingforcindy]

dunno i still tryin to get high n gone through 3 grams. maybe itl be the next time. although i snorted a hole gram n layed deas on me bed me heart were like fuckin beat box or sommit

[bowlingforcindy]

im never doin coke again ps

[phas3d]

I'm assuming that your body builds a tolerance to the stuff after long-term use. I can sympathize with you man, I can hit my bong all night with some really good herb, and not get as high as I did when I first started.

[Gahaba22]

phas3d,



You can greatly decrease and/or eliminate the come down of coke with either, Ambien, valium, xanax or GHB. Although weed can make you tired, it actually has a stimulatory effect on the heart and can be dangerous when mixed with coke. Benzos and/or GHB are the key. I would never start a coke evening without them!



geeb

[FemFoison]

gahaba22-



http://www.thegooddrugsguide.com/cannabis/mixing.htm



That website, which is frankly a pretty good one - both accessible and thorough - refrains from saying the combination is dangerous. While anything that increases heart rate (meth, aerobic exercise, whatever) puts an increased strain on that heart, this seems like a relatively harmless combination.

[Gahaba22]

FemFoison,



Danger is a relative term. Smoking anything while using cocaine definitely increases the O2 demand of your heart while decreasing the ability of your lungs to obtain O2. hat is not a good combination. Use benzos to come down off of coke.



geeb

[icemaster]

if you don't have access to meds for the comedown, alcohol works pretty good as well

[Alfa]

Gahaba22; please explain why that is, or better how come. i.e. is that the case with all stimulants?

[Gahaba22]

Alfa,



Just like combining GHB and alcohol, or Benzos can be dangerous, so too can combining multiple stimulants. I'm not saying that you are going to die or OD by combining MJ and Coke, but usng a depressant like GHB, ambien or any benzo is just safer and MORE effective.



While one of MJ's major effects is relaxation, it is still considered a drug that increases heart rate-thereby increasing the O2 demand of the heart. Since the smoke you inhale into your lungs decreases the diffusion capacity of your alveoli, your lungs are not able to obtain as high a concetration of O2 for your systemic circulation (ie heart and body). Depending upon the persons baseline health (cardiovascular)status this could create problems.



I will definitely admit this is not a common problem, but still a very possible situation. Benzos and benzo-like drugs (Ambien, Sonata) are infinitely safer and more effective!



geeb



geeb

[whitetrain]

i use marijuana or a combo of x and marijuana, unless i have pills that will bring me down. most downer pills work-anti-depressants and anxiety's. Alcohol doesn't bring me down, but it might if u don't drink all night while your gettin high

[BCgirl]

friends of mine do points of H to bring themselves down or they drink some booze.. me... i can go right to sleep... another friend of mine drinks chamomile tea to sleep.. heheheh

[icemaster]

I find alcohol works really well, not necesarily for sleeping but for not feeling so god damn shitty when the snow runs out...

[CABS205]

Are you just starting to do it? Or have you been doing it for awhile? Maybe you both shouldn't do so much? Try doing half a gram...And don't do it soooooooo late, if you have to sleep....The last time, I would do it would be aroun 3 or 4 in the morning....Then two or three hours later, I could fall asleep...That's just me...

[Solo2003]

The most experienced and active users will tell you that the "comedown" or "landing" is just as miserable for them as it is for first timers....That is if you are skiing and riding only the snow. Everyone just about takes that route at first. I learned that drinking red wine is a big help after a few hours or several rails. I start drinking wine or good quality beer a little at the beginning and then when I know I am getting close to the finish line, I drink a couples of glasses of red wine or a couple Sam Adams or Guiness. Those drinks are strong enough to level you out and also easy on your stomach. Stay away from medications or any downers/stimulants. You can screw up bad. From experience and watching friends, Tequila would be as strong as I would mix while skiing the slopes...ALso, the wine will help you sleep better as well.

Just a Thought

[Patrick131]

i would just stick to a few drinks. technically, benzos do the same thing as alcohol but i would say they are more dangerous when coming off that much powder. and, if your body gets used to having benzos every time you do coke thenyou mightalways want them. benzos are so addictive, and you might run the risk of developing an addiction to them even when you aren't doing yayo. if this happens(and it takes no time at all to develop a tolerance to benzos),you run the risk of needinga huge amount of benzo in order to satisfy and/or cancel out the come down. Hence, a risk of trouble once you increase the dose...

[cocaine_eyes]

last nite i bought an 8 ball, did like half during the nite then ended up goin to my friends house (coke dealer, ive known him forever its sweet) and we did lines from 3am-1pm he fed me lines like crazy, it was awsome at the time, but wow i cud not belive how fucked up i was, when i got home i laid down ,out of nowhhere iwas freeeeeeezing cold except for my face it got super hot, then i decided i had to get up to go to work and fuuuckk that i collapsed on the floor, my knees like gave out, i got back up my mouth was all gittering and my hands were shakin like crazy i had to call in sick , so i went to lay on my bed and my heart just wen innnnsane, and this all happend like 3 hours after my last line. has any1 else had really bad comedowns? i swear i thot i was gonna die, it made me not wanna do it anymore.....but...how many times have i said that one
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[fletch]

ive had a similar experience to this, i was just laying in my bed watching a digital clock just counting my heartbeats per minute to stay calm, i basically convinced myself i was done.

[luckyatl13]

i have had this. act just the other night. it seemed i did around an 8 ball through the night and when i did my last lines, it was as if i was looking down at my body and then i tried to go back in my body and i couldnt then i saw all these diff colors and then i went back to normal.. and took down that line!but now im all out

[Muirner]

SWIM here has done coke two times in one night, and when he decided to
go to bed he also had to look at a clock and count his heartbeats...
the difference is he was in a basment looking at an analog clock with a
neon around it, kinda hard for him to rationalize anything with that
shit going on, but he read and it works that just thinking your
straight you'll work yourself outa it... then again SWIM has never been
one to blow lines for 10hrs straight...

[Madcabbie]

speedballin it maybe? cut with an upper? I have the same
expeicne when i go skiing as my friend likes to say lol that has
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[Patrick131]

that happened to swim when he took crystal meth. i assume that it is possible with coke too at that amount. your heart was probably beating like that throughout theday but you didn't realize it because you were so messed up. swim always limits himself to a gram as he never gets any more coked-up after that anyway.


Patrick